The morale of the army is also the soldier! The heart, as long as it is the heart of the people, it is a very subtle thing. When countless deserters brought back the news that Zhangnan County had been attacked by the Sui army, the Xia army camp began to be in a state of uneasy atmosphere.

It was shrouded in the face of every soldier.

The harassed attacks of the Sui army have been carried out for seven consecutive days, sometimes during the day and sometimes at night, with trenchers—stone robes—bed crossbows, and various long-range weapons appearing one after another, but the scale is not large. Over time, both sides have appeared.

—Silk fatigue.

In the Xia army camp, the camp tents within a hundred steps of the wall have been removed. The Xia army is already skillful in dealing with the Sui army's turtle oil attack. They found that the most effective way to extinguish fire oil is not water, but

Sand and soaked bedding.

When the tincture oil burns, a large amount of sand and soil are covered first, and the soldiers are holding wet bedding and rushing forward, and they can easily put out the fire. The tincture oil myth of the Sui army was thus broken, and this discovery really allowed the soldiers who participated in the defense to join the defense.

Deeply happy.

But Geng Jiande felt no joy at all. The attack on Zhangnan County brought him a heavy blow. He was even more worried that his retreat had been cut off by the Sui army, and at the same time, the failure of the south also caused his morale to be caused by the morale of the army.

Great impact.

At night, Dou Jiande held his hands behind his back, and walked in the camp alone, following more than a dozen personal guards from afar.

By the way, Dou Jiande stopped, and a dark oil lamp was lit in the tent, and only a soldier was tidying up his bedding.

"Where are the other brothers?" Dou Jiande walked in and asked.

"The others are defending against the wall. I was slightly injured yesterday. The captain allowed me to rest - day."

In the secret of the deputy, the young soldier did not see the appearance of the visitor clearly. He thought he was a famous team leader or a brigade coach, so he answered casually.

But when Dou Jiande approached, he suddenly recognized him, which scared him to his knees, "The soldier is rude, please forgive me!"

Dou Jiande smiled gently, "Don't be afraid, get up!"

He sat down beside the bed and saw that the soldier was quite young, so he smiled and asked, "What's your name? Where are you from? How old are you?"

The soldier stood beside him and said timidly: "The soldier is called Wu Fenglang, a native of Wucheng County, Qinghe County, and is thirteen years old this year."

"Haha! Wucheng County is not far from my hometown! Have you joined the army at the age of thirteen?" Dou Jiande asked in surprise.

The soldier bit his lip tightly, not daring to say that he was forced to arrest him. He lowered his head and said nothing.

Dou Jiande understood a little, and he looked at the soldiers' bed again. Seeing that it was neatly tidy and tied the bedding with ropes, there was a small cloth bag next to it, stuffed with things.

Dou Jiande was stunned, "What are you doing when you pack everything?"

The soldier said for a while: "Everyone said that he might have to go home again, so I'll pack it up first."

Dou Jiande's face suddenly showed anger. It turned out that he was preparing to escape for convenience. Looking at other beds, he also packed up and could run away with things at any time. He was about to have an attack, but he thought that the soldier was still a boy, and he was holding his breath in his mouth.

In my heart, I stood up and walked out.

Dou Jiande walked out of the barracks and felt extremely upset. The soldiers were all ready to escape and had no fighting spirit. How could he fight this battle?

He walked towards the central army tent with concern. He stopped just a few steps and listened carefully. He heard soldiers playing the bamboo flute. The sound of the flute was sobbing, like complaining and crying, echoing over the camp, desolate, desolate

And the melodious sound of the flute is full of longing for my hometown. Many soldiers sit on the grass, holding their backs to their backs, quietly listening.

Dou Jiande was a little stunned.

...

In the Sui army camp, dozens of generals were gathered together. Yang Yuanqing wore a golden helmet and bright light armor, with bright eyes bright and sharp eyes. He sat in the commander's position and glanced at everyone, and slowly said: "It's time to defeat the enemy."

Tonight, the enemy's formation will be broken tonight into two lines, with Sima Li Jing as the main general, Yang Sien and Yang Wei as deputy generals, leading the army to break through 30,000!"

Li Jing stepped forward to receive the order, "The humble position will not disappoint the general manager!"

Yang Yuanqing looked at Qin Qiong again, "The Southern Army consisted of the general Qin Qiong as the main general, and Pei Xingyan and Xue Wanche as the deputy general, and also led the army to break through 30,000."

Qin Qiong stepped forward and bowed and clasped his fists, "I will obey the order!"

Yang Yuanqing's eyes fell on Luo Shixin. Luo Shixin's arrow injury had almost healed. In the past two days, he was asking to see Yang Yuanqing, hoping to get a chance to fight.

Luo Shixin felt a little uncomfortable when he saw that all the main generals had received the task, but he was left beside him. Suddenly, Yang Yuanqing looked at him, his heart pounding, and his eyes were filled with extreme expectation.

"Where is General Luo Shixin?"

Luo Shixin was overjoyed and stepped forward and clasped his fists, "The last one is here!"

"General Luo, I appoint you as the main support general, Cheng Yaojin as the deputy general. You two can lead 20,000 people to provide external assistance and support two breakthrough troops at any time."

Although he is a supporter, he is better than watching the battle while sitting in the camp. Luo Shixin said in high spirits: "The last one will receive the order!"

There was also a sound like Cheng Yaojin's broken gong coming from next to him, "Old Cheng receives the order!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing. Although his expression was very serious, his voice appeared and everyone couldn't help laughing. The solemn atmosphere of the big tent suddenly became relaxed.

