Shahe Town, Li Qing's Chinese army camp.

The night was very deep, but Li Qing still couldn't sleep, whether the three fortresses of Dingyuan, Weiyuan, and Zhenyuan could be held firmly was related to the success of the entire Dingzhou grand strategy, and these three fortresses were required to be firmly nailed there like a reef in the raging sea in the enemy's rebirth siege, so even Li Qing himself felt very sleepy.

But no matter how difficult it is, we must firmly implement this strategy, due to their own mistakes, the elite soldiers of Dingzhou lost half of Thailand, such a long time has passed, with their own 15,000 men and horses of the three battalions of the whirlwind chasing the wind of the personal guard who surrounded the white mountain, only more than 1,000 people have returned one after another, plus a remnant army that met with the mountain moving division at that time, 15,000 people only left more than 2,000 people, and the heavy losses made Li Qing feel a faint pain in his heart every time he remembered this incident.

The three fortresses are stuck there like nails, and the barbarians can't drive straight in, otherwise their supply line may be cut off by the Dingzhou army at any time, and the hinterland of Dingzhou, several counties on the verge of the front line have long been fortified and cleared, and the barbarians don't want to find a grain here, a pig and sheep, which makes the barbarians who rely on war to feed the war encounter unprecedented troubles in logistics, of course, in order to achieve the clear wall, Dingzhou also paid a lot of price, and many people who did not want to leave were tied up and sent away, which also made Li Qing bear a lot of infamy.

"As long as there is victory, all resentment and resentment will be diluted by the joy of victory!" Li Qing said in his heart.

However, if these three fortresses are lost, the barbarian army will immediately face the defense line of Shahe Town, and the 100,000-strong army will drive straight in, Li Qing thinks to himself, with the 30,000 horses of the Qi Nian Division, plus the reorganized Changsheng Battalion and the Whirlwind Battalion, it will be difficult to resist the tide of barbarian soldiers. Once the barbarians spread out like a plague in Dingzhou, it would be a disaster.

Can the three fortresses hold it? Li Qing didn't have a bottom in his heart. This time is not the Battle of Fuyuan back then.

Every day, the battle situation of the three fortresses was sent to Li Qing's desk like flowing water, looking at the battle reports of Liao Liao with dozens of words, Li Qing knew that it was the passage of countless lives and countless blood spilled in exchange.

Weiyuan, Zhenyuan is temporarily safe, in Weiyuan's Zhenghongqi Fusen did not contribute to work, Weiyuan did not suffer any real attack at all, and Zhenyuan's Zhenglan Banner Sushun was frustrated in the first large-scale attack, and now it is also waving the flag and shouting every day, symbolizing the attack of the surname and the matter will be over, these two fortresses seem to have no problems in a short period of time, but Dingyuan, can it be defended?

Judging from the battle report, for several days, Dingyuan suffered from the crazy attack of the two flags of Zhenghuang and Huang, day and night, the attack was actually continuous, Boyan's madness made Li Qing frightened, in just a few days, Dingyuan even killed and wounded nearly 1,000 people, which made Li Qing full of worry.

Guan Xinglong, can you hold on?

"Dashuai, are you still worried about Dingyuan?" Wang Qinian walked up to Li Qing and asked softly. Since the start of the war, Li Qing has lost a lot of weight.

Li Qing nodded, "Yes, we killed Najib, and we saw that we lifted Boyan's scales, and now he is so crazy that he attacks regardless of the dead and wounded, and he loses nearly 5,000 men and horses in a few days, and he still refuses to stop." ”

"Yes, Marshal, Boyan is completely filling with human lives, and our strategy is to drag on the war as long as possible, in this situation, Dingyuan is surrounded by regiments, and the soldiers cannot be replenished, so it is indeed not a good thing." Wang Qinian was also worried.

Li Qing turned around, "Tell Wang Yan to come to see me!" ”

After a while, Wang Yan arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, "Wang Yan, you lead the five thousand cavalry of the Changsheng battalion and move to the vicinity of Dingyuan. ”

"Dashuai, do you want to have a fight with Boyan?" Wang Yan's eyes lit up, after his injuries healed, he had not fought a battle, and every time he was training the new army on the school field, his hands were already itchy.

Li Qing shook his head, "No, you move to the vicinity of Dingyuan, for Dingyuan Guan Xinglong Olympic aid, so that Boyan can't attack Dingyuan with all his strength, what you have to do is to make Boyan feel that there is a threat on the flank, and you can grasp the depth of this yourself!" You can fight a few games in a small way, but you must not be entangled by Boyan, I am still worried about the 20,000 Long Xiao army behind Boyan, you must also pay attention to this near Dingyuan, once the Long Xiao army is pressing, you immediately retreat, don't touch them, the current Changsheng battalion is not the original guard battalion, the combat power is not the same, I want you to be like a piece of kraft candy, stick to Boyan's body, so that he can't eat it, he can't take it off! ”

"Yes, Dashuai, I understand!" Wang Yan gave a salute, turned around and strode away.

"Dashuai, where is Weiyuan Zhenghongqi Fulin, you can work hard, this kid is not the same heart as Bayar at all." Wang Qinian whispered.

