Almighty Cultivation Supreme

It was as if time had stood still, as if everything had returned to the beginning, and the war had once again entered a phase of stalemate. Whether it was the officers and troops defending the city or the mixed formation of the rebel army besieging the city, no one could help anyone, and they could not achieve absolute superiority, and they could not hold each other for a while.

The sound of artillery disappears, and the battle returns to the most primitive confrontation of cold weapons.

Seeing such a situation, Gao Yingxiang's expression only relaxed slightly, it was still ugly, his eyes were fixed on the battlefield situation, and he didn't blink.

There is no doubt that if this continues, the balance of victory will tilt in his favor. After all, there are 100,000 troops this time, so they are exhausted, fight for the number of people, and if they continue to attack, they will be able to take the county seat of Puxian sooner or later.

However, before victory, the most important thing is time.

Seeing that the tiger squat artillery troops had withdrawn from the battlefield one after another, Ma Shouying was once again not calm and had some dissatisfaction. In particular, when the rebel soldiers fell, or were hit by rolling logs and stones, or fell from the city walls, or were covered by a rain of arrows and died, the cold sound sounded again, but it was not as strong as it was at the beginning.

"High Chief, what do you mean by that?"

"Horse chief, what do you mean? I really don't understand it. Gao Yingxiang replied lightly, and didn't look back, seeing how bad he was at this time.

The meaning is simple. Leader Gao, you have also seen that the bombardment of the tiger squat cannon not only made the officers and soldiers dare not use the red-coated cannon easily, but also suppressed the momentum of the archers on the city wall, making the soldiers responsible for capturing the city head more advantageous, why did you suddenly stop? Under such circumstances, how did you let your Tiger Squat Artillery unit retreat? ”

Gao Yingxiang's nose moved slightly, and he let out a light snort of dissatisfaction, and did not answer Ma Shouying's question, but said unceremoniously: "Old Huihui, if you bring those tiger squat artillery shells you have in reserve to support my tiger squat artillery troops, I will immediately let them enter the battlefield again and bombard the city." ”

"Why? Why should I give you my shells? Who do you think it is? Why don't you give me your Tiger Squat Cannon shells? The old man replied to Ma Shouying's repeated retorts, but he was still very strong and did not back down.

Suddenly, the atmosphere became stiff and full of the smell of gunpowder, but Luo Rucai was at this time and made a dilution again.

"Leader Ma, Leader Gao, everyone is brothers, why do you have to be so-for-tat? Moreover, in the event of a major war, it is the most important thing to take the county seat of Puxian, and it is the most taboo to have internal conflicts. After all, everyone is in the same boat, and if this battle does not go well, neither of them can be protected. Besides, Leader Ma, why are you in such a hurry? Since Leader Gao is doing this, he must have his own considerations, so we might as well calm down, give more patience, and let Leader Gao solve everyone's doubts. ”

Obviously, this is by no means the time for a collapse, and the consensus of everyone at this time, regardless of whether there is selfishness in their hearts.

Of course, whether it is Gao Yingxiang or Lao Hui Ma Shouying, don't look at it as a tough posture, not giving in to each other, but from the bottom of my heart, I don't want to talk about it.

With this potential consensus, and Luo Rucai gave the steps, Gao Yingxiang just groaned slightly, and began to explain to everyone in a deep voice.

"Everyone, you must have also seen that the red-coated cannons of the officers and soldiers have not been damaged much, and they still have a lot of combat power. Moreover, each of them knows that although there are many tiger squat cannons in my Gao Yingxiang and some shells are stored, it is impossible to consume them endlessly. When the war enters a critical period, if the officers and soldiers make red-coated cannons and bomb them, if the cannonballs below are exhausted, how can they resist the red-coated cannons? How else to siege the city? At that time, the number of casualties will inevitably be several times higher than now. ”

In an instant, everyone was stunned, originally thinking of a small abacus, wanting to take the opportunity to consume all of Gao Yingxiang's shells, and was blinded by it, but now they are completely sober.

Ma Shouying was speechless when he was refuted, but Gao Yingxiang didn't look like he stopped, and his next words were a bit out of everyone's thoughts.

