After getting repeated confirmation from the deputy generals around him, Zhu Dadian, who was shocked, had to accept this very cruel fact for himself......

Under the gaze of the generals in front of him, he said in a low tone: "In other words, except for those guards who have no combat effectiveness, we no longer have the military strength to attack the salt field......

The adjutant general, who had just spoken, stood up again and replied: "My lord, if there are no follow-up reinforcements, with our current strength, we really do not have the ability to capture the salt field. However, we have not been without nothing of the attack that has just failed. ”

Speaking of which, the adjutant directly took out a grenade that was dumb on the battlefield.

After handing it to Zhu Dadian, he said with a stern face: "My lord, this explosive iron lump was captured by the soldiers on the battlefield. It is this kind of weapon, on the battlefield, the soldiers who bombed it did not even have room to fight back. The vast majority of our losses in the offensive are caused by this weapon......"

"The last general has learned that this is the legendary grenade in the Haw Par Army."

After taking a serious look at the grenade weighing a pound in his hand, Zhu Dadian asked in a deep voice: "Such a powerful weapon, can we summon a blacksmith to imitate it." If we were also equipped with this firearm, we could throw it on the city wall and let the city wall defenders also taste the taste of being bombed......"

The adjutant general nodded and affirmed: "My lord, after getting this firearm, the last general has already let the craftsmen in the army take a look, as long as they give them enough iron, gunpowder, and fire ropes." They'll be able to build ......."

"So. The last general pleads with you. Temporarily halt attacks on the salt works...... Once we've built enough grenades, we'll attack the saltworks when reinforcements arrive......"

After the adjutant general finished speaking, a general soldier who had just retired from the battlefield and still had a trace of gunpowder smoke on his face followed him and said: "My lord, the last general is unexpected, except for the transfer of reinforcements." We also need to transfer more powerful artillery, and it is better to transfer a few red-coated cannons on the city wall of Jinan......"

"The Tiger and Par Army's flowering shells are too powerful, only the redcoat cannons that can fire flowering shells can suppress the defenders' artillery, and even blow up a gap with the flowering shells directly on the city wall......"

At this point in the battle, Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, had lost his arrogance as an official soldier and began to face up to the tiger and leopard army that was sticking to the salt field. So, the face of the ministry will be reminded. Zhu Dadian, who had regained his senses, agreed without thinking about it.

As just said. The attack in front of him is not only the first battle since he took office, but also has gathered the attention of too many people. Even if you gather all the military and financial resources of Shandong, you can't lose......

Zhu Dadian, who had regained his confidence, was in Shandong when he was deploying troops on a large scale, dispatching craftsmen, and building grenades to prepare for a new round of attacks. After a day's rest, He Guozhong finally ushered in the first good news after the salt field was besieged by the imperial court......

The aid of the Governor's Palace of Shanxi has been transported to the Yanchang wharf by guò merchant ships. At the same time, along with the aid, there was also the latest general order of the Shanxi Governor's Palace......

1,000 muskets and matching ammunition. Nine medium mortars and 2,000 flowering shells of various kinds, and 15,000 grenades, especially suitable for defending the city......

After seeing the list of equipment sent to him by the merchant ship, He Guozhong, who was excited, shouted directly: "Great, with this batch of equipment in hand, the officers and soldiers will come to another 50,000 people, and the general will not be afraid of them......"

"Since the marshal wants to kill chickens and monkeys here, force back the other officers and troops besieging Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. Then we will take advantage of this evening to also give a night attack to the officials and soldiers outside the city, and wipe them out outside the salt field in one fell swoop. Once again, to the court and the emperor, he showed the strong combat effectiveness of our tiger and leopard army, and forced the court and the Shanxi Governor's Mansion to escape. ”

On the battlefield, which had been completely shrouded in night, the closed gates of the salt works were suddenly opened.

Subsequently, the 1,000 soldiers who had gone out of the city two days earlier to launch a counterattack against the official army rushed out of the city gate without saying a word and disappeared into the vast night, armed with spears in their hands and grenades wrapped around their waists.

The official army camp about two miles away from the salt field, Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, although he drew a qiē force, wanted to find out the specific strength of the defenders of the salt field. However, under the barrier of the walls around the salt works, all their efforts were in vain.

Under such circumstances, in the eyes of Zhu Dadian and other officers and officers, the defenders of the salt field were still 500 tigers and leopards from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.

As for the extra people on the battlefield, it was the recruits of the Haw Par Army who directly gathered among the military households in the salt field to assist the Haw Par Army in defending the salt field, and the number of these recruits did not exceed 1,000 at most. Otherwise, with only five hundred veterans in the defending army, there was no way to guarantee the stability and operation of the entire Yanchang defenders on the battlefield.

