Jiyu, Shenzhou City
"The scouts from the Marquis came to report that Ma Zhongjun personally led two battalions of 7,000 people to Sanshengpo..."
Walking to Xu Zhaojie's side, Liu Chaohu whispered:
As soon as Xu Zhaojie said this, he immediately turned his attention to the coordinates of Sansheng Slope on the sand table, and carefully observed the situation around Sansheng Slope. Xu Zhaojie asked in a deep voice:
"How is the enemy's offensive in Shangzhou?"
After hearing this, Liu Chaohu thought for a while and said:
"According to the scouts' treasure hunt, Yuan Song is still the same as before. He only sends about 10,000 people to attack the city every day. Several battalions under his command take turns to attack the city. They only spend half an hour attacking the city every day. It only takes an hour, but the artillery of the Fengwu Army is indeed very powerful, firing at least hundreds of shells every day, and now the four walls of Shangzhou City have been destroyed to varying degrees!"
Hearing Liu Chaohu's words, Xu Zhaojie frowned and his expression became serious. Although in his estimation, the troops stationed in Shangzhou should defend for at least a month, after realizing the powerful artillery advantage of the Fengwu Army, he His psychological expectations have dropped significantly, and he is very satisfied if he can hold on for half a month.
Today is already the fifteenth day that Shangzhou was surrounded by Fengwu Army. However, the situation surprised Xu Zhaojie. He should have attacked Yuan Song with all his strength, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. He slowly attacked Shangzhou every day, as if He didn't care at all about capturing Shangzhou before Ye Mingsheng and his troops arrived...
What is Yuan Song doing?
Thinking of this problem, Xu Zhaojie couldn't help but have a headache. As the Fengwu Army entered the pass and captured the city, Yuan Song, known as the top general of the Fengwu Army, gradually became known to the world.
However, Xu Zhaojie still looked down upon Yuan Song. In his eyes, Yuan Song was nothing but the first general of the Fengwu Army. He was just a clown who had no king in the mountain and was the king of monkeys. The unknown people in the Long Xiang Army are no different.
With this mentality, Xu Zhaojie set a trap for Yuan Song in Chengfeng County. Although he finally succeeded in tricking Yuan Song and caused the First Army, known as the ace of the Fengwu Army, to lose more than 3,000 people, this did not Xu Zhaojie could not be satisfied, and the decisiveness and calmness shown by Yuan Song, who was tricked in that battle, left a deep impression on Xu Zhaojie, and he realized that Yuan Song was not a simple character.
After the Battle of Chengfeng County, Xu Zhaojie led his troops into Jiyu as he wished. Although he was always one step ahead of Yuan Song, Yuan Song fought steadily, relying on the overall strength of the Fengwu Army to compress Zhennan step by step. military activity space.
During this painful process, in order to change the situation of the battle, Xu Zhaojie also tried to sell a flaw several times to lure Yuan Song into being fooled. However, Yuan Song was like an old monk in trance, preferring to be slower than underestimate the enemy and advance rashly.
Facing Yuan Song, who was like a tortoise, Xu Zhaojie had no good solution. After all, if the overall strength was not dominant, he could only defeat the First Army with the escort of cavalry and artillery. However, Yuan Song was Not giving him this opportunity, despite the doubts within the First Army, he still went his own way and slowly advanced...
Seeing that there was no way to force Yuan Song to come out on the battlefield, Xu Zhaojie also found another way and ordered the agents stationed in Youyan to publicize it. Yuan Song deliberately did not make a quick decision, but was trying to support the invaders and plot evil. Xu Zhaojie knew that Ye Mingsheng was a suspicious person. People, so they also want to use this method, hoping that Ye Mingsheng can put pressure on Yuan Song!
Just when Xu Zhaojie, who thought he had a plan, was triumphantly preparing to harvest Yuan Song's troops, he did not expect that Ye Mingsheng did not believe his plan at all. Instead of putting pressure on Yuan Song, he arranged for people to be sent to the First Army He sent condolences and expressed his support for Yuan Song in this way. Not only that, the Coordination Office also took this opportunity to uproot the craftsman Xu Zhaojie had installed in one fell swoop, causing Xu Zhaojie to lose his wife and soldiers and suffered heavy losses.
