"I didn't expect that Song Ping is still a bit brave." Li Xingchen looked at the figure standing at the top of the city. Although it was a little blurry, he could see from the opponent's position under the guard of a group of soldiers and the "Song Ping" flying on the city tower.
"Looking at the banner with the character ", we can know that it should be Song Ping, the governor of Hezhou.
Xu Deyan is obviously not as calm as Li Xingchen. After all, he is just a young man. This is also the first time for him to be on the battlefield and see such a spectacular scene. Xu Deyan cannot even imagine that if he puts himself in his shoes at this time,
On top of the city, I wonder if I really have the courage to face such an enemy.
Whether in terms of momentum or reputation, it is clear that Li Xingchen has an absolute advantage.
This is why Xu Deyan presented Li Xingchen with the strategy of "attacking the heart." There is a saying in the art of war: attacking the heart is the top priority, and attacking the city is the bottom priority.
For Li Xinchen, Hezhou is a good choice for attacking his heart. The city of Hezhou is not as tall and solid as imagined. What really causes Li Xinchen's headache is actually the mountain cities around Hezhou, such as the famous Diaoyu City in later generations.
- Of course, in this time and space, Diaoyu City is far from the scale of the future, but if the city is guarding a dangerous location, even a thin wall is enough to cause casualties to the attackers.
Therefore, Li Xingchen put up a majestic formation and captured Hezhou with an open and honest siege method. He could capture Hezhou and break the impression that Li Xingchen only knew how to advance with light troops.
And of course his real intention was not in Hezhou. He was killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, just to show off to the defenders in the mountain city.
"Shizhong, it's almost done," Pei Zilie strode over, "When will we start attacking the city?"
Li Xingchen squinted his eyes slightly and looked up at the sun. Now the sun was getting higher and higher. The sun in winter was not hot, but it was shining directly on the top of Hezhou City, which was still a big threat to the soldiers defending the city.
And for the Nanchen soldiers who were attacking the city, it was a good advantage.
"Let's start now." Li Xingchen strode onto the stage that had been set up, "Drumming!"
The sound of drums rose from the ground, and a Nanchen general named Nanchen who was commanding and arranging in front of the formation came on flying horse. In addition to Lu Zhiwu who was guarding Bajun, Cao Zhong, Dai Cai, Cheng Feng and other generals were all flying quickly
When you get to the point, you will be off stage.
"I'll see you, General Dang Kou!" All the generals handed over their hands at the same time.
Pei Zilie just stood behind Li Xingchen, looking at everything in front of him with a smile on his face. He was not dissatisfied or regretful that he was ignored instead. Like Xiao Shilian, he was not a person who regarded these false names as extremely important. What's more important
What's more, Pei Zilie obviously knows in his heart that the one who can really convince these proud soldiers cannot be him.
Only Li Xingchen in front of them can assume their trust and lead this army to fight in these troubled times, for their own future, not for some illusory righteousness, for the court and the emperor who don't care about them at all.
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From struggling alone to struggling with thousands of people, Pei Zilie watched helplessly as Li Xingchen struggled to find a way out of this troubled world.
He saw the young man's forbearance and persistence, but he asked himself that he didn't have the ability.
"Cao Zhong, obey the order!" Li Xingchen didn't pay attention to Pei Zilie's eyes behind him. He couldn't grasp other people's thoughts and tempers, but he knew the thoughts of Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie fairly well. He knew that Pei Zilie was not sure at this time.
Will stand up and compete with myself.
Cao Zhong shuddered, with an excited look on his face.
As one of the first generals to follow Li Xinchen, Cao Zhong also fought for the rest of his life in Zhangshan. He also followed Li Xinchen and defeated Huarong Road, Baidi City and other places without a single battle. Only when he attacked Bajun later, Cao Zhong
After leading the army to suppress the enemy, they did not get many opportunities to make contributions, which caused a gap between Chen Zhishen and Cao Zhong, who were originally side by side.
For this reason, Cao Zhong has been striving for the opportunity to make contributions on his own - you must know that Chen Zhishen's achievements in the Battle of Bajun mainly came from his attack on Lao Yashan. It is a pity that Li Xingchen wanted to go to war in Hezhou and Luzhou this time.
, so except for Pei Zilie, he himself rushed to the battlefield.
Cao Zhong was even more disheartened by this, thinking that he had no chance to make a contribution and could only follow behind to drink soup, but Li Xingchen wanted to give him a chance.
"I order you to lead your troops to ascend first!" Li Xingchen simply threw the general order to Cao Zhong.
"No!" Cao Zhong excitedly reached out to take it without thinking, and shouted loudly.
The rules in Li Xinchen's army are different from others. The first ones to go are not cannon fodder but elites and confidants. Li Xinchen does not have enough time and troops now, so instead of slowly passing the time with cannon fodder, it is better to directly organize the elite and rely on high morale.
Opportunity, fight for it.
Of course, Li Xingchen didn't know that such a method was being performed on another battlefield in Luzhou. Now he handed over the first general order and the first general order to Cao Zhong, which is enough to show that Cao Zhong's position in Li Xingchen's heart is still stable.
Seeing Cao Zhong striding away, Li Xingchen waved his hand: "Why are you so worried?"
Cao Zhong suddenly turned around in surprise, while Dai Cai and others burst into laughter. Li Xingchen pointed to the city head in the distance and said: "Have you seen that city head? I only give you two chances. You can do whatever you want.
Although you mention it, after attacking the city twice, the city is still in the hands of the enemy, so don’t blame me for being rude to you!"
Cao Zhong was startled for a moment. He could understand Li Xinchen's strategic idea of using the attack on Hezhou as an opportunity to kill the chicken to show the monkey, and it was obvious that Li Xinchen wanted him to be the sharpest knife now!
Hot blood rushed to his head, and Cao Zhong solemnly handed over his hand: "I will try my best to capture Hezhou City in the first time, and let the general's flag fly on Hezhou City!"
Li Xingchen nodded solemnly: "Go."
Seeing Cao Zhong striding away, the other generals couldn't hold it in any longer. Especially Dai Cai and Cheng Feng, who were subordinated generals and were no more possessors of the Xiajiang Tang Family than Tang Zhengliang, Tang Yishun and others.
With such a solid backing, if they want to take a step further in Li Xingchen's system, the easiest way is to make contributions.
And this time Li Xingchen asked Lu Zhiwu to stay in Bajun and brought the two of them out, which naturally had such meaning. Dai Cai and Cheng Feng were not fools, and of course they knew they should seize the opportunity.
"Dai Cai!" Li Xingchen then turned his attention to Dai Cai, "Lead your army around the east of the city to prepare for a feint attack, and send out sentries to the north, ready to cut off the enemy's breakout path at any time."
Dai Cai did not dare to neglect and hurriedly handed over his hand: "No!"
Li Xingchen nodded slightly. If Cao Zhong was the blade, then Dai Cai was the back of the knife. His stability was enough to ensure the stability of the front.