Once the war in Hedong develops in a positive direction and there is no need for the Han army in Shaozhou to provide support, then Chun Yucen can attack Qiziling with the entire army, and no matter what, he must remove this nail stuck in his throat.
"There is no news from Yubi City yet?" Xiao Shilue inspected the camp and learned a lesson. The Han army moved the camp forward to the mouth of the valley, relying on the cliffs on both sides to form a natural barrier to prevent the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
The army repeated its old tricks, and at the same time Xiao Shilue deployed a large number of infantry deep into the mountains. In terms of scouting, the Han army, which had more advanced weapons and equipment and more experience, was certainly better than the Northern Zhou army.
In particular, the Ba people, Nanzhong people, Lingnan people, etc. in the army were all drawn out to form separate teams to intercept and kill enemy scouts. They soon took control of the large mountains and forests outside the Zhou camp in the north of Qiziling.
In the previous battle report, Xiao Shilue had clearly pointed out that the reason for the heavy losses this time was because he was blindly confident as the general and concentrated his troops on the front, but ignored the flanks, and did not use the Han army's strength in the scout battle.
With experience and advantages, on the contrary, the Han army scout was caught off guard by the overwhelming Northern Zhou army, so he was willing to bear the responsibility for heavy losses.
When Du Fuwei was sending the battle report away, he specifically stopped him and added his own name after Xiao Shilian's name. In terms of responsibility, as his deputy, of course he would not have no responsibility at all.
However, before Chun Yucen and even Yang Su decided how to punish the two of them for their dereliction of duty, someone still had to direct this battle.
Both Du Fuwei and Xiao Shilue certainly hoped to make up for their mistakes.
The distance from Qiziling to Shaozhou is not very long. Although there was no reply to the battle report that was rushed over eight hundred miles away, Chun Yucen did not hesitate to give the two of them more time.
Du Fuwei, who was guarding the Chinese army camp, shook his head: "Not yet, but I have received a military order from Shaozhou."
Xiao Shilue suddenly became nervous. He came forward and wanted to rummage from the table.
Du Fuwei punched Xiao Shilue's chest: "Don't be afraid, General Chunyu just asked us to formulate an attack plan for Qiziling as soon as possible."
"Attack Qiziling?" Xiao Shilue raised his eyebrows.
General Du Fuwei ordered it to be unfolded, stretched out his hand and knocked: "Black characters on white background."
Xiao Shilue rubbed his hands and said seriously: "In that case, let's attack Qiziling!"
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It only takes a few days for the offensive and defensive positions to change.
Several phoenixes put their hands on the camp railings and stared straight ahead.
A few days ago, I was still thinking about how to deal with Xiao Shilue. The powerful armor cavalry gave Shuofeng enough confidence, and with the existence of armor cavalry, even if he couldn't shake the Han army's defense from the front, he could still use the armor cavalry to contain him.
The majority of the Han army's troops then used soldiers and horses to launch an attack on the Han army on the flanks.
It's a pity that I still underestimated the power of the Han army's firearms. I didn't expect that an artillery can really cause such great damage to armored cavalry. And because of the existence of this artillery, and the Han army's keen awareness that armored cavalry cannot
The weakness of protecting the eyes made Shuifeng timid for a while and ordered a retreat. As a result, the Han army's musketeers were given the opportunity to return to support the camp, which ultimately led to the failure of his pincer attack.
The price of failure was that the Han army, which had been supported by reinforcements, had built barriers bit by bit along the mountain road and approached the camp on the top of the mountain.
Shuofeng was very anxious, because his mission was not to kill time with Xiao Shilue here, and his patience was about to be worn out. He had to defeat Xiao Shilue as soon as possible and then turn to support the Hanoi battlefield.
The main force of the Han army crossed Hanoi, and Shuofeng had already received the battle report that the front was pressing Hanoi County. If he could not turn back as soon as possible to support the main battlefield in Hanoi, then the Hanoi battlefield would not be able to hold up, and his retreat to Jizhou would be completely cut off.
As for retreating northward little by little from the mountains, forget it. Some Phoenixes are not willing to part with the heavy equipment and food in the stronghold, let alone the armor of the armored cavalry. There is no shortage of excellent cavalry in the north, but what is lacking is
Enough armor. If there were tens of thousands of armors, the Xianbei cavalry could complete the transformation from light cavalry to heavy armor in just a few days.
However, Xiao Shilue obviously knew the weakness of his eagerness to determine the winner, so in the past few days, he had been moving the camp and the barrier forward bit by bit, gradually moving into the valley, and then gradually moving again.
After exiting the valley, hold on to the road coming down from the mountain, and then go up the steep road little by little. The high barriers are wrapped and reinforced with stones. Even the rolling stones thrown from the mountain village may not be able to do anything.
shake.
Xiao Shilue also built a fort on a relatively high hillside. The only artillery was set up there. Yesterday, he fired a cannon and hit the open space outside the village gate, but there was no movement after that.
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Shuofeng did not suspect that Xiao Shilue could not hit the mountain stronghold with artillery. On the contrary, he felt that this was Xiao Shilue telling him clearly that he could hit the stronghold steadily at that position, so there was no need to attack before.
What a waste of shells.
It was the black barrel that made Shuifeng's temples keep beating.
This feeling that I can't reach you but you can reach me is really not that good.
Just when Shufeng secretly made up his mind to summon the cavalry to attack the barrier being built by the Han army, gunfire suddenly came from behind.
The gunfire came from far away at the foot of the mountain.
"What's going on?" Shuifeng turned around immediately.
"General, the Southern Barbarian Qingqi appeared at the foot of the east mountain and intercepted our grain and fodder convoy!" A messenger rushed over in a panic. His face was covered with scratches and blood stains.
Prove that he is not telling lies.
"Where did the Southern Barbarian Qingqi come from?" Shuofeng gritted his teeth. Of course, the cavalry could not shuttle back and forth in the mountains at will like the infantry. The only road from the west side to the east side of the mountain was blocked by his camp. Since the Southern Barbarian Qingqi appeared.
, that can only mean that the Han army has launched an attack from Hanoi to Qiziling.
There are many camps all the way from Qiziling to Hanoi, but these camps are not as dangerous as Qiziling, and there are not many troops stationed there. Their main purpose is to ensure the smooth flow of grain and grass roads, not to be able to defend against danger. Therefore,
It is reasonable for them to be easily defeated by the Han army.
What makes Shuifeng feel distressed is his own food and grass.
Is it easy for me to store some food in this barren mountain? You have the ability to attack head-on. If you cut off my food route if you have nothing to do, what kind of heroes do you think you are?
However, Shuifeng had no time to curse now. He had to face a problem, that is, the Han army had formed a two-sided attack on Qiziling.