Great Tang Southern Emperor

In addition to the five cores of headquarters, laboratories, manors, intelligence organizations, and chambers of commerce, the rest of the peripheral organizations such as shipyards, arsenals, and other industries are all the food of the two regiments of the Third Army. It is the most important, but the defense may not be so strict, there are only a few hundred guards at most.Even if the two regiments were divided into battalions and companies to attack separately, it would definitely not be able to withstand the hundreds of guards who were stronger than the mob.

Therefore, among the five cores of Cheng Jianxi, the core headquarters, which seems to be the most important, is not the most important. The core is equivalent to Cheng Jianxi's limbs, which are the parts that actually perform tasks. That is to say, as long as these limbs are cut off, it doesn't matter even if Cheng Jianxi's headquarters is not knocked down in the end. After all, there is nothing left without limbs. What's the use of Cheng Jianxi with one head?At that time, their destructive power might not be as good as a small Jianghu gang, right?

It is also for this reason that the importance of Chengjianxi's headquarters was ranked last, and it fell to Di'an. However, to everyone's surprise, Chengjianxi's headquarters was actually the center of all core defenses. The strictest one is even far superior to the other major cores. Is this because Cheng Jianxi's top management is too afraid of death, or is there some secret in it that others don't know?

No matter what the reason is, it needs to wait for them to get in before they can understand. Now the top priority is to get in.

"My lord, are you here? I'm ashamed of you, please punish me..." Di'an got off his horse from a distance, his face full of guilt. Although he knew that the Chengjianxi headquarters was not important in the eyes of these big shots, the mission of attacking It's not something that a mere teacher with less than 2000 people can do. After all, this is the most important core of Cheng Jianxi.To be able to get this task, he also went through a lot of hard work and paid a lot to get everyone to get this result.

Originally, he thought that although this was the headquarters of Cheng Jianxi, but he had two thousand troops in his hands, it should not be a problem to win a headquarters. At that time, even if he was not famous all over the world, he would still be able to enter Li Zhen's headquarters. Looking ahead, the future looks bright.

But the result was completely beyond his expectations. The 2000 people attacked at the foot of the mountain for nearly two hours, but they didn't even enter the outskirts of the cottage. He was quickly kicked out, but he lost more than 200 people for this...

There are more than 200 people. This is the elite of the Third Army. The entire Third Army currently only has more than 5000 people. This time, he lost a full 25/200th. If calculated according to the loss of money, one It takes five years for a teenager to start training to become a qualified elite, and it takes an average of one hundred guan a year, and 200 people are worth [-] guan in five years... That is, the money that Datang has invested in these [-] people over the years is at least There are [-] guns, but now he has consumed all of them in the first battle... Dian can imagine that even if he finally wins the cottage in this battle, there will be no good fruit to eat after returning. If he hadn't won the cottage, then he probably wouldn't even think about gaining a foothold in the army in this life...

"How many people have been lost?" Ma Rufei asked blankly. This question is what he cares most about right now.

"There are 310 casualties, 79 killed in battle, [-] seriously injured, [-] lightly injured..." Di An replied very honestly, he did not dare to falsify this number, otherwise, once it is found out afterwards, the crime will be serious. He will definitely be completely knocked down into the abyss, beyond redemption.

"You... Forget it, I won't punish you anymore, wait until you go back and explain to the prince yourself." Ma Rufei was also dizzy when he heard this number, and wanted to beat Di'an hard, but he didn't want to. After thinking about it, I held back, and let the prince deal with such a big matter.But Ma Rufei has already sentenced Di'an to death in his heart - you must know that Luo Lin caused heavy losses to the Qianjia Battalion because of his mistakes, and was finally kicked out of the Youth Army by Li Zhen, and was thrown into the desert of the Western Regions to fight several times. None of them survived, and this was the result of Xue Rengui's exchange of credit accumulated over the years.

But what background does Diane have?He's just an ordinary soldier, and the mistakes he's making now are no worse than Luo Lin's... I'm afraid that even if Diane can take down the stronghold this time and escape with his life by chance, he probably won't be able to do anything in this life He might even be kicked out of the army, and he would never have a chance to get ahead.

