Liang Sicheng learned his lesson today and did not go out to look for Zaka again. Instead, he stayed in the courtyard obediently and waited for Zaka's return.
Seeing Zaka's green face, Liang Sicheng couldn't help but said: "I said Grasshopper, you won't really turn into a Grasshopper in the future."
Zhaka had no time to pay attention to him. He waved his hand and sat in the middle of the yard, beginning to digest today's "harvest".
Liang Sicheng knew that it was indeed difficult for Zhaka's body to accommodate so many viruses in a short period of time, so he stopped disturbing him and poured himself a cup of tea and drank it slowly.
It seems that Xhaka's body has indeed achieved the effect of quantitative changes leading to qualitative changes after being continuously strengthened by the virus these days. Only about an hour passed, and the green color on his face became much lighter. I think after another hour or so, his The complexion will completely return to normal.
At this time, Zhaka slowly opened his eyes, looked at Liang Sicheng and said softly: "When I got up in the morning, I heard a group of cavalry riding past the door. I have to tell you."
Liang Sicheng habitually put his fingernails in his mouth and asked, "Are you sure it's a team and not one?"
Zhaka nodded.
"Lin Biao is really amazing." Liang Sicheng suddenly sighed sincerely.
Zhaka didn't know why and looked confused.
"This team of cavalry should be the scouts from Lin Biao's side. They should be here to investigate the situation in these three military towns." Liang Sicheng said.
"Why can't it be the enemy?" Zaka asked.
"It's very simple. Firstly, you can see the situation in these three military towns from the tower of the north gate of Zhuozhou City. Most of the military mobilization will not escape the eyes of Zhuozhou City. Secondly, even if there is really no way for Zhuozhou City to After confirming the situation here, there is a high probability that only one cavalry will be sent to investigate, not a team. What can we do with so many people in our own sphere of influence?" Liang Sicheng said.
"Aren't they afraid that this is a plan by the enemy to seduce you?" Zaka asked again.
"This is what I said about Lin Zhuang's power. Although I can't be sure, he should be able to guess that we are here. The sound of artillery fire in the west never stopped yesterday. But in the end, the three military towns outside the North City Gate To maintain this posture of standing still is enough to explain the problem." Liang Sicheng replied.
"Then?"
"Then let's extrapolate based on the current situation. We didn't hear the sound of artillery fire again this morning, and the friendly scouts came here to investigate openly, which proves that the battles in other directions should have been won."
"Then it's impossible that Qi Zhen did it?"
Liang Sicheng shook his head: "Qi Zhen may be smart enough, but I don't think he will achieve his tactical goals so quickly."
"If it's true what you said, what should we do next?"
"Wait for the opportunity. In addition to what I just said, Lin Biao should have also sent us another signal through this team of scouts. That is to tell us that he is about to attack the city."
Although Zhaka usually doesn't like to use his brain, after thinking about it for a while, he felt that what Liang Sicheng said was indeed reasonable and nodded.
"Listen, maybe the gunfire will sound soon." Liang Sicheng said.
Before they finished speaking, they heard a burst of muffled thunder in their ears. The two looked at each other. It seemed that the large army had finally begun to attack the city.
The dense artillery fire made the whole earth tremble slightly, and Liang Sicheng and Zhaka couldn't help but marvel at the power of the artillery.
Especially Xhaka.
Liang Sicheng had followed Chu Shan all the way to fight Bingzhou and deal with Zhao Yun, so he had some expectations for the power of artillery. However, Zhaka has been traveling alone in Youzhou and Bingzhou. Thinking about it carefully, he has never experienced artillery personally. In the past two days, Lin Zhuang only shelled three military towns outside the west gate of the city, which were a little far away from here. In addition, he was still thinking about the virus infection, so this earthquake-like situation, if you think about it carefully, It’s been such a long time coming.
The last time he felt such violent gunfire was in another world.
Liang Sicheng's face was as dark as water, and his eyes were not only shocked, but also solemn.
"According to our previous rough estimate of the size of Zhuozhou City, if we conduct shelling on the south city gate side...could it be that Lin Bian took out all his family assets?" Liang Sicheng said.
"Then do we want to help?" Zaka asked.
Liang Sicheng smiled helplessly: "How can we help? It's not like we haven't visited the outside of Zhuozhou City before. The city gates are all sealed. It's unrealistic for us to just break through the city gates."
"Then we are just going to watch here?" Zhaka asked again.
"You need to digest those viruses first, and then we can go back to the south and meet them after we're done," Liang Sicheng said.
Zhaka responded and slowly closed his eyes again.
Let us move our perspective away from these two people and move to the three military towns south of Zhuozhou City.
