Turbulent Times Chapter 1501: Xu Shiji’s depressed decision

In just half a month, Wei Zheng led more than 100 craftsmen from Fanyang County to organize the people of Xiaohe Town to build two military villages.

And during the days when Wang Junlin attacked Huangshizhai, the 10,000 soldiers of the Violent Bear Battalion stationed here were not idle. They led the people in Xiaohe Town to sweat profusely and dug countless ditches for the camp.

Wei Zheng used food and Fan Yang copper money as compensation, and took care of two meals, without any coercion at all, and even without organizing people to mobilize, but the news spread out, and the people in Xiaohe Town came to work spontaneously , the enthusiasm is very high.

Xu Shiji's handsome flag, who thought he had succeeded in his scheme, appeared in front of the mountain pass. He stared at the fortified barrier in front of him and was speechless for a long time.

Not only him, Li Jing who came here with Wei Zheng from Huangshizhai the day before yesterday was also silent for a long time, of course Li Jing was shocked and smiled wryly, while Xu Shiji was depressed and gloomy.

The two military villages were built next to the mountain walls on both sides of the mountain pass. Due to the time, they are not very tall, but they are so strong that they are desperate.

Because these two military villages were built with cement and bricks produced in Fanyang County, it can be seen that the cement has not completely dried and hardened, but the unique characteristics of cement and bricks still give people a very hard feeling. Feel.

But what really made Xu Shiji feel depressed was not the two military camps, but the two trenches that completely blocked the entire mountain road in front of the two military camps.

These two trench positions are not city walls, but they function just like city walls.

The earth wall is about one foot five feet high, but the deep moat below is still seven or eight feet deep, which is equivalent to a city wall of two feet.

After passing through these two roads, there are two army villages, where there is still a complete defense system.

Counting it all together, the Far Eastern Army has three defense lines in total, but these defense lines are completely different from what Chu Shiji knew before.

In fact, when Li Jing saw the three defense lines in front of him the day before yesterday, he was also taken aback. He had never seen such a defense line before.

But this does not prevent Li Jing from combining these three lines of defense to formulate the most suitable and appropriate defensive tactics and strategic play.

Xu Shiji asked a general beside him in a deep voice: "I remember how many small mountain crossings there are on both sides, what's the situation?"

"Reporting to the chief executive, within ten miles, there are seven small mountain crossings that allow soldiers and horses to pass, and now the **** Far Eastern Army has dug out several layers of earth walls."

"In addition, there are also earth walls on the other side of the mountains on both sides of the mountain pass. If we want to avoid the defense line set up by the Far East Army at the pass, we need to start from the camp here and go around the mountains on both sides for more than 300 miles. This process is enough for the Far Eastern Army to adjust its defense.”

Xu Shiji saw at a glance that if he wanted to attack the two army strongholds from the front, the price must be high, so he wanted to attack from the side or even from behind, but after listening to the words of the general in charge of reconnaissance and intelligence, he knew it was not feasible. , but he still wanted to see the conditions of the hills on both sides with his own eyes.

"Brother Xu, these two military strongholds... If it is really difficult to attack, I think it is enough to deploy heavy troops on both sides to block the location and prevent the Far Eastern Army from the two military strongholds from coming out to make trouble."

Everyone knew who it was without turning their heads. In the entire army, Xu Shiji was the only one who didn't call him the general manager—Jia Yunfu, the military supervisor sent by Li Mi.

After Li Mi took charge of the power of Wagang, he imitated the practices of the emperors and courts of the past dynasties and gave the army the capital

There are superintendents, especially the superintendents who are sent around the Wagang Army leaders such as Xu Shiji and Cheng Yaojin are all his confidantes.

It's just that Cheng Yaojin acted cunningly and cleverly, and put Fang Yanzao, the supervisor, in Fengyang City to defend the city.

At the very beginning, the matter of sending the supervising army made the hero Haoxiong in Wagang very unhappy, but Li Mi's attitude towards this matter was tough, and everyone had to accept it, and they got used to it after a long time.

It's just that most of these supervising troops are from literati backgrounds, and many of them are even civil officials who surrendered and took refuge in the Sui Dynasty. They are incompatible with the heroes of Wagangzhai. The beating of the supervising army embarrassing Li Mi.

But because of Zhai Rang's existence, he didn't have the absolute power to punish him severely, so he was extremely depressed. This also strengthened his determination to get rid of Zhai Rang and seize power as soon as possible.

Of course, with the mentality of Xu Shiji and Cheng Yaojin, they would not openly conflict with the supervising army around them, but with their means, the supervising army around them is empty, and they don't even have any right to speak in the army It's a breeze.

However, Xu Shiji knew very well that Jia Yunfu represented Li Mi, so he had always given the other party enough face in front of him, and the two sides could get along in harmony.

At this time, Xu Shiji was actually in a dilemma, but he still showed his tolerance, and patiently explained to Jia Yunfu: "Jia Jianjun doesn't know something, if we can't pull out these two army strongholds, our Wagang army will not be able to fight at all." Don't dare to enter the small river, otherwise the back road will be easily cut off, and there will be problems with food and supplies. Looking at the achievements of the Far East Army over the years, especially the battles presided over by King Qin An, they like to cut off the opponent's food and supplies the most. Therefore, if we don’t capture these two army strongholds, it will be very difficult to guarantee the safety of our supplies and rear roads. Without food and supplies, how can our army regain the Xiaohe Road?”

