On 11 May, the camp suddenly ordered the whole line to stop fighting, and at this time Li Zicheng's old battalion had moved from the sand slope to the Niutou Plateau, where the field of vision was broad, and the Yellow River could be overlooked in the north, the east in the south, and the Yuanwanggou in the west. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

There are some military forts and tun forts abandoned by the Ming army on the Niutou Plateau, one of which is called Lijiazhuang, which has been used as Li Zicheng's handsome camp, and a temple in it has been used as a line.

The temple is quite large, surrounded by tall locust trees, with lush branches and leaves, bringing a burst of coolness to this hot summer day.

However, at this time, the atmosphere in the temple was dull, and everyone in the hall did not say a word.

Gu Junen bit his lower lip, glanced at Niu Jinxing, who was expressionless but had a sneer in his eyes, and said with a forced smile: "It is estimated that the artillery of my army can arrive today, and when the artillery is erected, a hundred cannons will be fired together, and it will definitely break the defense line of the Ming army in one fell swoop." ”

There was still an embarrassing silence in the hall, and after a long time, Li Guo frowned and said, "That's the case, why do you think it's still not sure?" ”

He glanced at Gu Junen, with a hint of fierceness in his eyes: "Gu Zhi, the strategy you offered is very problematic, attack Shaanxi...... Too many of the brothers in our camp have died. ”

Liu Xiyao then shook his head and sighed: "Yes, the defenders are stubborn, the defense line is treacherous, it is really difficult to attack, and it is useless to be afraid of artillery." ”

After he was appointed as a general, he tried to show himself on many occasions, and he was also quite hard to attack Yuanwanggou these days, but the facts gave him a heavy blow and made him a little depressed.

In charge of the soldiers and horses of the old battalion, Shuai Biaozheng and the mighty general Gao Yigong also said: "The geographical advantage of Tongguan is not good for my righteous army, and so many men and horses will be lost in a distant ditch alone, when will we fight next...... It seems that Prime Minister Niu Cheng's strategy of attacking Beizhi and Shandong, and then going straight to Beijing, is more reliable, and those places are flat. The soldiers and horses are weak, which is very convenient for our army to plunder. ”

Tian Jianxiu sighed: "The army can't stay in Tongguan for a long time, these hundreds of thousands of people eat horses and chew, and the supply of grain and grass is really difficult!" And the four fields are deserted, and it is becoming more and more difficult for the brothers to collect food...... There was also a lack of water in the ditches, and hundreds of thousands of people had to go to the Yellow River to carry drinking water. The sergeants were complaining. ”

He didn't fall into the trap, but he was telling the truth.

The campers all said a word to me, but they all complained non-stop, and their tones were full of frustration.

The difficulty of Tongguan City was beyond everyone's expectations, and it had been ten days since Tongguan, but not even a ditch had been attacked, and too many men and horses had been lost in front of this ditch.

The battle became a fierce tug-of-war between you and me, and the battalions fell into continuous attrition. The first attack on Yuanwanggou killed and wounded more than 10,000 hungry people, and then the infantry battalions continued to attack, and these days there were more than 10,000 casualties, and it was already approaching the very dangerous high-voltage line of 20% casualties.

However, even if so many people were killed and wounded, victory was still far away, the hungry people were okay, and the outer battalions of the main attack were full of complaints, and they were forced to do so again. I am afraid that they are in danger of mutiny. Although their old battalion can supervise the bullet pressure, they actually have a bottom line. And the effect is getting worse and worse.

Everyone in the camp was at a loss, and it was not uncommon for defenders like Yuanwanggou to be brave, such as the new army of King Cao in the past. But they are brave and brave, firstly, they are isolated and helpless, and secondly, the terrain will not be so treacherous, and their crowd tactics are naturally invincible.

But like this is the case. The terrain was treacherous, the defenders were stubborn, and they could still receive a steady stream of personnel and material support, which was the first time they encountered it, so they had to stop the attack today. Further discussion and adjustment.

Gu Junen secretly hated in his heart, at that time, you were also in favor of fighting Shaanxi, but now there are small setbacks, and they all turn their faces and don't recognize people, what a rat!

But there is no way, it is his strategy to attack Shaanxi, and he must stick to his own opinions, otherwise his status in the heart of King Chuang will be greatly reduced in the future.