"Of course, if the leaders can be generous and take out some of the shells, Gao will immediately let the tiger squat artillery troops enter the battlefield and assist in attacking the county seat. After all, in the later stages of the war, if you want to attack other county towns, you will definitely need to use the Tiger Squat Cannon, and it is unlikely that you will be able to support the shells of the Tiger Squat Cannon. ”

After finishing speaking, a trace of disdain flashed in Gao Yingxiang's eyes, and he pretended to glance at everyone casually, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, with a hint of mockery, which seemed to say: "A group of old foxes, I'm not stupid, how can I show all my family background as soon as I come up and use it up?" Don't think I don't know, those people who are mixed in the stormtroopers are just your newly recruited subordinates, not only have no battlefield experience, but are more old and weak. ”

However, Gao Yingxiang's mind only flashed this thought, and he didn't have any anger at all, but he could understand it very well.

After all, the hard attack at the beginning was not only to test the defensive attitude of the city defense battalion, but also to consume the strength of the officers and soldiers. Therefore, at the beginning of the battle, no one was willing to leave their elite.

What's more, the task of the leaders is only to assist, even if they take the county seat, the benefits in it are only his Gao Yingxiang's, and Wang Ziyong and the others' targets are in the surrounding county towns that are very close.

Therefore, of course, their own elite must be used to attack their own targets.

has experienced the baptism of the battlefield, struggled on the edge of life and death from hunger, whether it is the leaders or the corresponding deputy generals, they have long been accustomed to seeing life and death, not only killing people like hemp, but also being very indifferent to the scene in front of them.

Sunset and sunrise, in the blink of an eye, it was already two days later.

In these two long days, the battle never stopped, Gao Yingxiang was determined to take the county seat of Puxian, and he had already lost his temper, although the corpses outside the west gate were not piled up, but they were also thick.

In Li Zicheng's camp, Li Jiajun is still scattered everywhere, and most of them are still lying there, although there is no such sound of serious illness, but they still look weak, as if they are malnourished.

In the camp, although the condition of Li Zicheng, Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu and others has completely improved, the high fever has subsided, and they no longer have diarrhea, they are still pretending to be sick and symbolically lying on the couch.

In the past two days, it has almost become a routine, Gao Yingxiang's Lang Zhong will come three times in the morning, noon and evening to check on Li Zicheng's condition, which is called concern, but in fact, he is not giving up, and wants everyone to go to the battlefield again and attack the county seat for him.

At this moment, Li Zicheng was lying there, glanced at everyone, and finally stopped at Gao Yigong, who was standing there, and asked, "Yigong, how is the situation ahead?" Hasn't there been any progress yet? ”

Hearing this, Gao Yigong suddenly smiled, more like gloating.

"Hey, hey... Brother-in-law, what progress can be made? The uncle is still fighting with his wheels, trying to use the advantage of numbers to consume the defenders of the dead city. Not to mention, Wang Ziyong and they really encountered hard stubble, facing the sleepless siege of the rebel army from all walks of life, day and night, the guards in the city just didn't have the slightest intention of recognizing the bear, and they were still dying. ”

However, Xu Xiake was not happy at all, his face was embarrassed, and he sighed in a gloomy tone: "It's a pity that those soldiers, most of them are from the common people, and the reason why they rebelled with these leaders is nothing more than to fill their stomachs and stutter, but now they have become pawns, and there are dead people piled up outside the west gate of Puxian County." ”

A hint of sympathy flashed between Li Zicheng's eyebrows, and then he returned to normal, and his next words did not have any emotion.

"One thing, that... What about the strength of Wang Ziyong and others? To what extent? ”

Gao Yigong's expression changed suddenly, his hippie smile suddenly disappeared, he looked indignant, and said angrily: "Brother-in-law, it's okay not to say this, as soon as I mention this, I feel angry in my heart." Wang Ziyong and others are not things, and our uncle Gao Yingxiang is not a good thing. ”

Calling the lives of the elders, he cursed even more, which shows how angry Gao Yigong's heart is, how angry he is, Li Zicheng asked in a timely manner: "Yigong, what's wrong?" What did they do to make you so angry? ”

"Brother-in-law, you don't know. In the past two days, the rebel army responsible for the siege of the city has either been newly recruited soldiers or old and weak, and has not been on the real battlefield, let alone has no siege experience at all. Let them fight the front war, and they are simply sent to death. What's even more annoying is that at this time, these leaders still have the mind to not only make small calculations with each other for their own selfish interests, but also exchange the lives of their soldiers for the shells of the tiger squatting cannon. ”

Liu Fangliang frowned slightly, showing a puzzled look, and interjected to ask: "Exchange the lives of soldiers for the shells of the tiger squatting cannon?" How do you say that? How can this be changed? ”

Without waiting for Gao Yigong to answer, Tian Jianxiu explained lightly: "Big head Liu, you don't understand this?" Isn't that simple? Let the soldiers charge desperately and storm the county seat, that is, do not use the tiger squat cannon to bombard the officers and soldiers on the head of the city, and this is how the lives of the soldiers are exchanged for shells. ”

"Oh... I understand that the careful thinking that Yigong said should be that each leader saves cannonballs, that is, when attacking their respective targets, they use the tiger squat cannon. Liu Fangliang looked suddenly enlightened, and he was also furious.

