Dong Zhuo's visit eventually turned into a chat session between Li Shushi and the man who was once the most powerful prince in the Han Empire and the man closest to reaching that lonely position.
Because the chat was so enjoyable that Li Shushi, who got the chance to sleep in the early morning, naturally could not participate in the military operations the next day. But fortunately, except for the golden cupping cannon, the rest of the things would have happened even without him.
No problem at all.
I don’t know what Dong Zhuo will say to the senior officials of the Doppler Legion after he returns, but it can be clearly felt that the Doppler Legion is becoming more and more able to deal with various emergencies calmly, such as today’s attack, the enemy’s
The stability of the army forced Lu Bu, as the commander, to push the trebuchets and those cannons to the front of the position to attack the enemy. However, this approach obviously made the Bingzhou Army not only unable to fight an ambush, but even had to fight with them.
The enemy launched a brutal positional battle.
But what is gratifying is that Xiaoqiang is not really brainless in making such a choice. In other words, compared to Li Shushi's superstitious belief in firearms, Xiaoqiang, like most people in this era, may be surprised by firearms.
It was unexpected, but the power of the firearm obviously did not allow them to regard it as something that could determine the direction of the war.
As Li Shushi thought before, those crude firearms often only serve to increase one's own sense of mystery and make enemy generals have more concerns when commanding, thus giving one's own troops more opportunities to take advantage of.
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For example, this time Xiaoqiang took advantage of the shock that firearms had brought to the enemy. When the enemy's attention was focused on trying to completely eliminate the threat from the Bingzhou Army, Xiaoqiang led the elite cavalry troops of the Bingzhou Army to fight with
Excellent cavalry commanders like Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao quickly penetrated the enemy's cavalry in multiple directions.
At the rear of the army, and before the enemy commander discovered and commanded the pikemen to return to protect his own crossbowmen, he successfully defeated the enemy's crossbowmen, and the remaining enemy infantry units, even though they successfully burned down the Bingzhou Army's ten
Several trebuchets destroyed dozens of earthen cannons made of pine wood, but they still could not change the outcome of the war.
The damage of those weapons will not cause much trouble to the current manufacturing capabilities of the Bingzhou Army, even on the front line of the war. For the Bingzhou Army, which carries a lot of accessories, all they need is to find accessories that can still be used.
And reassemble it with new accessories to form a new trebuchet.
Why not mention those pine cannons?
Not to mention how low the cost of that thing is, in fact, even without enemy damage, the artillery that can fire for ten rounds without being completely destroyed has been taken back by Su Xiaoluoli's craftsmen to focus on research. On the contrary, it can be used for two or three times.
The case of exploding the barrel is the correct way to use that thing.
It can be said that compared with the gun body, the gunpowder ratio and the amount of powder used are the keys to the artillery.
Of course, the casting process of the bronze cannon is also in the process of research. However, judging from the reaction received from Su Xiaololi, even though there are many finished products, the results are difficult to satisfy the Loli who is unprecedentedly serious in this regard.
Well, after all, whether it is unscientific magic or scientific gunpowder, Su Xiaololi is definitely a scientist with a qualified attitude.
However, such a victory on a local battlefield cannot cover up all problems.
"Huh... you really got what you said. Dong Zhongying, your mouth is almost catching up with Cao Mengde's legs."
Put down the battle report in your hand and put it together with the other battle report on the table. This is the focus of today's meeting. One of the contents is disturbing, and the other... is even more disturbing.
disturbed.
"So this is the summary of today's battle. If you have finished reading it, just tell me how you feel. Well, Xiaoqiang. You don't need to say anything to praise yourself. We all know that you have to perform extremely well today.
, and then let’s talk about the next topic.”
So poor Xiaoqiang had no choice but to summon the bastard, but it seemed that there were other announcements today, so he didn't appear. Instead, a cute eagle sauce appeared, flew three times above Xiaoqiang's head, and then disappeared without knowing it.
Wherever it goes, only a bird feather is left behind.
Okay, let's not worry about Xiaoqiang who has special effects applied to him. It's better to talk about business.
"Put aside the issue of Chang'an City. Anyway, for us now, it is too difficult to break through the defense line, so we can only hope that they can persist for a while. As long as they persist longer, we
The chance of winning will be higher, but it will become very important for the soldiers and civilians of Chang'an City whether they can muster enough morale over time."
"Since General Huangfu and General Zhu are here, I believe there should be no problem with this at least. Both generals are the kind of outstanding people who can make their subordinates fight to the death, not to mention that there is Mr. Yan beside them.
Help me."
"Just looking at the enemy's posture, I really feel uneasy."
"Chang'an City has high walls and plenty of food and grass. Although it was temporarily besieged and the main force of our army was unable to relieve it immediately, after all, the reinforcements were working hard, so Chang'an City did not encounter the worst situation.
