The fire rose to the sky, quickly spread to both sides, and for a time the entire long street was shrouded in fireworks, cutting off the route of the Yuan army's attack from the east and west, but it also aroused the anger of the Yuan army. Although it was robbed, it has been in business for more than ten years, and they regard this place as their home, and the Song army has become an out-and-out invader in their eyes.

At the moment when their relatives were killed, their fields were destroyed, their homes were engulfed in flames, and their years of hard work were destroyed, could not they be very angry, and the result was that the Yuan army, regardless of the soldiers and civilians but casualties, relied on the superiority of numbers, launched a series of attacks, wanting to put these 'invaders' to death and then hurry up.

Because the location of the Thousand Households is on the side of the long street, the road is only thirty steps wide, and there is only a small square in front of it that is less than fifty or sixty steps long and wide, so many troops gathered in one place, swarming forward, the guard battalion arranged four fires in the front defense, plus some of the refuge drives, there are only seventy or eighty people, and the enemy army on the attack surface is also only like this, but the Yuan army is the home field, the reserve troops are sufficient, and they share the same hatred of the enemy, it can be said that they participated in the battle spontaneously and consciously, and the morale is high.

Tan Fei originally thought that the ditches and ponds in front of the city could be used to block the enemy from moving forward, but the swarming enemy troops were not afraid of the fire of muskets, although people were constantly knocked down, but the people behind still stepped forward, but the small trenches and ponds that were almost clogged up in a moment were filled with corpses, and scarlet blood flowed everywhere. However, due to the weakness of their own forces, the muskets could not form a continuous blocking fire, but the enemy troops behind rushed to the city without scruples like enraged bulls, stepping on the corpses of their comrades, ramming the gates, and smashing the walls.

Listening to the cracking of the gate and the sound of the wall being chiseled, Tan Fei's palms were sweating, he didn't expect that the fighting will of this group of Mengyuan reserve troops would be so tenacious, far exceeding the enemy troops encountered at the beginning, and they would scatter once they were lost. The enemy army had already approached the city, and although the gate was strong and had been sealed with chores beforehand, he knew that he would not be able to hold out for long with this kind of fighting.

As the enemy forces approached the city, the effectiveness of the musket was greatly reduced by close combat, and even if the gun killed the enemy, it was too late to reload in the face of the ant-like crowd. Tan Fei simply ordered the soldiers to throw grenades densely into the enemy group under the city, but he didn't expect it to be extremely powerful in the melee, each explosion would set off a cluster of blood rain, blowing up a group of people, but it still couldn't stop the enemy's attack.

After a long period of hard fighting, the grenades carried by the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion were almost exhausted, Tan Fei ordered the mortar shells to be lit and thrown directly to the city, and those who drove the soldiers also continued to transport the flower stones, stone benches, and long logs collected from the house to the city, and constantly threw them down to smash the enemy troops under the city. After repelling the enemy's assault three times in a row, the battle gradually subsided, and at this time, the corpses were piled up on the surface of the city, which was no more than a few dozen feet round, and blood overflowed into the long street, and the smoke obscured the daylight, and it looked like a Shura field under the reflection of the beating fire.

"Commander, what kind of battle is this fighting?" After a break in the battle, Qiu Decai, the team leader, leaned over and said.

"Chaotic battle, I haven't fought this kind of battle since I joined the army." Tan Fei retracted and shook his head with a wry smile, and asked again, "Do we have any casualties?" ”

"Everyone's okay, only a few people have some skin injuries, and they are fine, and they can still continue to fight." Qiu Decai replied, "I'm also strange, how can this group of village soldiers be more brave than those regular soldiers, and they have died so many people, but they still don't retreat?" ”

"Alas, those regular soldiers are fighting for the imperial court, but these township soldiers are fighting to protect their families and land, of course it is different. And these Tartars have always been fierce, brave and aggressive, and the dead are all their neighbors and relatives, we have become fish in the net again, meat on the case, of course, desperate to restrain us to death. Tan Fei sighed.

"Phew, this land in the north of the river is the land of my Great Song Dynasty, when did it become the territory of their Tartars, do you really think that they can take it for themselves if they rob it?" Qiu Decai spat out and said angrily.

"This is what Your Majesty often says, if we ourselves do not fight, we will become the prey of others, and become the food of others, just like those who drive their mouths, let them oppress and slaughter. But if we are strong, not to mention the Central Plains, even the Mobei of the Tartars are ours, let them herd horses for the Great Song Dynasty. Tan Fei said.

