Liu Xiang did not refute Cui Yi. He knew that Cui Yi had his own aesthetics about the battlefield.
In Cui Yi's mind, dying in battle was not an unacceptable thing.
He believes that in battles on the battlefield, the strong will win and the weak will die. This is a matter of course and there is nothing to be sad about. Killing the enemy generals in battle is the glory of being a saint in front of others and seizing the honor. Fighting to the death, fighting in the battle,
It is a character worthy of praise.
Liu Xiang does not understand this kind of warrior logic, but he will respect other people's values.
No longer talking nonsense to Cui Yi, Liu Xiang ordered the city militia to go out of the city to assist the regular soldiers in cleaning up the battlefield, and brought all the captured materials back to the camp. Those that could not be taken away were burned with the camp.
The battle took an hour, and the cleaning of the battlefield was only completed in the evening.
The army was so fat that it transported Liu Xiang more than 800 pieces of iron armor, 2,000 leather armors, more than 1,000 powerful crossbows, more than 3,000 bows and arrows, more than 100,000 feathered arrows and crossbows, 400 war horses, and 2,000 pieces of food and grass baggage.
car.
Liu Xiang decided to expand the Shesheng Battalion to 2,000 men. All the 2,000 soldiers in the guard camp were equipped with iron armor, and the remaining equipment was distributed equally to the front, rear, left and right armies.
He now has more than 4,000 crossbows, more than 3,000 sets of infantry armor, 1,200 sets of cavalry armor, more than 7,000 sets of leather armor, and nearly 10,000 bows and arrows.
It is getting closer and closer to the equipment configuration of the Anping Army that he conceived.
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The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the Qiao Qiao Festival. Han women have the custom of wearing a seven-hole needle to beg for clever things.
The Anping Army does not have to celebrate the Qiao Qiao Festival.
I couldn't get over it even if I thought about it.
They also don’t want the people in Lingzhi County to have a good holiday.
Liu Xiang led 12,000 regular soldiers and 20,000 militiamen to Lingzhi County and set up camp ten miles away from the city.
There are rear troops and 10,000 militiamen guarding the city in Tuyin, and there are right troops and 10,000 militiamen in Haiyang surrounding the defenders.
Liu Xiang has no worries for the time being. He wants to capture Lingzhi County and Feiru County in one fell swoop.
Leaving all the troops to camp, Liu Xiang led the knights of the guards to the foot of Lingzhi City to observe the city's defense.
We walked around the county town of Lingzhi. Lingzhi has a radius of six miles and is adjacent to Rushui in the east. The terrain around the city is gentle. Many fertile fields have been opened along the banks of the Rushui River, where millet, wheat and other crops are planted. At this time, they are already turning yellow.
, it will be harvested in another month.
During the Han Dynasty, crops in Youzhou were only harvested for one season, and there was no habit of planting winter wheat. It was basically spring wheat that matured in August of the lunar calendar, and the same was true for corn.
Seeing the enemy troops observing the city, he ordered the garrison troops to start climbing the city to be on guard. Seeing that the flag was from Gongsun's private army, no less than ten thousand people climbed onto the city wall.
Liu Xiang was very lucky that he was not stupid enough to come and attack him.
Fortunately, I kept my mind calm.
Mr. Yang Ming said it well, if you want to achieve great things, you must first get rid of the thieves in your heart.
Sit quietly and defeat the thief of anxiety;
Gaining something from giving up destroys the thief of desire;
Refine in matters and defeat the thief of hesitation.
If the three thieves are defeated, everything will be accomplished.
Liu Xiang was even a little scared.
He killed eight thousand of the private soldiers of the Gongsun family in Lingzhi, and at least ten thousand of them guarded the city. He didn't know how many more there were privately.
We must not attack forcefully, we must lure them out.
Liu Xiang led his troops back to the camp, summoned Cui Yi and Yan Rou, and said to them: "I just went to inspect the city and ordered a garrison of at least 10,000. They are all private soldiers of the Gongsun family. I don't want to attack by force, so I need to lure them out."
Chengchi, Zi'an, Ziming, do you have any ideas?"
Cui Yi was not a good strategist. He said straightforwardly: "When a large army approaches a city, it must first fight to test the fighting strength of the city. My lord, I will scold them tomorrow when I go to scold the formation."
Liu Xiang almost burst out laughing.
Cui Yi asked in confusion: "Why is my lord laughing? What's wrong with scolding?"
