In these days, Liu Tai not only encouraged the people to clear the field and reserve materials on the strong wall, but also built a ravine and an outer wall based on the current Laiwu City, which was used as a defense facility outside Laiwu City.

To put it simply, it is to pile up the earth excavated in the ravines into an outer wall, which is not as strong as a real city wall, and the outer wall will be pulled apart by the soldiers a few times, and even if it rains a lot of rain these days, the outer wall will be directly washed down.

It's just that it hasn't rained much since April, and the façade at least looks like it.

But Liu Tai didn't plan how long this kind of exterior wall would last, even if it was an extra day to delay Gou Xi's marching speed, it would be valuable.

After all, Gou Xi wants to attack the city, and these blocking outer walls need to be cleared, otherwise he will not be able to give full play to his numerical advantage, and even many siege weapons will not be sent in at all.

At the same time, Liu Ming and his soldiers relied on this outer wall to fight head-on with Gou Xi's army, and if they saw that the situation was not good, they could also retreat to Laiwu City.

Gou Xi's eyes looked at Laiwu, as a commander, when he came to a place, he almost instinctively observed the surrounding terrain and whether there were any resources that could be borrowed.

I have to say that Liu Tai instigated the people in the entire Laiwu City to carry out the garrison of the city, at least the trees around Laiwu City have already been cut down and made into wood and sent into the city.

As for the river, it is true that there is no moat in this Laiwu, but hundreds of wells have been drilled in the city to ensure the safety of drinking water.

There are really not many favorable terrain that Gou Xi can take advantage of, as for the mountain that Gou Chun chose, Gou Xi didn't choose, it's not that there is a problem with the place Gou Chun has chosen, or that it has been burned to ruins and is inconvenient to clean up.

But Gou Chun only has 6,000 people, so the mountain spring on the mountain is enough to drink, but the army led by Gou Xi has more than 20,000 people, and this water is naturally not enough!

Therefore, Gou Xi chose to camp near the water source, which is roughly where the current Xueye Lake is located, to ensure that the army can get water.

It's just that this is a little far away from the city of Laiwu City, so it is more equipped than the normal army attack.

However, Gou Xi is a little jealous of Liu Tai after all, Gou Xi knows Gou Chun's ability, he took his elite as a pioneer, and was defeated by Liu Tai in only three days.

Therefore, the main camp is far away from Laiwu, although there will be a little inconvenience in attacking, but it is not easy for Liu Tai to raid.

After Gou Xi prepared the soldiers, he asked Liu Hui to prepare siege equipment, and he took Xu Gong and Shao Xu to start suppressing Laiwu with the main force of the army.

Gou Xi looked at the situation in front of him and narrowed his eyes slightly, and said to Shao Xu, "You lead the headquarters to test the defense system of Laiwu!" ”

"Obey!" Shao Xu nodded and decisively ordered his troops and horses, and took his headquarters to Laiwu City!

Shao Xu's soldiers and horses are quite strong, all of them are in armor, holding swords and shields, and their bodies exude a daunting aura, which makes people unconsciously think that this is the elite of the army.

The infantry under Shao Xu's command marched step by step, carefully holding the big shield and advancing.

At this moment, Liu Ming, who was stationed on the outer wall of the city, watched this group of infantry coming step by step, and he did not have any fear.

Bending his bow and arrows, he said loudly to his soldiers, "Brothers, this is the time, shoot them!" ”

Liu Ming's corporal also bent their bows when they heard this shout, although there was a wall in front of them, but the problem was that they used a projectile method to shoot arrows, and the hit rate of this kind of arrow can only be described as resigned to fate.

Even Liu Ming himself was not known in Liu Tai's army for being good at archery.

But when the number forms a scale, naturally no one cares about the hit rate, and if there are more numbers, you can always get a few.

"Raise your shield!" Shao Xu gave an order, and the soldiers neatly raised the shields in their hands above their heads.

In an instant, an impenetrable shield curtain was formed, and the arrows that were thrown down basically fell on these shields, and then they were bounced away. The damage done to the soldiers was almost negligible.

At the same time, Gou Xi ordered his soldiers under his command to shoot from a distance, and the damage caused was naturally minimal, but it definitely played a role in covering the continued advance of Shao Xu's troops.

