Chapter 103: The Battle of Bozhou (1)
From the Yimen area, it is not too far to reach the county seat of Bozhou, at this time the defenders in the direction of Bozhou have all been evacuated to the city of Bozhou, Chen Feng with a thousand people, rushed to Bozhou, did not encounter any obstacles along the way, before four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the group arrived at the city of Bozhou on time!
At this time, the county seat of Bozhou has been completely chaotic, and the local garrison troops who fled back from the border of the front line exaggerated the bandits as people with three heads and six arms, and each of them said something like a person, as if they had seen it with their own eyes.
The big families don't care about whether the news is true or false, and the fear of the bandits makes them feel terrified, regardless of whether what those deserters say is true or not, but once those bandits enter the city, they are the first ones who are unlucky, so for them, there is no need to distinguish the truth of the matter at all, and it is the most appropriate choice to leave here directly.
Although the city gate has been closed, under the lure of those local tycoons and powerful money, they still escaped from Bozhou City smoothly and dragged their families to the direction of Wuyang in the south.
But those local poor people can only stubbornly guard their own acres and threes of land, and people leave their hometowns, this sentence is not just a sentence in this era, but more of the sadness and tears of the common people.
They are unable to leave this place, and they are not willing to leave this place, and they always hold on to the last vestiges of illusion about the bandits.
On the way here, Chen Feng led the troops to rush forward, and met many large families.
Those people were shocked when they saw these thousands of soldiers murderously moving in the direction of Bozhou, and after inquiring clearly, they knew that the thousands of strong soldiers in front of them turned out to be the subordinates of the ruthless Han of Vortex, and the purpose of these people was to help Bozhou!
They are no strangers to Han Zheng, a new force that has risen rapidly in less than a year, but under the deliberate propaganda of the local government, they have portrayed Han Zheng's department as a blood-sucking and flesh-eating person.
But most of them have done business with the direction of Vortex Sun, and many of them have fled to the Vortex Yang area, so they know the changes in the direction of Vortex Yang and will not believe the rumors like some small people.
At this time, knowing that these Han ruthless subordinates came to help the garrison in Bozhou this time, their confidence suddenly increased, although they still decided to leave Bozhou, a place of right and wrong, but there were soldiers guarding them, which meant that their finances at home were at least partially guaranteed, and there were even many people who were reluctant to give up their ancestral property, and spontaneously followed the army and walked back.
Chen Feng didn't pay any attention to these, his task was to receive the defense task of Bozhou City as soon as possible, and there were some local clan elders on the way, who wanted to come over and get close, but they were also sent away by Chen Feng.
I don't know if those bandits are too tired, or if they are robbing at the border, anyway, they haven't noticed the shadow of the bandits at all along the way.
The arrival of Chen Feng's 1,000 troops made the people in the city and the villagers who came from the countryside to take refuge both happy and frightened, after all, the rumors of the ruthless Han were enough to frighten them, that is, they hoped to be able to repel the bandits, and they were worried that the ruthless Han was sucking blood and eating human flesh.
But soon they let go of all their worries.
As soon as Chen Feng arrived, Bozhou City was locked up, Chen Feng didn't care, thinking about Han Zheng's note, and then commanded a person next to him, the man nodded, and in the surprised eyes of the defenders, he came directly to the city gate and told his identity inside.
The soldiers defending the city did not dare to call the shots, so one of the city guards hurriedly guarded the city gate, and then ordered his guards to go to the county magistrate's mansion in the center of the city to report the news.
In less than twenty minutes, the sergeant defending the city saw the county magistrate Wang Shanchang coming in a hurry, and then in the puzzled eyes of all the soldiers, he directly asked the soldiers to open the city gate and let Han Zhengjun outside come in and take over the defense.
In fact, this matter has to start an hour ago, when Han Zheng learned of the danger of Bozhou City, he directly flew a pigeon to send a message, arranged for the head of the people in Bozhou, and persuaded Wang Shanchang to take the initiative to give up the military power and city affairs in his hands.
