With the Song army's jumping team entering the city, the battle entered the white heat, and at this time, the shouts of killing and the explosion of grenades became the main theme, while the sound of guns and cannons became sparse. The power of muskets and artillery is far less than close, and it is also one of the measures taken by Zhao Yu in order to make up for his lack of melee combat effectiveness and the threat of cavalry charge, intending to inflict a large number of casualties on the enemy through long-range weapons, so as not to fall behind when engaging in close combat. This arrangement allowed the Song army to be equal in strength against the enemy, even less than the enemy, and also won a series of victories.

However, Luo Datong found that the situation seemed to have changed today, and he knew that the firearms he was equipped with had the shortcomings of slow rate of fire and poor accuracy, and he needed to increase the density of firearms to kill and injure the enemy. At present, once the Mengyuan army approaches the city, because of the problem of dead angles of guns, unless the soldiers are close to the battlement, or lean down to shoot, which not only affects the rate of fire, but also exposes the body to the enemy's arrows. Artillery requires a larger angle of fire, which is simply an ornament, making it much less powerful.

The situation is further complicated by the fact that as the enemy forces begin to ascend the city, the defenders' tasks will also shift to fighting the enemies who are climbing the city. The top of the city wall was already narrow, and it was impossible to arrange more troops, and the difficulty of arranging troops was exacerbated by the fact that the jumping team went up to the city, and it was impossible to take into account the constant influx of enemy reinforcements to deal with the enemy troops climbing the city. In this way, a dead circle is formed, and if you want to ensure that the city is not lost, you can only use the main force to block the enemy troops who have ascended the city, and you have no time to take care of the enemy reinforcements, so that the enemy army will fight more and more, and they can only give up their advantage and turn to hand-to-hand combat, which they are not good at.

"Dutong, the lower officials have ordered the husbands recruited in the city to prepare rolling logs, stones, and gold juice, why don't you let them go to the city to help in the war!" Chen Boyuan saw that the enemy army had set up more than 20 ladders, and some stragglers used hooks and ropes and poles to climb through the gaps, and there were Mongolian troops like ants carrying ladders to arrive continuously. The city was already in a scuffle, with their own soldiers fighting the enemy hand-to-hand with bayonets, and the jumping team that had just entered the city was exhausted, using their giant axes and poles to destroy the enemy's climbing facilities, and fell into passivity. He then asked the servants to go up to the city to help defend the road.

"There is no need to help in the war, Chen Zhixian can order the servants to carry the casualties of the soldiers in the city to the city for medical treatment, and transport more grenades to the city to avoid causing chaos!" Luo Datong shook his head and refused.

He knew that he was not short of troops at the moment, he had not yet used the brigade reserves, and the situation in the area defended by the other two regiments was stable, and he could come to reinforcements at any time. The problem was that the city was too small to spread, and too many people going up to the city would only lead to chaos and increase unnecessary casualties, so the only way to do this was to use the 'refueling tactic' of increasing the number of troops one by one. The husband did not undergo rigorous military training, let alone actual combat experience.

But at the moment, thousands of people in the city are fighting for life and death, and there is a choking bloody atmosphere. The face of the dead was hideous, mutilated, and the severed limbs and arms were visible, and scarlet blood sprayed all over the city, and it stuck to the feet when stepped on. The wounds of the wounded were shocking, panting in pain, struggling and screaming. The living beast howled, plunged its knives and spears into the opponent's body, striking and biting with its fists and teeth, and did everything possible to kill the opponent. Where have the servants seen such a bloody scene, after going to the city, they will inevitably be frightened by the cruel battle scenes, and when the time comes, they will run around in horror and rush like crazy, and then all that is left is to add chaos.

As for the use of traditional city defense equipment such as rolling wood, stone and gold juice, he thought that compared to firearms, it was inconvenient to operate, and the power was insufficient, it was just a helpless choice when the ammunition was exhausted, but Changshu City, as a heavy land, was most lacking in weapons and ammunition, and Luo Datong also found that the grenades, which were usually regarded as 'chicken ribs', played an unexpected role at this time.

In the past, before the full replacement of firearms, there were even special grenadiers to throw a wave before the two armies attacked to disrupt the enemy's formation and cause casualties to its forwards. However, after the full replacement of muskets, the role of grenades began to decline, often relying on the long-range shooting of artillery and muskets to make the enemy unable to enter the throwing range of grenades.

But at the moment in the defense of the city, the grenade can be thrown under the city to injure the enemy, often a grenade can blow down a piece, and even blow up the ladder, the speed is much faster than the musket, the power is greater than the musket, and it has become a weapon for a while. However, each person was usually only allocated five coins, and although there were reserves in the city, they could not help but throw them into the city as if they did not want money, so they were quickly in a hurry. Now that Chen Boyuan took the initiative to invite Ying to participate in the war, Luo Datong could not discourage his enthusiasm and lose his face, so he sent him the task of transporting the wounded and ammunition.

"All are unified, the enemy army is large, and if we continue to fight like this, our army has limited strength and cannot withstand such attrition. How about leading the troops out of the city to raid, counterattacking the current enemy's offensive, and then reorganizing the defensive line? At this time, Sima Huang Fan of the Fifth Brigade asked for help.

