After losing the first battle, the Lu Long Army continued to attack the city at the risk of huge casualties. After the Yuncha was destroyed, they continued to use arrow towers, catapults, and door-ramming vehicles, but the results were not great. The archery towers and catapults could only suppress the city's head. The defenders were unable to solve the problem; the effect of the door-rushing truck was not good, because the defenders completely blocked the city gate. After the door-rushing truck broke half of the wooden door, they found that there was a huge stone behind the door. Unable to enter, I had to withdraw in the end.
Li Chengzhong watched the attack of the catapults. More than a dozen huge wooden arms threw stones towards the city, but most of them were not very accurate. Those that fell into the city could also have some impact on the morale of the defenders. The ones outside were of no use at all. A few lucky stones hit the city wall, but they only caused a lot of foam and had no effect. However, a few stones were lucky enough to be thrown onto the city wall, knocking down several people. Wei Bo's sergeant, but the probability of this is 100%. Moreover, the stones that can be thrown are not large. The largest one is only as small as a human head. If it is larger, it will damage the catapult itself. Li Chengzhong shook his head as he looked at it , this thing is far less useful than imagined.
After the destruction of the cloud chariot, Lu Long's army could not replenish it, so they had to use wooden ladders to climb the city. The defenders in the city were very tenacious and their fighting power was amazing. According to the few brothers who were able to retreat after attacking the city, the top of the city was still in ruins. Two types of people were the most difficult to deal with. One was Wei Bobing, who was armed with a bright silver gun, and the other was the axe-wielding Bian Army man in a green shirt. When they fought, they didn't care about life and death. They didn't retreat at all. They rushed up desperately, even if The spear and ax fell from his hand, and he rushed forward to hit him with his body and bite him with his teeth. It was really difficult to hold him tightly.
Li Chengzhong has never had the opportunity to climb the city in the past few days. He pushed the gate-carrying car, guarded the wooden ladder, and saw the brothers around him falling one by one, but there was nothing he could do. The battle was fierce, and when it came to this, He has completely integrated into it, and has no thoughts of being a time traveler who is sneaking around and trying to save his life. Not only does the death of his brothers around him make him feel the same, but also the strict formation of the swordsmanship team behind him makes him dare not take even a step back.
Fortunately, thanks to God's blessing, Li Chengzhong did not suffer any serious injuries. The most serious injuries on his body were just scratches, which were caused by him dodging bows and arrows according to the tactical movements of dodging bullets in the army in his previous life. Jiang Miao, who was always being taught by words and deeds next to him, also suffered from this. Fortunately, it was saved. To reiterate the old story, Li Chengzhong wanted to promote this method to the entire army, but the difficulty was even greater. The reason was simple, it was too ugly. According to the words of team officer Zhang Zhongyan, it was "rolling and crawling, In what manner?"
Therefore, after successive fierce attacks on Weizhou, the army began to besiege the city for a long time.
After experiencing such a difficult war, Li Chengzhong was still a little uncomfortable with the sudden non-war days. The most common thing everyone did was to look at the forest of swords and guns on the top of the city through the wooden fence of the military camp, and those few Facing the flag that was blackened by the flames of war but still stood upright in the wind.
There are about thirty brothers left in Youdu, so they are not divided into groups. During the meal, everyone sat together and talked about nothing. Seeing that everyone had frowns and heads, Zhang Zhongyan and a few Together, the veterans told interesting stories about their time as soldiers in Shanbei, or about the time when the commander-in-chief beat the crap out of the Jin army. The conversation became lively, and everyone's hearts gradually relaxed.
After the atmosphere became more lively, everyone started to offer suggestions and suggestions on how to invade Weizhou. Li Chengzhong thought hard about the various tactics that the troops knew before crossing over, but they all felt that they were very unreliable. Without them, there were hot weapons and cold weapons.
No. He began to recall some plots in war movies again, frowning and thinking about various tactics terms, such as protracted warfare, guerrilla warfare, well, these belong to the strategic level and are inappropriate to put here; and what about sparrow warfare and tunnel warfare?
...I was thinking about it, murmuring something in my mouth, and kept talking about it.
Jiang Miao's eyes lit up and asked: "Li Lang, what are you talking about? Sparrow war? Tunnel war? What is sparrow war? Can sparrows fight? Is tunnel war digging a tunnel? This is a good method."
After hearing this, Zhang Zhongyan, the commander-in-chief, also patted his head and said loudly: "Li Lang is right, tunnel warfare is feasible! Our commander-in-chief was... well, the commander-in-chief was very good at this, I'm sure we will dig tunnels."
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Marshal Liu Rengong was an expert at digging graves before he debuted. He was very good at tunneling techniques, as all veterans know. After joining the army, he used tunneling tactics in battles with the Khitan people in the north of the mountains and the Jin army in the east of the river, with obvious results.
.It's just that Liu Rengong was shy about mentioning the business he was engaged in back then, and Zhang Zhongyan also refrained from talking about it, but he was a little more certain about whether his general would use authentic tactics to attack Weizhou.
This kind of strategy at the level of tactics cannot be controlled and understood by a few low-level soldiers. After a few words of discussion, everyone gave up. But after some time, the suspicion that the Lulong Army used tunnel tactics to attack the city was confirmed.
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In the afternoon of that day, Li Chengzhong and Jiang Miao were recruited into the Chinese army's stronghold. Accompanying them were the hundreds of remaining brothers from the fifth battalion of Jianzu who could still see at night. They came to an open space behind a large tent.
At that moment, Li Chengzhong suddenly discovered that there was a hole diagonally downward on the ground, which could accommodate three people walking down side by side.
At dusk, thousands of soldiers gathered around the open space. Hundreds of them were neatly dressed and wore helmets. The swords in their hands were all good. Although their expressions were lazy, there was a trace of elegance in their actions.