"My lord, it's not that the subordinates don't work hard, but that the enemy is too strong." Of course, Di'an also knew that his future was uncertain, so he even defended himself: "This cottage looks ordinary, but in fact there are many internal organs, especially the cottage. The serial crossbow machine on the wall, as long as we rush up, we will shoot ten thousand arrows at once. As long as the crossbow arrows continue, it will never stop. In addition to rolling wood, rocks, fire, oil, and gold juice, the subordinates have used all available methods It’s up, but there’s still nothing to do with it, that’s why so many brothers have been lost…”

"It's useless for you to tell me these words, you have the ability to tell your Highness." Ma Rufei interrupted Di An impatiently: "Now you tell me that the enemy's organization is terrible? Why did you go there so early? ?You know you can't attack and you won't suspend the attack? Don't you just have a fluke mentality, and once you capture the enemy's headquarters, you can have a bright future, but what you don't know is that you are taking advantage of your brothers Your lives are a joke..."

"I..." Di'an was speechless, because Ma Rufei had indeed spoken the true thoughts in his heart, and he did have a fluke mentality: Maybe this wave can be defeated?Maybe the enemy will make a mistake?Maybe the enemy's crossbow machine is malfunctioning?Maybe the enemy's crossbow arrows are running out... In the end, he is gambling. If he is right, he can get Li Zhen's appreciation and rise to the top. This temptation is too great, so big that he completely ignores the consequences of failure. , once it fails, it will be beyond redemption.

Chapter 1215 Preparing for a General Attack + Changes ([-] words)

Chapter 162 Preparing for a General Attack + Misfortune ([-] words)

"My lord, help me." Di'an also knew that he really got into trouble this time, so he immediately knelt down and asked Ma Rufei for help: "This subordinate has worked hard with your lord for so many years, even if you don't have any credit, you still have to work hard. Please take care of me, my lord." For the sake of working so hard for so many years, please save my life? This subordinate will definitely form a grass knot to repay your lord's great kindness..."

Ma Rufei looked at his subordinates who were kneeling and crying bitterly, and felt a little uncomfortable, but thinking of the disaster he caused this time, he still hardened his heart: "It's not a matter of saving lives or not, I really want to save lives." Your life, but how can I save you after you have caused such a big disaster? What do you think I am? I am just a small general in front of His Highness. If it weren't for my ability to train troops, His Highness valued me , you think I can have today... I can indeed plead with His Highness for you. The problem is that this is the first time our Third Army Corps has lost so many people, and it has humiliated His Highness. How can I have any face? Pleading to Your Highness? Even if I am thick-skinned, the question is how can I plead? What merits have we made? I am afraid that if I open my mouth, the one who will be punished will be changed from one to two... Your Highness allows us to do attributes. The next mission failed, but he didn't allow us to fail so inexplicably and ridiculously... You don't know what happened to Luo Lin back then."

"No, my lord...please show me a clear way." Di'an looked desperate. He naturally knew what happened to Luo Lin back then. If Xue Rengui hadn't stepped forward, he had to pay a huge price to save his life. , I'm afraid Li Zhen would have chopped it down long ago.

"I don't have any clues to show you." Ma Rufei shook his head slowly. This time, such a big thing happened, maybe even he will be criticized, so where can he have any clues?

Li He next to him sighed and said, "Dian, don't even think about escaping your guilt. Let me tell you the truth, you have caused too much trouble this time. If there is no accident, you will definitely not be able to escape this punishment. Well, the only problem is how light or severe the punishment is... Of course, you can’t do nothing, the most important thing for you now is to win this place, if you can finally win here, maybe things still have a chance, at least It's okay to keep you in the army, but if it fails in the end, it's hard to say what will happen..."

Diane cheered up and jumped up: "I understand, I will continue to command the battle, and I will take this place down today."

"Wait a minute." Ma Rufei hastily pulled him back: "How are you going to fight? Are you still using the crowd tactics like you are doing now? Let me tell you, if you still use this trick in the end, even if you can win this cottage in the end, You must die too, do you believe it or not?"

