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Text Chapter 448 The Final Battle (8)

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    Wei Hong did not serve as chief internal affairs officer for long. Three days later, Li Jing led an army of 20,000 to the outside of Yuezhou City and met with Yin Kaishan.  .Li Jing is just a soldier, and the position of general manager is still Yin Kaishan.  A few days ago, Yin Kaishan was tricked by Li Yuanjing. There were only 15,000 of the 20,000-strong army left and he did not dare to act rashly.  At this time, the army was filled with another 20,000 people, which became 35,000. Yin Kaishan's temper became as big as the number of soldiers.  On the day he took over the military power from Li Jing, Yin Kaishan waved his hand: "Yu Chi Gong, you lead 10,000 troops to attack. You must capture the city gate before sundown!" So, Yu Chi Gong, this big boss,  , then he took ten thousand infantry and went to attack the city.  The result can be imagined. When they left, there were ten thousand troops, but when they came back, only six thousand were left. It was truly a disastrous defeat.  Yin Kaishan also overestimated the elite soldiers and generals under his command, and underestimated Li Yuanjing's weak soldiers and generals.  Even Sun Tzu said: "The first step is to attack the enemy with an army, then to attack the enemy, then to fight in the field, and then to attack the city." This battle is no joke.  Siege?  That's simply a way to improve the opponent's record!  Li Yuanjing was very happy when he saw that Yin Kaishan sent so many troops to attack the city.  Aren't you going to attack the city?  OK, I'll let you attack!  Don¡¯t you specialize in city gates?  Okay, I'll let you attack the city gate too.  When Yu Chigong commanded the army to attack the city gate, Li Yuanjing ordered thirty soldiers to stuff linen cloth into oil barrels, then light the linen cloth, use it as a bomb, and throw it down from the purple roof of the city gate tower.  The city gate building is more than ten meters high from the ground. The wooden barrel will break as soon as it is dropped to the ground. The kerosene will splash everywhere, and the flames will burst out suddenly. Often a single oil barrel can kill and burn dozens of soldiers.  Killing the enemy is secondary. The main reason is that once the kerosene explodes, the city gate is blocked by the wall of fire. Blocked by the soldiers behind, the soldiers in front cannot retreat or advance, and are in a very embarrassing position. Finally,  The city gate was not opened and was directly burned to charcoal by the fire.  A very strange scene happened. Thirty soldiers were hiding behind the bunker, pushing down an oil drum from time to time.  There were screams below, while the soldiers above were covering their mouths and enjoying themselves secretly.  In the end, the 10,000-strong army was defeated by thirty defenders.  Of course, this failure is only in a strategic sense.  After all, there is only one city gate, but the army is large in number. Only dozens or hundreds of people can be gathered to attack the city gate, while the rest of the soldiers watch the show.  Yin Kaishan also wanted to build a ladder to attack the city, but then he thought about it. There were so many defenders in Yuezhou City that the ladder would not be able to climb up even if it was placed on the city wall.  Being timid led to the tragic failure of this drama.  Having learned this painful lesson, Yin Kaishan no longer dared to act rashly, and he also paid enough attention to Li Yuanjing's military talents.  Comrade Lao Li gave a death order that Li Yuanjing must be eliminated immediately, but Li Yuanjing was like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard.  At the moment when Yin Kaishan was in a dilemma, Li Jing said this intentionally or unintentionally: "Wei Hong is a businessman annihilator. Are you letting him take care of logistics in the back? Are you afraid that he will enrich himself? In the past few battles, although it was  We won the battle, but Wei Hong spent a lot of money and was worried that he would have no place to make up for the shortfall. If he were to bring all the food in the army back to Hongyuan Trading Company, wouldn't all our soldiers starve to death?  " Li Jing's words were joking on the surface, but actually they had a hidden meaning.  Although Yin Kaishan suffered a defeat, there was nothing he could do because his opponent was a strong enemy like Li Yuanjing.  After all, Yin Kaishan is still a general with outstanding wisdom and courage, and it is not difficult for him to look beyond the surface to understand the essence.  When I heard Li Jing's words, I thought of the battles at Mazongshan, Liangzhou, and Minzhou, where Wei Hong won consecutive battles.  Yin Kaishan immediately ordered Wei Hong to be transferred from the logistics to the front line, and granted Wei Hong the title of deputy general to participate in the war together.  This military rank is neither too high nor too low, which is just right. It prevents Wei Hong from participating in the war with a useless title like 'Earl' and causing gossip, and it won't be too high to make other generals dissatisfied. Why?  He went on the battlefield and killed countless enemies, but he was still a partial general. Wei Hong was promoted to deputy general after only a few days as the internal affairs manager?  ¡°Don¡¯t tell me, Wei Hong is still addicted to being the housekeeper today.  As the saying goes, with greater power comes greater responsibility. I am here in the logistics. I don't have to go into battle to kill the enemy, and I don't have to bear too much responsibility. When the war is over, I can also receive a commendation for "meritorious logistics management". Wouldn't it be nice?  Besides, it was you, Yin Kaishan, who kicked me into the back office without any reason as soon as you came up. Now that I¡¯m needed, you moved me to the front line. What¡¯s going on?  Am I so humble that you can come and go at a moment's notice?  Of course, these grievances can only be expressed in the heart. After all, Wei Hong cannot afford to offend any of the big guys in the military camp.  Arriving in front of Yin Kaishan, Wei Hong said straightforwardly: "Although the enemy army is large in number, they occupy the Hu and Yue states, and the army is too scattered. Yuezhou City looks huge on the surface, but in fact it is just a showpiece.  It is not invulnerable! We can attack it by laying siege to the city." Wei Hong's idea is very simple, that is to let Yin Kaishan mobilize all his troops to completely surround Yuezhou City and attack it from all sides.Attack from the ?? direction.  Where there are city gates, attack the city gates. Where there are no city gates, build a ladder or directly use a ram to hit the city wall.  The city wall is made of rammed earth. Although it is hard, holes can be made by using a ram or an iron-tipped wooden ram.  However, this requires a full-line attack, so that the defenders cannot spare the energy to rush the car and hit the wood. Otherwise, throw a few boulders from the city wall, or pour kerosene on it and burn it, and the car rush will be finished.  After some deliberation, Wei Hong's plan was adopted, and at noon the next day, another attack on Yuezhou City was launched.  There isn't much else in Yuezhou City, but there is a lot of kerosene. I don't know where to get so much kerosene. Is it possible that the kerosene used for lighting in ordinary people's homes has also been collected?  With Li Yuanjing's behavior, he could really do this kind of thing.  After suffering from kerosene several times, Yin Kaishan learned wisely this time and asked every soldier to bring a leather bag used to hold water during marches, fill it with water and hang it around his waist.  If the enemy uses fire tactics again, they can use the water in the skin bag to wet their clothes and pants. Using the time when the water cools down, there will be buffer time for attacking, running, or digging holes in place.  Li Jing even directly proposed to send several large trucks filled with wooden barrels filled with water and wait behind the battlefield to act as temporary fire fighters.  After all, if a place like the city gate catches fire, it can still be saved, otherwise the attack will be delayed.  (To be continued.)
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