In fact, Zhang Xutuo, who was old on the battlefield, did not notice the problem of scarce water sources in Menghai City. It’s a pity that he specializes in his profession, so……

To be precise, Zhang Xutuo was forced to detect this problem. After spending a lot of effort to fill the moat in Menghai City, Zhang Xutuo couldn't wait to launch a frontal attack, and he had already been furious.

The soldiers of the Sui army in Qi County also swear to take Menghai City in one battle. Meng Haigong, who was abusing his tactics, avenged his sacrificed companions. The officials from Liang County and Jiyin County were also sent to the battlefield by Zhang Xutuo.

The Liang County team feinted the attack on the north city of Menghai City, while the Jiyin County team was responsible for taking the Hulu River waterway to attack the north-south connection of Menghai City, dispersing the defenders' forces to the maximum extent, and also trying to cut off the north-south connection of Menghai City.

Although the Sui army prepared a large number of siege weapons for this battle and was mentally prepared for a fierce battle, it was not until the siege that Zhang Xutuo realized that he had underestimated the ability of the Menghai pirate army to defend the city.

, also overestimates the role that courage and fighting spirit can play in siege.

It seems to be a replica of the Luoyang offensive and defensive war. The various siege weapons of the Sui army were cleverly restrained by the Menghai pirate army. The city-killing car that hit the city gate was smashed to pieces by the millstone wearing iron chains. It was tall and bulky.

The ladder truck was taken seriously by the rockets, and there was a swallowtail torch closer to the nearest point. The soldiers of Qi County who carried the ladder to charge and climbed were basically hit by the sheep head stone like hail raindrops before they reached halfway.

The gray bottle of wood smashed

When Luo Shixin's elite dead soldiers were slaughtering their lives, they saw that dozens of stairs were already covered with soldiers and were about to have hope of climbing the city, but several huge walls fell on the city wall

The fire curtain fell onto the Sui army soldiers with the fire, causing these brave Sui army soldiers to be burned to death or to be burned to minor injuries. They yelled unwillingly and fell down the city. The most promising time

The attack was also repelled.

Seeing such a scene, Zhang Xutuo was of course worried, and at the same time, he was extremely puzzled. How could Gong Meng Hai, who was born as a rich man in the countryside, be so proficient in the tactics of defending the city and almost never give him a chance to break the city?

What made Zhang Xutuo feel even more incredible is still behind. The Menghai pirate army was unwilling to be beaten by passively. It dared to seize the fighter jet to launch a counterattack. It organized more than 200 elite dead soldiers and suddenly used ropes to go from the west of the north city.

The city wall was down, and the Sui army in Jiyin County, which was rafting on a boat and raft to attack the Hulu River. The Sui army in Jiyin had been afraid of being beaten by Meng Haigong. After being attacked, it was in chaos and fled to the south bank of Hulu River, which had no thieves.

The bandits who were still chasing the river and fled directly back to the main formation of the Sui army. As a result, Zhang Xutuo was furious and killed several generals in Jiyin, but the siege of the main team of the Sui army was also very fierce.

It was inevitably hit hard and morale declined.

After a long period of attack, casualties began to expand, and most of the large-scale siege weapons were damaged. In the afternoon, Zhang Xutuo once considered ordering to call for gold, but was a little unwilling to do so. He hesitated and did not rotate the siege team in time, and accidentally exposed his hesitation.

Indecisive thoughts. Seeing this, Zhang Xutuo's nemesis, Li Mi, made a quick decision and immediately suggested that Meng Haigong rotate the new force to the city, and at the same time ordered the archers to shoot the Artemisia annua arrow that had been prepared. This arrow made of wormwood is very powerful

Generally, only by hitting the weak part of the face can you get the effect. At the same time, you can shoot lightly and not shoot far, which has almost no lethality to the well-equipped Sui army. After shooting out, you do not receive any effect of killing enemies. However...

However, he received an unimaginable effect of luring the enemy. After finding that the thief army on the city had already shot arrows. He Yanyu, who was commanding the siege on the front line, immediately determined that the thief army had lacked arrows, and at the same time reported the news to Zhang Xu

In front of Tuo, Zhang Xutuo, who was hesitating whether to roar gold, immediately fell into a trap. Not only did he immediately give up the plan to roar gold, but he also beat the drum to continue attacking. He sent two armies of Mulan and Luo Shixin to join the battlefield and devoted all the remaining sieges to the remaining siege.

