Chapter 316: Fighting Poison with Poison
Without the harassment of the traitors, the progress of several traffic trenches can be described as rapid... There was only one hour left until dark. Several communication trenches zigzag, all extending under the corners of the city walls.
Not only that, but several large holes that could hold at least 500 catties of black explosives were also dug out by the soldiers, and enough black powder was piled up to blow up the city wall. “
At this time, the marshal Wei Zheng couldn't hold back the expectation and excitement in his heart, and walked into the trench closest to the city wall.
After seeing Zhou Yuhong's inquiring gaze towards him, Wei Zheng ordered without thinking about it.
"Ben Shuai ordered....to detonate the explosives....after blowing up, immediately launch an attack on Baode County and rush into the city..."
"Boom, boom, boom...", four earth-shaking explosions sounded on the battlefield, and the walls of the battle, under the action of thousands of pounds of gunpowder, were thrown high like toys.
Subsequently, the smoke and smoke from the explosion of gunpowder covered the surrounding city wall for more than ten battles.
As the dull sound of the collapse of the city wall reached Wei Zheng's ears, the thick smoke and dust that shrouded the city wall slowly dissipated.
With the help of the monoculars, Wei Zheng clearly saw that the iron wall that was still in front of him just now, at this moment, there were already four huge gaps with a width of more than five battles.
As for the traitors guarding the city wall, except for those who were directly killed and shocked to death, the rest of the traitors were in a daze and had not yet reacted from the shock.
However, Wei Zheng, who was full of confidence in this explosion, had already reacted from the shock.
Facing Zhou Yuhong and the others who were also shocked and stunned beside him, he shouted loudly: "What are you still doing in a daze." Immediately attack the city....artillery. Immediately open fire on the walls that were not blown up. Use all the flowering shells to suppress the remaining rebels on the city wall. ”
"Brothers, rush into the city and kill all the traitors....kill ...... with me."
"Kill ......"
"Artillery, fire right away..."
"Boom, boom, boom......"
After the order was issued, the shouts of the soldiers and the roar of the mortars behind them quickly reached Wei Zheng's ears.
Wei Zheng, who is also looking forward to this attack. Quickly raised the monoculars and observed the battlefield situation motionlessly.
Maybe it's the remaining traitors on the city walls, completely stunned by the explosion just now, maybe it's the mortars... During the entire attack, neither the traitor artillerymen nor the traitor musketeers rarely fired lead bullets outside the city.
The tide of musketeers, at almost no cost, easily rushed to the four gaps in the wall.
According to the attack plan developed before the battle, the swarming musketeers did not immediately climb the gap in the wall. Instead, he pulled out a grenade. Ignite the fire rope and turn the grenade that has already emitted white smoke. Throw it hard at the notch...
After a series of violent explosions sounded, the musketeer, who carried the musket on his back, used his legs and feet together and began to climb the gap in the wall that had been blown into ruins....
One after the other, in the blink of an eye, hundreds of musketeers poured into the gap.
"Finally rushed in..."Wei Zheng, who was holding the single-pass telescope tightly, subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and said excitedly.
Zhou Yuhong, who was standing beside him, shouted after him: "Dashuai... Brothers who have already rushed into two battalions......"
After finishing speaking, he continued directly to Wei Zheng: "When the city is no longer visible here, the last general will immediately rush into the city with the team and command the brothers to eliminate the traitors in the city......"
After getting the acquiescence of Wei Zheng, Zhou Yuhong directly took the guards and rushed to the city wall that had been occupied by the Tiger and Leopard Army.
Ascending the city tower that had not yet been blown up, Zhou Yuhong, who was condescending, saw very clearly the subordinates who were attacking forward.
According to Zhou Yuhong's previous experience and understanding of traitors, as long as the city fortifications are broken through, the traitors defending in the city will definitely collapse on all fronts. In the face of the attacking troops of the Tiger and Par Army, which were in high spirits, the remaining rebels in the city were crushed without a single blow. However, at least it is impossible to stop the pace of the Haw Par Army's offensive.
However, what Zhou Yuhong saw on the city tower was completely unexpected...
The Haw Par Army attacked the streets ahead, and they saw no sign of the traitors breaking down or fleeing for their lives.
And the subordinates who scattered to attack the city did not march all the way as they imagined, and directly entered the county government of Baode County, where the traitor commander was located...
Under Zhou Yuhong's gaze, the idea of attacking the troops was like rushing into a quagmire, facing the mud with sticky feet, and it was very difficult to take a step forward.
Not only that, but from time to time in the houses on both sides of the street, a few traitors armed with spears rushed out, and stabbed the spears that emitted a cold light into the chests of their subordinates.
Or the traitor musketeers hiding in the houses, suddenly shooting a dense burst of lead bullets at their subordinates on the street...
