After Li Yitian brought the knights of the Dragon Tooth Battalion back to the camp, he immediately went to the tent to listen to the orders of the commander. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, all the generals had already arrived, except for a few who had not been martyred in the previous melee, the rest of the generals were more or less injured.

"This time, Chu Zhenhai can be besieged on the lonely mountain, it all depends on your lives, and Long will definitely be a saint when he is a saint, and he will be crowned with an official for you!"

"It's all the commander's command, so we can easily trap the enemy outside the city. The deputy marshal on the right side hurriedly said modestly, and all colleagues nodded one after another.

Long Xiangnan's sharp gaze glanced at all the generals present, and when he saw that they were all injured, he also felt a sense of sadness. Looking at a few empty seats, Long Xiangnan said in a low voice: "A few generals who sacrificed their lives for the country must collect their corpses well, and they will be buried when the battle is won." ”

When everyone heard Long Xiangnan's words, they all fell into silence. Although it is inevitable that soldiers have been shrouded in horse leather since ancient times, there is still a desolate feeling of the death of a rabbit and a fox.

One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, and the soldiers of the three armies will use their lives to exchange for the peace of the country. For the generals really shouldn't have too much mercy, everyone gathered their emotions and listened to Long Xiangnan's next plan.

"This time, Chu Zhenhai was trapped outside Mengling City, as long as our army surrounded that lonely mountain, it was the time when we broke the enemy when they ran out of ammunition and food. ”

"If Zhang Meng in Mengling City dares to send troops to rescue, we will also take advantage of the chaos to take the city!" Long Xiangnan explained his plan and let the generals participate in it.

After everyone discussed with each other, one of the generals spoke: "Commander, although our army is besieging Chu Zhenhai and the mountains, if we don't get rid of them as soon as possible, I'm afraid the enemy army will break through as soon as possible." ”

"Besides, if the enemy's reinforcements arrive, we will also suffer from the enemy. If the 100,000 army wants to break through, it's not easy for us to stop the other party!" said another general, analyzing the pros and cons very clearly.

All the generals nodded their heads, apparently agreeing with the general's points. Long Wuji, who had not spoken at this time, spoke, and he said indifferently: "As long as our army sends 100,000 troops to surround Chu Zhenhai to the death, it must not be easy for him to escape. The remaining 400,000 troops were divided into 300,000 to confront the enemy forces in Mengling City, and the remaining 100,000 troops could harass the possible reinforcements of the Northern Chu State. ”

In this way, it can be delayed until Chu Zhenhai can't resist it by himself. By then, the power of life and death will not be in our hands?"

Although the analysis of the other is very reasonable, the rest of the generals also have different opinions.

"The Northern Chu army has abundant products in the mountains it occupies, and even hunting is enough to support the 100,000 army for more than a month. Besides, there is still a water source on the mountain, and the Chu army can set up camp on it and wait for the arrival of reinforcements. ”

All the soldiers, your words and my words will show that the analysis is extremely thorough, but neither side can convince anyone. This is the clerk who entered the big tent, he has counted the battle losses of both sides, and after getting Long Xiangnan's approval, he reported the battle damage data in the big tent.

"Our army went out at this time, and the Dragon's Tooth Battalion lost 6,300 knights, 532 seriously wounded, and 3,127 horses. The infantry troops lost 5,336 men, and the archers lost 1,295 men. Weapon arrows are still being counted, and no significant losses are expected. ”

It's a chase battle, and cleaning up the battlefield can capture a lot of loot, so you won't lose much about weapons and the like. And the weapons and armor and other supplies lost by the Northern Chu army will not be in the minority.

"Eighteen thousand three hundred and twenty-two enemy infantry men, five thousand nine hundred and seventy-one cavalry men, and two thousand three hundred and ninety-two archers were killed. Two thousand five hundred and ninety-five enemy soldiers were captured, and one colonel was captured. ”

Although the war was won, it was also a tragic victory, with almost a casualty ratio of two to one, which is enough to show that the enemy army is not easy to deal with. Moreover, the most elite dragon tooth battalion turned out to be the branch with the largest casualties, which was not good news for the Eastern Tang Dynasty soldiers.

Although Long Xiangnan is known as an invincible general, Chu Zhenhai's title of famous general is not in vain. Both sides are skilled in military affairs, and their soldiers are also very brave, and even then casualties on the battlefield are common. Now that the two strong meet, there will be an injury!

After the generals understood the battle damage, they all remained silent. As generals, they are naturally much safer, but the soldiers must fight bravely to kill the enemy after the general order is given. Therefore, a good strategy can maintain the vitality to the greatest extent, and they dare not make any conclusions now.

After all, a decision determines not only success or failure, but also the lives of tens of millions of soldiers.

Fighting and scheming has been practiced since ancient times. If you get a good plan, you can save the lives of thousands of soldiers!

"The battle was won, how can you be sad. Let's take a closer look at this today, and let us all go down and rest. Let's arrange it according to the strategy that Wuji said, and if there is any change, we will discuss it!" Long Xiangnan saw that the generals had a dull face, and immediately made up his mind and ended this temporary meeting.

