see the gentleman

Jiao County won the first battle, beheading the enemy's generals before the battle, capturing thousands of prisoners, and a lot of luggage.

At the same time, among the other three counties, Gui County was stormed for one day, and the city gate was broken. Min County of Lan County can still maintain, but if reinforcements do not arrive, it will be powerless.

If all the three cities are destroyed, leaving only one isolated city in Jiao County, its situation is also in danger.

Therefore, although Hou Liang failed to attack Jiao County and suffered heavy losses, he was very angry, but the advantage was still obvious. Therefore, the army retreated to the edge of the water and set up camp, facing the Qiaozhou camp far away.

The commander's tent was discussing the next battle plan again, it was too long to discuss, those lieutenants who joined the army had already gone back, only Gu Huan and Bai Chen were left in the tent still lighting candles, arguing endlessly.

"Duan Pihuan's life experience is unknown, his enthronement was not right, and his rule was harsh. Now he is sending troops against the inside of the court. This defeat will only put more pressure on him. Duan Pihuan was considered safe and conservative before, but in order to save face , I guess his next attack may become aggressive."

Gu Huan looked contemptuous: "It's okay to be aggressive, otherwise, if you lose the first battle, you will lose the fighting spirit, and that would be too useless."

"If you are too aggressive, you will be reckless and aggressive, and it is easy to show your back to the enemy." Bai Chen pointed to the river in the sand table and the Houliang base camp on the other side of the river. With the water blocking them, their backs are actually empty. And Duan Pihuan marched out with such a large army, I don't believe he has enough people left in his camp."

Gu Huan glanced at him, frowned and said, "You want to bypass Duan Pihuan's army and attack his backyard?"

Bai Chen nodded: "Not bad."

"Don't be kidding, the frontal battlefield is at the front, but you have to send a large part of your troops to the enemy's rear for a sneak attack, not to mention whether so many people can avoid Duan Pihuan's eyes - do you think their sentries are all blind? ? Even if we really cross the river and take down their camp, what about this side? The defense here is less than half, how to stop the back beam from attacking, I broke their camp, and they broke us again?" Gu Huan looked unreasonable, "Are you playing with each other?"

The two were arguing, when suddenly Jiang Chong's face turned livid, his armor was still on, and his knife was still soaked in blood, he lifted the curtain of the handsome tent and went in.

Seeing him rushing in, the two people in the tent were shocked, and Gu Huan frowned offended.

"Bai Xiaolang's subordinates are all too evasive, are they so ignorant of respect and etiquette?"

As Bai Chen's deputy general, Jiang Chong was always taught by Gu Huanyue. In fact, it was somewhat inappropriate, but since he was Gu Huan, no one dared to say it was inappropriate.

Even Bai Chen didn't care about it, he just said: "There is an emergency right, so there is no need to stick to it in special occasions."

But even though the tone was calm, it gave off an aura of being unyielding, and calmly blocked Gu Huan back.

Bai Chen looked at Jiang Chong again, without any expression of blame, he just asked, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Chong was originally full of shock and resentment, he didn't understand why Bai Chen shot that arrow, whether he thought he couldn't take down Deng Yao, or had other considerations, but no matter what, he still didn't believe it his ability.

His blood was completely chilled by the arrow, and he was almost aggrieved in his anger, so he wanted to ask Bai Chen for clarification.

But looking at Bai Chen's composed expression, he felt that he had wronged him for no reason, not to mention that he was rude and reckless several times, and was disliked by Gu Huan, it was Bai Chen who quietly protected him.

Once the grievance and resentment were gone, Jiang Chong's questioning could no longer be expressed.

Holding a bloody knife, he stood at the door dryly, his mind was blank, and he didn't know what to say.

It wasn't until Bai Chen asked again that Jiang Chong's brains changed sharply, but it really reminded him of one thing: "This subordinate came here to ask, how should we deal with the captured prisoners?"

In fact, there are old rules to follow in how to deal with the prisoners, but firstly, Jiang Chong could not find any other excuses to say, and secondly, it is true that the season is special now, so he should be more sensitive to the prisoners.

