Chapter 342

Facing Zhao Xuanqing's forced eyes, Wei Ran felt that some explanations could not come, so he had to laugh and wake up a lot.

"Since I was chosen as General Li Shao's personal soldier, I can't be too bad. Even if I can't keep up with my kung fu, I can still make some progress under the personal guidance of General Li Shao. "

Zhao Xuanqing suddenly rode on his back, supported his cheek and looked at the bright moon in the sky.

"I've heard that Li Dingguo's sabres and halberds are unique. He can use both the left and right halberds at the same time. He is sharp and strong for a long time. There is almost no resistance in the world. It is said that his halberd method is the best in the world. How many percent did you learn from him? "

"None of the ten..." Wei Ran was very modest.

"Nonsense! Well, go back to your own camp. There may be another fierce battle tomorrow! "

Under the bright moon, Zhao Xuanqing, who was riding on his horse, was dressed in silver armour and red robe. His long silky hair was disturbed by the evening wind, but his face was with a pleasant smile. His eyes moved past Wei Ran, allowing the war horse to walk slowly and gradually away

Under the moonlight, the quiet and beautiful back left a deep impression on Wei Ran.

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Craftsmen who had experience in making hot-air balloons used one night to make one again.

Zhao Hui knew that this hot-air balloon had only a few short days to hit the enemy's morale. When the Tubo people know that the hot-air balloon itself will not be aggressive, they will not have any fear.

Therefore, the hot-air balloon must eventually return to its own military role, that is, take off to look out and look down on the deployment and movement of the enemy's forces.

This military function was very useful in ancient times when productivity was not developed. It was equivalent to playing a strategy game to open the whole picture and make the enemy's movements clear. In this way, the Tubo army, relying on the geographical advantage of Shibao City, was completely offset by the monitoring function of hot-air balloons. The movements of the two armies were clear to each other.

The Tubo army had to adapt to the existence of hot-air balloons faster than expected. After only two days, the soldiers at the bottom completely adapted to the more and more hot-air balloons floating on the top of their heads, and were no longer afraid of the faces painted on them.

Wei Ran found out the reason. On the night of the attack on the camp, Zanpu yundanjie had sent more than 1000 scouts to chase three hot-air balloons scattered to the plateau.

The three hot-air balloons were scattered everywhere because they ran out of fuel. They were torn by birds and animals. They were found by Tubo scouts and brought back to the barracks. Although Yundan jienadu and his officials did not understand the principle that the three hot-air balloons could take off, they already knew that it was a great craftsman creation and had no attack ability.

Therefore, the matter was widely publicized in the army, and the three captured hot-air balloons were displayed in various camp fortresses, so as to stabilize the morale of the army. Then he dared to go out of the city to fight with the Wuwei army.

But at this time, the Wuwei army built another military fort. Three of the eight military forts occupied by the Tubo army were captured by the Wuwei army, and the scope of military strength was broader. After a month, there was no further progress.

The frequency of attacks and field battles between the two sides is higher and higher, and the war is more and more intense.

In an emergency, Wei Yanyi even needed to lead the army for three times during the day and support everywhere. The soldiers were very tired and miserable. They had to retreat to the rear for repair and did not participate in the front-line fighting for the time being.

In the camp, Wei Ran came out from the wounded camp. The field hospital system is strictly implemented here, which can be said to be the cleanest place in the whole army. The morale of the wounded soldiers was ok, and they could talk and laugh, but it was difficult to hide their fatigue between their eyebrows.

Many of the wounded soldiers can return to the battlefield, and some of them have broken limbs and arms, so they can no longer use swords. Wei Ran also made arrangements for these people.

First of all, we must give them a settlement fee, and then we will use the kuozhou land title deed held in our hands to distribute land to them. There are also some smart people who will recommend to Shanzhou city and Shancheng reconstruction, and arrange a job in the city in the future.

These well thought out methods for the soldiers' future also made the Fenglin army resist the pressure and make great achievements in the most frequent and difficult period.

