"Report!"

Braving the rain of shells, the herald ran to Tu Nao's side and said, "Report to the general, the Liang army has attacked, the enemy in the east has crossed the moat, and the enemy in the north is crossing the Huangshui strongly, and he is about to reach the city." ”

As soon as the words fell.

Rumble!

There was a loud explosion at the gates of the city.

The Liang army has already begun to blow up the city gate tower with explosives, and if this continues, the city gate tower may not last long.

If they go out to defend, they will be baptized by the shelling of the Liang army.

"It's too fast!"

Tu Nao sighed and ordered, "Retreat according to the original plan!" ”

"Yes!"

Originally, I wanted to use the city of Xiazhuang to hold the Liang army for one to two months, but I didn't expect that it would be impossible to hold it in less than ten days.

Tu Nao didn't have any plans to fight with the Liang army, 60,000 to 160,000, and the weapons and equipment were not as good as others.

Hit a hair!

Remove!

Rumble!

There was a loud bang at the gates, a flash of fire, and then a puff of smoke.

"It's not close!"

"Keep bombing!"

"Yes!"

After the use of gunpowder, the way of siege has also changed, who still uses siege vehicles, directly use gunpowder to blow up the city gate, which is more convenient.

But it also derived a way to defend against bombing the city gate, which is very simple, that is, to pile sandbags behind the city gate and completely block the city gate hole.

In the face of this situation, only by constantly digging and exploding, it can always be exploded.

"Report!"

The scouts on the mountain ran down and came to Li Huai.

"Report to King Liang, the enemy has abandoned Xiazhuang and retreated west!"

"Hmm."

Li Huai nodded lightly, indicating that he knew, and he was not surprised by this situation.

If it is best to completely annihilate the main force of Tu Nao in Xiazhuang, it is obvious that the enemy will not give him this opportunity.

But where can they go?

"Order the artillery battalion to stop the shelling, go up the ladder, be careful, prevent fraud, and let the vanguard troops not be too aggressive."

Li Huai ordered.

"Yes!"

After the shelling stopped, the ladder was erected on the wall, and the vanguard troops climbed the wall and occupied the city wall with great success.

Working together inside and out, it was easy to empty the sandbags in the city gate hole, and the army entered the city smoothly.

The scouts entered the city first to investigate, and the city of Xiazhuang was not big, so it quickly turned around.

"Report to King Liang, there is no ambush in the city, and our army successfully occupies Xiazhuang."

"Okay."

Li Huai entered the city with some of his personal guards, and the army stayed outside for the time being, and soon, Qi Yuanbai came from the Huangshui side and joined him, and like Li Huai, he also left the army on the Huangshui side.

"Lord Wang!"

Qi Yuanbai was a little anxious to find Li Huai, and before he could breathe, he said: "Lord Wang, before the battle began, I asked the scouts to observe the west, and the scouts saw Tu Nao's retreat with their own eyes, and they only had less than 10,000 people. ”

"10,000?!"

Li Huai was stunned, this means that Tu Nao's main force is not in Xiazhuang, so where will it be?

Soon.

He confirmed the news from all sides, and the artillery battalion on the mountainside also saw it, and it was indeed less than 10,000 people.

The surrounding area was also reconnoitred, and there was absolutely no ambush, and the stragglers hidden in the mountains and forests would not exceed three thousand.

And probably retreated westward with Tu Nao.

Seemingly.

Tu Nao didn't plan to defend Xiazhuang, just to delay time, if he knew this, he should have attacked on the first day.

It's useless to say this.

"Map!"

Li Huai commanded.

The two lieutenants immediately stood in front of him, stretching out a map of the left flank, somewhat scribbled, many details could not be marked, only a general topography.

After all, they really don't know the terrain here.

It's nice to have a working military map.

"The royal court of the Gaochang royal department is here, Qingtang City, about one hundred and fifty miles away from us, there is only one road to Qingtang City, this one hundred and fifty miles of canyons on both sides of the Huangshui, both sides are mountains and primitive deep forests, and the terrain is extremely complicated."

Li Huai frowned, if Tu Nao scattered all his 60,000 people, scattered them among them, and fought guerrilla warfare with them.

That would be too bad!

Qi Yuanbai pointed to the middle and added: "There is also a strategic location in front of Qingtang City, called Hehuangjian, which is the gateway of Qingtang City, and the enemy will definitely block it here, and we can't bypass it." ”

One hundred and fifty miles, one hundred and fifty miles......

It doesn't sound far away, if you hurry up, you can get there in a day and a night, but this ghost terrain, there is an ambush that may appear at any time.

It's not easy to do!

"We must prepare for the worst, and the defeat of Yue Longxi is because we underestimate the enemy too much, and we must not repeat the mistakes of the past." Li Huai said in a deep voice.

