Han Shizu

Chapter 451
Huainan, Shouchun.

At the head of the north city, around the strong city wall, although the corpses have been cleaned up, there are traces of fighting everywhere. On the female wall built with earth and blue stones, there are many scorched black spots, which are obviously caused by the kerosene bombs of the Han army.

In the past few days, the Han army launched a total of two sieges. Thunderbolt cannons, crossbows, and clinging attacks caused a lot of casualties to the Tang army defending the city, and their morale was cut again.

However, even if the Han army had strong armor and brave soldiers, it would be difficult to easily break through the city without attacking with all their strength.Coupled with the cold weather and the command and dispatch of Tang Jun coach He Jingzhu, the defense of Shouchun City is not that fragile.After all, veterans may not be full of blood and bravery, but decades of experience are also very valuable.

Especially the thunderbolt cannon and kerosene bombs aimed at the Tang army, if they hadn't been prepared for a long time, they might be defeated by one blow.However, the improved throwing car, the attack frequency is too fast, and the damage caused by it is beyond the expectation of Shouchun's defenders.Swallowed by the raging fire, more than [-] people were burned to death before and after the burn. The Tang people were terrified and called it "magic flame".

Both the northern and southern armies have seen the use of heavy fire oil in warfare, but it is still rare to use thunderbolt guns in this way.

Since the beginning of winter, the weather in Huainan has been pretty good. Although the environment is wet and cold, the weather is beautiful and there has been no rain, and we have been looking down at the world with a sunny attitude.

Under the blue sky, there were no dark clouds, and under Shouchun City, three thousand holy guards were in front of the city, not to attack the city, but to protect the remaining thunderbolt cannons.Looking at the auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands who were operating sharp weapons, Wang Yansheng, as the commander, rode his horse around behind him, waving his whip, and still yelling viciously: "Smash me, give me all those cowardly Huai thieves!" Smash it out!"

According to Wang Jun's order, these days, dozens of thunderbolt cannons were thrown at the city in turn to attack the defenders, and no soldiers were sent to climb the city. This kind of warfare was extremely uncomfortable for Wang Yansheng who was ordered to command.He is a brave general, good at fighting, but no matter how depressed he is, he can only bear it due to the restrictions of military orders, but in the past few days, his temper has become more and more irritable.

The impact sound of "bang bang bang", mixed with the screams and mourning of the unlucky injured Tang Jun, permeated the head of Shouchun City.It can be seen everywhere, flying stones break through the air, and the momentum is amazing.After Wang Jun tried the power of the kerosene bomb, Wang Jun planned to save it until the follow-up supplies arrived.

But stone bullets can be collected locally. In the past few days, the Han army has thrown more than [-] stone bullets into the city.Of course, the price is that the thunderbolt cannon is hard to withstand wear and tear, more than a dozen of them have been damaged, and the rest are not far from being scrapped.

About half an hour later, three more trucks were thrown and damaged, and they were taken back to the camp for repairs.

Looking at the top of the city, Wang Yansheng became more and more depressed, and muttered: "What's the use of such an attack, can it also smash Shouchun down?"

Immediately, he yelled at the city again: "These Huai thieves are the same, just let us oppress them like this. If it were me, I would have rushed out and destroyed these dumped cars. That old man surnamed He is really as cowardly as a mouse. "

Beside Wang Yansheng, Han Lingkun, who was transferred from Fengchen Battalion together with him, served as the commander of the first army in the right wing of the protector.Hearing Wang Yansheng's complaints, knowing his temper, he couldn't help persuading him: "General, you'd better not say a few words! If it gets into the ears of Wang Dushuai, you will inevitably be punished!"

"Hum!" He snorted lightly, and stopped.Although Wang Yansheng was a bit rebellious, he was not stupid. Wang Jun's bad luck should be avoided as much as possible.

"There are people in the court, but it's different. This kind of dirty work can only be done by me!" Not daring to target Wang Jun, Wang Yansheng started a group with Li Chongjin again.

In Wang Yansheng's view, Li Chongjin relied on the power of his uncle Guo Wei to become the commander of the Holy Guardian Army. In terms of bravery, he is by no means his opponent. However, the reality is that being crushed by Li Chongjin made him unhappy up.

As far as he was concerned, Han Lingkun didn't express any opinion, he was very smart, if he had something, Wang Yansheng could say, after all, he was set up like this, and as for him, Han Lingkun was not willing to offend anyone casually.

"Commander Wang, the commander-in-chief sent an order to withdraw the troops, and went to the commander's tent to discuss the troops!" When Wang Yansheng was bored, the words of the Chinese army's messenger made him feel like a fairy.

When the matter of withdrawing troops was about to be handed over to Han Lingkun, he rode his horse back to the camp with great energy.

In the Han army camp, in the solemn and majestic commander's tent, Wang Jun was seated at the head, and in the Huainan front camp, all the senior officers above the commander and envoy came, including the navy commander Xiang Xun and the Yingzhou regiment training Si Chao. Hierarchy is strict.

After sweeping around the generals, although he had already counted in his mind, Wang Jun still put on airs and asked Shen Shihou: "Everyone is here?"

"Back to Dushuai, everything is here!"

"Then let's begin!" Wang Jun waved his hand and said to Murong Yanzhao: "For all the generals present, tell us about the Huai thief's movements!"