Niu Jinxing was still expressionless, but he sneered in his heart, let you fight Shaanxi, now you know what it's like, right? At the same time, he suddenly had a feeling of sadness in his heart, at that time, Gu Junen offered a plan to attack Qinchuan, which was supported by all the generals in the camp, and now with a slight setback, he was abandoned like a piece of.

Among the major generals, only Liu Zongmin did not speak, this chief sentry Liu Ye, a respected person in the camp, rubbed his cheeks thoughtfully. He usually has a short temper, but at this time he shows calmness, he turned to Li Zicheng, although he spoke softly, but in the ears of others, it was like a thunderstorm: "What does King Chuang mean?" I want to hear it. ”

Gu Junen also looked at Li Zicheng with a blank eye, and the strategy of attacking Shaanxi really couldn't be abandoned.

Li Zicheng sighed: "When the battle is fought to this extent, how can you say that you will give up if you give up?" However, how to attack the ditch still needs to carefully plan a charter...... Gu Zhi, you say. ”

Liu Zongmin slapped his thighs with a crackling sound: "That's it, King Chuang has this determination, and I support Lao Liu!" Don't be afraid of the dead, for the great cause of my righteous army, what is the death of some people? If there are not enough hungry people, just catch them. ”

There was a hint of blood in his heroic tone, indeed, for Liu Zongmin, who was accustomed to seeing a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, crawling out of the pile of dead people, what were dead people and murder? When he and Li Zicheng were trapped in the mountains, because they believed that Li Zicheng would not die and would succeed in a great cause, he killed his wife Mingzhi and swore to follow.

For the sake of the great cause, the wife can be killed, and the death of irrelevant people doesn't care about it.

Everyone in the camp cheered and shouted: "Liu Ye is arrogant." ”

"It is worthy of the chief whistle Liu Ye, heroic!"

Li Zicheng also couldn't help but laugh and pointed at him and said, "Jiexuan, you, that's your temper." ”

Gu Junen watched everyone in the camp laugh with a smiling face, he settled down and said, "The only way to do this is to invest in artillery...... It just so happened that the artillery of our division was about to arrive...... The students also looked at the southern end of the ditch, which was gentle and the bottom of the ditch was wide, just as the artillery was drawn close to the front and bombarded their low wall. No matter how brave the new army is, it is also flesh and blood, and it can definitely be broken! ”

Liu Xiyao frowned and said: "The officers and soldiers also have artillery, they are high on the hill, and our righteous army is scattered by them every time they gather in formation, which is really sharp." The last general was afraid that our artillery would be brought up, and before it could get close, the artillery was blown by them. ”

Everyone in the camp also shook their heads, they either didn't know the situation at the southern end of Yuanwanggou, or because the officers and soldiers and artillery were really at stake, their soldiers and horses couldn't be deployed at all, otherwise what would they do elsewhere in Yuanwanggou? Concentrated forces early to attack from the southern end of Yuanwanggou, this Gu Junen ......

Seeing everyone's questioning gaze. Gu Junen was calm, he smiled, and said confidently: "This is indeed the truth, but the students watched the battle and found that the Ming army's artillery on the opposite side was covered with earthen bags and baskets, which seemed to be able to block the artillery lead!" ”

If you pull out the clouds and mist, you can see a sunny day. Everyone in the camp suddenly realized, and Liu Zongmin slapped his thigh again: "Why didn't I think of it?" It seems that when attacking Luoyang, there were a lot of earthen bags stacked next to the artillery of our righteous army as cover, and the protection was quite effective at that time, and the artillery of the Ming army at the head of the city was bombarded, and most of them were blocked by earthen bags! ”

Li Guo shouted: "You can make the hungry people pile up the soil and pile up various mud bags and baskets at the bottom of the ditch, so that you will not be afraid of artillery fire from the officers and soldiers." ”

Yang Shaofan, who had been silent, said at this time: "You can use the earth car!" ”

Seeing the surprise of the people, he said, "The last general has fought with the Tartars. At that time, their artillery was also very sharp, and the officers and soldiers used earthen carts to put mud bags and baskets on the carts, and the anti-artillery effect was very good. During the battle of Zhuxian Town, the Ming army also used earthen anti-artillery. ”

And the people rejoiced and exclaimed, that this cart was better than piling up baskets of mud at the bottom of the ditch, for it was dead and it was alive.

