Li Tong is also a decisive person, so he naturally understands what it means to burn the boat. Although their current situation does not require this at all, releasing such a feeling to the soldiers will make a big difference in the momentum.
"Okay, order your men to bury pots to make rice and prepare dry food for three days. After lunch, break camp and prepare for the battle in Xiapi!" Li Tong immediately ordered.
After Zhang Fei arrived at the battle place dozens of miles south of Xiapi, he began to arrange military formations according to Chen Deng's command. Although Chen Deng was not very good at formations, he was not very good at holding up Li Yan.
Soon a Xuanxiang Formation based on the Front Arrow Formation was created. Of course, this kind of military formation was taught in Ju. It seems that people like Li You who really understand military formations are absolutely full of flaws. It is estimated that one third of them have the same quality. The strength of the troops is enough to beat Chen Deng to the ground. There is no way. It is best not to play such difficult things as military formations if you are not good enough, otherwise it will only be a tragedy.
When Li Yan arrived with eight thousand troops, he saw that the troops and horses on the opposite side were well-organized and advanced and retreated in a controlled manner. Some not-so-good thoughts came into his mind. Although it was also the Xuanxiang Formation, he had not seen Chen Deng's formation at all. Pass.
"It is indeed well planned. People say that Chen Yuanlong is a famous official in the world. I had doubts before, but after seeing him today, he is worthy of his reputation." Li Yanqi looked slightly solemn while riding on the horse.
"General, this military formation looks like a sharp arrow formation, but it is messy and confusing. I don't know how to start. It is difficult to achieve results by sending troops in from all directions." Liang Xi looked at the military formation opposite. After a while of analysis, he felt dizzy and couldn't tell what was going on.
"It's very difficult to break this formation, but our army just wants to hold off the other side. As long as we can protect ourselves, when the situation turns into a tiger, our army will naturally have a chance to make a comeback." Li Yan looked at Chen Deng's military formation opposite. He wasn't too sure. Of course, he could still see some inside information, otherwise he wouldn't be so careless.
"Yuanlong, do you think Li Yan on the other side can break your formation?" Zhang Fei was also a little uneasy. He had fought with Li Yan before, and it was obvious that Li Yan was very familiar with military formations.
"I'm not 100% sure whether he can break it, but I know his goal is to hold us back. Besides, General, please don't worry. This Xuanxiang Formation was taught to me by my father. It has not been shown to others before. It is a new one. Formation." Chen Deng said before that he was unsure, but later on, it was obvious that he was extremely confident.
"That's good, the rest depends on Xiaozhi and Xingba." Zhang Fei replied in a deep voice. Although there is an element of gambling in this, at this time, he must be doing his own thing well!
"Li Yan, you invited me to fight the day before yesterday. I have set up a big formation today. How dare you break it!" Zhang Fei rode out of the formation, pointed his snake spear at Li Yan and shouted. The sound spread throughout the countryside, and Zhang Fei's soldiers were all stunned. It's yelling.
"It's just a mere Xuanxiang formation, what do I have to fear? Let's see how I can break your formation!" Li Yan laughed, choosing a flaw he had seen before and rushed in. The two armies were immediately involved. They got together and started fighting.
In another place, after Zhang Fei left, Li Tong immediately led his troops to surround Xiapi City. Various siege weapons began to attack Xiapi City desperately. Zhang Fei's soldiers in Xiapi City also attacked Xiapi City. After leaving, they had already blocked the city gate hole with huge rocks, and were not worried about the enemy attacking the city gate.
In this case, Liu Bei's army, which was not led by Zhang Fei but was well prepared, and Yuzhou army, which was led by generals but did not know the facts, began a fierce offensive and defensive battle!
After the three waves of tentative sieges, regardless of casualties, a large section of the moat that had been filled in due to continuous sieges in the previous period was once again filled in, and the Yuzhou Army immediately began the real siege.
"Pour it down!" A veteran commander poured the boiled gold juice directly down the city wall. The soldiers who were rushing up the ladder suddenly screamed and fell down.
Then, before anyone on the ladder could rush up the mountain again, the veterans took the long fork inserted into the ladder and pushed the ladder out directly. A large number of Yuzhou soldiers were thrown to death because the ladder overturned.
"It seems that the other party has been prepared for a long time." Lai Min said to Li Tong.
"This is normal. Chen Deng is a cautious person after all." Li Tong nodded and said. If he was really completely unprepared, Li Tong would still be suspicious.
"I'll lead the troops, we don't have much time." Without saying a word, Huo Jun picked up a short sword, then picked up a large shield, shouldered a large sword, and led his guards to charge forward.
Originally, this method of siege, in which a general led his subordinates to take the lead, should have started in the late stage of the siege, after the siege team's offensive was weak. However, time was tight today. Just after the test was completed, Huo Jun led his personal guards to rush forward in person. Suddenly Yuzhou The morale of the soldiers was greatly improved.
Stepping up the ladder, Huo Jun quickly jumped a few times, used a big buckler to block the burning fire oil, and then holding the hot big buckler that was still burning, he rushed up with a few jumps, fiercely He threw away the still burning shield, picked up the broadsword behind his back and cut off several spears that were stabbing him, and then jumped forward.
"Bang bang bang!" With the sound of several bows and arrows, Huo Jun rolled on the spot, grabbed a soldier and used it as a human shield, and then slashed him with a big knife, finally gaining a firm foothold on the city wall.
Then a large group of Yuzhou soldiers wanted to rush up from this gap, but they saw tightly arranged veterans holding long spears and surrounding Huo Jun from all sides. A dozen archers behind him were already ready.
After a flurry of spear stabs, Huo Jun had no choice but to jump off the city wall and retreat under the cover of his personal guards.
"The defense is not very tight. We attack the city with all our strength. We surround three buildings. The general and his bodyguards attack the city with all their strength." Li Tong secretly rejoiced when he saw Huo Jun rushing up the city wall, and then he felt a little agitated when he saw that the other party was forced down. I was disappointed, but I quickly adjusted my mentality and issued the order that was most suitable for the present.
Under Li Tong's order, all officers and soldiers from Li Tong on down were promised heavy rewards, and the generals of each department led an all-out attack on the city from three directions: east, west, and south. If anyone refused to advance, under such an order, the army on three sides With wild attacks and bombings, the generals were fearless and fearless, and soon Xiapi City was crumbling.
However, Liu Bei was very popular among the people, and soon many people came to deliver meals to the city defense. Some young people who had participated in training even began to go up to the city wall to help with the defense. Under such circumstances, the city defense, which had been on the verge of collapse, It was always just a little bit too close to fall.
"Damn it, it's just a little bit close!" Seeing that it was getting late, Li Tong was worried.
A lot of corpses of Yuzhou Army and Liu Bei Army have been lost under the city. As the two sides fought, the battle loss ratio began to shrink, and just now it was almost to the level of three to one. Years of experience told Li Tong, Just one breath away. (To be continued.)
