Li Hong slowly walked up to Ge Xiyuan and other civil servants, with a faint smile on his face. He took off his helmet at the same time, threw it to Hua Meng, who was also wearing armor, and said easily: "Then may I ask, Mr. Ge?" , then tell me how to attack Anshi City?"
"This... I only know a little bit about astronomical phenomena. How about I watch the stars tonight and ask for an auspicious day to attack the city and then make the decision?" Ge Xiyuan did not expect Li Hong to be so direct and asked directly. How should he attack the city
As a military general, this is the dignity that a military general should have. He would not ask a civil servant casually, let alone His Highness the Crown Prince who has countless illustrious military exploits in Anxi.
The faint smile on Li Hong's face became colder and colder, and his eyes became sharp: "Since you still know that you are just a Taishi Ling, you should know more clearly that the important things of the country, including soldiers, are yours. Are you able to intervene at will? Since you intervened and thought that I was defeated by force, then you gave me a good proposal, right? You just touched your lips and rejected it. It’s a military strategy, do you want to take this responsibility? If you don’t take responsibility, shut up immediately!”
"Your Highness, I have absolutely no intention of doing this. I..."
"Get out!" Li Hong shouted coldly. Not only did Ge Xiyuan tremble with fright, but even the other civil servants behind him couldn't help but tremble.
The gentle Crown Prince was angry, especially in this battlefield with bright armor and solemn atmosphere, which made them feel an unprecedented palpitation.
The civil servants headed by Ge Xiyuan looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was full of murderous aura. Although he was just a figure standing under the city wall of Anshi City, at this moment they felt as if this figure put more pressure on them than that of Anshi opposite. The city walls are even bigger, and they have to be scared.
Liu Rengui, Xue Rengui, Qibi Heli, Li Jinxing and other generals couldn't help but feel relieved when they heard Li Hong's cold scolding.
What is the most taboo thing for military commanders? It's because the civil servants don't know how to pretend to understand, point fingers, and give orders. And it's not like this has never happened in today's wars in the Tang Dynasty. Incompatibility between generals is a taboo in marching and fighting, so these generals are... It's hard to say, but now that His Highness the Crown Prince scolded these civil servants, they felt very relieved.
What's more, this expedition was led by His Majesty himself. You can imagine how heavy the pressure was on these military generals. Originally, the whole journey was overwhelming. They met gods and killed gods and met Buddhas and cut down Buddhas. There were no disadvantages along the way, and they did not encounter Tai. The strong resistance went straight to the gates of Anshi City.
They originally planned to capture Anshi City in one go and break the embarrassment of the Tang army being unable to break through Anshi City and reach Liujing, but they didn't expect that after a heavy rain, the sharp weapon in the hands of the Tang Dynasty was no longer allowed to be used.
No matter how Xue Rengui argued in the Chinese military tent, the explosives were soaked by the rain. It was because the military situation was urgent and he wanted to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold in Anshi City, so he did not wrap it with oil paper and the misfire problem occurred. As long as If we do it again, we are guaranteed to be able to break through Anshi City.
However, this move was strongly opposed by the civil servants headed by Ge Xiyuan. On the grounds that this was a warning from God to the Tang Dynasty, they believed that explosives were against the principles of heaven and earth and against the harmony of heaven and earth. They even believed that this thing was a Although the unknown thing brought temporary benefits to Datang, in the long run, it may damage the luck of Datang.
Therefore, Li Zhi was suddenly entangled in a dilemma. Ge Xiyuan even used the reason that the late emperor had to fight here after he fought here, thinking that the late emperor saw from here the shortcomings of the Tang Dynasty after continuing to fight. That's why the class teacher returned to the court.
Li Hong was like a god of death, making the civil servants tremble with fear. However, in the eyes of Liu Rengui and others, His Highness Li Hong looked like a living Bodhisattva at this moment. If he had known that His Highness the Crown Prince would come earlier, they and other generals would not suffer from such cowardice. .
It seems that nothing can be done today, and there is no hope for him to feel refreshed, so Li Hong directly ordered Xue Rengui behind him: "Choose two city gates and feign attack for half an hour. Liu Rengui and Qibi Heli are on standby. When rotating feints, be sure not to attack by force. Even if the enemy is overwhelmed and has exposed flaws in its defense, it will never be allowed to attack the city. "
"As ordered, Your Highness." Liu Rengui, Qibi Heli, and Xue Rengui responded in a deep voice at the same time.
The three of them are all veteran experts in fighting. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are veterans on the battlefield. They still understand this truth. Now the enemy has already deployed a second or even a third line of defense in the city, and these The Japanese army had not carried out harassing siege, which gave the enemy more time to rest and reorganize the defense line and repair the weak points of the city wall.
