Li Tong is also a decisive person, and naturally understands what it means to burn the boat. Although their current situation does not require this at all, releasing such a feeling to the soldiers will make a big difference in the momentum.
"Okay, order your subordinates to bury pots to make rice and prepare dry food for three days. After lunch, break camp and prepare for the battle in Xiapi!" Li Tong immediately ordered.
After Zhang Fei arrived at the place where the battle was scheduled to take place dozens of miles south of Xia Pi, he began to arrange military formations according to Chen Deng's command. Although Chen Deng was not very good at formations, he was not very good at resisting Li Yan.
Soon a Xuanxiang Formation based on the Front Arrow Formation was created. Of course, this kind of military formation was in Jushou. For people like Li You who really understand military formations, it would definitely be difficult to create. It is estimated that three
One-third of the troops of the same quality are enough to beat Chen Deng to the ground. There is no way. If you are not good enough to play such a difficult thing as the military formation, it is best not to play it, otherwise it will only be a tragedy.
When Li Yan came with eight thousand troops, he saw that the troops and horses on the opposite side were well-organized and advanced and retreated in a controlled manner, and he had some not-so-good thoughts in his mind. Although it was also the Xuanxiang formation, he had not seen Chen Deng's formation at all.
Pass.
"It is indeed well planned. People say that Chen Yuanlong is a famous official in the world. I had doubts before, but now that I see him, he is worthy of his name." Li Yanqi looked slightly solemn on his horse.
"General, this military formation looks like a spear formation, but it is messy and confusing. I don't know how to start. It is difficult to achieve results by sending troops in from all directions.
." Liang Xi looked at the military formation opposite. After analyzing it for a while, he felt dizzy and could not see his inner feelings.
"It is difficult to break this formation, but our army just wants to hold the opponent back. As long as we can protect ourselves, we will be riding a tiger when the time comes. Naturally, there will be a chance for our army to make a comeback." Li Yan looked at Chen Deng's military formation opposite.
He's not too sure. Of course, he can still see some inner feelings, otherwise he wouldn't be so careless.
"Yuanlong, do you think Li Yan on the other side can break your formation?" Zhang Fei was also a little uneasy. He had fought with Li Yan before, and it was obvious that Li Yan was very familiar with military formations.
"I'm not 100% sure whether he can break it, but I know his goal is to hold us back. Besides, General, please rest assured that this Xuanxiang Formation was taught to me by my father. It has not been shown to anyone before, it is brand new.
Formation." Chen Deng said before that he was not sure, but after that, it was obvious that he was extremely confident.
"That's good, the rest depends on Xiaozhi and Xingba." Zhang Fei replied in a deep voice. Although there is an element of gambling in it, at this time, he must be doing his own thing well!
"Li Yan, you invited me to fight the day before yesterday. I have set up a big formation today, how dare you break it!" Zhang Fei rode out of the formation, pointed his snake spear at Li Yan and shouted, the sound spread throughout the countryside. Suddenly Zhang Fei's soldiers
They all yelled.
"It's just a mere Xuanxiang formation, what do I have to fear? Let's see how I can break your formation!" Li Yan laughed. He chose a flaw he had seen before and rushed in. The two armies were immediately involved.
They got together and started fighting.
In another place, after Zhang Fei left, Li Tong immediately led his troops to surround Xiapi City. Various siege weapons began to attack Xiapi City desperately. Zhang Fei's soldiers in Xiapi City also attacked Xiapi City.
After Zhang Fei left, he had already blocked the city gate hole with huge rocks, and he was not worried about the enemy attacking the city gate.
In this case, Liu Bei's army, which was not led by Zhang Fei but had been prepared for it, and Yuzhou army, which was led by generals but did not know the facts, began a fierce offensive and defensive battle!
After the three waves of tentative sieges regardless of casualties, due to the continuous siege in the previous period,
A large section of the moat was filled in again, and the Yuzhou Army immediately began to attack the city in earnest.
"Pour!" A veteran commander poured the boiled gold juice directly down the city wall. The soldiers who were rushing up the ladder suddenly screamed and fell down.
Then, before anyone on the ladder could rush up the mountain again, the veterans took the long fork inserted into the ladder and pushed the ladder out directly. A large number of soldiers from Yuzhou were thrown to death because the ladder overturned.
"It seems that the other party has been prepared for a long time." Lai Min said to Li Tong.
"This is normal. Chen Deng is a cautious person after all." Li Tong nodded and said. If he was really completely unprepared, Li Tong would still be suspicious.
"I'll lead the troops, we don't have much time." Without saying a word, Huo Jun picked up a short sword, then picked up a large shield, shouldered a large sword, and led his guards to charge forward.
Originally, this method of siege, in which a general led his men to take the lead, should have started in the late stage of the siege, after the siege team's offensive was exhausted. But today, time was tight, and as soon as the test was completed, Huo Jun led his bodyguards to rush forward in person.
, and suddenly the morale of the Yuzhou army was greatly improved.
Stepping up the ladder, Huo Jun quickly jumped up and used his big round shield to block the burning fire oil. Then he held the big round shield that was hot and still burning and rushed forward with a few jumps.
He went up, threw away the burning shield, picked up the sword on his back and cut off several spears that were stabbing him, and then jumped up.
"Bang bang bang!" With the sound of several bows and arrows, Huo Jun rolled on the spot, grabbed a soldier and used it as a human shield, and then slashed him with a big knife, finally gaining a firm foothold on the city wall.
Then a large group of Yuzhou soldiers wanted to rush up from this gap, but they saw tightly arranged veterans holding long spears and surrounding Huo Jun from all sides. A dozen archers behind him were already ready.
After a flurry of spear stabs, Huo Jun had no choice but to jump off the city wall and retreat under the cover of his personal guards.
"The defense is not very tight. Attack the city with all your strength. Surround three towers and one. The general will lead his bodyguards to attack the city with all their strength." Li Tong secretly rejoiced when he saw Huo Jun rushing up the city wall, and then saw that the opponent was forced down by Chu, and he was
I was a little disappointed, but I quickly adjusted my mentality and issued the order that was most suitable for the current situation.
Under Li Tong's order, all officers and men from Li Tong on down were promised heavy rewards, and the generals of each department led an all-out attack on the city from three directions: east, west, and south. If anyone refused to advance, under such an order, the army on three sides
They attacked and bombed wildly, and the generals were brave and fearless, and soon Xiapi City was on the verge of collapse.
However, Liu Bei was very popular among the people, and soon many hundreds of people came to deliver food on the city defense. Some young people who had participated in training even began to go up to the city wall to help with the defense. Under such circumstances, he was always on the verge of collapse.
The city's defense was always so weak that it could not fall.
"Damn it, it's just that close!" Seeing that it was getting late, Li Tong was worried.
A lot of corpses of the Yuzhou Army and Liu Bei Army had been lost under the city. As the two sides fought, the battle loss ratio began to shrink, and just now it was almost to the level of three to one. Years of experience told Li Tong
