After four days of preparation, the siege equipment has been built, Yang Xuan was about to lead his troops to attack the city, and suddenly visited Malai to report, Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Wenxiu each led 20,000 soldiers and horses to kill and prepare to attack the loyal and righteous army in the north and south. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Everyone was shocked, the Great Western Army in the city reached more than 5,000 people, and if you add reinforcements from the north and south, there must be 45,000 people.

Even according to the usual statistics of the past, half of the men and horses of the Great Western Army were carried in by the people to transport grain, grass and baggage, and its combat force exceeded 20,000 and 2,000 people.

The strength of the Eighth Regiment of the Loyal and Righteous Army was only more than 12,000 men, and the combat force was only more than 8,000 people, excluding the logistics personnel

After thinking about it for a long time, Yang Xuan still decided to fight, although the Great Western Army was very numerous, but it turned out to be tired, although the Great Western Army defended the city, and the other side attacked from the north and south, but with the dense trenches outside the city, it undoubtedly cut the Great Western Army into two halves of the north and south.

As long as the opponent does not launch an offensive at the same time, he can still break each one at that time.

There are also several trenches around the water village, and with the support of the water army, even if the battle is unfavorable, you can calmly retreat.

The opponent is flanked by the north and south, and he can also shrink his forces, which can make Yao Zhijiao's regiment in the north and Wang Shuji in the south move closer to Suining, and the engagement is not conducive to crossing the Fujiang River to support the frontline units.

However, the Great Western Army came very quickly, especially Zhang Dingguo's department, which suddenly attacked from the north, forcing Guo Chonglieyi to lead his troops to retreat into the fortifications, and then use trenches, tricycles, and wheelbarrows to build fortifications to fight with the other side.

Seeing that the Great Western Army in the north was killed, Jin Tongwu led his troops to also kill from the city, hoping to attack from both sides, defeat the third regiment, and relieve the siege in the north.

Standing on the high platform (built when the trench was dug), I saw that the third regiment was in a difficult situation, and at this time, Liu Wenxiu also led his troops to kill from the south, so it was inevitable to fall into a bitter battle between the north and the south.

Looking at the Fujiang River next to it, Suining formed a curved bow here, the range of the large Franc machine gun solid iron ball exceeded 600 meters, and the scattered bombs exceeded 150 meters, just enough for the Great Western Army in the north, after a little thought, Yang Xuan ordered Ma Mingluan to lead the 9th Regiment to rush to the aid of Guo Chonglie's regiment in the north.

Chen Huaixi was ordered to lead 2 gunboat groups to sail upstream to launch an artillery bombardment on the flank of the Great Western Army, and the 10 Flying Tiger warships quickly sailed to the predetermined position, and then adjusted the Franco machine guns to a 45-degree angle, continuously lit the fire rope, and shelled the distance.

A Flying Tiger battleship has 4 large Franc cannons, 10 ships have 40 guns, Franc cannons are sub-mother guns, large Franc cannons have six or seven sub-guns, before going into battle, gunpowder and lead are loaded, only need to replace the sub-guns and light the fire rope to fire, its firing speed is very fast.

More than 40 large Franc cannons suddenly landed on the shore to shoot at the distance, each solid iron ball fell, the ground was dusty, and a big nest was smashed out of the ground, if it was smashed on a person, it would be either dead or injured, and it was quite scary to look at from a distance.

Zhang Dingguo did not expect that the Loyal and Righteous Army Navy would be equipped with a large Franc machine gun, let alone that it would land on the shore to fire artillery, although there were very few people who were hit, but everyone saw that the Navy was worried about being attacked by sneak attack, so they had to send troops and horses to block it, and the morale of the whole army had a great impact.

Seeing the navy landing on the shore and launching solid iron balls, Guo Chonglie led various teams to launch a counterattack, everyone first threw out the earth-shattering thunder, and then took advantage of the smoke generated by the explosion to rush out.

Although the Great Western Army was very numerous, everyone had a poor life in the past few months, and their health was relatively weak.

Zhang Dingguo fought on the battlefield for several years, and after seeing that the attack on the west was blocked, and the loyal and righteous army launched a counterattack, he hurriedly adjusted his troops and was preparing to launch a counterattack while the battle line of the loyal and righteous army was widened, but Ma Mingluan led his troops to kill.