If the enemy's army shows signs of weakness when you first attack the city, it can only mean that the enemy has deliberately left a gap, waiting for your men to jump in and give you a blow to your confidence.
In this way, the most important thing for the siegeers is that the failure of the first siege is likely to cause low morale in the army, and it is impossible to attack again immediately.
So this is why, in siege battles, the generals who defend the city often need to be aware of every detail of the battlefield and use their experienced experience to analyze whether this battle is a feint attack by the enemy or a real offensive by the enemy, so as to choose them. The actual strength of the city's defenders.
For city siegeers, the probability of raiding a city is like winning the lottery in the previous life. There is often a high probability of such surprise attacks and surprise attacks. Half-truth and half-false sieges are most often used, but the probability of success is It's not very high either.
After missing the first advantage of attacking the city after the enemy retreated into the city, their foothold was unstable and their morale was in confusion, the difficulty of attacking the city will increase exponentially as time goes by.
The sound of horns and drums sounded...dong-dong-dong below Anshi City. The drums, which were rhythmic but not according to the conventional beats, matched the whimpering tune of the horns. During the siege, In addition to serving as an order to attack, it was also intended to disrupt the mentality of the enemy soldiers defending the city and make them impatient.
Just as Li Hong had guessed, a large number of Dunjia were placed in the front row. Rhythmic bloodthirsty shouts of killing were emitted from the battle formation. Rows of soldiers with bright helmets slowly moved like waves. Rushing towards the city walls of Anshi.
On the city wall, the rapid trumpet sound sounded after the horn sound of the Tang army. There was a panic on the city wall. Some rolling stones, rolling logs, and crossbows suddenly appeared at the crenellations on the city tower, mouths Shouting in a tone that Li Hong couldn't understand anyway, he stared ferociously at the waves of siege troops below, waiting for the enemy troops to enter the shooting range before starting to shoot.
Li Hong, who had just received the sniper crossbow from Xue Rengui again, under the watchful eyes of some civil servants behind him, set up the sniper crossbow as if he had set up a sniper rifle in the previous life. The heavy, hard and cold sniper crossbow made people laugh. Suddenly he woke up from the earth-shaking shouts of killing.
The sniper crossbow set up in his hand did not move at all, as if it was fixed on Li Hong's arms. Hai Dongqing on his shoulders flapped his wings uneasily twice when the war drums just sounded, feeling that his master was frightened. After that, he calmed down and stood quietly on Li Hong's shoulder, looking at the soldiers who were so densely packed like a tide, and from time to time he looked up at the arrows that were first shot from the top of the city.
"Buzz..." In front of Li Hong's eyes, there was a sound of a heavy bowstring breaking through the air.
The arrow was like a black lightning, leaving an afterimage in front of everyone's eyes, and then disappeared.
In less than a breath, on top of Anshi City, a young general who was giving orders to defend the city felt a burning pain in his chest, and when he lowered his head, he saw an arrow tail still trembling in the air. , then slowly raised his head and looked down.
Then the whole person fell from the top of the city as if weightless. The body suddenly fell quickly under the city wall and hit the ground with a thick bang. After a burst of dust was splashed, it became motionless.
As Li Hong fired the first arrow, the sniper crossbow hidden in the dark fired arrows as fast as lightning one after another. More than ten corpses began to fall down from the city wall like scattered dumplings.
On the top of the city, when several soldiers fell to the bottom of the city, they were in a panic and did not pay attention. They thought it was because the city wall was too crowded and they squeezed their own people down, so they did not take it seriously.
But when an arrow grazed his helmet, he realized that the enemy actually had such strong-armed archers, and they were able to shoot from such a long distance! This is definitely an archer who has the same judgment as Hei Te Changzhi.
The general, who broke out in a cold sweat, immediately lowered his body and touched his cheek with one hand. When his hand touched the hot spot on the side of the helmet, he almost collapsed on the ground. How powerful is it to be able to shoot such a long distance and such a powerful arrow!
Li Hong frowned. The importance of these dozens of sniper crossbows is self-evident. In a short period of time, no fewer than fifty or sixty corpses fell on the city walls. This short-term chaos also created a barrier for the siege forces. Xue Rengui bought time to approach the city wall.
As waves of troops approached the city, ladders were immediately erected on the city wall. Some were pushed away by the enemy's quick eyes and hands as soon as they were erected.
Some of them stood still after being put on them for a long time, and no one even bothered with the siege ladder. This shows that the enemy's generals have not realized that this time the Tang army is really going to attack in the limited defense. City, or is it just a feint attack to test the strength of the defense.
The black arrows continued to streak through the air, shooting towards the top of the city more densely than before with a sound of breaking through the air. Although the accuracy was much worse than at the beginning, at least after the density, the enemy troops were able to defend. , had to beware of the cold arrows in the dark, which also relieved some of the siege pressure on the siege troops.
(End of chapter)