Aspiration

Chapter 110 The eve of the decisive battle
Li Yan thought in his heart that Dengfeng might actually be the place for the decisive battle, so Li Zicheng should be reported.However, Li Laiheng said that the strength of the two of us is enough to wipe out Sun Chuanting's main force here, and there is no need to tell King Chuang, lest he have to personally command the battle again.

Li Yan said calmly, "Although we are capable of defeating Sun Chuanting and even annihilating them, it is not impossible to report such a large-scale military operation to the superiors, which violates military law and can be punished as a felony."

Li Laiheng still insisted not to report Li Zicheng, the reason is very simple, once Li Zicheng knows that we are here to fight Sun Chuanting, he will send reinforcements, once reinforcements are sent, Sun Chuanting will be alert.Then, the basic conditions for a decisive battle are lost.

It's not that Li Yan doesn't know that to annihilate Sun Chuanting's main force here, there must be a condition, that is, let Sun Chuanting jump into this trap unconsciously.

In the end, Li Yan and Li Laiheng agreed not to inform Li Zicheng that they would use their existing forces to entangle Sun Chuanting, so that Sun Chuanting would exhaust his main force unconsciously.

Li Laiheng smiled. This is a case of the application of the "boiled frog theory in warm water" in ancient military affairs.

In order to achieve their goals, their strategy is to constantly "show weakness".

Let Sun Chuanting always see hope.

Li Laiheng's deployment is to arrange the attacking divisions in Dengfeng City and let them dress up as ordinary people. Hoes, shovels, and shovels are their weapons.They acted like this, really like farmers and miners captured by the local area.Second, his mountain warriors are temporarily placed in the city. When necessary, they sneak out of the city at night and enter the mountains and wastelands, ready to fight in the field at any time.Third, his cavalry was deployed in the vicinity of Jiajinkou for concealment.Jiajinkou is only forty miles away from Dengfeng City, and it is very close to rush to help Dengfeng City.

Sun Chuanting was not in a hurry to attack, he first collected information, and when he learned that there were only 2 guards in the city, he was overjoyed and thought, even if he piled up people, it would not be a problem to capture the city.He said to He Renlong: "Dengfeng is not considered a big city. We will start tomorrow and attack the east, south and north gates together, leaving the west gate for them to escape. This is the so-called siege must be lacking in Sun Tzu's Art of War. You Be careful, don't be too impatient, they have less than [-] horses in the city, as long as there are no reinforcements, it is no problem to capture the city."

He Renlong thought to himself, Lao Tzu fought Li Zicheng, and you still need to teach him?I, He Renlong, depend on them to make a living.Who am I, He Renlong?Of course I won't be as stupid as Meng Feihu, attacking fiercely, and dying if I don't understand.

The next day, the siege began.

What Li Yan showed was that he was struggling to support. The main reason was that the group of farmers and miners were fighting on the city. The method was still the same. It was not difficult for He Renlong to attack the city, but the difficulty was to occupy it in one go. city ​​walls.One group goes up, one group is lost, and then another group goes up. Anyway, dozens or hundreds of people can climb the city wall at a time, and if there are too many, they cannot go up.In this way, it took a whole day, and they didn't know how many enemies died on the city wall. They fought very hard all day long.After the truce, He Renlong counted the number of people, secretly startled, what?Before I knew it, more than 2000 people did not come back.

More than 2000 people are not too big compared to 7 people.The next day, they fought again, but the result was the same again. They attacked more than ten times, but they were finally driven off the city wall.Then count the number of people, damn it, why didn't more than 2000 people come back?
How many of the enemies defending the city died?He Renlong didn't know, but Sun Chuanting reckoned that there must be a lot of losses in the city.

He Renlong was surprised. After analyzing with his subordinates, they all said that this city is not difficult to attack, and the defenders above it may not be very strong. There are also a large number of farmers, miners, and mobs among the generals. They should not have much combat effectiveness. .But why didn't they attack?After analyzing for a long time, He Renlong thought, maybe he didn't work hard.

Yes, my generals are still not working hard enough. I have attacked the city more than ten times a day. According to basic military common sense, this city should have been breached several times.

Attack again on the third day.

This time, more troops were invested, and the battle was naturally much more tragic.In the evening, Ming Jin withdrew his troops and counted the number of people. He was shocked that 5000 people did not come back.

"That group of farmers and miners are too fierce." Almost everyone who went to the city said so when they came back, "They are more ruthless than the regular army."

Sun Chuanting asked: "Is there any sign that Li Zicheng sent troops to help?"

Answered no.

He was relieved and said: "That's good, there is no reinforcements." He was worried about reinforcements. If reinforcements came at this time, Sun Chuanting would be in trouble.He didn't believe that Li Yan drove some farmers and miners to defend the city.

Li Zicheng asked Song Xiance how the situation in Dengfeng was and whether he needed to send reinforcements.Song Xiance said that he was also considering this matter, but Li Yan did not ask for reinforcements, for some reason.

Li Zicheng was worried. He thought that if something went wrong in Dengfeng, Luoyang would not be safe. So, he thought, he should send [-] troops to help.

At this time, Zhang Nai hurriedly stepped forward and said, "King Chuang, Li Laiheng is already there on the other side of Dengfeng. He told me that if King Chuang sends troops to help Dengfeng, I want me to tell you that he promises that Dengfeng will not attack you." lose."

"He promised?" Li Zicheng asked himself.

"Oh!" Song Xiance exclaimed, clapped his hands and said, "Miaomiao, it's so wonderful!"

King Chuang was puzzled and asked, "What's so wonderful?"

Song Xiance said: "Li Laiheng and Li Yan are secretly fighting Sun Chuanting. This move is wonderful."

