The number of defenders in Shaoguan City is not much among all the cities in Liangguang, and the total number of defenders in the entire city plus the people is only more than 5,000 people, and 5,000 against more than 100,000 people.

However, there are many Australian weapons in Shaoguan City, and there are hundreds of 26-pounder guns alone, which is not low.

Even the number of artillery pieces in Guangzhou is only less than 150 guns, if you talk about the size of the city, the two cities are not at the same level at all, the population of Guangzhou is dozens of times that of Shaoguan, and the scale is several times, but this is the gateway to Guangdong.

There is no way, Zhang Xianzhong went south to take this route, they did not choose to take Guangxi to go around to the hinterland in Guangzhou in fact, there are also considerations, Guangxi's wolf soldiers have been famous since ancient times, and they are also afraid of being attacked by wolf soldiers.

In order to solve the problem of time and also to reduce casualties, he made a march like Shaoguan. But I didn't expect to encounter such a big resistance here, but judging from the weapons used by the defenders, the land of Liangguang is really rich, and there are so many Australian weapons alone, so how much does it cost to buy.

The new weapons in Shaoguan temporarily blocked Zhang Xianzhong's advance, but if he attacked strongly, he could still attack it, because as long as the ammunition was exhausted.

Zhang Xianzhong also knows this, since he can buy weapons from Australians, he naturally knows the powerful relationship here.

Therefore, after a short three-day rest, he decisively used the tactics of crowds to engage in a war of attrition with the Ming army in Shaoguan City.

As long as they can consume the ammunition in their hands, they can successfully storm the city.

As for those who are used as cannon fodder, they are naturally the refugees who follow the team, this kind of thing is often done by them, watching the coffee mill machine gun continue to strafe the fallen crowd, the defenders of the Ming Dynasty are a little lamented that Zhang Xianzhong is too ruthless, these people are at least his deployment to resist bullets.

There are not many weapons and ammunition in Shaoguan City. The largest storage capacity is a week, but according to Zhang Xianzhong's style of play, it is estimated that it can hold on for three days, once the city is broken, it must be a slaughter, so the Ming army defending the city does not dare to be sloppy.

Once the city is broken, they will not have a good end, judging from Zhang Xianzhong's style. Definitely will kill himself and others.

So in order to survive, everyone must be vigilant to prevent accidents, after knowing Zhang Xianzhong's intentions, the Ming army also began to consciously save ammunition, after all, the reinforcements have not yet arrived, everything needs to be supported by themselves.

Shen Youlong couldn't care so much at this time, and immediately sent someone to Guangzhou to ask the Australians to come out, if the Australians didn't go out. Zhang Xianzhong can go all the way south to Guangzhou, not to mention the losses caused by the siege of Guangzhou at that time, I am afraid that the losses in other places will be not small.

Therefore, it is necessary to let the Australians send troops as soon as possible, before the Australians did not send troops, Shen Youlong sent his 200-strong new army to Shaoguan in advance for reinforcements, no matter how Shaoguan can not be lost, once lost Zhang Xianzhong is like entering a no-man's land, with the analysis of the combat effectiveness of the defenders in other places, it is not at the same level as the troops in Shaoguan.

It can be said that the people stationed here are all elites from other places. This time it was put together on an improvised basis.

The elites are all here, if they can't resist Zhang Xianzhong. Do you still expect others to be able to resist it, so the importance of Shaoguan can be imagined, and the most important thing is that it is the elite of Liangguang and Guangzhou.

Once there is any loss, it will be too big, so Shen Youlong will be extremely worried.

The Australian troops stationed in Hong Kong and Shen Youlong are in a cooperative relationship, and the two sides have already agreed that once Zhang Xianzhong goes south, he will leave to support.

Therefore, after receiving the report, the troops in Hong Kong immediately prepared and headed for Shaoguan, as for why they did not go in advance. This has a lot to do with Shen Yulong.

Lao Shen was afraid that the Australians would not leave, so he always dared to let them enter Guangzhou and go to Shaoguan in advance.

However, Hong Kong is far away from Shaoguan, and the fastest speed will take five days to reach, which is still the speed of the Australian army.

At this time, the situation in Shaoguan was already very critical, and if the Australian army did not arrive in time, Zhang Xianzhong might break the city.

So there is not much time left for the Australian army. They must arrive at the designated location within five days to provide support.

Supporting Shaoguan has brought Hong Kong's entire defense into a state of emptiness, and those recruited security maintenance team members have become the main force at this time, and they are responsible for the management of all ports and imports and exports.

If other people had any idea of Hong Kong at this time, it would be absolutely a fatal blow, and with the skill and combat effectiveness of those escorts, they would not be able to compete with the regular troops.

In order to let the Australians not have so many concerns, Shen Yulong sent a team of 200 guards to the Hong Kong port to maintain law and order.

At the same time, on the one hand, it is like issuing orders from all over the country to help Australians go to Shaoguan as quickly as possible. Because according to intelligence, Zhang Xianzhong is using a war of attrition to consume the ammunition of the defenders, and once the ammunition is exhausted, all the previous efforts will be wasted.

In order not to waste their previous efforts, the defenders of Shaoguan City have begun to mobilize the people in the city to help defend the city spontaneously, and some men and women are doing what they can at this time.

Although there is not much ammunition, one thing is okay, at least the food supply in the city is quite good, and the granary has a large stock, enough to support the city for two months. Only now they don't need food. If the most wanted thing is definitely weapons and ammunition.

The Ming defenders who tried to have such a lethal Australian weapon for the first time can be regarded as having a new understanding this time.

Australian firearms are not just beautiful in appearance, these things are also murderous weapons, as long as one is not good, you may die under its gun.

The news brought back from Guangzhou finally brought a lot of good news to the defenders of Shaoguan, at least the Australians were dispatched, as long as the Australians arrived in Zhang Xianzhong, it would be completely finished, but before they came, they had to support themselves for a few more days, otherwise it would be useless for the Australians to come.

With such thoughts and encouragement, everyone is full of confidence in supporting the arrival of Australians, thinking that everything will be fine when Australians come.

But the reality is that Zhang Xianzhong doesn't seem to want to give them the opportunity to wait, and the non-stop attack, advancing in batches, has made the defenders very tired, and even some people have not closed their eyes all day, but Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses are different, they change people in batches to carry out sneak attacks.

In order to solve this problem, the defenders in Shaoguan City carried out a strategic contraction. (To be continued......)