Chapter 2064 The confrontation on the north bank, between the trenches
"Well done!" Li Xingchen reached out and patted the shoulder of the leading gunner, "But you must also pay attention to rest. There is still a long way to go. If your body collapses, how can you make contributions? And look at those people on the south bank.
Brother Paoze, we are all waiting, so we have to give them a chance, right?"
"Your Majesty is right, this tall man knows how to take credit." A smaller soldier couldn't help but joked.
Suddenly everyone laughed.
Li Xingchen gave a few more words of encouragement, and climbed the barrier with Xiao Shilian.
At this time, the walls of the fortifications that did not have special gaps had been raised a lot. They could not even be called earthen forts, but should be considered low city walls. As the fortifications were raised, the walls on the side of the Han army were increased.
There are steps so you can go directly to the top of the barrier.
There are still many soldiers working on the fortress, busy reinforcing their protective barrier after the outbreak of the war. Looking down from the fortress, more soldiers are digging trenches to the north. Originally, Li Xingchen thought that the military was just for
It was just a matter of adding a line of defense to this barrier that could block the enemy's cavalry, but now he found that his idea seemed to be a bit simple.
Although a trench almost parallel to the barrier has taken shape, more people are no longer busy deepening and widening this trench. Instead, they choose three places from the trench to dig northward at the same time, going hand in hand, just like on the plains.
Three earth dragons arching forward.
Li Xingchen looked at Xiao Shilian, who needed Xiao Shilian to give himself a reasonable explanation.
Although Li Xingchen did not directly interfere with the tactical command at the front, the digging of the trench was enough to affect the entire battle situation.
Xiao Shilian had obviously expected that Li Xingchen would have this question, and said directly: "Your Majesty, look at the Zhou camp in the distance. There are criss-crossing ditches outside the Zhou camp. The large open space between the ramparts and the Zhou camp has been
A small part of it is occupied by them, so their infantry can completely follow the ditch to reach this open space near the center line and then attack forward."
After a pause, Xiao Shilian also felt helpless: "Once our army attacks, the enemy's cavalry can quickly advance through the passages reserved between the trenches and assault our array, while the enemy's infantry can completely avoid our artillery bombardment through the trenches."
, directly enter the battle. If we attack by force, our army will definitely pay a heavy price, especially the artillery and muskets are likely to not play their due role, so digging trenches is obviously the best choice."
Li Xingchen nodded slightly.
By digging the trench very close to the enemy, the Han army soldiers can leave their own trench and directly rush into the enemy's trench. In this way, unless the Northern Zhou Dynasty invests a large number of infantry to fight with the Han army along the trench, otherwise
No matter how many armored cavalry and light cavalry there are, they can't stop the Han army from advancing.
In contrast, it is really dangerous to directly pull up artillery and the like.
The idea of digging trenches as a defensive basis was originally created by Li Xingchen during the Battle of Tiangongyuan. Anyway, there was no such thing before this, so it is considered to be his creation. Now the Northern Zhou army has obviously realized that in the face of possessing
For enemies with heavy offensive weapons - yes, we're talking about artillery - trenches are obviously a good choice.
Therefore, Li Xingchen never imagined that he would actually witness trench warfare in the Southern and Northern Dynasties a thousand years ago. If this trench warfare was not based on the imbalance of firearms development between the two sides, and he, a latecomer, provided ideas, Li Xingchen might have really
It feels like the world is in complete chaos.
Of course, Xiao Shilian didn't know what His Majesty was feeling. Seeing that His Majesty was deep in thought and silent, he just said that His Majesty was dissatisfied with the military's behavior of making decisions without authorization, so he hurriedly explained:
"Now the two armies are in peace talks, and it is difficult for both the enemy and us to make big moves. The Zhou people are guarding the wilderness, and it is difficult for our army to move forward for a while. If we just hold on to the tidal flat position on the north side, once the Zhou people launch a surprise attack, the risk will be too great, so we move forward.
Digging trenches can strengthen the position and force the Zhou people to make a decision as soon as possible. If they are no longer prepared to negotiate peace, then we will dig trenches directly under their noses."
Having said this, Xiao Shilian suddenly became interested. He pointed at the Zhentian Lei placed on the wall not far away and said: "I have discussed with several experienced generals in the army before. When the time comes, we will find some soldiers with better arm strength."
, directly throwing the Thunderbolt from the trench into the enemy's trench, it will definitely make them drink a pot."
Li Xingchen glanced at this guy.
Do you think you are Li Yunlong?
But it's a good idea that these guys came up with this idea.
It seems that the Zhou people's armored cavalry still prevented the Han generals from being too careless.
In Li Xingchen's view, this is not a bad thing.
No matter what kind of enemy you face, it never hurts to be cautious.
Of course, the reason why these guys came up with these ideas is actually because they don't want peace talks from the bottom of their hearts, so they don't mind putting pressure on the enemy. The Zhou people watched the Han army's trenches getting closer and closer. In fact,
There are nothing more than two options.
If the Zhou people really wanted peace talks, it would be useless to say anything. The things the military did might be able to help the Zhou people make up their minds as soon as possible. It would not be wrong if the Zhou people surrendered and everyone clapped their hands and prepared to go home.
Good thing.
If the Zhou people just wanted to delay the attack, the aggressiveness of the Han army would naturally put a lot of psychological pressure on them. Once the Han army's swords and guns were placed directly on their necks, would they still calmly delay the attack? I'm afraid.
At that time, the best option is to fight to the death.
Therefore, no matter what, if the military does this, it will only increase the chance of meritorious service. Apart from consuming some manpower, it has no disadvantages. Moreover, there is no war in the army, and many soldiers are idle. It is better to move to the front.
Come and do some work. If the battle yesterday hadn't been too brutal and the Zhou people didn't have many alive prisoners, plus they were very close to the enemy's camp, so the military didn't dare to take these prisoners directly to work, I'm afraid this would have happened.
Trench digging will only happen faster.
Obviously, the digging of trenches by the Han army also aroused the tension of the Northern Zhou army. Several people could be vaguely seen coming out of the trenches of the Zhou people, wanting to get closer to find out what was going on. However, a few people immediately stood out from the trenches.
A musketeer with a sharp bayonet stared straight at them.
Now that the peace talks between the two sides were no longer a secret with the exchange of envoys, the Zhou people certainly did not dare to provoke rashly at this time, so they could only go back in despair.
All this was naturally seen by Li Xingchen, and he just smiled slightly.
"Boqing, what do you think Yu Wenxian is thinking about now?" Li Xingchen turned to ask Xiao Shilian.
This is the question that Li Xingchen wants to know the answer to these days.