In the face of absolute strength, any resistance is futile, Fuman wants to rely on the strong city wall to resist the Ming army, in order to buy time for the retreating clansmen and reinforcements, but in their opinion, the city wall is already very strong, for the Ming army only adds a little trouble, especially when hundreds of artillery bombardment on a certain point on the city wall, it is to amplify the power of the artillery to the limit, just a few rounds of salvo, has been the wall of Fuman Zhai collapsed a big gap.

Seeing that the city wall was broken, Li Anliang's command flag waved downward, and the Japanese servant army that had been preparing for a long time in the rear immediately rushed to the gap, and the 1,000 people who rushed to the front were the death squads selected by the servant army, and their task was to rush into the city from the gap, and then establish a temporary position, so that the army in the rear could rush into the city. This was originally a common tactic used by Li Anliang to break through the Jurchen village before, and it has always been very effective, but today it encountered problems.

Originally, according to past experience, when the city wall was collapsed by artillery, it would form a huge blow to the soldiers in the city, and most of the original soldiers were crushed to death by the collapsed city wall, and the surrounding soldiers had no time to replenish, so there would also be a period of defensive gap at the gap, and the death squad of a thousand people was enough to open the situation at the gap.

But this time the death squad rushed in was met by the Jurchens' crazy counterattack, although the Fuman village is relatively large, but after Fuman concentrated 20,000 people in the village, the whole village seemed a little crowded, so when the city wall was blasted open, the Jurchens in the village immediately replenished, and in order to defend their homeland, these Jurchens were desperate. Even if it is death, you have to pull a death squad to accompany you to the funeral.

The Jurchens grew up in bitter cold. In normal times, he mainly makes a living from safaris. Therefore, the adult men in the tribe are all relatively good warriors, although their weapons and equipment are not as good as the Japanese servant army, but with a breath of blood in their chests, they all seem to be crazy, as the so-called one person is desperate, and a hundred people are invincible, so no matter how elite the death squad is, it can't stop the crazy attacks of the surrounding Jurchens. As a result, not long after rushing in, he had to retreat because most of the dead and wounded.

For the defeat of the death squad, Li Anliang snorted coldly, organized a death squad of 3,000 people again, and rushed into the city from the gap for the second time under his command, but at this time Fuman in the city had already mobilized troops to guard around the gap, so the 3,000 army still suffered the first defeat, and finally lost one-third of its manpower when it retreated.

suffered such a big loss twice in a row, but Li Anliang didn't even blink his eyes, but he didn't let his servant army die again. Instead, the artillery was ordered to continue firing, and the direction of the fire was still in the direction of the gap. In this way, not only can the gap be widened, but it can also effectively kill and injure those Jurchens who gather in the gap.

Li Anliang's tactic immediately achieved excellent results, after a few rounds of artillery went down, the original gap was immediately expanded by half, and the Jurchens in the city were also killed and wounded, and the screams were heard very clearly even by the Ming army camp.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Anliang once again sent a death squad to attack the gap, and the results this time were far greater than the previous two times, at least after the death squad rushed into the gap, they immediately made a defensive formation, and the servant army behind also began to rush into the city, but the Jurchens in the city were desperate, coupled with the narrow terrain at the gap, the numerical advantage of the servant army could not be developed at all, so in the end they were still driven out of the gap by the Jurchens.

The three charges all failed, and three or four thousand people were lost, which was a big blow to the Ming army, which had been smooth sailing since the battle, and when the third charge failed, the sun was about to set, and after dark, the Jurchens who were familiar with the terrain would have a greater advantage, so Li Anliang did not plan to fight at night, and directly ordered the withdrawal of troops, and waited until dawn tomorrow to attack the city, and Fuman in the city also seized the time to repair the gap in the city wall, although it was impossible to repair it completely, But at least some defense can be added to the gap.

Li Anliang's military camp is stationed in an open field ten miles away from Fumanzhai, surrounded by flat fields, which can prevent the enemy's sneak attack, the entire military camp is divided into two areas, the most central area is naturally the garrison area of Li Anliang and his personal guards, and the outward is the 10,000 Ming soldiers led by Xu Cheng, and the outermost is 50,000 servant troops of the Japanese state, but after these few days, especially today's battlefield casualties, the number of servant troops has been less than 50,000.

Before dinner, Li Anliang summoned Xu Cheng and other major generals in the army to have a small meeting, mainly to let everyone express their views on Fumanzhai and what tactics should be used to attack this walled city tomorrow, but the result of the discussion is to use today's old methods, after all, it is impossible for the Jurchens to maintain the morale of the first day for a long time, plus with the expansion of the gap, the strength of the opponent's defense will also be diluted, and today's third charge will almost rush in, so as long as you work harder tomorrow, It is not too difficult to break through Fumanzhai.

