"We are a group of wasted people, we can't do anything when we go back, instead of adding to the burden on our family, it is better to die on the battlefield, which can not only help the family earn more pensions, but also help our brothers, why not!"

The Manjun grinned, seemingly heroically saying his thoughts, but in fact there was a lot of tragedy.

"Our family is living a good life now, and the few unscrupulous guys at the bottom are also literate, and they will not be like him and me in the future, and they will not achieve nothing."

"This kind of life is really excellent, and we cherish it from the bottom of our hearts, but just like Your Majesty once said, if you want to continue to maintain this kind of life, you need someone to make sacrifices, and we Hong Dynasty soldiers have understood this truth since the day they joined the army."

"Being able to join our Hongtang army is the most right thing I have done in my life, and in this, I, a big boss, finally know some truth, and I also know what I should fight for, and I am no longer ignorant."

"Therefore, now we are not sacrificing in vain, but to build our hope for continued struggle, and pin it on the commander and other brothers who are still able to fight!"

"Brethren, do you say I'm right?"

"Yes!"

"Yes!!"

The voice of echoing the Manchu army is not sonorous and powerful, but it has the power to hit people's hearts directly.

"Commander, you want to help our brothers and take care of your family, and our Hong Dynasty still needs you to fight for it in the future!!"

"Let's go!!"

"Let's be the queen, Commander!"

A cry of pleading flowed out of the mouths of this group of disabled and sick soldiers, making Kong Youde unable to say a thousand words, but what emerged in his heart was a sense of pride in being able to work with such a war.

"Okay!"

In the face of the insistence of the soldiers, Kong Youde wanted to oppose it again, and he couldn't say it, and just like the Manchu army said, having this group of brothers who regarded death as their home to help them retreat time and set off the explosives buried in the position can help Kong Youde reduce their losses a lot, and the soldiers of their Third Army have already died too many brothers in this battle, and it is not a trivial matter for their Third Army to sacrifice less.

"I, Kong Youde, hereby swear, that the parents of all the brothers present here in the future will be the common parents of tens of thousands of soldiers of our Third Army, and that our Third Army should serve them as their own parents until they return to old age; Your sons and daughters, who are also the children of tens of thousands of soldiers of our Third Army, will never regret dying!! ”

"Thank you, Commander, so that we can have no regrets!!"

"Come on, the Manchurian army has prepared a good meal, and they have enough weapons and ammunition!"

"Yes."

After some instructions, when he finally left, Kong Youde did not forget to go to the side of the Manchu army and whispered to him: "If you can't do anything, I will allow you to surrender to the Ming army, you have fulfilled your duties as soldiers, and you must leave some thoughts for your family." ”

Although these words came out of Kong Youde's mouth, he felt a little depressed, but Kong Youde always hoped that their group of warriors who had paid a lot for the Hong Dynasty would still have a good result in the end.

"Commander, don't worry, we have a lot of veterans here, if we really have a chance to live, we will naturally not let it go."

Man Jun had a smile on his face, but his pale cheeks and fine sweat were enough to prove that he was struggling.

The Manchu army actually knew that when the army commander Kong Youde said this, he still wanted to ask for peace of mind, and their group of crippled guys had long been determined to die, so they answered Kong Youde like this, but they just wanted the army commander Kong Youde to feel less guilty.

As the night deepened, there was still a lot to do, and after an hour in the makeshift medical center, Kong Youde returned to his military tent to preside over the overall situation.

It's just that on the way back, everyone is rarely very silent, thinking back to the scene they saw before, who believes that it is not heavy and sad!

"The rest of the wounded soldiers, there must be no more such a problem, even if it is tied, Lao Tzu must be tied to the baggage truck, and transported out first after opening the breakthrough opening!!"

Kong Youde, who returned to the military tent, quickly sorted out his mood and yelled at his subordinates fiercely.

"Yes!"

The group of officers below roared as a sign of their resolve.

The sound of fighting has never stopped, and now that the time for Kong Youde and them to make a breakthrough plan is getting closer and closer, the Ming Dynasty army has not stopped attacking the third army around it.

In the Xiangcheng City Guard, in fact, the lights were also bright, Sun Chuanting, Zhang Huangyan and the general soldiers of Xia Chengde on the Eastern Front battlefield sat together, and there was no sign of rest.

