Volume 1 Section 87 The Beginning of the Fierce Battle (3)

"It is impossible for the Gushi Army to be unpredictable, there are only two possibilities. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Tu Lianju shook the feather fan lightly, very talking and laughing, and the feeling of the tree being wiped out, "One is that there are spies in our Flame Army, and they can keep abreast of our dynamics at any time; ”

"Is there a traitor?" The look of anger in Han Baling's eyes flashed away, "If there is a traitor, wouldn't all the details of our affairs be clearly understood by the opponent?"

"Actually, I hope that the former possibility, the traitor is just to grasp some situations, as long as we strengthen internal prevention, he will not be able to turn over any big storms, but if it is the second case, we will be in some trouble. Tu Lianju's face was a little uncertain.

He doesn't think that any kind of traitor here can do all this, and all the people who really enter the top level within the Flame Army are ruthless characters who have been wandering for many years, that is to say, if there is really a traitor, it is at least three or five years ago that they came in, and this is unlikely.

It can be said that most of the high-level people have known and intersected with Han Baling for more than ten years, and the traitors and scouts who have recently mixed in can't know more military secrets at all, so it's really not worth worrying about it.

With a mere county like Gushi, Tu Lianju didn't think that the other party might even send someone in to spy on intelligence a few months or even a year ago, which was too exaggerated.

"Oh? Han Baling was interested, the traitor was not to be feared, but the enemy had anticipated his own actions and was very worrying, he wanted to hear what the ability of the high-level strategist sent by this powerful commander for himself was.

"If there is only a traitor infiltrating us, he will not be able to enter the upper echelons of our Flame Army, the big deal is that it will be mixed in the hands of the people we recruited in the later stage, just be careful and pay attention to secrecy, and then supplemented by other means, it will be a matter of time before it is cleared. ”

"Well, that makes sense. ”

"However, the second situation is a bit troublesome, the Gushi Army is just a county and state army, and it can actually judge that our Yan Army is going to cross the Huai, especially in the early stage, our posture is to advance eastward from Caizhou, and in this case, the opponent can guess our intentions, and can make such a complete response in such a short period of time, then we will really meet the opponent in this battle. ”

"Hmph, Lao Tu, are you growing the prestige of others and extinguishing your own spirit! How many people can there be in this small Gushi City? How many men and horses does Gushi Army have? Even if their commander is three-headed and six-armed, he can't conjure up many soldiers! The art of war says, ten will surround it, and five will attack it, could it be that we are ten times as many as them and still can't take this Gushi City?"

The man with the scar who had been standing beside Han Baling said disapprerovingly, a long scar on the already very vicious thin face just crossed the bridge of his nose, and the slightly raised knife mark was redder than the surrounding skin, and a huge iron flail in his hand was buckled on his wrist, polished to a shiny finish, obviously a quite competent heavy weapon.

"Boss Qiu, don't underestimate your opponent, think about it, we galloped across the counties of Caizhou, and we didn't meet an opponent, then Zhenyang can be regarded as Dayi, have you ever seen a stone-throwing machine with so many crossbow arrows and such a long range?"

Tu Lianju didn't have such a good face for these reckless people, and refuted coldly: "This alone is worth pondering! Fighting a war is not just about relying on force, but also about thinking about it with your head!"

The faces of the generals who gathered around Han Baling were all angry, but under Han Baling's prestige, Han Baling did not dare to refute it before he made a clear statement.

"In your opinion, this Gushi City is impossible to attack?" Han Baling said thoughtfully, twisting his long beard under his chin.

"Not really. Just as Boss Qiu said, after all, Gushi City is only so big, and the number of troops is limited, and we have crossed the Huai River, if we go around Gushi, won't it seem that we are afraid of Gushi? This battle must be fought, but we have to consider how to fight, and if the situation is unfavorable, how should we deal with it?"

Tu Lianju's words made the generals a little dissatisfied, the battle has just begun, and this side must make unfavorable preparations first, isn't this self-inflicted?

However, Han Baling didn't think so, Gu Shicheng had given him a new understanding, especially the performance of the car crossbow, the strong crossbow and the stone thrower, which made him have to think twice as a coach.

"How do you think this battle should be fought?"

"In the humble opinion of our subordinates, if we want to fight, we will do our best to fight and strive to fight down! If we can't fight, we will say that we don't want to entangle here and kill Shouzhou directly. Tu Lianju hesitated for a moment and then said categorically.

Originally, he wanted to say that at least he would have to deal a heavy blow to Gushi, but think about how to deal a heavy blow in this situation? Either he would take it in one go, or he would not resist it under the all-out onslaught, and he would withdraw decisively without entanglement, and it would be useless to drag it out.

"There are also tactics we can do, as the crossbows, crossbows, and catapults, although powerful, are extremely fragile, and if they are deliberately drawn to make them more frequent, they can greatly reduce the frequency and effectiveness of their attacks. ”

"Okay! According to what you said, today we must destroy the sheep and horse walls outside the city, fill in the ditch, and attack with all our might! After breaking the city, let the soldiers carnival for three days! Those who break into the city for the first time will be promoted to three levels in a row, and the reward will be 100 yuan!" Han Baling raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Inform the whole army of this order, if there is any retreat and retreat from the battle, there is no need to report it, and the battle will be cut immediately!"

Jiang Feng and Qin Zaidao quickly noticed the change in the ant army's formation.

From the previous dense charge to a dispersed linear impact, and the ant soldiers began to consciously adopt a fighting strategy, constantly changing formations, making it impossible for the Divine Arm Crossbow and the Treult to maximize their power.

The giant oars and shields lifted by the ant army and the pointed wooden donkeys also played a huge role, effectively sheltering the ant soldiers who followed them.

The wooden fence that replaced the sheep and horse wall did not play a very good role, and under the courageous destruction of the ant soldiers, several sections of the wooden fence were completely destroyed in two hours, and the road to Haogou was quickly opened.

A dense rain of arrows began to cover the entire area in front of the ditch, and the soldiers who lacked armor had to rely on a small number of oars and wooden donkeys to defend themselves against attacks from the city walls.

"Boom!"

The huge stone hit a huge oar shield that was already somewhat broken, and the oar shield finally could not support the impact of the stone thrown by the stone thrower, and it scattered and cracked.

The dozen or so soldiers hiding behind the shields were nailed to the ground by the rain of arrows on the city wall before they could even scream.

But soon two more shields were pushed up, and more soldiers crowded behind the shields, carrying sandbags and approaching the ditch step by step.