Chapter 555 Night Attack

"If you were given a platoon...... How long does it take to take the South Gate? ”

Seeing that Yang Yuan had finished reading the secret letter, He Shouxin asked him abruptly.

"It depends on whether it's day or night......"

Yang Yuan looked up at him and hesitated.

He was a little unsure of the meaning of the company commander, so he asked...... Is it a strong attack, or a sneak attack?

"Night Attack!"

He Shouxin smiled and narrowed his eyes.

"Night raid?"

Yang Yuan's spirit was obviously lifted, and he immediately replied, "It's just the South Gate, it's almost an hour, it's enough." ”

"But ......"

As he spoke, he looked at Wan Shouqi and said with a smile, "Didn't you say that Nancheng and Dongcheng have a connection, so I won't go, right?" All you need is a squadron of sailors and General Chen's men......"

"What's the use of just taking the South Gate,"

He Shouxin glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "I want you to go, naturally I have my reasons." ”

"This ......"

"Listen to me......"

He Shouxin naturally understood what he meant, he raised his hand and shook it, "Take the south gate, it can't take more than half an hour, and within an hour, it must be controlled together with the east gate." ”

"Okay, it's not a big problem......"

Yang Yuan replied nonchalantly.

"But that's not the point,"

As he spoke, He Shouxin looked at the sky again, "The most tricky thing is that before dawn at the latest, you must completely solve the Tartar rebellion, firmly control the main streets, ensure the safety of the eastern and southern urban districts, and never let the fire burn, understand?" ”

"Understood!"

Seeing this, Yang Yuan didn't dare to flamb his tongue anymore, he nodded solemnly.

"That's good,"

He Shouxin nodded, "Without further ado, you prepare, take a platoon and set off immediately, and rush back to the south gate, you have full discretion to decide how to fight." ”

"Yes!"

Yang Yuan saw that the company commander had made up his mind, so he stopped being verbose and carried out the order neatly.

"Lord Gu, Mr. Wan, depending on the situation, we have to attack the city tonight,"

He Shouxin turned to Gu Yanwu and said with a smile, "There must be two Laos, send a few guys to accompany you and help enter the city." ”

"Company Commander He, this black light is blinding, and it is not easy to coordinate the team, this ...... It's a bit adventurous. ”

Gu Yanwu sat on the side and listened to the conversation between the two, but he couldn't interject, so he told the truth and expressed his worries at this time.

"I'm afraid we can't afford to swallow this slowly,"

He Shouxin handed him the information gathered from the interrogation of the prisoners, "Since Ma Jinbao may have slipped away, he has left a back hand, if he really makes a jade burn, we have no other way but to retreat." ”

"Okay, the guide is fine, I'll arrange it below."

Gu Yanwu nodded and said.

"I'd better go to Nancheng, it's also convenient to contact Brother Wang, but it's ......"

At this time, Wan Shouqi interjected, "The risk of attacking the city at night is very high, and the slightest negligence will cause a catastrophe. ”

"This ...... It's not that I'm impatient,"

He Shouxin smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I'm afraid of long nights and dreams, in case I ......"

He Shouxin understands their concerns.

In the final analysis, they still don't understand the captive army and have no confidence in the combat effectiveness of the captive army.

In fact, He Shouxin weighed it again and again, and indeed hesitated.

Not to mention the meagre strength at hand, even if the troops are abundant, it is indeed risky to organize a sneak attack at night, not to mention anything else, sacrifice is inevitable.

Even if such a strong "elite soldier" as his guard company usually conducts night raid training as a daily operation, and it can be said that climbing the city, capturing prisoners, and seizing doors are all their forte, but every time they organize an exercise, there are always unforeseen situations that occur, and it is still difficult to achieve perfection.

To tell the truth, with the assistance of Chen Liuyu's thousands of people, it is not difficult to take Yangzhou at night, but now it is indeed very difficult to quickly subdue thousands of Tartars and ensure that any Tartar soldiers in the city cannot be ignited smoothly.

He Shouxin knew that with his more than 100 skilled soldiers, it would be quite easy to enter the city and seize the gate, but when he arrived in the city, it would inevitably cause extraneous branches, and accidents would happen at any time.

It is impossible for the troops to light torches into the city, the streets are darkly lit, there is no map to refer to, and there are no street signs, even if Mr. Gu's men can act as guides, but the city is full of routs, especially in the center of the city, it is very difficult to identify the enemy and the enemy in the dark night......

If you can't control the situation quickly, as long as a team of Tartars seizes this opportunity to set fire, it is really too late to escape......

However, from Wang Luo's secret letter, He Shouxin keenly sniffed out the danger.

If Ma Jinbao has really slipped away, then he clearly doesn't plan to defend it, arson and burning the city is only a matter of one or two days, who can guarantee that it will be peaceful tonight?

Therefore, since Wang Luo has now organized the internal response, He Shouxin will never miss this golden opportunity, he plans to immediately mobilize his troops and take the risk of capturing the city tonight.

First of all, he decided to hand over the southern and eastern cities to Yang Yuan and send him there to sit down.

Although there is still a Chen Liuyu there, but now his eyebrows are burning, and He Shouxin can't take care of his face, so he can only temporarily wronged him.

It's not that he doesn't believe in Chen Liuyu's ability, it's just that his guard company is a new type of armed force with all firearms, and its unique tactical style of play can only be used by his own officers, and outsiders can't command it at all.

He believed that Yang Yuan had a main platoon and dozens of sailors, and with the assistance of Nei Ying and Chen Liuyu's brigade, he would definitely have a way to quickly resolve the rout and control the situation smoothly.

And He Shouxin himself intends to take on the most important and arduous task - to control the western city and attack the northern city.

The reason why He Shouxin dared to do this was because in the intelligence, he found a loophole in the Tartars.

Intelligence shows that almost all the streets in the city are piled with firewood and other fireworks, but there are very few in the north city - it seems that this group of Tartars did not have the courage to set themselves on fire, and there should be an escape channel left for them......

In view of this, He Shouxin decided to come up with a decapitation tactic and first solve Xicheng and the Admiral's Yamen.

He planned to lead the third platoon and the machine gun squad to attack the West Gate, and rush to Ma Jinbao's Admiral Yamen as fast as possible, eliminate the command structure of the Tartars in one fell swoop, and at the same time divide the troops to control the firewood accumulation places along the way.

In addition, he was ready to order the main force of the second platoon to lie in ambush outside the north gate, on the one hand, to block the escape of the Tartar rout, and on the other hand, to launch a strong attack at any time according to the situation.

He Shouxin was muttering, and suddenly the correspondent ran to report: The scouts found that the enemy in the city had dug up the city gates in the east and west directions.

"What? Ready to break through? ”

He Shouxin sneered.

Tartar is about to act, fortunately with Wang Luo's information, otherwise, this is really a bit unprepared......

He looked at the sky, and it was about midnight, and it was about three hours before it dawned.

"We have to do it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be irreparable if it really causes a fire in the whole city,"

He gritted his teeth and said to Yang Yuan, "Go ahead, prepare separately and attack the city at night!" ”

"Understood!"

Yang Yuan saluted excitedly, turned around and ran out.

It was still the first half of the night, most of the second platoon was in the north of the city, and the first and third platoons were taking turns resting, so he had to assemble the first platoon and board the boat to set off.

The movement of troops is not as simple as saying a word, it takes time to gather the sentries, take care of the outfits, prepare the guns and ammunition, etc.