Delong

Chapter 307 Tiger Row (8)

When the sky was getting dark, Xue Changxiong came early to the small slope where he watched the battle yesterday. Looking from here, it seemed that the front was shrouded in thin morning mist, covering the dark camp of the Dragon Army.

But in fact, no one knows how much of the mist is cooking smoke and how much is natural water vapor.

Looking at this scene, the Hebei Marching Chief, General Zuo Weiwei, head of the Xue family of the Guanlong core clan, son of Xue Ben of Shangzhu Kingdom, and the obvious leader among the Hebei heroes after the world chaos, Xue Changxiong, General Xue, this time Sometimes it looked a little dignified.

Behind him, only a few people followed, and they all just looked at the general's back and said nothing.

In addition, Xue Changxiong's eldest son, Xue Wanlun, was held hostage in Jiangdu, his second son, Xue Wanliang, died in battle, and his third son, Xue Wannian, was stationed at the vital point behind him, Ande City in Pingyuan County. At the office, there are two other confidantes, Sima Chen Bin and Zhonglang General Wang Yu.

After watching for a while, Xue Changxiong finally turned his head, and his words were a little more emotional: "A man was born in troubled times, and since he was ordered by one side, he didn't want to flog the world, but he should use the four-foot blade to clean up the whole place, so as not to be weaker than others... …But looking at it now, it’s still too difficult to do things.”

Chen Bin was expressionless, Wang Yu hesitated to speak, but his sons had no choice, including Xue Wanbi, who was beaten yesterday, dismounted together, and bowed respectfully behind him.

Among them, Xue Wanbi is the oldest and the person who caused trouble yesterday, so he naturally did his part. After the visit, he came to ask: "Father commander... yesterday's small setback is due to his son's incompetence, but it will not affect the overall situation. The heavy sword has no edge... the thief is right in front of you, why do you say that?"

"Who told you that breaking the thief is in front of you?" Xue Changxiong was a little helpless. "How do you know that people can't break through the earth mountain? And what if the earth mountain is completed? Do you know what is the root of this battle?"

Although anyone can blurt out something, such as breaking a stronghold within a limited time, defeating an army, and then smashing Yunyun with a blow of true energy, but with his father's attitude, the few surnamed Xue can only bow their heads and listen shape.

Xue Wanbi even lowered his head, unwilling to confront him: "Son, I don't know."

"I didn't expect you, an idiot, to know, but I've been thinking about it since the collision the day before yesterday." Xue Changxiong also got off his horse, but only leaned on the horse and held the straight knife to look at the east facing sun, and then slightly Said with emotion. "Is there really only Xiong Bonan next to Zhang San at this time? I don't believe it. But where are the Wu brothers, Bai Sanniang, and Xu Shiren? Sure enough, they didn't come in the east? They still came Hidden? Especially Bai Sanniang's ability is well-known all over the world, and she must not be regarded as a general Chengdan situation. This Sanniang is her husband, so she has to calculate it no matter what, and I just touched the threshold of a master. , Are you really sure of the final victory? And this layered chessboard formation, is it really not deliberately showing weakness? So, the ones who have the bottom line in their hearts are fundamentally superior. On the surface it is us, but in fact we really don’t know who it is. "

Including Chen Bin, including Xue Wanbi, everyone's complexion changed slightly.

This is indeed a problem. The reason why Xue Changxiong avoided the war years ago and came here in a hurry at this time is essentially to avoid this problem. He just doesn't want to face the complete Dragon Gang that has grown in strength after capturing the eight counties in the East.But the problem is, even if we bite the hurdle of the ice flood season and avoid the help of a large army and supplies, can we really avoid the support of sporadic Chengdan masters?Especially when the troops were just mobilized, there was no Ling Xun yet!

But then again, even so, what else can Xue Changxiong do?Do you want to give up even the advantage of the army?

"Father commander, why should he build up other people's ambition..." Xue Wanbi tried his best to persuade him.

"I specially called you here just to say something from my heart, just to not uplift others' morale and ruin my own." Xue Changxiong continued to look east and answered without turning his head. "I have to let you understand the situation, so as not to make trouble like yesterday... Everyone pleaded for you yesterday, how many do you think are sincere? When you go back, you will laugh at you for being useless! Laugh at me for pretending!"

Although Xue Wanbi had expected this outburst, when he came to him, he was just dissatisfied and unwilling to talk to him.

