Li Zhen chuckled and said: "One trick can be used all over the world. Don't be afraid of what you can use. Use it as much as possible."
Yang Banhou immediately went to convey the order. Both sides used artillery to attack and continued to bombard each other. After a fierce battle, ruins were everywhere in the city and people fled. In a short period of time, Lingui County would definitely be difficult to recover.
Later in the night, the fighting between the two sides stopped, and the whole city became quiet.
South gate, on the city tower.
Li Zhen still didn't rest, and was still thinking about how to deal with Xi Yinglong in the room.
"Bang, bang,."
Outside the room, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Li Zhen said.
The door opened and Smith walked in.
Li Zhendao: "Smith, there is still a big battle to be fought tomorrow, why haven't you rested yet?"
Smith raised his hand to salute, and then said: "I'm used to going to bed late and can't sleep."
Li Zhen smiled slightly, knowing that this was Smith's polite words.
He changed the subject and asked: "You came to me so late, what's the matter?"
Smith said: "The commander is wise, and there is indeed something to report to the commander. Now Xi Yinglong is using the higher geographical features in the north of Lingui County as a barrier. If we continue to attack by force, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and we will not be able to get a good deal. Can it go smoothly? Defeating Xi Yinglong is still a problem, so I thought about how to defeat Xi Yinglong and finally came up with an idea."
"tell me the story."
"Commander, this is what I think about it. At present, we have only captured the south gate of Lingui County, and we still have the north gate, east gate and west gate. Just imagine, if we capture the east gate, west gate and north gate at the same time, He will take the entire county seat of Lingui County into his own hands. At that time, if four armies besiege Xi Yinglong's governor's palace from four directions, they will be able to control Xi Yinglong and even prevent him from having a chance to escape."
After listening to this, Li Zhen frowned slightly.
He quickly thought about Smith's suggestions and thought about whether there were loopholes in them.
A plan must be complete, otherwise problems may easily arise.
Smith asked again: "Commander, what do you think?"
"It's hard to deal with."
Li Zhendao: "Our army only has more than 10,000 people. If we separately assign them to the four city gates to attack, the army's strength will be dispersed immediately. Taking the south gate as an example, I am afraid that there will only be about 3,000 troops stationed in the city. The same is true for the door. Once Xi Yinglong chooses various ways to defeat it, what should we do? We have fought against Xi Changzhen and we all know that Xi Changzhen is powerful. As the controller of Guangxi, what do you think will happen to the soldiers led by Xi Yinglong? ."
After listening, Smith's expression became more serious.
He also understood what Li Zhen meant. If all the troops were dispersed, once Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong concentrated their forces to attack one of them, there would definitely be a problem.
what to do.
Smith quickly thought about the solution. After a while, Smith said: "Commander, I think it is a good idea to close the four doors. There is an old saying in China that you can catch a turtle in a jar. Now Xi Yinglong is hiding in Lingui County. , is just an old turtle in a jar. If you want to catch him, you must take down four city gates so that he has no chance to escape."
Seeing Smith's insistence, Li Zhen thought for a moment and then said, "Well, let's change the strategy a little bit."
"How to change it?" Smith asked.
Li Zhendao: "Modify the strategy and change the plan to capture the four city gates into the old and suspicious formation to attack the north gate. Attack from the right side of Xi Yinglong's butt. We will send a group of soldiers to make a gesture of attacking the north gate, but whether to attack the north gate will depend on the situation. It is determined that we will use this method to mobilize Xi Yinglong’s army so that his troops will not be able to fully respond to us."
"I don't think it has much effect."
Smith shook his head slightly, disapproving of Li Zhen's suggestion.
Two people, staring at each other.
Finally, Smith said: "Okay, let's use your suggestion for the time being and try the situation first."
The two people made arrangements for the next arrangements, and then Smith left. Early the next morning, Li Zhen sent troops to continue the attack. During the day, cannons were placed one after another for bombardment with Xi Yinglong's artillery. Such bombing The whole city resounded with the roar of cannons, and both sides refused to give in. It was extremely fierce.
At the same time, an army went north from the south gate and took a detour to the north gate.
This situation cannot be hidden from Xi Yinglong's soldiers.
After the news reached the Governor's Mansion, Xi Changzhen said: "Li Zhen has really worked hard."
Xi Yinglong sneered and said: "There are soldiers stationed at the North Gate. It will not be easy to capture it. If I let soldiers station at the Sifang Gate, it will definitely be difficult for Li Zhen to enter Lingui County. Now he wants to capture the North Gate, but there is no way Ten days and a half month, it is absolutely impossible." After a pause, Xi Yinglong said: "Tell the soldiers to guard the city gate for me and never let Li Zhen's soldiers advance even half a step."
"yes."
Xi Changzhen agreed, turned around and left.
The two sides fought fiercely, and there was still no winner the next day. The artillery battle in the city also failed to tell the winner, and the soldiers attacking the north gate made no progress. In the evening, after withdrawing the troops, Li Zhen summoned all the major forces under his command. The generals, including Yang Luchan and Dong Haichuan, were all present.
Li Zhen said: "There are no results at all today. We are all talking about how to solve this problem."
"Commander, I still insist on my opinion last night."
Smith expressed his views last night, and then said: "We pretended to attack the north gate, but did not achieve any results. The real way is to attack the four city gates. This is the most fundamental way."
Li Zhen continued: "I'm still worried about the military strength issue."
Yang Banhou said: "Commander, I have a suggestion."
"Say." Li Zhen said.
Yang Banhou said with a smile: "We have enough cannonballs to blast them. We don't dispatch too many soldiers. Two thousand soldiers are dispatched to one city gate. After counting, there are a total of six thousand soldiers in the three cities, leaving nearly five or six thousand." People are enough for our side to attack head-on. Those who attack from the north gate, east gate, and west gate will not use head-on fighting as the main method, but mainly use our weapons. I suggest that all three city gates use artillery as the means of attack. , In this way, we avoid the situation of forced reduction of troops, and just using artillery also saves our manpower."
"good."
After hearing this, Li Zhen readily agreed.
They were just some artillery shells, but Li Zhenzi didn't care about them. Moreover, using artillery to open the way could create a feeling of dark clouds closing in on the city, making Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen feel frightened.
This move is indeed good.
Smith was very excited when he heard that Li Zhen had adopted the method of attacking the North Gate, East Gate and West Gate at the same time. This arrangement had been implemented according to his ideas.
After deciding on a plan, everyone retreated and went down to rest.
There was silence in the city.
But the Governor's Mansion was still as bright as day, especially Xi Yinglong's study, which was still lit by oil lamps.