"What the general said is ridiculous!"

Just when the generals were shocked, Qian Tang, the general guard of Pingyuan County, suddenly dismounted from his horse and stepped forward. He first offered his hands, and then raised his voice to fight with good reason. "The thief was indeed prepared, and it must have been leaked in the military tent last night."

We got the news, but how can we be sure that there was a traitor among them at that time? When they dispersed last night, did the general have military orders to keep it secret? If not, after returning, dozens of generals passed the news inadvertently.

, isn’t it normal for someone to be known to a spy somewhere?”

Xue Changxiong was startled, and then stared at the person who suddenly appeared in front of him. In fact, this was one of the two most suspicious people last night... This Qian Tang was an old friend of Zhang Xing, and was an old subordinate of Bai Sanniang.

, the person promoted by the Bai family; the other one was Cao Shancheng who took the initiative to ask.

Seeing Xue Changxiong's solemn expression and Qian Tang being unruly, brothers Xue Wanbi and Xue Wanquan each grabbed their weapons and faced each other with their swords, but Qian Tang took a step forward with his head held high.

But such behavior reminded Xue Changxiong. The general seemed to have thought of something, and waved his hand to stop his sons: "What Mr. Qian Fu said is absolutely true. I was not thinking carefully. Mr. Cao Fu said yesterday

When asked about this matter, the person in the tent was either a general or a prefect, a Sima or a long history officer. If there are people here who have become spies, then it is me, Xue Changxiong, who has no virtue! Let this matter be settled... Now you tell me, what should I use?

What's the plan to continue attacking the stronghold?"

Everyone was relieved.

At this time, we just walked a few more steps down the slope, away from the place where the arrows missed the encounter.

"Forgive me for speaking frankly, the traitor army's method is well-founded." At this time, Zhonglang sent Zhang Shirang out of the house, but he told an unexpected statement. "When I was on Nanpo in the past, I heard from my uncle.

It has been said... that when Duke Bai killed Emperor Shenwu of the Eastern Qi Dynasty in a small town in Jin, he seemed to have used this method to deal with Emperor Shenwu Tushan."

Xue Changxiong was startled again: "So, that guy Zhang Xing has obtained the true biography of Bai's art of war?"

"I'm afraid so." Zhang Shirang answered respectfully.

Many generals around him looked as if this had given them great comfort.

But Xue Changxiong thought for a while and continued: "I know what you mean, but in this situation, we must not admit defeat. Besides, I saw that city with my own eyes back then. It was backed by the Fen River and stood on the loess.

On top of the hill, the flat ground was two feet high, and there were two hills inside. They rode iron ropes through the air, and until the end of the fight, everyone said that Bai Gong was vaguely echoing the sky and the earth, using the city as a tower, and almost everyone in the city and the army were one.

.Now this piece cannot achieve the level of elixir cultivation. At most, it can reflect the vitality of heaven and earth on the objects of visualization, and it can only build some plain fences and forts. How can it compare to Bai Gong's battle that day?"

Everyone nodded. Although General Xue’s words meant that he would not lose in battle, it was also the truth. That battle completely reversed the strength comparison between Guanlong and Hebei, and almost set the stage for the future of Guanlong and Hebei in the next few decades.

How can the tone of Long's takeover of the world be comparable to that of the present?

Of course, the words can always come back. Even if Zhang Xing is far from comparable to the ancestor of the Bai family, can Xue Changxiong be compared to Emperor Shenwu of the Eastern Qi? This battle always has a little bit of that battle, just like that

After World War I, the Eastern Qi Dynasty was no longer able to drive the Guanlong forces away from Jin. After this war, will the Hejian camp still be able to stop the thieves from cutting land in Hebei?

Sure enough, Xue Changxiong continued: "Even if he is not better than those, just say that he has mastered the true inheritance of Bai's art of war, so what? He always has insufficient material preparations, poor fortification technology, difficulty in maintaining composure, and even lack of time.

...So, let’s not worry about that, just talk about what methods should be used at this time!”

At the end, it seemed decisive.

"Since the wood is stacked, you can set it on fire!" The general immediately turned it out and handed it over.

"The wooden houses made from the blocks are limited, and they are not as strong as the earth mountains. They can be stacked arbitrarily. Why not repeat the old trick and let the soldiers continue to raise the earth mountains to shoot at the rebels who have no wooden houses in the rear?!" Another general offered advice.