Weapons launched a strong attack on Menghai City in a dense formation.

The Sui army in Qi County continued to attack, of course, was hit by the pirate army in Menghai City. At the order of Meng Haigong, the thief army, which was in the most adequate state of defense, shot arrows at the siege army, had already built five catapults.

Throwing rocks to the fullest, the Sui army was killed and injured in a dense array. When they barely approached the city wall, they were hit hard by rolling stones and gold juice bottles. Countless brave and invincible Qi County soldiers were corpses under the city.

The heavy and slow large weapons also moved more slowly under the city where corpses were everywhere, becoming the best target for the soldiers of the thief army to set fire, and turned into huge fire groups one by one. The soldiers of the Sui army roared in the thick smoke of fire, but

There is no way to use the towering tall city wall.

The soldiers of the Sui army roared in aggrieved under the city, and the thief army laughed wildly in the city above the city. Zhang Xutuo shouted that he had fallen into the trap. Li Mi proudly explained to Meng Haigong and his wife on the city wall, "I'm not sure what Zhang Xutuo is brave and has no luck in the city.

When people thought that our army had shot artemisia arrows, they thought that our army had run out of arrows. In order not to give our army time to recharge the feather arrows, they would definitely continue to attack at any cost. However, his team was unable to attack the city and his spirit was declining.

After all, the physical strength has been affected. Our army took the opportunity to fight back fiercely with the new force. It is naturally easy to severely damage his team. After this battle, Zhang Xutuo's weapons of siege were exhausted, and it will definitely take time to build it again.

The army can not only win a chance to breathe, but its team will also be more frustrated and the morale of the army will become more depressed. In the long run, our army will win and Zhang Xutuo will be defeated."

"The Master of Law is brilliant and wise" Meng Haigong and his wife laughed together, trusting and relying more on Li Mi. Li Mi also suggested that when the Sui army retreated, they suddenly sent troops from the north gate to attack the Liangjun official army in the north to continue to expand the results of the war and attack the morale of the Sui army. Meng Haigong and his wife also

Accept without hesitation and immediately set out to arrange the arrangement.

Li Mi's mastery of the enemy's psychology and the use of tactics are indeed the master of the world. When Zhang Xutuo ordered the gold to be heard helplessly, the Sui army in Liangjun, who was on the feint attack mission in the north city, also withdrew, and when they returned to the gourd

Beside the river, when he was about to cross the river from the bridge, Yang Jishan personally led 300 elite troops to suddenly attack from the north gate and attacked the back of the Sui army in Liangjun. The morale of the Sui army in Liangjun was deteriorating, and he was unable to respond before and after crossing the river.

In a fragile period, he was defeated by Yang Jishan, who was the leader, and they all jumped across the river. They were unwilling to fight. Yang Jishan made a lot of gains, and then rushed back to the city before the counterattack of the Sui army in Qi County. Zhang Xutuo's only battle

The reliable friendly army, the Sui army of Liangjun, also had a great morale. Many soldiers had no intention of fighting again. They only hoped to end the war earlier, without caring about victory or defeat, and their morale was extremely depressed.

In the face of Li Mi's endless tactics, Zhang Xutuo was completely helpless and had to consider changing the tactics of frontal attack and breaking the city with clever strength. It was also a coincidence that when the Sui army withdrew its troops and returned to the camp, Zhang Xutuo suddenly became the first to do so.

I discovered a situation that was not too special - many soldiers from Qi County rushed to the Makeng River next to me as soon as they returned to the camp. Zhang Xutuo asked the reason carefully, and then he learned that it was the hot weather.

The Sui army soldiers who went out of the camp to attack the city drank all the water bags with them early, and could not find any water sources to replenish them on the battlefield of Menghai City, so they went to the river to drink water as soon as they returned to the camp.

After accidentally discovering this small detail, Zhang Xutuo immediately remembered that there were few streams around Menghai City, and only the two rivers, Hulu River and Makeng River, could provide water sources. After a glimmer of hope was set on Zhang Xutuo immediately ordered the scout to be stern.

