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In view of the failure of the storming plan, the opponent has extremely ferocious long-range weapons, and it is difficult for long-range attack weapons such as cyclone gun and ballista to stay in front of the formation. The opponent's crossbow has a staggering range of 1,800 steps. Although this is not

Xiao Huaizhong knew the farthest range of the bed crossbow, but the long-range throwing weapons owned by the Jin soldiers had a maximum range of only a thousand steps, while the bed ballistae had a longest range of 800 steps. Therefore, whether the cyclone gun ballista was retreating

It was difficult to implement the offensive plan.

Originally, the terrain of Fenglong Mountain was extremely dangerous. By suppressing the enemy and storming the cable bridge, one could occupy the cable bridge and seize the opposite cliff at any cost. However, when the opponent could not be suppressed, thousands of archers from the opponent guarded a cable bridge.

It must be more than enough. Not to mention thousands, the loyal army only needs 500 bows and arrows to kill all the enemies who dare to climb the rope bridge. With the 40,000-strong army filled in, others can only spend some energy and a few arrows.

Just ten thousand arrows.

Under this situation, Xiao Huaizhong had to reconsider the offensive plan.

The lights were flickering in the big cowhide tent on the hillside, and the mountain wind at night made the cowhide tarpaulin rustle. The cold wind came in from the gap under the tent and at the door, making people feel bitingly cold, even if they burned three pots of charcoal fire.

To no avail.

Xiao Huaizhong was sitting in the big tent, drinking wine alone, thinking about ways to attack. He didn't notice anyone coming in from the tent door.

"The last general, Zhao Qinian, meets the marshal." The man bowed and said.

Xiao Huaizhong raised his head and saw Zhao Qinian standing in front of him, bowing and saluting, smiling and saying, "General Zhao, please sit down and let's drink together."

Zhao Qinian thanked him and sat down, and said with a smile: "The marshal is drinking alone, doesn't he feel happy?"

Xiao Huaizhong smiled and didn't answer, thinking: Isn't this nonsense? Today's battle situation is like this, can I feel happy?

Zhao Qinian said: "Marshal, the general has a plan."

Xiao Huaizhong stopped bringing the wine glass to his lips and said in a deep voice: "What's the plan?"

Zhao Qinian said: "Looking at today's posture, it may be difficult to attack with a strong frontal attack. The opponent's crossbow arrows are too fierce. There was no such thing in Wuma Mountain that day. I think it was newly made in the past few days. The opponent obviously has capable people, so he made it

In order to restrain our long-range attack with crossbows. The general is worried that if we attack from the front again, it will be terrible if the opponent builds a few more."

Xiao Huaizhong said in a deep voice: "Don't I know this, Commander? It must be that Fang Zian who is causing trouble."

Zhao Qinian said: "Fang Zian? Who is that?"

Xiao Huaizhong said: "This man is an envoy from the Song Dynasty to the Jin Kingdom. He is full of scheming and cunning. It was he who instigated Xiao Yu to rebel. Originally, they could not escape from Yanjing City, but Xiao Yu ordered people to let them out of the city. He carried

There is an important thing that the emperor wants. This time, I will lead a large army into the mountain. In addition to wiping out the Eight-Character Bandit Army, I also want to capture this person and take back his belongings."

Zhao Qinian said in surprise: "This guy is so capable? Is he the cause of the civil strife in the court? He is a powerful person."

"That's awesome. Xiao Yu was going to rebel. He just saw this and took the opportunity to encourage him. However, some of this person's previous actions can be regarded as an opponent. But I don't know why he didn't show up in the battle of Wuma Mountain. But today

He must be there on the cliff. Who can have a capable person under Zhang Di Wan? It must be this recipe

It's okay." Xiao Huaizhong said.

Zhao Qinian nodded and said: "That's right, they came from the Song Dynasty. The bed crossbows of the Song Dynasty were the only one in the world. In the battle of Chanyuan, the Song army killed Xiao Dalin, the king of the southern courtyard of the Liao Kingdom, which severely damaged the confidence of the Liao people.

He had the idea of ​​continuing to attack the Song Dynasty. The bed crossbow of the Song Dynasty is well-deserved."

Xiao Huaizhong smiled and said: "You know quite a lot."

Zhao Qinian said: "To be honest, I am from the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the imperial examinations were corrupt and corrupt and only the sons of the rich were selected. My father was full of knowledge but failed in many tests. In anger, he abandoned the dark side and joined the bright side. He also did not allow me to take the imperial examination route.

I just joined the army."

Xiao Huaizhong chuckled and said: "You are not taboo."

Zhao Qinian said: "There is nothing to be taboo about. There are Song people, Liao people, and Jurchens among us, so that's okay. Although we people are not as high as the Jurchens, it is not so obvious. Like Marshal, you

, aren’t it also the Liao people who have reached the high position they are today?”

Xiao Huaizhong nodded and said: "The emperor today does not have such discrimination, but we ourselves are against each other and look down on ourselves. That's all, let's not talk about this. Didn't you say you have a plan? Why did you go so far? The other party's crossbows are powerful.

The method of long-range suppression and strong attack doesn't work, do you have any good ideas?"

Zhao Qinian said: "The general thought, why attack by force if we can't succeed? The general is guarding Huguan. In such terrain, even if a million troops come, it will be in vain. Although there is no danger of Huguan here, attacking by force is not a good idea.