These three military towns were originally subordinate to the generals of the Shu Han Dynasty. Huang Zhong, as the chief general, and Ma Chao and others were all stationed here.
At this time, the three military towns had already been controlled by the army of the small team.
Everything was ready-made, and Lin Bian was too lazy to change the situation. It was originally the last line of defense to defend Zhuozhou, but now it became the frontline base camp for the offensive. It is really ironic to say that.
The nearest military town is less than two miles away from the southern wall of Zhuozhou City, just within the range of ordinary artillery.
More than half of the mortar shells had been used at the west city gate before. Lin Biao did not rush to fire them all, but chose ordinary artillery with a relatively rich number of shells.
The supply line is still connected, so the artillery shells transported from the south can be continuously supplied here, and then quickly used on the battlefield.
Lin Zhuang was obviously not in a hurry to launch an attack on the city. The method of attack was exactly the same as when Qi Zhen attacked Jizhou City.
The so-called "rich battle" refers to the way of fighting a "rich battle". Instead of using cannons, you choose human lives to fill it up? That's what only fools do.
There was a saying in the past that when an imperial decree of eight hundred miles was to be sent to a distant place, it was not that a fast horse similar to a red rabbit ran from beginning to end, but that the horses were constantly changed at the inns along the way, which meant that the horse could not be rested. Rest.
Now Lin Biao's tactics are reversed, resting his troops without resting his guns.
At the front of the three military towns, a line of artillery was neatly stacked in place. The artillery was divided into three squads and took turns using these heavy artillery vehicles.
Indeed, as Liang Sicheng had guessed, at this moment, Lin Biao no longer saved cannon shells, and did not care whether the cannon bore was overheated. All artillery was operating at overload, and there was no unified command for firing cannonballs, just four. Word – Free Fire.
Three shifts is the most efficient operating method that countless Western capitalists came to through long-term practice during the Industrial Revolution. It can keep the work efficiency of ordinary soldiers at the best level. This has resulted in the artillery fire bombarding the city walls being in a fairly intensive state. Although It's not as scary as the rapid fire of mortars, but it can't stand up to the density of ordinary artillery.
The city wall to the south of Zhuozhou City has long been shrouded in gunpowder smoke. The thick black smoke makes it impossible to see what is happening on the city wall.
As the main commander of the siege, Huo Zhi had a complete and enjoyable experience this time. When fighting in the past, he always had to think about the quota set by Lin Biao. This was the first time that he used a weapon like artillery so happily.
"Don't stop, don't stop! Why is it so slow? Didn't you have lunch?! If it doesn't work, replace it with someone else!"
Still not satisfied, he urged his subordinates to speed up the cannon firing, but the excitement on his face could not be suppressed.
The original protruding front part of the three-character military town now became the rear of the army. Lin Biao, Qi Zhen, and Wang Jianguo were in a tent... waiting to chat.
It was hard to imagine that at such a critical moment, the three of them could still be so leisurely and relaxed. However, it seemed that the three of them were not too concerned about the siege, but the content of the chat was still inseparable from the battle in front of them.
"You gave all the command of the battle to Huo Zhi and Qin Feng, so aren't you afraid that they will suddenly rebel under the influence of the system?" Qi Zhen asked.
"The system always has to follow certain rules. It can only affect the NPCs and general trends in the game, but it cannot make a normal person who has no problems suddenly run naked on the street. For example, whether Liu Bei or Gongsun Zan, they are the most important people in history. Famous princes will naturally make choices that are in line with their status and temperament. These are all within the scope of the system's influence. Therefore, we and them are destined to only have a cooperative relationship. As long as this general principle remains unchanged Now, whatever Liu Bei does to conquer the world can be included in the scope of influence of the system." Lin Biao said.
Qi Zhen understood what he meant. In fact, it could be summed up in four words, just follow the trend.
"The four generals of Feng Linhuo are different. They have different personalities, shortcomings, and many ties. Therefore, it is impossible for them to have the ambition to compete in the world. Otherwise, how could I use them?"
"What if?" Qi Zhen asked.
"So not only do we need to know them well, but we also need to have necessary control. Their relatives are all living very well in Yizhou. These four, without exception, all have families. The youngest, Qin Feng, I also cured my illness, and now I am safely raised in the mansion of the governor of Yizhou, with the same standards as the governor, is this not enough?"
Qi Zhen nodded. These relatives and family members would become the best link between Lin Biao and the four generals Feng Linhuoshan. If there was any disagreement, they could also be Lin Biao's last resort to blackmail them.
"You asked General Huo Zhi to attack Zhuozhou, and we will watch from here. After completing this game, how will this be calculated?" Qi Zhen asked about things outside the battlefield.
