Tian Xiong was not a scheming general, nor was Chen Ran, but the attack and defense around a solid stronghold had the same routines that had come and gone since ancient times.
Chen Ran and Tian Xiong had read quite a few pages of the masterpieces of Chen Gui, a famous city defender in the Southern Dynasties and a native of Mizhou, in the military academy in Ding Haijun.
Guo Ning, who was reading books with them, once said that when Chen Gui defended Shunchang, he was able to catch Dai Jin's army off guard. The key was not only the defense of the city itself, but also the fact that Liu Qi, who guarded Shunchang with Chen Gui, was a famous general in the Southern Dynasties and was extremely daring to fight. .
As soon as they found a convenient place to go, Liu Qi's troops immediately sent out troops to fight, often using elite troops to barrack the camp, so that the attackers could not rest day and night. Not only were they exhausted, but they also did not dare to rashly approach the city wall and build a stronghold.
In the final analysis, to defend to the death is to defend to the death. Only by being able to attack can one defend well. Previously, Liaohai had guarded Gaizhou with a small number of troops, but it was able to start with a night attack and besiege and kill the famous Mongolian general Zhebie. This was a record that everyone envied!
In the past few days, Chen Ran tried several times to launch small-scale disruptive operations against the enemy by relying on the salt marshes, wetlands, and shrubs around Zhigu Village. However, the number of enemy troops was too great, and the camp was well organized. Never achieved any decent results.
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However, as the enemy continued to build such large-scale camps and giant siege equipment, the psychological pressure on the defenders increased day by day.
This kind of pressure urgently needs to be relieved, and the soldiers must know that they have methods and can defend it. You have to achieve something!
For this reason, kung fu is not limited to the battlefield.
Although the troops in Zhigu Village are small, they are united. Although there are many enemies pressing on the border, there are too many elements that can be exploited.
Early morning.
The torches on the edge of the camp swayed in the night wind, like sleepless beasts with their eyes open.
It was the fifth watch at this time, the sky was getting dark, and the warm weather made it easier for the sentry to fall asleep. Liang Hu limped slightly and walked along the muddy road that had started to plow through the thaw to reach the wooden fence in a remote area outside the camp. After walking for a while, he stopped and patted the sleeping sentries to wake them up.
All the commanders who joined the army at Beijing Road were eager to follow Genghis Khan and achieve meritorious service, and they were generally not stingy in promoting people.
Liang Hu had been in the army for many years, but had never been an official. Unexpectedly, he injured his thigh that day and became a prisoner of the black army. However, he was quickly promoted because of his rich military experience. Last month, he participated in the battle to conquer Qingbaikou and made some contributions. Now he is the leader of fifty people.
This promotion did not make Liang Hu particularly happy. Fortunately, with his status, it was not his turn to deal with the Mongols. What's more, since you have eaten the food of Prince Shi and Marshal Shi, you have to work hard and at least do the basic things at hand. This is the iron rule for soldiers to sign for the army and eat food.
Therefore, with his usual diligent nature, he worked hard on the trivial tasks of patrolling and sentry duty.
However, these days, the Dinghai navy on the opposite side has not launched any decent raids. They just kept gathering and arranging the fleet, and stepped up the construction of the forts. They seemed to be holding on and waiting for changes. Even the expected night attacks and infiltrations did not happen a few times.
Therefore, the ordinary soldiers who were originally very energetic gradually became arrogant and arrogant. They felt that they had such a huge advantage and frightened the enemy so that they did not dare to move.
Contempt for Ding Haijun began to appear in the military camp. Some soldiers claimed that Ding Haijun was just a bunch of elite soldiers from the northern border of the imperial court, so they appeared more ferocious, but they actually couldn't bear much loss.
Otherwise, why were all the subordinate tribes used in the battle with General Zhebie in Liaodong? Why are you hiding in Zhigu Village now and not daring to go out to fight?
If we train our troops well, we will always have the upper hand due to our strength in numbers. In the future, he would follow the Mongolian army into Shandong and divide the territory of Dinghai Navy, which would be very beautiful.
Whenever he heard such nonsense from his companions, Liang Hu walked away in silence. He knew how brave the navy officers were, how well-equipped and well-trained they were, and he could vaguely guess what kind of political power such an army was based on.
