One after another, red beacons rose into the sky, from Fanyang County in Youzhou to Zhangwu County, and then to Bohai County.

The continuous red smoke along this road is like a rising red fire dragon, rising in the northern land.

"This wolf smoke is red, isn't it?" At this moment, Gao Zhan raised his head and looked at the beacon fire wolf smoke with some surprise.

"It's red, is this the beacon fire that General Zhao An lit after letting us see it?" The scout beside him.

Gao Zhan couldn't help but squint his eyes, but he said, "Inform me, this time you will loot the grain road at any cost." ”

To tell the truth, because Zao Song came up with a plan to hide from the sky and the sea, this made Gao Zhan feel like he was in a lottery when he intercepted the grain, and he was ambushed by the other party several times.

But now, Gao Zhan looked at the red smoke wafting in the sky, although he didn't know what Zhao An's overall plan was, but before Zhao An left, he told himself that when he saw the red wolf smoke, he would stop Wang Jun's grain road at all costs!

"Inform you, unless our whole army is killed, not a single grain of the enemy's grain will be allowed to be transported!" Gao Zhan took a deep breath and gave the order decisively.

To tell the truth, Gao Zhan knows very well that this may be the most elite part of the army under his command, that is, when they need to work hard, they will really do it, and they can make the loss rate of soldiers reach the fifth layer and still not retreat.

At this moment, such a wolf smoke is not only seen with high vision, but also by Wang Jun in the camp.

After the report of the herald, Wang Jun also walked out of the camp tent quickly, and saw the continuous wolf smoke in the sky, this scene made Wang Jun frown, and the soldiers under his command who saw the wolf smoke were even more talking at this time.

Wang Jun was puzzled, and said to Zao Song beside him, "What are these?" ”

"It looks like wolf smoke." Zao Song also frowned and said, "Something happened in the north, so I passed the news here."

However, such a large-scale wolf smoke, even if it is a one-time believe, it has been prepared for a long time!

We don't know what it is, but with such a bad move, the message must be crucial! ”

At this moment, the variables in the north made Wang Jun frown, and his heart was full of unease.

But when I thought that there was Wang Chang stationed in the north, and Youzhou City was even stronger and taller, even if Liu Tai got a cavalry to rush to Youzhou City, as long as Youzhou City closed its gates, it would not be easy to take it.

Thinking of this, Wang Jun breathed a sigh of relief, but he was looking forward to waiting for the next wave of grain and grass to come over, and then asked carefully.

Just when Wang Jun breathed a sigh of relief, Zhou Ping came to Liu Tai's tent with a happy face and pulled Liu Tai out.

Zhou Ping pointed to the red wolf flue wafting in the sky, "Jungong, it's time for us to attack!" ”

"Great! It seems to have worked! Liu Tai looked at the red wolf smoke, and his face couldn't help but show a little joy.

However, Liu Tai still came back to his senses and asked Liu Ming, "How are the preparations of your mechanical troops?" ”

At the beginning, because of the troops trained by medicine to specialize in operating equipment, Liu Tai originally wanted to bring Tian Yu to attack Youzhou, but Tian Yu refused.

Because Tian Yu said that this group of mechanical troops were better at operating ballistas and catapults, and this kind of throwing equipment could not smash the city wall, and the catapult vehicles of this era were only smashed by arrow towers rather than city walls.

Therefore, for Tian Yu, if this slinging weapon is basically useless during the attack, it will naturally be left to Liu Tai.

For Liu Tai, this group of people was not so much used to operate catapult weapons, but more convenient to use them to operate strong crossbows.

After all, the crossbow is a weapon that appears on the horizon and is very effective against deterring a frontal attacking enemy.

"It's ready!" Zhou Ping heard Liu Tai's words, and his face showed a little excitement.

"Let them take the lead and smash the sentry set up by the other side." Liu Tai said to Zhou Ping.

Liu Tai's catapult is not as good as Wang Jun's thunderbolt in terms of distance, accuracy, and even reloading.

But Liu Tai's catapult unit has two advantages, one is that it has more elite and more professional fighters in operation.

As for the second point is standardization, even if the catapult is damaged, as long as the rear parts can be delivered in time, these catapults that have been smashed will be enough to repair the next day.

At this moment, Zhou Ping heard Liu Tai's order and knew what Liu Tai meant, that is, to use catapults to open the way, and the army waited for the opportunity to move.

If the opponent comes out to fight to the death with their own side, then they will directly defeat the opponent in a wave, and if the opponent sticks to the camp, then directly use the catapult on their side to smash the opponent directly.

This kind of trick is simple and rude, and there is no trick in it, it just depends on the other party's response.

Liu Tai turned his head to look at Xi Jian and said, "Go to Xi to join the army, and collect all the slogans that the military historians have been writing in the past two months, "Youzhou has been broken, surrender and don't kill".

