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Chapter 246

After Tian Jianxiu and Liu Fangliang negotiated the excuse of exonerating the general for the loss of soldiers, they dared to go back to meet Li Zicheng.

Tian Jianxiu, who was directly responsible for the defeat, even took off his armor, got some rattan canes, and asked Liu Fangliang to draw a few bloodstains on his back in advance, imitating others to plead guilty.

Li Zicheng had already heard that today's siege failed and he lost a lot of troops, so he was very angry.Seeing Tian Jianxiu come in in such a miserable state, he calmed down as if being splashed with cold water, and changed into a face that shared weal and woe with Pao Ze:
"Old Tian, ​​what do you mean? My brothers, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. It's good to be brave after knowing the shame. When Kaifeng was attacked, there were many more casualties than this. How could I ever blame my brothers!"

Li Zicheng's words are not entirely true.The number of people who attacked Kaifeng was indeed more than that of Shangcai, and it was more than ten times more, but that was the cumulative casualties of more than half a year of bloody battles.

If you compare the "single-day casualty density" and casualty speed, then today's fierce battle is definitely more than any single day in the Kaifeng siege.

It can only be said that Shen Shuren is too vicious, and he is very good at seeing opportunities for the offensive side, seeing that "if you work harder, you may win", so like a gambling dog who wants to turn the tables, he keeps betting without knowing how to stop the loss .

But now that Li Zicheng has shown his brotherly loyalty, Tian Jianxiu's guilt has finally been evaded.

Li Zicheng simply asked about the specific number of casualties, but the latest figure reported by Tian Jianxiu had already exceeded 4000—because during the hour or so when he was discussing countermeasures and excuses with Liu Fangliang, there were hundreds more. The seriously wounded died, and the number went from more than [-] to over [-].

After Li Zicheng accepted the numbers, he quickly asked about the lesson and the reason. The two of them quickly poured out the lessons they had learned before, and Li Zicheng fell silent.

Beside Li Zicheng, Song Xiance, the rogue-headed mouse, was also watching his words. Although he was not good at battles, he also had basic strategies and plans.

Song Xiance thought for a while, then acted as a peacemaker, and said, "Your Majesty, in this way, General Tian's defeat is understandable. Officer Shen Gou used an unprecedented tactical deployment. It is inevitable that the army will suffer heavy losses if they don't notice for a while.

Now that General Tian can figure out the disadvantages of Shen Gouguan's method, in the future we will besiege the city with heavy troops and attack from all sides. How many cannons are there, and which sections of the wall lack cannons?
Then invest in the main force in a targeted onslaught.Of course, we can't relax completely on the other side of the feint attack. If there are many troops, we must line up and wait. Once the officers and soldiers really transfer the artillery on the side of the feint attack, our feint attack troops can also turn to the main attack at any time.

Anyway, our army has nearly 20 horses, and so many soldiers are idle at first. Today, only General Tian and General Liu's direct troops are preparing, which is indeed a bit of a waste of manpower. "

However, it is obviously impossible for Song Xiance's words to win the trust of everyone in Chuangjun.

All the generals in the army knew that Song Xiance was trusted by Li Zicheng, but there were still some generals who didn't like such a talkative person like him.

At this moment, Yuan Zongdi, a general in the army who is known for his aversion to pretending to be gods and ghosts, went out to retort: ​​"Your Majesty, don't be reckless, the Song military master said that our army has nearly 20, how can there be 20 now?

That was just the original plan. In fact, 5 to [-] people have gone to Ye County temporarily, and we don't know about it.Now Yancheng has a maximum of [-] to [-] people, so why not go to Ye County to send reinforcements over to besiege the city?
Secondly, although the army divisions of the Song Dynasty are good at ingenuity, they ignore the common sense of the law of war. Although there is no moat in Shangcai City, there are only dry trenches and pits, but after all, the city relies on the Ru River, and it is difficult to besiege on both sides. Do we have to go around to the west? , South, are you prepared to besiege from both sides?
Although the city walls on both sides were not built directly to the Rushui River, the narrow part was only a few steps away from the river bank, and the widest part was only three or four miles away. The troops went deep into the two sides of the besieged city, and had to avoid the bow and crossbow at the top of the city. The range of the artillery and the depth of the formation are extremely insufficient. Once the enemy troops leave the city and recoil, it is easy to cut off our army. "

Yuan Zongdi is a typical example of Chuangjun who doesn't know the general plan but has good tactical common sense, so he always picks out the shortcomings of the geographical details of the battlefield.

Song Xiance couldn't help being a little annoyed when he heard the words. Who told him that he came from a fortune-telling background and had never fought a war. Although he was a counselor, tactical micro-manipulation was indeed his biggest shortcoming, and he couldn't refute it at all.