Monitor the water intake in Menghai City, and also survey the upstream of Hulu River to see if the Hulu River can be cut off.

The scout's reconnaissance situation made Zhang Xutuo very depressed. The scout sent out monitored the daytime next day next day, and found that the thief army had only drawn water on the Hulu River Bridge connecting the north and south cities, and the number was not

Many, every time I took out more than ten buckets of water, which was enough to prove that the city had sufficient drinking water. At the same time, scouts who reconnaissed the upstream terrain also reported that the terrain of the upper reaches of the Hulu River was relatively open and there was no ideal space for water storage.

Zhang Xutuo was even more disappointed when he heard the revenge, so he completely gave up the idea of ​​cutting off the Hulu River.

In this way, the Sui army in Qi County, which was originally very powerful in combat, was forced to fall into absolute passivity. The front was the strong and difficult city of Menghai, and the rear was a small group of rioters who were as numerous as bulls, causing trouble. If they continued to attack, they were not sure to break the city. They were destined to be

It will greatly damage the vitality; retreat will make the thieves of Menghai even more arrogant, and at the same time it will not be able to explain to the court; stalemate will consume time and food, and it will definitely give other thieves the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity. In a dilemma,

The helpless Zhang Xutuo suddenly discovered that Chen Yingliang had rejected his invitation to send troops, and it was probably because he had a foreseeable feeling that this situation would happen, so he refused to come to Menghaicheng battlefield to find a crime.

"If this is the reason, Chen Yingliang is really predictable."

After sighing inwardly, Zhang Xutuo shook his head and continued to carefully recall his usual siege of Shi Wansui and Yang Su, thinking about ways to break the city. However, at this moment, Yang Wang suddenly came to the central army tent.

Asking for a meeting, he said that he wanted to report to Zhang Xutuo a major matter. Zhang Xutuo nodded in agreement to receive the meeting. Then soon, Yang Wang entered the tent and did not make polite conspiracy with Zhang Xutuo. He bowed and said, "Ambassador, the official

It was here to report to the officials. At the invitation of the officials, Chen Yingliang, the governor of Qiao County, had agreed to send troops north and come here to help the officials attack Menghai City. Moreover, he had sent troops. If the journey was smooth, he could arrive within four days.

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Zhang Xutuo's face suddenly became gloomy, and he slapped the desk in front of him and shouted: "Who asked you to ask him for help? Have you ever given such an order?"

"Amnesty, you have never given such an order, but according to the court code, there is no need to obtain your consent for this matter." Yang Wang replied calmly: "Meng Haigong's thief city is half in Liang County.

In the territory, the lower officials, as the commander of Liang County, shoulder the important task of extermination of riots in the entire county. When they are not strong enough, they have the right to seek help from neighboring counties without obtaining anyone’s consent.”

Zhang Xutuo was speechless and snorted coldly for a while: "Yang Tongshouzhen is worthy of being the former Imperial College Priest. He read a lot of books and took advantage of loopholes in the imperial court laws. It's really amazing."

"The ambassador was joking." Yang Wang didn't care about Zhang Xutuo's sarcasm, but just smiled and said, "The officials are not taking advantage of loopholes, they are just doing their duty."

"What a duty and responsibility." Zhang Xutuo snorted coldly again, then said: "Since you invited him, then you should be responsible for the reception. Also, you invited the Qiao County army, their food and grass.

The military supplies are borne by Liang County. Don’t expect me to allocate money and food from other eleven counties to support him.”

"The official understands." Yang Wang nodded with a wry smile, and said carefully: "Ambassador Zhang, there is only one small request for this matter. After the Qiao County army arrives, I hope you will see that it is important for military and national affairs.

, be more tolerant of younger generations and listen to their opinions appropriately. The Analects of Confucius said that if three people go, we must have our own troops. Taking advantage of good strategies and following good things is the right way to use troops."

Zhang Xutuo's face looked even more ugly. After a moment, he said, "Yang Tongshou, regardless of official position, he only compares his age and qualifications. You don't seem to have the qualification to teach me a lesson, right? Besides, is I such a narrow-minded person?

?”