"This subordinate is naturally clear, how could this subordinate still make such a mistake?" Diane said with a smile, the soldiers of the Foreign Legion are also treasures, more than 200 deaths are so serious, if they continue to die, then he Really don't want to live.

"Then how are you going to fight?"

"My lord, just look at it, but I need the help of the first brothers." Di'an didn't say it clearly. In fact, before Ma Rufei arrived, he had already realized the problem of too many casualties and was already thinking of a solution to the situation. , Originally he had an idea, but he couldn't implement it due to the lack of men. Now that Ma Rufei brought a division, he just made up for his last shortcoming, and his plan could finally be implemented.

"Naturally, but I still hope that you can tell me the specific plan, otherwise I can't trust you with my subordinates." Seeing that Diane mentioned him, a part of him immediately put forward his own conditions.

"That's right, you finally revealed your plan." Ma Rufei also said, he knew Di An's personality too well, he was a person who would do anything to achieve his goals, and at the same time he was also considered an ambitious person with a lot of gambling. , this can be seen from his performance just now.

It's just that this person is not without flaws, and this flaw is terrible, that is, his ability is not worthy of his ambition, short-sighted, and it can even be said that short-sightedness is not an exaggeration, just like the battle just now, he only knows If you win this cottage, you can rise to the top and rise to the top, but you completely forget what will happen after you fail.

Another shortcoming of Di'an is that he eats alone. There are three divisions in the entire third army regiment. Part of the commander of the first division followed Ma Rufei to participate in the strategy of Suwo Manor. The two division commanders of the second division and the third division were jointly commanded, but Di An refused because the first army could not have a second commander, so the commander of the third division was only assigned to command two regiments to take down those small targets. The task, the two also became enemies.

As a result, he failed now, but he couldn't even find anyone who could share the responsibility with him, so he had to fight alone. It was conceivable that when the commander of the third division came back, he would definitely be ridiculed and ridiculed Di An.

Then there is the fact that Ma Rufei concealed the battle plan just now. On the surface, he meant to keep it secret, but the problem is that he is surrounded by his own people. Does it still need to be kept secret?Or was he worried that he would leak to the enemy?He was clearly afraid that Ma Rufei and others would share his credit, but he didn't think about it, if you don't show your battle plan for me to evaluate, why should I trust you?What if your battle fails?Am I going to be implicated by you too?What's more, I'm your boss, and you don't even believe me?Am I not even qualified to know your battle plan?

In the final analysis, Di An's vision is not long-term enough, and he only cares about the immediate interests, but completely forgets that there are often hidden dangers behind the interests. The more attractive the interests, the greater the danger in the hiding place, and even fatal.

"Okay, since your lord insists on knowing, then your subordinates should just say it." Diane also knew that what he just said was inappropriate, so he took out a blueprint and said, "This is what I just asked someone to survey and map. A sketch of this cottage. This cottage is a rocky mountain with no vegetation growing on it. It is reasonable to say that using fire attack is definitely not enough. Their defense against fire attack is definitely not comprehensive enough, but the subordinate wants to give them a countermeasure. If I follow the path, I will launch a fire attack and burn all the people above to ashes."

"Are you kidding?" Li He categorically vetoed it: "You said it yourself, this is a stone mountain with no grass on it, how are you going to attack with fire? Are you planning to burn stones for fun?"

"I have to say that your plan is indeed whimsical, but I don't think you will succeed." Ma Rufei also expressed his disbelief. Isn't it nonsense to play fire attack on the rocky mountain?

"But my subordinates feel that their success rate is quite high." Diane still insisted on his own opinion: "As long as we succeed, we can take this place without spending a single soldier. It's a pity that the subordinates are short of manpower. It can’t be implemented, my lord, you bring troops to help now, this manpower should be barely enough.”

"But it's still the original question, why did you set fire on the rocky mountain?" Ma Rufei was a little annoyed, could this person not understand people's words? We used to get along for so long, but we didn't realize that Di An had such a personality. .

"I have my own way." Di'an still wanted to show off, but met Ma Rufei, Li He and Yi Bufan glaring at him, shrinking his neck, begging for mercy repeatedly: "Okay, you won, I say that's it... This is indeed a Stone Mountain, but the hills around this Stone Mountain are lush with vegetation."