After returning to the camp, Li Guangsi counted a list of casualties for Wei Ran to see. He has more than 6000 troops. During this period of high-frequency fighting, he has lost more than 1000 troops and horses.

Wei Ran strictly implemented the field medical system. Many wounded soldiers have a great chance of returning to the army for combat. Even so, the war damage rate is so high, not to mention other armies.

"Brother, there are almost no recruits and veterans in Fenglin army. Even so, with the logistical guarantee of all parties, the war damage is still so huge. If the war goes on like this, the morale of the army will be exhausted. "

Li Guangsi also paid a lot of effort to Fenglin army. He was very worried when he saw that the war fell into the quagmire.

Wei Ran gently knocked on the table and pondered for a long time, "the morale of the Fenglin army can be boosted. The soldiers have a guarantee for their future. This hard battle can continue. It's just that many of the Liangzhou subordinates in manager Zhao have begun to complain. Most of them are local giants in Liangzhou. What they lose is their own strength, which is extremely painful. "

"So, will Jiedu envoy Zhao Hun withdraw?"

Wei Yan shook his head. "Manager Zhao is a determined person. He will not be so easily affected by other people's emotions. He must have his own decision. I think he has transferred troops for rotation these days. Obviously, his idea is to try his best to give all the troops enough rest time.

He wants to hold on for a while. Unless the logistics can not keep up, or the gentry and rich men in Shanzhou, kuozhou, Hezhou and Lanzhou can not see the hope of victory and no longer support him to continue fighting, the local tyrants in Liangzhou will not affect his decision. "

"The key now is how to break the fortress cluster of the Tubo army. But the camp they arranged was very solid, and they knew the trend of our army. They had no choice but to attack. However, strong attacks are often ineffective, and they often besiege our army's fort in turn. It's really difficult. "

Wei Ran went out of the camp and looked up to the east of Chiling mountain. There was a high cliff on which there was a small and not high stone castle. It is the eye of the Tubo army - Shibao city.

Wu Wei's army has passed the hot-air balloon. Wu Xinfei saw it personally. There are only 400 defenders in Shibao City, which is very crowded. But the terrain is dangerous, and there are Tibetan army camps below.

For a frontal attack, you need to break through the Tibetan camp under the cliff first, and then go up the path. After going up, you will find that there are steep cliffs on both sides of the path, and Shibao city faces three cliffs.

Only by using the tactics of adding oil and exhausting the defenders' physical strength, bows, arrows and stones in the stone castle can it be occupied. On this way, we should also guard against the support and counter attack of the Tibetan army under the cliff.

Ge Shuhan was the stone castle city that he laid down after tens of thousands of elite veterans died, and then drove the Tubo army back to the plateau.

"If you don't take the Shibao city and turn the Tubo army blind, you can't beat them back to the plateau!" Wei Ran said solemnly.

Li Guangsi looked at Shibao city in a daze. Obviously, he thought of the tragic attack and defense here in history.

"The world is different..."

Wei Ran suddenly whispered such an inexplicable remark, then turned to Li Guangsi and said, "Erlang, please help me watch the camp and report to General Zhao. I'll see if there are any paths leading to Shibao city. "

Li Guangsi said angrily, "brother, you're throwing me the trouble again. Every time I ask for leave for you and that girl, I have to be scolded by her! Moreover, there is only one road to Shibao city. If there were other paths, the Jiedu envoys of the four towns would not have preferred to resist demotion rather than attack Shibao city. "

Wei Ran smiled, but he didn't explain too much to Li Guangsi. He rode outside the camp.

What he was looking for was not a path up the mountain, but a higher cliff near Shibao city. There should be a certain area at the top of the cliff, which can accommodate at least two or three hundred people.

If the stone castle city is attacked by conventional methods, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Even if the Wulin experts sent by the Wuwei army to attack the city are all Wulin experts, are there ordinary military men with shallow martial arts in the stone castle city?

Yundan knot is not stupid. The strategic significance of Shibao city is so important that he can't help sending martial arts experts to guard it. The man who is the soul grabbing node perceived by Eli is in the Tubo army, so the Tubo army must have experts.