"And our foot wall is so wide that the soldiers should be equipped with enough shields and be fully prepared, but before the Grenade explodes, the shield will fall from the sky and the Grenade will be pushed out of the wall …"
"In this case, no matter how many grenades loyalists throw at us, there will be no …"
"If you want to avoid the attack of loyalist grenades, let some loyalists go to the city head and let the long gunmen fight with them, and their grenades will be completely lost."
"Then the whole battle will take the initiative to control our hands …"
The lieutenant nodded his head and replied, "The general is right. This is the best way to reduce the killing of loyalist grenades … Although the loss of medium and long gunmen and knife shields in close combat will be very large, this loss is absolutely negligible compared with the killing of grenades."
"At the end of the general, the horse will be arranged to prepare for the third round of attacks by loyalists outside the city."
Chapter four hundred and twenty-nine Counteroffensive moment
So one day the battle was over …
Yangquan defenders successfully defended the city wall at the cost of more than 1,500 people.
Of course, if you count the loss of hundreds of people caused by the lieutenant underestimating the enemy in the second round of the loyalist attack, only having 5 thousand soldiers, Yangquan defenders almost paid a huge price for killing more than half of them.
In attacking Yangquan, 20,000 loyalists lost almost 4,000 people.
In the face of this result, loyalist Lord Zhou Haoguang directly gave me a trace of dissatisfaction.
Because he didn’t expect that the local garrison in Shaanxi and Shaanxi provinces should also have such a strong fighting capacity, and he just relied on cold weapons and grenades to stop himself from attacking the soldiers of Wanjingying.
Zhou Haoguang is dissatisfied with the result, but he is still full of confidence in this exhibition attack.
Zhou Haoguang, an experienced general, has a far higher judgment on the battlefield situation than ordinary people.
Through today’s last attack, Zhou Haoguang affirmed that it is insufficient to defend Yangquan defenders. If you work harder, you will be able to block Yangquan County in front of you one day and then March straight into Datong.
With this in mind, Zhou Hao, the loyalist general, was in Yangquan County during the tense arrangement of his own battle. Tan Liguo, the garrison general in Yangquan County, was listening to the lieutenant’s report on today’s loss with a dignified face.
Faced with the number of bloody casualties, the limited number of defenders, the few grenades left, and the powerful forces outside the city, Tan Liguo was full of confidence in this attack a day ago. At this moment, he was finally confused about his future and the future of Yangquan County.
As long as he thought about how to hold on to this county town for a long time with limited strength.
A full of excitement exclaimed suddenly chancellorsville sounded …
"General … reinforcements. Here comes our reinforcements …"
The voice just fell off the curtain at the door of chancellorsville and was pushed. At the same time, a real Wang Feng also strode in.
See Wang Feng Tan Liguo hurriedly walked to come over, kneeling on one leg with a face of excitement and saying, "Tan Liguo has met the general at the end."
With that, it’s as if my heart is tense and my heart is instantly relaxed. At the same time, I continue to say, "General, you are finally here … you will be relieved at the end of your visit …"
"You don’t know that if you come one day later, Yangquan County will be unable to keep your feet."
Rushed to Wang Feng without a horse talking, but strode to the main position of chancellorsville.
After taking a deep breath, Tan Liguo and the others did not command, "Who told you that you can breathe a sigh of relief … To tell you the truth, coming to Yangquan County next time did not bring you a single soldier, not only that, but also brought an order from the governor’s office …"
"Tan Liguo, the former garrison general of Yangquan County, officially rose to the company commanders from now on … and led the people to continue to stick to Yangquan County for two days …"
In the face of this sudden Tathagata, Tan Liguo’s face did not brighten up because of this promotion, but showed a trace of heartfelt dignity and worry
Wang Feng, who saw Tan Liguo’s face changing rapidly, continued, "Of course, the Governor’s Office won’t deliberately make it difficult … Although I didn’t bring you reinforcements this time, I brought you enough grenades. Now these grenades are on their way to Yangquan County Road, and there are more than 50,000 grenades in Yangquan County at the latest …"
I heard that Tan Liguo’s dignified facial expression finally eased a lot.
But still with a full face of worry, Wang Feng woke up in front of him and said, "General, you may not know that not only are we equipped with grenades, but the loyalists outside the city are also equipped with grenades."
"Today, we just ate loyalist grenades and lost more than 2,000 people. At the end of the day, we will still be able to make enough troops. There are 2,000 people who blocked more than 10,000 loyalist attacks with 2,000 people and blocked them for two days …"
"No matter how many grenades you give, you can’t guarantee that you can hold Yangquan County."
Wang Feng’s face flashed a shock and then he regained calm.
As early as ten days ago, Wang Feng received the news that the imperial court had copied grenades, which made Wang Feng not think that the imperial court had equipped loyalists with such sharp firearms in such a short time.
Now that loyalists are equipped with grenades, it is normal to bring more than two thousand losses to the soldiers guarding the city.
Wang Feng didn’t give Tan Liguo a wanted answer after his face regained calm.
Instead, it is surprising to say that "even if there are less than 3,000 soldiers left, we must hold Yangquan County."
