Outside the ruined Jiangning City, a day of hard fighting has ended.

As the moon was obscured by dense clouds, only a faint frost white could be faintly revealed, and the people above and below the city couldn't help but be sleepy and tired, squinting their eyes and slowly dozing off.

After lubricating it with vegetable oil, under the city gate, which was suddenly slowly opened, figures poured out and dispersed into the darkness.

"Rush over and don't stop ......"

"If you rush out, you will survive......"

They cheered each other on, even if they couldn't see each other's faces clearly, but could only feel the vague shaking of shapes, or the rustle of someone running around them.

Only the weapons in their hands soaked in sweat are the most appropriate source of their sense of security and psychological comfort

Fortunately, they did not encounter the most feared thing, the sudden large-scale lighting of the fire, or the sudden ambush, therefore, the hazy night, on the contrary, became their best cover and protective color.

Even if someone stumbles, trips or falls because of this, or even after being stepped on a few times, they still get up silently, still stumbling and trying to keep up with the marching sequence.

Like ghosts, they flowed through the land outside the city, trampling over ruins and wreckage, and over mounds and trenches.

Gu Laosi was also among them, just eating two more days of full food and rest, and the benefits brought by him were limited after all, so he stuffed a circle of meat patties in the bag around his waist.

Then control your own speed and try to stay in the crowd at the end of the line, even if you know that it is a life of nine deaths, but when it comes to the end, you can't help but want to live a little longer than others.

Crispy water chestnuts boiled in salted water, lettuce soup that is finely ground like puree, small fish potstickers that are fried and yellowed just right, salted duck eggs that are cut in half, and grilled fish floss mixed with seaweed powder, taste fragrant and fresh when torn by hand.

Although I set an example in the army and did not drink alcohol, I provided them with a sweet egg drop, which could not only warm up their bodies but also refresh them.

This also represents the logistical level that our army strives to maintain everywhere it goes, and the so-called name is based on food, and the army does not gather without food, and on the premise of having enough to eat, we strive to consider the problem of eating well.

All kinds of portable rations and goods. In addition to canned food, I also try to gather fresh ingredients on the spot. For example, the sky point of the night soldiers at this moment is the canned whale meat, the stewed soup of the jar and the vegetables, and the iced bean cake.

Under the light of several white copper horse lanterns, I managed these small dishes in my tent, and together with Xin Jiaxuan, Lu Wuguan, and Zhao Long, they were holding some kind of battlefield summary meeting.

Since we set out on the expedition, we have encountered a number of situations and problems, and although on the whole it has been smooth sailing and repeatedly defeating the enemy, it has also revealed many deficiencies that may be further improved.

For example, the tactics are too cautious and conservative, the initiative and aggression on the battlefield still need to be honed, and the main advantages are reflected in the defensive counterattack and so on.

After all, except for me, the vast majority of people still guarantee some kind of mentality when it comes to the tactics and future development direction of the firecracker, and a few individuals with some vision and insight may see the huge future

However, it takes time to hone confidence and experience, and even if I can always grasp the forward-looking or development direction of military and weapons with foresight, the personality cult and obedience cultivated by this must be slowly and imperceptibly accumulated from ordinary times.

The main topic this time was the impact of wet and rainy weather on the tactics of firecrackers and potential problems. Therefore, as a special designation, there is also Kong Jiji, the deputy material officer, who is in charge of the preparation of equipment and weapons tests.

In the previous battle, due to careless dampness and other reasons in management and disposal, at least one-tenth of the firearms failed to fire, and then some soldiers were in a hurry, repeatedly charged several times, and finally when they were desperately disemboweling, the guide exploded and seriously injured himself.

In addition, after the paper shell bullet with oiled cotton paper is damp, it is not fully burned and the embers adhere too much, which is inconvenient to clean and affects the efficiency of loading and firing. The initial solution is to use hemp paper with thicker fibers and poor moisture adsorption as the elastic barrel material.

Then there were those who made comments on the marching equipment, and asked that the soldiers be issued with special gun sets to avoid rain and dampness, and to wet the flint and gun chambers of the fire doors.

