Ma Kuo was about to give an order to besiege Taiyuan with all his might, when suddenly there was an order from the Hebei Marching Division. Pu Liuru Bosheng took the order and glanced at it, smiled hehe, and handed it to Ma Kuo.

Ma Kuo also sighed, and Zhang Kejian asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The military situation has changed, and the marching division wants to leave the two armies of Chengde and Wei Bo in Hebei and attack the Daimyo."

"Hey! The military order is like a mountain, originally it was said to fight Taiyuan first, why do you want to fight the daimyo again? The order changes overnight, and I am afraid that it will not be ......"

Pu Liuru Bosheng stood up: "Wait for me to write a letter and make a statement to the marching department, seeing that Taiyuan is all in the bowl, and it will not be able to fly." ”

Ma Kuo said: "Ask for a little peace, this letter comes and goes, it will take half a month, and the army will not be able to spend half a month?" At present, in Hedong, the main force also has 30,000 people available in the Linfu Army, the Yanyan Army, and the Tianxiong Army, as well as hundreds of thousands of patrol battalions and millions of armor. ”

"It's just that Taiyuan City is high and deep, if the ants are attached to attack the city, I'm afraid that the casualties will be not small."

Ma Kuo also stood up and paced in the house, Hedong Baojia, but he was afraid that they were all ordinary people, and let them go to Taiyuan City to fill the trench, Ma Kuo really couldn't bear it.

"No, I'll fight Xiangyuan first." Pu Liuru Bosheng analyzed, "Once Xiangyuan's Wanyan Silver Technique is surrounded by our army, his son can surround and send reinforcements if he doesn't fight hard to save him." ”

Ma Kuo pondered for a long time: "The captive chieftain is beside him, there are many soldiers and horses, not under Tianxiong and other three armies, with one enemy and one, he may not be able to eat, if he concentrates on the patrol battalion and fights head-on with the gold thief, I am afraid that the patrol battalion will not be caught." ”

"With the three armies of Tianxiong, you won't lose if you lose. Whether it's the patrol battalion or the armor guards, after eating food for so long, they should also show some strength. ”

"Recruiting envoys," Ma Kuo was a little angry, "The grain and grass we eat are also handed over by the guards of one tun after another." It is we who eat their food, not them who eat ours. ”

"Alright, alright." Zhang Kejian played a round game, "Whoever eats whom, when the national disaster is at the head, will come out to fight." Please send the envoy to dispatch troops. ”

At dawn on the 30th, the Tianxiong army, which was moving south from Qin County, launched an attack on Xiangyuan City. There didn't seem to be many Jin soldiers in the city, and the Jin soldiers abandoned the stronghold of Chengguan and shrank into the city.

Tianxiong Zhenfu Division soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of Lu Zhishen brandished an iron Zen staff, first set up a dozen lever-type trebuchets, threw mud bombs on the city tower, and after seeing the retreat on the city wall, Lu Zhishen ordered the patrol battalion ants to attack the city.

The patrol battalion carried the ladder and climbed up regardless of their lives, but when they saw the mud bombs resting on the head of the city, they leaned out, bows and arrows, boiling oil, and slapping rods to greet them.

After a whole day of attack, the patrol battalion suffered heavy casualties, and by the time of Shen had not yet climbed the city wall.

Lu Zhishen shook the kettle in his hand: "Bring up the torch, no matter how many people die tonight, you have to rush up." ”

At this time, a soldier came to report: "Captain Matthew is here." ”

Lu Zhishen had seen Ma Kuo, Ma Kuo asked about the siege of the city, and said: "There are explosives in the army, and there are ready-made blasting boxes, why don't you use them?" ”

"Captain, the blasting box is valuable."

"Isn't the appointment worthless? The patrol battalion is also a child of Hedong. ”

Lu Zhishen then changed his tactics and organized sappers to blast the city gate with a sealed wooden box filled with gunpowder. With a loud bang, the Song army rushed into the city through the gap and engaged in a street battle with the enemy. The enemy suffered heavy casualties and retreated step by step. An hour and descended to Xiangyuan.