"No, if you go out of the city to counterattack at the moment, once the enemy army takes the opportunity to attack the city, it will cause a greater crisis!" When Luo Datong heard this, he immediately refused. But he also knew that he would not be able to get reinforcements in a short time, but he had to ensure that the city was not lost, and the enemy's follow-up troops would arrive one after another. With the current tactics of killing 1,000 enemies and inflicting 800 self-losses, he can't last long, but he can only fight with this for a while and survive this hurdle first.

"Dutong, after leading the troops out of the city, as long as the city gate is closed, the enemy will not be allowed to take advantage of it!" Huang Fan did not give up, and said again.

"No, you're committing suicide. This official will not allow it! Luo Datong said categorically. Huang Fan's intentions are very clear to him, he will close the city gate after leading his troops out of the city, that is a self-cutting way back, even if the enemy under the city is expelled, he will soon fall into the enemy's encirclement, and there is no possibility of survival. He couldn't accept losing his generals just after the start of the war, and this tactic could not completely solve the problems he faced.

"Dutong, for the sake of Changshu City, for the sake of His Majesty's plan, it is not a pity to die in a humble position, and please allow Dutong!" Huang Fa saw that the enemy army was attacking like a wave, and from time to time there were enemy soldiers who crossed the battlement wall and climbed onto the city, while his own side fell into a bitter battle, and the casualties further increased.

"Don't ......," Luo Datong almost roared, while at the same time forcing himself to calm down and think about countermeasures.

He had realized that it was his own fault that had caused the present crisis, and that according to His Majesty's words, in order to develop the power of firearms, all kinds of weapons should be arranged in echelons according to the firing range. The same should be true for defending the city, not only relying on the city walls, but also using the terrain outside the city to build fortifications, and establish two or three deep lines of defense to keep the enemy out of the city, so that the enemy cannot directly approach the city.

At that time, in order to confuse the enemy army, thinking that the city was unprepared and crossing the river with confidence, there was no defense in the west of the city, and no fortifications were built. This also led to a thin defensive line with no depth, and once the enemy broke through the fire blockade regardless of casualties, it could enter the fire corner and approach the city. This also makes them empty of sharp weapons, but they have no way to play them, so they can only give up their strengths and fight with the enemy in close combat.

And if the enemy army arrived last night, the army and civilians in the city were mobilized overnight to build fortifications outside the west city, and they would not have fallen into such a dilemma. However, he was still too confident in his own self-confidence, believing that the power of firearms was enough to defeat the enemy as he approached the city, or he was frightened. Luo Datong, as the main general, should of course be responsible for this, but he also understands that regret and self-blame are useless, and it is only right that he should try to remedy it now.

"Huang Sima, have you seen the mountain a hundred steps away from the Zhenshan Gate?" Luo Datong looked at the enemy soldiers who were constantly rushing outside the city, saw a hill outside the city wall of Yushan, and pondered for a moment.

"Dutong, my subordinates have seen it!" Huang Fan followed the direction he was pointing and quickly found his target.

"Now the enemy army is feinting to attack the Zhenshan Gate, and the progress is slow. I thought I could take advantage of the gap to send an elite army to escort the mortar detachment to occupy that hill, establish an artillery position, and support the battle in the west of the city! Luo Datong was not verbose, and bluntly said what he thought.

"It's all feasible, the hill is in front, and the range of the mortar can cover the space outside the west gate without dead ends, which can solve the current dilemma!" Huang Fan's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he said gloomily in an instant, "Dutong, that mountain hangs alone outside the city, once the enemy cuts off the passage to the city, it will be difficult to last if you lose support, and you will even face the danger of being surrounded and annihilated!" ”

"Hmm!" Luo Datong's face was stunned when he heard this, and he knew that what he said was true, but he looked at it for a moment and said, "In this way, we will simply occupy all the hills around that mountain to form a strong stronghold, and provide fire support with Weiyuan artillery on the city to fight the besieging enemy army and protect the passage with the city." ”

"The capital has a very good idea, if it can occupy a few surrounding hills and form a strong stronghold, it can not only block the city of Xicheng, but also defend the mountain gate of the town, support the attack on the city wall around the mountain to a limited extent, and establish a peripheral defense line according to this, this is a matter of killing three birds with one stone. Humble Yuan led an army out of the city to establish an artillery position! Huang Fan said excitedly.

"Okay, so Huang Sima will lead the mortar team of the brigade artillery regiment and a regiment and a battalion, and strengthen one and one of the thunderbolt detachments out of the city, so that Changshu will be given to Sima's hand!" Luo Datong did not refuse his request again this time, and nodded in agreement.

"Yes, the humble duty is not dishonored!" After Huang Fan stood up and saluted, he immediately went down to the city with a token to transfer troops and prepare to leave the city.

"Guards, go to the city with the general, and drive these Tartar dogs down the city!" Luo Datong pulled out his saber and shouted loudly at this time, and then went out to the city to kill first......

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