Jin Zheng came back just after dawn. As expected, he had a few more scars on his body.
But it didn't seem to be anything serious. At this moment, he was holding a human head and chatting and laughing with the military academies.
The face of the human head is ferocious, and seems to be a bit frightened, which shows how scared he felt when his head was cut off.
"Shile's old camp is just like this. It's better than the beggar army, but it's not much better."
"Actually, it's not bad. After the attack on the camp failed, he chased after me and was able to resist for a while. At least it's so-so in the North."
"You have to farm and fight, how powerful can you be? Next time you fight in formation, you can defeat them all with one blow."
Jin Zheng listened to their words with a smile.
The soldiers stepped forward to take off his armor, and when they were about to bind his wounds, they were pushed away by Jin Zheng.
"There are a few minor injuries and they are all scarred. Why are you panicking? It's like I'm going to die." Jin Zheng walked by in a blood-stained dark coat.
Wherever he passed, the soldiers of the field army were all amazed.
General Jin is a true god, so brave, he is probably Taibai's first general, right? He should also be Taibai's most proud disciple.
Some military academies usually couldn't stand Kim Jong's domineering attitude, but at this moment, they had to admit that in terms of bravery, few people in Henan could compare with Kim Jong.
Yu Liang, Liu Anzhi and others were about to leave the camp and return to Henan. When they saw Jin Zhengzhi, they immediately came forward to say hello.
Liu Anzhi only exchanged pleasantries for a while and then left.
Yu Liang was about to leave, but after thinking about it, he stopped and said with a smile: "Jin Du wields his arms bravely and is invincible. I heard about it in the camp and was fascinated by it. If I have time in the future -"
"Yu joins the army. Please go back and deal with the civil uprising in Runan quickly. Don't be stunned." After Jin Zheng finished speaking, he carried the head and left.
Yu Liang's face turned red and white. It was rare for him to lower his face to touch a martial artist, but he didn't want to see you in other people's eyes.
Looking at the few drops of blood stained on the snow-white robe, his face became even worse. He secretly thought that Jin Zheng was so domineering, and he didn't know how he would be able to control his sister after she gave birth to the heir in the future...
Bad luck! Yu Liang flicked his sleeves and left.
Jin Zheng threw the head onto the carriage aside and said to the clerk: "Liu Bao, the little governor of Shile's tent, is an unknown person. Just remember it. It doesn't matter whether it counts or not."
"Since he is a lieutenant general in Shile's army, he can be credited with his merits." The clerk picked up the head, put it away carefully, and then said.
Jin Zheng nodded and said nothing more.
This civil servant was born in the martial arts school of Liang County and was in the fourth period of the Liang Kingdom. He was not good at military strategy, so he became a clerk in the army.
This is good, this is good.
From now on, all armies in the world should be controlled by their martial arts students, lest they be used by careerists to launch rebellions.
Before leaving, Jin Zheng asked: "Where is Master Shao?"
Hearing the word "Master Shao", the civil servant immediately felt cordial, so he replied: "Master Shao has gone to Fangtou North City."
"Oh? Beicheng has been repaired?" Jin Zheng asked, somewhat surprised.
"The government office has been repaired, and Master Shao plans to move in," the clerk replied.
"Well, we should move in." Jin Zheng nodded and said, "Beicheng will take some time to finish the work and add the protective gear, and it will be almost complete."
It's just that - Jin Zheng subconsciously looked to the north, Shi Le wouldn't jump over the wall in a hurry, right?
Fangtou North City is just short of the last bit of city defense facilities, and it will be completed by mid-to-late October at the latest.
Darling, I have been repairing it for seventy or eighty days. This city has been repaired for a long time.
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Shao Xun was walking around Fangtou North City at the moment.
This military fortress-like city was built entirely in accordance with his requirements.
There is a trench surrounding the city outside the city, called "City God", which leads Qishui water into it and builds a suspension bridge to connect with the city.
The City God requires regular dredging, which is considered a very important city defense facility for defending the city.
Behind the city god is the sheep and horse wall, which is only shoulder-high and thirty steps away from the city wall.
As the name suggests, the space between the sheep and horse wall and the city wall is used to store livestock so as not to pollute the living areas in the city.
The sheep and horse wall combined with the city god can harvest a large number of lives, which has been proven many times in past wars.
Beyond that is the city wall.
There are only two gates in Fangtou North City, namely the north and south gates.
There is an urn built outside the city gate to serve as a double gate.