Li Zicheng's reaction was very cold, and he followed calmly: "In this way, although after two days of fierce battles and endless wheel warfare day and night, the real strength of the various rebel armies has not been greatly consumed, and those who have died are those newly joined refugees. ”

The tone of questioning seemed to be speculation, but what Li Zicheng said was extremely positive, and Gao Yigong's reaction confirmed this.

"Yes, brother-in-law." Gao Yigong nodded solemnly, agreed, and then said: "However, brother-in-law, after such two days of attrition, the recruits and old and weak people in the various rebel armies have already died. Otherwise, unless they abandon Pu County. ”

"No, there's no way they're going to give up."

Li Zicheng immediately gave a negative speech, but Gao Yigong questioned: "Brother-in-law, why?" Brother-in-law, according to my understanding of them, most of them are people who accept them when they see a good situation, and once they can't attack for a long time, they are bound to flee thousands of miles away, making a trend of falling and scattering. After all, according to past experience, it was impossible for the imperial court to allow the rebel army to besiege the county for a long time. ”

Gao Yigong seemed to be very confident, and after finishing speaking, he nodded to himself, as if he was cheering himself up and firmly believing in his judgment.

"One work, one time and that time, this time is different from the past." Li Zicheng said this noncommittally, as if he didn't have the leisure to explain, looked at Xu Xiake again, and said softly: "Mr. Xu, let's talk about the reason." ”

"Well, okay, boss."

Xu Xiake responded, and then talked eloquently to solve everyone's doubts.

"Brother Gao, that's the case, you should know that Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao and others focused their troops on Shaanxi, and the imperial court had the rebellion of Mao Wenlong's remnants in Shandong and Liaodong, so they didn't have too much energy to pay attention to this at all."

After nearly a year of getting along, Gao Yigong already knew that this old man of Xu Xiake was very unusual, not only was he relied on by his brother-in-law, but even Liu Fangliang, Wu Ruyi, Tian Jianxiu and others respected him very much.

Therefore, although Gao Yigong listened extremely ignorant and did not understand very much, he still listened patiently.

"Moreover, the most important thing is that whether it is the high leader, or the king alliance lord and others, they have put a lot of effort into this battle and lost a lot of people. In just two days, there were 20,000 or 30,000 dead and wounded. Therefore, even if the initiator of this battle, the high leader, wants to withdraw the troops, the others will not agree. ”

Gao Yigong was completely persuaded by the latter words, and echoed very approvingly: "Mr. Xu is right, although the various leaders are not their real elite, but they are also three to four percent of their own troops, if the situation does not occur an absolute reversal, they will not give up easily." ”

It seems that he suddenly opened his mind, Gao Yigong's thinking was completely opened, and combined with his previous experience, he added: "Moreover, once the army is withdrawn in a hurry, according to past experience, the officers and troops will inevitably press up, and they will be encircled and suppressed one after another, and the surrounding county towns are so close that if they are dispatched one after another, the situation of the rebel army will not be good." ”

Wu Ruyi, who had never spoken, also spoke at this time and expressed his opinions.

"Yes, the combat effectiveness of the rebel army and the official army is not at all proportional, and it is common for thousands of officers and troops to chase and kill tens of thousands of rebel troops. Once the rebel armies retreat, it will create a false impression that the situation on the battlefield is not favorable to their side, so they will have to retreat, and the morale of the army will inevitably be disrupted. The rebel army had no discipline or organization to speak of, and as long as several nearby county towns each sent a few hundred city defense battalions, they could defeat the rebel army and flee, and its position collapsed. ”

In a word, everyone not only explained the current strength of the rebel armies from all walks of life, but also analyzed the future development of the situation very thoroughly.

At this time, listening to everyone's analysis, Li Zicheng's eyes lit up, it seemed that bad water appeared in his stomach again, he had an idea, his eyes flashed with crystal light, staring directly at Gao Yigong, and said excitedly: "Yigong, you and Mr. Xu will reveal the following content here and reveal it to Wang Ziyong and others from various channels!" ”