Since the garrison of the salt field was only 1,500 men at full capacity, after deducting the losses of the two defenses, it was already thankful that there were only 1,000 men left.

And for the huge salt works, a thousand defenders, no more, no less, just enough to ensure that there are no loopholes in the defense of the salt works.

Therefore, in the eyes of everyone in the official army from top to bottom, the Haw Par Army defending the salt field has no other ideas and abilities in the face of an attack except for passive defense.

Since it is impossible for the Tiger and Leopard Army defending the salt field to attack, and the whole of Shandong is the territory of the imperial court, it means that there will never be any accidents in the safety of the camp.

Under such circumstances, the camp, which was almost composed of the guards and troops, became unvigilant in the slightest.

The defenders of the 1,000 salt fields, under the cover of night, did not notice anything until they reached the position fifty steps outside the official barracks, and the barracks that had been quieted down.

Seeing that there was no other figure in the official and military barracks in front of him except for the firelight, a sneer quickly flashed on the face of the commander of the first regiment of the garrison division who led the team.

Then, he ordered to the subordinates who hurriedly dared to come beside him: "Artillery, set up artillery here." As soon as I received the order to attack, I would blow up the many tents in the barracks, and in the shortest possible time, I would use up all the flowering bombs I brought......

The others continued to reach the official barracks. As close as you can touch, you can touch as close as you can......"

"During the lurking process, as long as the officers and soldiers are discovered and the target is exposed, they will throw a grenade at the officer barracks."

"Each of you carried four grenades. After the attack began, one person threw out two of them, and then he used his spear to attack the official barracks. If there is resistance from the officers and soldiers, use the remaining grenades ......"

"Remember, the purpose of our night attack is to annihilate them. Therefore, after everyone launched an attack, except for those who surrendered on their knees, all the others were stabbed to death with spears...... After the offensive begins, don't forget the slogan we agreed to at the beginning, kneel and don't kill......"

The sentries and patrols in the official and military barracks can be said to be completely non-existent.

It wasn't until everyone touched the position of more than ten steps outside the barracks that an officer and soldier who was convenient to get up did they find that the saltworks defenders were already close at hand.

"Ah......h

However, in a quiet night, an exclamation was enough to wake up many sleeping officers and soldiers around.

As several officers and soldiers, with faces full of doubts and doubts, slowly walked towards the corpses of the soldiers who had been stabbed to death, the regiment commander knew that the time had come to attack.

He took out a grenade from his waist and the fire fold prepared before departure, lit the fire rope, and threw it with all his strength towards the gradually lively officer and military barracks.

At the moment when the grenade came out of his hand, a loud roar came from the mouth of the regiment commander.

"Brothers, throw grenades and kill all the officers and soldiers......"

"Woo woo woo ......" With a slight whistle of breaking through the air, hundreds of grenades emitting white smoke were thrown out by the soldiers lying on the ground at the same time. Then, flipping across the sky, it flew towards the official barracks.

Among the thousands of people left in the barracks, whether it is the remaining garrison soldiers on the battlefield or the military households with little combat effectiveness...... I have personally experienced the tremendous power of a grenade explosion.

So, in the face of an attack, in the face of grenades whizzing down in the air. Their first reaction was not to go out of camp to meet the enemy and block the saltworks garrison that was attacking them. Instead, they rushed out of the camp tent in disheveled clothes, screaming in terror while spreading their legs, and running towards the center of the barracks in spite of a frenzy, trying to avoid the grenade attack.

However, in the face of a sudden night attack, there were only a few who could react in a hurry and flee to the middle of the barracks.

Most of the officers and soldiers were still in a daze, and the grenades that whistled down had already fallen beside them.

The grenade exploded, and all the officers and men in the killing range, whether they were scattered around or still sleeping in tents, were all blown to the ground by the grenade......

After two rounds of 2,000 grenades exploded in succession, the hundreds of officers and soldiers who were blocking the front line in front of the Tiger and Leopard Army were completely blown up, and hardly a single one survived.

Faced with the battlefield full of stumps and broken arms of soldiers in front of him, a thousand soldiers no longer hesitated...... Raising his spear, he rushed to the barracks. At the same time, the slogan of shaking the sky also began to sound on the battlefield.

"Kneel and don't kill...... Kneel down and don't kill ......"

When the garrison of the salt field rushed into the barracks with great momentum. Six light mortars were not idle, and a round of six flowering shells, as if they had eyes, specially went to the barracks, where there were many officers and soldiers, and there were many tents.

Behind him, the wolf-like defenders of the saltworks were chasing and killing, and there were grenades and flowering shells that kept falling overhead. Plus the effects of the night. The panicked and frightened thousands of officers and soldiers in the barracks began to skewer around like flies without a head. (To be continued......)