Li Qing nodded and said: "Kung Fu is to be done, but Fu Sen is not easy to follow, this is a master who does not see rabbits and eagles, if we can't withstand Bayar's attack, this kid will fight us more ruthlessly than anyone else, but as long as we have the upper hand, he will stand still and wait and see." ”

Wang Qinian took a sip, "This kind of wall grass is really disgusting, handsome, we will win in the future, you really spare this kid?" It's boring to think about! ”

Li Qing smiled, lowered his head, looked at the map on the table, and was noncommittal to Wang Qinian's words.

Dingyuan, Guan Xinglong's robe was stained with blood, and his face was also stained with a few points of blood that I don't know if it was the enemy or his comrades, the big knife in his hand was on the city wall, looking at the tide receding enemies and the corpses under the city, he spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, "Boyan, you are a madman, come on, come on, fight like this, even if you beat me Dingyuan, there are still a few people left in your Huang Ministry, and Lao Tzu is accompanied." "Consecutive days of attacks at any cost, so that the original self-confident Guan Xinglong is also a little shaken, today, the yellow and yellow two banner soldiers have attacked the city several times, a pass of the main general Guan Xinglong red fight, just like a fire team, there is a danger, he appeared the first time where the enemy is driven out of the city.

Seeing the last ray of light disappear in the sky, Guan Xinglong dragged his knife and walked down the city wall, "It's not a way to go on like this, you have to think of a way." "There are more and more wounded soldiers in the city, and until now, the defenders of Dingyuan have suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, and now they are slightly injured and cannot get out of the line of fire, several medical officers including Jin Xilai, Jin Huan'er only rests for two or three hours a day, and there are still a large number of wounded soldiers who cannot be treated in time, and they grit their teeth in the infirmary.

"Wang Peng!" Back at the temporary residence on the city tower, Guan Xinglong found his deputy, Zhenwu Lieutenant Wang Peng.

"General Guan!"

"How are our hundreds of cavalry spirits now?" Guan Xinglong asked.

"The little cubs are screaming in a hurry every day!" Wang Peng said: "Every day, I watched the foot soldiers fight, but they stayed in the city and stared dryly, and they were all in a hurry. ”

Guan Xinglong smiled, "Okay, let them go immediately, send the order to the cavalry, now give me sleep immediately, the third watch gets up to eat and drink, and the third watch follows me out of the city to do a vote!" ”

Wang Peng was taken aback, "General Guan, are you going to steal the camp?" ”

Guan Xinglong snorted, "Steal a fart camp, the other party has tens of thousands of horses, and Lao Tzu only has 500 cavalry, how can you steal the camp?" Wang Peng, I have been paying attention to the Boyan camp in the past few days, the dog said that he looked down on us too much, and the logistics baggage battalion was so sudden that it almost reached under our noses, as if he expected that Lao Tzu would not dare to go out of the city, Lao Tzu just wanted to do a vote and burn him. ”

"General, I'll go, the general is in danger, and he can't take this risk!" Wang Peng said loudly.

"you!" Guan Xinglong slapped the thick-backed knife on the table with a bang, "You are an infantry captain, you can walk on a horse, but if you want to wave a weapon on a horse to fight, can you?" Lao Tzu estimated that the horse was running fast, and he had to turn you upside down, but Lao Tzu was born in the Whirlwind Battalion, you know? That's the most elite cavalry battalion in the whole army! Speaking of this, Guan Xinglong suddenly became sad, "It's a pity that many old brothers are gone!" "In the battle of Baishan Mountain, almost the entire army of the Whirlwind Battalion was wiped out, and even the main general Jiang Kui was seriously injured. As soon as he thought of this, Guan Xinglong hated the roots of his teeth, and he couldn't wait to kill all the barbarians.

"Now Lao Tzu sleeps, the third watch gets up, and leads the troops out of the city, after I leave, you will be responsible for the defense of the entire Dingyuan, and you have to pick us up in the early hours of tomorrow morning, you can do it, if the dog cub of Boyan chases closely, you don't have to open the city gate to pick us up, in case that kid rushes in." Also, in case I can't come back, you have to complete the trust of the handsome, don't embarrass Lao Tzu. ”

"General!" Wang Peng's eyes couldn't help but turn red, Guan Xinglong was completely confessing the aftermath, obviously not optimistic about going out of the city this time, "General, we are guarding the city, why bother going out of the city to take risks!" ”

Guan Xinglong said with a smile: "Do you think Lao Tzu doesn't want to, but if this way of playing, we won't be able to last long, Lao Tzu went to burn his baggage logistics battalion, at least within ten days, Boyan's bastard doesn't want to attack the city, we can also breathe a sigh of relief, and many of the wounded soldiers will return to the team, and then we will have a lot of confidence to fight again." ”

"But if the general can't come back, how can we defend the city?"

"Whew!" Guan Xinglong spat out, "What kind of nonsense, Lao Tzu must be back, Wang boy, do you expect me to die and you will be a general, tell you, when Lao Tzu is promoted to a general, you will have a show." ”

Wang Peng's tears finally flowed, "General Guan, I am willing to be your captain for the rest of my life!" ”

Guan Xinglong laughed, "Lao Tzu is sleeping now, you go to find enough grease, arrange the city defense and respond tomorrow morning, whether Lao Tzu can come back alive, there is still a small half of it to be pinned on you!" ”

"My subordinates will do it immediately!" Wang Peng turned around and strode away.

Watching Wang Peng's departure, Guan Xinglong lay on his back on the simple wooden board in the corner of the wall, and in a moment, he snored loudly.

(To be continued)