Fierce spirit. Li Chengzhong listened to the introduction of the veterans on the side, saying that these are the commander's yamen troops.
When it was time to hold the lamp, there was a slight disturbance outside. A passage was opened among the troops, and a group of soldiers squeezed in from the passage. The sergeants stood up one after another, bowed and saluted, and called "Commander!" They all seemed extremely excited.
I saw one of the middle-aged generals with a long beard emerging from the crowd. He was wearing bright silver armor and a long sword hanging on his waist. He walked around in a circle to say hello to the soldiers and shouted, "Bring me some wine." A general next to him
He went up and handed him a bag of wine.
Marshal Liu Rengong took the wine bag, was silent for a moment, and said: "We are all good men from Yan. We follow a certain family in the southern expedition, and we shed blood and sacrifice our lives! The war has been unfavorable in the past few days, and our brothers have suffered serious losses.
,Ren Gong… I’m so ashamed of you all!”
The soldiers' hearts warmed up and they all said:
"What are you talking about, Marshal!"
"Why did the commander say this?"
"I am willing to follow the commander-in-chief in his southern expedition!"
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for bringing the contracted brothers to promotion and fortune!"
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Liu Rengong paused and then said: "Today's world is full of disputes and heroes are vying for supremacy. A certain family is helpless. If we don't think about making progress, within a few years, when others come to knock on our door, I, a man from Yandi, will be able to be slaughtered for mermaid meat."
! Therefore, a certain family raised 100,000 troops to march south, and only by taking the land of Weibo can we plan for the future of our brothers. Brothers who are willing to follow a certain family, I really appreciate it."
"You're welcome, handsome!"
"Commander, no matter what the order, the flag is directed, someone is willing to die!"
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Liu Rengong nodded, pointed to Weizhou City in the distance, and raised his voice: "We, the Lulong Army, defeated Beizhou in one battle, and fought again to surround Weizhou. Who is trapped in the city by us now? It's Wei Boya's soldiers, who are known as the best in the world! It's Zongheng
Ge Congzhou and He Delun, the Bian army in the Central Plains, are said to be invincible! In tonight's battle, I wonder if you brothers would dare to fight to the death with these opponents who are said to be the best in the world? I wonder if you can let a certain person stay at Weibo Jiedu Mansion for the night?"
"Commander, just relax! We will risk our lives to let the commander stay in Weizhou overnight!"
"What a bastard! In front of us, the descendants of Yanzhao, they are just like shit!"
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Li Chengzhong was also excited by Liu Rengong's words. He squeezed forward in the crowd on tiptoes and shouted: "I heard that Luo Shaowei's little lady is extremely beautiful. Someone is willing to offer it to the handsome man to warm his bed!"
The young lady was famous for her beauty in the land of Hebei. Even Li Chengzhong had heard about it. At this moment, he was so excited that he shouted out, which immediately made all the sergeants laugh.
Liu Rengong was also amused. He turned around with a smile and said to Li Chengzhong: "Thank you, brothers. Come here, serve the wine!" The generals clustered behind Liu Rengong threw out more than ten wine bags, and were surrounded by
The sergeant took it, and everyone passed it around. Everyone drank the bag of wine quickly. Li Chengzhong also took a big sip. To be honest, the wine was not that good, but in this situation, no matter how bad the wine was,
Drink deliciously!
After drinking, Liu Rengong waved his hand: "Luo Guerzhi! A certain family is waiting for you here!"
A general behind him bowed to accept the order and got into the tunnel first. Behind him, the elite Yamen army filed in.
Liu Rengong stood guard by the tunnel, watching hundreds of Yameni troops enter the tunnel. He went down and patted the sergeants on the shoulders. The sergeants entered generously without looking back.
After the Yameni army entered, there were hundreds of people from Shanbei. The Jianzu camp where Li Chengzhong was located was the third batch. At this time, they were waiting by the tunnel entrance to wait for the front to invade Weizhou before continuing their advance. At the same time, Liu Rengong was there.
An order was issued at the tunnel entrance, and Baduqi and Yinhulu were inspected and were waiting outside the city to rob the city at any time.
I don’t know how much time passed, but I heard a loud shout in the city. The lights on the city were brightly lit. Under the firelight, there were many swords and guns, and the flags were fierce. Liu Rengong’s expression changed. He stared at the city of Weizhou for a long time, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell backwards.
The generals hurriedly rushed to support them. Liu Rengong was heard coughing and shouting: "Quickly...cough...have people withdraw...cough..."
The generals hurriedly ordered people to go into the tunnel to pass on orders, and at the same time went to invite doctors to come for diagnosis and treatment. The firelight shone on the entrance of the tunnel and also on the faces of the sergeants. Everyone's face looked bad and turned pale under the firelight.
The brothers of the fifth battalion of Jianzu who were waiting at the entrance of the tunnel were silent, staring at the city in a daze. Li Chengzhong's heart sank to the bottom, and he opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.
In a moment, dozens of sergeants covered in mud rolled out of the tunnel. One of them cried loudly: "It's over! Water, the tunnel is full of water, our people are all dead!" This voice finally broke the camp.
In the middle of the silence, there was a sudden chaos beside the tunnel. Some people were crying, some were coughing loudly, some were exclaimed, and some kept asking "What's wrong?"
Li Chengzhong also rushed to help the brothers who climbed up one after another from the tunnel, feeling very anxious. Everyone waited expectantly at the tunnel for a whole night, and in the end, less than a hundred people came back! Among the thousands of Yameni troops who entered the tunnel, the sons of Shanbei were killed.
, will never see the light of day.
In May of that year, Lu Long's army dug tunnels to attack the city, and the Weizhou defenders diverted water from the river to irrigate it.