A crossbow platform was also set up outside the city to house a large crossbow machine - it had not been installed at this time, and the Luoyang court needed to rush to make it. Shao Xun's craftsmen did not yet have this technical ability.
The crossbow platform is about seventy steps away from the city, just within the shooting range of the walking bow.
There is a female wall and a horse face above the city wall, which have just been built.
In short, Fangtou North City has four layers of defense facilities, namely: crossbow platform, city god, sheep and horse wall, and city wall.
After completing a circle, Shao Xun felt chilly.
A normal city would not be built like this, either for the comfort of living or to facilitate commerce, or even to reclaim wasteland outside the city walls.
Fangtou North City is not a livable city, but it is a serious military city, built specifically for war.
"If I come to attack this city, I'm afraid I will only be defeated." Shao Xun praised.
The remaining three thousand soldiers of Xuchang were currently stationed in Fangtou North City.
At the officer's command, 500 men were stationed inside and outside the city gate in each building - the barracks inside the city gate were not yet completed.
Two thousand people silently drove behind the sheep and horse wall, five hundred on each side.
Build your own temporary shacks, place weapons in categories, and assign who should defend which area.
Finally, twenty more people were selected and each entered the crossbow platform built outside the north city wall.
They opened the door at the bottom of the platform and climbed to the top via ropes. Although there was no crossbow machine yet, it was an excellent place to observe the enemy's situation.
Shao Xun led his soldiers into the city again.
Beicheng is just a north-south street.
Both sides of the street are empty, with few houses, but the grain warehouse has been built. The young men are transporting grain into it with horse-drawn carriages and storing it one by one.
In addition to the grain depot, there are arsenals and large warehouses, which are adjacent to the grain depot, but they are not yet completed.
These three together form Cangcheng, which is located in the southwest corner of the city.
At the end of the street near Nancheng is the town general's residence, which is also the office space.
The government office has been completed. Climbing up the steps, there is a thick wooden door, which is connected with the gate tower and looks very majestic.
The town general office has a wall built of bricks and tiles, and there is a floor on each of the four corners, where you can shoot arrows from a high position.
In fact, the town general's mansion itself is a fortress, but it is integrated into the city layout as a whole.
If a foreign enemy really breaks through the city wall, the defender can still use his mansion as a last resort - of course, when the battle has reached this point, it is basically meaningless to continue to defend it. It is just a few more backups before death.
Shao Xun stood on the stone steps in front of the mansion and looked at the city quietly.
Cars and horses were on the streets, and people were coming and going. Carloads of materials were pulled in, and then under the guidance of craftsmen, young men worked, and turned into warehouses, military camps, prisons, workshops, yamen and other facilities in the city.
Such a military city is enough!
In the future, when the world is peaceful, perhaps the crossbow platform outside the city can be demolished, the city god can fill it in, expand it outwards, and build the outer city.
But it's not necessary now. There won't be many people in this city for a long time in the future.
****
Since the failure of the night attack on September 25, the Huns had been inactive for several days.
On the last day of September, the Huns attacked again, but still failed to capture the Jin army's camp. Instead, they lost troops and retreated in defeat.
After nightfall, Shi Le wandered around the camp, feeling a little bored.
Zhang Bin glanced silently.
If Dahu was calm and composed when August first came, by the beginning of September, he was already a little impatient.
The beggar army lost more than 4,000 people, and they have now dispersed and returned home - they were completely beaten and disabled along the way.
Zhuang Dingzhuang of Zhuwubao also fought several battles, and they were even worse than the beggar army. Although they were outnumbered and powerful, with a total number of no less than 20,000, they attacked more than ten times and were defeated every time.
At the beginning, they could still try to storm the Jin army camp wall, but thousands of people were killed and wounded and the battle was still going on.
But as the battle progresses, the ability to tolerate casualties becomes lower and lower every time.
The last time, they were even directly shot away by the Jin army's bows and crossbows, and only about a hundred people died before running away.
They were broken up again and again, taken in again and again, and forced into battle again and again. In the end, more than 5,000 people were killed and injured. They were unable to fight again in a short period of time and now they have retreated to the rear to serve as auxiliary troops.
In September, a large number of old battalions were mobilized one after another, and they have been dispatched twice so far, with great momentum.
Five days before the night, General Liu Bao died in battle, killing more than 2,000 people for the Jin army.
If we fight today, more than a thousand people will die.
The casualties were staggering, and the front line was making no progress.