The whole city is a big rope, and you can't see the end of Yan Yinshu. The captives were captured for interrogation, and it was learned that Wanyan Yinshuke had led most of the Jin soldiers to retreat to Changye.

Xiangyuan County Ya, Ma Kuo said to Lu Zhishen: "The general is a monk, how can he be so hard-hearted to the children of his hometown." ”

"Captain, Ci is not in charge of the troops."

"Xuanyuan Dao said, everyone in the mortal world accumulated merits, to the heavenly kingdom has a priesthood, the main force is the elite, among which there are many loyal warriors, all battles, when the warriors first. General, think about it, if the sharp soldiers were not the first soldiers, how could they convince the patrol battalion and even the armor guards. ”

Lu Zhishen bowed: "The Sprinkle family is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and only wants to keep the elite to fight the gold thief." What the captain taught him was that if he fought Changye again, he would definitely lead the army to ascend first, and he would come to see Yan Yinshuke's head after finishing it."

Wanyan Yinshu has already concentrated his main force in Changye, and he is shrinking to wait for help. Ma Kuo convened the generals of the Tianxiong, Linfu, and Yansui armies to discuss.

"Among the golden thieves, the characteristics of the captive chieftain are that they are good at defense, forming a complete battle line with the signing army, and holding the old Jurchen in their hands, so as to carry out counter-assault in case of emergency. In the rest of the counties, there are troops, forming a special horn trend. We have to engage in continuous street fighting to eliminate it. This kind of combat is a delicate and unpleasant skillful battle, and it must not be rushed with a dense team. ”

"Taiwei Takami."

Although Pu Liuru Bosheng is close to Hu Yangeng, after all, he is a young general promoted from his family, and his real command ability is far inferior to Ma Kuo. Therefore, Puliu Ru Bosheng paid more attention to ensuring the loyalty of the army, and when Ma Kuo needed support, he endorsed Hu Yangeng on behalf of him, and the command matters were handed over to Ma Kuo.

Ma Kuo talked eloquently, and none of the generals were unconvinced.

When it comes to preparing for an attack, he requires the generals to reconnoiter the terrain, select the enemy's weak points to determine the location of the attack, and prepare ladders, explosives boxes and other siege equipment.

"The Battle of Xiangyuan caused excessive casualties because the reconnaissance of the enemy's deployment, terrain, and fortifications were insufficient, and the combat equipment such as ladders was too little, too short, and too stupid, especially the concealment was too poor, and it lost its suddenness, and the troops were crowded, and they were not good at moving back to the enemy's flank."

…… Then, Ma Kuo explained the steps and tactics of siege and street fighting step by step. For example, approaching the city walls in concealment, opening up a breakthrough in Mupo, dividing and coordinating the combat division and coordination of the assault troops, seizing the commanding heights to suppress the archers, developing in depth and fighting in the streets, encircling the enemy and making the enemy escape and ambushing in the field.

With regard to the tactics of pursuit and ambush, Ma Kuo formulated the tactics of luring the enemy deep and encircling and annihilating him according to the tactics of outflanking the Jin soldiers with both flanks and attacking the Tiefutu head-on. That is, first engage the enemy with a small force, and after reconnoitring the enemy's situation, "feign retreat one after another, and give an alarm with fireworks, luring the enemy deeply." The main force was secretly concealed, assembled on both sides of the enemy's approach, and set up ambushes on wide and horizontal terrain, and the infantry lined up in large formations of side vans. Induce the enemy's cavalry to surrender to our ambush area, and then destroy it. Or pinn down the light cavalry on its flanks with the necessary forces, and destroy them with the heavy cavalry and brigades in the center with the main force. ”

In the vast, complex and changeable battlefield, the tactics of the soldiers and horses of the six towns of Heshuo who set up a large formation of partial vans and waited for the enemy's army, or subdued them with three enemies and one enemy, were no longer enough. It is necessary to have an experienced commander, with a broad vision, firm determination, and flexible tactics, to guide a middle-level officer like Lu Zhishen who has been promoted from the ranks.

Ma Kuo is also gradually showing his skills in another time and space.