After being ordered, Murong Yanzhao got up, saluted humbly, and then said steadily: "After several investigations, Liu Yanzhen was deployed in the north of the puppet Tang Dynasty, and he has led 150 rebels from Qingliu Pass to the north, passing through Haozhou Anyuan, and the guards are far away. Spring is less than [-] miles away, and within two days, you can arrive at Shouchun by foot."

"In addition, Guo Tingwei, the trainer of the Puppet Haozhou Regiment, and He Yanxi, the Superintendent of Soldiers and Horses, have dispatched troops from Zhongli, leading a land and water army of more than [-] people, heading west along the Huai River, approaching the mouth of the vortex. Invading my city of Suzhou, the imperial court has sent Xu Yi's troops westward to support my rear!"

"At present, the Tang army closest to our army is the enemy's report army from Luzhou. Commander Zhang Quanyue led more than [-] troops and went northward along the Feishui River. They have entered the territory of Anfeng, which is [-] miles away from Shouchun. Let’s just stop. I and the general’s staff were predicting his movements, because he was outnumbered and worried about our army’s strength, we wanted to wait for Liu Yanzhen’s army to encircle our army!”

Referring to the map, Murong Yanzhao explained the movement of the Tang army to the commanders, and then said in a deep voice: "Obviously, Liu Yanzhen intends to encircle our army in Shouchun with these three armies, and cooperate with the defenders in the city to gather and annihilate our army." !"

"Who is this Liu Yanzhen? He has a big appetite!" Wang Quanbin, commander of the Fengguo Army, immediately said disdainfully.

Among the generals of the Han army, there are really not many people who think highly of the Tang army. It's not that they deliberately underestimate the enemy, but they are self-confident.

"I don't care who Liu Yanzhen is, this commander has already announced that he will defeat our army, behead my commander, and dedicate it to Tang Lord!" Wang Jun's face was stern, and he looked enraged: "I want to see , How much does this person weigh?"

Said, Wang Jun stood up, and when he stood, the generals who were familiar with his temperament and style all stood up, and those who were slightly negligent, like Wang Yansheng, also hurriedly got up under Wang Jun's gaze.
There is one thing to say, Wang Jun's prestige, sometimes played, is really greater than the emperor Liu Chengyou.

After everyone stood up, Wang Jun paced in the tent while ordering: "I have made a decision to deal with the Huai thief's movements."

"Listen to the order!" One sentence made all the generals' waists straighten.

"Li Chongjin led the left side of the guardian army to march eastward to meet Liu Yanzhen! Wang Quanbin led Fengguo's left side to go south along the east bank of Feishui to intercept Zhang Quanyue's army in Luzhou! Si Chao returned to Zhengyang and guarded Fuliang strictly to prevent the Shouzhou navy Attack, if there is any loss, it will be dealt with by military law! The rest of the battalion generals, leading soldiers and Huaibei civilians, pack up their luggage and prepare to retreat to Xiacai!"

After a short pause, Wang Jun looked at Xiang Xun again and said, "Commander Xiangdu leads the Jingjiang water army, prepares the ships, covers and assists the army to retreat!"

On Wang Jun's side, the navy will always just cooperate in operations, and even serve as the main logistics transportation, which is so underestimated and hardly restrained.

Xiang Xunhe raised his eyes and glanced at Wang Jun. Although he was holding his breath in his heart, his face was still sullen, and he replied, "Obey!"

However, some people still raised objections to Wang Jun's arrangement. For example, Li Chongjin said: "Commander, I have less than [-] soldiers in the left wing of the guardian saint. How can I fight against more than [-] Huai thieves?" Heavy army. The Chinese army is weak, and Shouchun's defenders are going out of the city to attack, what should we do?"

"Are you going to teach me how to fight? Hmm?" Li Chongjin's voice was loud, while Wang Jun's shouting and questioning was even louder.

Facing Wang Jun's cold gaze, Li Chongjin's aura immediately weakened. After all, he was a generation shorter. In his impression, even Guo Wei respected Wang Jun very much.Lowering his head slightly, Li Chongjin whispered, "The last general dare not!"

"Furthermore, did the commander let you defeat Liu Yanzhen's army?" Wang Jun asked again.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Murong Yanzhao came out to speak: "Everyone, Liu Yanzhen's arrogance, Wang Dushuai's strategy is to take advantage of his arrogance, use partiality to show his weakness, benefit his arrogance, and lure him It came to attack. Including the withdrawal of troops to Cai, it is also a move to lure the enemy. The Tang army has more than [-] people, all of whom are the Jinling Forbidden Army. If they can be wiped out in one fell swoop, it will definitely severely damage the puppet Tang!"

After Murong Yanzhao's explanation, they all came back to their senses.

"Do you understand? Are there any objections?" Wang Jun still had a bit of anger on his face. Obviously, he was still dissatisfied with the generals who questioned his order.Although Li Chongjin was the only one who spoke, some people's emotions were almost written on their faces.

The generals stopped talking.

Seeing that his generation was overwhelmed, Wang Jun waved his hands: "Follow my commander's order, go down and prepare!"

"Yes!"

Murong Yanzhao was ordered to supervise the operation.In the tent, only Wang Jun was left alone, sitting leisurely and drinking tea.

Li Chongjin, who was out of the account, was stopped by Murong Yanzhao, and he was told to the effect that he should not try his best, and not fight with Tang Jun, just a small defeat.

Protecting the holy army's garrison, summoning soldiers and horses, preparing weapons and dry food, Li Chongjin's face was very ugly.Being arranged to fight a losing battle, how can I be in a good mood.

(End of this chapter)