The biggest obstacle is probably Shao Thief's Silver Spear Army.
The Xuchang Shibing and the Tuntian Army were mediocre, and they were not as strong as their troops. They were defeated more than once, and suffered heavy casualties. But at every critical moment, the Silver Spear Army rushed forward to turn the tide, chasing them one after another, and bringing them close to victory.
The offensive was completely shattered.
What to do now?
Zhang Bin thought about it and felt that this battle was too frustrating.
"Over there in Pingyang, do you want to send someone there again?" Shi Le's voice suddenly sounded in the tent.
Zhang Bin raised his head and looked at Dahu.
If you can ask this question, you can know Dahu's intentions.
"Your Majesty, if Zhao Guneng leads his troops here, it is a sign of gratitude from the emperor. No matter how much he does, I'm afraid it will be gone," Zhang Bin said.
Shi Le grabbed the curtain in the tent and gently lowered it after a moment.
If you achieve great things, you should be calm and calm.
Shi Le took a deep breath, and a smile appeared on his face again, and said: "Forget it, it's good that Zhao Gu can come. I used to look down on him, but now I realize that I share the same problem with him."
"Meng Sun." Shi Le said again: "In the past, when you explained the art of war to me, you mentioned 'inflicting damage on others without killing them'. Now in this battle, have I already killed Shao Xun?"
"Ever since Fangtou built the city, he has been killed." Zhang Bin sighed: "In the art of war, there is also a saying of 'use one's own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.'
Under the fortress, use infantry who are not good at fighting to attack Shao Xun's brave and sharp soldiers. This is called 'attacking the enemy's strengths with one's own shortcomings.'"
"Is there any way to solve this trap?" Shi Le asked.
Looking at Da Hu's eager eyes, Zhang Bin couldn't bear it. After a moment, he said: "We can only wait for change."
Shi Le actually understands that there is no good solution now.
If you can't attack Shao Xun's fortress, everything you say will be in vain.
To put it bluntly, this means that the quality of the infantry is too different and cannot defeat others. What can be done?
The Silver Spear Army, which has been trained hard for many years, has spread far and wide in the north and south of the river. When it is holding a stronghold, it would be a joke if your infantry, who are both farmers and soldiers, are really defeated.
Shi Le actually understood this truth, but due to the heavy casualties, he felt a little unhappy and couldn't help but want to complain.
The most ideal strategy in his mind was for Shao Xun to march northward and penetrate deep into the hinterland of Hebei.
At that time, he mobilized his own troops and generals to resist the enemy with a fortified city, and then sent a large group of cavalry to cut off his retreat.
There are countless silver spear troops, and it is impossible to cover every food road. The cavalry comes and goes like the wind, and they can always pick out some weak brigades and defeat them. As time goes by, Shao Xun's army is short of food and can only retreat.
At that time, the cavalry will chase after them, bite the already exhausted Silver Spear Army, harass them repeatedly, and even completely eliminate them.
This is the strategy that makes him most comfortable.
The question is how to introduce Shao Xun into this situation? Now it seems that it is very difficult. On the contrary, he himself was introduced by Shao Xun into the dilemma of having to storm a well-defended fortress - this is the tactic he is best at.
It is also the tactic that can best take advantage of its infantry's strong combat effectiveness.
It seems that he has lost in the art of war.
"That's all, let's wait for the news from Henan." Shi Le said with a forced smile.
Zhang Bin was silent.
There were hurried footsteps outside the tent, and after a while, guerrilla general Wang Yang walked in.
"What's the matter?" Shi Le suppressed the negative emotions in his heart and asked gently.
"The Jin army withdrew." Wang Yang said.
"Huh?" Shi Le was shocked at first, and then ecstatic, but he stabilized himself and asked calmly: "Why withdraw?"
"Your Majesty, you might as well move to the high platform. I won't be able to understand it for a while."
"Okay." Shi Le didn't waste any more words and took Zhang Bin to the high platform.
In the night, the fire was blazing.
The place that used to be the Jin army's camp was completely engulfed in fire, burning half the sky red.
Behind the fire, a solid city loomed.
There seemed to be flags placed on top of the city, and there was the faint sound of drums and horns.
Zhang Bin understood immediately.
This is not a retreat. They are clearly stationed in a fortified city.
He subconsciously looked at Shi Le, but saw that Da Hu seemed to be stunned, and the expression on his face did not change for a long time.
The city is complete.
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