In the next few days, the Eastern Tang army surrounded the Northern Chu army, and the army on the mountain outside Mengling City could not even communicate with each other. But now the deployment of troops in the Eastern Tang Dynasty is also relatively conservative, and it seems that there are some insufficient troops to break through any of them.

The lonely mountain that Chu Zhenhai was holding on to was called Yanming Mountain, and Chu Zhenhai was not in a hurry to break through at this time, but built fortifications on the mountain. They relied on the geographical advantage to firmly occupy Yanming Mountain, and the iron bucket made of Yanming Mountain was like another Mengling City.

Chu Zhenhai obviously had the goal of holding on, and in his opinion, Zhang Meng would definitely ask Northern Chu for reinforcements. Even if the Eastern Tang Dynasty continued to send additional troops, it would inevitably not arrive as quickly as the reinforcements of the Northern Chu State, after all, this place was within the territory of the Northern Chu State.

For several days, Long Xiangnan besieged Yanming Mountain without attacking, and in the eyes of the Northern Chu army, they must have saved and waited for the Northern Chu army to run out of ammunition and food, and launched a fatal blow.

However, the territory of Yanming Mountain is vast, and the products in it are extremely rich, and a natural lake on the top of the mountain is full of fish and shrimp, which is enough to support their 100,000 troops to stay here for a long time.

"Even if we hunt all day long, we will definitely be able to support the arrival of reinforcements, and then the army of the Eastern Tang Kingdom will be self-defeating!" said the general of Northern Chu confidently.

When they went out of the city to meet the battle, they did not carry any supplies, and they only had enough food for a day, and they had eaten wild fruits and animal meat for several days. Thanks to the fact that these battle-hardened soldiers were trapped in the upper mountain, if those old, weak, sick and disabled were in such a vicious environment, I am afraid that they would have abandoned their weapons and surrendered long ago.

"Our army occupies the right time, place and people, and there is no reason for the Eastern Tang army to be undefeated. Even if Long Xiangnan is known as an invincible general, this time he will return in vain!" Chu Zhenhai also opened his mouth to encourage his subordinates at this time and build confidence for them.

"At this time, even if we break out, they are helpless, and we are guarding the mountain, and they are not allowed to advance an inch. When the time comes, our reinforcements will arrive, and we will kill them from the mountains, and we will definitely be able to break the troops heading south under the attack of the two sides!"

The Chu Zhenhai Department on the mountain made up his mind to hold on, and Zhang Meng in Mengling City had no intention of going out. In this war, as long as they hold Mengling City, the enemy army will only have the only way to lose.

Zhang Meng, who saw this clearly, advocated sticking to Mengling City from the beginning, which was one of the reasons why Chu Zhenhai was willing to keep him to defend the city. Judging from the current battle situation, if Mengling City is foolproof, when the Eastern Tang Army runs out of food and grass after a few months of delay, it will be the day of withdrawal.

In this way, it seems that Chu Zhenhai's insistence on Yanming Mountain has formed a horn trend with Mengling City, but Zhang Meng knows that Chu Zhenhai's forces are limited. After all, Chu Zhenhai is the commander of the First Army, and it is impossible for him to ignore the coach's comfort.

After the battle became clear, Zhang Meng quickly sent a messenger to ask for support from the Northern Chu State. As for the scouts he sent to Yanming Mountain, there was no news from them, compared to them that they had all been killed by the soldiers of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, in the case of not knowing the battle situation in Yanming Mountain, Zhang Meng could only try to think about the best place.

For several days, Long Xiangnan kept sending people to call for battle outside Mengling City, and even organized soldiers to attack the city. Especially in the middle of the night, the city will be attacked once after an hour.

However, they all sent a small number of soldiers, lit a large number of torches, beat gongs and drums, and went to feint. However, Zhang Meng had to guard against this situation, even if he knew that the other party was feintting, he had to go all out. After all, what if this attack is real? The consequences will be unimaginable.

Three days later, Long Xiangnan led his army south to launch a siege. At this time, the Northern Chu army defending the city was already a little exhausted, but they still used the advantage of the city to block the enemy's attack.

When Long Xiangnan couldn't make a decision in one fell swoop, he decisively chose to retreat.

In the future, Long Xiangnan continued to order his soldiers to call for battle during the day, and at night they took turns to feint and attack the enemy's city. Although he did not achieve an inch of success, he tortured the enemy to the point of death. In the end, Zhang Meng had to set up his subordinates to defend the city in turns, once to deal with the enemy's tired troops. Although this strategy has improved their situation, it has not solved their predicament.

After continuing to stalemate for half a month, Mengling City came in the dust. Reinforcements from the Northern Chu State have arrived!

At the same time, in the camp of the dragon to the south, they also arrived at the news. As for the messenger who was able to enter Mengling City, it was also a living mouth that Long Xiangnan deliberately left behind, the purpose was to let him pass the news into Mengling City.

"It seems that the plan for deployment can now begin. Long Xiangnan glanced at the generals in the tent and said, several of the seats were empty at this time, and Li Yitian was not in the tent. (To be continued.) )