"So, we still need to seize the overall military advantage, and use the military formation technique to defeat the 25th Battalion who dethroned the dragon thief first." Chen Bin took the initiative to speak out to change the atmosphere. "The soldiers and horses collapsed, even if they are all masters, they can only flee back in embarrassment. I don't know how many years and months it will take to clean up people's hearts, soldiers, horses, and supplies... If they are really showing weakness, then let them suffer the consequences. "

"Not bad." Xue Changxiong also felt slightly refreshed. "What Chen Sima said is very true." "The key is why so fast?" Wang Yu, the general of Zhonglang, couldn't help but sigh at this time. "A group of local tyrants, gangsters, merchants, military thieves, and county officials have never heard of their names two years ago. As soon as they rebelled, they were like mushrooms after a spring rain. Everyone became famous generals, and everyone succeeded in condensing pills... It seems that they don't need money. The same. Masters of alchemy also gathered here to dethrone the dragon thief."

"This is the time when dragons and snakes rise to land in troubled times." Chen Bin said eloquently. "Let's speak with conscience, here in Hebei, although the battles are not as fierce as before in the Eastern Territory, in the past two years, among the officers and men, the aristocratic families, and the powerful families, there have been fewer masters who have been involved in the wars of the previous two years and succeeded in congealing pills? Cao Cao Shancheng, Qiantang, Yuanbaoku, and Li Ding, the four county guards who have the spirit of the county, are not all like this? Several aristocratic families and powerful families took the opportunity to take over the place, and it is also heard that someone has condensed the pill, but they don’t know. Do you want to spread the word? Even in our Hejian camp, there are three or four new condensed pills. Even if I say a word, the fact that the general can prove the master has nothing to do with the meritorious deeds in purging Hebei two years ago? This is a troubled time!"

"That's the truth...but why are we still a little hypocritical when facing the Dragon Thief?" the old seventh Xue Wanquan suddenly said.

"That's because the dragon thieves are the leader of the rebels in the world. They are well-known and well-known. Not only the dragons and snakes in the eastern region all go there, but the rest of the thieves also go there when they are defeated. Isn't that how all masters of alchemy come from?" Chen Bin still spoke with certainty. "As for the general here... Although the general has cleared Hebei, but there are a few heroes here in Hebei who have borrowed the power of the general to gain the strength of the earth and have achieved success. The few county guards I mentioned before are considered good if they don’t have renunciation and morality; Youzhou Daying is also divided into courts; even here in Hejian Daying, a few new condensed pills only regard the general as a colleague and boss, privately Disapproving."

"Chen Sima..." Wang Yu was inexplicably flustered.

But below Xue Wanbi, several Xue's children all stared at Chen Bin thoughtfully.

Xue Changxiong was the only one who stared at Chaoyang, whose head was slightly protruding to the east, and remained motionless.

"General, since I want to speak from my heart, I have something to say." Chen Bin stepped forward, pointing to the east. "Now our problem is that if the name is not right, the words are not right. On the one hand, the court is like the setting sun, and on the other hand, the general is like the rising sun... But, they are all bright red. Many people look at it and think it is the same thing, so, Some people were favored by the general, but they thought it was the kindness of the court, and some people were oppressed by the court, but they also hated the general... After going back and forth, here in Hebei, although the official and army are powerful, they do not belong to each other. In the territory controlled by Hejian Daying, the government, aristocratic families, tyrants, and reckless, all have doubts. I will not say anything else. If these people get together and follow the general loyally, why should we worry about the land of the eight counties? Why is it necessary to calculate how many alchemy masters are hidden in the opponent's camp here, and worry about when the ice will melt? Split your fingers and count the alchemy and condensing masters in these places, and compare them. Can you figure it out?"

In the early morning of early spring, Wang Yu's brow was sweating, while Xue Wanbi and his brothers just went to see their own father.

Unexpectedly, Xue Changxiong didn't say a word, just quietly waiting for the sunrise in the east, and when the glow appeared to reveal his true energy, he turned around, but just waved his hands: "Chen Sima, that's not how the account is calculated... I just want to say two things. First, if something strange happens at this time, those who are willing to contribute should observe, while those who are loyal to the court will leave me quickly, and there will be fewer people around me at that time; The reason why I can control the Hejian camp is because of the will of the sages. Don’t say that I have failed the great Wei, even if I have failed the sages. Name... I can't do this."

Chen Bin was discouraged for a moment, and then became angry: "The general is also a famous family in Guanlong, and the name of the Xue family is not weaker than that of the Cao family. What can't be done in this world?"

Xue Wanbi also took a step forward, but Wang Yu couldn't help but take a half step back.

But Xue Changxiong was serious instead: "Okay! Chen Sima, don't bring up this matter again! I called you here today, just to let you fight mentally and know the importance of destroying the army face to face! Your words like this will only shake you. Military spirit! Some things, no matter how much you talk about them, you should talk about them after the war!"

Chen Bin sighed, folded his hands and bowed in salute.

Xue Changxiong took a breath, then turned his head and ordered: "Let's start!"

