As the time enters May, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the continuous high temperature and scorching sun are exposed, and the area of Luliang Mountain is becoming more and more arid. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wang Guoliang ordered people to dig several wells in the dry riverbed in the valley, and the water level is getting shallower and shallower, and a few of them have almost bottomed out, and the shrubs on the mountains before and after Huangluling have also died one after another.

A few days after Wang Guoliang sent people to send the news of the fierce battle under Huangluling, he received a military order sent by Li Banghua to urge him to take Huangluling as soon as possible.

The kingdom Liang Dun's soldiers under Huangluling have been under Huangluling for several days, and they have not been able to find a good way to take Huangluling, so they are naturally very anxious.

He also agrees with the judgment of the thief of the Minister of Military Aircraft Li Banghua and others, since the thief army attaches so much importance to Huangluling, then there must be a nest of thieves in Luliang Mountain on the side of Huangluling.

However, the Huanglu Ridge is high and steep, extremely steep, and there is a Huanglu Pass on the ridge that has been renovated by the thief army, and the only artillery that he can rely on, although there are many of them, and there are many categories, but none of them can hit it.

At the same time, on the halfway up the mountain leading to Huanglu Pass, there is only flat land that can arrange artillery positions, and there are still thieves who camp there to hold on, and transport artillery up the mountain, which is also difficult, how can I take Huangluling within the time limit?

Therefore, after receiving Li Banghua's military order, Wang Guoliang's mood became more and more irritable, and he lost his temper with the generals and soldiers around him, and from time to time he used military sticks and marching methods against his corporals.

Because even if Li Banghua didn't give the order to urge, he knew that it was impossible for him to be stationed here indefinitely with the army under his command, after all, the grain and grass hoarded by Jinsuoguan could not withstand the protracted consumption under the Huanglu Ridge.

Fortunately, the messenger he sent a very timely message to Li Banghua about the fierce battle that took place at the foot of the Huanglu Mountains at the end of April, as well as the death of Wang Shixuan and Liu Guozhen.

On the 8th day of the fifth month, the messenger sent by Wang Guoliang to Lingshi finally returned with the latest instructions from Li Banghua, the minister of military aircraft, and he was accompanied by Li Xianzhong, the commander of the Chinese army in the mine camp under Li Banghua.

When Li Banghua received Wang Guoliang's military intelligence report, he learned that the battle under Huangluling was so fierce, on the one hand, he was more sure of the previous judgment of the thief, and on the other hand, he also felt that it might indeed be too difficult to rely on Wang Guoliang's men and horses to attack Huangluling on the back.

So after thinking about it, Li Banghua still sent his own Chinese army commander Li Xianzhong, leading 500 new troops from the mining camp, carefully escorting a batch of new firearms and ammunition from the Beijing division all the way to the Huanglu Ridge to help in the battle.

The reason why Li Xianzhong and his entourage came late was not because it was too far away from Lingshi, because it was actually not far, but because the so-called new firearms brought by Li Xianzhong and others were all flammable and explosive materials, such as grenades, "fierce fire oil" incendiary bombs, and "kerosene" incendiary bombs, which were the most fully equipped in the mine camp.

Of course, the so-called "kerosene" incendiary bomb is nothing more than the fierce fire oil used by the Firearms Bureau of the Armament Institute to replace the oil in the "fierce fire oil bomb" with kerosene, and the weight of a clay pot of the same size filled with kerosene is much lighter than that when filled with oil, so the distance thrown is also farther, but it is not as resistant to combustion as oil.

However, compared with the fierce fire oil bomb, the nearby Baiye City has now built many coke plants in order to provide sufficient coke for various iron and steel plants, and the coke plant uses the dry distillation method to make the coal coking, and the production of kerosene is also continuous, which is much closer than the oil provided by Ma Maocai.

Li Xianzhong and the soldiers of the Baiyecheng Mine Battalion under his command knew the power of these new firearms, so they were worried all the way, lest they would break or even explode in bumps.

After all, Wang Shixuan, the deputy general of Shanxi Town, had just been killed by a cannon explosion.

At noon on the 8th day of the first month of May, Li Xianzhong and his entourage of 500 men escorted more than 10 horse-drawn carts, carrying these dangerous goods, and finally came to the official and military camp at the foot of the Huanglu Ridge in the dust.

Li Xianzhong came to the foot of Huangluling, looked at the zigzag steep mountain road uphill in front of Huangluling, and understood that the army in Shanxi Town had encountered a hard bone to gnaw.

Twenty-four or five-year-old Li Xianzhong is not very old, but he is not a rookie on the battlefield, he has been in the army for nearly ten years, and he has been born and died on the battlefield in Liaodong, and has fought many hard battles and bitter battles.

In his opinion, the army of Shanxi Town was able to gain a firm foothold under the Huanglu Mountains under such a terrain and terrain, and build such a strong battalion, which was enough to prove itself.