"The Hong Dynasty army is most likely to break through the siege today and tomorrow, so this governor sent a message to the other three general soldiers, ordering them to step up their defenses and prevent the enemy's breakthrough action."

"After these two nights, if the other side still does not break through, then we should be able to eat this Hongchao army, and the situation on the Eastern Front will change in the future, and our army will enter a counteroffensive to regain lost ground."

"Generals, as the so-called raising troops for a thousand days is used for a while, then please join hands with this governor to show your courage and contribute your strength to my Ming Dynasty to revitalize its strength and expel the enemy!"

"Wow!!"

The generals of the Eastern Front, including Zhang Huangyan, gave affirmative answers one after another.

Time passed slowly, and when the moment of four o'clock really came, Kong Youde, who had been busy in the camp of the Chinese army of the Hong Dynasty, finally raised his head and shouted to the group of brigade commanders around him who were waiting for instructions: "Action!" ”

Subsequently, the artillery of the artillery regiment no longer made reservations, even if they did not have any vision, and they did not know whether they had killed or injured the oncoming enemy, and the gunners of the artillery regiment only cared about taking a series of artillery actions that had been turned into body memories to the extreme, and shot out the shells placed around them at maximum speed.

The sudden fierce and dense sound of artillery was already a signal in the ears of the officers and men of the two armies, and as the officers and men of the Third Army launched a fierce offensive under the cover of night, it made the soldiers of the Ming army who had been prepared for a long time raise their spirits.

"Where did the enemy attack come from?"

Zhang Huangyan stared at the dark place in the distance, except for the flash of the flash of gunfire, the rest was only the roaring gunfire and the sound of fighting.

"Commander Division, the most fierce place for the enemy's offensive is the defense line of Gao Jie's general army in the direction of due north."

"Although there is also an offensive by the Hong Dynasty army in the other directions, it is a little weaker than the offensive in the east."

The scout returns.

"What is the pressure on Gao Jie's general soldiers, and can it be sustained?"

Zhang Huangyan continued to ask, looking quite nervous.

This is an excellent battle that the Ming Dynasty needs to grasp, if the plan can succeed, then they dare not say that the Ming Dynasty is in an advantage, but it can also give the Ming Dynasty a breather for at least a few years.

"General Gao Jie asked the humble post to say that they can still hold on, and there is no need for other reinforcements!"

The scout continued.

"Good, good!"

Zhang Huangyan breathed a sigh of relief, but then turned to Sun Chuanting and asked, "My lord, have we also launched supplies on the Western Front to support our colleagues in other areas outside the city?" ”

In the direction of Xiangcheng on the western front, the Third Army did not think about counteroffensive and containment at all, and was always in the passive defensive stage, so at this time, after the Ming army in other directions outside the city entered the battle, Zhang Huangyan also thought that he could launch an attack from the western front and force the Hongchao army to send men back to block their offensive.

"Okay, you can arrange this matter!"

Sun Chuanting nodded in agreement, but his next arrangements made Zhang Huangyan very puzzled: "However, the army that launched the attack should not be too many, there are enough 10,000 people!" ”

"It's the rest of the army, take advantage of the fact that you are going out of the city from the south gate and the north gate now, and after they go to Gao Jie's general army, I will leave five thousand troops in the city."

"Especially on the Eastern Front, let Xia Chengde lead 20,000 troops to bypass the north gate and go directly to join Liu Zeqing's general army and do a good job in defense."

"Do you think that the goal of the breakthrough of the Hong Dynasty army at this time is false, and the real direction of the breakthrough should be the defense line where Liu Zeqing's general army on the eastern front is located?"

Zhang Huangyan heard the meaning of Sun Chuanting's arrangement, and asked in a learning gesture.

"Huh!"

Sun Chuanting looked at the map captured from the Hong Dynasty army in a deep voice, and said with a focused expression that seemed to be irrelevant: "I have to say, the ability of the people of the Hong Dynasty is very powerful, look at the military maps of the people, not only the terrain is more precise, but even the direction of the mountains is clear." ”

"Look at the area between Xiangcheng and Xuzhou, there are many hills and jungles in the north, which are not easy to escape; In the south, there are important towns such as Duji, which are easily blocked by our army; Only the direction in which they came from the Hong Dynasty army, the road was flat, and there was no Ming Dynasty stronghold, and Xuzhou City could accommodate rest and garrison. ”

Listening to Sun Chuanting's loud analysis, Zhang Huangyan suddenly realized, and expressed his admiration to Sun Chuanting with reverence.