"That's what you said..." Yi Bufan sneered and said, "The surrounding mountains are indeed lush with vegetation, but is there a way for you to move them to this rocky mountain?"

"Why not?" Diane asked with a smile.

"Of course it's because..."

"Hey, why didn't I think of it?" Li He shouted violently, which shocked everyone.

"What are you doing?" Ma Rufei rubbed his ears dissatisfied. He was standing next to Li He. Li He's sudden slam nearly deafened his ears. Why didn't he realize that this kid had talent in this area before? Woolen cloth?

"No, Di An'er's trick might really work." Li He quickly explained: "There are indeed no vegetation on the stone mountain, but we can cut down the vegetation from the surrounding mountains and pile them on the stone mountain, and then If the smoke goes upwards, even if they don’t burn to death, they will be smothered to death, and if we use the smoke as a cover to attack, we can definitely take this place.”

"You mean..." Ma Rufei suddenly came to his senses and clapped his palms: "This is indeed a solution, no wonder you asked me for someone..."

Although the stone mountain occupied by Chengjianxi cottage is not big, and it is backed by a big mountain, it is tens of meters wide in front and has a very wide view. It is more than 200 meters from the foot of the mountain to the place where the cottage is located.If such a huge area is to be filled with firewood, 2000 people alone are definitely not enough, and it is necessary to prevent the enemy from going down the mountain to cause damage, which also requires a lot of people to prevent it.

Speaking of enemy destruction, Yi Bufan suddenly thought of a question: "What if the enemy burns firewood with kerosene?"

"I wish they would use kerosene." Ma Rufei said with a smile: "We can completely burn it back with flames..."

"That's right...then I'll let people start preparing." Yi Bufan was about to leave after speaking.

"I'll help too." Diane followed.

"Wait a minute..." Li He suddenly roared again, which startled everyone again.

"What are you doing... What's the situation? Why do you have this expression?" Ma Rufei's ears were itchy from the shock, and he was even more dissatisfied with Li He, but in a blink of an eye, he saw Li He's face was very ugly, and he was sweating like a bean The drops trickled down, which shocked him very much. He knew Li He's character very well, and for Li He to show this expression, something must have happened.

"We have all overlooked a problem..." The sweat on Li He's face couldn't stop dripping down, and even his voice was trembling: "Our enemy is Cheng Jianxi, they have strong research and development capabilities and manufacturing capabilities Yes, their ability is not even inferior to our Datang..."

"I know this, but their R&D department has been destroyed by us, and Xin Weiran (the third division commander) is also in charge of clearing the factory, and it should be taken down soon... You mean..." Ma Rufei screamed suddenly When he got up, his voice changed, as if someone had kicked him in the balls, sharp and full of despair, three points higher than the eunuch... Obviously he also realized what Li He wanted to say.

"What are you all talking about? Is our plan to set fire to the mountain going?" Di'an and Yi Bufan were very puzzled. They didn't know what terrible things they thought of that made them look like this.

"No, from now on, we have to leave the foot of the mountain 3000 meters...no, at least 5000 meters, and immediately open trenches and anti-bomb holes to make everyone pay attention to shelling." Ma Rufei took a deep breath: "This is the enemy's headquarters , It is very likely that there are artillery hidden, under the bombardment of the artillery, we have no power to fight back at all, after the Qin governor comes to the meeting, we will discuss countermeasures and see if we can mobilize some artillery."

"Cannons?" Yi Bufan and Di An's expressions also changed drastically: "The enemy actually has cannons? Yes, indeed...they can all build cannons, so why don't they equip themselves?"

Thinking about it carefully, this possibility is indeed very high, and it can even be said to be almost inevitable. You must know that this is Cheng Jianxi, and they have quite terrible research and development and manufacturing capabilities. The cannons and battleships in the previous naval battles were theirs. It was manufactured by the secret arsenal and shipyard, which shows that their manufacturing capabilities are quite strong, and this is the local headquarters of Chengjianxi. It is impossible to say that there is no artillery defense here, or that not only There are cannons, and the absolute best, most capable cannons.