The arrival of Li Xianzhong and his entourage made the Shanxi town army from the chief officer Wang Guoliang to the ordinary soldiers and soldiers very happy.

Although the number is small, it is a support army after all, and it is said that this support army also brought a new divine weapon launched by the Imperial Armament Academy.

Li Xianzhong arrived at Wang Guoliang's camp, and after meeting the generals of Shanxi Town, he rested for a while, and Yi Bang was ordered to invite Li Xianzhong to Wang Guoliang's Chinese army tent to discuss matters.

When he arrived at Wang Guoliang's big tent of the Chinese army, he saw that Wang Guoliang was the only one waiting for him in the tent.

"Li Dusi has just arrived, and he should have rested for two days, but now that the cabinet lord has broken the thief within a time limit, the town is really difficult to sleep and eat, so I can only grieve my brother, you have worked hard!"

Wang Guoliang saw Li Xianzhong coming in, and immediately said this.

The other party is the chief soldier of a town, a proper border town marshal, he is just a capital division, and if people can talk to him like this, it can already be regarded as promoting himself.

Of course, Li Xianzhong is not a person who does not know how to lift, so he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Mr. Wang is not polite!" Xianzhong is young, where dare to call it hard! Mr. Wang is too worried! ”

Seeing him say this, Wang Guoliang smiled, and then said: "Li Dusi came here this time, what does Li Gebu have to say for you?" ”

When Li Xianzhong heard this, he looked up at Wang Guoliang, first shook his head, but then said: "Lord Cabinet has not asked Xianzhong to bring a message to the general town, but Lord Cabinet said to his humble post that this time when he came to Huangluling, he should try to adapt measures to local conditions and time conditions, and said that he should outwit and attack first. ”

"Adapt measures to local conditions, outwit for the top, and attack for the bottom", Wang Guoliang muttered to himself while thinking about the meaning behind these words, and after a while, he simply said: "In this way, this town will take you to see the terrain of this Huangluling first, and then let's think about it in the long run!" ”

After saying this, Wang Guoliang went out of the account first, and under the guidance of Yi Bangcai and others, he took Li Xianzhong out of the east gate of the camp and walked towards the hill where Wang Shixuan and Liu Guozhen were buried.

The drought in Shanxi is very serious, Li Xianzhong and others all the way from Lingshi to Fenzhou all the way, they came along the Fenshui Valley, I don't know whether it is because it is too dry, or because the two sides of the Fenshui River have intercepted and diverted water to irrigate the farmland, and the Fenshui, which has always had abundant water, has exposed the riverbed in many sections.

However, when he followed Wang Guoliang and others all the way out of the camp and went to the top of the mountain, he found that this Luliang Mountain area was many times drier than the Fenshui Valley!

The higher you go, the drier it becomes, the grass and shrubs on both sides of the mountain road have died, and the woods along the road are also blown by the wind and the leaves are falling, knowing the sorrow, Li Xianzhong feels inexplicably uncomfortable, but the idea that has already popped up on the road when he came has become clearer.

On the top of the mountain, Li Xianzhong took wine to worship the graves of Wang Shixuan and Liu Guozhen, and then stared at the unattainable and insurmountable Huangluling in the distance with Wang Guoliang and others, and was speechless for a long time.

After a long silence, Wang Guoliang sighed and said, "Everyone, how to outwit, how to attack, in such a situation, can a strong attack have a chance of winning?" ”

Although it was already late afternoon, the sun was still scorching and the sun was abnormal, Li Xianzhong looked around and did not speak.

At this time, Yi Bang suddenly said: "If the lord of the town can trust the humble position, the humble duty is willing to lead the department to attack once, explore the truth of the thief army on the ridge, and then the lord of the town will not be too late to make a plan!" ”

Seeing that B Bang had just asked for battle, Li Xianzhong immediately said: "B guerrilla has the courage to skip others, and his courage is commendable, but the situation in Huangluling is exactly where one man is the key to ten thousand people, and if our army attacks strongly, I am afraid that it will only increase casualties." It's better to outwit than to attack! ”

After Li Xianzhong said this, Wang Guoliang immediately said: "It's best to be able to outwit it!" Isn't it Li Dusi who has some ideas?! ”

"Yes, I have an idea!"

After saying this, Li Xianzhong raised the helmet in his hand with his right hand, looked at the red tassel on it, and then said, "It's just that I have to wait a little longer!" ”

Hearing that Li Xianzhong seemed to really have an idea, Wang Guoliang and Yibang asked at the same time, "What else are you waiting for?" ”

Li Xianzhong looked back at the two of them and said with a smile: "Wait a minute!" ”

After saying this, without waiting for Wang Guoliang and Yibang to react, Li Xianzhong reached into his arms, took out a piece of fire sickle, and unfolded his palm and handed it to the two of them.

When Wang Guoliang and Yibang saw this, they suddenly realized, turned their heads to the east together, and then laughed.