Xue Changxiong nodded repeatedly.

At this time, Cao Shancheng hesitated for a moment, and then came out: "General, while I am working hard on the earth fortifications and fortifications here, why not send me to the west to receive the reinforcements as mentioned before, and then I will detour around Douzigang.

A pincer attack? There is a report today that some reinforcements have entered Qinghe. If they are organized properly, they will definitely be able to gather them together within ten days and launch a pincer attack from behind to force the thieves to divide tens of thousands of troops."

"The bandit army is all gathered between the walls. There are twenty-five battalions of soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, craftsmen, and hundreds of thousands of civilians. What's the use of dividing the troops? If they lose, it will greatly dampen their spirit." Xue Changxiong shook his head.

"Forget it, focus on the present first... Send the order, all the auxiliary soldiers and civilians of the army, continue to carry the earth to build the mountain, take turns to raise the earth mountain, and then let the soldiers try to attack the wooden house with rockets."

Cao Shancheng quietly retreated, and another general stepped forward and suggested:

"The fire of the rocket is not strong enough to ignite the wooden tablets... I think we should gather kerosene, sulfur, firewood, and straw to make serious igniting torches, and then tie them to wooden sticks with branches, and let the soldiers charge in armor.

Get close and throw it on the wooden house, hang it on it and burn it."

"That's right, go ahead and prepare. Don't delay the rocket." Xue Changxiong agreed without hesitation. "You can try any method, but it must be quick, urgent, and leave no gaps."

At the same time, Zhang Xing naturally didn't know that the method he and a group of cobblers in the army came up with actually overlapped with the battle experience of Bai Yousijia, the famous ancestral general... It didn't hurt to know, because according to his usual mentality, he would only feel that

, this targeted method itself belongs to the normal routine of soldiers coming to cover up the water and the earth. The more common it is, the more correct it is; the simpler it is, the more effective it is.

It is not the ingenuity of a famous general, but the person who boldly and calmly uses the simplest method to become a famous general.

However, fortunately Zhang Xing didn't know and then thought of this, otherwise he would have secretly believed that he was a famous general.

Therefore, at this time, Zhang Dalongtou was just continuing to discuss countermeasures with many people with the mentality of a primary school student and a cobbler.

"Beware of fire!" Xiao Zhou reminded seriously. "There are too many wooden things, so be careful about fire prevention... The multi-story wooden houses now piled up are different from fences. Once they burn, they will continue to burn, and the officers and soldiers will be very worried."

Maybe set a fire."

"How to prevent it?" Zhang Xing asked sincerely.

"Wrap it in felt cloth... pour water on it." Xiao Zhou blurted out.

"Lake mud is also fine." Fan Bao immediately added, "The workshop of Zhangqiu Iron Pot is made of lake mud to prevent fire."

"It's just that mud can't stick to it." Dou Lide followed immediately. "You need to add wheat straw or water plants... stir it up and it will easily float to the lake."

"Look for felt cloth." Zhang Xing ordered without hesitation. "Just in case, soak the felt cloth in water and hang it up first, then find wheat straw and bring it over there to mix with mud and smear it on the spot. Then everyone will keep fetching and delivering water.

past……"

"There is a tributary of the Maface River called Qingyanggou. Isn't it on our side?" Hao Yide also reminded. "Just dig a ditch and divert the water... I'm afraid there will be a lot of water when we need it in the future."

"Then dig trenches!" Zhang Dalongtou still did not hesitate. "Dig wells everywhere at the same time."

At this point, the words are somewhat decisive.

In the afternoon, when the sun had just set and arrows were flying across the sky, the officers and soldiers had just concentrated on firing several rounds of rockets wrapped in oilcloth, when they were shocked to find that the troops on the opposite side had begun to hang up water-soaked felt cloths in a targeted manner.

More than half an hour later, when the sun reached due southwest, the wooden house began to flood before the torch team arrived.

The officers and soldiers gritted their teeth and persisted, rushing forward at the risk of death and throwing the torches wrapped with igniting objects and with hooks on the wooden house, but they could only bake the mud, and as soon as the mud dried, the torch fell off on the spot.