"If you want to make the Sprinkle family their mouth, you have to see how their teeth are?" Qiu Decai sneered.

"That's true, but our situation is not optimistic, and we have to prepare early!" Tan Fei knew that although everyone was under siege, their morale had not decreased at all.

"Despite the commander's orders, everyone does everything." Qiu Decai said, "Previously, everyone still had doubts about the commander being in the guard camp, thinking that the commander was only able to get this high position because he was His Majesty's childhood partner, and they were not completely convinced. But after this battle, everyone can see that the commander is not only wise and brave, but also loyal to His Majesty. We all saw that it was very dangerous to break into this Guabu town alone, and the commander must have known it for a long time, but he still took His Majesty's entrustment as the most important thing and risked his life to come. ”

"Your Majesty is as kind to me as a person, not only saving the lives of our orphans and widows, but also never abandoning them in the face of great hardship, and always taking them with him. Otherwise, I would not be a starvation on the streets, and I would live a life worse than death like these drives; In a general sense, His Majesty can be said to be turning the tide at the time of the life and death of the Great Song Dynasty and helping the building to collapse, so there would be no Great Song Dynasty without His Majesty. In public and private, for the sake of Your Majesty, why do we regret our cheap bodies! Tan Fei said solemnly.

"What the Commander said is extremely true, even if we are all killed today, it will not make Your Majesty lose your words to the people of the world!" Qiu Decai said.

"The matter has not reached that serious point yet, Your Majesty will not leave anyone in the army, how can you give up on us easily, and now we must have begun to organize rescue." Tan Fei waved his hand and smiled, "Listen, the guns in the west and south have been endless. This shows that Chen Dushuai is fighting fiercely with Habichi's subordinates on the one hand, trying to get closer to us, and on the other hand, he is blocking Duge Wanhu who came to reinforce from Liuhe. ”

"Wouldn't it? The Sprinkle family doesn't look like a good person when they look at Li Hongbin, if they don't have to rush back to Jiangbei and push back, why would they let us be trapped here! Qiu Decai was not angry.

"Speaking of which, you can't blame Li Dutong, he also acted according to the plan, who knew that there were extraneous branches!" Tan Fei waved his hand.

"As the front-line commander, and with the expediency granted by His Majesty, he should adjust the battle plan accordingly after the enemy situation changes, instead of holding on to the defects and taking no responsibility, so he is not worthy of being the commander of one side!" Qiu Decai still said indignantly.

"Your Majesty is by no means a foolish person, there must be a public opinion on what is right and wrong in this matter, and we have no right to comment on it!" Tan Fei shook his head and skipped this topic, straightened up and looked out of the city, "At present, we have too few troops, and we have no reserves, if we continue to fight like this, we can't consume the Tartars, we need to plan early!" ”

"The Tartars are adjusting their forces and are going to start attacking again!" Qiu Decai also squatted up when he heard this, and looked out through the battlement, only to see that the enemy army was also making adjustments, and some people were organizing the rescue and pulling down the burning house to organize the spread of the fire; Some of them climbed to the opposite house with bows and arrows on their backs, presumably to provide cover for the besiegers; In the distance, you can see that in a section of the long street, you can see people trapping the long ladder, and you don't need to ask them if they want to build a ladder to attack the city.

"We have few troops, we don't have enough ammunition, and the bottom of the wall has been hollowed out, and the gate has been destroyed, so we can't fight them anymore." Tan Fei looked at it and said. Just now, the chaotic fist almost killed the old master, and now the enemy army will launch an organized attack after readjustment, and it will be more difficult for them to stop.

"Does the commander mean to abandon the walls and retreat to the inner house to fight the enemy in the streets?" Qiu Decai understood his intention after a little thought, and at the moment they were defending against the wall, although the defensive area was greatly reduced, it was still too wide for their troops, and they were a little overwhelmed just now. And in the retreat courtyard, where the houses are adjacent, there are only a limited number of passages, and the defensive surface is greatly reduced, so they can control a road with only a few people.

"Well, but we have to organize two lines of defense, the first line of defense is based on the main hall, and hold on to it, deplete the enemy's forces, and demoralize it; The second line of defense is to set up a reserve position as the baseline of the inner house wall, and once the first line is breached, it will quickly retreat and wait for reinforcements. At the same time, it is necessary to control the commanding heights, and deploy troops on the corner towers and rooftops to prevent the enemy from infiltrating our defensive line from the wall. And set up a bombing point on the north wall in case reinforcements do not arrive, ready to break through after dark. Tan Fei nodded and assigned the task, and said with a sigh of relief.