The temporary countermeasure was to use cork and a small piece of leather, because we had found a batch of Xuan hemp paper and nitrated leather from the local paper mill from the treasury of Runzhou.

In addition, although the refined fierce fire oil was the patent of the Southern Dynasty and had to be distributed in the army, other types of oil were available from a wide range of sources, and soldiers brought some oil as much as possible, which could not only maintain weapons, but also serve as a substitute for replenishing physical strength in an emergency.

At the beginning, because there were relatively sufficient manpower, in addition to the usual materials for tools and quilts, other useful and useless things, as long as they seemed to have some value, they all tried to move them.

You must know that the Runzhou generation is also a southeastern place with a developed handicraft industry, a relatively central area, and the key point of north-south trade circulation, so the various types of products from clothing, food, housing and transportation to birth, old age, sickness and death are relatively rich compared with other places.

Suddenly, a sound made all of us stand up in shock, and all kinds of eating utensils fell to the ground in a hurry.

"Rush Forward ......"

"Don't stop ......"

"Success or death is all about ......"

At the foot of the dark middle mountain, with the help of the slight light reflected in the river, a team of people with a horsebit bell is also galloping in the direction they wanted to set.

The group at the front, all wearing Liang Jun's uniforms and waving flags, used their unique accents to deceive waves of patrols and cruises, turning them into floating corpses thrown into the water conservancy.

In the lookout above Zhong Mountain, dozens of stripped corpses, along with the blood that still burned spontaneously, were pushed down the towering mountain wall.

Under the dark moon and high wind, the rippling roar of the river and the howling of the mountain wind constituted a kind of monotonous silence, which was suddenly torn apart by a clear loud noise.

With a thud on the ground, the figures that were rushing forward and running almost stopped.

The leading general felt that his lungs were burning, and his heartbeat was about to jump out of his throat.

Then there was a nearer explosion, so that he suddenly felt that he was suddenly hit by some kind of suffocating smoke, and suddenly he was top-heavy, and the world was turned upside down, and then his face was heavily rubbed on the mud floor, and his mouth was full of blood and the smell of dirt.

He struggled to get up, but found that his arm was unconscious and he couldn't get up

Another man was holding the bloody one-foot, kneeling on the ground and wailing, and the body with half of his face missing was lying directly on his side in a dirt pit.

He finally turned over, but saw that the hand that was originally holding the knife hand was only a piece of rotten flesh, and he couldn't help but faint in anger.

As I strode out of the room, I stood on the top fence of a bell tower, the nearest vantage point in Kaizenji Temple, with a panoramic view of the camp.

Because of this sound, the whole battalion, which had almost slept in the still night, moved like boiling water, and one after another the camp tents were lit with fire, and reflexively carried out the columns, according to the rules and armor, and checked the weapons, and should be with this command, and gathered the nearest officer into the most basic fire and tithe.

Various wind lanterns, torches, and fire cages prepared in advance illuminate the camp tents shrouded in darkness one by one along with the running figures of the night patrol team.

And in the east direction where the sound was, as a regiment on duty at night, it had rushed to the side of the camp to line up some kind of position to meet the enemy according to the drills and reactions in advance.

They followed the spearman in front, bent the fence and stretched upwards with both hands, and the white soldiers on both wings, inserted their hands into the soil and fixed them, forming two black shield walls.

Behind them, the four rows of gunmen had already loaded their ammunition, and under the orders and instructions of the officers holding the flag guns, the first two rows raised their guns over their shoulders in a sequence and fired them in rows in the darkness to carry out some kind of fire reconnaissance.

Suddenly, I could only see the spitting out of the fires in batches from a certain direction, and the low-lying pieces of armor that stood close and were illuminated by the flashes of gunfire.

At this time, the signal hanging light, which is used as a signal for the night indication, was also raised in the middle of the long flagpole fighting, which means that I am beginning to pay attention to and take over the tense, and I am ready to give orders.