If they defend the city, we'll crumple them into paper balls and smash them directly into each other's camp! ”

Xi Jian couldn't help frowning when he heard Liu Tai's words, and said, "Most of the low-level soldiers are illiterate.

Even if these paper balls are thrown into their hands, I'm afraid they won't be of any use! ”

"These paper balls are not for those low-level soldiers, but for those children of families who can read and understand!"

Liu Taidao, "Wang Jun's way of leading troops is different from our way of leading troops, and the grassroots soldiers under their command are actually not strong in their will to fight.

As long as they fall into a stalemate, I am afraid that they will be defeated first, but if those families who have made a big bet on Wang Jun know that Youzhou City is broken, then they are afraid that there is only one choice next! ”

When Xi Jian heard Liu Tai's words, he couldn't help but worry, "But you are pushing the other party into a desperate situation like this."

Now that Youzhou City has been broken, as long as you send someone to defend the pass and consume the other party, under the heavy pass, the other party will undoubtedly lose after a long time.

In that case, why take such a big risk! ”

"I've thought about it too, but if that's the case, the other party is desperate and breaks through directly in the direction of Qingzhou!" Liu Tai shook his head and said,

"Don't underestimate Wang Jun, no matter what, he is one of the most famous generals in the world.

If he has the initiative, it may not be possible to defeat us, but it is quite easy to make us embarrassed.

So it's better to fight head-on and defeat it in the safest way! ”

When Xi Jian heard Liu Tai like this, he clearly knew that Liu Tai had made up his mind, so he didn't say more.

After the snow, Liu Tai's army, which had been in the barracks and camp, began to act, bursts of cooking smoke rose, and the soldiers surged back and forth.

As the smoke of Liu Tai's army rose, the soldiers ate as quickly as possible, put on good armor, and took their weapons, so they quickly found the location of the troops, lined up directly in the barracks, and then knocked down the barracks wall, and the army stepped on the wall and set off.

Of course, how handsome these regular soldiers are when they step on the wall, but after this group of soldiers leaves, the posture of the soldiers who are responsible for maintaining the city wall is how embarrassed.

The total time from getting up to the expedition of Liu Tai's army was only half an hour, but the movement of Wang Jun's corporal was much slower, and some people even didn't have time to eat breakfast when they heard that their barracks and outposts were destroyed by Liu Tai's army.

Wang Jun naturally couldn't let the soldiers eat anymore, but asked his soldiers to quickly put on armor and wait in formation.

However, these soldiers are not like Liu Tai's subordinates, who emphasized and emphasized reading and literacy, and attached more importance to collectivism.

It would be very good for these soldiers to be able to prepare for defense before Liu Tai's army attacked the camp.

In fact, there is also a reason for this is that the number of soldiers in this camp is somewhat beyond the command of Wang Jun.

Now the number of sergeants and soldiers in this camp has reached about 150,000, but for Wang Jun, his command of 100,000 people is very reluctant, not to mention that the number in the camp has reached 150,000 now.

As a result, Wang Jun's command efficiency has decreased a lot, and the process of information transmission has been constantly worn out.

To tell the truth, if there are 60,000 people in the camp, Wang Jun can do it like an arm, Liu Tai arrives at the barracks with his front heel, and Wang Jun arranges a force to deal with it with his back heel, and the follow-up orders can be issued calmly.

But the problem is that now there are too many people in the barracks and the organizational structure is too bloated.

Not to mention that there are many non-commissioned officers who have joined the barracks one after another, and some of them even have no soldiers, and some of them do not know the soldiers.

In this way, Wang Jun was forced to first send troops that he could command to be stationed in key positions first, and as for the vast majority of ordinary soldiers, they lined up on the spot in the barracks, and with the help of their own defense system, they first straightened out the command of their own army.

To be honest, when a person doesn't really touch his own limits, he thinks it's Han Xin, and he can easily do what is called the more the merrier.

But the problem is that the difference between people is greater than the difference between people and dogs.

For example, Liu Tai clearly knows that his limit is 10,000 people, and Liu Tai can accept the fact that his command has a limit.

Then train your own subordinates and see who can command the threshold of 100,000 famous generals who can fight in ancient and modern times.

Liu Tai tried Zhao An first, but Zhao An was not this material, so he chose Zhou Ping again.

At least Zhou Ping can still command his 50,000 soldiers in an orderly manner, so Liu Tai does not plan to change.

But Wang Jun does not accept the fact that there is a limit to his command ability.

Now he commanded an army of 150,000 soldiers, and he only felt that he had the advantage.

Liu Tai actually dared to take such a few people to brush the tiger's beard, this is Liu Tai himself looking for death!