Xu Shiji explained very clearly, the generals around looked at him with sarcasm, and some rough people even made no secret of their disdain and sneered.

It's just that Xu Shiji always had a smile on his face and a gentle attitude. Although Jia Yunfu was burned in the heart by the other people around him, he still endured it. He kept his face normal, pretending to bow his head in thought, and finally nodded and said: " Brother Xu's words are reasonable, but I have not considered properly."

After speaking, Fake Yunfu stepped aside and did not speak.

Xu Shiji glanced down the mountain, and after a while, he said with a sneer: "According to the ability of Wang Junlin's army and Li Jing's virtue, there may not be any famous tricks in those ditches, but there are those who can be counted." Ghost arrows, caltrops, horse traps, pickets, and their gunpowder weapons, mines, ground crossbows, fire bottles, and poison bottles. Their crossbows are not raised high, they are opened and laid flat, and there are only a few horse barriers It is dozens of steps wide, all within the range of its strong crossbow, and the shield chariot cannot get close, and more than a thousand people will die when filling the trench.”

Xu Shiji's eyes were changing, and the two military defense lines in front of him were like a silent monster, eroding his steel-like determination and confident self-confidence.

Observed carefully for a long time, then frowned and thought for a while, Xu Shiji finally couldn't help cursing: "The Poison King is really vicious, where did this **** Li Jing come from, and why is he so insidious."

Another general said: "I heard that Li Jing was originally from Li Yuan in Taiyuan, and that Li Xuanba is Li Yuan's third son..."

Jia Yunfu suddenly said: "These two people are from the Taiyuan side, so will Li Yuan's side..."

Xu Shiji shook his head and said: "It's a long story, but Li Yuan and Wang Junlin are absolutely impossible to form an alliance, and they are destined to be enemies, it is difficult to tolerate each other, because behind Li Yuan is a powerful family in the world, However, when King Qin An acted in the counties under his rule, he was destroying the foundation of the powerful family and offending the powerful family in the world."

Jia Yunfu nodded with an ugly expression on his face, and stopped talking, only to attract sarcasm and ridicule from the generals in the army next to him.

Jia Yunfu's face turned a little ugly when he heard the sound, but he had been with Xu Shiji as a military supervisor for more than a year, and he was already used to it, so he developed a thick skin and pretended he didn't hear it.

Xu Shiji's army also had some literati and staff members. It is reasonable to say that they are the same kind of people as Jia Yunfu, but these people don't want to and dare not intervene in the dispute between the general of the Wagang Army and the supervisor of the representative Li Mi, so they pretended not to see it. Always keep an expressionless face.

Xu Shiji's eyes gradually gathered together. He knew that he could not drag on any longer. The matter has come to this point. The plan has been carried out so far, and there is no turning back. No matter how much it costs to take down these two military strongholds, this battle must be To fight.

Because, this is not only a problem in the three places of Fengyang City, Huangshizhai and Xiaohedao Mountain Pass. According to the plan, Li Mi has already begun to mobilize almost all the troops of the Wagang Army, and there are nearly 300,000 troops in total. Gather here, so at this level, no matter what, you can't leave without a fight.

What's more, he, Xu Shiji, is the number one member of the Wagang Army. The Wagang Inner Battalion he trained is the soul of the Wagang Army. The Wanwagang inner camp came to fight the defense line stationed by the 10,000 Far Eastern Army, but turned around and went back without fighting a battle. Then the Wagang Army would think that they were afraid of the Far Eastern Army.

These days, their Wagang Army has faced successive failures against the Far East Army, and their morale has been greatly affected. If he retreats without a fight, it will inevitably cause turmoil and a drop in morale for all the troops in Wagang.

And once the morale of the army drops, no one will fight to the death when they encounter the Far Eastern Army in the future, especially when they attack the defense line of the military stronghold stationed by the Far Eastern Army.

Therefore, Xu Shiji weighed it over and over again, and decided that he would rather kill some people than maintain the spirit of the Wagang Army.

Xu Shiji, like Cheng Yaojin, is a very decisive person. He has already made a decision in his heart, so he immediately drives those despondent thoughts out of his mind. Since the village raised its flag and set up an army, no matter where our Wagang army has faced the army, no one has left without a fight, and more victories have resulted in more defeats than defeats. This is why we were able to conquer the land of the Central Plains. Today, the two army villages are the must for our army. For the attacking place, pass the commander's order, prepare the shield immediately, and attack the two military strongholds in half a day. The first person to climb the earthen wall will be promoted to two levels and will be rewarded with two hundred silver. One hundred taels. Anyone who shrinks back will be executed no matter what position he is in..."

"No!" All the generals under Xu Shiji clasped their fists together, turned and went back to where their troops were, and went to greet the soldiers under their command to send orders for arrangements.

Xu Shiji breathed out lightly, looked at the walls of the two army strongholds in the distance, and murmured to himself after an unknown amount of time: "Wang Junlin didn't fight me here in person, but sent Li Jing over here It's not easy to come to this Li Jing, but I don't know what he will do."

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