Fenglong Mountain is so big and the opponent doesn't have many people. How can they set up defenses everywhere? It's not a good idea for us to attack only from the front. The general thought, it's better to explore around Fenglong Mountain and find a place where we can fly over. The general's men

There are quite a few people who are good at walking in the mountains. I plan to send people to look for places where we can cross the river secretly. If we can find a good place, we can build a bridge secretly, and the army can turn in and break in, and we can succeed in one fell swoop."

Xiao Huaizhong nodded and said in a deep voice: "I was thinking the same thing just now. But what I am worried about is that they will definitely be watching us closely. They will know it as soon as we move. Building a bridge is something we are afraid of under their attack.

It is difficult to achieve.”

Zhao Qinian said: "The marshal is very worried, but there are many of us. We can pretend to move around to disperse their troops. The Eight-Character Bandit Army currently has about four thousand people at most. Can he defend the cliff opposite? We need to put in a lot of manpower.

Right? Let's divide our troops, 40,000 people into four teams, and build bridges from four places to attack. They can only defend each place with a thousand soldiers and horses. My crossbow archers can be divided into four teams to suppress them, but their powerful

There is only one bed crossbow, where can they defend? As long as there is no such thing to suppress us, we can suppress their defensive firepower and calmly build a bridge to attack."

Xiao Huaizhong was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Wonderful, before they build more powerful ballistas, let's divide our forces to attack and avoid their sharp edges. They can only defend one place. Even if he builds one or two overnight,

They still can’t take care of everything. The bet is that they won’t be able to build too many of those ballistas in a short while. They will definitely not be able to build them, otherwise why would there be only one such powerful weapon in the past few days?”

Zhao Qinian nodded and smiled: "There is no need to bet, it will definitely not be built. Do you think it is a magic trick? And the general estimates that they still focus on preventing this rope bridge. This is their big lair. The cave opposite is stocked with all of them.

supplies, and the iron cable here connects to the other side. They can only guard this place heavily. There will not be too many soldiers and horses in other locations. So the marshal can order a storm here, which is actually to attract their attention.

It was a feint attack, forcing them to defend. This would make it easier to build a bridge across the canyon elsewhere."

Xiao Huaizhong was overjoyed. Zhao Qinian's idea was actually not very clever. He also thought of surrounding Fenglong Mountain to find other places to cross. However, he did not think of dividing his troops to attack when the opponent only had one long-range ballista.

"Okay, okay, General Zhao, your strategy is very good. We lack people like you in our army. Zhengde and the others are brave enough but lacking in strategy, so they cannot share my worries. After wiping out the Eight-character Bandit Army, I want to general

You are being transferred to the capital, and the position of city defense force commander is still vacant. I wonder if you are interested." Xiao Huaizhong said with a smile.

"Thank you so much, Marshal, for your cultivation. From now on, I will be humiliated by the Marshal." Zhao Qinian stood up quickly, bowed and saluted.

…

While Xiao Huaizhong and Zhao Qinian were discussing the offensive strategy, Fang Zian, Zhang Ruomei and others were also discussing the next battle plan.

Everyone understood that today's victory was just the beginning. Strictly speaking, it was not a victory. It was just a defense against the opponent's attack. The opponent withdrew its troops at noon and had stopped attacking. Everyone felt very uneasy.

Fang Zian personally participated in the manufacturing site of the Ten Thousand Enemy Crossbow in the afternoon, but even if there were materials, this thing could not be built in a short time. Only half of the second Ten Thousand Enemy Crossbow was built, and it was completed and tested.

I'm afraid it will take two days. And the war waits for no one, so relying on a single seedling is quite worrying after all.

Everyone discussed for a while and all agreed with Zhang Ruomei's judgment. Zhang Ruomei believed that after the frontal attack failed, the Jin soldiers would definitely look for opportunities to sneak across Fenglong Mountain. Therefore, they should keep an eye on the opponent's soldiers and horses.

Take action, and at the same time do a good job of lookout and reconnaissance on the surrounding cliffs. Once you find that the enemy has moved to the attack location, you must immediately mobilize manpower and tens of thousands of enemy ballistas to suppress and prevent the opponent's attack.

Fang Zian basically agreed with her arrangement, but the hidden worries in his heart have not been eliminated. What he worried about was the problem of insufficient fire suppression. Among the offensive tactics he learned in the army back then, there were feints and counterattacks, and tactics that combined virtual and real situations. Changing places.

On the other hand, Fang Zian thought that if he was the commander-in-chief of the Jin army and had tens of thousands of troops at the moment, how could he stick to one attack? What he worried about was that the other party would think of this.

But for the time being, Fang Zian has no way to deal with it. With limited manpower and only one firefighting team against ten thousand people, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. If the other party really does that, it seems that one can only stare at it. There are fires everywhere and there is only one firefighting team.

It is difficult to save everywhere.

Of course, Fang Zian didn't want to tell anyone about this situation to ruin the scenery for the time being. If he told everyone, it would only make them sleepless. The Jin soldiers would not attack in large numbers at night, so it was better to let them have a good sleep tonight and have a peaceful night before talking about it.

But tomorrow, I will personally go to various points on the cliff that may be attacked to have a look at the terrain, so I can be aware of it and make some arrangements in advance.

In short, Fang Zian did not have too many expectations for the final outcome of this war. Sometimes, under the crushing strength, terrain, tactics, skills, courage, etc. are of no use. All Fang Zian can do is to exhaust

With my own wisdom, I will use all means to win this victory. As long as I try my best, there will be no regrets. I am afraid that I have not calculated it.
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