In the early morning, sharp horns sounded in the trenches, and the artillery positions of the Qing army fired thousands of shells at Dongzhi County, which was thunder rolling in the sky and the roar was deafening

In the trenches, the Qing soldiers covered their ears and looked up at the whistling shells, when did the Qing army squander them so much, the shells fell into Dongzhi County like raindrops, and the artillery fought well and blew the enemy to pieces

It can be said that this was a large-scale artillery battle since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, which is enough to show that the imperial court attaches great importance to this battle, and the governors of various places have shown their ability to transport military supplies to Dong Zhiyuan, who wanted to inspire the people of the country with a great victory

The boulders formed a city wall, the shells raged, the next pieces fell apart, the collapsed stones, the broken stone bricks, the loess was exposed, and then the loess was also fluttering, and the city wall became dilapidated in the shaking, and the forts on the city wall disappeared one by one, and those cannons had already fallen into the pit, and the barrels were crooked and twisted, revealing half of the cannon muzzle

The city wall and artillery were raging, the earth trembled, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the sky above Dong Zhi County, but Dong Zhi County still stood on the high slope of loess, she was still so upright, as if the old man was stubborn and refused to admit defeat

Guo Baochang stood still, his body looked so majestic, the officers next to him didn't dare to squeak, how long would it take to wait for a long time, sharpening people's qualities and whipping people's will

I don't know what Guo Baochang thinks, the commander doesn't speak, no one dares to say more, round after round of shelling, the city wall has withstood the baptism of cannonballs, and has not collapsed in pieces, the loess in the city wall has been rammed, and it is also solid and durable

"Ignition" Guo Baochang seized the right time to ignite the fuse, and tens of thousands of catties of explosives were buried in the hollowed out section under the city wall

The rumbling and loud sound continued, Dong Zhixian County was like an earthworm, strangely twisted and tumbling, struggling in the earthworm soil, one section after another, the city wall collapsed, and several sections of the city wall seemed to fall into a pit and disappeared at once

The huge air wave set off layers of loess, and the entire Dongzhi county disappeared in front of his eyes, leaving only the galloping yellow dust rolling, the yellow clouds and the sky surging, that kind of scene made people excited, the generals warmly embraced and returned to the army together, proud of the fortifications, and the fortifications were destroyed by the Qing army

"Give me concentrated firepower to open up a road for the Qing soldiers," Guo Baochang ordered, there was no smile on his face, and before the moment of victory, he returned to the army and did not lay down his arms, and there would be a bitter battle next

The first step of the operation was successfully implemented, and Dongzhi County was in no danger to defend, and then the street fighting made people entangled, and Dongzhi County would be turned into ruins in a bloody rain

The Qing army held high the lion flag of the snow-capped mountain, and the city wall appeared in every gap, and thousands of Qing troops killed the Qing army in Dongzhi County, like ants, the Qing army fought between the enemy and us, and the bullets on the ruins were weapons, and the stones were equally deadly

Behind every ruin, there are Hui soldiers who resist stubbornly, and the two sides fight to the death in a small area, and what they fight for is not important, and it has no strategic value, the important thing is a bloody fight

One by one, life disappeared in the ruins, and every piece of rubble was sprinkled with blood, and the two sworn enemies of the unyielding Hui army and the Qing army fought for their ideals

The appearance of hot weapons makes life danger within a kilometer, so that the commander can not see the battle from a close distance, and the commander rarely runs to the front line to personally command the battle of the city, and the Qing army as the main attacking army is close to death, it is those battalion officers, sentry officers, and captains who brave the rain of bullets and bullets to command their respective teams on the front line

However, the senior generals of the Qing army were all fought on the battlefield, and as soon as the generals saw that the battle was going well, the Qing army had poured into the gap in the ruins, and immediately moved the command post forward

Li Guolou stood for a long time, and the gunfire around him continued, and he could only see Goshha standing guard nervously with a gun, so he turned his head and said: "Commander Guo, you are going to recover Dongzhi County in a few days."

"There is no exact date, Huizi is very tenacious, they are willing to go to the soup for Ma Zhenghe, and at night Huizi will launch a counter-charge, standing on his feet, it is difficult to say, don't be too happy, there are at least tens of thousands of Hui troops in the city," Guo Baochang never thought that it was not worth fighting tenaciously with the Hui army, and the Qing army first established an advantage, Dong Zhi County, and then consumed the strength of the Hui army, anyway, he had artillery, and let the Hui army recapture some positions at night, and it could be recovered tomorrow

"Hey, these ground rats are hiding in the tunnels, and the Hui army wants to fight a tunnel battle with us," Li Guolou tried to look at the smoke rising from the battlefield, and there was an artillery battle where the smoke rose

"I am the Grim Reaper, give death to these rebels, return to the Celestial Empire, and strive to take Dongzhi County in three days, but Vice Marshal Xu gives me five days, I am not in a hurry, Chief Li learns well, I teach you to fight, and I want you to pay for tuition" Guo Baochang is ready to make the attack on Dongzhi County a classic battle, so that the world knows how to capture a strong city

"It's the Grim Reaper, the commander ordered the subordinate to obey his orders," Li Guolou is not a selfish person, he hopes that a country will be strong, and he also hopes that other troops will make a qualitative leap, and he is selfless in helping the Chu army, and it is likely that he will help the brother troops who fight for the country

The battle reports continued to spread, there were reports of the elimination of the Hui army, urgent reports of the front requesting reinforcements, and news of the defeat of the team, which constituted a campaign, bit by bit, Guo Baochang issued various orders according to different battle conditions