But Gu Huan would not easily let go of the opportunity to ridicule others, he said to Bai Chen with disgust, "How come your people can't even do this?"

"Check and check. If there are noble children, they will sneak out alone and prepare to ask for ransom from their families. The rest will be tied up for hard labor, and those who are dishonest will be killed. Oh, right," Gu Huan thought of something again, pulling his lips to make up for it. He said, "The last time Yu Hong feigned surrender, didn't he make us miserable. In this critical period, keeping these people is also a disaster. It's better to kill them to save trouble."

Gu Huan has always acted arrogantly, once because of a city that could not be attacked for a long time, he was angry and committed an evil deed of burying all the prisoners alive, leaving no one behind.At that time, Ji Yun issued several edicts in succession, ordering Gu Huan not to act cruelly, but Gu Huanquan ignored it and didn't listen at all.It was also around that time that Ji Yun really began to fear Gu Huan and separated from him.

Hearing Gu Huan say these words lightly, Jiang Chong silently clenched his fists.He really couldn't understand Gu Huan's behavior of treating people according to class. The upper-class people can be released safely with a ransom, while the lower-class people can kill them all without batting an eyelid. In the eyes of people, they are like ants under their feet, and they will not feel how much they are trampled to death.

Bai Chen also frowned slightly, but he didn't intend to confide in Gu Huan about persuasion that was too violent, hurting others and hurting himself, he just said: "Tie people up and make sure nothing happens, and size can be used as a negotiation Also remember to check and check, if any nobles are taken out of the captives, bring them to me to have a look.”

Only then did Jiang Chong hold back his anger, answered yes, and turned around to leave the tent.

For a moment, only Gu Huan and Bai Chen were left in the tent.

"Bai Xiaolang is really good at winning people's hearts. I think Jiang Chong is almost your watchdog." Gu Huan smiled mockingly, "No wonder the camp is as stable as iron in Bai Xiaolang's hands."

"It's all about accepting orders in danger." Bai Chen's tone was light, and the smile on his face was not very sincere, "I dare not compete with the general."

"Don't dare to fight?" Gu Huan sneered slightly, "Take advantage of my illness to isolate me from communication with the outside world, support my subordinates, and suppress dissidents. Now the crown prince is also looking at Xiao Lang. I think you are very skilled in fighting."

Ever since Gu Huan entered the camp, even though the two had quarreled and hid their blades all the time, they managed to maintain a bit of dignity after all. These words were obviously going to tear their faces apart.

"The general is serious," Bai Chen said without answering his words, still with a hypocritical and gentle attitude, "Chen was temporarily ordered, in order to prevent someone from having trouble, he had to deal with some people, and it was also for the stability of the camp. "

Without waiting for Gu Huan to say anything else, he continued to pick up what was interrupted just now: "It's not crossing the river, but over the mountains. There is Fushan in the upper reaches of Yushui, and Fushan is arrogant and lonely. And because it is more difficult to cross the mountain than to ford the water, there are few guards on both sides. But Duan Pihuan assembled a large army to attack the city. It is estimated that our defense has been lost, and it is absolutely impossible to divide our troops elsewhere."

Gu Huan's eyes changed slightly, and he had no time to worry about the tit-for-tat confrontation just now. He almost immediately thought of it: "So the defenses of Fushan and Daying are empty, which happens to be Duan Pihuan's weakness. And this informant doesn't need many , Secretly climbed over Fushan Mountain, approached without anyone noticing, and could end up that kid Duan Pihuan's empty nest in one nest."

"It's best to be able to fight together," Bai Chen said with a slightly indifferent expression, "Even if he can't, Duan Pihuan will suffer if he is blocked in the front and suddenly bites out the enemy from behind. The army's morale is in chaos."

In mid-April, Hou Liang launched another attack.

This time, the back beam dispatched dozens of large chariots, and they ran over the city gate aggressively, and several of them were equipped with cannons.

Duan Pihuan himself stood on the chariot in the middle, holding the shaft of the chariot with one hand and holding a tube mirror with the other, he could clearly see Bai Chen on the tower.