"It's better to be slow than careless!" Qi Yuanbai conformed to the Tao.

Li Huai thought for a while, "That can't be too slow, I have an idea, send a vanguard force, twenty miles before the army, to familiarize yourself with the terrain, so that you can be sure." ”

"With such terrain and such an environment, the enemy may attack the vanguard at any time, and the army cannot support in time, who does the prince want to send?" Qi Yuanbai asked.

No one else.

"Tie Mu's Blood Wolf Hussar Battalion, even if it faces several times the enemy, it can still deal with the enemy for a while, and the army can arrive in time." Li Huai said in a deep voice.

Qi Yuanbai was a little speechless, but finally couldn't help but worry, and said, "Lord Wang, the Blood Wolf Hussar Battalion...... I'm so tired! ”

Battle of Longxi.

Tie Mu took the bloody wolf hussar battalion, fought from Longxi to the east bank of the Yellow River, defeated the second division of Dingma, and blocked Tu Nao on the east bank of the Yellow River, and then turned back non-stop to besiege Chun Yue, and pursued from Longxi to the east bank of the Yellow River.

I don't know how many horses ran to death.

It's a bit of a drain.

Now that they are being pioneered again, will this be too harsh on them.

"If Tie Mu doesn't go, then only me will go, I don't have a choice, send an order to Tie Mu and ask his opinion."

Li Huai doesn't like to be verbose, if Tie Mu doesn't want to go, that's fine, then he will take the White Horse Righteous Army himself.

Let him choose.

Ultimately.

Tie Mu did not hesitate to give the military order, and half a day later, he marched to the hinterland of the left flank in advance.

Li Huai was delayed for a day in Xiazhuang, and he had to rearrange Xiazhuang, which would be an important logistics transfer station.

Then, according to the original plan, Li Huai was in the south of Huangshui, and Qi Yuanbai was in the north of Huangshui, going hand in hand.

Li Huai specially explained that he must protect the artillery army, and they are needed when attacking the city.

The enemy will also certainly keep an eye on the bulky artillery at every turn.

Not long after Tie Mu entered, he was ambushed by the enemy on a small scale, but fortunately, he was prepared for it and did not suffer any losses.

But the speed had to slow down, and he had to figure it out and let the scouts who followed them set up posts before he dared to let the army pass.

After Tu Nao withdrew from Xiazhuang, he didn't go far, he was secretly staring at the Liang army, looking at the arrangement of the Liang army, he directly thought of the hedgehog.

It's completely impossible to swallow!

The Liang army is too stable, not to mention the reconnaissance of the vanguard troops, after the reconnaissance is completed, the outpost will be established, even after the army, the outpost will not be withdrawn, and there will be a palace behind.

It is impossible to quietly approach the main force of the Liang army, let alone destroy the dead artillery protected by the Liang army.

But knowing that it was impossible, he still had to try.

Constantly sending out small-scale attacks, just attack the vanguard of the Liang Army, although there is no way to pose too much threat, at least it can be delayed for some time.

The longer he delayed, the more troops Chun Yu recruited in the rear, and the more abundant the supplies would be.

Because Concubine Liu became Li Huai's prisoner, the Bright Holy Court could not openly send troops or send a grand master to participate in the war.

But he has been secretly sending supplies to the Gaochang royal department.

In other words.

The Gaochang royal department has once again become cannon fodder for the Bright Holy Court, and Chun Yuyue also knows this in his heart, but he has no choice.

One hundred miles!

Liang Jun walked for more than 20 days, and calculated that the average day was less than five miles, which was slower than that of the old lady who was on crutches.

But steady!

Finally, the Liang army saw the gateway of the left flank, between the rivers, a fortress that crossed the Huangshui and crossed the valley.

Li Huai observed through binoculars, this fortress is about two and a half miles long, and more than two zhang high.

The whole body is piled up with rocks and reinforced.

It can be seen that there are obviously eight artillery forts, secretly afraid that there are more, and on both sides of the fortress, ambushes are also arranged, there are many people, all the mountains and rocks below have been destroyed, and the vegetation has also been cut down, and it is difficult to break through from the mountain.

Only a strong attack!

However, the front of the fortress is too narrow, and there is a Huangshui in the middle, although when you get here, the Huangshui River is about the same width as the ditch, but it is always in the way.

At most, two battalions of troops can be thrown, and no matter how many people can squeeze in.

If the enemy fires a shotgun, it will be simply impossible to move an inch.

The cavalry is here, and it does not play any role.

If you want to hit the enemy's city, the enemy's artillery fire will definitely hit their artillery position.

Brush!

A roll of wide cloth suddenly fell on the head of the city, the words were the size of a room, and it was written: Young Master Army!