Ding Haijun does not only rely on the background of the veteran soldiers. In contrast, it is impossible for our companions to receive land at all.
The generals at the top hoped that the soldiers would be hungry and biting all the time. Sitting back and watching the soldiers looting while attacking the city was the greatest benefit they could give. The land will only be in the hands of nobles, soldiers are just dogs, and dogs must have the consciousness of dogs.
So if you really want to expect any benefits, you might as well bring weapons and join the Dinghai Navy... It's a pity that the strength of the two armies is too different. The advantage on the battlefield is indeed our own. If you join us at this time, you will most likely be sent to the battlefield to hold the sword. , it seems like you don’t know how to live or die.
As for why Ding Haijun in Zhigu Village didn't move... there must be a special plot. But as a mere brand leader, all Liang Hu could do was urge his subordinates to fulfill their duties. The rest was up to fate.
Liang Hu finished patrolling the fence that his subordinates were responsible for, and was about to return to his tent to rest when he suddenly saw light and shadow shaking in the direction of the fence a little further away. The person in charge of that section of fence was not Liang Hu, but a brand owner named Wang. He and Liang Hu were both kidnapped into the Black Army after the fall of Pingzhou, so they had a good relationship. Liang Hu subconsciously took a few more steps to get a closer look.
"Lao Wang! Lao Wang!"
Liang Hu walked away for a while and drank twice. The lights along the way were as usual, but he didn't see the sentry who was supposed to be here, let alone Lao Wang. He couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and immediately pulled out the straight knife in his hand. At the same time, he whispered to a soldier following behind him: "Go back and report that something is wrong here."
The soldier listened to Liang Hu's words, but did not move. Instead, he raised his hand and pointed: "Look outside, isn't that Lao Wang and the others are back?"
When Liang Hu heard this, he quickly raised his head and looked outside. In the pre-dawn sky, he could vaguely see the sign leader named Wang and a row of more than ten soldiers sneaking back from the wilderness of light and darkness. As they walked, they talked about something.
"It's Lao Wang and the others, that's right. Maybe they have gone too far in the morning to find the sentry? Or is it convenient to go to the forest over there together? Captain, let's go back." The soldiers accompanying him said relaxedly.
Liang Hu became more and more nervous: "Go back quickly and report as I said!"
Seeing Liang Hu's expression, the soldier quickly bent over and ran back. Liang Hu led the remaining two people and continued to move forward along the wooden fence. Because the chosen path was close to the shadow of the fence and was in the blind spot of the other party's sight, when Lao Wang and others came in through the gap in the fence, they were only three or four feet away from Liang Hu.
The robes and armor of the group of people were in the standard of the black army, but at least most of them had their helmet brim lowered down, making it impossible to see their faces. On the contrary, the conversation of those people could be heard clearly. As Lao Wang walked, he said: "I can only send you through the wooden fence. There are at least three checkpoints behind you to get close to the catapults and ladders. You have to do it yourself." I figured out a way..."
Sure enough, it was a small group of Dinghai navy that had sneaked in!
If they let this go, they will definitely cause a big mess in the camp! A lot of people are bound to die!
Liang Hu lifted the straight knife upside down, walked lightly, touched the sides of several men at the back of the queue, and chopped off their pockets with the knife.
Only a muffled groan was heard, and before those people could react, Liang Hu swung his sword like a windmill, first cutting down one person, and then forcing the other person to retreat. The soldiers who came with him also rushed towards the opponents in front of them.
Lao Wang, who was leading the way, turned around in fear. When he saw Liang Hu jumping out to kill him, he shouted repeatedly: "Lao Liang, don't do this! Listen to me! I'm doing this all for..."
Before he finished speaking, Liang Hu suddenly heard the sound of arrow clusters breaking through the wind. Looking back, he saw that both of his soldiers had fallen to the ground, with an arrow deeply embedded in their backs.
It turned out that there was another person following at the end of the queue. Realizing that something was wrong, the man immediately opened his bow and shot, killing two of Liang Hu's men immediately!
Liang Hu cursed a few words, picked up the straight knife in his hand and threw it at the man holding the bow.