"This Gou Xi striker is neatly aligned, it doesn't look easy to deal with!" Liu Tai watched the scene in front of him from the city.

And Shao Xu looked at the smooth containment of Liu Tai's army, but he also showed a little pride.

Their task is naturally not to attack Laiwu, and there are city walls, so their troops are more likely to clean up the defenses outside the city, and by the way, try the defensive strength of the city of Laiwu.

But if it is only to this extent, then Shao Xu is confident enough, not only to sweep the defensive facilities around Laiwu City, but also to capture the city in front of him in one go.

Shao Xu's face was not much joy, but suddenly there was a commotion in front, because the soldiers in front were walking, and a covered ravine suddenly appeared in front, and the soldiers who had been defending against the arrows above their heads had no time to prepare, and fell into this ravine with one foot in the air.

There are a lot of sharp bamboo poles and wooden poles inserted in the densely packed inside, which are directly pierced into their bodies.

As for the iron spear heads, because Liu Tai really didn't have the luxury to use them as traps at this time, but those wooden bamboo poles and wooden poles, because they were taken from the nearest materials, handed over to the villagers to sharpen, and immediately used them, but arranged a lot.

Of course, because of this, some soldiers naturally died on the ground with their faces first, but there were also soldiers who relied on the fairly good armor on their bodies, which played a protective role.

Not to mention, as the people in front of them died because they suddenly stepped on the air, although the people behind wanted to push forward, but in the end, someone had a back, and the probability of surviving was a little greater.

At this time, Liu Ming did not hesitate, taking advantage of the chaos of Shao Xu's army, several hundred-person squads that had already been prepared rushed out along several roads that were specially left to pass by.

Liu Ming himself commanded the army under his command to support the attack with bows and arrows.

"Drum beating!" Gou Xi saw the scene in front of him and immediately gave an order.

As a deafening drum beat passed on the battlefield, the army under Shao Xu's command regained order little by little in the sound of war drums, and they recalled that they were under Gou Xi's command, the military discipline that seemed to have been carved into the bone marrow, and the horror of being dominated by Gou Xi!

The sound of war drums helped these soldiers under Shao Xu's command to restore order, which in itself is a very remarkable thing.

Liu Ming was on the front line, and he felt more clearly that the several hundred-man teams he had rushed out were not advancing, but retreating.

Liu Ming immediately asked the military historians to blow the suona sound of retreating while fighting, and these several troops who rushed out maintained the military formation, although they retreated step by step, but they did not lose order, on the contrary, because they knew that Liu Ming was behind them, they were still a little calm.

Shao Xu, who was at war in this scene, didn't feel much, but Gou Xi's eyes lit up, and then frowned.

Shao Xu is just a general, and some simple orders can be conveyed, which is enough for him.

But Gou Xi is now the number one general in the Western Jin Dynasty, and he can naturally see the gold content of the quality shown by this kind of order, which actually allows the army that has fallen into a melee to be reorganized immediately and retreat while fighting.

Gou Xi knew very well that the soldiers under his command couldn't do it, because it was not his own judgment that when he gave the order, he could let the soldiers order a retreat, and even if he was not careful, he would turn from retreat to rout.

If you want the most basic soldiers to implement your orders, you need the brigade commander, the tun commander, the army commander, the even chief, and the officers in your army to implement the order.

At least in Gou Xi's view, the kind of command that can refine the command of the army to the command of a certain person cannot exist.

Even being able to convey orders to the level of the tun commander is enough to kill indiscriminately on the battlefield.

But now, I saw that the other side's army was able to implement the command to the soldiers who were even fighting on the front line.

This has to make Gou Xi feel incredible, just this, Gou Xi understands that Liu Tai is definitely not an ordinary person.

"Mingjin retreats!" Gou Xi resolutely said to the heralds around him.

"General, don't you wait any longer!" Xu Yan saw that Gou Xi was actually preparing to retreat, but he said, "The other party's rush this time has exposed its weaknesses, as long as we hold on a little longer, the defenses on the front line of Laiwu will be swept away!" ”

Xu Gong didn't understand why Gou Xi chose to withdraw at this time, at least in his opinion, there was no reason at all!

Gou Xi glanced at Xu Niche when he heard Xu Di's words, he really hated these wealthy families the most!

