Under the circumstance that their own muskets were limited, as long as they gave the order to shoot at the official musketeers, the siege team of the officers and soldiers who had already rushed to a distance of 80 paces would definitely drive straight into the city and rush directly to the foot of the city wall.

At that time, he would have to rely on the last weapon in his hand to save his life, a grenade, to fight with the siege team of the official army......

However, once this kind of thing happens, it means that the limited equipment in hand will be used up in a short time.

After losing equipment and ammunition, with only the thousands of unarmed garrison officers and soldiers under his command, can they hold out until the follow-up reinforcements from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces?

Just when He Guozhong was caught in a difficult choice, the increasingly tense atmosphere on the battlefield directly urged him to make a decision immediately.

A regiment commander who was guarding by his side shouted loudly: "Division commander, you can't hesitate any longer, let's make a decision quickly." Who will hit first, brothers are waiting? ”

"Fight the officers and musketeers first......" At the urging of his subordinates, a pair of eyes quickly swept over He Guozhong, who was surrounded by the corpses of the fallen soldiers, and finally made up his mind and ordered loudly.

After finishing speaking, he continued to order: "As for the siege team of the official army, when they rush to the foot of the city wall, they will greet me with stones...... Remember, grenades should never be used unless absolutely necessary......"

"Also, take out all the spears that have been eliminated in the warehouse...."

"The spear is longer than the broadsword in the hands of the officers and soldiers, and it is better to use the spear to deal with the officers and soldiers who are attacking the city wall..."

"Papapa......" He Guozhong's military order was like a sudden injection of stimulant, allowing the musketeer, who was still confused just now, to find his feeling and target in an instant.

Five hundred musketeers. Take the team as a unit. It's like a high-efficiency killing machine. Buckshot shot out of the city, setting off a bloody storm among the dense officers and musketeers outside the city......

The officers and musketeers were uncomfortable, and the number of casualties continued to rise under the counterattack of the superior muskets of the Haw Par Army. However, the siege team of the officers and troops, who had already lost hundreds of men, felt much better.

At this moment, they did not give up this opportunity to quickly approach the city wall.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers carrying ladders. Like a tiger descending from the mountain, he held his breath and quickly rushed towards the city wall.

Until they rushed ten paces outside the city wall, where the gunfire was raging, not a single shot of lead bullet was fired at them.

With a face full of joy, they hurriedly rushed to the city wall, set up a ladder, and began to climb to the city wall.

As siege troops, they all knew one thing: as long as they climbed the city walls, the muskets would turn into burning sticks. It is simply impossible to be an opponent of the cold weapon broadsword.

At this time, they have not been attacked. Fortunately, the first round of attacks after approaching the city walls was finally ushered in.

Hundreds of round stones, as if it were raining, were thrown from the city walls by the tiger and leopard army. Then, with a whistling sound, the stunned officers and soldiers to the ground smashed down......

"Boom ......" A dense roar sounded on the city wall, and the stone with great power came into direct contact with the ground in a very intimate way.

At the same time, more than 20 officers and soldiers who were caught off guard were also hit by stones falling from the sky at this moment.

There are skulls that are directly crushed, and brains are splashed all over the ground...... Because they couldn't dodge, the stones that roared down directly smashed their limbs into blood, and they fell to the ground, letting out one wail after another......

Just when the siege team of the officers and troops gathered on the front line of the city wall had not yet reacted from the first wave of rolling stones, the second round of twice as many rolling stones fell from the sky again and smashed towards them.

In the blink of an eye, dozens more people fell at the foot of the city wall.

At this time, the officers and soldiers who led the team finally reacted. Facing his subordinates who were still stunned, he shouted loudly: "What are you still doing, the shield in your hand is not used as an ornament......"

"Raise your shield and continue to climb the ladder ......"

"As long as we climb the city walls, the Haw Par Army, which is only armed with muskets on the city walls, will not be our opponents......"

"Brothers, keep killing me...... Kill a tiger and leopard army, and reward ten taels of silver......"

There will be brave men under the great reward......

Under the temptation of silver, the slightest fear that the tragedy of the battlefield had just brought to them disappeared immediately.

With a shield on his head, he continued to climb against the ladder against the rolling stones that kept falling from the city.

The person in front was hit by the rolling stone, and with a scream, he smashed into the ground with the rolling stone. The officers and soldiers who followed did not hesitate to carry their shields and continued to climb the ladder that had been stained red with blood......

However, what the officers and soldiers did not expect was that the Haw Par Army guarding the city, in addition to having rolling stones to deal with them, also had spears that were specially used to defend the city when the Haw Par Army was formed.

Even if some officers and soldiers slipped through the net and climbed the city wall, there would be more than a dozen spears, like unsheathed swords, stabbing them into the chest......

The speed of the spears is so great and the number of them is so large...... They don't have time or blind spots to dodge.

In the end, without incident, he was stabbed into a hornet's nest by a spear and thrown off the city wall.

