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Chapter 817 Complete Victory (2)

The rooster sang, and it was dawn again. Li Xian, who had just woken up from meditation, suddenly opened his eyes, shook the white fox fur robe he was wearing, straightened himself up, and stood up, not disturbed. Gao Miao, who was sleeping soundly beside him, strode out of the city gate tower, stood at the city plate, took a deep breath, rubbed his slightly numb hands, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at the distance just from the horizon with ease. The red sun sticking out of the sky.

Five days have passed since the first attack by the King Yue Army on the city. Although the morale of the King Yue Army had been severely hit, they launched another three-day attack after resting for two days. Except for the corpses left on the ground, there was nothing to be gained, and they couldn't even climb up the top of the city again. There is no doubt that the Yue King's army was powerless. On the city wall, it is regarded as an example for the armies.

"Your Majesty, the last general has prepared all the horses, please let your Majesty know!"

While Li Xian was meditating silently, Zhang Mingyuan in armor led Li Yaodong and other generals excitedly to emerge from the stairway next to the city gate, but he saw him walking behind Li Xian in a few strides , bowed, made a military salute with clasped fists, and reported aloud.

"Well, don't worry, just wait, you can fight a battle!"

Li Xian has always used troops to fight back, but he has never been oppressed and beaten like this. He has long thought about launching a counterattack, and today is the day of counterattack, not only the Hexi army who came from afar The movement is in place, Li Boyao, who has been killed all the way from Xiangzhou, has arrived in Caizhou, not far from Luoyang, it is time to end this farce, not to mention that the generals are eager to try, even Li Xian himself It's hard to calm down, but it's not time to attack now, Li Xian will not be impulsive to the point of blindness, so he just smiled and waved his hands, and replied calmly.

"promise!"

Now that Li Xian had opened his mouth, the generals who were wholeheartedly hoping to participate in the counterattack would naturally have no objections, and each bowed down and kept their promises.

"Ah."

Li Xian didn't pay any attention to the generals, but turned around and cast his eyes on the camp of the King Yue army in the distance, with a sneering smile on his lips...

"Come here, bring wine to Gu!"

In the large tent of the Chinese army in the Yuewang army camp, Li Zhen, who had just woken up from a hangover, only felt a splitting headache, got off the camp bed in a daze, staggered to a few steps away, picked up the wine jar with both hands, and was about to go He poured it out in his mouth, but the wine jar was already empty, no matter how he poured it, there was no drop of wine. Li Zhen was so angry that his face turned livid, and he threw the empty jar on the ground heavily, roaring angrily.

"Father, you can't drink any more."

Hearing the noise inside the tent was wrong, Li Wen and others who were waiting outside the tent couldn't help but tremble. After looking at each other, Li Wen was more courageous. He lifted the curtain of the big tent and walked into the tent quickly. In the middle, with a bitter face, he persuaded in a low voice.

"Fart, do you want to die of thirst? Get out! Get some wine, hurry up, and ask for more, military law!"

The siege failed, and Xiangzhou was lost. Adding to the tragic death of the eldest son and the escape of the chief counselor, Li Zhen was completely discouraged. At this moment, she only wanted to use alcohol to anesthetize her nerves, but it didn't make any sense. Not only did Li Wen not listen to his persuasion, but he jumped up and down and cursed.

"Father, you..."

Seeing Li Zhen's madness like this, Li Wen couldn't help panicking a little bit, and was about to persuade him. Suddenly, he heard a faint sound of a shrill horn, and couldn't help shivering. Because he had been in the Hexi army for many years, he had already heard the origin of the horn, and suddenly the Hexi army had arrived. He was anxious, and he didn't care about the etiquette, so he grabbed Li Zhen's arm, He shouted anxiously: "Father, it's not good, it's the Hexi Army who came!"

"What? It's impossible!"

Hearing what Li Wen said, Li Zhen couldn't care less about getting angry. She was taken aback for a moment, and then jumped up like an old cat whose tail had been stepped on——Li Zhen was extremely afraid of the Hexi Army Yes, if he hadn't learned about the avalanche in Xiaoshan, he would not have dared to attack Luoyang City so recklessly. Now that Luoyang City has not fallen, and the Hexi Army has arrived, the situation for Li Zhen is as bad as it can be. .

"Father, please give the order quickly. If our army does not withdraw at this time, it may be too late!"

Li Wen knows better than anyone else that the Hexi Army is so powerful that they have no desire to fight, so he plans to quickly withdraw to Caizhou, which is still in his own hands. As for what to do after arriving in Caizhou, Li Wen at this moment But he didn't bother to think about it.

"It cannot be withdrawn. Pass the order of the solitary. All the ministries will stick to the camp. There is no solitary leader to take orders. No one is allowed to leave the camp without permission!"

Li Zhen, who woke up suddenly, was obviously calmer than Li Wen. He didn't dare to expose his back to the Hexi army, which is famous for its cavalry. If he really retreated at this time, he would definitely be driven away by the Hexi army. If the sheep are caught, the only way to escape is to hold on to the camp first, look for opportunities and then withdraw.