Liu Xiang waved his hand. He couldn't tell Cui Yi, probably because he remembered all kinds of scolding jokes in later TV series.
There was indeed a saying in the Han Dynasty about scolding the formation, but it was not the kind in romance novels, where the leading generals would challenge each other in front of the formation and fight for hundreds of rounds. That was all fabricated and should not be taken seriously.
The scolding formation originated from Zhushi in the Spring and Autumn Period. Zhushi is a kind of war etiquette, which is a challenge before the formation, but it is not a one-on-one duel between generals. It is basically a fighting formation with more or less people, either on foot, on horseback, or on vehicles.
war.
The least numerous generals, who are also good at bravery, lead several soldiers to fight against the enemy.
Zheng Xuan, a great scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty, once wrote in the "Book of Rites of Zhou": "To be a teacher, you must be determined to fight. In ancient times, when going to fight, the brave men should first attack the enemy."
There is also a record in "New Book of Tang Dynasty: The Biography of Yuchi Jingde": "Instruct Jingde to hold on to the enemy, lay down his base, and shout to the army."
After the Spring and Autumn Period, the war etiquette of Zushi Shi became less common, mainly because there were more and more people who did not care about martial ethics. Especially the group of wise generals represented by Sun Tzu who emphasized strategy. Are you here to Zhi Shi? He is not a bird at all.
you.
They are good at conspiracy and tricks, and they pay attention to taking the enemy by surprise and attacking them unprepared. If they can surround you, they will not challenge you alone. If they can shoot you to death, they will not fight with a knife.
Faced with such shameless people, the Yongjiang Sect also came up with a countermeasure. They changed the Zhishi into a scolding formation, using mental pollution to make you angry with shame. If you become angry and angry, they have achieved the goal of Zhishi.
Liu Xiang stopped smiling and said to Cui Yi: "Zi'an can try tomorrow. If it doesn't work, think of other ways to lure the enemy out of the city. There is no need to attack the city to test the enemy's strength. Every time one of the soldiers is injured,
I feel sad."
Yan Rou answered: "My lord loves and protects the soldiers of the army. Such benevolent and righteous actions are heartbreaking."
Yan Rou has become more and more good at flattering recently.
Liu Xiang was afraid that hearing too much flattery would destroy his IQ, so he changed the topic and said, "Ziming, where is Wu Yan?"
"Wu Yan leads five thousand Hu cavalry. They have passed Xu Wu and are heading towards Tuyin. Do you need to send him a message to ask him to change the route to join Ling Zhi?"
Liu Xiang shook his head and said: "Xu Wu arrived at Lingzhi Mountain, which is stretched out and the road is not smooth. It is better for Wu Yan to take the main road to Tuyin.
Send him a message and ask him to sneak to Haiyang after arriving at Tuyin, and cooperate with the right army Yang Qian to capture Haiyang County."
Liu Xiang was sure that if Haiyang received news that enemy troops were invading Lingzhi, they would definitely find a way to send troops. They would immediately remove Yang Guan's troops, and Wu Yan would be able to wait for the opportunity to attack Haiyang defenders in a sneak attack.
, taking advantage of the situation to seize the city.
Once the reinforcements arrive along the way, Liu Xiang's situation in western Liaoning will become better. He is looking forward to the good news from Haiyang.
Liu Xiang and Cui Yi Yanrou chatted for a few more words. Seeing that they didn't have any good ideas, they opened their mouths and said:
"Tomorrow, I will lead Hu Qi and the former army out of the camp, clean up the manors and forts around Lingzhi, capture the Gongsun clan members, and bring them to Lingzhi City. I will behead them one by one in front of the defenders.
They angered the Gongsun family members in the city and forced them to lead their troops out of the city."
"Wei." Yan Rou accepted the order with her hands raised.
Liu Xiang waited for two days, while Yan Rou led his troops to attack everywhere and captured more than 300 Gongsun men, women, and children.
On the third day, he left the women and children in the camp and ordered the militiamen to guard the camp. Liu Xiang led the regular soldiers out of the formation and came to the foot of Lingzhi City. He did not play the trick of surrounding three buildings and only formed a formation outside the west gate.
The guard camp set up a shield formation, the archery battalion shot at the base of the formation, the light chariot camp marked the firing boundary, the brave cavalry was hidden behind the formation, the front troops were deployed on the left wing, and the barbarian cavalry was deployed on the right wing.
Liu Xiang ordered the begging army to escort the Gongsun clan members to the front of the battle array.
He was going to go through the process and persuade them to surrender before starting the war.