Chapter seven hundred and seventy-fifth self-knowledge
Pei Zilie, who was on the general stage, looked at the troops shouting forward and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
This Li Shizhong came at the right time. This last crucial bit of morale was mobilized by Li Xingchen just right, so that these soldiers who had become a little slack due to the previous victories suddenly cheered up.
Li Xingchen did not command, nor did he need to command. His mere appearance in front of the army had already made the entire army excited. Chen Zhishen, Dai Cai and other generals did not hesitate to rush to the front with their guards.
Even when Pei Zilie was standing on the general stage, he felt that he didn't have much sense of existence, and all the light was taken away by Li Xingchen.
However, Pei Zilie just smiled slightly at this. This guy always likes to be in the limelight, not to mention that he is the real soul of the army, so let him lead the team in the front.
Anyway... By the time this guy walks up the stairs, he probably won't even have a chance to go to the battlefield. Of course, he can't stop him. Thinking of this, Pei Zilie couldn't help but laugh with schadenfreude, and even couldn't help it.
He covered his lower abdomen.
The surrounding guards were a little surprised to see their general smiling so gracelessly. For a moment, they didn't know whether they should ask. Pei Zilie seemed to have noticed them and waved his hand: "It's very safe here. Leave half of us here."
It’s good to be by someone’s side, and the rest of them probably can’t bear it anymore. If you don’t go now, you won’t even have a chance to drink soup. And everyone on the table should move away, the crowds of people are blocking your view.”
As the guards left, Pei Zilie stretched out his hand to hold on to the railing and looked at the battlefield ahead.
Obviously Li Xingchen also knew this, so Li Xingchen always took the lead in these battles. This kind of pleasure of being on the battlefield is no longer much, and Li Xingchen also wants to cherish this privilege that belongs to young people.
"Shizhong, where will we end up?" Pei Zilie murmured, "After this battle, how many more battles do we need to fight, and how long will it take for the world to be peaceful?"
Li Xingchen, who was surrounded by thousands of troops, seemed to hear Pei Zilie's muttering to himself. His flag paused slightly, but then continued to move forward, while the soldiers in front had already begun to climb the hole-ridden city wall.
Pei Zilie looked at the fluttering flag and seemed to have gotten the answer he wanted, and couldn't help but laugh.
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Fangling City was captured quickly, which was inevitable.
There is a saying in the art of war: surround it ten times.
The number of soldiers and horses dispatched by Li Xingchen was already thirty or forty times that of the defenders, so it would be easy to capture Fangling City. Moreover, Li Xingchen's goal of attacking Fangling with such a massive force was just that, and it should have been achieved now.
With the news of the rapid capture of Fangling City within an hour and the huge trebuchet, it was estimated that the scouts from the other side would soon send him into Xiangyang City. Li Xinchen did not believe that the Xiangyang defenders were not interested in Li Xinchen.
Although they did not send reinforcements, they must have sent a lot of scouts. Even at this time, Li Xingchen was standing on the river beach and could see Chuoyue's figure on the opposite hillside. As if facing this opponent who suddenly appeared in the north, Yuchi Kuan, who was stationed in Xiangyang City,
He and Cao Xiaoda and others must not dare to neglect, especially among them Cao Xiaoda, Yu Chishun and others who have participated in the battle of Cangxi Valley and know how difficult this enemy is to deal with.
"Where are the general's troops and horses?" Li Xingchen looked at his soldiers building ships on the river beach and dock, but what he asked about was the battle situation in the south.
"This time Cao Xiaoda and the others obviously knew that the general was preparing to come, and it was very likely that there would be no reinforcements in a short period of time, so they did not hold on to the city like last time. At this time, they were walking along Hutou Mountain and Lumen Mountain.
The front line is confronting the general, and behind it is Xianshan. Obviously Cao Xiaoda is also preparing to deploy defenses layer by layer." Pei Zilie said in a deep voice, "At the same time, on the west front, old general Ren Zhong is setting up camp on the side of Tanxi, and the Xiangyang defenders are
There are a lot of obstacles set up on Tanxi River, which are difficult to break through at once."
"Strive for victory while maintaining stability, trading space for time," Li Xingchen sighed in admiration. He already knew why Pei Zilie represented the enemy as "Cao Xiaoda" instead of the nominal Xiangyang City Lord General "Yu Chikuan".
Such a steady and systematic defense layout is clearly the handiwork of Cao Xiaoda. This general who has followed Yuchi Jiong for half his life has a really steady character, and his vision and experience are not as good as those of the next generation such as Yuchi Shun.
Comparably, key mountains and rivers outside Xiangyang such as Hutou Mountain, Xianshan and Tanxi are all in Cao Xiaoda's defense system. The points are connected to form a line, which ultimately forms the peripheral defense line of Xiangyang.
Especially after knowing that Li Xingchen had a new type of trebuchet, it is conceivable that Cao Xiaoda would only guard these lines of defense more firmly.
"There is not much distance left from here to Xiangyang." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, "We must hurry up."
Fangling City was not actually called Fangling in this era, but was called Guangqian County. However, this was the name of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which was strictly not recognized by the Southern Dynasties. The water outside Fangling City was
Mianshui is the largest and most important tributary - Zhushui. This river was not much narrower than Mianshui in this era. What is more important is that after passing Zhushui, in front is the northwest barrier of Xiangyang. Historically, Wolong was famous for living in seclusion.
Longzhong.
Longzhong on the north side of Xiangyang and Dengsai, also known as Dengzhou, on the north side of Fancheng, together form the defense line on the north side of Xiangfan. Because the two cities of Xiangyang and Fan have been controlled by the Northern Dynasty for a long time, most of these towns in the north of Xiangyang have fallen into disrepair.
It was even abandoned, but it is conceivable that when Li Xingchen appears, Cao Xiaoda will definitely restore these places to combat effectiveness as quickly as possible.
Cao Xiaoda did not miss any of the strategic points such as Hutou Mountain and Xian Mountain in the south of Xiangyang City. You can imagine what kind of battle awaits Li Xingchen.
Li Ping spread out the map with a wink, and Li Xingchen reached out and tapped on the map: "Longzhong is surrounded by mountains, and Dengsai is bordered by water. If we want to open the north gate of Xiangfan, we must capture these two places.
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Pei Zilie nodded slightly. Although Li Xingchen had not finished speaking, he had already roughly figured out what he meant: "Are you planning to divide your troops?"
"Which one do you want?" Li Xingchen didn't mean to answer this meaningless question, so he went straight to the point.
Pei Zilie stretched out his hand and knocked: "Of course it's Longzhong."
Li Xingchen had obviously expected that Pei Zilie would make this choice, but Pei Zilie helplessly spread his hands: "Longzhong will directly protect Xiangyang. If Longzhong is defeated, we can go straight to Xiangyang. On the contrary, if we attack Dengsai, we will have Fancheng behind us, and we will also have to fight with the military forces in the north.
Guan and other places may deal with enemies heading south at any time, so I wonder if I can handle it."
Li Xingchen immediately looked at Pei Zilie with contempt: "Master, you are just trying to be lazy."