Most of the student soldiers of the Li Ziying drew maps of the battlefield, and each narrow plot of map jumped on the paper, Wei Hanyu and Xu Lan put together small maps to connect them, and a street or even a few streets and several fortresses could be displayed in front of them

In addition to being surprised, Guo Baochang mostly admired Li Guolou, the map in his mind was so important, and on the battlefield, he also asked his subordinates to draw maps of various streets

Commander Gao is actually looking at the map to fight a big city, where can Commander Gao see the overall situation in front of him, and if he wants to grasp more information, he wants a complete map, so the map is a treasure for the commander

"Damn, Li Guolou, how did you think of it, this method is as good as dying, I will be so painful that I can't sleep," Guo Baochang looked at the map and snickered, slowly stretched out, and became bigger and bigger, the map was drawn by the front line of student soldiers, braving artillery fire, there was a map of the area, he could make decisions quickly, and the command system suddenly became flexible and issued orders at a speed

Li Guolou stared at the map and looked at it, wishing it was a complete map of Dong Zhi's county, but such a fragmentary map was already extremely difficult, and he was entangled: "Commander Guo, if it weren't for our good relationship, I would be reluctant to let the students and soldiers do this kind of thing, these students will be sentinels and battalion officers in the future, and some will become generals and die, I can't even eat in this kind of place."

"Well, I know, as long as I survive, I won't treat them badly, and when the team rests, I will select a group of people from the army to let Liu San Mazi train new generation officers for me," Guo Baochang glanced at what he was pretending to be, Li Guolou led the student soldiers to the battlefield, and he was ready to build graves for the student soldiers, who would eat a piece of meat

"I think the south can be used as the main direction of attack, attack with fire, and don't give the enemy a chance to live," Li Guolou looked at the simple map and tested the direction of the wind with his hand, and he was about to win the victory on the battlefield, he had long forgotten the evil consequences of attacking with fire, even if he turned Dongzhi County into ashes, he would not hesitate to do so

"Order the soldiers of the southern front to stop attacking and set fire to me," Guo Baochang didn't even think about issuing an order immediately, he was not a good class, and a lot of vicious strategies would be used here

After a while, thick smoke rose in the south of the city, the fire was raging, and the wind burned half of the city, and the Qing army on the southern front clapped their hands, saying that they were choking to death, hiding in the fortifications, and the fire of the Hui army swept the place, and no one could survive, this method was good for effectively killing the enemy, and the Qing soldiers praised the high commander Guo Baochang, who was ruthless and smart enough

"Sir Li, how can you see that Chengnan is a trap," Guo Baochang respectfully presented his precious horsewhip to Li Guolou with both hands

"This is the benefit of having a map, my army is too smooth in the south of the city, no matter what there is in the south of the city, I will burn it first, let Ma Zhenghe cry," Li Guolou was very proud, and waved the leather whip with his right hand and threw out a loud flower

"Fortunately, there is this trick, the Hui army will burn at least a thousand people, our army will definitely capture Dongzhi County in three days," Guo Baochang looked at the fire and showed no signs of stopping, and was happy, the more fierce the burning, the better, and the red strips could be regarded as the rebirth of the phoenix, and it was necessary to let Dongzhi County be reborn in the artillery fire

"This is the artillery fire that caused the fire, it is the heavens that punish the enemy, and it is none of our business" Li Guolou has already characterized this fire as a heavenly fire, so that he will not reveal his scars

"Haha, fool, you can't write a mess in the war report, and the magistrate will take care of what you're afraid of, and I won't betray you," Guo Baochang looked at the smoke and was overjoyed, and the fire made the Hui army die, and thousands of people died, and the enemy had no stamina to counterattack at night

"Guo Dazui, you are talking about this thing for a lifetime, and if you are not drunk, you will say" Li Guolou squinted at him, he came to Dong Zhiyuan for so long, and he didn't let Chu Jun grasp the handle, can these big bosses be willing, have the opportunity to belittle him, Guo Baochang was the first to jump out and damage him, and expose his old bottom

"Haha, Li Guolou, who knows me, I don't deny it," Guo Baochang laughed dryly, and the fire made the battlefield trend stop, and the contact battle between the enemy and us became more cautious

In addition to building fortresses, the Hui army also dug tunnels to hide soldiers, but also to avoid artillery fire, after learning the power of the Qing army's artillery, the Hui army changed tactics and learned to avoid artillery, Ma Zhenghe thought about the strategy of the Hui army after the city wall was lost, Dong Zhi County has already built a meat grinder, and every yard of the battlefield has two sides of the soldiers fighting

Relying on their geographical advantage, the Hui army stubbornly resisted, and huge grenades were thrown into the middle of the Qing army from a hidden corner

"Lying down", a Qing army commander suddenly fell to the ground, and the Qing army followed and fell to the ground

Whether you can survive depends on the number of days, the Hui army grenade is large and powerful, the black powder has not been finely processed, it seems that the smoke is billowing and the shrapnel is flying horizontally, the lethality is not as good as the Qing army's grenade, the large Hui army grenade stays in the old-fashioned production process, but it is also terrifying enough, the Qing army will be attacked by grenades if you are not careful, there will be various traps in an alley, the Qing army has suffered a lot of losses in the street battle, and there are Qing soldiers on every street who have fallen corpses, and the Hui army regards the street battle as the main battlefield and the Qing army fights in a narrow area

Street fighting became a nightmare for the Qing army, advancing slowly, with endless speed, cautious and cold guns shooting at the entire city, opening the way with grenades, and the howitzers moving slowly

The Qing army occupied the ruins, and thousands of Changfu began to build fortifications, using rubble, wood, and masonry to build temporary fortifications one after another, preparing for a protracted war with the Hui army