"Ah, father, this..."

Hearing Li Zhen's order, Li Wendang was panicked, tongue-tied and at a loss as to what to say.

"Bastard, what are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and send an order, go!"

Li Zhen was already very anxious at this moment, seeing that Li Wen was still acting stupid, Dang Li got angry, stomped her feet and started cursing.

"Ah, yes, the child obeys!"

After being scolded by Li Zhen, Li Wen finally came back to his senses, hurriedly answered, stumbled out of the Chinese army tent, and roared to convey the order. The three battalions of the Yue King Army, which was considered calm, all boiled up. Groups of soldiers ran out of the tents in a panic. Under the shouts of generals at all levels, they rushed to the side of the camp. Arrow, nervously watching the Hexi army slowly approaching two miles away.

"Look, Your Majesty, it is General Lin who has arrived, and the last general has asked to leave the city as the vanguard!"

The Hexi army is all on horseback. Although there are only [-] troops, there are only [-] troops, but there are only [-] troops. Zhang Mingwu and the others also saw the arrival of the Hexi Army, and being so excited, Zhang Mingwu couldn't help but speak again to ask for a fight.

"No hurry, just watch!"

Looking at the Hexi army coming from all over the mountains and plains in the distance, Li Xian seemed to have returned to the glorious years a few years ago. The excitement in his heart was not inferior to that of Zhang Mingwu and others, but he didn't intend to start at this moment. Instead of playing in the city, he deliberately let the Hexi Army perform well, thinking that it would set an example for the next military and political reforms.

"Your Majesty is really partial."

Hearing that he could only watch his former colleagues show off their power, Zhang Mingwu felt as unbearable as a cat scratching, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice. Suddenly seeing Li Xian's gaze turned sideways, he was so scared that he quickly covered it with his hands. Mouth, that funny appearance immediately made all the generals laugh their heads off.

"The whole army stops, line up!"

Two flowers bloomed, one for each branch, not to mention that Li Xianjun and his ministers were laughing and laughing on the top of the city, but Lin Chengbin led his troops to walk slowly to the camp of the Central Army of the King of Yue, and did not move forward. Approaching, but waved his hand and issued a general order loudly.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

Lin Chengbin gave an order, and the messengers who followed him blew the horn, and the slowly advancing army stopped in an instant. It was only time, and an attack formation had already been set up, but seeing the 1 infantry of the Army's First Division suddenly deployed, 250 cavalry on each side held the ground, and Lin Chengbin led [-] cavalry as the central army, Eighty infantry guns were lined up, and the black muzzles were unceremoniously aimed at the Yue Wangjun camp [-] steps away.

The turmoil spread uncontrollably in the camp of the Yue King Army. Even though the generals at all levels tried their best to suppress it, it was still difficult to control it. It was not for other reasons, but because the power of Hexi firearms had already spread throughout the Central Plains. I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I have heard too many rumors. On this occasion of facing the strong army in Hexi, not to mention the panic in the hearts of the ordinary soldiers, even the generals at all levels are all trembling. Li Zhen didn't give an order, and all the troops didn't dare to move around, they could only watch helplessly as the Hexi Army lined up their troops in an orderly manner not far away.

"Report to the general, our department is ready, please tell the general!"

After all the ministries were in place, a communications soldier from the First Division of the Army rode his horse and rushed to the Central Army. A skilled man rolled his saddle off his horse, touched the ground on one knee, and reported loudly.

"attack!"

Although the Yue King Army camp in front is very neat and tidy, basically there are no major flaws, but in Lin Chengbin's view, it is nothing more than mediocrity, and he is too lazy to talk nonsense. He waved his hand solemnly and issued a battle order loudly .

"promise!"

Now that the chief general had issued the order, the messenger soldiers who came to report did not dare to be negligent in the slightest, they hurriedly responded, rode their horses back to the front line, and conveyed the order to Xiao Sanlang, the commander of the first division.

"Order the artillery to fire, clear the enemy's fences and trebuchet positions!"

Xiao Sanlang also didn't pay much attention to the seemingly stable camp of the Yue King Army, not for anything else, but because in front of such powerful weapons as artillery, wooden fences, arrow towers, trebuchets and other things were just dead bodies. It was just a target, and it was impossible to stop the bombardment of the artillery at all. Once the general order was obtained, there was no nonsense, and the order to fight was issued directly.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

Xiao Sanlang gave an order, and the horn of the former army command post suddenly blew mournfully, conveying the order to the artillery position at the front.

"Prepare each artillery position, shoot rapidly, target: fence, arrow tower, watchtower, trebuchet, fire!"

As soon as he heard the sound of the horn, Su Qingsheng, the artillery regiment commander who had been on standby for a long time, immediately regained his spirits, waved the small red flag in his hand, and gave the order to bombard.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

As soon as the attack was ordered, the eighty infantry artillery began to perform. With a loud noise, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and more than eighty explosive shells roared and smashed towards the Yue King Army's camp. The momentum was astonishing...

(End of this chapter)