"The lookout post on Zhongshan has not responded"

At this time, Zhang Lizheng, the commander of the second battalion, who was one of the officers on duty, strode up to me with his whole body draped and said in a low voice

"Sneak attack from ...... east"

"Then we're the ones who bear the brunt of it......"

I was right away.

"Lighting the ...... of the means of detection"

"After the 2nd Battalion engages the enemy with all its might......"

I said to the first battalion supervisor

"The 1st Battalion and the Pro-Regiments served as reserves...... Listed in the second line ......"

"Prepare reinforcements or a roundabout assault...... The range must not exceed three hundred steps"

"The 3rd Battalion spreads out on both flanks ......"

I continued with the usual accumulation of abdominal cases

"Leave a regiment on the north river, if there are enemy troops landing on the shore......"

"No......"

Cui Bangbi, the officer of the third battalion, strode away in response.

"The teaching team and the fourth battalion stayed behind to coil heavy trucks and horses, fire prevention, theft prevention, and ...... change"

I glanced at Han Liangchen with a heavy look.

"If there is any change, there will be no mercy ......"

"Order,"

Han Liangchen took the order and left.

Then, with the order of Yu Hou who changed the lantern, a mounted catapult belonging to the artillery team in the battalion was also accumulated.

A bright flaming parabola was waved through the air with a buzzing sound, and it smashed far away on a certain mound with a bang, and in an instant, the sparks that were sprayed in all directions suddenly illuminated the figures of the soldiers who leaned over and ran away.

As well as some human bodies who were knocked down in place and groaned miserably, and the crowd of people who quickly trampled by.

"Kill ......"

Heart-rending shouts and whistles, and then more guns, appearing on the edge of the camp wall, joined the sequence of volleys.

As if it was some kind of echo, the besieged camp in the southwest suddenly erupted in fierce shouts and steaming flames, and then quickly spread out in the noise of all kinds.

All kinds of golden drumming and shouting and fighting sounds turned this dark moon and high wind night into a bloody Shura field.

It's just that I couldn't help but scold under the watch,

"Damn ......"

Because with the rising and the light of the fire and the movement of the battle, the momentum of the breakthrough in the city began to turn, but it was twisted and turned, vaguely pointing in my direction.

Is this to play inside and outside the flowering?

At this time, the enemy from the front had also rushed into the trench under the camp wall, and through the gap in the wooden fence, the spear team of the second battalion in the front line engaged in the battle, and in an instant, the camp wall under the light of the fire was rendered into some kind of greasy blood.

And in the other direction, in the camp on the flank of the White Army,

The momentum of these daredevils in Jiangning City never stopped, and the steaming fire illuminated their hideous and twisted backs, leaving only corpses all over the ground and the background of burning everywhere.

This one rushed over, how many times had been slashed, Gu Laosi couldn't remember a little, only remembered that the big knife in his hand was stained with flesh and blood and gaps, and he had changed twice.

From the first tiptoe into the tent to slash the sleeping bodies, to the slaughter of the sleepy-eyed people who were startled and did not resist much, to the use of torches to light the tent, so that in the darkness they could not know the direction and the opponent, they trampled and fled like panicked sheep

Until a slightly decent formation appeared in the direction they were heading, and then was easily broken through...... One by one, two by three, and then their queues began to become sparse and thin.

As expected, most of the soldiers of the Southern Army who were alarmed chose to stick to the camp and wait and see, and then waited for the opportunity to send backup to help those fallen areas, but they had been left behind with hindsight.

After fighting like this, Gu Laosi was already exhausted, and his whole body trembled, but he couldn't stop, because those who tried to stop and rest and keep up had lost this opportunity forever.

Then, at last, they found that there seemed to be only one fighting camp left in front of them, and around the walls of Shanshan were the friendly forces that were fighting hard, and the prospect and life of breaking out of the siege.

At this time, he suddenly found that the fire flashed on the opposite side, and he felt that his body had been hit, and he immediately lost all his strength, and fell to the ground extremely heavy, and after being stepped on several times, he completely fainted.