Although Xu Zhaojie's off-board moves failed, he was itching with hatred, but he had no choice but to strengthen his strength against the Fengwu Army. Now, although he doesn't know what Yuan Song is up to, Zhennan, who is guarding Shangzhou, Although many soldiers and horses were lost in the Fengwu Army's attack, there are still five to six thousand people. These people are veterans of the Zhennan Army and one of the few elite troops of the Zhennan Army. That's it. Xu Zhaojie was really reluctant to abandon these people in Shangzhou and let them be annihilated by the Fengwu Army!
Thinking of this, Xu Zhaojie made a decision. No matter what conspiracy Yuan Song was planning in Shangzhou, he was not going to play with Yuan Song in Shangzhou anymore. He wanted to bring back the thousands of Zhennan troops from Shangzhou. Thinking of this, Here Xu Zhaojie immediately made a decision and said:
"Send a message to Gao Song and ask him to lead his troops to break out of the city tomorrow night at Hai hour. I will arrange for Liu Zhengyuan to meet him..."
"yes!"
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On May 23, at the foot of Wankang County in Jinzhong.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
On a hillside outside the city, dozens of cannons were roaring continuously, releasing ammunition towards the city wall of Wankang County not far away.
Among the fortifications behind the city wall, Tang Kai was listening to the deafening roar in his ears with great frustration!
In the past, what he always imagined was that the artillery of the Fengwu Army would bombard others. When would it be someone else's turn to bombard the Fengwu Army?
Although he was very aggrieved, Tang Kai was also very aggrieved by the current situation. He didn’t know where the Hujie Forbidden Army that was attacking the city got these dozens of cannons. When they started to attack the city yesterday, they also imitated The Fengwu Army's siege mode was a violent bombardment
Fortunately, when their fourth division entered Wankang County, they found that the county wall was very dilapidated and could not withstand the onslaught of heavy engineering equipment, so they spent a month on all-round repairs and reinforcements. Otherwise, otherwise I'm afraid the city wall in Wankang County won't last long.
Yesterday, the Fourth Division defending the city also took advantage of the fact that its red cannons had a longer range than the opponent's Zhengdong cannon, and the Fengwu Army's gunners were more experienced than the opponent and could fire more accurately. The Hujie Forbidden Army launched an artillery battle. Although the artillery of the Fengwu Army had the upper hand in the artillery battle, they blew up ten local cannons at the cost of only losing two artillery pieces.
However, due to the shortage of artillery shells, the Fengwu Army's artillery was forced to cease fire and could only wait until the enemy attacked the city to exert its power... ·······
After a cup of tea, the artillery fire outside the city stopped roaring. Seeing this, Tang Kai suddenly became energetic and roared loudly:
"The enemy is about to rush forward like crazy! Brothers, dare to kill these little bastards!"
"Fuck them sons of bitches!"
As Tang Kai gave an order, thousands of Fengwu soldiers got up from the fortifications and ran back to their respective stations. Tang Kai, who came to the watchtower, looked outside the city wall, holding a ladder and pushing a car to rush to kill. The soldiers of the Hujie Forbidden Army came with a bit of disdain on their angular faces.
Unlike the Fengwu Army's infantry and artillery coordination, because the Zhengdong Cannon was developed and deployed on a large scale in about half a year, the Forbidden Army's gunners lacked time to train and operate.
In addition, in order to make up for the artillery disadvantage of the Luoan Forbidden Army during the battle with the Fengwu Army, Shangguan Hongyuan issued a death order to the officials responsible for manufacturing Zhengdong cannons, requiring these people to manufacture a large number of Zhengdong cannons in a short period of time. To complete Shangguan Hongyuan's mission, these people can only relax their quality requirements.
This has also led to some quality problems with the Zhengdong cannon, especially when the intensity of the war is high, the barrel will explode. In the daily training process, there have been several cases where the gunner was killed and injured. This It also made the gunners of the Forbidden Army fearful of the Zhengdong Cannon, resisting the operation of the Zhengdong Cannon, and not taking the training seriously... ·····
These various reasons led to the inaccurate artillery fire of the Forbidden Army in the Eastern Expedition. At first, they also wanted to imitate the Fengwu Army. The artillery bombarded while the infantry charged behind. However, practice proved that they did not have the ability of the Fengwu Army to do this. This can only lead to artillery shells falling on the heads of his own people. After a lot of trouble and more than 200 casualties, under the strong opposition of the infantry generals, Tang Peng, the commander of the Hujie Forbidden Army, finally gave up following the example of the Fengwu Army. The idea of infantry and artillery coordination allows artillery and infantry to do their own thing!
