The sky began to turn white, and the Kaiping Gate of Youzhou City was shrouded in heavy fireworks, which burned the gray-white wall tiles into jet-black patches.
The vanguard troops led by Suo Chao, relying on the occupied terrain and city defenses, have repelled four waves of enemies who came to take back the enemy. However, the stairs and corners everywhere were already piled with corpses and soaked with flowing blood. The law is over.
Although most of them were left behind by Pinglu soldiers who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity, they were occasionally mixed with pioneer soldiers who died heroically; after all, their number was among the accumulated casualties, not to mention the rapid consumption of physical strength. and ammunition.
Fortunately, the backup force finally managed to force their way in through the half-open city gate before they had exhausted all the medicine and started a close combat with their blunderbuss.
The first ones to rush out of the door were the most elite and capable old grenadiers. As soon as they appeared, they spread out towards the walls on both sides, and raised the explosive bombs and kerosene bombs that had been triggered in their hands, almost as if they were flowing smoothly without any slogans or coordination, just in a certain natural way. With their tacit understanding and judgment of the situation, they threw them out one after another alternately; like evenly falling raindrops, they hit the Pinglu soldiers who were scrambling to climb up the city ladder.
In an instant, the fireballs and smoke clouds exploded violently one after another, and the enemies who had just divided their forces and turned around were blown to pieces and routed in front of them; they were almost constantly casting light in one breath. After removing the grenades they were carrying, these old grenadiers with their backs against the city wall drew out their rifles loaded with ammunition again, and stood up and down in two rows, facing those who were still standing, especially those who could still stand. The remnant enemies who are stubbornly resisting are fired and killed one by one.
When they faced the missiles fired by the Pinglu Army without retreating at all, and after alternately emptying the third preloaded ammunition wheel, the old grenadiers who kept rushing out of the doorway also became There are two platoon-type machine guns mounted on a skinned trolley; as the handle and front-end rotating tube are vigorously shaken as it moves slowly, the dull "tap, tap, tap, tap, tap" sound is emitted, just like Like an invisible whip, it struck those fiercely, roaring and trampling on the corpses and wounded all over the ground, and once again poured into the enemy force of Inner Urn City.
In an instant, the enemy's figure at the front was almost torn into pieces in rows, and it penetrated the second and third rows that followed without much loss, knocking over more figures. He fell to the ground; when the long straight plate was empty, blood splattered all over the ground and walls in a blink of an eye. In addition to the fallen corpse, there was a broad troop transport road connecting the inner and outer urn. , has been cleared without any standing enemies.
And the many enemies who were still gathered under the inner urn city seemed to have had their soul and spirit taken away in an instant. They actually showed some kind of instinctive stagnation and hesitant expression, and they were stunned in place for several breaths; Then, amid the inertial rotation of a certain mechanical cavity, they started shouting loudly and retreated in groups and fled away.
So much so that a new platoon of springboards had been installed outside the gate of Waiweng City, and the grenadiers and gunners who continued to stand ready, faced with the enemy who had been waiting for a long time and had really gone away, suddenly looked at each other with covetous eyes. He got up without knowing where he was.
And until this moment, Suo Chao, who had witnessed all this from a high position on the city, breathed out his last breath of perseverance in relief, and slumped down on the ground with no strength left. This was considered to have successfully captured and defended the city. Do you want the door? And he was so tired and sleepy that after he relaxed, his whole body felt tired almost everywhere. Even the heartfelt smile that emerged after the victory became bleak because it affected the wound on the side of his temple. Extremely.
But after all, this was the first achievement of seizing the door first. It was undoubtedly quite surprising that it fell on him, a new general who joined Huai Town at the end of the second Northern Expedition and whose qualifications and achievements were not very outstanding. Things that people envy and envy. This also means that in Huai Town, which should not now be called the Peking Metropolitan Governor's Office, there are better opportunities and prospects in this emerging system, and even the starting point and beginning of further progress.
Therefore, while he was grieving for his companions, he couldn't help but look forward to it
In Yacheng, where Youzhou Jiedushi and Pinglu Governor-General, Han Zhongyan was also looking at the fireworks and the faint sound of fighting rising in the vast city wall, which may mean that a section of the city was under attack by the Huai army. A city wall that is about to fall or is falling.
"It has been confirmed before the army that Kaipingmen has been sunk."
"It is suspected that the enemy climbed up the city gate at night and attacked and killed the remaining defenders of the gate."
"Although there are preparations rushing to the first part of the Economic Strategy Army and the City Guards nearby, there are also those from the Shanyi Battalion."beat"
¡°About a thousand soldiers were lost before and after, but they still could not be recaptured.¡±
"However, Lao Deng Jinglue and Zeng Tongzhi were hit by firearms and unfortunately died one after another, while Deputy Liu was seriously injured and retreated after observation."
"Now most of the Huai army is marching along Kaipingmen, and they are pouring in"
"I'm afraid it's difficult to save the nearby Yuzhenfang and Kaiyuanli"
For Han Zhongyan, all this happened too fast, and even made him a little confused; shouldn't this kind of siege of Dayi be protracted for months, half a year, or even years and months? Unit?
Using this huge Ji City as a chessboard, I carried out strategic layout and careful planning; only after resisting the enemy's siege for the third day, the besieging enemy had already wiped out all the peripheral obstacles, and then broke through. Can he easily destroy the defense of Waiguo City and destroy his overall layout?
This couldn't help but make him feel a little frustrated and anxious. Didn't he give up the honor and righteousness represented by Youzhou City in time, retreat to the north of Wang Yanshan with most of his strength, and planned to stay and fight a protracted war? Was the defensive war actually a mistake?
However, he quickly became determined. Although he lost a lot of money and lost the advantage of outer city defense, he still had the trump card of most of Youzhou City;
After all, according to the facts he knew, no matter how good the Huai army was in conquering, there were only tens of thousands of people coming for this expedition. It would be overwhelming and unstoppable to fight in the wild, but once inside, it is said to be able to accommodate dozens of people. With a population of ten thousand, Youzhou City may not be able to go as planned;
At least with the extremely familiar geographical location and the people (hearts) guarding the countryside, he still has enough confidence and confidence to continue to deal with it for a long time relying on this vast and complicated city and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in it. , until a new turning point and changes come, or until the season when the opponent cannot persist and has to give up and withdraw.
What's more, he still had several hands of trump cards that he had prepared before he could use them, and he was forced to this step by the Huai army into street fighting in the city. He was extremely unwilling and unwilling to leave the stage of fighting for victory in the world. He left the show sadly.
However, in addition to requiring a large amount of time to prepare these plans, there is also a very important prerequisite, which is the need to implement more stringent and decisive wartime rights and interests laws to further eliminate internal noise and dissent, so as to prevent them from being in an unfavorable situation. Under this situation, he began to promote vacillation and capitulationism, which disrupted his position and even became a potential source of help for the enemy.
Thinking of this, he called one of his tooth soldiers and whispered:
"Jianliu, I entrust you with an important task"
"Choose some capable and reliable people and wait for orders on the retreat and transfer routes of the soldiers and civilians in the outer city."