However, the brutality of the battle was far beyond Zhang Shuyuan's imagination!

When the organized attack again, still after paying a heavy price, was defeated, Zhang Shuyuan's men finally felt the fear, and the officers came to Zhang Shuyuan en en masse to plead and breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhang Shuyuan had no choice but to watch the Yonggu City still block in front of the army under the bombardment of artillery fire, and for his troops, he couldn't bear to let Tai not continue to send him to death!

So, Zhang Shuyuan finally couldn't stand the pleading of his subordinates, so that the soldiers withdrew from the front line, Zhang Shuyuan wanted to withdraw the army, but at this time there was no such choice, at this time, Zhang Shuyuan could only grit his teeth and persevere, and at the same time decided that after letting his subordinates rest for a while, he would launch another siege at dawn!

As the night deepened, no gunfire could be heard in the sky above both sides, and the temporary truce relieved both sides.

Although Zhang Shuyuan knew that the possibility of the Northern Anhui Army in the city coming out to counterattack at night was very small, but after dinner, he still asked his subordinates to carefully arrange vigilance, he didn't want any accidents to happen in the end, and he didn't want any accidents to happen!

In his heart, there are still a lot of Han Zhengjun defending the city and one or two hundred people, if it weren't for the hard energy, they would have been captured by their own side, and it would be good to rest for a while at this time, so that the fear and despair of the northern Anhui army inside brewed and fermented, and it would be better if the other party abandoned the city at night because of this.

Although there were heavy casualties at this time, Zhang Shuyuan also believed that the Northern Anhui Army in the city had become the end of the strong crossbow, according to Zhang Shuyuan's estimate, if nothing went wrong, the Northern Anhui Army in the city was estimated to be at most one or two hundred people left, and the earlier gunfire also confirmed this. This is also an important reason for Zhang Shuyuan to grit his teeth and persevere.

However, what Zhang Shuyuan didn't expect was that his earlier arrangement was not in vain, in the middle of the night, at one o'clock in the morning, Zhang Shuyuan was suddenly woken up by his own soldiers.

Continuing to march with high intensity and use of his brain until now, Zhang Shuyuan is even more tired than those soldiers, but when he saw the guards shouting to him in the middle of the night, he had to overcome his fatigue, because he knew that something big must have happened!

Therefore, although Zhang Shuyuan was woken up in the middle of the night, he did not get angry, but asked the other party in detail what was going on.

However, the guard's next words made Zhang Shuyuan's last bit of sleepiness disappear cleanly, because the guard told him the news that the Northern Anhui Army in Yonggu Town had secretly left the city in the middle of the night and fled to the south!

If it weren't for Zhang Shuyuan's constant arranging people to keep vigil and keep an eye on the direction of Yonggu Town, it is estimated that when he attacks at dawn tomorrow, he will find that what he has taken has become an empty city!

Zhang Shuyuan was full of excitement at this time, and then his voice suddenly rose: "Is this true?!" “

"Yes, division commander, if it weren't for our brothers staring at the direction of Yonggu Town according to the division commander's arrangement, we really wouldn't have been able to find out!"

"Let's go, take me out and have a look." After Zhang Shuyuan confirmed the news, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and then he said a word to the guards

When Zhang Shuyuan came out, most of the pigtail soldiers already knew the news, and then wore military uniforms, poked their heads out of their respective tents, for this news, a little surprised, and under the light of the fire, although these soldiers woke up, but they looked like they were heavy and spiritless, and they were already in a hurry during the day, and they were fighting non-stop, and now they were tired and sore, and they almost couldn't even hold their weapons.

At this time, when they heard that the Northern Anhui Army in Yonggu Town had withdrawn, these soldiers were a little happy in their hearts, but without the order of the commander, they naturally would not have anyone go out to intercept them in the middle of the night, and they didn't want to compete with those madmen anymore.

At this time, how good it is to go back and continue to sleep well, anyway, the deserters of the Northern Anhui Army, at this time, there are only one hundred and ten people, and they can't afford to do any tricks, and it is the best thing to easily recover Yonggu Town tomorrow morning.

Zhang Shuyuan was in a hurry at this time, and he didn't care about the thoughts of these soldiers, but accompanied by the guards, he walked quickly to the height of a slope, then took out a clairvoyant mirror, and then looked at Yonggu Town in the dark night from a distance.

Sure enough, Yonggu Town, which appeared in Zhang Shuyuan's eyes, did not move at all at this time, and there were still a few unburned torches left on the city wall, but there was no figure in sight.

However, Zhang Shuyuan still had no impulse, and asked the people around him calmly: "Who found those Northern Anhui troops who abandoned the city?" Bring it up and I'll ask. ”

After a while, a guard led a tall and thin soldier with a pockmarked face and a look of more than thirty years old, walked through the crowd and walked towards him.

