The inner city of Youzhou under the cover of night is still in full swing, and the sound of killing is shaking the sky.

It's just that the inner part of the city under the control of the Huai army will inevitably be counterattacked and infiltrated again by the Pinglu army, which relies on the advantage of the terrain, after nightfall, and unlike the old three armies (Jingluo Army, Jingsai Army, and Weiwu Army), which have been constantly fed and scattered many times during the day, it is the more difficult and well-equipped Huancheng Guards and Yaqian soldiers who take the initiative to attack and counterattack.

Under the wall of the southern section of the inner city, which was mostly cracked, they sat in groups against the city wall, and the large number of Huai army sergeants who had prepared the fire guns and equipment were neatly placed on their bodies, but most of them were unhurriedly chewing and slowly swallowing the night food that was added after dinner, and slowly waiting for the orders and instructions that would come at any time.

The White Soldier Ten Elder Wang Zhong was one of them, and it was obvious that he enjoyed the food today, and would rather hide it in his mouth for a longer time.

He is one of the few natives of Qingzhou, since he was a child, because of long-term material scarcity and frequent hunger, his favorite food is undoubtedly intestines, just because this kind of thing comes from a wide range of sources, and no one fights for him;

So he has eaten all sorts of intestines; From beef intestines, horse intestines, sheep intestines, pig intestines, donkey plate intestines, to the intestines of dogs, rabbits, chickens, ducks and geese, and even the stinky sauce fermented from the intestines of various sea and river fish in the eyes of others, he can also eat it like sweet and sweet. Not to mention the various intestine-related products such as sausages, blood sausages, air-dried sausages, sausages, eggs, etc., which I came into contact with when I joined the army as an adult.

Nowadays, his favorite is to use the Yizhou big fat pig specially cultivated in the Huaibei military farm, and the special fat intestine scraped plate oil is also a rare delicacy for fried leftovers or pancakes;

And tonight's pre-military meal is sausage rice, which is also made of cooked casings made of freshly killed pigs and sheep, wrapped with wheat beans and ground mixed with minced salt vegetables, and then fried with raw plate oil and residue. In the mouth, there is not only the crispy flavor of wheat rice beans, but also the salty crispiness of salted vegetables and oil residues, which can be described as an excellent food for the stomach. You don't even need to refresh yourself with the tea soup to eat, you can swallow it smoothly by relying on the oil soaked in it.

As an important experience for eating before the battle, it is not to drink too much soup, so as not to have unnecessary bloating and urgency, which will be quite fatal factors in the battle and fierce fighting that may break out at any time.

"When you're full, rest well."

"Don't be impatient and talk, for there is war to be fought at night."

"The kettle must be full."

"The cartridge belt and cartridge must be replenished."

"If you need anything, call quickly."

Many non-commissioned officers and veterans patrolling between them also reviewed and explained back and forth one after another.

In the distance, in the most conspicuous place on the gate tower of Tooth City, where the last enemy troops were to hold out, lanterns and torches were lit like several long winding dragons, and the armor soldiers flocked to and fro, and it was obvious that important orders were issued from here; Then it soon became the target and direction of the new heavy artillery team.

After only a few rounds of artillery fire, the tower was restored to a state of darkness in the midst of a loud noise of bombing and the sound of hasty running away, and only a few lonely lanterns remained.

At the same time, Wang Zhong's regiment finally received an order to join the sequence of attacking on the east side of the inner city.

They were lined up in small warbands that were conducive to street fighting, with several white soldiers armed with short spears and swords opening the way in front, while the white soldiers holding swords and cards were shielded on both sides, while the gunners and auxiliaries were in the center, and then guarded the surroundings with long guns and crossbows. Then, a number of warbands are kept ten paces apart in the street to cover the front and rear.

From time to time, the scattered routs and pawns jumped out of their blades, or clubs and chairs that were easily found, and then drowned in the sound of ping-pong fire and smoke, or stabbed to death by oncoming bayonets.

Is this the war that has entered the age of firearms, he smells the choking smoke in the air, and enjoys the sound and movement of the dawn of this new era, which is the roar of being carried in his hands, sandwiched on the ground on the street corner, and the scattered small cannons shaking the dust.

With the light of explosives and incendiary grenades thrown from near and far, the stubborn figures were forced out of their hiding places, stumbling or rolling, exposing themselves to the guns of the line, and then begging or cursing by the silent squad, ending their pain or resistance to the death.

