Chapter 80: The Storm Rises [5]

It is said that there was a roaring sound near Lee's tent that night. It is also said that a certain unlucky soldier, just because his footsteps were a little louder, was shot by Li Ke with a bow and arrow, and ten thousand arrows pierced his heart and died. However, this hapless little soldier had a certain Li's name glued to his chest. Needless to say, everyone knows about this certain Li.

However, in three days, Li Keyong came to Ponu Bay, where Li Cunhuan also arranged for war, and 2,000 loyal and filial piety troops formed five phalanxes and arranged in the open area between Ponu Bay and Duanman Mountain. Behind it were seven spear phalanxes composed of 3,000 regimental soldiers. Behind them were 3,000 crossbowmen, but these crossbows were of inferior quality, and the range was only half that of a heavy crossbow, that is, about 120 paces. Converted to the current unit of calculation, that is, one hundred and eighty-four meters.

Just a little farther than a hard bow with one stone. However, the soldiers in the general army mainly use eight or nine buckets, not that they can't pull a stone hard bow. It's a few arrows you shoot, and do you still have the strength to fight after shooting? It is said here that archers are not archers, and once the enemy is close, they will draw their belts, hatchets, and other weapons to help them.

On the Broken Man Mountain, Li Cunhuan arranged a thousand subordinate longbow soldiers of the loyal and filial piety army, as well as the broken army capital (800 people). Li Cunxiao was arranged behind Broken Man Mountain, on the one hand, to prevent the enemy from making a detour and sneak attack, and on the other hand, he could also support Broken Man Mountain or Ponu Bay at any time.

Li Keyong is also a veteran soldier, and when he came to the scene, his head calmed down. He did not rush to attack, but ordered the army to set up camp. Although the distance between Youzhou and Shunzhou was less than 100 miles, it took Li Keyong three days to complete. It seemed as if Li Keyong and his soldiers had walked this journey with great ease.

In fact it is only on paper, and the road is not straight. It also took time for the other 50,000 horses to be assembled, which took a day. There are also heavy loads and equipment needed for the army, especially now that it has entered the cold winter, compared with Hedong, the temperature in Hebei is undoubtedly colder, which requires the preparation of cold clothes, which takes time. In addition, there were 20,000 procrastinating soldiers in the army. Li Ke was able to come to Shunzhou in such a short time, which is already considered a good ability for Li Keyong, and many soldiers are very tired because of the lack of adaptation to the water and soil.

Li Cunhuan didn't expect Li Keyong to set up camp after he came, and Li Cunhuan, as an enemy, had to admire Li Keyong's calmness. Li Cunhuan had no choice but to arrange people to set up camp, of course, in order to prevent Li Ke from attacking at night, he did not forget to send additional patrols.

The night passed, and it was not until the afternoon of the next day that Li Keyong began to attack.

The 50,000-strong army was neatly lined up on the vast plain, and what a vast, magnificent scene. But for Li Cunhuan, he is only nervous now, yes! Don't look at Li Cunhuan has experienced so many battles, many of which have rubbed shoulders with death. However, this war is obviously different from the past, Li Cunhuan still has a way back, and this time Li Cunhuan understands that it is a battle against the water.

"Come down and attack first!" Li Ke squinted at Li Cunhuan's turtle shell, if he had the opportunity, he was unwilling to go toe-to-toe with Li Cunhuan's turtle shell, but obviously couldn't. If he can't defeat Li Cunhuan quickly, then others will think that they can't help Li Cunhuan, and they will throw themselves into Li Cunhuan's arms. Even if Li Ke uses to occupy Lulong in the future, it will cost Li Ke more strength

Otherwise, Li Ke will use his self-confidence and adopt the strategy of besieging but not attacking, and he will trap Li Cunhuan here, and he can trap Li Cunhuan to death in a month at most. As for the grain, Li Keyong is not afraid, there is a large amount of autumn harvest grain in the warehouse of Youzhou City, not to mention supporting his 50,000 army to besiege for a month, even if the 100,000 army eats for half a year. But unfortunately, Li Keyong can't do this.

However, Li Keyong is not stupid, the first batch of soldiers to attack is 10,000 soldiers, mixed with 8,000 Youzhou troops, and the 2,000 Shatuo cavalry behind is not so much an attack as a battle supervision.

Maybe the next batch of attacks will also be Youzhou troops, no longer when they launch an attack, there are only two possibilities, one is that they have suffered heavy casualties, and Li Keyong is not good for them to continue the attack. The second is that Li Cunhuan's Danzhou soldiers and horses are exhausted, and Li Keyong will send his Hedong army to pick the fruits of victory.

The 10,000 attacking soldiers were divided into two parts, 5,000 men and horses attacked the Zhongxiao Army on the plain, and the other 5,000 men and horses attacked the Zhongxiao Army and the Pojun Capital on the Duanman Mountain. Although Li Keyong planned to use these cannon fodder to consume Li Cunhuan's sharpness, he was not stupid, he saw that the weakness of the loyal and filial piety army was on the flank. He didn't have a naval army, so naturally he couldn't attack from the Ji Canal and attack the flank of the loyal and filial piety army, so the only way was to enter the Keduan Manshan Mountain.

In fact, there is another important advantage of Duanman Mountain, that is, Duanman Mountain is not high, and it is only six zhang high from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, that is, twenty meters. After capturing the Broken Man Mountain, the cavalry could take advantage of the situation to launch a charge and launch a more fierce attack. Crossbowmen can calmly shoot enemies in the mountains.

However, the terrain is a bit troublesome, and there are many wooden stakes drilled by Li Cunhuan on the southern slopes, and the sharp and exposed tips are sharp, but they are not used to deal with the infantry. The stakes are only about two feet or two and a half feet high, or about 60 to 70 centimeters. These stakes were no threat to the infantry. But for the cavalry it was fatal.

The horses could just walk over the stakes, but they were likely to have a long cut in their stomachs. If you pay attention to these stakes and walk on the slopes of the hills, I am afraid that they are slower than the infantry, and the sheer size of the cavalry is as conspicuous as the moon in the night, and they are a first-class target.

However, this did not make Li Ke care, because he had 20,000 cannon fodder in his hands, and he rested that these cannon fodder were enough to take down the Broken Barbarian Mountain, and even if he couldn't, he could consume the number of enemies. Lay the foundation for him to capture the Broken Barbarian Mountain.

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