After discussing military affairs from Li Anliang, Xu Cheng and several other young generals who graduated from the military academy returned to the barracks, at this time dinner was ready, cabbage vermicelli plus large pieces of pork and mutton, put in the marching cauldron with oil and salt and boiled, although the method is very rough, but the taste is actually not bad, at least Xu Cheng These young generals who graduated from the military academy each served a big bowl for themselves, a bowl of steamed buns in the left hand, and the chopsticks in the right hand were extremely fragrant.

And it is worth mentioning that the 10,000 soldiers of the Ming army under Xu Cheng eat the same meal tonight, if such a meal was placed in the past, I am afraid that it can only be eaten after the big victory, but now that the Ming Dynasty is rich, it is also extremely generous to the army, and there is a heavy supervision in the imperial court, so that the logistics supply of the Ming army has always been not lacking, so the soldiers in the barracks can eat a meat dish almost every day.

However, in contrast, the Japanese servants, who suffered the greatest casualties today, and were stationed at the outskirts of the barracks, did not receive such treatment, and their daily diet of sweet potatoes and corn, and sometimes rice and flour only came when the food was improved, and as for meat, it was only when they snatched some from the enemy, or when the enemy was defeated to celebrate, meat appeared in the barracks. And for this unfair treatment, both the Ming people and the Japanese people take it for granted, after all, the name of the servant army is not called in vain, in a sense, the Japanese servant army is actually the servant of the Ming army, doing the most dangerous work, eating the worst food, otherwise what would the Ming raise them for?

"Senior, it's still very hard to watch those Japanese servants go to war, but as soon as I met those crazy Jurchens today, we were immediately defeated, if we let us use musketeers, I'm afraid we will have dinner in Fumanzhai now!" A military cadet was eating a big meal while complaining to Xu Cheng next to him.

"You are stupid, the servant army is originally used for consumption, the meaning of their existence is to help us, the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, deal with some dangerous battle situations, in order to reduce the casualties of the regular army, although the Jurchen walled city in front of you is not a strong city, but under the Jurchen sworn to defend it, if you want to fight down, you have to pay great casualties, such a dangerous thing, naturally you can only let those servant army deal with it, is it possible that you still want our regular army to fill this hole with human lives?" Before Xu Cheng could answer, another student next to him rushed to speak, and his tone was very contemptuous of this fool's words.

Hearing the second student's answer, the others were also in a hurry, after all, in their opinion, the suggestion put forward by the first student was indeed a bit too stupid, the servant army was originally some high-level cannon fodder, it can be said that where there is danger, these servant troops need to make up for it, after all, in comparison, the lives of their Ming regular army are much more valuable than the servant army.

And the guy who was teased by everyone was also a little annoyed, he was actually not stupid, but today he saw that the three charges of the Japanese servant army did not open the situation, so he said those words without thinking, and now he is ridiculed by everyone.

But after everyone's laughter stopped, I saw Xu Cheng smile and said: "What the junior just said is right, the servant army is originally used for consumption, and they can even be regarded as cannon fodder for our regular army on the battlefield, but while everyone drives the servant army, don't forget one thing, that is, to keep ourselves strong, only if we ourselves are strong enough, can we drive the relatively weak servant army to work for us, otherwise if our own strength is not strong, even the strength of the servant army will be above us." At that time, if we want to drive the servant army like before, I am afraid that the servant army will oppose the guest and directly eat us regular army! ”

Hearing Xu Cheng's words, the cadets who laughed just now also fell silent one by one, in the battles with the Jurchens these days, most of them are servant troops going into battle, and their regular troops rarely have contact with the Jurchens, and even when they rest at night, they also live in the center of the protection of the servant army, although this can indeed reduce the casualties of the regular army, but it will also make them slowly lose some of the strength and courage that the army should have, and even in the long run, the strength of the regular army will slowly degenerate, In the end, it is really possible that there will be a situation like Xu Cheng said.

"Thank you seniors for reminding us, we were a little carried away just now, no matter what others do, as soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, we must first ensure that we have the strength to defend the country, and only in this way can I make the Ming Dynasty prosperous!" After a long while, someone slowly spoke, originally they thought that after experiencing the war, they were no different from Xu Cheng as a senior, but it was only then that they realized that they still had a lot to learn. (To be continued......) u