The generals in Hejian stood on the earth mountain, each in silence... You must know that the last large-scale fortification confrontation was during the conquest of Dongyi, and few people present saw it with their own eyes, and Chen Bin directly recalled that year

The battle situation when the Chen Dynasty collapsed was basically a matter of hope... Who would have thought that the local counter-insurgency in Hebei, although the total number of troops and civilians on both sides was astonishing, was only to deal with the joint camp, but such a battle would occur?

Every day we talk about the coming of troops to cover up the water and the earth. We just talked about Emperor Shenwu and General Bai. But in fact, when a fight actually breaks out, one side usually occupies or temporarily has an absolute advantage and resolves the battle quickly. This kind of war only lasts three days, and the results come and go.

They even predicted that there might be spies, including the demonstration of the Zhenqi army at the beginning of the war, which was really unexpected.

After calming down and thinking for a while, I felt that this was the real battle, a battle to determine the ownership of several counties in one battle.

For a moment, everyone became a little panicked.

"General."

Just when Xue Changxiong looked bad again, Murong Zhengyan came to report another not-so-good news. “Many soldiers abandoned their bags and baskets after throwing earth in the morning, and the military order for temporary additional filling conflicted with yesterday’s military order.

Many soldiers thought that the military order was not carried out yesterday, so the filling of soil was slow..."

"Then it needs to be filled in," Xue Changxiong replied without hesitation. "Padding the mountain of earth... I wonder how many layers his wooden house can be stacked without collapsing? Or can the entire camp be sealed with wooden houses and mud?"

There was already some anxiety in his words.

"This is natural." Murong Zhengyan agreed, but did not leave directly. Instead, he persuaded in a roundabout way. "But if this is the case, it is unlikely that we will gain any advantage by raising the earth mountain today. On the contrary,

Will the rebel army notice that we are raising the earth mountain in turn? Then come up with countermeasures at night?"

Xue Changxiong was stunned for a moment, then asked seriously: "What does General Murong mean?"

"Forget it for today, let the auxiliary soldiers take a rest. When they have rested tomorrow, we can concentrate on building mountains of soil again." Murong Zhengyan persuaded sincerely.

Xue Changxiong frowned.

It should be noted that Murong Zhengyan not only came from a well-known family, but was also one of the three masters of alchemy in this trip. He was considered a backbone of the Hejian camp, so his advice should be taken seriously.

Besides, what the other party said also makes sense.

However, after hesitating for a while, General Xue still rejected the other party: General Murong is right, but don’t forget that our time is limited... So the current situation is not a time to act within our capabilities, and we must use all methods, a little bit.

There is no need to leave any free time, so-called manpower and material resources, there is no need to leave any room."

Murong Zhengyan seemed to want to say something more after hearing this, but after thinking about it, he gave it up.

In this way, the battle continued, but until the evening, there was not much progress. In the middle, Xue Changxiong specially sent a Zhonglang general who had not been in the battle yesterday to lead his troops to attack and contain the battle from the flank, and used Luo Shu to lead the cavalry to suppress the battle.

There is no obvious effect. This is because after the battle yesterday, the army knew that its own troops and horses had limited combat capabilities, so they prepared troops and horses led by leader Cheng Dan early to provide support and carry out targeted flexible defense.

However, before sunset, the attacking officers and soldiers had no choice but to withdraw their troops, but tens of thousands of troops were left behind. They only set up simple tents high up on the mountains.

On the third day of the battle, the two sides ended the battle with fortifications.

However, this does not mean that the battle is not fierce, nor does it mean that there is a lack of casualties... In today's battle, both sides still had a reduction of more than a thousand people, and if we look closely, the reduction of the official army was smaller, but because there was no

There was a scene where the military camp fell briefly yesterday afternoon, and then some of Xue Wanbi's troops were surrounded and either died or surrendered. The majority of the casualties on both sides were still wounded.

Of course, the most critical thing is that the officers and soldiers did not achieve a breakthrough, nor did they find an effective way to break through the stronghold and advance, while the army held the line.

Back at the camp, both sides naturally gathered their officers to hold military discussions and discuss methods of attack and defense.

Let's not talk about the military side for now, just talk about the official side. The generals gathered around and discussed for a while. Most of them were ready to wait for the military order to be reiterated. Most of them will raise the earth mountain in a big way tomorrow...that is, most of them did not make any initiative.

After all, everyone is afraid of taking the responsibility for things not going right.
To be continued...