Li Xingchen turned his head slightly and glanced at the young man, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Xiuyuan, I sent you to the battlefield just a few days after you came to Bajun. I feel a little ashamed in my heart."
Xu Deyan hurriedly bowed his hands in respect and saluted: "See you, General. I spoke suddenly just now. Please don't blame me, General!"
Looking at Xu Deyan who was respectful in front of him, Li Xingchen felt a strange feeling in his heart. In another time and space, Xu Ling's grandson was spotted by Lechang because of his talents. He became the only one in Nanchen, not by Chen Xu.
The chosen consort, the talented and beautiful couple became a favorite for a while, and later wrote a beautiful love story of "reunion after breaking the mirror" in troubled times.
Whether it was Lechang's persistence or Xu Deyan's hard pursuit, many people were moved.
It's just that in this time and space, Li Xingchen didn't intend to give Xu Deyan a chance, and Lechang's thoughts obviously would not fall on Xu Deyan anymore. However, when he saw Xu Deyan, Li Xingchen still had the illusion of being a cuckold.
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Waving his hand, Li Xingchen said in a deep voice: "There are not so many things to pay attention to on the battlefield. You first tell me what you think."
Xu Deyan nodded: "The Jinyun Mountain camp was taken down so easily this time, partly because we carefully concealed our whereabouts and caught the enemy by surprise, but the other half of the reason... my subordinates said it harshly, is
Because the enemy opened the gate of the village himself."
Li Xingchen was startled for a moment, and then he understood what Xu Deyan meant. Pei Zilie had no intention of concealing how he captured Jinyun Mountain. If it weren't for the surrender of the soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Pei Zilie would have rushed to the base of the camp wall to break through the camp.
It wasn't that easy. After all, they were marching in a hurry and didn't carry any heavy siege equipment at all. If they attacked by force, they would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
When he received the battle report from Pei Zilie, Li Xingchen just felt a little funny that the gate of the cottage was opened from the inside. But now when he heard what Xu Deyan said, he suddenly vaguely guessed what Xu Deyan wanted to say.
"This shows that the general's policy of appeasing the refugees these days has won favor in the hearts of many Zhou soldiers. His subordinates also learned about it from several prisoners who took the initiative to surrender. They are also looking forward to the general's policy of giving land.
Compared with the generous conditions offered by the general, their military pay has become insignificant." Xu Deyan said solemnly, "If this is used as a condition, the enemy's military morale can indeed be shaken."
Li Xinchen's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at Xu Deyan. This frail scholar, after a long journey, the first thing he thought of was not to sit down and rest, but to go and question the prisoners, which made Li Xinchen take a higher look at him.
But then I thought about it. After all, Xu Deyan was born in the Xu family. Under the guidance of Xu Ling, a man who stood at the pinnacle of the entire era, although Xu Deyan was weaker, he was definitely not the kind of dandy from aristocratic families who were ignorant and incompetent. At least he knew that
What is important and what you should do at this time.
For Li Xingchen, such subordinates are enough. After all, Li Xingchen cannot ask everyone to be like him. His own experience and prediction are also due to the experience of two lives.
"Of course, our current military pay is generally higher than that of the Zhou Kingdom, especially those of the local county soldiers, so it is reasonable for them to have such thoughts. Whether it is farming or fighting, obviously the conditions here are superior.
"Pei Zilie also added.
Nodding slightly, Li Xingchen said slowly: "According to your wishes, attack the heart?"
Pei Zilie and Xu Deyan looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
"If you want to attack the heart, you have to take several steps to reach the distance. Let's talk about it first." Li Xingchen leaned on the table calmly and looked at Xu Deyan with interest. At the same time, he did not forget to wink at Pei Zilie.
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Pei Zilie also knew that Li Xingchen was taking this opportunity to test Xu Deyan, so he stood with his hands behind his hands, just smiling and waiting for Xu Deyan to express his thoughts first.
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"Bang!" The stone bullets thrown by the trebuchet hit the city wall of Dongjiang Yangjun hard.
One after another, the naval warships set up a formation on the river, and the trebuchets and crossbows on the ships fired tirelessly at the city. On the river beach, red flags symbolizing Nanchen were fluttering in the wind, and chants were sounded uniformly.
, a new batch of siege teams are being organized.
Compared with Hezhou, there are no tricks in the battles in Luzhou. The most important thing in Luzhou is actually the Dongjiangyang County. This city is also the location of Luzhou in later generations, guarding Dajiang and Luoshui (today's Tuojiang River)
At the intersection of , if you want to attack Shu County from Dajiang, Dongjiang Yang County is the only way.
Therefore, from Xiao Shilian's perspective, if he wanted to capture Luzhou, there was no good option other than a strong attack.
Li Xingchen, Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian had obvious characteristics in their preferences for using troops. Li Xingchen was quick-thinking and liked to use his troops to make unexpected moves. Whether it was the previous raid on Ji Nan or the subsequent battle against Bajun, it was a clear reflection of his thinking.
Pei Zilie has a stable personality and is actually better at defense. This is why Li Xingchen wants to go together with Pei Zilie. He can rest assured that Pei Zilie will stay and defend the city, but he can't rest assured that Pei Zilie will lead the attack.
As for Xiao Shilian, there is no need to go into details. What this guy likes most is to rush and fight fiercely. Let him and Chen Zhishen, a "like-minded" general, attack Luzhou City together, which shows that Li Xingchen had no intention of outsmarting him from the beginning. At the same time, in order to use
Just in case, Li Xingchen also asked Wang Chang to bring most of the navy to Luzhou, so that he could at least give Xiao Shilian and others sufficient support and cover their retreat at critical moments.
Before Chen Zhishen's troops entered Hejiang, the governor of Luzhou took the initiative to withdraw the garrison from various places, clearly intending to defend the city. This means that the Luzhou city defense is not only strong, but also the garrison is stronger than before.
There was more than expected.
Therefore, it is not that easy to outwit, and it is even possible to steal the chicken but not lose the rice. Therefore, Li Xingchen attacked Luzhou directly and steadily, without any intention of covering up his offensive intentions. This naturally gave Luzhou an invisible advantage.
The greater pressure from the defenders even forced the Luzhou defenders to take the initiative to withdraw all the soldiers and horses from the two camps outside the city before Chen Zhishen could go further, so as to prevent the three to four hundred people from being swallowed up by Chen Zhishen.
This is why when Xiao Shilian rushed to the army, Chen Zhishen had already set up a formation outside the city. However, Xiao Shilian didn't have much interest in commanding such a formal siege, so he simply led his guards directly in front.
Although Luzhou City is dangerous, it is not without its weaknesses. That is, like Baidi City, this city is surrounded by water on three sides. Therefore, Li Xingchen, who has a quite powerful navy, actually has an advantage.
So now the navy is throwing stone bullets from the east and west sides of Luzhou City towards the north wall of Luzhou. At the same time, the arrows are constantly suppressing the enemies at the top of the city. Therefore, the stone bullets thrown from behind have caused a lot of damage to the defenders on the north wall.