After that, Wang Feng went on to say surprisingly, "Maybe all of you will scold you for being unkind, but you will be told that you are so unkind, not because you have any enmity with your generals, but because you have come with a purpose you can’t imagine …"
"You generals are one of our own, and you don’t need to hide anything from everyone. Tell everyone that you will bring fifty thousand grenades and ten thousand musketeers to Yangquan this time, but the musketeers are not here to support you, but there are fifteen thousand loyalist elites left outside the city …"
"The reason why we don’t send some troops to reinforce you is very simple, that is, we are afraid that you will scare away the loyalist outside the city and destroy the plan of body count made by the Governor’s Office this time."
"I hope you can take care of the overall situation. With the remaining troops in your hands, you can crucify this Yangquan county like a nail …"
"Of course, during the whole defensive process, you will be allowed to recruit Qingzhuang from Yangquan County and surrounding wasteland areas to assist you in guarding the city …"
"In the course of the battle, the Youth Department who participated in the joint defense will be paid and given pensions according to the local garrison standards …"
When I heard that Tan Liguo’s face was worried and dignified, it not only disappeared but was replaced by a trace of seriousness.
After taking a deep breath, he assured Wang Feng in front of him, "Please rest assured that the general will be alive at the end of the day and guarantee to hold Yangquan … the city of people …"
Wang Feng, dressed in a uniform, hurried away from the chancellorsville, and the crowd gathered around Tan Liguo like a German shepherd who smelled blood.
Glanced at the side with a solemn face and a full face of Tan Liguo after the heating department said, "Brothers, you have all heard General Wang’s words … There will be no more nonsense. Let’s kill more than 1,000 loyalists outside the city even if we die here …"
"Li Tuanchang will be ordered to lead the rest of the soldiers to go out of the city overnight to meet the grenades sent to us by the Governor’s Office. All grenades must be sent to Yangquan County before dawn …"
"Lieutenant Zhang, the day battle is still under your direct command."
"However, the tactics should be changed slightly … every time the number of bombers increases from 300 to 500, grenades will be used to kill the enemy during the battle, so as to avoid melee fighting as much as possible."
"After all, the victory in melee fighting depends on fighting for life."
"Li Tuanchang, your regiment almost lost in the battle today, and there are less than two hundred people at the very most."
"I will order your horse to lead the people out of the city and go to the surrounding wasteland area to recruit Qingzhuang and send it to Yangquan County to assist us in guarding the city."
With a steady stream of grenades, the battle for Chengtou the next day was still fierce, but the addition of a large number of grenades reduced the loss of garrison troops from more than 2,000 people the day before to less than 1,500 people today.
The loyalist who attacked Yangquan County once again lost 4,000 people.
When the loyalist general Zhou Haoguang was anxious because of the continuous attack defeat, a musketeer who had finished his equipment properly guided the mountain people through the dense forest to detour directly behind the loyalist and blocked them outside Yangquan City.
When the circuitous troops were getting closer and closer to their destination, a group of musketeers also entered Yangquan County.
Of course, following the musket regiment into the county, there is also a heavy mortar battalion with a total of 27 guns with a range of one mile, which can bring destruction to the red artillery of the loyalist.
Or Tan Liguo’s army account in a uniform? Wang Feng sat down in Tan Liguo’s position again.
In the face of everyone’s different eyes, Wang Feng’s calm face showed a smile and replied to everyone, "Brothers will be very satisfied with everyone’s performance in this battle today. I will definitely tell everyone here that you are the first to kill 20,000 loyalists."
"After the military conflict with the imperial court, I will definitely personally like you to the guard."
"Will come so late is to bring you a good news …"
"Thousands of musketeers strive to finish the siege of loyalists outside the city at the latest … that is to say, we can attack loyalists outside the city at the latest …"
"There will be a musket regiment and a heavy artillery battalion coming into town this evening. After dawn, the loyalist will launch a counterattack against the loyalist in the first attack of Yangquan County …"
"I will hope that Yangquan County will persist for such a long time and suffer heavy losses. You can follow the musket regiment in the counterattack and take revenge on the soldiers who died in Yangquan County."
Chapter four hundred and thirty A debacle
After a night’s rest and relief, the two-mile wall has been replaced by more than 1,000 well-equipped musketeers.
At the same time, 27 heavy mortars, 9 medium mortars and 9 light mortars were erected in Yangquan County behind the city wall.
Of course, after a night’s rest, with revenge and anger, more than 1000 Yangquan defenders gathered at the city gate to hold their weapons and prepare for today’s counterattack against the heads and blood of loyalists in the middle and outer cities to avenge the brothers who died.
On the other hand, after a night’s reflection and summary, the loyalist commanders directly recognized that the soldiers in the two-day attack could not stand firm on the wall. One of the most important reasons was that too few troops were sent to attack the city, which could not ensure a steady stream of soldiers to climb the wall and expand the breakthrough together with the defenders’ fighting.
In the first round of attack today, the Lord Zhou Haoguang directly attacked the attack force from 4,000 people to 6,000 people, almost reaching half of his own strength … Two thousand grenades left in hand were also taken out and prepared to attack Yangquan County for two days through a battle.