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"Well, in that case, let's discuss the battle report that Zian sent today. This should be the first time the enemy has taken such a response. Such a proactive action, if Zian is not careful enough, and Cao Daoling remains,
With backup, I'm afraid today's battle will allow the enemy to achieve a major breakthrough."
After seeing this battle report, everyone's faces immediately became ugly.
The content of the battle report is very simple. It tells about a somewhat special case that occurred in today's battle - the enemy army, which had always used steady defense as its first strategy, actually had a regiment lead the Shuozhou Corps to attack in Gaoshun.
Suddenly, they appeared behind Gao Shun quietly - no one knew when those guys sneaked up behind Gao Shun.
It was during the battle, last night, or earlier. Because the enemy had no logistical pressure at all, it was possible at any time, but no matter what time it was, even before Gao Shun arrived here, they
It has been hidden there, and this news is enough to make everyone feel deeply shocked and disturbed.
If they have been secretly moving and lurking there in recent times, then Li Shushi said last night that the enemy did have some means to make their originally heavy bodies lighter, thereby invalidating many of the original detection methods for the enemy. This
This means that the enemy can completely attack
The way of fighting is to deal with the four-legged Bingzhou Army - even though those soil puppets still only have two legs, they cannot compare with the undead on the grassland in terms of speed, but no matter how fast the four-legged Bingzhou Army is, they are still trapped in
With a physical disadvantage, it is impossible to fight the enemy for a long time.
As for the possibility that the enemy has been lurking there for a long time and only launched such a move now, it is equally uneasy. Because you have no idea how many such enemies there are and when and where they will appear in front of or behind you.
After all, those puppets' ability to execute orders and their special physical abilities make them more terrifying assassins hiding in the dark than those so-called ninjas who can stay underground in the toilet for a week just to kill their enemies.
There is even a wise man among the enemy army who is almost as smart as a monster. He can predict today's situation dozens of days in advance and ambush an army there in advance. When the trumpet sounds at the critical moment, all the troops will be ambushed.
Out, the sky collapsed and the earth shook. The earth shook and the mountains shook...
Well, Li Shushi feels that even the evil Zhuge Kongming in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms cannot reach this level. It’s just because Li Shushi has encountered so many various evildoers so far that he takes it seriously.
A little nervous.
But just think about this possibility in your mind. If you say anything, you will definitely be despised by everyone. Even if you are not despised and it shakes the morale of the military, it is not good. After all, no one wants to face a group of armed forces on the opposite side.
In addition to the enemies that are exhausting enough, you also have to face the monster with incredible intelligence hidden behind the enemy.
Okay, consider this conjecture as a possibility. Privately let Jia Xu and others join in thinking about the possibility.
"If possible, I would rather believe that the answer is the former. At least it can be regarded as good news for us."
Jushou told a slightly cold joke, but to a certain extent it was not really a joke.
After all, when an army has established a solid defense line and has relatively sufficient troops devoted to the defense, then it becomes very difficult to attack head-on, just like Zhuge Liang who came out of Qishan six times.
The defense against the Wei army is becoming more and more perfect. Even if some unsatisfactory results can be obtained in some parts,
The result was the wrong result, but in the end he could not achieve the strategic goal. In fact, the closest he came to success was the first surprise. The rest was at best an active strategic defense policy, and at worst it was "doing everything you can to obey fate."
That's all. That kind of gap in national strength cannot be made up casually.
It's like the Chinese rabbits can take advantage of the fact that the bald eagle is not familiar with it and perform beautiful, roundabout and deep penetrations. However, once both sides are familiar with it, the rabbits will have to pay a huge price if they want to defeat the bald eagle.
Even in the final stages of the war, both sides, who were exhausted from fighting, wanted to do something but just bypassed each other and bullied the South and the North.
So now, even in relatively open terrain like the Guanzhong Plain, the enemies are just ordinary princes' troops. When they break into the fence, it is very difficult for the Bingzhou army to bite them down, let alone a group of them.
Inhuman barriers.
But what happens when the enemy takes the initiative to counterattack?
This will certainly give the enemy more offensive options and put the Bingzhou Army into a difficult choice. But from another perspective, from the perspective of how to break through the enemy's originally solid barrier, it will
Why not an opportunity?
It can be said that this is a very dialectical question, but there is a lot of knowledge in how to take advantage of the gaps that the enemy actively exposes.
At least you can't lose your position and let the enemy take the opportunity to beat you up.
It has to be said that they are worthy of being a Tugu Corps. If they just stay there and don't move, even if they want to bite them off with the strength of the current Bingzhou Army, they will still have to break their teeth. In fact, several times the Bingzhou Army has achieved greater results. In the battle, even though the methods are not similar, in fact they can be summed up in one point - actively mobilize the enemy's forces, and use saturated firepower to attack the enemy's unstable foothold in the movement, thus making it difficult for the enemy to exert their full potential. That strength and willpower are as terrifying as thick clay bricks.