"Since that's the case, the official will surrender." Yang Wang bowed and said goodbye, Zhang Xutuo waved his hand unhappily, sending Yang Wang away without any good expression without giving him a look.

Although he did not give Yang Wang a good face to invite Chen Yingliang to go north to assist in boxing, the generals of Qi County still felt a little strange, that is, when the night break was arranged in the afternoon, Zhang Xutuo, who had been in a bad mood these days, suddenly became in a bad mood.

It was much easier, and it was very rare to entrust the night patrol mission to his subordinates and said, "Tonight's third update, Qin Qiong and He Yanyu, you two, are inspecting me carefully on behalf of me. I feel very tired and want to have a sleep for a while.

Don't bother me if there is nothing big

After hearing Zhang Xutuo's order, Qin Qiong and He Yanyu took the order happily - because they all knew that Zhang Xutuo couldn't sleep well every night during this period, and the tent was basically lighted.

I have never been eliminated, my eyes are so tired that I am so engulfed that I have lost a lot of weight. I still don’t listen to anyone. At this time, Zhang Xutuo took the initiative to ask for a good rest. Qin Qiong and He Yanyu, who respected Zhang Xutuo from the bottom of my heart, certainly wanted to be unsuccessful.

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That night, Zhang Xutuo's tent really turned off the lights early, but hard work is hard work. When the fourth hour passed, Qin Qiong and He Yanyu, who were responsible for the night, could only wake up the snoring.

Zhang Xutuo, who was sleeping, was also startled and quickly stood up and asked, "What's wrong? The enemy robbed the camp? Didn't you hear the shouts of killing?"

"Report to the Grand Marshal, it's not that he robbed the camp, but that we were fooled by the thief army again." Qin Qiong replied with a sad face: "After the second update, the scouts who were stationed at the city and were responsible for monitoring the movements of the enemy city suddenly discovered something strange on the city and saw many

The thief soldiers went down to the city with ropes, as if they were going to sneak attack our camp. When the generals saw that you had finally fallen asleep, they did not dare to disturb you. He Yanyu stayed and continued to guard the camp. The generals led the army out of the camp and organized the bow.

The crossbowman shot randomly, who knew... Who knew... Who knew... Later, he discovered that all the soldiers of the thief soldiers were straw men. The last shot of the good feather arrows were inserted into the straw men and pulled them up by the enemy.

The city walls are in great losses.”

"So that's how it is." Zhang Xutuo calmed down and sat back on the bed, yawning and said, "It's okay, you are also loyal to your duties. You accidentally fall into the trap. That's because the enemy is too cunning. Pay attention next time and find the enemy.

Go down the city, don’t rush to shoot arrows, explore them first before talking about it.”

"But what if the enemy really goes down the city?" Qin Qiong said worriedly: "If the enemy suddenly comes from the ten falsehoods and really put down some elite dead soldiers to raid our position, wouldn't we suffer a big loss?"

"Three nights." Zhang Xutuo lay back on the bed, yawning while holding the quilt, "Be careful for three more nights. After these three nights, it will be fine. Then you will not be the traitor, Meng Haigong, then

It’s our turn to be the traitor of Yin Menghai.”

"After three nights, it's our turn to traitors in Yin Menghai?" Qin Qiong and He Yanyu looked at each other, not understanding what Zhang Xutuo meant. When they wanted to ask more, they found that Zhang Xutuo had already snored again and was drowsy.

go.

Just like Qin Qiong was worried, in the next three nights, the pirate army in Menghai City did put down the grass man's bluff every night. Although the soldiers of the Sui army did not dare to get trapped again and fire arrows, they were forced to go out of the camp to be on guard every time.

It was very tired by the disturbance of the thief army. However, Zhang Xutuo, who was angry and angry, was no longer angry with the little movements of the thief army of Menghai, and rashly launched an attack on the city. He just sneered and let the enemy stir up trouble and do not do it

The slightest understanding made all the generals of Qi County suspected that Zhang Xutuo had suddenly changed his body and was possessed by some ghost, and he also secretly discussed this in private.

While the generals of Qi County were talking, Meng Haigong and his wife and other thieves were laughing in Meng Hai City, constantly praising Li Mi's tricks. After getting hundreds of straw men, they even cheated tens of thousands of official troops.
To be continued...