Chapter 345 Big Fish
The arrows are like clouds.
The sound of killing shakes the sky.
The siege lasted for half an hour, and Ji Bu commanded 50,000 soldiers of the Red Army to attack the city in regiments.
The casualties were extremely small. The First Army had completely changed the armor by Tieye Zhajia at the end of May, and gradually adapted to the combat mode of the small battle formation in the high-intensity battle formation in the Baiyue people. The overall combat effectiveness was very close to the normal level of the Bolang Army.
In addition to Ji Bu's stinging combat command inherited from Chen Sheng's snatching battle, almost all the 50,000 soldiers of the Red Army rushed to the top of the city with shields, allowing the soldiers guarding the city to feel their hospitality as hosts, and then retreated quickly!
Their First Army is not a new army with no glossy hearts. This conventional wheel warfare tactic, which does not even count as setbacks, is not enough to shake morale.
After a round of warm-up, Ji Bu decisively called out the gold and stopped his troops and found Chen Sheng, who was observing the enemy's troops at the forefront of the battlefield.
"King, Wang Jian's main force has withdrawn!"
This is the first sentence Ji Bu said after finding Chen Sheng.
Chen Sheng nodded slightly without comment: "Tell me carefully, you have seen something from this round of contact battle!"
How could Ji Bu know that his king was taking the exam. After holding his fists and saluted, he continued respectfully: "Report to the king, judging from the reaction of the enemy just now, the defender in the city who commanded the enemy's battles is very likely Wang Jian himself, and the enemy's troops in the city must be no less than 50,000!"
"My Red Army is good at mobile warfare and field warfare, and is not good at fighting tough battles. Now the troops do not have the advantage, so I can barely attack it. Even if I can break this city, it will take at least six or seven days. At that time, I am afraid that Wang Jian's main force has already retreated to Sizhou and cannot catch up with it!"
"According to my humble opinion, our troops cannot be tripped by this army behind the palace and let the real big fish go!"
Chen Sheng stared at the ancient city a hundred feet away, listening quietly to Ji Bu's narrative. His face was as calm as a deep and unobservable flat lake. After Ji Bu finished speaking, he asked, "Do you want to divide the troops?"
Ji Bu clasped his fists: "Return to the king, the last general did have this idea. The last general led 20,000 troops to confront Wang Jian again. The king personally led 30,000 troops to bypass Daliang and pursue the retreating Wang Jian's main force. If Wang Jian could not bear to go out of the city to fight, the last general responded to the king's attacks from front and back!"
In this case, if it were other generals, I wouldn't dare to speak out to Chen Sheng directly.
Where can I make a division and arrange the king to fight?
But Ji Bu was born as Chen Sheng's guard chief, and his admiration for Chen Sheng was unreserved and unpredictable.
After pondering for a few breaths, Chen Sheng nodded gently and said softly: "I see it very clearly, think it more comprehensively, and break out of the limitations of the battlefield... I have made progress!"
Ji Bu raised his eyebrows, couldn't help but smile "hehe" in his heart, and clasped his fists and said, "It depends on the guidance of the king."
Of course he is not such a superficial person.
But the people who praise him are the king he admires the most!
Chen Sheng glanced at him and strengthened his tone: "But!"
As soon as he heard these two words, Ji Bu's big mouth that had just cracked opened suddenly froze and could no longer laugh.
He has been following Chen Sheng for so long, but he is so familiar with these two words!
Chen Sheng ignored his pitiful appearance and said lightly: "You still overlooked two very important issues!"
'two?'
Ji Bu turned his brain urgently and thought hard.
Seeing this, Chen Sheng did not rush to speak again, but continued to observe Daliang City.
After a while, Ji Bu sincerely admired and clasped his fists and said, "The king is far-sighted, and it is hard to match the king if he is!"
Chen Sheng turned his face: "Thinking of it?"
Ji Bu nodded honestly: "I only thought of one."
Chen Sheng: "Then let's talk."
Ji Bu organized some language and said, "Go back to the king, the last general has just ignored the distance between Daliang and Chen County, the center of my king's court. If some of our soldiers pursue Wang Jian's main force, once the enemy in Daliang City takes the opportunity to advance south, they can reach Chen County in four or five days, and the good situation in Wang's court will be destroyed in an instant!"
After hearing this, Chen Sheng finally showed a smile on his face and nodded affirmatively: "Yes, you are enough to stand alone!"
This time, Ji Bu no longer dared to be proud, "The second point is really impossible!"
Chen Sheng patted his shoulder with a smile and said softly: "It doesn't matter if you don't expect it. I'll think slowly after I go back... hurry up and consolidate the army, I will lead the troops to rob the city tonight!"