"That's enough! What's the fuss!" Fortunately, Li Zicheng still had unlimited trust in Song Xiance, and finally he personally shouted out Yuan Zongdi.

Perhaps it was because over the past year or so, Song Xiance had often instilled in Li Zicheng "auspicious destiny" and made some mysterious prophecies that the Ming Dynasty would perish and become the new emperor, which made Li Zicheng very happy.

Li Zicheng himself fought in more than ten years of bloody battles and knew tactics very well, so he personally helped Song Xiance to round up the details: "Mr. Song is right, the location you are entangled with is a trivial matter.

Gu feels that since Shen Gouguan's defensive tactics rely on deploying Fran's machine guns sideways on every tower and horse, then when his number is not enough, it is very likely to cut down on the southwestern two areas that are considered impossible to attack the city. side.

Then we will do the opposite. At that time, we will clearly prepare on both sides of the northeast. On the day when we really want to officially attack, we will suddenly extend the encirclement and transfer our troops to the southwest sides to launch together. We can even move and deploy before dawn. At twilight, the general attack.

In this way, the officers and soldiers can't see clearly how much our army is mobilizing at night. Maybe there are no cannons on the southwest sides after dawn, so it's unknown if our army rushed up in one go! "

Li Zicheng personally opened his mouth to help Song Xiance plug the leak, so naturally no generals would question him.

And Tian Jianxiu also gave Song Xiance a grateful look because Song Xiance supported his original suggestion.

Song Xiance enjoyed this state of being appreciated by the general, and his heart was slightly fluttering. With an open mind, he came up with some supplementary strategies, and flattered him proudly:

"Your Majesty is really good at using troops like a god. He can come up with such delicate tactics so quickly, check for omissions and make up for the gaps. His subordinates really admire him!
Inspired by the king's strategy, the subordinates thought of another detail. While preparing more siege weapons and planning a new wave of siege, we can let more troops patrol the city with torches every night.
Let's not pretend to be besieged from all directions, as long as we pretend to prevent the officers and soldiers from abandoning the city to break through and not let go of a dog officer. Be careful to leak it to the other party, and then find a chance for the other party to sneak back to the city.

In this way, within a few days, the officers and soldiers must be paralyzed, thinking that our patrols are really just to isolate the inside and outside.On the eve of the general offensive, when there is another mobilization of men and horses, you can use less torches and try to deploy in the dark.The officers and soldiers are used to night patrols outside the city every night, so they will not notice the change in the number of people, so the general attack will be sudden enough. "

"Brilliant plan, just follow what Song Junshi said!" Li Zicheng also believed in it when he heard the words. Song Xiance's cleverness and understanding of people's hearts have always been very good.

Chuangjun finally learned his lesson, and after the first battle was overwhelmed, he began to prepare for the next siege wholeheartedly.

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Because of the disastrous defeat on the first day, the siege equipment suffered heavy losses. Many wooden ladders and trench vehicles were either smashed, burned, or abandoned.

Therefore, there is at least a buffer period of three or four days before the next full-scale attack can be launched.

The officers and soldiers can also take the opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief, adjust defense deployment, check for leaks and fill in gaps and strengthen weaknesses.

On the night of returning from the big victory, Shen Shuren prepared a little wine in the county government office to celebrate the victory of Huang Degong and other generals.

Shen Shuren also didn't have the airs of a civil servant at all. He wiped his mouth on his sleeves after drinking, and even practiced vulgar drinking orders with the generals.
Not at all like the other civil servants who came from the top two rankings, even if they were willing to drink and celebrate with military commanders, they were still very gentle.Even if you drink enough to drink, those who are perverted will even be shot; even if you go to the countryside and are willing to play martial arts, at least you have to throw an arrow into a pot.

It's not like Shen Shuren, when he ordered wine with the generals, he just fought with his fists, no matter how vulgar, Huang Degong and other generals were of course very addicted, and they increasingly regarded Shen Shuren as their own, old buddy-type boss.

When he was mixing with Shi Kefa, Shi Kefa had already made up his mind, and he could only throw pots.

The gap is as big as drinking with Xue Baochai and drinking with Shi Xiangyun.

And Huang Degong is a person who is addicted to alcohol. For him, whoever is willing to drink happily with him is an important condition for being a close buddy.
If the boss refuses to drink with him, at most he respects the other party, but it is difficult to confide in him and have a life-threatening friendship with you.

Huang Degong's alcoholism was very famous at the time, and everyone in the army knew it - as early as 20 years ago, in the early years of Tianqi, when Huang Degong was a 12-year-old child, he had a big fight because of drinking in his hometown in Liaodong sensation.

