Chapter 553 Recover the Prefecture

As time passed, the sound of gunshots, explosions, and occasional screams from inside the city irritated my nerves.

The musket, after all, is not the automatic rifle of later generations. Still, I had more confidence in firearms than anyone else in the world, but the stakes were so high, and it was the first time that I had engaged in such a large-scale street battle that I couldn't keep my mind calm even though I had always been calm.

I was restless and rode on the imperial horse "Feiyan", and from time to time I raised my binoculars to look at the city gate of Zhaozhou, which had been blown up. Of course, I couldn't see anything inside the city except for the broken stones. On the contrary, in my mind, the war scenes from later TV works always come to mind, you stab me and I shoot, bloody and cruel.

I don't know how long it took, but I heard Fang Ling beside me whisper: "Brother, why don't I go to the city and have a look?" ”

I let out an "ah" and reacted, presumably it was Fang Ling who saw that my demeanor was different, so he mentioned it. I took out my pocket watch and looked at it, and it was less than a quarter of an hour before the last army entered the city, and then I shook my head and said, "Wait." ”

After another ten minutes, I finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said to Lu Wenxin, the commander of the Black Carbon Regiment in the Pro-Guard Army: "General Lu, you led the Black Carbon Regiment into the city to participate in the battle. ”

"Your Majesty." Lu Wenxin hesitated for a moment and said, "As soon as the last general is gone, the guards around the emperor will be very weak. ”

"It's okay, there will be no Yuan army in the south of this city, you wait to enter the city immediately."

Seeing my resolute attitude, Lu Wenxin immediately said to the soldiers of the Black Carbon Regiment behind him: "All the soldiers of the Black Carbon Regiment, go." ”

Seeing more than 3,000 soldiers of the Black Carbon Regiment rushing into the city like a gust of wind, I felt a lot more relieved.

At this time, the sound from inside the city still shook the heavens and the earth. Yuan Jian said: "Your Majesty, the sound of projectile explosions in the city is the mainstream, and the number of projectiles used by our army has increased significantly compared to the front. ”

I nodded, but there was still a hint of worry between my eyebrows. After another five minutes of silence, I suddenly ordered, "Guards, follow me into the city." ”

"Your Majesty, no." Hu Yande, the commander of the pro-guard army, dissuaded, "The situation in the city is unknown, so the emperor should stay outside the city." ”

"Why, General Huyan, don't you have the confidence to protect me thoroughly?"

Hu Yande sneered: "Back to the emperor, the last general does not mean that, and the last general will also protect the emperor." ”

"That's it." I lifted the reins and said, "Enter the city." ”

Hu Yande glanced at Yuan Jian beside me and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

After dismounting in front of the gate of the city, I entered the city under the protection of more than 200 personal guards.

Although there was no scene of soldiers fighting on both sides in front of the city gate, the immersive feeling was very different. First of all, the sound, mixed with the sound of gunshots and explosions, the shouting and killing sound is much clearer, and it sounds like stereo sound amplified by the power amplifier, which seems heart-rending and penetrates into people's hearts, which is chilling. Secondly, the front was covered with smoke, and there was billowing smoke everywhere in sight, and it was still impossible to see the clues ahead.

I looked around, walked up to the city wall, and looked in condescendingly, and although the sky was clear, I could only see through the smoke, and occasionally I could see the battle scene a little closer, but most of the people in the vicinity were our warriors, and there were few encounters. When Lu Wenhuan, who was in command, saw me enter the city, he immediately followed the city wall and said: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, the two sides are intertwined, but the casualty rate of our side is significantly lower than that of the enemy. ”

"Okay, General Lu, let everyone not have to save ammunition, even if more than 20,000 grenades are thrown, it is feasible."

"Yes, the Admiral understands."

In addition to the unfamiliar terrain, whether it was weapons or morale, the Song army had the upper hand. But the terrain doesn't seem to play much of an obstructive role, when encountering ordinary house obstacles, the Royal Forest Army does not detour, directly throws dozens of grenades, and blows up the house, if you encounter some solid brick houses, you will detour, anyway, there are enemies everywhere, even if you get lost, it doesn't matter, it's the same everywhere, there is only one purpose, kill the Yuan army.

Before I knew it, it was noon, but the sound of fighting in front of me showed no signs of stopping for half a minute.

As the projectiles exploded, the number of Yuan troops began to decrease sharply. Although a grenade sometimes could not kill a single person, it caused a large increase in the wounded of the Yuan soldiers, and secondly, they could only prostrate on the ground to dodge, which gave the Song musketeers enough time to reload.

Under the advantages of the other, the advantages of the Song army began to gradually turn into victory.

Lu Wenhuan kept reporting to me on the development of the war, and from these scattered news, I could imagine the intensity of the battle.

About an hour later, I said to Lu Wenhuan: "General Lu, there is still a regiment of soldiers on the city wall, let them also enter the battle." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lü Wenhuan knew that the Yuan army in front should not be able to rush to the south gate of the city, so he immediately issued an order to attack. The last of the Royal Guards officers who received the order, led by their regimental commander, rushed forward.