Therefore, the battle on the front line of the city wall, although it was very tragic. However, under the defense of several times the siege team of the official army, there were not the slightest loopholes and gaps......

When the battlefield battle was in full swing, Shandong patrolled Zhu Dadian, holding a monocular all the time, motionless and watching every move on the battlefield.

When he saw the Haw Par Army musketeers let go of the siege team and took advantage of the range advantage to shoot the musketeers he had sent. A sneer quickly flashed from the corner of Zhu Dadian's mouth.

Because, the decision and dispatch of the Haw Par Army on the battlefield directly told Sù with the facts that the Haw Par Army defending the salt field in front of him was only a few hundred people. Even if they recruited young men to participate in the defense, their advanced muskets were only a few hundred

In this case, as long as you send your own musketeers, you can successfully attract the attention of the Haw Par musketeers. The siege party will take advantage of the situation to rush to the foot of the wall and begin to climb the wall to launch a final assault on the wall.

The battle that took place next was really not unexpected by Zhu Dadian.

The siege party approached the walls and launched a final assault on the walls.

However, the only thing that Zhu Dadian didn't expect was that even if they were not equipped with Suifa muskets, those young soldiers who were recruited by the Tiger and Leopard Army would have such strong combat effectiveness. With only rolling stones and spears, he was on the front line of the city wall, and he couldn't hold on to the siege team he had sent.

Zhu Dadian, who was determined to win, of course would not see a victory on the battlefield that was about to be reached, and he would miss it like this.

After only a short period of contemplation, he had a certain amount of combat experience, and found that on the battlefield, he did not have the key to immediate victory, and found his way to win again.

He put down his monoculars and continued to command his subordinates behind him.

"This officer's order: another musket team will be transferred to reinforce the battlefield and attract the attention of the Haw Par musketeers......"

"The second siege team, quickly press up, continue to fight with the tiger and leopard army on the city wall, and do not give the defenders of the city wall any respite......

"The last one, immediately draw a thousand archers and secretly enter the battlefield. After crossing the musketeers, they rushed to the wall forty paces and threw arrows at the defenders of the wall, killing and wounding them. ”

Several generals who were anxious about the stalemate on the battlefield immediately lit up after listening to the order, and immediately understood Zhu Dadian's thoughts. With admiration for Zhu Dadian, he replied loudly: "Obey the orders of the adults......

When facing the attack of 2,000 officers and troops at one time, He Guozhong felt a lot of pressure. After seeing the position of the officers and troops and the more than 2,000 people who had been dispatched again, the brows that had just been relieved by the heavy losses of the officers and musketeers furrowed again.

After taking a deep breath to calm the pressure and irritability in his heart, he said in a heavy tone: "The officers and soldiers actually used the tactics of refueling with the smallest number of troops. Now it seems that the official army outside the city will not give up if they do not capture us......"

"The 2,000 men who attacked us in the first round were almost half lost, and not only did they not give the order to retreat, but they continued to increase troops on the battlefield...... He patrolled Zhu Dadian in Shandong, didn't he worry about the soldiers under his command bombing the camp? ”

At this time, a platoon commander from a military household next to him opened his mouth and explained to He Guozhong: "Division commander, you are really right...... This Shandong Patrol Zhu Dadian is afraid of everything, so he is not afraid of the bombing of the camp by those officers and soldiers under his command, especially those officers in the official army......"

"Because, Zhu Dadian has the imperial decree in his hand, and the imperial court has the support of the imperial court behind him...... For the soldiers under his command, the holy decree is the sword of Shang Fang...... As long as any officer rushes to the scene and fears the enemy, or collapses without a fight. With the military law of the imperial court, not only them, but even their families will be severely punished by the imperial court. ”

"Therefore, as long as Zhu Dadian has the support of the imperial court behind him, the more than 10,000 soldiers under his command will fight us to the death, or be captured by us...... Only then will their families be exempt from punishment......"

As he spoke, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers had already joined the battlefield.

The 500 musketeers, who had just gained an advantage on the battlefield, had to grit their teeth again in the face of the counterattack of three times the number of muskets of the officers and soldiers, and use their fastest shooting speed to shoot the officers and musketeers as fast as possible, so as to end the battle early and shoot the other officers and soldiers.

As the gunfire on the battlefield became louder and louder, after the siege team of a thousand officers and soldiers joined the battlefield, the close-range fighting on the front line of the city wall became more and more tragic. The strong smell of blood also began to spread on the battlefield little by little.

Just when the two battles were all in full swing, the archers sent by Zhu Dadian, like hunters lurking on the battlefield, finally showed their hideous faces to the defenders of the city wall.

A thousand arrows that came out of the string, with a faint whistling sound of breaking through the air, streaked across the sky and appeared above the city walls.

Dense arrows roared down, although only one or two hundred pierced the city wall, but without the slightest preparation of the Tiger and Leopard Army, these two hundred arrows brought hundreds of losses to He Guozhong...... (To be continued......)