At that time, his father died early, and his mother made a living by brewing and selling wine.But Huang Degong was addicted to alcohol when he was ten years old. When he was 12 years old, he secretly drank a batch of wine made by his mother with borrowed money while his mother was out.

When my mother came back, she saw that the wine was gone. Not only could she not earn any money, but she might not even be able to pay off the usury principal, so she burst into tears.Huang Degong is drunk and crazy, so he directly told his mother that it was more than a dozen taels of silver. I heard that Xiong Jinglue (Xiong Tingbi, Tianqi was the Liaodong Economic Strategy five years ago) offered a reward of 20 taels for killing a Tartar. Let's sneak into the army and kill a few Tartars, and we'll pay off.

Then Huang Degong, who was only 12 years old, really took advantage of a battle, brought his own dry food and a long-bladed hatchet, mixed into Xiong Tingbi's army, charged with the officers and soldiers, killed two slave cavalrymen, and took their heads In exchange for reward silver, he paid off his mother's debt and left a sum of money to continue making wine and selling it.

In the past 20 years, no one has cared about Huang Degong's alcoholism.Several times when he was so poor that he had no money to buy wine, he rushed to kill Tartars and exchanged their heads for bounties to buy wine.

At this moment, Huang Degong was so drunk that he had no scruples in speaking, and he had no manners, so he clasped his shoulders with Shen Shuren, and complained:

"My lord! You are a straightforward person! We have never seen a few civil servants as bold as you. Thanks to your knowledge of soldiers, you even came up with the idea of ​​placing the French machine horizontally and blasting the bottom of the city wall sideways!
Killing a thief today is really a joy!We started killing the enemy when we were 12 years old, and we have been killing for 20 years. The battles we fought were either because our army was defeated and it was not a crime of war, or the enemy ran away quickly. Never before has the enemy been stalking you even though it is clearly no match for you Hit or not, so that I can always kill happily!

The next time we have this kind of opportunity, if there are enemies who are clearly no match for us yet, and they line up for me to kill, my lord will let us be the vanguard!This snappy opportunity can't be had for anyone else!

Hiccup, you said, such an easy-to-use trick, why no one thought of it before, and it has been saved until today. "

Shen Shuren also drank a little too much, but he remained sober all the time. Facing Huang Degong's sincerely asking for advice after drinking, he immediately pointed out the other party's negligence.

"Do you think you just need to turn the cannon sideways? No one can use this trick before, because their cannon itself is not good! For other cannons, as long as the muzzle is slightly downward, the shells will roll out. , how to hit the root of the city wall?

Our guns and ammunition have been carefully polished and improved over the years. As for this tactic, we also need some prerequisites to inspire us. Wenxiu's naval battle was a temporary thought.

At that time, two guards in our army, Shen Lian and Li Yu, used the Francophone with wooden barrels to hold columnar ammunition, and shot down at a certain angle from the muzzle to attack the bottom plate of the top-beating boat, and bombarded the boat with a hole. It sank immediately, killing thousands of Liu Wenxiu for nothing!
It was after that battle that we were inspired, summed up our experience in the army, and thought of many wonderful uses of the feature of "columnar fixed ammunition guns can shoot down", and what we use today is just one of them.As a general, if you can't draw inferences from one instance, then you are nothing but a mediocrity. "

Huang Degong rubbed his head, suddenly convinced, and slapped his thigh fiercely: "If all the civil servants and scholars in this world are thinking about the method of battle, if they go straight to the root like you, my lord, why should Daming be uncertain?
My lord, we are really convinced!You are well-educated, and you can see and think about everything. We have followed so many civil servants, and we have never seen you like this. "

Shen Shuren waved his hand, indicating that this is nothing to be proud of, but just a basic operation.

At the same time, he did not forget to take the opportunity to encourage everyone not to relax their vigilance: "These are nothing, it should be. With such a scheme, it is nothing but killing a few thousand bandits.

My tactic also has disadvantages, and I have more backers. When Tian Jianxiu attacked those horse faces today, I can actually use my backers to make him lose faster, more miserable and more thorough.

But I don't think it's necessary to expose too much. In addition, I also want to see Mr. Huang's heroic appearance and the strength of the supervisor, so I tacitly allow you to lead the team to kill Tian Jianxiu's first dead soldiers.

In this way, Tian Jianxiu must not be reconciled to losing, and felt that "the officers and soldiers are like this, and we are not far behind." In a few days, there will be a more fierce offensive. Tricks and tricks. "

Huang Degong Huhou promised: "Don't worry, my lord! We will fight as you want!"

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PS: Both updates today are [-] words, which is similar to the previous few days. Recently, I am used to writing [-] words, so I have [-] words today, so let’s do it.

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