Seeing the enemy infantry rushing closer and closer and within the range of the Fengwu Army's artillery fire, Tang Kai finally ordered the Fengwu Army's red-coated cannon to open fire.
With the roar of the red cannon, the enemy troops at the front were immediately hit. Two to three hundred people immediately fell into a pool of blood. However, under the bright sword of the supervising team, the other soldiers of the Hujie Forbidden Army They could only bite the bullet and continue to charge against the hail of bullets and bullets coming from the Fengwu Army.
Finally, after paying five to six hundred casualties, the Forbidden Army's ladder was finally set up on the city wall of Wankang County, and the two sides immediately started a brutal hand-to-hand fight.
Although the enemy's offensive was very fierce, because this critical battle had only started for a day or two, the Fourth Division had plenty of troops and horses on the city wall, so it only took the soldiers of the Hujie Forbidden Army to rush up to them for a cup of tea. They were all driven down...
Looking at the enemy retreating in embarrassment, Tang Kai wiped the blood on his face, and finally a smile appeared on his face!
In this wave of offensive just now, the Hujie Forbidden Army lost more than 800 people, even if they did not lose a thousand people. It is getting late now, and the opponent should not be attacking the city today. Today's level has been overcome. There are still eight days left before the end of the month. As long as they hold on to these eight days, they will be able to withdraw from this Shura field!
Although the enemy's offensive was repelled, this did not mean that Tang Kai's work was completed. Next, he was still inspecting the wounded, inspiring the confidence of the frontline soldiers, and urging the soldiers to repair the city defenses. After persisting for two hours, Seeing that it was getting dark, Tang Kaicai took over with the general who replaced him, preparing to go back to the house to rest and recuperate for tomorrow's battle.
However, after only sleeping in the room for an hour, Tang Kai was woken up by the messenger. Peng Ce had something to ask him. Tang Kai hurriedly put on his clothes and came to Peng Ce. When he saw Tang Kai, Peng Ce didn't say anything nonsense. Immediately he said in a deep voice:
"The enemy has withdrawn the camp to the east!"
Tang Kai was stunned for a moment when these words came out, and then he said sarcastically:
"Didn't this grandson of Tang Peng promise to annihilate us all with the official Hongyuan? How could he change his mind so quickly when he talks like farting?"
Listening to Tang Kai's words, the mature Peng Ce didn't pay much attention, but opened his mouth and gave instructions:
"Tang Peng wants to surround three but one is missing, in order to give our army a way to survive and reduce our army's will to resist, so I plan to block all four city gates and put them to death before surviving..." ························”
Tang Kai was a little surprised when he heard this. After thinking for a moment, he tentatively said:
"Block all the city gates. What will happen when our army retreats on June 1st?"
Peng Ce shook his head and said:
"We are living one day at a time in Wankang County. There is no need to think so much. He gave us a death order. If we want to die, we must die in Wankang County. The enemy's offensive will be more fierce next. We Be prepared for the worst!”
Tang Kai also nodded when he heard this. Watching Tang Kai nod, Peng Ce stroked his beard, then changed his voice and said:
"I'm calling you here now, mainly because I want you to do something before blocking the city gate!"
Tang Kai blurted out after hearing this:
"Blow up their powder magazine?"
Peng Ce nodded seriously and said:
"Yes, although the enemy's artillery is not very accurate, it still poses a great threat to our army, so if we can blow it up, it will reduce a lot of pressure on our army. According to the scouts' reports, the enemy's The artillery is well protected. It is difficult for our army to have a chance to attack at night. Compared with the gunpowder depot, our army still has some opportunities. We have also conducted reconnaissance at this location before. If we are lucky, two to three hundred people can complete this task. Task!"
Hearing what Peng Ce said, Tang Kai nodded directly without any hesitation and said:
"I understand, I will lead the team to blow him up right now!"
Seeing that Tang Kai wanted to lead the team in person, Peng Ce waved his hand to stop him:
"This matter is too dangerous. As a deputy general, you cannot do it. You choose a warrior among your men who can sacrifice his life to complete this matter... ···············”
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