Ji Bu was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly said, "Master, let the last general go. The king's court and the country are all about you, so you must not make any mistakes!"
Chen Sheng smiled and said, "I have agreed that you will be the main general in this battle. How can you change your orders every day? Go and prepare!"
Ji Bu was still waiting for advice, but when he saw Chen Shengxu's eyes, he immediately did not dare to say more and retreated with his fists.
Chen Sheng turned around and once again turned his gaze to Daliang City ahead.
He saw the whole process of Ji Bu testing the defenders in the city just now, because he was not distracted from commanding the army, and he also saw it in particular!
In a sense, commanding a large army is like a chef cooking.
The same kitchen utensils and the same ingredients fall into the hands of different chefs, but the effect is completely different.
Even laymen who don’t know how to cook can easily distinguish the two from the cooking process of chefs of different levels.
When the novice chef went to the stove, he felt guilty. When the fire started, he washed vegetables, cut vegetables and watched the fire. He was so busy that he was fighting with a knife and a mess, but he always gave people a feeling that he was grabbing every end but not any one was caught.
When those chefs go to the stove, they feel calm and composed as if they are back to the home court. They also have the cooking process of washing, cutting vegetables and watching the fire. However, people can grasp it in an orderly manner. It is a visual enjoyment when watching the chef cooks!
Chen Sheng is not an outsider, he is also a "special chef".
So he not only can understand the cooking process, but also can judge the approximate level of another chef through the knife skills, heat, and a little fragrance emitted by the dishes.
The commander in Daliang City is indeed the best in command of the troops.
Not many elite Luoyi Imperial Guards. Under his command, the connection is smooth, the transfer is accurate, and the momentum is calm!
His 50,000 soldiers of the Red Army fought on a wheel and attacked a city wall, but they failed to force out any tactical flaws.
This skill alone is much higher than Zhang Han and Ren Xiao who he had fought against before.
Whether it was Zhang Han or Ren Xiao, no matter how tight the troops were in their platoons at that time, Chen Sheng could see through what was hidden under their platoons at first sight.
For example, Zhang Han's bluff.
For example, Ren Xiao’s hysteria.
The army opposite, except for a little bit of uncontrollable desire to attack, showed it to the surface, he never smelled any other odor.
But Chen Sheng always feels something is wrong!
He had carefully studied Wang Jian's combat command in the Battle of Julu.
In his impression, Wang Jian's command style should be the kind of way that is not leaking, hiding needles in the cotton, and responding to changes in the same way as they are unchanged.
If you regard military tactics as cooking skills, then Wang Jian should be the kind of master of eight major cuisines. No matter what dish he is in his hands, he can make flowers. It is impossible to tell which kind of cuisine he is from.
This is absolutely no exaggeration.
The ancients said that those who are good at fighting have no great achievements, and those who are good at chess have no wonderful skills. Whether it is Wang Jian in another time and space, or Wang Jian in this time and space, they all have three of them!
But the level of this guard in Daliang City is stable, but the strong desire to attack is running through the whole process and is about to emerge!
It’s like a Sichuan chef, even if he doesn’t need a single pepper, the dishes are still filled with a lingering hot air!
This hot energy may be difficult to detect in the eyes of chefs with a not-so-high rank.
Just like Ji Bu, he couldn't see the way of commanding troops on the opposite side, so there was nothing wrong with it.
But in the eyes of Chen Sheng, a special chef with a very similar level, it was as obvious as the lice on the bald man’s head!
This made Chen Sheng have to suspect that it was not Wang Jian who commanded the army in the city to fight...
But he didn't remember that there was another general under Wang Jian who could take on this important task!
So he had to lead the troops to try it out himself.
The 50,000 army attacked a city with 60,000 to 70,000 troops stationed, which looked like a fierce battle to kill 800 enemies and lose one thousand of them.
But his 50,000 army is one of the few strong troops in the world.
However, the 60,000 to 70,000 defenders on the border have been weak troops who have never won a war since they went to war under the name of the imperial guards, and their combat effectiveness is not even second-rate.
There is also the name of Daliang City, although it has the word "big", it is actually just a Chenliu County town that is not even a county.
The wall is only two feet high, and even the blue bricks are not willing to wrap it on the outside. A slightly more agile bone-forging warrior can easily climb over the city wall without the help of any climbing tools!
If it is really a death battle regardless of casualties, he will launch a raid in the whole army and will be able to enter the city for a late-night snack before the evening...
Chen Sheng withdrew his gaze and had already had a scheming in his heart!
"You can't let Wang Jian go!"
He murmured to himself.
Chapter completed!