Rewind time, Yongzhou.

According to Li Xiuning's original idea, it was to further provoke the escalation of the war between the Western Regions Army and Xiao Jiaowen, and he sat by the side to watch the mountain tiger fight and wait for an opportunity.

However, Xiao Xiuning is Xiao Xiu's sister-in-law, not a vegetarian, and obviously saw Li Xiuning's thoughts, and the problem was solved with a drag.

Li Xiuning didn't care about this, since she wanted to delay, then delayed, anyway, she wouldn't have any losses. On the other hand, Xiao Sister-in-law is not sure, at least, if Tianshui City is broken and the strength of Zhenxi Mansion drops to a trough, it is certainly more conducive to Xiao Sister-in-law's control, but in the same way, there is one less army that can be used.

No matter what, the army of Zhenxi Mansion also has a certain combat power.

However, the plan could not catch up with the changes, and Zhou Shaoyu was forced by the situation to start sending troops against the Turks. And Li Xiuning, who knows how many soldiers and horses there are in the state, of course knows how important the 20,000 horses in her hands are. Yes, I can't waste time in Yongzhou anymore.

It is immoral to leave directly, and it will definitely have a certain impact on Zhou Shaoyu, who has always promoted the name of benevolence and righteousness. And if it is a fight, no matter which Western Regions army is fighting, it is helping Xiao Jiwen.

In this case, we can only choose a plan that is beneficial to our side as much as possible.

Outside Tianshui City, the siege of the Western Regions Army continued. Compared with the elite level, even if they are basically cavalry, the Western Regions Army is still a grade worse than the Turkic Army. But that doesn't mean that all places will be worse than the Turks.

Because of the superiority of the cavalry, the field combat ability of the Turkic cavalry does not need to be described too much, and the Turks are strong and strong, which is also a great advantage. It is said that the Turks are good at attacking and not defending, which is not groundless, but it also depends on the situation.

Really throw the Turks an impermeable city, no matter how good they are at defending it, as long as they don't die indiscriminately, they can hold it. That's right, it's only about character strategy and tactics growth environment.,It's not true that you can't defend at all.。

In terms of offense, it is not invincible, cavalry archery is indeed the Turk's specialty, and the usual trick when attacking the city is also cavalry suppression. But other than that, there's not much to do.

In other words, the Turks did not have siege techniques.

Don't look at Ashina Falcon who captured Bingzhou before, and his son Ashina Huqin has also captured Youzhou now, but this kind of secret military objects and technology is really not so good.

At that time, I studied two physics, even if I hadn't seen the real thing, I was really forced to study it, and I could more or less study some gadgets. But in ancient times, it was obviously impossible, and it was normal for Dou Da to not know a single character, let alone anything else.

This was not the case with the Western Regions Army.

There are indeed some alien races in the Western Regions, but they are by no means mainstream, and most of the population in the entire Western Regions and several countries in this world have migrated from the Central Plains. In the long run, it is natural to be influenced by the Central Plains.

Perhaps many of them are technically weak, but they are better than nothing.

Take the hypothetical dozen or so catapults outside Tianshui City at this moment, the style is not simple, not only the projectile strength is insufficient, the effective attack distance is also very short, if it is downwind, Tianshui City can even directly shoot arrows to cover the strike.

It's not that the Western Regions Army doesn't want to build more, but because of technical reasons, this thing breaks down quickly, and a catapult can't be thrown many times before it has to be scrapped.

Of course, there is always an effect, no matter how strong the city wall is, it can't stand the smashing day and night.

In short, although there are such and such problems, but in terms of siege, the Western Regions Army is still more powerful than the Turks.

Before, the siege was not fought, that was because he was not in a hurry, and he didn't want to lose too many soldiers and horses, the coalition forces of the Western Regions seemed to be quite fierce, dozens of countries, but in fact they were all small countries, if the troops of any country died a lot, resulting in a weakening of the national strength, and it would be annexed if it was not good to turn back.

It's just that if you don't fight now, you can't do it, don't look at the soldiers brought by Xiao Yao, but the pressure is not small at all, the Central Plains is a big country, even if there is civil strife, it is not something they can provoke at will, it is really annoying people, and they may not be able to free up their hands for a while, and when they will ease up in the future, then it will be repaid?

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't get any benefits in Yongzhou at all, and the big heads were all in Tianshui City, he would have offended him anyway, so it would be better to just grab it to the end. If you don't make a good fuss, you can just withdraw from the army.

Originally, the army had been on the expedition for so long, and the consumption of rations alone was terrifying, and the treasury of many small countries was about to be emptied.