However, Gou Xi didn't pay attention to it, but continued to give the order to his herald to Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

In the army, where are there so many explanations, under the military order, even if you are asked to die, you will give me obediently!

Gou Xi looked at these aisles exposed by Liu Ming but smiled disdainfully.

An army that can carry out the command to the individual, if you choose to garrison these corridors, I am afraid that even if you want to attack, it will not be so easy.

Not to mention, the other party retreated at this time, how do you look like the taste of inviting you into the urn.

Therefore, Gou Xi chose Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and today was originally to let Shao Xu test Laiwu's defense capabilities, since it has been discovered that Liu Tai's army is not easy to deal with, there is no need to die.

After all, his own soldiers are the elite of the Eight Kings Rebellion who finally came all the way, but they didn't just smash it here, and let others do it when it comes to filling the ravine!

"That's it?" Liu Ming looked at the scene in front of him but was a little stunned, because Liu Ming originally thought that at least he needed to burn this gully by himself, and the other party would retreat because he saw the fire, but now it seems that he doesn't need it.

Compared to Liu Ming, who only felt a pity in his heart, Liu Tai stood on the city wall, but felt that the other party's evacuation was not accidental, but that the other party was aware of something, so he chose to retreat.

However, Liu Tai shouted loudly from the city tower at this time, "The enemy army has retreated, and our army has won a great victory, a great victory!" ”

Liu Tai didn't know how to really become a famous general, but Liu Tai knew that he should always boost the morale of the soldiers and let them maintain their full mental strength to deal with any difficulties.

No matter what reason Gou Xi retreated, but since Gou Xi retreated, he naturally had to tell the whole army the news so that they could be full of hope for defending the city.

The soldiers under Liu Tai's command were naturally encouraged and shouted one after another.

When Liu Ming returned to the city with the soldiers who were outside, Liu Tai immediately encouraged them and gave them glory.

At this time, Shao Xu returned to the barracks, looked at Gou Xi angrily, blushed and hesitated for a while, and said:

"Why did Mingjin withdraw his troops, the other party retreated, our army's morale is high, just kill it!"

Of course, Shao Xu understands that the military orders on the battlefield are like mountains, especially the army under Gou Xi, if he does not respect Gou Xi's military orders, even if he wins, he is afraid that he will be cut down by Gou Xi, so Shao Xu listened to orders on the battlefield, but after coming down, he was still full of anger.

When Gou Xi heard this, he calmly glanced at Shao Xu and said, "You are the closest to the battlefield, and you know the situation at that time!"

If you think about it carefully, the attack and withdrawal of Liu Tai's hundred-man team at that time, the invasion was like fire, and the retreat was like the wind, which is the most appropriate way to describe it as free to advance and retreat. You think that you can really break through such an army in one breath if you charge with your men. ”

Gou Xi said this, and sneered again, "If you think about it again, that uncovered corridor, and the distance from the archers behind their outer walls, and even if it were me, this ravine itself would be the biggest trap, and if you set it on fire, all the enemies who were pursuing it would be cut off!" ”

Shao Xu couldn't help but sweat profusely when he heard Gou Xi's words, originally thought that Gou Xi had ruined his original possibility of winning, but now Shao Xu had to admit that if he attacked impulsively, he was afraid that he would further damage the soldiers.

"Liu Tai can seize the opportunity to defeat Zihou in a short time, but he is not a person who is lightly treated, deal with this kind of opponent, don't think about taking advantage, wait until we build a good siege weapon, and then directly penetrate all their defenses in one go!" Gou Xi said.

"Then, are we going to watch Liu Tai defend the city?!" Shao Xu couldn't help but worry at this moment.

"Didn't he just use the tactic of dividing troops, so that Xu Gong could harass the military camp he set up on the other side, if this military camp is pulled out, we can also divide the troops and directly intersperse them with Fenggao.

Even if the grain has not been completely harvested at this time, at least it can make him not harvest! ”

Gou Xi said calmly, "It's okay to drag it slowly, anyway, we won't suffer a loss in Taishan County!" ”

Although it was the first time he met, Gou Xi knew that Liu Tai was not easy to mess with, but he was the assassin of Qingzhou, and Liu Tai only occupied Taishan County, and he could dispatch more resources than Liu Tai.

Keep procrastinating, it's not yourself who suffers anyway!

(End of chapter)