After saying this, Wang Yu immediately felt relieved and rode his horse down the hillside. After a while, behind the small artificial slope, under the bright golden sun, the sound of horns suddenly sounded continuously. They headed straight to the camp of the Chulong army, and then lined up in a row through the camp, but only planted the flags by their sides and did not move.

The Xinglong army didn't let it go, and almost immediately, soldiers and horses rushed out from each battalion, trying to clean up and compete with these armored cavalry for the area in front of their own camp.

"There was too much excavation yesterday." Chen Bin cheered up and made a judgment. "Besides, there may be many spies among the soldiers and civilian husbands in the surrounding states and counties. They may be aware of something..."

"I don't expect to hide it from them." Xue Changxiong remounted and said coldly. "This strategy is actually not subtle at all, but a bit cumbersome, but it is better than its cumbersomeness. No matter what the bandit army is, it can't stop tens of thousands of people from throwing a bag of soil... Order to continue , if the leading knights in front are all dead, we will use the corpse as a target and continue throwing the mountain of earth, I see who can stop me today?!"

Xue Wanbi was at the side, he let out an angry roar, as if he was responding to something, and then he rode his horse down to deliver the order. After a while, he came back after delivering the order, and instead of going uphill, he waved his true energy and rushed to the front line himself.

Several people were on the slope, and they could vaguely smell it, as if they wanted the soldiers in the rear to use him as a target and throw the dirt back.

For a while, he was full of pride.

The sun was getting higher and higher, and in the camp like a chessboard, on the towering and solid rammed-earth general platform, Zhang Xing held his forehead and watched the mounds piled up higher and higher from afar, finally squinting his eyes and gave an order:

"Stop it! Go back to the camp and keep safe, let Wang Wulang and the others come back... Let the first row of camps be careful with bows and crossbows, let the artisan battalion and auxiliary soldiers not wait any longer, transport the boards over, and start assembling... Continued later Do it, don't stop."

The messenger immediately went to pass the order, and this sentence also broke the long silence on the general stage, because I don't know when it started, compared with the restless noise before the battle, the general stage suddenly became terrifyingly quiet.

"Can it be done?" Shan Tong Haiwen asked in a low voice, he was the only one with an interface. "No matter how you make that thing, it can't be as tall as a mountain of dirt, right?"

Zhang Xing wanted to explain, but he didn't say anything in the end... No one knows if it will be useful or not, we have to try it before we talk.

That being the case, as the coach, it is better to pretend to be confident.

But with Zhang Dalong’s head in such a posture, the people around him still looked serious and nervous. Obviously, although the height of the earth mountain has already formed and obscured the previous scene, the scene of tens of thousands of people coming and going and piled up into a mountain still scared everyone people.

At that moment, it really made people feel a state of awe that no one can do anything.

What condenses pills into pills, what land gods, it seems that it is not worth mentioning... One of the most intuitive comparisons is that when the earth and mountains are formed, let a few condensed alchemy masters split them, can they be broken?If you ask the great master to come and move it, can you move out such a row of earth hills?
At Mount Li that day, the whole gang of practitioners worked together and were exhausted, but only a small section of mountain soil was chopped off, and it was formed after the rain on Mount Li.

The mound of dirt piled up higher and higher, and at this time, the countermeasures for the Dragon Army came out.

It's building blocks!

Don't laugh, this is the best and easiest way to deal with the earth mountain in a short period of time, at least this group of two knives who lack fortification combat experience (including the leaders and so-called staff officers of the Dragon Gang) can think of it overnight the only way.

How did you come up with it? It's actually very simple.

Just think about it, what is the fundamental meaning of mounding mountains?Since it is a pile of earth instead of filling the base, it means that the opponent essentially wants to avoid the excessive casualties when the civilians and auxiliary soldiers fill the base, and instead hopes to calmly establish a high altitude advantage outside the range of the crossbow and spear, and in turn suppress it remotely The camp, calmly seize the front camp.

So again and again, one row a day, it doesn't take five or six days to capture three or four rows of camps in a row, which is enough to produce a devastating effect.

So, what is the way for the officers and soldiers to deal with the deposing dragon army who has a high degree of superiority in the camp?

Isn't it just a section?

It just happened to be borrowed.

Of course, it can't be that simple.

In fact, Zhang Xing discussed for a long time with these leaders from Yeluzi and staff officers from various backgrounds, and the final plan was to set up some permanent, multi-layered, large-scale protection areas, with Block construction with sloped eaves and firing holes.

It's a bit like an enlarged multi-layer arrow tower, and it's a bit like an upgraded version of the bow and crossbow positions used by the officers and soldiers before, and it's more like a simple wooden city wall tower.

These are all enhanced suggestions based on simple psychology such as better protection, maintaining the height advantage as much as possible, and concentrating the crossbowmen as much as possible.