And although in Liu Tai's opinion, it is 50,000 to 100,000, because Liu Tai really doesn't know that Wang Jun is secretly hiding.

But even if I knew that Liu Tai was not afraid, I even felt that this war was really my advantage.

After all, war is not just a game with more people, especially in large-scale decisive battles, if you can't effectively command everyone, like Han Xin's troops, let everyone exert their combat effectiveness, then 100,000 people are not as good as 100,000 pigs.

At least 100,000 pigs will come together and the pigs will advance suddenly, and Liu Tai's 50,000 elites may be crushed, but if 100,000 people are killed, they may fight fiercely with each other, and the weak-willed party will be killed first.

In fact, the current situation is also the same, although Liu Tai's army is not much steel, but it is also all leather armor to start, the soldiers have a military history on the side to boost morale, but also to revive the Han family as the spirit of flaunting, 50,000 soldiers The death rate can reach the fifth layer without defeat.

And if Wang Jun's army is all the original veterans, the loss rate of the 100,000 army is enough to reach two layers.

But after he used the so-called plan to hide from the sky and increase the number of soldiers, don't look at the current number of the whole army has reached 150,000, but now the overall resilience of the army has no layer, and no one dares to guarantee it.

After all, recruits themselves are a destabilizing factor on the battlefield.

At this moment, Liu Tai's army, under the command of Zhou Ping, quickly assembled the catapults, and in about half an hour, the catapults were built.

At this time, Zhou Ping listened to Liu Tai's order and couldn't help but say, "The first wave of the offensive, is it really only paper balls?" ”

"Throw!" Liu Tai waved his hand and said, "Let the mechanical troops throw these paper balls to different corners as much as possible."

In this way, there will always be some fish caught in the net, and Wang Jun will not be allowed to take back all the paper balls.

And you let the mechs push the ballista up first, ready for war.

As long as Wang Jun's mind is clear, then he should understand that the only way for him to grasp the initiative next is to defeat us, otherwise when these news ferment, he will just wait for death.

At the end of the day, they never cared about what the soldiers really needed, they just needed the soldiers to be obedient. ”

Zhou Ping nodded when he heard Liu Tai's words, and soon a ball of paper wrapped in stones was thrown from Liu Tai's catapult.

The sky, at this moment, fell into Wang Jun's military camp like a goddess scattering flowers, although the paper ball was wrapped in stones, but there was paper as a buffer, and it was not very painful to hit the bodies of these soldiers.

At this time, when these soldiers saw the words on the paper ball, they instinctively picked up the paper ball one by one and opened it, with eight words written on it: "Youzhou has been broken, surrender and do not kill".

To be honest, there are only eight words, and these fighters, even if they are illiterate, know the last two words to some extent.

After all, for these low-level soldiers, these two words are related to their own lives.

And no matter how low the literacy rate in the army is, as long as you reach the official position of centurion or above, you will eventually know how to read, not to mention some side lines in the family, and it is possible to join them, and even some ordinary soldiers may have a small probability of literacy.

After all, the word Youzhou is seen every day when you enter and leave Youzhou City.

Of course, there are even some heartless guys who untie the paper ball and read it out loud: "Youzhou has been broken, surrender and don't kill!" ”

As long as one person in Wang Jun's army read this word, the soldiers present suddenly panicked, especially recalling the wolf smoke that was unaware yesterday, there were so many soldiers and soldiers present, and naturally there were some smart people who knew basic reasoning.

They thought that after the wolf smoke yesterday, Liu Tai took the initiative to attack, and even threw such a paper ball, which really didn't look like a lie.

Wang Jun read the words on the letter and couldn't help gritting his teeth.

To be honest, if Wang Jun rushes out directly in a wave regardless of it, there is really a possibility of breaking the kettle.

But the problem is that knowing that his back road has been cut off, Wang Jun himself hesitated, and he decided to wait patiently for two more days.

Because two days later, their own food delivery team should come to deliver food, and if no one really comes to deliver food to themselves, then it will be too late to fight another wave, as for now, and first collect these paper balls, and then let the soldiers push up the thunderbolt carts they have built these days.

It's really a shame for them, and they dare to play with themselves like this!

For a while, although a direct war did not break out between the two sides, the catapults of the two sides began to show a wonderful confrontation.

Liu Tai's catapult was almost completely damaged under the power of the opponent's thunderbolt, and Wang Jun's thunderbolt was left with very little left.

Liu Tai could only retreat temporarily with the soldiers of the mechanical unit, but Wang Jun's army had no intention of chasing it out!

The next day, Liu Tai's mechanical troops reassembled a new catapult to take revenge, but Wang Jun's thunderbolt was not as fast as the catapult of Liu Tai's troops, and in this continuous exchange, it soon became a little difficult to stand alone.

(End of chapter)