Wanli 1592

Chapter 890 Deadlock
On November 26, two days had passed since Li Wen led his army to break through the first line of defense in Liuba, but in these two days, he still had no progress. The front stopped.

Deng Zilong set up the second line of defense on a narrow passage in the way of a camp. If he wants to attack Liuba, he must pass through this passage.

Deng Zilong arranged a large number of artillery here, and even placed two Hongyi cannons here, including a large number of pistols and two hundred rifled pistols, intending to make this place the cemetery of Li Wen's subordinates.

Li Wen racked his brains to think of a strategy to defeat the enemy, but found that he had no other way, no matter whether it was a strong attack or a sneak attack, it didn't work. , and the combat power can also be tough with them.

The most difficult thing is that the weather is getting colder and colder, and the water is already frozen. His expectation of helping to transport food and grass through this section of water has also been shattered. Of course, he is more worried about Du Tong's subordinates.

That group of people took the Qishan Ancient Road, which is a road that uses a lot of water. Now that the river is freezing, how should they move forward and transport food and fodder?
Food supply is their lifeline, if the supply cannot keep up, it will be more terrible than anything else.

They are staying here now, and it is not that difficult to transport food. If they continue to move forward, it will be more difficult to transport food.

Right now, no food has been delivered for seven days. According to the rules he set, each batch of food will be delivered to the front line no later than seven days, but now, it has not arrived.

He couldn't help worrying about what happened in the rear. If the food ran out, and the food in his hand was only three days old, how could he support it?
The progress was not going well and the follow-up was weak. Li Wen even worried that all his troops would starve to death here.

The attack of the Thousands of Teams an hour ago was beaten back.

The number of Francophone guns on the other side is far beyond imagination, and the number of bird gunners is also far beyond imagination. Before the army is close to close combat, they are beaten into rivers of blood by them and piled up like mountains, while the bird guns and bows on their side The crossbow couldn't fight against it at all, and it was defeated within a few rounds of fighting, and I don't know how they trained.

Not to mention the two terrifying red barbarian cannons, which he had never heard of, could hit two miles away. Although they were only solid projectiles, he knew exactly how much damage they could do to a dense phalanx.

But right now the army has no fighting power if it doesn't form an army, but the Hongyi cannon can pull out a bloody path when it is fired, and the army collapses after a few times.

Li Wen was extremely worried.

What annoyed him even more was that there was still no news from Li Ruzhang's troops, and there was no sound of more fighting coming from the Liuba defense line. uncertain.

He began to suspect that Li Ruzhang had a different intention. He suspected that Li Ruzhang did not plan to fight Xiao Ruxun at all, but planned to wait and see, and wait for the results. Maybe not only Li Ruzhang, but even Du Tong thought the same way. Zan Hua, whom he sent, could serve as an army supervisor, but Li Ruzhang did not.

On Li Ruzhang's side, only Shaanxi governor Liu Guangguo can supervise him, but the two do not belong to each other. If Li Ruzhang disobeys orders, Liu Guangguo will have nothing to do with him. The power to punish him lies in his own hands and in the hands of Governor Yansui.

Li Wen began to regret that his preparations were not thorough, and he actually believed in the general's integrity and sense of mission.

This is great, being trapped here, not to mention marching, you can't even communicate with the other two armies.

Once the food is exhausted and there is no aggressiveness, it is waiting to die.

Unless Liuba can be taken down, and then follow Liuba to find Li Ruzhang's troops, only in this way can there be a turning point.

Li Wen is more and more convinced that only by winning Liuba will there be a turning point.

In fact, Deng Zilong didn't intend to stay in Liuba for a long time at the beginning, but he just planned to retreat after a wave of delay, lengthen Li Wen's supply line, and let Li Wen ask for trouble, but after this period of fighting, he suddenly found that he was too tall. Estimated Li Wen's combat effectiveness.

Not only that, he also overestimated the coordinated combat capabilities of the Guanzhong Ming Army, saying that it was a three-way march, but until now, except for Li Wen's troops, he had not seen Li Ruzhang's side, and felt that Li Ruzhang's troops were like He disappeared in the Baoxie Road, and the soldiers and horses on the Qishan Ancient Road led by Du Tong have not fought against Liu Ting so far. Liu Ting was a little restless in Lueyang County.

Will they fight or not?Putting on a posture of overwhelming Mount Tai, but only two or three kittens came?

Deng Zilong dealt with Li Wen very easily. He fired all his weapons and guns. If he hadn't taken the initiative to retreat, it is estimated that Li Wen and the others would not be able to break through those few hills until now. The thousand-man team was beaten by them an hour ago. Fleeing back desperately, even the supervising team couldn't control it.

Deng Zilong consulted with Li Xia, his deputy, and felt that there was a reason why Li Ruzhang did not come. He probably wanted to wait and see. He had seen too many such situations along the way. Not by their side, they naturally tried their best to wait and see.

After all, if Li Wen loses miserably, he doesn't even know if he can survive, and once Li Wen is finished, the whole Northwest will be almost the same.

They have no reason to die for Li Wen.

The reason is very clear and easy to understand. In the face of the general situation, no one is a fool. Except for people like Li Wen who can't afford to lose, others are not necessarily, and even the Ningxia soldiers commanded by Li Wen now, it is estimated that It's not that he and Li Wen are of the same heart.

In Deng Zilong's army, there were also old soldiers from the Ningxia Three Thousand Firearms Battalion. When they saw the uniforms and styles, they said that they were Ningxia frontier soldiers.

Everyone knows that Xiao Ruxun is from Ningxia's general army. He used to be the general of the entire Ningxia army, and now these Ningxia soldiers may not have fought side by side with Xiao Ruxun six years ago.

And right now...

Deng Zilong is actually very much looking forward to killing Li Wen, and then he will not continue to fight with this Ningxia soldier, but how easy is it?
Not everyone has the guts to learn from Chai Guozhu.

Li Wen didn't want to see his defeat, knowing that his only hope was to attack Liuba, so he attacked Liuba's defense line more and more fiercely, and constantly sent elite Ningxia soldiers to form a thousand-man team to attack Liuba. The dam defense line hit, and there was no long-range firepower to cover it at all, so they were allowed to charge forward with their shields on their backs.

When encountering the bombardment of artillery, even the large shield car is useless. When I saw it from a distance, I used two red cannons to disrupt their formation several times. The gunners and crossbowmen shoot, and when they get close, they slash with spears and knives.

Often there are only a few hundred people left when they rush forward, and the well-trained gunners and pistols can always strike them the most times in the shortest time, making them completely unable to take advantage of the number and break through the defense line.

The battle situation was unable to advance and reached a stalemate.

(End of this chapter)