The gathering drum sounded, which at least meant that Li Xun should also be aware of the current problem.
By the time Pu Feng arrived, Du Qi had also arrived.
Li Xunzheng frowned and looked at the battlefield in the valley in front.
The Han army's thunderbolt chariots were still roaring, and stone bullets were hitting them piece by piece, but the Han army's infantry brigade was not in a hurry to launch an attack.
Obviously Li Xun also encountered a problem here.
"The enemy's arrows are very dense. There should be a lot of crossbowmen gathered here, and they react very quickly. Once we start throwing stones, they will retreat. Once we start attacking, they will rush forward again. And many of the arrows are poisonous.
There were a lot of injuries in the army." Su Kui, Li Xun's chief secretary, explained beside him.
Su Kui is the son of Su Wei, a famous scholar in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Su Wei was famous in the court and the public when he was young, but he fled back to his hometown because he did not want to participate in Yang Jian's rebellion. After the Han army entered Guanzhong, Su Wei was recommended to the Yushitai
, and later participated in the formulation of laws, and his son Su Kui was good at music. He was originally a member of the Music Department of the Ministry of Rites. Later, because the army needed someone to compose some morale-boosting songs, Su Kui was seconded to the army and became the leader.
book.
This time the Han army marched south in a large scale. Because Su Kui knew Li Xun, he also volunteered to accompany the army. Although he acted as chief secretary, he was more like a reporter collecting news from the battlefield. He wrote a lot of articles and songs along the way.
For example, the "Pingyue Song" now sung in the army was composed by Su Kui.
The duty of the chief clerk is to mobilize morale and consolidate the loyalty of the soldiers, so it seems that Su Kui has completed his own task.
This time the Han army attacked Hengshan, and the battle line was stretched out. Su Kui also volunteered to take on the task of communicating and coordinating intelligence. For him, who was already one of the best educated in this era, coordinating and classifying intelligence was naturally nothing.
Difficult matter.
"Fortunately, there is Dr. Sun in the army, and everyone can still be saved." Seeing Du Qi and Feng Pu's expressions of embarrassment, Su Kui hurriedly added, "But in the long run, morale will inevitably be low."
"We must make a breakthrough as soon as possible." Li Xun finally spoke.
"But the enemy is obviously aware of this and wants to drag out the battle." Feng Pu said with a bitter smile.
Du Qi next to him also nodded, obviously he encountered the same problem as Pu Feng.
"The battle in the middle is not much better than the two wings," said Supervisor Fu Ye, who was standing on the other side of Li Xun at this time. "The mountain road is narrow, and the enemy has set up layers of traps. Unless we use human lives to fill them in bit by bit,
, otherwise it may be difficult for us to break into the camp in a short period of time."
"General, monitor the army," Du Qi said in a deep voice, "I think it is better to attack one point instead of spreading the attack."
"Why?" Fu raised his eyebrows.
Next to him, Li Xun nodded slightly: "That makes sense."
Immediately he explained to Fu: "Although Fan Fanzhi has been fully prepared, he often has strengths and weaknesses, especially the concentration of troops in these three places, which is already an extreme. He wants to use a balanced defense
If he comes to stop us, then we will use concentrated attacks to break his defense. I don’t believe he can withstand the current attack. He can still withstand an attack twice or three times the current one.”
"Although this is true, if we really have to choose, which side should we choose first?" Fu's eyes immediately shifted to the battlefield.
The mountains are vast and smoke is rising everywhere.
"The middle path is definitely not an option," Li Xun said decisively. "If we only break through the middle path, the enemies on both sides will be condescending, and we will still be unable to pass normally. Therefore, if we want to break through, we must attack on both wings."
Du Qi and Feng Pu immediately cheered up.
In other words, the main attack will definitely fall on one of them.
"Have all the troops on the right retreated?" Li Xun looked at Du Qi.
Du Qi hesitated for a moment, but nodded: "The attack just now was not successful, so I have ordered to retreat to the foot of the mountain to prepare for a new round of attack."
Li Xun then looked at Feng Pu.
Feng Pu said helplessly: "Please wait a moment, General, there is a branch on the left still on the mountain!"
Li Xun was startled for a moment: "Du Fuwei?"
"That's right, Du Fuwei and Feng Xi led 600 people as a feint attack, and they haven't retreated yet!" Feng Pu replied hurriedly.
Li Xun smiled and said: "This guy is really a lucky general. I heard that he was the first to rush into Kuaiji City. Then attack the camp on the left and make sure to capture it before dark!"
Li Xun set the tone, and Feng Pu and Du Qi naturally had nothing to say and accepted the promise at the same time.
While the sun is still shining brightly on the north side of Hengshan Mountain, drizzle has begun to fall on the south side of Hengshan Mountain.
Humid weather is the biggest enemy of firearms, especially gunpowder. Gunpowder that gets damp almost loses the possibility of being used in a short period of time.
Fan Fanzhi was obviously aware of this problem, so during this drizzly time, seven or eight thousand Linyi troops lined up in order and launched an attack on the Han army's new camp in the north of Lu Rong City.
Because there was no threat of muskets, and it was raining, it was difficult to even pull the bowstring, so the Linyi people had the courage to form such a formation. They just wanted to use the simplest numerical advantage to crush them.
Apart from this, Fan Fanzhi really couldn't find any other better way.
Just next to the Han army camp, the Jingguan with people's heads piled up in Linyi was being washed away by the rain.
As the king of Lin Yi, Fan Fanzhi's face will feel burning as long as the capital exists. Even if he can be shameless, he must give an explanation to the people below, otherwise who will have the guts to continue to fight for Lin Yi?
Fortunately, God opened his eyes and actually gave him a stormy day.
So Fan Fanzhi made up his mind to regain Lu Rong today. Even if it was only a short period of time, it would be better than doing nothing!
Fan Fanzhi also paid a heavy price for this. He spent almost all his wealth to reward the army. Otherwise, Lin Yi's army, which had just experienced a disastrous defeat, would not have the courage to follow Fan Fanzhi. At the same time, Lin Yi's army had just experienced a disastrous defeat.
Fan Fanzhi also took the risk that the Hengshan defense line behind him might be breached at any time and turned around to attack Lu Rong. If it weren't for morale needs and political demands, I'm afraid Fan Fanzhi would not have been able to do this.
Once Hengshan is breached, even if Fan Fanzhi can go all the way south and recover even Xianglin, what's the use?
Therefore, in the drizzle, Fan Fanzhi only prayed for a quick victory.
"Interesting." Luo Yi put up a pergola with his hands, looked at the enemy getting closer and closer, and said with a smile.
Qi Xin, who was standing next to him, was cleaning his musket. When he heard the sound, he looked up and said helplessly: "Fan Fanzhi picked a good time."
"I'm afraid the muskets won't be of much use anymore," Luo Yi said with emotion.
"Scared?"
Luo Yi laughed and said: "The Han army has more than just muskets!"
Qi Xin stood up, patted the dust on his clothes, and quietly stared at the figure in the drizzle.