Bai Chen happened to be looking at the chariot under the city, and Duan Pihuan looked at Bai Chen through the tube mirror.

Oh, this is the man, so young, with means and courage.

It's really strange, he has no hatred for this person, and even a little grateful to him, if this person hadn't made a mistake and shot his father to death with an arrow, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been given such a good opportunity to take advantage of the chaos and rise to power.

The previous conditions and timing were not very coincidental, only now I came to thank you in person.

Rows of chariots had already driven down the city, and the muzzles of the cannons were pointing at the city gate. Duan Pihuan ordered: "Open—"

Before the words fell, a cannonball was impatient, and it was fired from the trajectory first, but the power was a little bit weak, and it hit the foot of the city gate, blasting a big hole.

People on both sides were stunned for a moment.

The little soldier who was in charge of firing the cannonball was kicked hard by the leader: "You are in a hurry to reincarnate and die!"

Do you know how much money it takes to make a cannonball? There are only a few of them, and one was wasted by such a nervous little idiot who looked like he was going to pee his pants immediately!

Duan Pihuan's face darkened, and he felt that the opening was a bit unlucky, but he didn't turn back when he opened the bow, so there was no reason for him to vent his anger.

Fortunately, the second time was not very dangerous. A row of shells were fired together, and the loud noise made the whole city tower shake a few times, as if it was on the verge of falling.

Since the use of nitrate oil in the previous dynasty began to be used in weapon making, and the lethal explosive cannons turned out, the guarding of the city walls has become more difficult. The magnificent palaces and pavilions of the previous dynasty were blown into ruins just like this.Therefore, the Sheng Dynasty and the Later Liang Dynasty, which established the country and established the dynasty, strictly supervised the nitrous oxide, and never dared to allow the people to have the ability to recreate a cannon and repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty.This is also the reason why Ji Yun didn't respond to Jiang Chong's gang of gangsters before, but when he learned that they still had cannons, he immediately sent troops to encircle and suppress them.

As for Qiaozhou, which is located on the border, the city walls are also filled with layers of molten iron and then pasted with mud bricks to ensure that they can withstand a certain degree of bombardment.

So after the huge dust, fire and smoke, the solid and thick city wall seemed to be covered with a layer of dust, missing a few gaps.

The people on the city tower were all lying under the piled sandbags. After a roaring explosion, their ears were almost deaf. Some sandbags were blown open, and the people below were covered in sand.

Some people wanted to get out from under the sandbags, but Bai Chen yelled to stop them: "Don't move!"

Sure enough, not for a moment, the second round of explosions started again.

Duan Pihuan started the battle with cannons, and under the powerful firepower, Duan Pihuan's army advanced without hindrance.

The sound of artillery fire was intermittent, and no one on the tower dared to show their heads in order not to be blown apart, but the enemy had already arrived below the city, driving a chariot and hitting the city gate with giant pillars.

The veins on the back of Jiang Chong's hands popped out, and even his eyeballs were bloodshot. He asked Bai Chen for instructions for the third time, but Bai Chen still held him down: "Wait a minute!"

"Wait any longer and the city gate will be knocked open!"

Bai Chen yelled back impatiently: "How many people can you send out to be bombed?!"

"That's better than waiting to die! Are we going to hide here until they attack and be killed by them!"

Because the gunfire was too loud, the conversation had to be roared, and Jiang Chong almost tore the sound. It just so happened that the gunfire was probably during the intermission, and there was no louder gunfire in the background. This is close to the ear The roar from the side almost shattered Bai Chen's eardrums.

Bai Chen rubbed his roaring ears, looked coldly at Jiang Chong who was eager to give up his life immediately, and listened to the still quiet artillery fire, knowing that Duan Pihuan's first round of artillery fire had finally come to an end, otherwise the continuous heating The cannon barrel was about to explode, and it would take a while to wait for the cannon barrel to cool down before it could be fired again.

He finally waved his hand in annoyance: "Go, go, pull out those cannons under your hand, and give them a cannon battle as well."

Jiang Chong suddenly forgot that he had lost his temper with his boss before, and rolled away to set up the cannon with a happy face.