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Volume One: The Bandit's Life Chapter 230: Offensive and Defensive Battle (2)

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    Feng Jian waved his hand and said: "I specifically asked Sirao. Western artillery fires six to three catties of solid iron bullets, which can be very effective in battle formations, but its effectiveness when used in siege operations is  Generally speaking, it is nonsense to use French cannons to attack the city wall. As long as the opponent does not use gunpowder to explode directly on the city gate or city wall, even if these Western artillery bombardments are allowed, it will not cause great harm to the city wall. ""What you have to consider.  The most important thing is how to protect the safety of the soldiers when the rebel artillery attacks." Zhao Shougang was worried about the endurance of the city wall because he heard Shen Xiaoshan's intelligence mentioned that the opponent had fifty Western artillery pieces. He heard the commander's analysis.  Get down right away.  Feng Jian then warned: "Tomorrow's defensive battle, I will give you full authority to command. We have made all preparations and are waiting for the rebels to come and die. What you have to consider is that when the rebel artillery attacks,  How to reduce the casualties of soldiers? "  The atmosphere in Kong Youde's military tent was depressing at this time. The only sound in the big tent was Kong Youde's vicious roar: "Chen Guangfu, you pat your chest and promise me that you can easily capture Xiaohuakou.  Now two thousand soldiers attacked a peak in Xiaohuakou, but in the end they were defeated. Is it because our Liaodong soldiers have given up or the thieves entrenched in Xiaohuakou are too strong? Chen Guangfu, are you here to tell me?" Chen Guangfu was sweating profusely and kept shouting.  He argued: "The commander-in-chief doesn't know something. The thieves entrenched in Xiaohuakou are really fierce. They have built defensive walls on all the mountain roads into the mountain, and the walls are full of guards. The general sent people to investigate and found out that they wanted to occupy  Xiaohuakou's only option was to forcefully attack the opponent. Finally, he ordered his soldiers to forcefully attack the enemy's strongholds. Instead, he encountered a strong counterattack from the opponent's firearms team and was unable to overcome the opponent's defense despite repeated attacks. Many soldiers were killed or injured by the opponent's firearms.  . Our soldiers lacked firearms and could not pose a threat to the opponent, so they came back to ask the commander for help. " Chen Guangfu glanced at Kong Youde, who looked thoughtful.  Then he continued: "How can ordinary bandits have such a powerful attack power? The general guesses that those who occupy Xiaohuakou should be regular troops. Why these people want to occupy Xiaohuakou has to be doubted. This matter needs to be asked.  The marshal has made his decision. "Kong Youde frowned. Chen Guangfu's words sounded the alarm for him. As soon as he entered Pingdu territory, he noticed that there was something fishy everywhere in Pingdu territory. First, the sentry cavalry who went out to investigate disappeared without any reason.  Then he discovered that Pingdu City was heavily defended, and now it was discovered that the main roads leading in and out of Pingdu and Laizhou were thought to be occupied. All this made him feel uneasy. Kong Youde felt as if a big net was slowly surrounding him.  Shaking his head in annoyance, Kong Youde stared at Chen Guangfu and said: "Needless to say, you understand how important Xiaohuakou is to our army. Now that it is artificially occupied, it cuts off the retreat of our army, which means that the two of us  Ten thousand people have become a lone army, blocked between Pingdu City and Xiaohuakou. Therefore, Xiaohuakou must be taken down. I will hand over all the Fo Lang machine guns in the artillery camp to you, even with artillery fire.  Give me control of Xiaohuakou." Chen Guangfu felt trembling all over. Kong Youde's meaning was very clear. He must control Xiaohuakou even at the cost of his life.  For this reason, all the Franco machine guns in the company's artillery battalion were handed over to him!  But he was obviously afraid of the forces stationed at Xiaohuakou. They had built multiple defense points throughout the mountain pass, and their soldiers were hidden behind these defense points.  When the soldiers enter the opponent's shooting range, dense firearms will be fired from different directions.  Groups of soldiers would suddenly fall to the ground covered in blood and scream. This situation of being passively beaten was indeed frightening.  The other party has built too many strongholds too densely.  With more than 200 Folang machine guns, Chen Guangfu was worried about whether he could capture Xiaohuakou.  Kong Youde hesitated when he saw Chen Guangfu, thinking that Chen Guangfu wanted to take the opportunity to threaten him, and his anger surged up again. He had many arrogant and powerful generals under his command, and he could usually tolerate them, but at the critical moment, he could not let them run wild.  He straightened up and stared at Chen Guangfu fiercely, and said sternly: "General Chen, are you going to disobey the general's order?" Facing Kong Youde's vicious momentum, Chen Guangfu quickly put away his distracting thoughts, shook his head and said: "How dare you disobey the general's order?  We will lead our troops back to Xiaohuakou early tomorrow morning." Kong Youde snorted and turned to the important generals Mao Chenglu and Cao Shaozhong: "Tomorrow's siege battle will be different from the past. The Pingdu City is heavily defended. If we want to attack like before.  It is difficult to do this. If you have any suggestions, you might as well put them forward for my reference." Cao Shaozhong said: "The general believes that before tomorrow's siege, it is best to capture a group of farmers in nearby villages and let them.  We rushed forward to fill up the moat with the load of earth, so that our soldiers could charge again. Kong Youde frowned and said, "It's definitely too late to capture the people now. Tomorrow the civilians in the camp will load up the moat with the load, and the general's chariot will follow."  Supervision, dare not shrink from the formerIf you don't want to kill him, this matter falls on General Cao. Before attacking the city tomorrow, three thousand people must be organized and prepared to fill in the moat.  " "The general will obey the order!  "Cao Shaozhong said loudly. Mao Chenglu frowned and thought: "May I ask the marshal, from which direction do you plan to launch the main attack tomorrow?  " Kong Youde turned to Mao Chenglu and said: "Our army camp is stationed in the direction of Chengen Gate. Of course, we must use the North Gate as the main attack direction.  Mao Chenglu looked directly at Kong Youde and said: "From the fact that the other side abandoned the military camp outside the city, it is inferred that the other side has concentrated all its troops inside the city and is ready to hold on. Moreover, the number of soldiers defending the city will not be too many. The general will think that our army  You can't fight head-on at first, you need to slowly wear down the opponent's morale.  " Cao Shaozhong grinned and said with some dissatisfaction: "Slowly weaken the opponent's morale. To put it simply, how can we do it? Li Jiucheng and the others are already in Laizhou and cannot escape. If we are delayed again along the way, there will be no food and material supplies.  , I don¡¯t see the need for the imperial army to come, we will be in chaos ourselves!  ¡± Historically, Liu Chengzu and Cao Shaozhong went to contact Houjinhuang Taiji on behalf of Kong Youde and reached a surrender agreement with them. Cao Shaozhong considered himself Kong Youde¡¯s confidant and spoke a little casually. Kong Youde ignored what Cao Shaozhong said, and instead looked like Mao Chenglu  He said: "If General Mao has any high opinions, please state them clearly.  Mao Chenglu squinted and said: "It is best to divide the soldiers into four groups when attacking the city tomorrow, and launch probing attacks on the four city gates at the same time. This way, we can know the weak points of the opponent's defense from the strength of the opponent's counterattack at the top of the city.  Where, next, concentrate all your efforts on attacking the weak points of the opponent's city, causing the opponent to focus on one thing and not the other. The opponent's morale will slowly decrease, and the city will naturally be easily destroyed.  " Kong Youde thought for a moment, then clapped his hands and said: "General Mao is really wise. We will follow this plan when we attack the city tomorrow.  " At five o'clock the next day, the morning star on the horizon has quietly disappeared. Feng Jian, Chen Suowen, Fang Zengwei and other Pingdu City officials boarded the top of Pingdu City early and looked through the telescope at the continuous rebellion in the distance.  The rebel camp was filled with smoke, and there were shadows in the camp. It was obvious that personnel were being mobilized. Feng Jian put down his telescope and said to Fang Zengwei, who was standing beside him: "Master Fang, every soldier in the city.  All meals must be delivered in time. It is best to add more meat to the meals during this period.  " Fang Zengwei put down the telescope and nodded: "Don't worry, Mr. Feng, many soldiers are working hard to save the people for me, and the logistics support will definitely not let the soldiers at the front suffer injustice.  " Chen Suowen slowly put down the telescope in his hand, frowned and said to Feng Jian: "If the rebels choose to attack the city gates at the same time, do you have a way to deal with it?  " Feng Jian sighed: "The rebels only have 14,000 infantry who can carry out siege operations. Two thousand of them have been beaten by Zhou Wei's 3000 headquarters. This means that the rebels only have 12,000 people.  , plus an artillery battalion participating in the attack on Pingdu City. If the opponent divides their forces to attack the four city gates at the same time, their attack power will undoubtedly be dispersed. I think Kong Youde and others will not divide their forces to fight.  " Chen Suowen frowned and said: "What if the rebels plan to test the strength of our city's defense and launch an attack at the same time?  " Feng Jian muttered: "I have reserved a mobile force of one thousand people at the top of the city. If an unexpected situation occurs, this support army can come in handy. If there is a danger, we will go there for reinforcements.  " Chen Suowen seemed to be relieved, "That's good. I always feel that the safety of hundreds of thousands of people in the city is in the hands of a few people like me, so it's better to think carefully about everything.  " Feng Jian stared at his father-in-law. If he hadn't arrived by himself, his father-in-law would have held on to Pingdu City without a major general, and was finally killed by Kong Youde's rebel soldiers on the day the city was broken. " Feng Jian sighed a little, just from this  On the one hand, Chen Suowen was a good official who was dedicated to his duties and respected. After the restoration and reconstruction of Pingdu City, later local officials specially set up a sacrificial tablet for Chen Suowen in the Martyrs' Shrine, which fully affirmed Chen Suowen's shared efforts with the city.  The integrity of life and death. Feng Jian shook his head to drive away the distracting thoughts in his mind and said with a smile: "After breakfast, the siege will begin. You two adults can just relax and wait for the good news.  " As he said this, he suddenly saw a large group of people carrying breakfast to the city. The aroma of the food suddenly filled the city. I saw big boxes of white flour steamed buns, and big buckets of pork and tofu stewed with vermicelli.  The tempting aroma was placed on the top of the city, and the rich and tempting breakfast in the big bucket next to it diluted the tense fighting mood of the soldiers at the top of the city. The soldiers guarding the city were responsible for distributing breakfast in sequence under the leadership of their respective captains.  It was an official from the government office who said loudly: "Master Chen of Haiphong Road and Master Zhizhoufang have given orders to ensure that all soldiers have enough food and drink. Please feel free to eat as much as you want!"  ¡±   Some Zhenshan Camp soldiers smiled kindly. Zhenshan Camp always attached great importance to soldiers' diet, and fish was also common in meals, so they did not pay much attention to the officer's words.  By the time Minzhuang, who was delivering the meals, swallowed his saliva and watched the Zhenshan Camp soldiers eating, they were so envious that they could only swallow their saliva in the end.  Feng Jian smiled and said to Chen Suowen and Fang Zengwei: "Such a good meal, I will have breakfast here. Are you two adults willing to have a meal together?" Chen Suowen and Fang Zengwei shook their heads and said to  Walk down the city.  !  (To be continued)
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