Li Zicheng still didn't understand for a moment, and asked, "How do you say that?"

Song Xiance explained that Li Yan defended the city, showing weakness to Sun Chuanting, and let Sun Chuanting attack desperately.But in fact, they let Sun Chuanting be fooled. Sun Chuanting exhausted his main force bit by bit without knowing it. He didn't realize it. When he realized it, it would be too late.Therefore, we must not send reinforcements. Once reinforcements are sent, Sun Chuanting will inevitably retreat, or find another way, which is a pity for the fighter.

Li Zicheng smiled, and the two Lis joined forces, and the world is invincible.

However, this is a major military operation, how can it be self-assessed?

Li Laiheng stood on the turret, watching his attacking divisions, they waved shovels and shovels.Don't look at this kind of weapon as cumbersome, but it's more effective than a broadsword if you get used to it.Every time the enemy came to attack the city, they would always let in a small part of them, hit one with a few hits, and kill them in a few hits, and then put a few more up and besieged them all together. In this way, the loss of Li Laiheng's infantry was almost It can be ignored, and the enemy, one batch comes up, and one batch dies.

This is not fighting, this is killing.It's cruel.

Looking at this scene, Li Yan couldn't bear it at first, but soon he gradually got used to it.He was amazed by the set of tactics designed by Li Laiheng.

He had to think that this style of play was very dark and damaging.

"It's been five days, and Sun Chuanting hasn't come to his senses. It's unexpected." Li Yan said.

"Five days, wasting 2 people in vain. I think, he must think that we are almost exhausted, so he dares to spend like this. Tomorrow, they will come back for a fierce attack. I think, get ready, the city Tonight, I will pull the mountain division out to ambush, and when it is near dusk tomorrow, the infantry and cavalry will mobilize together, and then the troops in the city will also rush out. Tens of thousands of remnants can be cleaned up." Li Laiheng said .

"Okay, Sun Chuanting's main force is almost gone, and our power balance has been reversed since then. Okay, let's make preparations."

Sure enough, Sun Chuanting estimated that the city was almost exhausted, so he decided to come here to attack and try to win Dengfeng today.Therefore, at the beginning of today, the battle was fought very bitterly and tragically.Sun Chuanting personally watched it at close range for most of the day. He has seen such a tragic battle before, but the number of times he has seen it is very small.

Many of his people died, and he didn't believe that his opponent didn't have a lot of casualties. He killed [-] enemies and lost [-], which is basic military common sense.

about there.The defenders in the city are almost exhausted, and it should be possible to take it today. If it is not good enough, there will be a strong attack tomorrow at the latest, and Dengfeng City must be taken in these two days.

He was worried that Li Zicheng would send additional reinforcements.

He Renlong was very distressed.He has always used moderation, and he usually does not fight too hard battles. Losing troops means losing his status.But today there is nothing to do, Sun Chuanting is by his side, disobedience before battle is a felony, and Sun Chuanting's Shangfang sword has not been officially used yet, so don't provoke him.Now, no one is in the mood, and everyone is in a bad mood.

It was not a blessing to be followed by Sun Chuanting, Zuo Liangyu was followed by him, more than half of the [-] elites were lost, and there was no way to recover their vitality for a while, so Zuo Liangyu could only watch other people's excitement in Xiangyang.

"Tomorrow, 3 people will be invested. At the latest, Dengfeng must be taken down tomorrow, so as not to have long nights and dreams. If Li Zicheng sends tens of thousands more, we will have to retreat." Sun Chuanting said to He Renlong.

He Renlong cried out in pain.

"Obey! I will use the standard battalion tomorrow." He Renlong said.He knew that it would definitely be detrimental to his own side to spend such a long time.

There is an unspoken rule in the general army of the Ming Dynasty, that they must maintain sufficient strength in their hands. Without strength, there is no status, and military pay is even more problematic.Therefore, on the battlefield, unless you have to, you will try to preserve your military strength.

This time, He Renlong was very unlucky. Sun Chuanting, the superintendent of the Ministry of War, followed him. He had to work hard.He also knew that the longer time passed, the more his troops would be consumed.

Quick fix.If you don't win today, you must win tomorrow.Starting tomorrow, he decided to fight on his own.

Lao Jiu said to Li Laiheng: "Sure enough, Sun Chuanting can't stand his temper anymore, and will attack tomorrow."

Li Yan looked at Li Laiheng in surprise, thinking, this person's judgment is really too accurate.

Now that Sun Chuanting is attacking fiercely, make full preparations, and tomorrow's battle must not be taken lightly.

The mountain warriors quietly drove out from the west gate in the early morning, and they made a detour and entered He Renlong's back to ambush.The cavalry division also moved closer quietly, and they lay in ambush on the back hill of Huaxi Village between the two camps of He Renlong.

Li Laiheng and Li Yan discussed and changed the plan slightly. The battle started at Shenshi, and it was estimated that it would end at Xushi.

For tomorrow's decisive battle, Er Li was inevitably a little nervous, because their military operation had not been approved by Li Zicheng, and they had not even let them know.Although they are confident of winning this battle, such unauthorized actions violate military discipline in terms of military law, and they can be punished for serious crimes.Li Yan was very worried, and he also knew that Li Laiheng was fine, he grew up in Li Zicheng's barracks, but Li Yan was different, he would be envied if he was too talented, and he would be vigilant if he had too much credit.Li Laiheng also has concerns, his concern is nothing else, but that his legion will be officially fighting for the first time tomorrow, will Wang Si and Luo Hu lead the cavalry of the large corps, will they be able to do it?

(End of this chapter)