Chapter 1408 - 336: Enraged (Part 2)

"It still should be you commanding, after all, under the premise of soldiers not knowing the generals and generals not knowing the soldiers, if I were to forcefully command, it might not be pretty."

Before Li Fusheng could rebut, Zheng Fan immediately said:

"I'll watch from the side and help you fill in the gaps."

Li Fusheng nodded, saying: "That... works then."

"Let's first go and check the siege machinery at the camp, brother."

"Of course, of course."

Li Fusheng's siege machinery was actually not scarce because there were resources at Snow Sea Pass in terms of craftsmen. But since Li Fusheng had to be responsible for the attack on West Mountain Fort, a small portion of the craftsmen dispatched from Ying Capital City were allocated to him.

Of course, after checking, Lord Zheng found that the machinery here was not as refined as his own.

At this moment, a short figure darted out, who else could it be but Xue Three?

"Oh, my lord, you're actually here."

Xue Three's face was blackened, as if smudged with soot.

In Xue Three's view, his lord should now be serving Prince Jingnan as a secretary, so why would he be here?

At this moment, Li Fusheng pointed at Xue Three and said: "Brother Zheng, your subordinates are truly talented, the master craftsmen from Ying Capital City don't dare to show any airs in front of him."

Xue Three indeed had this ability, it's not surprising.

"What are you working on?"

Lord Zheng bent down, wiped Xue Three's face with his hand, then brought it to his nose to sniff.

"Kerosene?"

"I'm helping them with improvements."

Covering stone projectiles with kerosene and then hurling them with a catapult is indeed one of the uses of a catapult.

However, based on the actual battlefield damage, kerosene-covered stones are far less effective than plain stones. The former is weaker in both impact and smashing effect compared to the latter.

But the calculation cannot be simply this way, indeed when a burning ball crashes down, it rolls upon landing, with flames scattering, so even if few are killed, the stunning visual effect is significant in demoralizing the enemy.

"The Prince asked me to come as an advisor to help with the siege." Lord Zheng stated.

Xue Three's expression immediately became quite interesting, trying hard to suppress a laugh.

Seeing this, Lord Zheng patted Xue Three's head and said to Li Fusheng: "Brother, let's go over there and have a look."

"Alright."

After walking halfway around the camp, Lord Zheng couldn't help but admire the Zhenbei Army truly lives up to its name. Li Fusheng's Zhenbei Army had a high quality of soldiers and hasn't experienced a split after Li Bao's death, moreover, after joining Tian Wujing, they had early and careful maintenance.

Equivalent to an already sharp sword, it received further meticulous upkeep.

So, even after the arduous siege battle, there was no decline in morale. This was evident from the indomitable expression on the faces of the officers.

Moreover, their every military need is being met with effort.

This is different from Snow Sea Pass, which started from scratch; when the Keyan Division arrived, their warriors' arrowheads were made of animal bones. Equipping them demanded a significant price from Snow Sea Pass.

But Li Fusheng already had a solid foundation here.

"Brother Zheng, let's have dinner?"

Seeing it was about time, Li Fusheng said.

Lord Zheng nodded, entering the command tent with Li Fusheng.

Dinner was simple, but abundant and filling, salty sauce with bread, both in ample supply.

"Dammit, I forgot to tell the people below to specially prepare something better." Li Fusheng slapped his forehead and cursed.

"No matter, during war, anything tastes good."

Lord Zheng sat down, picked up a piece of bread and started eating.

When not at war, Lord Zheng seems a bit particular, but once in wartime, he truly eats and sleeps well.

Li Fusheng also sat down, saying:

"For tomorrow's siege, Brother Zheng, which side do you think should be the main attack?"

"On this matter, I won't comment. You should make the decision, at least wait until I've experienced a few battles here to speak more accurately."

Li Fusheng nodded, sighed, and said: "Brother Zheng, you're great in every aspect, but sometimes too modest. However, it's true, you are after all the pupil of our Prince, your detail in warfare really mirrors that of the Prince."

Lord Zheng smiled modestly, biting into the bread.

Now, he really prefers to avoid making decisions when possible, and to delegate. After all, Li Fusheng has been attacking West Mountain Fort for quite a while and is experienced and familiar with the battlefield; it won't go wrong. Lord Zheng genuinely fears giving some whimsical "stratospheric" advice that could make a battlefield veteran like Li Fusheng laugh, or worse, ruin the situation, then it would really have been unnecessary.

"The youngsters below, even though they showed different attitudes towards you at first, I personally selected them, they emerged with me from deaths and battles.

I know, they respect you, Brother Zheng, and tomorrow, when it comes to movements, they will absolutely follow your orders sincerely, without any negligence."

"Brother, I've already mentioned, it's my fault."

Zheng Fan sipped some water and continued;

"Why did you bring it up again?"