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Chapter 439 The Castle

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Next night, Zhang Fu rode his horse back to the battlefield again.<-"The rebels have withdrawn to the city, leaving behind a dilapidated old camp.The unfinished camp was completely destroyed, the arrow tower was burned to charcoal, and it still smoked.Many things were stolen, and tents and other items were burned to the point of black.In the sunset, only people were moaning in pain, carrying the injured soldiers with heavy steps, as if they were in a disaster.

Damn it, let's run away while we are not prepared to fight!A general cursed angrily, "If there was no Jiujiang City, I would have to waste my time with him if I didn't see where the puppy ran away!"

A staff member said in hindsight that this battle was unexpected. We didn't expect the rebels to dare to go out of the city to attack us, otherwise the results would be much better.

Xue Lu, the Marquis of Wuyang who had suffered a lot, thought to himself: Even if he fights like this, it will not be bad. At least most of the troops retreat calmly. After defeat, they can still calmly stop the enemy soldiers from pursuing. It can only be considered defeated and not annihilated.

Another aide might feel that he blamed Shangguan for his failure and put the blame on him, so he said quietly: The real bandits of the rebels gathered together into an army, with sharp firearms, and the same force was really difficult to deal with.It is better to gather and annihilate with the advantage of troops.

Zhang Fu turned around to call today's main general Chen Lin. Chen Lin bowed his head and bent down ashamed and said: The last general is here.

What do you think? What are your strategies to fight the enemy? Zhang Fu seemed to have no intention of asking for guilt, and his tone was very gentle.

Chen Lin said: If a field battle is launched, the last general will have no good plans.However, there is some reason why Commander Wang complained about "spending with them" just now... When the rebels retreated, they took away the wounded soldiers and bodies. We cannot count the number, but according to what the general saw in the battle formation, the number of casualties in the rebels was not much less than that of us.If the main force of our army has arrived, we can form formations in front and back and take turns to fight. With the excellent number of troops, the bandit army will be exhausted and cannot withstand casualties.It can be broken.

Zhang Fu nodded and said: You will learn from your mistakes, you are right.I also have some things to say, come and listen to.In cavalry warfare, we did not lose the army; in infantry warfare, but the biggest killing of the thief army in this battle was infantry warfare, and the main reason for the defeat was violent artillery attacks.Therefore, the enemy's strength lies in the cannon.If we break the cannon formation, our army's chances of winning will be greater.

The method of breaking the cannon formation can be used to cavalry.But today General Chen's tactics of using cavalry to rush forward are inappropriate.The horse soldiers must swim outside the battle formation and wait for an opportunity to move, find the right place to cut the knife before cutting the knife, just like a cook who cuts a cow.

Zhang Fu picked up a stone on the ground and threw it at it casually. The shells would always fly up first and then land on the ground, just different heights.The enemy's heavy artillery is protected in the formation, and the muzzle must be on the top, otherwise wouldn't it hit the people in front of you?The smaller the formation and the closer the muzzle is to your own people, the greater the tilt, the more the shells will hit the ground before they will hit our army.If we attack from all sides, the smaller the troops will be, the smaller the formation will be, and the cannons will not be able to hit the front; if the enemy expands its formation, there will be a gap to take advantage of, and the cavalry will seize the fighter's plane at that time.

Moreover, if I attack from all sides, I can also divide the enemy's firepower, and infantry battles will also benefit.Therefore, I am trying to break the thief army and be in the "encirclement"... Do you understand?

How big the generals were at a loss? Zhang Fu said it too zigzag. Could it be that our British Duke learned bad things from the literati?Zhang Fu frowned and pointed at a question: Do you understand?

The general said in surprise: The British Duke taught that the method of defeating the thief army is to siege.

Forget it.Zhang Fudao, there is only one reason, I will teach you how to understand.

He raised his horse whip and pointed at the corridor between Baishui Lake and the Yangtze River. He stopped building military camps and built fortifications there; and to build a fortress on the south side of Baishui Lake.After defending, the army will first pass Poyang Lake and gain a firm foothold.

All the generals said: The last general will be ordered.

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In the Jiujiang Governor's headquarters, a group of people were also talking. Feng Youxian said: The cavalry of the puppet court Xuan Bing is too fierce. If it weren't for being blocked by the cavalry in the end, our cavalry would have driven all the officers and soldiers of the battalion down from Poyang Lake.

Yu Qian said: The border troops in Datong, Xuanfu, have been skilled in dealing with the Tartar soldiers for a long time, and are skilled in horse fighting, while General Feng's cavalry regiment is mostly from the south, and it is difficult to win if he trains diligently. This is reasonable.

Zhang Ning also spoke: This official army archers should not be underestimated. In the past, we could use firearms to completely suppress bows and arrows, but the elite soldiers of the Northern Army used strong bows and hard crossbows, which were not comparable to those used by mainland guards.I had previously inspected the casualties and found that many of them were injured by arrows. This shows that.You must be more cautious when leaving the city in the future and never be bitten and unable to escape.

A few days later, the scout of the Zhuque Army discovered that the official army was repairing fortifications in the land corridor in the west of the city, and also repairing fortifications in the south. There was no way to take advantage of the situation, so he made every effort to manage the city defense.

The last time I went out of the city to fight was mainly to gain a fortune and boost morale.

He had already seen the combat effectiveness of the King of Han surrendered troops to the Jiujiang Army during the Battle of Poyang Lake. At this time, he did not dare to entrust important places to the Jiujiang Army alone.

These people cannot fight, and they are afraid of losing the fortifications, which is really unbearable; but there are nearly 20,000 people, which is a pity.

Zhang Ning quickly thought of how to use them.

Fortresses and wall fortifications outside the city need to be thrown into a large number of troops, and the various teams of the Suzaku Army are used as supervision. During this period, the soldiers of Jiujiang Army are deployed and cannon fodder in the fortifications are always qualified.

Different from the battle formation in fortifications, even if someone escapes, it can effectively stop the situation without snagging a group as soon as someone runs away.

The peripheral fortifications were mainly decided by Zhang Ning. He inspected the situation on the spot many times and thought what was useful...

But he is not really as strong as he imagined and has to wait for actual testing. After all, he has never had such experience and he does everything he does depends entirely on imagination and inference.

He just thought that it was stupid to put hope on a city wall to defend the city. He should guard the periphery and expand the depth in the consideration of concentrating troops as much as possible.

For example, the fortifications in the west of the city are leaning against the city wall on the left and against the Baishui Lake on the right. Only one side will be threatened.

Earth-walled fortresses were built on the hillside in the middle of the fortifications, and soldiers and artillery were deployed.

There are two trenches around the north side of the fortress, and behind the trenches, the waist wall is built. If the official army wants to attack, they have to climb with a ladder. Even if a line of defense is lost, it is very easy to counterattack from the second wall behind. Both walls are lost, and troops can be sent to retake the fortress on the mountain. The same is true for the difficulty.

Zhang Ning felt that it would be no easier for the official army to take down this fortress than to capture the Jiujiang City Wall.

What if the government army ignores this fortification?

Then when they attack Ximen, they will be subject to constant attacks on the flanks.

It is not possible to get around the north gate. The north gate is close to the river, and there is no place to arrange too many troops, so you will fall into the river as soon as you retreat.

In this situation, the official army wanted to attack Jiujiang from the east and had to take down the earthen castle first.