"How to say?"

Just after the mound of dirt on the opposite side had piled up to ten feet high, Zhang Xing waited for the reply from the front line. "Is it safe?"

"It didn't work at the beginning, but when we put up large logs outside, and then leaned on the trench, it became stable..." Wang Shuyong, who came out of the front line, was overjoyed. "The ones on the second floor and the third floor are all up."

"That's good." Zhang Xing sat still, as if he was very sure. "At this point, there is no need to stick to the division of battalions. I am going to use Wulang's magic shot! The front-line fortifications will be set up and handed over to you for unified command. Each battalion will support the archers and crossbowmen, and they will also listen to your command!"

Wang Wulang was even more overjoyed, he responded immediately, and then hurried back.

By noon, the height of the earth mountain was already very high, there must be no seven or eight feet, but some obvious abrupt places were also five or six feet full, steep in the front and slow in the back, and there were obviously practitioners in the middle who were exercising their true energy. Ram the earth as hard as you can.Five camps and ten camps are several miles wide. Although there are obviously only five or six hills in the middle, but at first glance, it is really a continuous mountain.

In the Hebei Plain, it is even more eye-catching.

In this case, the crossbowmen enough to cover the inside of the fence began to be in place, and Xue Changxiong also personally led the generals to climb the earth mountain.

Then, he was stunned.

"General!" Chen Bin, the supervisor of the army, took the initiative to remind. "It's already noon, the soil is exhausted, and the gentle slope along the road has been smoothed out, so it's time to try anyway."

Xue Changxiong was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Let's try the whole army!"

With the sound of a drum, all arrows are fired, literally all arrows are fired!

The Hejian army gathered all the archers and crossbowmen of the army, built a bow and arrow position on the front-line earth hill, and then condescended to shoot together.And with one shot, it is enough to say that it is like raining arrows, even if it does not dare to cover the sky and block out the sun.

However, after the arrow fell, although the screams were clearly heard, and it did fall into the fence visible to the naked eye, it did not have the expected effect. Instead, the officers and soldiers fell into a daze.

The reason couldn't be simpler. The Dragon Army in the rear hid behind the defense points built with simple boards, while those in the front poured into the rows of newly added "wooden houses" erected next to the fence... This is exactly what Xue The reason why Chang Xiong was surprised when he came here.

With his rich military experience, he immediately knew what this kind of fortification was for.

As for the officers and soldiers, they were still at a loss. At this moment, the drums sounded suddenly on the platform of the generals of the Yilong army in the front camp, and then the flags moved together. A round of arrows was shot from the row of "wooden houses" in the front.

It was too late to say it, and when many people instinctively tried to retreat and avoid, at almost the same moment, the general Xue Changxiong suddenly burst into golden light, and after the radiance and true energy on his body dissipated, everyone was shocked. It was discovered that the general had caught an arrow with his bare hands.

"This man is good at archery, but since he shot me twice in a row, he had to return an arrow." General Xue sneered, and then directly took an iron tire bow from the side of his horse, and used the arrow he caught , bent the bow and set the arrow, and then the radiance and true energy overflowed, filling the bow and arrow, and then suddenly let go, and the arrow went straight to a wooden house in front of the side with the stream of light.

When the wooden house was hit, it shattered as if it had been hit by a hammer, and some people even jumped out in embarrassment, dodging and jumping behind the "wooden house" repeatedly.

The surrounding soldiers cheered and cheered, their morale lifted a little, and many wailing sounds were masked.

However, Xue Changxiong, who won easily, was not only displeased, but looked livid when he saw the "wooden house" that had blown up the upper floor, but the lower floor was still shooting at the dirt hill.

"General." The people around obviously sensed that something was wrong, and Chen Bin asked carefully. "What exactly is going on?"

"What can happen?" Xue Changxiong's face was ashen. "This fortification is obviously aimed at Tushan!"

"Zhang San is really intelligent." Murong Zhengyan sighed beside him. "I immediately thought of a way to deal with it. I don't believe that he is just a vanguard in the North."

"It's not because of his superior intelligence!" Xue Changxiong was finally furious. "Why have I ever underestimated this person? When I used this method, I didn't expect to be able to do it once and for all. Today, the earth mountain can have a temporary effect, and I only broke his row. Start preparing, otherwise how could he, as the guard of the camp, have so many plates to build this kind of fortification at the same time as we built the earth mountain? If it is nothing more than seeing the soldiers pouring earth, how does he know that I am not filling the trench, but A pile of mountains?!"

The surrounding generals were already shocked when they heard half of it.

And General Xue finally turned around and glanced around the generals, then gritted his teeth and said that sentence: "There must be a traitor in the army tent last night!"

(End of this chapter)