"A lot of things are not just superficial, Huang Yan is going to take over my old guy class in the future, think more and look more when doing things, don't be confused by appearances."

"The more critical the time, the more we superiors must calm down, so that the people below will not panic!"

Sun Chuanting's expression was burning, with an expectant gaze, and he taught the future handsome talent he selected hand in hand.

"The students are taught!"

Zhang Huangyan bowed deeply, not only for the respect given to Sun Chuanting, but also for the gratitude to Sun Chuanting, the teacher and the teacher.

Sure enough, just as Sun Chuanting expected, the officers and men of the Third Army who were blocked in the middle were just a cover for the breakthrough action in the north direction at the beginning, when Gao Jie's general army pressed all the reserve forces under his command onto the battle line and blocked the offensive of the Third Army, thinking that the Hongchao army was blocked by himself, the target of the Third Army's attack was only in an instant, and he peeked at the weak connection between Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing's two armies, and tore a very small hole with lightning speed.

"Report!"

"Our 1st Brigade has tore a hole in the northeast defense line according to the predetermined plan, and the forward has built a defense line on the spot."

"Report!"

"The enemy's garrison troops on the eastern and northern fronts launched a counteroffensive, and the first brigade suffered heavy losses, so ask for support!"

Countless pieces of information came from the forward engagements, and the busiest on the battlefield at this time was probably the loss of the heralds who shuttled between the various armies.

There was no pause, and they had to brave cold arrows and guns and bullets that came from nowhere, and gather the latest information on the front-line battle situation to Kong Youde and their Chinese army headquarters, so that Kong Youde and them could quickly adjust the layout.

"Order the commander of the third brigade to mobilize all his remnants, not only must I ensure that the position of this breakthrough cannot be lost, but I also need to tear this hole bigger."

"Help Lao Tzu ask the two brigade commanders, do they have the ability to do it?"

"If not, do you want Lao Tzu to go to the front line in person and help them suppress the formation??"

Kong Youde had a black face, and while looking at the map sand table solemnly with Zhan Wenbo, he did not forget to dispatch troops and said.

"The positions on the Eastern Front can be abandoned, let the people of the 2nd Brigade come back and converge!"

"Those who hold their positions on both sides can also prepare for retreat while the mines are placed."

"After the battle line at the northeast breakthrough is stabilized, I will issue a retreat order."

"Yes!"

The herald, who was still panting for breath, quickly got up to answer, and then disappeared into the battlefield.

Time is precious, the prepared Ming Dynasty army reacted strongly, and the Hong Dynasty army that broke through brought great obstacles, but when the soldiers of the Third Army launched a decisive counterattack, even if the Ming Dynasty army was ready to deal with it well, it was still difficult to stop the offensive of tens of thousands of soldiers of the Third Army.

"My lord, as you expected, the counterattack of the Hong Dynasty army on the eastern front is a plan to confuse the enemy, and the real breakthrough direction of the other party is the junction of our army's Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing's army.

The battle report sent by the herald made Zhang Huangyan empty for a while, they had done their best to prepare for it, but there was still no way to stop the breakthrough of the remnants of the Hong Dynasty, with this battle report coming, presumably this breakthrough will only get bigger and bigger at this time, and the opponent's breakthrough manpower is bound to be more.

"It's okay!"

Sun Chuanting's expectations were disappointed, but he didn't have much emotion, and calmly responded to the matter and dispatched troops: "The summons ordered Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing to take advantage of the opportunity of breaking through most of the Hong Dynasty army to take the position of the Hong Dynasty army in one go. ”

"Even if the fat meat is not left for us, but the bones have to let us gnaw a few bites!!"

Sun Chuanting's cold words decided the outcome of the Hong Dynasty's army.

In the temporary infirmary, most of the wounded had already been sent out, and only the more than 500 wounded of the Manchu army were left near the infirmary.

"It's time for our brothers to show their skills!!"

The Manchu laughed loudly, and the heroic voice echoed in the early stage of the gradually calming field.