And in some of the legitimate places between the inner city and the tooth city, the fighting and shouting lingered for a long time.

Relying on the narrow and complex terrain where firearms are not easy to deploy and the shooting boundary and vision are seriously blocked, it is as if they have been beaten with chicken blood and like they have repelled the Huai army's multiple attacks, and even interrupted and dispersed several Huai army attacks that were properly assembled through mysterious and roundabout side attacks.

"Grenadier. Where are the grenadiers. ”

"Bomb on blaster."

Then there were several clouds of smoke and dust that rolled up along the streets, temporarily enveloping the sky over a certain building.

In the flickering and flickering light of the fire, there seems to be a battlefield and a focal point everywhere, inside and outside the walls, above and below the houses, in the streets and alleys, you can see the figures and movements of the enemy and us fighting together.

The two sides faced each other with firearms and crossbows almost simultaneously, and one by one they fell with holes covered in blood or full of arrow feathers. It's so cramped and cramped that after a head-on collision, there is no room for maneuver and evasion, only the result of one side completely dying or retreating on the spot.

Half an hour later,

The forward team of Wang Zhong's regiment, which had been put into attack, was once again forced back from the street corner full of obstacles; Only between this advance and retreat, at least twenty or thirty men have been lost, and the ten brought by the king have also been rotated to the forefront; They hurried past the moaning wounded and took up a corner of the street to defend themselves against onslaught.

From here, he could already faintly see the faint shimmering crowd and armor from the diagonally opposite wall, and the shadows of the corpses that had been dragged and piled up.

"Artillery support,"

The captain of the team, whose face was covered in blood and his helmet had been knocked off, shouted again.

"The thieves in front are gathering and asking for support from the follow-up artillery team."

Then, at his command, a lantern tied to a flagpole to indicate orientation and firing was held high in the night sky above the array behind, then a second, and then a third,。。。 After a long and impatient wait, they finally heard a dull roar.

The next few whistling sounds turned into a dull crash of smashing through the wall, and after splashing countless pieces of dirt and debris on the wall diagonally opposite Wang Zhong, it pierced through the diffuse smoke and dust in an instant, and fell diagonally among the armored soldiers behind the bunkers and fortifications, holding folding iron broadswords and long axes.

The scorching iron balls bouncing and jumping in the crowd were like smashing open and smashing countless sauce vasks out of thin air, covering the corpses of Lei Lei who had originally stepped on their feet as cover, and the armored soldiers who were standing shoulder to foot were almost wiped out, leaving only a mess of flesh and blood made up of stumps and broken bodies all over the ground.

Then the horn of the attack was blown away again, and the white soldiers, who had rearranged the formation of street fighting and hand-to-hand combat, did not hesitate to step on the ground full of flesh and blood, and the incomparably firm spears and shields, under the cover of the fire guns raised above the shoulders behind them, advanced forward again, until they met the enemy surging forward again; before staggering again, seesawing or advancing.

Because this urban area is close to the city where the government office and the government are located, there are a large number of military generals and military attaché residences and officer and soldier barracks that have been passed down from the dynasties. In addition, the enemy forces of different sizes hidden and hidden during the period actually seriously restricted the scale of the Huai army's frontal input and the development of firepower superiority for a while.

After finally discovering this change and situation through a series of feedback and demands, the big tent of the Chinese army, which was commanding and watching the battle in the rear, also ordered a change of strategy in due course, and began to invest in the combat engineering troops directly under the engineering army and them, and in the form of violent demolition, directly opened up some temporary channels suitable for the promotion of the great revitalization.

Half a sound later, a succession of bombardments and bombardments resounded with the sound of refined gunpowder blasting, which suddenly replaced and overwhelmed the noise of the battlefield in the midst of fighting and entanglement, and the streets and alleys that were originally chaotic and twisting and twisting like a maze were also opened up and widened into smooth roads and shortcuts that intersected with each other between the walled houses that collapsed or fell apart.

More enemies in hiding and hiding were exposed and driven out, and then suppressed and routed by the front cannons.

And at the same time,

The night outside the city did not calm down because of this, and the battle still took place intermittently in the wilderness beneath the city with the neighing of men and horses; However, it was the foreign aid that the enemy went to return and forcibly stole the camp to no avail, and the front team fell into the deliberately empty camp and could not extricate itself for a while; The rear team, which was cut off and disrupted, was fighting with the horsemen and chasers who were moving outside the city.

(End of chapter)