Soon everyone came up with a series of applications. How to assemble and use this earthen car. The campers may be strategically short-sighted, but tactically they are by no means ambiguous. They spend at least 200 days of their 365 days a year fighting, and they are extremely experienced in all kinds of battlefields.

Gu Junen smiled: "General Yang wants to go deeper than the students...... Indeed, this earthen cart is good, and the student's strategy is to cover the artillery with the earthen cart and pull it all the way to the firing range. Bombarded their low-walled defenders. Then there were several layers of earththen carts, covering the gunners and archers, and bombarding them within a hundred paces, waiting for them to suffer heavy casualties. Raid again with strong troops! ”

He explained in detail: "The students carefully asked the soldiers, and the ladder cliff was low, and the trench did not seem to be very wide, so there was no need to fill the trench with earth bags. After the firearm bombardment, the hungry people immediately rushed out, the wooden planks were put up, countless city ladders were erected, and the defenders were naturally in a hurry, and the defense line could be broken! ”

He thought for a moment, and then said, "Of course, we can also make a small number of hungry people carry dirt bags to fill the trenches to attract the fire of the defenders, and our army can also take the opportunity to shoot the enemy." After all, their low wall was built on a ladder cliff, high above, and our shooting would not hinder the hungry people in front of them. If the defenders ignore the hungry people, they can also take the opportunity to fill in the trenches so that the stairs can be erected in time. ”

He finally said: "In order to ensure the attack and defense, the students please order General Yang's battalion to fight, and when the time comes, the strong troops will raid, and also ask King Chuang to send the elite soldiers of the old battalion!" ”

With that, he stood up and bowed deeply.

The hall was quiet, and the generals looked at Gu Junen, and then at King Li Chuang, the battle has reached this point, do you need to invest in the old camp?

Li Zicheng pondered, his fingers tapped on the chair next to him, Gu Junen waited anxiously, the old camp is the foundation of the camp, although the battle in Yuanwanggou is fierce these days, but the soldiers and horses of the old camp have only been supervising the battle, and have not been put into the real battle.

Now he suggested that he should join the old camp that King Chuang regarded as fundamental, how would Li Chuang decide, Gu Junen's heart was under great pressure.

Yang Shaofan pondered, and occasionally glanced at Gu Junen, and then Niu Jinxing suddenly said faintly: "Gu Jinxing's strategy is naturally good, and Weichen doesn't think that Yuanwanggou can't be attacked in the end." But you also need to understand that Yuanwanggou is only the first line of defense of Sun Thief's Tongguan. Even if you attack Yuanwanggou and enter the southern plain, there is still a forbidden ditch over there, which is higher and deeper than Yuanwanggou, and there are twelve strong cities above. Even if you attack the forbidden ditch, there is Xiyuan, and the castle is everywhere, I don't know how many people will die in the end...... Even if you capture these two places and surround the entire Tongguan City, I don't know how long it will take? Before the Tongguan pass, can our army rest assured that it will enter the pass to attack and plunder? This is not as good as Henan, a horse and a flat river, this kind of terrain, accidentally Sun Chuanting rushed out of the city, maybe the entire back road was cut off! King Chuang, generals, don't be careless! ”

Niu Jinxing's words shocked everyone, and also painted a prospect that made everyone desperate.

Gu Junen's face was pale, but he didn't have anything to say, if it had been placed before, he would definitely have scoffed at Niu Jinxing's alarmism. But the hard facts are in front of him, after these days of bloody battles for the attack and defense of Yuanwanggou, he has no confidence in whether the army can capture Tongguan.

He could only look at Li Zicheng expectantly, hoping that he would follow his advice.

In the end, Li Zicheng made up his mind, and he said solemnly: "Just follow the strategy, and after the artillery arrives, our army will storm the southern end of Yuanwanggou!" ”

Seeing that Li Guo seemed to be about to say something, he glared and said, "I have made up my mind, I don't need to say more!" ”

However, he thought about it, and seemed to be a little uneasy in his heart, so he didn't say a word to the side, his eyes seemed to be closed, and Song Xiance, who was sitting upright, said: "Military advisor, please make a divination and see if the attack is fierce or auspicious." ”

Song Xiance, who looked like a god, opened his eyes violently, and a pair of squinting eyes flashed with a hint of cold light.

Li Guo said in a low voice and excitedly: "Divination." ”

The rest of the generals also craned their necks and looked at it, with awe in their eyes. (To be continued.) )