At that time, Wang Shanchang was still twisting, but when he learned that there was chaos in the city, the army had no fighting spirit at all, and even fled, he no longer had a bargaining chip, but fortunately, Han Zhengfang gave him a step next, as long as Wang Shanchang returned to Shun Wuyang, in the next year, a county-level unit will be set up in Bozhou, and the county magistrate will still be Wang Shanchang!
Wang Shanchang is already old, and he naturally knows Han Zheng's approach in his heart, but he did not reject it, in terms of life and military power, he made a wise choice, and this is why Bozhou City opened its doors to change its defense.
Because before, there was a lot of dirt between the Han Zheng army in Bozhou and Wuyang, and there was even a war, at this time, Wang Shanchang's reaction surprised the soldiers, but at the same time, he also felt relieved.
There is no powerful general in the army, Wang Shanchang is already old, a person in his fifties, who has been pampered all year round, has worn down his spirit, and will be the soul of a soldier, no wonder the defenders do not have any confidence to defend Bozhou City.
And now that Chen Feng has arrived, the elite Han Zheng soldiers have taken over the city wall and replaced the local defenders, which has made them breathe a sigh of relief, and their hearts have also settled down.
However, Chen Feng was not idle, and directly rearranged the local garrison and turned it into a reserve force, but the local defenders honestly obeyed Chen Feng's orders, which made Wang Shanchang feel quite depressed......
Chen Feng did not have much time to communicate with Wang Shanchang, and after receiving the city defense, he quickly adjusted the deployment, arranging for the soldiers to quickly occupy the best firing position on the city wall, set up heavy machine guns, and carry bullets.
The north gate and the west gate are the key defensive areas arranged by Chen Feng, Chen Feng's main forces are concentrated on these two city walls, and at the same time, the law enforcement team in the army is used to take over the security of Bozhou City.
Then the city gate was closed tightly, and no one was allowed to enter or exit, so that the entire Bozhou city guard would not leak.
Those big families who followed Han Zhengjun back to the city mobilized the locals to send some food and other treats to the army, they knew that they would have to live under Han Zhengfang's governance in the future, Chen Feng was not polite to these things, and they all smiled and accepted them all.
The tense atmosphere in the city seemed to calm down after the garrison of a thousand soldiers, and the bandits and spies of more than a dozen people who incited the people were also cleansed neatly, and at about five o'clock in the afternoon, the city was officially under Chen Feng's complete control!
Time passed slowly in waiting, because it was April, and at six o'clock, the sky was already dark, so when it was less than seven o'clock in the evening, a string of torches lit up in the distance let Chen Feng, who was guarding the city, know that the bandits had arrived!
Chen Feng stood quietly at the head of the city, as the fire dragon composed of torches approached, the noise of the bandits became clear, Chen Feng's palms were tightly clenched together, he knew that his task this time was to rely on more than a thousand regular troops and three or four hundred people in Bozhou to hold Bozhou City for at least twenty-four hours!
The northern part of Anhui, located in the plains, the endless wilderness, so that the field of vision is extraordinarily broad, although it is night, but the torches of the other party, but also let the people on the city see the distribution and number of bandits.
The soldiers on the city were lurking quietly, and those bandits didn't know that the defenders had changed in the city, so Chen Feng wanted to take advantage of the other party's light enemy and teach the other party a cruel lesson!
At the head of the city, three Krupp guns have been disassembled, assembled, and carried, and even six Maxim machine guns.
For such a strength, although the opponent is overwhelming, and the black pressure is overwhelming, but Chen Feng is confident to hold this place, not to mention the defensive task of three days and three nights, that is, to defend for five days, Chen Feng also believes that he has the ability to defend!
The biggest advantage of the other party is that there are many people, and their biggest advantage is that the soldiers are strong, the weapons are advanced, and at the same time occupy the geographical advantage!
After Chen Feng observed the approaching enemy situation, he signaled the herald to let everyone get ready, at the beginning of the war, it must be the most difficult, but Chen Feng was ready!
