"It's dark now...... We could have launched a night attack on the salt works. Of course, this night raid is not really a night raid...... Under the cover of night, create momentum, launch a feint at the salt field, force the salt field defenders, and have to consume the limited firearms and ammunition in their hands......"

"When the firearms in their hands are almost consumed by us. Tomorrow during the day, we can concentrate our forces and launch a general attack on the salt farm, and take the salt field in one battle......"

"Well said......" Zhu Dadian, who was full of expectations for this battle, was obviously very satisfied with this idea. As soon as the general's words were finished, he applauded because of excitement......

After suppressing the excitement in his heart, he said to the general in front of him who pulled him back from despair: "You are now a fourth-rank military general of the imperial court, and after we take the salt field, this official will definitely promote you to the imperial court as the chief soldier of the imperial court......"

Under the gaze of a pair of envious eyes around him, he got Zhu Dadian's promise on the back of the hand. Hurriedly knelt in front of Zhu Dadian, and said with an excited face: "Master Xie cultivates...... From now on, the Lord will let the last general go west, and the last general will definitely not go south......"

Night Raid...... Not only Zhu Dadian couldn't think of it, but He Guozhong, who was cultivated by Wei Zheng, couldn't think of it either.

Because, in the eyes of the people of this era, the night attack is not a war, but a melee in which the enemy and the enemy are not distinguished. What's more, some generals and soldiers can be said to talk about night raids and change color......

Because of the limitations of this era, almost all people have night blindness.

Under such circumstances, it is simply impossible for them to launch a night attack. When the time comes, the night attack may not be successful. Troops who launched their own night raids. Already one step ahead. Direct battlefield bombing camps.

Therefore, He Guozhong, who was guarding the salt field, never thought about what the officials and soldiers outside the city would do at night.

After leaving only one battalion on the city walls to defend the city, they returned to the military tent and prepared to rest.

Just as his eyes were foggy, ready to fall asleep. A series of violent roars suddenly reached He Guozhong's ears. He Guozhong lying on the bed. Sit up from the bed reflexively.

Then, at the door of the tent, he shouted at the top of his voice......

"Guards, the general's guards...... Something happened outside, the sound of the explosion just now, what was going on. ”

As soon as the words fell, a guard with a musket on his back rushed in with a nervous face.

Seeing He Guozhong, it was as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said, "Division commander...... Officers and soldiers. The officers and troops outside the city attacked us...... They are firing at us......"

Perhaps in response to what the guards said, another series of deafening artillery sounds. It then reached He Guozhong's ears.

When He Guozhong hurriedly ran up the city wall, the roaring cannons outside the city had been replaced by the sound of gunfire like bursting beans.

Judging by the intensity of gunfire, He Guozhong can be sure that the number of official army musketeers outside the city is at least 1,000.

Perhaps because of the lessons of the day, the thousand musketeers were still standing a hundred paces outside the city. However, their musket formations were at least twice as loose as during the day.

The musketeers took cover, the siege team attacked, and the archers, approaching the walls, made a sneak attack on the defenders on the walls.

Seeing this, the battle that had just ended during the day was like a movie, and one scene after another appeared in front of He Guozhong's eyes.

In order to make the feint more realistic, and also in order not to lose the garrison with fewer and fewer troops.

The 8,000 guards brought by Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, became the main force of tonight's night attack without accident.

With the 100,000 taels of silver collected from the home of the previous Shandong governor, Zhu Dadian directly took out 15,000 taels as a reward for the night attack of the guards army.

As a result, for the sake of silver, thousands of guards directly broke out with unprecedented combat effectiveness.

With a shield in one hand and a torch in the other, and shouting slogans at the other, they rushed to the city wall like a mountain.

Looking at the officers and soldiers outside the city who were getting closer and closer to the city wall, they listened to the sound of muskets constantly ringing in their ears.

He Guozhong, who was shocked, couldn't help but say to himself: Could it be that the official army really intends to launch a night attack on us...... He was not afraid that his own people would kill each other, which would cause the troops to bomb the camp......

After finishing speaking, He Guozhong, who was shocked, didn't care if the night attack in front of him was a conspiracy, and with a trace of anxiety, he ordered loudly: "Musket battalion, counterattack immediately......"

"Artillerymen, bombardiers, immediately prepare for a counterattack......"

"As long as the official archers appear, we will concentrate all the muskets and artillery and eliminate the official archers who pose the greatest threat to us first......"

After He Guozhong's order was issued, in order to avoid accidents, gunshots like bursting beans began to sound on the city wall, which was illuminated by torches.

However, what He Guozhong didn't expect was that because the official musketeers were too scattered, coupled with the cover of night, the Haw Par musketeers could only fight back by feeling. Lead bullets whistling down from the city walls rarely hit the target.

A round of buckshot came down, and at most five or six hapless musketeers were hit.

Just as the siege party outside the city, carrying torches, rushed to the foot of the city wall, erected a ladder, and began to climb the city wall. He Guozhong's long-lost official archers appeared......

A round of hundreds of arrows shot steadily and ruthlessly at the city wall, and began to kill and injure the soldiers under his command.

Seeing this, He Guozhong had to order the artillerymen and bombardiers to enter the battle.

Even the remaining musketeers on the city walls had to turn their guns and start shooting the archers.

Time passed little by little, but the offensive momentum and shouts of the officers and troops outside the city still did not weaken in the slightest.

Faced with this situation, He Guozhong's already solemn facial expression became deeper at this moment.

He Guozhong, who knew the ammunition and equipment in his hands very well, knew very well that if the attack in front of him continued like this, at the latest, all the grenades and artillery shells would be exhausted. A limited number of firearms will also be scrapped by more than half because of prolonged firing.

At that time, he can only use cold weapons and engage in close combat with officials and soldiers outside the city.

At this moment, a staff officer who dared to come in a hurry suddenly let out an exclamation.

"No, no...... Division commander, this offensive of the officers and troops is not right......"

He Guozhong himself was born as a staff officer, so He Guozhong attached great importance to several staff officers of the garrison division. In addition to letting them study tactics according to the enemy's situation at the command headquarters, he also made an exception to allow them to go to the battlefield and provide them with some feasible advice.

Therefore, as soon as the staff officer's exclamation reached his ears, He Guozhong hurriedly opened his mouth to ask.

"Something Isn'...... Wrong" (To be continued......)