Yang Yuanqing stood up, and the tent suddenly became quiet. He said to everyone in a deep voice: "Tonight is a night battle. Listen to my drum command at the attack node. Finally, I will say something else. After defeating the enemy, try to kill as little as possible, and use prisoners of war.

The amount depends on military merits!”

The generals agreed in unison, "Abide by the order!"

...

"Dong!Dong!Dong!Dong!.

With the extremely rhythmic drum sound, the Sui army's North Camp gate and the South Camp gate slowly opened at the same time. Heavy catapults were pulled out by dozens of cows, and there were cavalry guards on both sides.

More than a hundred infantry soldiers lined up behind them, followed by the murderous cavalry, which was exactly the same as the usual harassing attack.

The difference is that this time was a double attack, with 30 catapults dispatched from the south and north at the same time, each with 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry. The two attacking troops were five miles apart.

But there is still a subtle point, that is, the heavy armored cavalry and heavy armored infantry hidden in the cavalry team. The thick night hides them. Looking from the wall, there are only dark cavalry.

——Even the seven-day attack made Dou Jiande’s army a little tired and numb. They had gradually formed a system, and each time there were tens of thousands of people responded, and each army took turns to each other.

Tonight, when the drums sounded from the Sui army camp, the ten thousand troops immediately entered the response area, but the Xia army soon discovered something was wrong with the past tonight, the Sui army was attacking at the same time as the north and south. The famous school captain rushed toward the general Fan

Wish to report.

This news made Fan Yuan secretly surprised. He rode a horse and rushed to the wall, and focused his mind outside the wall for a moment. He felt that today's Sui army did not have the same imposing demonstration as before, but instead was a little low-key. The cavalry was far away.

Then, it seemed a little concealed, and the experience of many years of war made him feel a sense of ominousness.

He immediately got off the wall, turned over and ran towards the central army, and ran to Dou Jiande's tent for a while. He happened to see Chun Jiande standing in front of the tent, staring into the distance and watching, he seemed to hear the drum sound from the Sui Camp.

.

"Prince!"

Fan Yuan jumped off and immediately reported, "Reported to the Prince, the Sui army has dispatched two attacking armies - South and North tonight."

Dou Jiande was a little uneasy tonight. The soldiers' morale was sluggish. He was certainly frustrated when he was unintentional to fight, but more importantly, the Sui army's attack on Zhangnan made him seem to understand something.

The confrontation between the Sui army for more than ten days has not fought, isn’t it just waiting to occupy Zhang Du? So, after occupying Zhangnan County, is it the time for them to launch a general attack?

Fan Yuan's report made Dou Jiande beat the Sui army's abnormal mobilization immediately made him alert, "Take me to see!"

Under the escort of hundreds of personal soldiers, Dou Jiande quickly rode towards the wall and ran quickly. He also climbed the wall and stared at the slowly approaching Sui army.

Dou Jiande could not see anything abnormal, but the famous lieutenant next to him said: "Prince, the position of the trencher has been moved back this time."

Then Chun Jiande found that the position of the catapult was indeed about a hundred steps back than usual. He suddenly looked back and checked the landing point of the fireball, which was about a hundred steps away from the board wall.

Dou Jiande suddenly understood that the Sui army was going to attack the wall. He shouted, "Not good!"

He immediately shouted to Fan Yuan: "This is the official attack of the Sui army. Immediately dispatched 50,000 troops to block the north and south attack points!"

A chill arose in Dou Jiande's heart, which made him tremble all over.

...

On the platform of the Sui army camp, Yang Yuanqing was quietly staring at the advance of the two Sui army. The cavalry stopped five hundred steps away, and the heavy catapult continued to move forward, and also stopped four hundred steps away, and some soldiers

They quickly returned Niu Gu to the camp, and other soldiers were fixing the catapult.

A total of 60 catapults from north to south were successively located one after another. Two soldiers and cavalry rushed from north to south and reported under the high platform, "Report to the general manager, the Northern Army has already taken its place!"

"Report to the General Manager, the Southern Army has already taken its place!"

Although Li Jing and Qin Qiong will command each other during the specific war, Yang Yuanqing still needs to command the joint attack nodes and places that require cooperation with each other.

Yang Yuanqing nodded and immediately ordered: "Start the attack!"

A big man beside him raised his big drumstick and pounded hard at the giant drum.

“Dong-2.

The Sui army camp said that the sound of jujubes was dull and the sound of drums was particularly far away at night. This was the order to start the attack.

...

The heavy-duty trench machine has been modified, and the winch is changed to a rear-mounted type. A huge defensive board is installed on both sides of the trench machine. It is a three-inch wooden board covered with a layer of iron and five layers of cooked cowhide, which can be defended.

The opponent's crossbow attacked and protected the Sui army soldiers who operated the catapult.

The winch began to squeak, and the long arm was pulled down. Three soldiers put a huge stone weighing nearly 100 kilograms into the throwing iron bucket. After seven days of training, the Sui army soldiers had mastered the catapult.

They know how to accurately hit the wall with force and distance.

"put!"

—The famous brigade coach shouted——The soldiers released the winch handle at the same time, and the winch wheel turned, and the long arm rod suddenly threw the boulder out.

Dozens of huge rocks flew into the air almost at the same time, drew arcs in the night, and violently smashed the wall panels four hundred steps away and two feet high.

The final battle is about to break out.
Chapter completed!