Originally, he confronted Xiao Xiu with three times the number of troops, and he was not afraid that Xiao Ji would fight to Tianshui City, but this was not a defeat of Xiao Xiu, a defeat of Li Xiuning, and the damage to the troops was a bit miserable.

Don't look at Li Xiuning putting on a false impression of returning to the state, but who can be sure of this kind of thing? The appearance of this army is not out of nowhere.

In case the confrontation situation in the southeast of Yongzhou is broken, then how can you concentrate on attacking Tianshui City?

The blame can only be blamed on the fact that the composition of the coalition forces is too complex and has too many forces, and even if the nominal supreme commander is elected, it is impossible to really give orders at will. Under the balance of negotiation and concession between the parties, the best period for attacking Tianshui City was missed.

Now they have to attack with half the force they had at the beginning.

Fortunately, there is always hope.

Zhenxi Mansion is no longer the powerful Zhenxi Mansion at the beginning, its powerful and elite troops have almost been wiped out, and until now, at most, there are only about 20,000 regular troops, and the others are nothing more than some young and strong.

Of course, this should not be underestimated.

This is Yongzhou, if it weren't for the fact that the Turks had swept over more than half of the territory before, and then a large number of people migrated to the state, it would not have been possible for them to reach Tianshui City so smoothly with their Western Regions army alone.

You must know that in the heyday of Daliang, almost half of the elite cavalry came from Yongzhou and were recruited from the people of Yongzhou. If you go back in history, there are many elite troops that have come out, including some famous horse bandits.

In other words, even ordinary people, few are vegetarians.

However, after all, ordinary people who have not been trained have been attacked for several days, and they are already exhausted both physically and psychologically. There are also many gaps in the mottled city wall.

"Sister Xiuning, how do you think this battle will go?" On the top of the mountain in the distance, Qin Liangyu looked at it while asking Li Xiuning for advice again.

"I don't know." Li Xiuning was so simple that he didn't know how to send it away.

Qin Liangyu suddenly sweated profusely, and after nearly a year of intimacy, while the relationship became more and more intimate, he also completely admired Li Xiuning, and he had a sense of omnipotence. I don't know what the result is?

"I really don't know, the battlefield is changing rapidly, how can it be so easy to predict, especially this kind of battle, it is the most difficult to predict, there are too many aspects to consider, and it is difficult to control." Xu saw Qin Liangyu's emotions, and Li Xiuning explained a few more words. "In my style, the most impatient thing is to defend the city, although the city is strong, relying on the city wall can be used to defend more with less, but in the same way, this will also completely lose mobility, and the initiative and control of the battlefield will be surrendered, and basically you can only be beaten passively. Whether to attack or not, and when to start fighting, are all up to the enemy. ”

Qin Liangyu blinked, did not speak, neither objected nor approved.

Li Xiuning's statement can only show her style of warfare, and it cannot be said that it is wrong to defend the city. If not, why are there more and more cities thousands of years old? Isn't it because it's really good for defense?

Therefore, in the process of learning and absorbing, Qin Liangyu further self-understanding, gradually forming his own things, and finally flexibly using them to form a unique style.

Li Xiuning doesn't care about this, everyone's personality is different, their ideas are different, their opinions are different, and it's normal to have objections, there is no need to say who is wrong, who is right, who is good and who is bad, on the contrary, if you really cultivate a mold out of the general 'little Li Xiuning', this will be even more disappointing. Because this only proves that the plasticity is too low, the potential is small, and the room for growth is small.

obvious examples, such as the Miao family's sister Miss Azhuo behind her.

This girl Xu admires Li Xiuning too much, her behavior and so on, all of them subconsciously refer to Li Xiuning to imitate, after a long time, okay, a good lively and cheerful girl, stunned into a cold face, cold and plain words like gold. Of course, she has indeed become the first confidant by Li Xiuning's side, not only the commander of the guards, but also the current personal maid.

Don't look at the time when you analyze and teach Qin Liangyu, Li Xiuning's words are very long, but it is basically just this time, at other times, either you don't speak, and if you open your mouth, you can just pop out a few words, and if you can save it, you can save it.

"How do you think we should fight?" Li Xiuning: This is an exam.

This made Qin Liangyu a little embarrassed, if he pursued winning alone, Qin Liangyu thought that he could come up with several ideas at once, but Li Xiuning meant more than that.

The pursuit is not only to win, but also to have a certain impact on the battle situation, which can maximize the consumption of the Western Regions Army and Xiao Jiaowen, and even collect the spoils of war to the greatest extent. Moreover, considering the form of Jizhou, Zhou Shaoyu has also rushed to the front line, so it is naturally best for this side to fight quickly.