Although these traitors who broke out of the houses eventually died in the rain of lead bullets fired by the musketeers. However, the corpses of his subordinates who kept falling on the way to attack were very piercing to Zhou Yuhong, and the traitors in the city did not collapse, and his subordinates were suffering very big losses...
"How can this be....how can these traitors' will to fight be so strong... There was no rout..."Zhou Yuhong, who was shocked, couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
At this time, the subordinates who were fighting in the city were attacked more and more frequently as the number of traitors they encountered increased... The speed of the subordinates' attacks is becoming slower and slower, and the price they pay is getting bigger and bigger.
When he saw the four offensive roads, hundreds of corpses of his subordinates had been covered in a short period of time. Zhou Yuhong had to have a face full of unwillingness, and ordered loudly: "The general will order, all the soldiers will suspend the attack...."
After the order was issued, Zhou Yuhong, who had a solemn face, hurriedly walked down the city tower and prepared to report to Wei Zheng.
At this time, Wei Zheng, who learned the news that his subordinates' attack was not going well, happened to climb the city tower.
After seeing the solemn and embarrassed expression on Zhou Yuhong's face in front of him, he didn't say a word. Instead, he directly raised the monocular and observed the situation in the city motionlessly...
Soon, Wei Zheng's brows also furrowed.
In front of Zhou Yuhong, he said to himself: "Now it seems that the traitors in the city are planning to fight with us to the last person..."
After finishing speaking, he directly analyzed Zhou Yuhong: "As expected: the traitors in the city knew that our army planned to dig a trench through guò and blow up the city wall, so they had already made the decision to abandon the city fortifications..."
Perhaps in order to prove what he said, Wei Zheng directly pointed to the few corpses of traitors on the city wall and continued to analyze.
"If it weren't for the traitors who took the initiative to abandon the city fortifications, the corpses of the traitors on the city walls would definitely not be so few...."
"You know, the traitors in the city who went out and were killed by our mortars still have at least 17,800 troops in the city. And we are on the city walls, and we don't even see a tenth of these forces..."
Zhou Yuhong quickly showed a thoughtful expression on his face, and replied to Wei Zheng: "Dashuai....You mean, the traitor has long known that the city wall cannot be defended. Therefore, the troops were directly transferred away from the city walls and dispersed to all corners of the city..."
"Just like the attack just now, as long as we rush into the city, it will be difficult for the firearms in our hands to exert their power. Coupled with the fact that the traitors are in the shadows, we are in the light....just one sneak attack can kill many of our brothers in the city......"
"In the attack that was less than half an hour old, our brothers who died at the hands of traitors amounted to hundreds or thousands....and the number of traitors eliminated was only more than a thousand..."
"Judging from this battle loss ratio, if we continue to attack the county government of Baode County and eliminate the remaining more than 10,000 traitors in the city, we must at least be prepared to lose tens of thousands of brothers..."
Wei Zheng shook his head and replied: "The loss of tens of thousands of brothers is definitely beyond our reach....so, even if we want to eliminate the remaining more than 10,000 traitors in the city, we can't continue to attack like this..."
At this time, Zhou Yuhong, who looked aggrieved, couldn't help but let out an angry scolding: "These traitors who are inferior to beasts are really ruthless....take advantage of the advantages of troops and terrain, and exchange our lives for human lives, such a poisonous plan can be come up with..."
"Provoke Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will directly burn all of you to ruins with a fire..."
Zhou Yuhong seemed to be a sentence full of complaints, but after hearing Wei Zheng's ears, it was like a golden jade good word, which directly made Wei Zheng's confused brain think of an idea.
Under Zhou Yuhong's gaze, he shouted loudly: "Yes, it's a fire attack....burn these traitors with a fire..."
"Since these traitors can come up with such a poisonous plan as exchanging human lives for human lives, then we are not vegetarians, so let's give them a poison to fight poison..."
Seeing the shocked expression on Zhou Yuhong's face, Wei Zheng hurriedly explained: "As far as Ben Shuai knows, the people in the city have been all killed by traitors....In this case, then this Baode County in front of us doesn't mean much to us..."
"After a fire burns it to ruins, it's a big deal that we will build a new Baode County in the future..."
"In Ben Shuai's opinion, a Baode County is definitely not as cost-effective as the tens of thousands of Tiger and Leopard Army brothers under our command....After the soldiers die, they will never come back....and Baode County is burned, but we can build again..."
"As for the remaining more than 10,000 traitors in the city, even if we don't burn them, I will kill them all in the next battle. For each of them has in his hands the lives of several people..."
"For these traitors who are inferior to beasts, a fire burns them, and they are cheaper..."
Hearing this, Zhou Yuhong had already said a few words on his lips: "Attacking with fire is against the harmony of heaven, please consider it carefully..."
was also swallowed back by Zhou Yuhong.
Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he replied with a murderous face: "The last general is ordered....please rest assured, the last general will be ready to burn Baode County within half an hour........."