When I heard the explosions start to get sporadic and looked at my pocket watch again, it was a quarter past four in the afternoon.

"I guess it's about the same." I secretly breathed a sigh of relief and thought.

Half an hour later, news came from the front one after another, the battle in the east of the city was over, the battle in the west of the city came to an end, the Yuan army in the north of the city withdrew from the north gate, and only a few Yuan troops in the city were still resisting stubbornly.

Immediately adjacent to the north gate of the city of Zhaozhou is a large camp of the Yuan army, but this camp is not a resting place for soldiers, but a place to raise war horses.

It was getting dark, and the fighting in the city had completely stopped.

I know, the battle is over.

It was only then that I realized that I could no longer lift my arm, and I don't know how many times I had lifted the telescope throughout the day, and it was quite heavy. At the same time, I felt that my clothes were all soaked, and I didn't know if it was due to the weather or nervousness.

After a while, the generals who participated in the battle gathered around me one by one.

Lu Wenhuan said happily: "Your Majesty, the battle is over, and our army has successfully recovered Yuzhou. ”

"Okay, all the soldiers have worked hard. General Lü immediately cleaned up the battlefield, rescued the wounded, and assigned them to garrison. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Also, if you find an injured person in the city, you need to rescue them immediately."

"The Last General's Order."

Under the command of Lu Wenhuan, all the generals performed their duties and cleaned up the battlefield in an orderly manner.

When I walked into the center of the city of Yuan, the Marshal of the Yuan Army's Mansion, I sat on a chair. It took about ten minutes before I got up and took a sip of water, and then casually ate some of the army's dry rations that I had brought with me.

"Although the city of Zhaozhou has been taken, I don't know what the casualties of our soldiers are?" I sat in my chair, thinking about it, while enjoying Fang Ling's massage.

At about 10 o'clock in the evening, Lu Wenhuan and other major generals of the army came to my temporary station with happy faces.

"See the Emperor."

"No courtesy."

"Your Majesty." After the ceremony, Lu Wenhuan first said, "Your Majesty, after a preliminary count, in today's battle, more than 6,300 officers and men of our army were killed, and more than 19,000 were seriously wounded, including two generals, Lu Shikui and Fan Tianshun. At the same time, our troops killed ......"

"Wait, General Lu." I stood up and interrupted, "Why are there so many?" ”

Although I had estimated the intensity of the war in advance and had some preparation in my heart, I did not expect that the number of casualties would exceed 25,000, accounting for almost half of our army.

"Is it much?" Lu Wenhuan muttered in his heart and replied: "Your Majesty, although our army has paid the price of more than 20,000 casualties, it has killed at least 35,000 Yuan troops, not counting the wounded escapees. ”

"Judging from the comparison of the casualty rates of the two sides, our army has the advantage, but our army has the advantage of firearms." I sighed and said, "It seems that the Yuan army's combat effectiveness is really strong. That's right. How are the two generals, General Lü, Lü Shikui and Fan Tianshun, injured? ”

When asked about the two fighters, I became nervous again. Even the commander was wounded, which was enough to see the fierceness and cruelty of this street battle.

"Your Majesty, the injuries are not light, but they are not life-threatening."

I breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, let the field hospital be able to save people." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"General Lu, are there any casualties among the people in this city?"

"Back to Your Majesty, there are almost no people in this city of Zhaozhou. According to the confession of the captured Yuan soldiers, the people in the city have been moved to other areas one after another after the Yuan army has been stationed. ”

"Fortunately, it didn't affect the people. General Lu, all the generals, sit down and speak. ”

"Your Majesty."

"General Lu, I mentioned earlier that the two generals Lu Shikui and Fan Tianshun were seriously injured, why did they get involved?"

Lu Wenhuan said: "Your Majesty, General Fan Tianshun met Huaidu, the general of the Mongolian cowardly Xue Army, in the battle in the east of the city, that Huaidu was strong in martial arts, and killed more than ten of my soldiers one after another, General Fan fought with him, was defeated, and was stabbed twice, fortunately General Wenzhang arrived in time and performed a flying knife stunt to save General Fan. After that, General Wen killed Huaidu. General Lu Shikui was in the battle of the north of the city, and after the break, he killed the already wounded Shudu, and he was also seriously injured by a blow from Shudu before he died. ”

I have heard the names of Huaidu and Shudu, and they are all famous generals in the Mongolian army. I nodded and said, "The two generals are brave and should be commended." General Lü, which of the generals of the Yuan army was killed by our army. ”

"Your Majesty, among the generals of the Yuan Army killed, Huaidu and Shudu are the most courageous, but there is still a great achievement, Guo Kan, the general of the Yuan Army, was captured alive by General Meng and General Duan."

"Guo Kan, the commander of the ten major capitals of the Yuan army's expedition to the south?"