All these factors add up to the difficulty by more than a star. What's more, Qin Liangyu really doesn't think that his current self can take into account all aspects of the overall situation.

"Then let's change the question, the offensive and defensive battle of Tianshui City will be deduced normally, or continue to stalemate, or Tianshui City will be broken, or even Tianshui City will counterattack and win in one fell swoop, choose any possibility at will, and when and how will our side attack, we can make the most profit in the overall situation." Seeing Qin Liangyu's brows tightened, Li Xiuning took another step back.

In fact, Li Xiuning doesn't need Qin Liangyu to really say any answer, the latter question itself is a hypothesis, no matter how good the answer is, it is useless, the purpose of asking this question is to guide Qin Liangyu to think more, think more, and slowly understand, and then finally be able to flexibly consider thoughts and get results.

In fact, if Tianshui City could obey Li Xiuning's orders, Li Xiuning would simply have a hundred and ten ways to beat the Western Regions army outside the city. And they can make the most of their profits.

But the problem is that since it was killed by the Turkic cavalry, the number of soldiers and horses has been greatly reduced, and Zhenxi Mansion has lost its sharpness. At the beginning, Li Xiuning's 20,000 soldiers and horses were still in the city, and the Western Regions Army had already divided its troops, so such an opportunity was let go in vain.

In other words, even if Li Xiuning sends someone to report now, informing him that he is in ambush not far from the city and is willing to take measures outside the city to contain it, it is in vain, because people will not adopt it at all. Not even this kind of small advice, let alone direct obedience, is daydreaming.

Therefore, what Li Xiuning can do now is only to observe the battle situation at any time, and then seize the opportunity to make arrangements on the spot, in the end, there are more than 70,000 Western Regions troops outside the city, and they are not vegetarians at will. No matter how powerful she Li Xiuning is, it is impossible to say that she will be destroyed, let alone consider the whole situation.

For now, come to think of it, there is only one best fighter!

"I hope the Western Regions Army can give some strength...... Hmm, awesome? Li Xiuning's neck was crooked, remembering that he was pulled to that strange era by Zhou Shaoyu not long ago. Although I am very interested in thermal weapons, I finally refrain from understanding it, that thing is too advanced, I understand too much, in case it affects the current tactical play ideas are not beautiful, it is better to wait for nothing to do here.

Li Xiuning's statement was obviously that he was ready to sit back and watch the mountain tiger fight, and even hoped that the Western Regions Army could gain the upper hand, which meant that the side of Tianshui City was bound to suffer heavy casualties.

However, Li Xiuning didn't feel that there was anything wrong, and it wasn't like the original initiative to arrange, which caused the soldiers in Taiyuan City to be sent to death at that time. The difference is still very big, this is a war, how can it be impossible not to die, the so-called mercy is not in charge of the soldiers, if this snack can't be ruthless, then don't bring the soldiers, wash and sleep. I believe that even if Zhou Shaoyu is here, he will also choose to do so.

A benevolent and righteous gentleman? Inexistent. Zhou Shaoyu can indeed be regarded as a benevolent character, but it depends on which angle to start from, it really has to be investigated, a gentleman is indeed a gentleman, but a pseudo word must be added in front of it, but there is nothing bad about it.

As a monarch, if you are not good at hypocrisy, then you are called unqualified!

A few days later, Li Xiuning, who was resting, suddenly heard the news from the front line that the wall of Tianshui City had collapsed, and a huge gap had been opened, and it was only a matter of time before he could attack the city.

After learning the reason for the collapse of the city, Li Xiuning was speechless for a moment.

In the city attack and defense war, there are many ways to attack the city, either consuming human life or time, and generally choose the former, using various siege equipment to attack directly. The latter, which takes a long time, may not be successful.

For example, the reason for the collapse of the city wall on the side of Tianshui City right now, the cave is attacking the city!

To put it bluntly, it is to dig tunnels, because I don't know how many are dug and I don't know where to dig, so this kind of defense is quite troublesome. Therefore, generally speaking, the defenders of the city must have the position of 'listening', and they can distinguish by their unique hearing.

If no one has the ability, it doesn't matter, dig more big pits and bury the big water tank, if there is a digging, the sound will be amplified, so as to judge whether it is safe underneath.

Honestly, it's pretty easy to guard against.

But the problem lies in Zhenxi Mansion, since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, Zhenxi Mansion has Yongzhou and suppressed the countries of the Western Regions.

Over time, on the contrary, the basic measures on the defensive side have been almost forgotten, and it is not that they have not been handed down, but they have really forgotten them.

It's like you've been in school for more than ten years, but how many questions can you do now? It's almost forgotten.

(End of chapter)