"We must remember that every soldier's life is precious, and he will be a useful talent in the future, and he must not be reckless, impulsive, and rash to cause casualties. As a last resort, you should not engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, but be good at using the weapons in your hands to destroy the enemy. If I die in battle, you will take over the command, and so on, and you must not break through the siege in a scattered way, for it is impossible to break through the encirclement with the strength of one person. If possible, you must break through with those exorcists, they will only have a dead end if they stay, and there is no physiology! ”

"Rest assured, the commander is in mind!" Qiu Decai nodded, and took the lead in leading most of the troops down the wall.

"Come, let's kill their sharpness first!" Tan Fei called the rest of the people, patted the musket in his hand, and pointed to the Yuan Jundao that was being mobilized outside the wall......

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When the guard battalion was fighting hard, after Li Hongbin was reprimanded by Chen Fenglin, he hurriedly redeployed his troops, and ordered the troops deployed in the direction of Guabu Mountain to stop retreating, organize a defense in the northwest direction, and block the enemy troops coming from the direction of Changlu Town; At the same time, the 1st Regiment commanded the 3rd Battalion of the Reserve and the artillery battalion directly under the division that had just landed, reinforced the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Battalion, attacked in the direction of Guabu Town, and reinforced the guard battalion; ordered the baggage battalion directly under the division and the third battalion of the second regiment to hold the ferry; The three regiments and the rocket battalion directly under the army that had just landed were ordered to defend to the north to block the reinforcements of the Dukor Wanhu Province.

"We are known as the first army of the forbidden army, boasting of Haikou in front of Your Majesty, and using a division of troops to deal with a thousand households that farm, but the battle is like this, your division is not ashamed, and the commander feels panicked, and has no face to see the emperor. Do you want Ben Shuai to transfer the first division across the river to replace your second division? Chen Fenglin walked around the temporary command post anxiously, and nodded Li Hongbin with a horsewhip.

"All handsome, all of them are despicable and incompetent!" Li Hongbin drooped his head and saluted.

"You are more than incompetent! The Sprinkle family sees that you have been promoted, and your brain is not good! Chen Fenglin was still angry, "You are also the old man of the Shuai Fu Army, don't you know Your Majesty's temper?" You can giggle on weekdays, but there is no ambiguity in business, Qin Linfeng was also His Majesty's favorite general, commanding tens of thousands of troops, and it is not merciless to kill him if he makes a big mistake, you don't think that you have more face than Qin Linfeng! ”

"Humble duties cannot be compared!" Li Hongbin said with a red face.

"You know that your majesty is here, and when he knows His Majesty's intention to come here, he sent all his guard battalions up, and he is determined to save the assault detachment!" Chen Fenglin was even more annoyed when he heard this, hating that iron is not made of steel.

"Didn't Your Majesty say that the guard battalion has not participated in actual combat for a long time, and it is necessary to train the team?" Li Hongbin raised his head and said.

"Oh, then Tan Fei and you are both from the guard camp, why are you so stupid?" Chen Fenglin patted his shoulder with a smile and said, "The guard battalion is the pro-army of His Majesty's pro-army, and it is your Majesty's safety that it will never move lightly until it is an emergency. This use is to show determination, then Tan Fei understood His Majesty's meaning, knowing that he was going deep into the tiger's den, but he also went alone. And you hesitated, refused to enter the army, and had to withdraw the troops to Jiangnan, what do you want Your Majesty to think of Ben Shuai, what do you think of you? Is that a stupid word that can explain it clearly! ”

"Xie Dushuai, I understand my humble position!" It can be said that a word woke up the person in the dream, Li Hongbin thought that Tan Fei was trying to compete for merit at first, and he was angry in his heart, but now he was covered in a cold sweat, and he gratefully saluted Chen Fenglin. I knew that if I lost the guard camp and failed to save the other four, my days in the army would come to an end.

"What's the use of you giving gifts to Ben Shuai, if you can't completely annihilate Habichi Qianhu today, don't come back when you set foot in Guabu Town!" Chen Fenglin shook the bookcase vigorously with a horsewhip and made a loud noise.

"Yes, the lowly position will lead the personal guard battalion to supervise the battle, and he will take the head of Habichi and set foot on Guabu Town, otherwise he will be cut off from Jiangbei, and he will have no shame to return to Jiangnan again!" Li Hongbin stood up and saluted and said fiercely. Immediately, he went out of the tent and gathered his troops and horses to the west without looking back, while Chen Fenglin took over the command and sat in the Chinese army to deal with the enemy's steady stream of reinforcements......