Guo Chonglie deployed a battalion along the city gate to prevent the Great Western Army inside and outside the city from uniting, and together with Ma Mingluan, they each set up their own defense areas, and everyone retreated to their positions one by one, relying on the trenches and tricycles and wheelbarrows in the trenches to block the enemy troops who rushed over.

The situation in the north was slightly stable, and the battle in the south was established, and the governor Yin Sansheng led a battalion of soldiers and horses to go first, and fought with Liu Weiming, who was defending the south of the city.

While carefully observing the battle between the two sides, and carefully calculating the deployment of troops on both sides, now Guo Chonglie's 3rd Regiment and Ma Mingluan's 9th Regiment are stationed in the north of the city to stabilize the boulder slightly, Yang Bingyi's 5th Regiment and Feng Youqing's 7th Regiment are stationed in the east of the city, preventing the Great Western Army in the city from rushing out of the city gate to attack the water village, and there is only the guard regiment, the cavalry regiment and Wang Zhibang's 10th regiment around him.

After thinking about it, although the situation of the Great Western Army in the north and south has been established, it is blocked by the trenches and tricycles of the loyal army, so it is completely three independent combat units.

Since this is the case, why not go all out and concentrate all your efforts to defeat Zhang Wenxiu's troops in the south, so that you will inevitably gain the initiative on the battlefield.

Zhang Wenxiu was defeated by Zeng Ying last year, and Zhang Wenxiu's momentum in history was also under Zhang Dingguo, since this is the case, why not make a desperate bet.

After thinking about this, Yang Xuan put down his binoculars, and in addition to leaving Feng Youqing's regiment to garrison the trench to defend the ferry, he concentrated the other 5 regiments to attack Zhang Wenxiu's troops in the south of the city.

Qian Bangqi was shocked, grabbed Yang Xuan's shirt and said: "My lord, now that the scorching sun is in the sky, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and my lord has no reason to make a desperate bet."

If you lead your troops to storm Zhang Wenxiu's troops in the south of the city, Jin Tongwu in the city will inevitably lead your troops to storm the ferry of our naval army, and Zhang Dingguo in the north of the city will inevitably lead your troops to storm the position in the south of our city.

It is better to wait for Yao Zhijian and Wang Shuji's group to arrive before attacking, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong. ”

Yang Xuan laughed, shook his head and said: "It's okay, brothers, you also see that although the Great Western Army has a large number of people, due to the lack of food in its department, except for its generals and soldiers, the other soldiers are very skinny, and they can't fight for a long time under this scorching sun."

On the other hand, all the departments of my loyal and righteous army, not to mention that they are full of food, everyone goes out fishing and hunting around the station, and everyone can see the oil every once in a while, and they are all strong, how can they not be as good as those soldiers of the Great Western Army? ”

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter, and they all looked quite proud.

Yin Chengqi was quite worried, and pointed to Suining City and said: "My lord, although the Great Western Army is tired, there are more than 5,000 people in the Great Western Army in Suining City, I am worried that Guo Chonglie's regiment and Ma Mingluan's regiment in the north, and Feng Youqing's regiment in the east will not be able to resist the opponent's counterattack." ”

Yang Xuan laughed and said: "The baggage battalions of each regiment and the logistics personnel of my loyal and righteous army are all here, there are more than a thousand people, I asked Wang Zhiyao to gather them together, so that they can definitely resist for a while."

Even if its troops are not supported, our navy has four sampan brigades, and they can either go ashore to fight or shell from a distance, which is enough to support them for a while.

Besides, Yao Zhi's group and Wang Shuji's group are only more than 20 miles away, and now they are rushing here under the starry night, so they can ensure that the rear is safe. ”

As long as we defeat the Liukou in the south of the city and cut off one of its wings, Zhang Dingguo will definitely be alone and will not do much. ”

Everyone saw that Yang Xuan had made up his mind, and everyone asked for battle.

Yang Xuan knew that this battle was dangerous, so he first ordered all departments to sit together, and ordered Yang Bingyi's regiment and Wang Zhibang's regiment to take turns to attack Zhang Wenxiu's camp with Liu Weiming's regiment stationed in the south, and then when the time was ripe, he concentrated the main force to attack Zhang Wenxiu's tent, so as to defeat the southern front corps of the Great Western Army.

The method of even sitting is that the team retreats with the team to kill the team leader, and the team leader kills the team leader with the team retreat, killing a team.

This was the most severe order since the establishment of the Loyal and Righteous Army, and everyone felt murderous, and they defended one by one in danger and fought with each other.