Jiang Tao was wrapped in a thick cloak, wearing a thick fur hat on his head, standing at the head of the city, but his body was still trembling, he was not proficient in martial arts, his body was thin, and he had lived in the south with a warm climate for most of his life, and it was really unsuitable for the extremely freezing weather in the north. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But as the commander of the middle of the Shuntian army, he can't be like him in the eastern border army of Chu State, just sit in the room and give orders, now the morale of the Shuntian army is extremely low, if you can't see the main general, I'm afraid the morale of the army will be further reduced.

Jiang Tao knew that the thousands of Shuntian troops under his command now had doubts about him, a thin scholar, as the commander, and in their image, the generals should all be powerful and powerful, but I was afraid that these people had never seen a general like himself.

Fortunately, through the offensive and defensive battles in the past few days, these people's doubts are slowly fading. For Jiang Tao, a battle of this scale, and an enemy of this level, for him, successfully blocking the opponent's attack, there is no sense of accomplishment, his previous opponent, but the Qi army that dominates the world, even those troops with luxurious equipment and extremely high tactical literacy, in front of him, can even be pleased, Cheng Wuben's title of the iron wall of the Chu State, half of the credit is on his head.

Jiaodong City as a gateway in front of Changyang County, in fact, the city defense is not as good as Pingdu, and there is no natural danger such as Pingdu River as a support, the low city wall is dilapidated, in disrepair, although the overall quality of the soldiers stationed here is much higher than that of Pingdu's Ma Zhe, but in the face of the tens of thousands of elite troops brought by Wu Shixiong, the soldiers here are actually unconfident in their hearts. The 3,000 Chu troops brought by Jiang Tao became their lifeline, and in fact, in the battles of the past few days, the Chu army easily thwarted Wu Shixiong's attacks again and again, which also greatly increased the confidence of the original garrison here.

It turns out that there is still this way of playing.

The fighting of the Chu army in the past few days has opened their eyes.

The equipment of the Chu army, in some aspects, is more luxurious than that of the Qi army, because they are not short of money, and in order for their army to be able to compete with the Qi army, the Chu court is still quite willing to invest in this. Baoqing's Chu army shouldered the mission of opening up the second battlefield, and as a pioneer army, their equipment made the poor and white Shuntian army jaw-dropping.

A trebuchet that can be disassembled and assembled, a pedal crossbow that can be fired continuously, and a stone cannon turned Jiaodong City, which looked like it was full of holes, into a hedgehog with thorns all over its body in an instant.

Jiaodong City is not large, but it gives the Chu army a great advantage, and in each key position, they can calmly arrange their military strength and weapons.

Wu Xin is indeed an excellent general, training the army is effective, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, in the face of such an equipped enemy, they can't even attack the city, from 500 meters to a distance of 100 meters near the city, is their way to death. A large number of casualties made every attack futile, and the losses caused to Jiaodong City were negligible.

Yesterday, Wu Shixiong didn't make any movement, but Jiang Tao knew in his heart that as Wu Shixiong, who had received formal military training and was born in a professional class, the short silence was not that he admitted defeat, but that he was brewing bigger moves. Unlike most of the generals of the Suncheon Army, the generals who had received formal military training did not lose confidence because of temporary defeats, but on the contrary, they would learn from the lessons of defeat and use them to try to recover from the enemy's weaknesses.

For Jiang Tao, the enemy in front of him is not his biggest worry. Intelligence shows that the Taiping Army, which has been silent for a few days, has finally begun to act, the Blue Wolf Battalion is moving in the direction of the Dividing Water Pass, and the Tiger Battalion is moving in the direction of Changyang County, and last night, an urgent information from the internal guards of Shayang County made Jiang Tao even more worried, and another unit of the Taiping Army, which has been stationed near Shayang County, the Jushan Battalion, has disappeared, and the entire camp has been empty.

The destination of the Jushan Battalion is self-evident, but when they left, the internal guard spies were unaware, which made Jiang Tao quite annoyed, if he could accurately find out the time when this army left Shayang County, it would be of great significance to him, at least he could judge how deeply involved the Taiping Army was in this incident.

If it is a temporary pull out after the incident, it is good to say, if this army has already been drawn in advance, then the problem is serious, the early start shows that the Taiping Army has long expected the Wu Xin incident in Changyang County, if this is the case, then everything you see in front of you now is very likely to be an illusion.

Taiping Army! The doubts in Jiang Tao's heart are getting deeper and deeper, although there are many discrepancies in the training code of the other party that the internal guard spies found in Shayang County, Jiang Tao can see at a glance that this is the code of the army of Chu State, and he has personally participated in the compilation and revision of this code.

He has sent the names of several important generals of the Taiping Army to the internal security headquarters in Shangjing, hoping that they can find out the details of these people and see what they have to do with the Chu army?

The drill and combat methods are all so familiar, which makes Jiang Tao's doubts deeper and deeper.