Among the 1,000 soldiers, a large part of them had never experienced war, but Chen Feng was not in the mood to fight or anything at this time, just stood at the top of the city wall, so that all the soldiers could see themselves, and the guards persuaded Chen Feng to command in the back many times, but Chen Feng refused.
He didn't want to miss the opportunity to watch this big battle, and he was even more worried about an accident on the ever-changing battlefield, so he had to watch it himself!
These bandits did not know that the troops had been re-stationed in the direction of Bozhou, and they were rushing to this side excitedly, for them who had been resting for a long time, this was the opportunity to loot.
Even when they saw that the city wall was black, and the city gate was closed, there was no expected panic, they still did not have any changes, and rushed towards the city wall in a swarm as before, and at the same time, the first group of people even resisted a lot of siege ladders on their shoulders!
In fact, Bozhou City is not tall, but it can block people from crossing over, and in the face of this kind of city, the bandits still don't care.
When he saw those bandits who were howling and rushing towards the city wall approaching and entering the shooting range, Chen Feng on the city wall couldn't help but show a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and then waved his hand fiercely in the darkness!
As Chen Feng's hand fell, the torches on the city wall were instantly lit, and then a few cannons rang out, and before the other party could react, several beautiful orange-red sparks bloomed on their position, and the splashed earth flew in all directions.
However, this is not the end of the story, and the next thing that greeted them was the four fiery serpents that suddenly extended from the city wall, forming an angular momentum! These four tongues of fire, in the dark night, wantonly sprinkled with the roar of death.
The roar of machine guns and the firing of rifles were combined, and the shells also exploded on the opposing positions, stirring up a red light of death, which was particularly dazzling in the dark night.
At this time, the recruits, under the leadership of the veterans, and being on the city wall, gave them a great sense of security, and they had gradually abandoned their fears, even though their hands were still a little trembling, but it could not stop them from firing bullets.
The other party may not have expected to suffer such a big loss and strong firepower at all, originally thought that if they were intimidated on their side, those soldiers defending the city would flee from the wind, but they did not expect that this first round of guns would be so fierce, and they didn't even have enough to feel the power of the artillery fire, and they were suddenly stunned!
It wasn't until the bomb sounded next to them that they reacted, and they didn't care how many people there were on the other side, and fled back in a hurry!
Because at this moment, they remembered the fierce Beiyang army they met in Henan, and this rumbling cannon was a nightmare they couldn't forget!
Chen Feng had been standing at the head of the city under the escort of the guards, and when he saw that as his order was issued, the tongues of fire and streams of red light were tilting above the other party's head, and his heart was inexplicably a little excited.
It was the first time he had commanded such a major military defense, and he had never seen such a spectacular scene in his memory.
Even on the way to Vortex Yang, when the large army of followers was advancing, they did not see a battle of such a scale, let alone be commanded by themselves, and this situation was just a fantasy when I was reading some military books!
And he didn't know that with the rise and growth of the Han Zheng Group, there would be bigger and more battles waiting for him in the future.
Looking at the scattered bandits, Chen Feng's voice was calmly arranged one by one, but no one noticed his slightly trembling legs and beads of sweat in his palms.
One or twenty minutes passed, and gradually, the bandits felt the roar above their heads become quieter, but after experiencing a hundred or twenty minutes of fierce fire, they no longer had the courage to continue advancing, no one dared to turn back, they were still frantically retreating, and the scene was a little out of control for a while.
However, just when Chen Feng was thinking about whether to make a shock, he saw a group of people suddenly pouring out of the rear of those bandits by the light of the fire in the distance, and he slowly restrained the chaotic army!
This made Han Zheng sigh with some regret, and when he relaxed, he realized that the sweat in his hands and his legs trembled slightly.
"Fortunately, no one saw it, otherwise those old brothers would have known, and they might have laughed at themselves." In the night, in the midst of the war, Chen Feng, the Bozhou guard of the Han Zheng Army, was flying with thoughts at this time...
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