And now, everything is playing out according to his script, especially after a day of street fighting, many Kushan troops are involved in the street fighting in the city.

In this way, you should be able to kill a lot of enemies, right? Many of the cliffs on the east and west sides of the city were also collapsed by the explosion, and the huge rocks rolled down, which was enough for the Kushan Empire to clean up for a while.

However, the continuous explosions stopped after blowing up the entire northern city district, and only a few streets in the southern city exploded, and most of the area was silent.

Although Gao Shun felt regretful, he couldn't take care of it, he took the reconnaissance battalion out of the north city gate, and blew up the north city gate, blocking the passage out of the city, and then rode the war horse reserved here and withdrew to Guishan City.

Gao Shun's regret was Sauter's luck, who was originally running to the northern city district and wanted to stop the impulsiveness of his subordinates, just ran to the area close to the center of the city, and saw a wave-like explosion starting from the direction of the north city gate.

Courtyards were blown up to the sky, and the Kushan infantry on the ground, whether it was the Minagara-armed hoplites or the armored crossbowmen of Peshawar, were blown to pieces like pieces of paper.

It's over, the two infantry divisions are finished, and seeing the explosion spread to their location, it's too late to run back.

With nowhere to run, Sauter had to close his eyes and wait for death, but the explosion suddenly stopped after exploding in the nearest block to him, and did not spread further south.

Unbeknownst to both Saute and Gao Shun, it was Saute who ordered the trebuchet to assist in the street fighting, and the heavy stone projectiles thrown by the trebuchet destroyed houses within 300 zhang and broke several fuses at the same time.

As a result, the explosion only raged in the northern city area, while the area within 300 zhang of the southern city gate was unharmed.

When Gao Shun blew up the North City Gate, Sote came to his senses, and Xinwan City was captured like this?

But what did you get? The southern city was smashed into ruins by its own trebuchet, while the northern city was blown to rubble by Gaoshun, and the north city gate was also blown down.

In desperation, Sauter sent someone to deliver a letter to Prince Botiao, and at the same time ordered someone to rescue the wounded, and had to clean up the rubble from the two city gate holes.

At the very least, in this ruined neighborhood, a thoroughfare connecting the north and south gates should be cleared, otherwise how can the army pass?

After receiving the report from Sote, although he was distressed by the loss of the army, especially the Minaggara heavy infantry and Peshawar armored crossbowmen who had been killed by Gao Shun, he finally took a large city, which is worth celebrating.

He also heard that the city was in ruins and that the gates had been blown down, so he ordered Sauter to open up the north-south traffic as soon as possible.

At the same time, the whole army was ordered that after the north and south gates of Xinwan City were opened, the army quickly passed through the city without stopping, and this Xinwan City could not be garrisoned for the time being.

Gao Shun galloped all the way north with the reconnaissance battalion of the Second Garrison Division, and soon met Tai Shici, who was ready to meet him, and the artillery battalion that retreated in advance did not go far, only the light and serious wounded and the medical battalion returned to Guishan City first.

Everyone was waiting for Gao Shun and them here, and seeing Gao Shun and the others return safely, Tai Shici was relieved that if the old chief made a mistake, he would not be able to stay with Fa Zheng and the main bus.

However, when the two met, they could only smile bitterly, this time in the Xinwancheng blockade, a total of three brigades of the Central Army were invested, plus 15,000 people from the Western Regions Alliance.

In the end, those who withdrew to Guishan City alive, plus the wounded, there were still 7,000 people left in the Western Regions Coalition Army, 15,000 people in the three brigades of the Central Army, and 9,000 people left, half of which were light and seriously wounded, and the reduction had already exceeded half.

None of the three brigades were able to take part in the rest of the fighting, and they had to be withdrawn to the rear to recuperate.

It is only a hundred miles from Xinwan City to Guishan City, and although Gao Shun and them are infantry, they all have horses to travel, so they quickly rushed back to Guishan City.

Fa Zheng, Sima Yi and others, who had already been notified by the scouts, welcomed several miles and took Gao Shun and others back to Guishan City.

When he saw the large number of wounded who had returned earlier, Fa Zheng had already imagined the cruelty of this battle, and when he saw the remaining less than 4,000 able-bodied soldiers behind Gao Shun and Tai Shici, he was also in a heavy mood, and the Central Army had never been so badly reduced.

The group entered the city together, and Gao Shun couldn't take a break, so he asked Fazheng to convene a summary meeting of all the generals above the brigade commander, which was a fine tradition of the Central Army, and Ma Chao, Pang De and others gathered in the conference room.

Gao Shun first introduced the details of the Xinwan City Resistance Battle, and when he heard that the daredevils were desperate to blow up the siege tower, these iron-clad men burst into tears one by one.

When they heard the casualty figures, everyone was in a heavy mood.

Gao Shun finally said: "In this blockade battle, the officers and men of the Central Army are still as brave as ever, and the daredevils are also very enthusiastic when they sign up, which shows that our usual ideological education work has been carried out well and must be maintained." ”

"The performance of the Western Regions Alliance Army is also qualified, they have greater casualties, this aftermath work, the Western Regions Protectorate still has to implement it well, just according to the eighty percent standard of the Central Army's pension system!"

Fa Zheng nodded and agreed, the pension system of the Western Regions Alliance Army has long been implemented in accordance with the system of the Central Army, the original standard is seventy percent, since Gao Shun has been promoted to eighty percent, then do it according to Gao Shun's wishes.

In this operation, the Western Regions Coalition Army did perform well, at least there was no escape.

Fa Zheng concluded: "In this battle, we suffered huge casualties, which shows the opponent's determination to expand the war at any cost, and also shows that the army of the Kushan Empire has both well-commanded and tactical generals, as well as ace main forces with strong combat power and are not afraid of death. ”

"And in addition to the equipment other than firearms, the other side is not inferior to us, and we are now fighting a little too much on firearms, which is not good, and must be corrected."

"I will specifically raise this point to the lord, and the whole army must pay attention to it!"

Gao Shun also agreed with this, "In the past, we didn't have firearms, and we were still invincible in the world, so we can't live without firearms?" ”

"We must remind the lord to grasp daily training within the scope of the whole army, and practice combat in an environment without firearms."

Fa Zheng continued: "The Ninth Division's attrition this time is too large, so don't participate in the next battle, go to Shule City and Liuzhong City, replace the 10th Cavalry Division, garrison the Western Regions, and wait for Liangzhou and Chang'an to replenish the troops." The 10th Cavalry Division was transferred to Dawan to participate in the battle! ”

He saw Tai Shici's unwillingness, so he comforted: "General Ziyi, your performance is very good, and the credit is all for you to remember, your attrition is too great, you must leave some seeds for the Ninth Division, right?" ”

"Don't worry, I will definitely ask them to replenish your division with high-quality soldiers, and the next battle will be handed over to other brother troops! You have to let someone else get some military merit, don't you? ”

Hearing what the Fa said, Tai Shici had no choice but to follow it.

(End of chapter)