"Look, General!" Wu Shifang, the general of the Shuntian Army who was standing beside him, pointed to the opposite side and shouted, "Why is the rebel camp on fire, such a big smoke?" ”

Jiang Tao, who was pulled back to reality by Wu Shifang's exclamation, raised his eyes, only glanced at the direction where the flag was flying, and his face changed slightly, "Order the whole army, everyone cover their mouths and noses with wet towels, the other party is not on fire, this is trying to smoke us with thick smoke, you look at the direction, their attack will inevitably be behind this thick smoke." ”

The wind was very strong, and the smoke soon drifted over, and in an instant, the entire Jiaodong City was shrouded in thick smoke, and the smoke on the opposite side was still pouring in endlessly, and there were bursts of noise in the city. At the same time, the sound of war drums on the opposite side was already rumbling.

"Want to win out of chaos?" Jiang Tao snorted and looked back at the city, sounding like the chaos was a little more serious.

"Wu Shifang!" He shouted.

"General, I'm here!" Wu Shifang took a step forward, he has been by the side of this weak general for the past few days, he has been completely impressed by the person in front of him, the understatement of the order, can always be pinched in the most critical place, the feeling of lifting a weight like a light weight, makes Wu Shifang breathtaking.

"Take your army to garrison the city walls, and don't mess up. If someone takes advantage of the chaos to attack the city wall, no matter who it is, fight it, because our men will not climb the city wall. Jiang Tao said coldly.

"Yes, General. That's it, is that? Wu Shifang asked, but the drum was beating in his heart, the enemy has a numerical advantage, in such a thick smoke, any response is completely goalless, I am afraid that the next thing will be a chaotic battle.

"Wu Shixiong just wants to raise our level to the same level as him and then duel with us, in that case, I will satisfy him and let him know what a real powerhouse is. Three thousand soldiers of the Chu army will go out of the city to fight. Your soldiers will have no problem operating crossbows, trebuchets, etc., tell them to shoot desperately at a distance of 300 meters. ”

"But General, we also have subordinates fighting under the city." Wu Shifang was taken aback.

"Don't worry, the Chu army will only operate within a hundred to two hundred meters below the city, and will never step out of this category, Wu Shixiong, ha, pediatric things, dare to fiddle in front of me." Jiang Tao sneered.

"Cheng Wenjie." Jiang Tao turned to look at a Chu army general who had been standing there like cast iron on the other side, "Take your troops and teach me a good lesson Wu Shixiong." ”

"Command!" Cheng Wenjie is a tough little man, when he heard that he was going to go out of the city to fight, his face was full of fanaticism, this guy was also a fierce general in the eastern border army of the Chu army in the past.

"Mr. Jia, I'm going to wronged you." Jiang Tao finally set his eyes on the old man who had been following him: "Please pretend to be a small soldier, blend in with our troops, find Wu Shixiong, and then shoot him to death." Wu Shixiong wants to win in chaos, but this is not our chance, we can't see it, and he can't see it. ”

"General, I'm leaving, your safety?" The old man hesitated.

"Don't worry, I'll go back to the castle now, and I won't show my head until the battle is over." Jiang Tao smiled: "I won't be a trouble for you." The task has been issued, and it's your business to end it, you won, I'll celebrate you, you're going to lose, it seems like I can't run away. ”

"General rest assured." Wu Shifang, Cheng Wenjie, and Mr. Jia all said loudly.

Watching the three of them go down to the city, Jiang Tao looked at the opposite side where the smoke was getting thicker and thicker, and couldn't help coughing loudly, and the soldiers around him hurriedly handed over the wet towel and covered his mouth and nose, Jiang Tao snorted: "Wu Shixiong, I will open the city gate now, but see if you have the ability to come in." ”

After the thick smoke, Wu Shixiong stood with a knife, and behind him, sixteen big men carried Wu Xin's coffin, raised the big knife in his hand, and Wu Shixiong shouted hoarsely: "Brothers, avenge General Wu." ”

"Avenge General Wu!" The sound of shouts resounded in the sky.

"Forward, forward! All the army is attacking! Wu Shixiong roared, holding a big knife, rushed into the smoke, shouting wave after wave, rows of soldiers followed the coffin, and their figures were hidden in the deep smoke. Behind them, another group of soldiers were constantly throwing the pine branches, cypress branches, etc., collected these days into the fire.

Obscuring the opponent's view with thick smoke, preventing their sophisticated equipment from being as effective as it should be, making it impossible for the enemy to use their exquisite teamwork to fight, pulling them down to the same level as himself, and then drowning them with numerical superiority, this is Wu Shixiong's intention.

Opposite him was the elite Chu army, Wu Shixiong knew the fighting quality of these people, and waited for several days for the direction of the wind, and finally arrived today as promised, and he did not hesitate to launch a lonely attack. (To be continued.) )