We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Li Che sat bored in the big tent, playing with the tiger's tail in his hand.

People who often go to ancient wars know that real wars are far less intense than those in TV novels. Ninety percent of the time is spent on marching, garrisoning, and resting.

Especially in the current situation, before receiving news from **'s left army, his central army and Huo Duanxiao's right army cannot move.

Not only can they not move, but they cannot set up camp or station there in a large-scale manner.

After all, the Khitans in Guangning City are not fools. With tens of thousands of people stationed near the city, how could they not notice it?

Li Che had no choice but to lead the Fengtian Army into the mountains and hide carefully.

Success or failure will be left to the National Protection Army of **zhi, all I can do is wait.

Li Che considered himself a leader who dared to delegate power. After the strategy was decided, he left the tactics to his commanders.

The so-called trust in the people you employ is trust in the people you employ.

He wasn't like some micromanipulator who liked to bypass the theater commander, army group commander, army commander, and division commander to control a company...

Dasong's ears suddenly stood up and the whole tiger stood up.

Li Che came back to his senses instantly. Hearing the hurried footsteps coming from outside the tent, his heart suddenly began beating violently.

Qiu Bai lifted the door curtain and walked in quickly with excitement on his face.

Li Che stood up: "Any news?"

"Congratulations, Your Highness! The National Protection Army encountered Khitan cavalry five miles outside Xiangping City and defeated 20,000 enemy cavalry, beheading thousands and capturing a large number of horses, bows and arrows, and armor!"

"Our army suffered almost no casualties and captured 10,000 Khitan cavalry. We are now at the gates of Xiangping!"

"The enemy general Yelu He was defeated and fled to Xiangping City. General Chen ordered a siege on three sides, leaving one side open, allowing the enemy to break out from the south and request reinforcements."

Qiu Bai finished speaking quickly and briefly, then exhaled the air from his mouth.

"call--"

Li Che first breathed a sigh of relief, and then relaxed completely.

Then he suddenly dropped his palm on the tiger's butt and shouted:

"Good! Good! Good! You have the demeanor of a great general. You are truly my Marquis of Wu'an!"

Defeating 20,000 cavalrymen in the wild is extremely valuable.

What's more, ** only had a mixed army of 10,000 infantry and cavalry, and a group of Mohe barbarians who were of no use.

The Khitan cavalry has always been an undefeated legend on the plains. Even Emperor Qing at that time could only defeat them with elite infantry relying on favorable terrain.

The ** defeated the arrogant Khitan cavalry, and its own casualties were negligible. Such a record was enough to make the generals in the court ashamed.

It is also possible that the grenade was too powerful and stunned Yeluhe?

Could it be that he was killed by the explosion?

Li Che stopped thinking about it and looked at the map behind him.

**The battle report has been sent from the capital, so the Khitan cavalry who went to seek help should have arrived in Guangning City by now.

If nothing unexpected happens, Guangning City will immediately send troops to support, and our opportunity has arrived.

"Send a message to Yan San, dispatch all scouts to closely monitor the situation in Guangning City. Report any unusual activity immediately!"

"Yes!"

Qiu Bai bowed and was about to leave when Li Che stopped him again: "Wait a minute, you're so impatient."

"Send a message to Huo Duanxiao to come to the central army to discuss matters immediately!"

"Order the entire army to be ready to attack at any time!"

"Tell Chen Gui to stop hiding his treasure and show it to the world!"

"Yes, I'll go right away!" Qiu Bai wrote down everything and turned to leave the tent.

Li Che turned and looked at the map behind him, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter.

**Since we won so beautifully, maybe we can change our plans.

If Guangning City is captured smoothly, he can immediately move to join forces with ** and then capture Xiangping City.

In this way, the western Liaoning region in the previous life was under his control.

By then we will go to Dalian and Huludao to build cities, and the basic strategic layout will be completely opened up.

Liaoning’s location is very important, very important!

It is located at the junction of Northeast China and North China, bordering Liaodong Bay to the south, the Korean Peninsula to the north, and the Yellow Sea to the west.

Later in 1959 during the Cold War, the United States planned to use mushroom bombs on major cities in China. Liaoning Province alone was allocated 159 of them, the most in the country!

In addition to a strong industrial base, there are also geographical strategic advantages.

Li Che had a feeling that this was an opportunity, an important opportunity for him to take control of the entire Northeast outside the Great Wall!

"Damn it!" Li Che gritted his teeth, with a hint of madness in his eyes, "Done it!"

. . . . . .

In the afternoon.

News came from the scout camp that most of the defenders of Guangning City were suddenly dispatched and headed straight to the north.

The Fengtian Army, which had already made preparations, rushed out from the mountains and forests and marched all the way to the foot of Guangning City.

The commander of Guangning City was almost scared to death when he saw countless figures densely packed on the horizon.

Everything that happened today was too magical. First, the Xiangping City behind him was attacked by the Qing people and could not be defended.

He had just sent troops to reinforce when tens of thousands of Qing troops appeared at the gates of his own city.

When did Daqing have so many soldiers outside the Great Wall?

When the defenders hurriedly closed the upper city gate, Li Che and Huo Duanxiao had already led their troops to assemble and attacked Guangning City from two sides.

Li Che looked at the high wall in front of him, which seemed to be no lower than the Chaoyang City Wall, and knew that he had to take real action today.

"Chen Gui, where's your fucking copper cannon?!"

Chen Gui, who came with the army, looked distressed: "Your Highness, we have only cast two cannons. Are you sure you want to use them now?"

Li Che said impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense, cannons are made to be used for fighting, hurry up and push them out!"

Although Chen Gui was reluctant to give it up, he also wanted to see the power of the bronze cannon in actual combat.

He ordered the craftsmen of the Gunpowder Department to pull out the bronze cannons from behind the formation.

Copper is more stable than iron, and the Gunpowder Department did not have enough knowledge about gunpowder, so they could only make a simple version of the cannon using copper.

The bronze cannon was very heavy and required three pack horses to pull it, with several strong men behind pushing it to control the direction.

The long gun barrel stretched proudly towards the sky, and the gunner from the Gunpowder Department stepped forward to adjust the gun position.

The structure of this first-generation Fengguo cannon is the same as that of the Hongyi cannon, with a long barrel and thick walls that gradually become thicker from the muzzle to the tail.

It mainly fires solid iron bullets and shotgun shells, and solid bullets are more effective when attacking a city.

Solid shells fly in a gentle parabola with an effective range of about 500 meters, and can bounce on hard ground, similar to the effect of a stone skipping on water.

After the debugging was completed, Li Che came behind the gunner and asked, "What's your name?"

The gunner excitedly said, "Your Highness, my name is Zhuzi!"

"Okay, Zhuzi!" Li Che patted the gunner's shoulder. "See that city gate tower? The Khitan general is over there. Hit that place hard!"

"You hit the target accurately. I will reward you with a hundred taels of silver!"

Zhuzi's face flushed: "Yes, Your Highness!"

Then he said hesitantly, "Your Highness... Can I give you something else instead of silver?"

Li Che asked, "What do you want?"

"I want a wife!"

Li Che laughed dumbly: "Damn it, okay, you have fun!"

"Take down that city gate tower, and I'll reward you with two young Khitan wives!"

"Okay, take a look!"

Zhuzi instantly became alert, squatted down and began to measure the distance, and the muzzle of the gun gradually turned and pointed directly at the Khitan guard on the city gate tower.