Zhang Shuyuan glanced at the other party, the expression on his face remained unchanged, and said directly: "Did you see the retreat of the Northern Anhui Army?" ”

"Yes, yes, that's what the villain saw, when I was on duty at night, everyone went to sleep, I thought about the division commander's explanation and didn't dare to slack off, and then found that there were people shaking on the other side of the city, thinking that the other party wanted to steal the camp, and when they were about to report the news, they saw those people turn around and walk towards the city, but the gate on our side was not opened, I felt that things had changed, and secretly touched the south, only to find that there were dozens of people running in the south, I didn't dare to hide it, so I told our company commander, Then everyone got up, but the other party should have run away by now, and after the group ran away, they didn't notice anyone coming out of the town. ”

"Very good, you have made a great contribution this time, I will arrange someone to reward you when I go back, do you want money or promotion?" Zhang Shuyuan patted the other party's shoulder, and was not in a hurry to check the reality and reality, it was true at this time, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to catch up, but at this time, it was the time when the rewards and punishments needed to be clear, so he couldn't help asking.

"I, I want, I" The soldier obviously didn't expect that his division commander would personally ask him what reward he wanted, and while he was excited, he also felt that he seemed to be a little entangled, not knowing whether it was good to have money, or an official position, of course, the best thing was both.

"But since you have made such a great contribution this time, it seems that it is not bad to give you an official position first, so how about I make you a company commander first? In the afternoon, the commander of a company was killed in battle, and he has not yet been appointed, so it happens that you will take over. Zhang Shuyuan seemed to see that the other party was entangled, chuckled twice, and then said very understandingly.

The soldier was shocked when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed, this is just to find out that he has received so many benefits, he thought that even if he was promoted, he would be a small squad leader, who would have thought that it would be a company commander?

So, in the jealous eyes of the soldiers around him, the lucky man almost fainted with excitement, and even forgot the words of thanksgiving, just kept nodding his head.

Fortunately, Zhang Shuyuan didn't seem to have the intention of pursuing this, and directly continued: "If you have no opinion, the matter will be settled, but in order for you to be able to convince the public, I will give you a chance, this time you take the soldiers in your company to the city to see?" Do a serious search, and then come back and report back to me. ”

This little soldier was immersed in happiness, and he didn't think about it when he heard it, as for this arrangement, he was not afraid, but he saw with his own eyes that the other party had already evacuated the city, could it be dangerous? Besides, his position as a company commander is enough for him to take risks!

"Yes, division commander, I promise to complete the mission!" Thinking of this, the freshly baked company commander hurriedly said.

Zhang Shuyuan nodded with satisfaction, and then arranged dozens of subordinates to hand over to this person, after seeing the arrival of these subordinate soldiers, those people next to him finally came back to their senses, this arrangement was given to the subordinates of this company commander, but it was composed of more than 30 disabled people, which is estimated to not even have the combat effectiveness of a platoon, let alone a company!

However, this little soldier doesn't seem to think so, when he sees these thirty or forty people, he is still an official for the first time, his face is full of excitement, who dares to look down on me when he sees the beautiful ladies in the alley? I'm a company commander now, and the next time I go back, I'm going to put them in the crotch and kill them and beg for mercy, thinking of this, this company commander almost drooled out!

It wasn't until someone around him reminded him that Zhang Shuyuan didn't need to say more, and he walked neatly and neatly towards the dark Yonggu Town, and in his excitement, he even forgot to tell his subordinates his names now, let alone introduce them to each other.

Under the city wall, the blood and severed limbs of many dead soldiers did not have time to deal with it, and at this time, there was a night when they could not see clearly, and from time to time they would step on it, making an oozing sound, which made the newly appointed company commander slowly wake up, and his heart was filled with fear again.

But when I looked back, I saw that dozens of my subordinates were all shrinking their heads and didn't dare to step forward, and suddenly thought that they were already different from them, how could they still be so timid? plucked up his courage again, scolded a few people to the dozens of people behind him, and then took the initiative to walk in front, and the cringing subordinates behind slowly followed.

The new company commander sighed with satisfaction, and said secretly in his heart: "No wonder my previous company commander liked to scold people so much, it turns out that scolding people is so refreshing!" “

However, he seems to have forgotten that when he was a soldier, he kept cursing the company commander in his heart, and now his novice subordinates will not be polite, and almost scolded this company commander who feels good about himself half to death, if it weren't for this, he would be called to this ghost place in the middle of the night to be afraid?!

The group slowly walked through the frightened and ruined battlefield, and then came to the city wall, and sure enough, there was still no movement on the city wall.

But these people didn't dare to move in the slightest, and after a long period of observation, they slowly turned towards the city, for fear that a group of killing gods would suddenly come out and make countless holes in them.

However, it was obvious that their worries were superfluous, until they turned over the city, they still did not see any trace of the Northern Anhui Army, and the new company commander who was excited finally had the courage to light a torch on the ground, and instantly this small piece of light on the city was bright, reflecting the smiling face of the new company commander.

The people who were nervously watching this side finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then the army reluctantly drove towards the city under Zhang Shuyuan's order. And in the haystack on the south side of the city wall, all the actions of these people fell into the eyes of the other group. (To be continued.) )