I'm afraid that even those RMB power-training players are not as good as those local puppet corps, because the opponent not only has magical equipment, but also has better operations.
And while Li Shushi and a group of civil servants and generals in the Bingzhou Army were racking their brains to think about how to solve the predicament at hand, in Chang'an City, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and others were also staring at the sand table in front of them. The expressions on their faces were even more solemn. .
Compared with the past few days, both Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun have lost a lot of weight. Their originally old faces have now become sunken cheeks, and their hair has no luster. At first glance, they look like ordinary people. What a bad old man.
Even Yan Zhong, who has a well-maintained body and is slightly rich, has also successfully lost weight at this time, but because his legs and feet are not as flexible as the two old generals, he has been helping with various government affairs in the city these days. , allocating materials and soldiers needed for the war, although equally busy and stressful, is a little better than Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, who always have to rush to the front line to take command, but they are red and swollen and have big dark circles. Judging from his eyes, his mental state was also very bad.
The situation in Chang'an City was much worse than Li Shushi thought.
It is not because of the lack of supplies or the great impact on morale. In fact, these two aspects are just as Li Shushi thought. Chang'an City, as the core place in Guanzhong, has always been an important storage center for materials, money and food, even if it is a possible water source. In order to solve the problem, with the help of the engineering team, an underground river was built with the help of the moat as a cover, which could barely be used for emergencies in wartime.
It can be said that if Chang'an City encounters a long-term siege, it may expose many problems, but if it only persists for a short period of time, at least it can still obtain a considerable degree of material protection.
As for morale, it can barely be supported. Especially when the two veteran generals took the lead in every battle, Yan Zhong continued to work hard in the rear regardless of his own inconvenience. This kind of leading role combined with their reputation brought huge increase Successful effect, not to mention that these two are inextricably linked to various forces in the Guanzhong area. Under such necessary circumstances, they can rely on their faces to contact more helpful forces.
It's just that Li Shushi apparently missed one point, and this point has increasingly become an important factor in defeating Chang'an City's defense force.
The fatal problem lies in the physical consumption of the living and the sudden increase in mental pressure caused by the huge consumption of physical strength.
From the beginning, the attack was only at night, and the direction of the attack was only the east gate. Gradually, it has gradually developed to the point where a new round of offensive can be launched at any time and anywhere from morning to night. Even several attacks are not launched at the same time. twice.
From now on, the initial attack is like an appetizer, but the only thing that people don't know, or don't want to know, is whether the current attack is the main course, or when the main course will be served on the table.
Woolen cloth?
This is really a serious question.
The population in Chang'an City is not small, but there are not many troops that can be used. After all, this is a safe rear area. The only place that needs defense is Wuguan, which borders Nanyang.
When Xu Rong transferred the Yongzhou garrison to the west, Huangfu Song had too few cards.
Because of the courage and persuasion of the two old generals, many young people went to the battlefield to surround Chang'an City. These young people only had passion, or were afraid of the genocidal actions that inhumans might take after the city was broken (this is natural)
This is the official statement, but it is widely circulated because of the endorsement of those undead people on the grassland.) The young people who go to the battlefield under forced circumstances, except for a few words given by their instructors before going to the battlefield, they can almost only
Rely on your own instinct to fight.
And these militiamen, who can be called cannon fodder, can be said to be the last way Huangfusong could think of to share the pressure of the defenders. It can be said that without these voluntary and involuntary cannon fodder, the defenders would not be able to defeat the enemy.
I have been able to support myself until now with constant attacks day and night.
However, the counselors of the Bingzhou Army collectively ignored the current actual situation in Chang'an City in front of Li Shushi, and Huangfu Song never mentioned this in the limited communication opportunities.
reason?
Chang'an City - the enemy army - the Bingzhou Army, these three parties have now established a delicate balance. Chang'an City has restrained the enemy's energy, allowing them to only respond to the pressure from the peripheral Bingzhou Army in a stable manner.
It is precisely because of the existence of Chang'an City that the Bingzhou Army can calmly deploy on the periphery, test and find ways to deal with this sudden enemy.
No one knows why the enemy has so much resentment against Chang'an City, so much so that they must capture it even if it is surrounded. It may have some special meaning to them, but these are not things that most people need to consider.
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After all, the situation in front of them left them with no spare energy to think about random things.
"General, the enemy is coming again, this time it's the North Gate and the East Gate!"
The sudden shout interrupted Huangfu Song, who was taking the rare time to relax and think.
Looking at Geng Quan who had an anxious look on his face, Huangfu Song did not show any unhappiness due to the other party's interruption. Instead, he showed a kind smile to the other party, as if he had some kind of magic power, which made the other party nervous.
His tense face relaxed a lot.
"Why are you anxious? If you can't fight, just call back."
"Here!"
Looking at such a calm and composed coach, it is not easy for a subordinate to be nervous even if he wants to.