"In such a situation, there is only one way to gain an advantage and victory in musket fire, and to compete in the number of musketeers. Whoever has the most musketeers in his hand and shoots more buckshot will win the victory. ”

"Therefore, when the number of musketeers is far less than that of the officers and soldiers, there is not much difference between using muskets against the officers and soldiers and sending them to death."

Hearing this, many people and everyone had a look of deep disbelief on their faces.

Of course, there were also people who showed a worried look at this offensive and defensive battle because they heard that they could not use muskets.

In order to regain everyone's confidence, Tan Liguo's words changed and continued: "Of course, you don't have to worry too much about this result......

"Because, the close combat that we will talk about next will be very beneficial to us from the perspective of the battle situation...... "First, when we engage in close combat with the officers and soldiers, the red-coated cannons equipped by the officers and soldiers will become ornaments, and they will not be able to threaten our soldiers who hold the city walls...... "Second, we are equipped with grenades that are very suitable for close combat and are powerful...... As long as we have a grenade in hand, we will be invincible in close combat with the officers and soldiers......"

Sure enough, as soon as Tan Liguo finished speaking, the faces of the deputy general and others regained their confidence.

Tan Liguo's face also showed a satisfied smile. Facing the adjutant general beside him, he ordered with a dignified face: "You all know what the general thinks." In that case, let's start preparing now. ”

The general ordered: "In addition to leaving a hundred soldiers to continue to defend the city wall and monitor every move of the officers and soldiers outside the city, the remaining soldiers are left." All leave the city walls. Preparing to evade the shelling of the officers and soldiers...... "" Vice General Zhou. You immediately take out all the cold weapons in our inventory and re......dress them for the soldiers" "Ben is going to see 2,000 sought-after hands, 1,000 sword and shield hands, and 1,000 bombardiers in the shortest possible time...... "The other generals should immediately return to their respective units and organize their brothers to change their clothes...... As Ben expected, we fought in close quarters with the officers and troops outside the city. It's about to start......"

After a few days of tentative attack on Yangquan County, Zhou Haoguang, the commander of the official army, already had a general understanding of the situation of the Yangquan defenders.

What made Zhou Haoguang happy was that there were not too many defenders in Yangquan County, which was blocking in front of him. More importantly, among the limited defenders, there was no Tiger and Leopard Army, the most elite of the Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces......

Because, in the continuous days of tentative attacks, he did not encounter the new muskets and artillery that only the Haw Par Army is equipped with.

There is no most elite tiger and leopard army in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, plus the defenders of Yangquan County are limited. Such a good opportunity is in front of Zhou Haoguang. Of course, Zhou Haoguang will not let it go.

In order to take Yangquan before the reinforcements of the Tiger and Leopard Army arrived at Yangquan County. Open the passage for troops to attack Datong.

Zhou Haoguang, who was thoughtful, directly took out half of his red-coated cannon, and transferred out the 5,000 Beijing battalion that he had trained single-handedly, ready to take Yangquan County in one fell swoop and open the passage to attack Datong.

Therefore, as soon as the general order of Tan Liguo, the commander of the Yangquan garrison, was issued, twenty-five red-clothed cannons began to fire shells at the front line of the city wall.

The power of the redcoat cannon is limited, and the shooting accuracy is also poor.

However, the officers and soldiers have an advantage, that is, they are numerous.

The city wall, which had just fired five rounds of flowering bombs and stretched for no more than two miles, was covered in gunpowder smoke from the explosion of flowering bombs.

In the military tent more than 100 steps away from the city wall, in the face of the sudden shelling of the official army, Tan Liguo's face only flashed a trace of shock, and then he regained his composure, and said with emotion to the deputy general who hurried back beside him. "The offensive of the officers and troops has begun...... Brothers, are you ready......"

The adjutant general replied in a deep voice: "General, because the equipment of the county government treasury is limited, so far, only 1,000 sought-aftermen, 500 sword and shield men, and 1,000 bombardiers have been equipped. As for the remaining soldiers and the cold weapons that are missing, the last general has already sent people to the surrounding counties and towns to transfer all the cold weapons they have in stock to use......"

Tan Liguo nodded and replied with a satisfied face: "The city wall that we need to defend head-on is only less than two miles. A thousand long sought-after, five hundred sword shield hands are enough......" "Sometimes, it is not a good thing that there are more people going up. After all, the city wall is only so wide, and the more people who go up, the more it will affect the play of the long sought-after, and it will not be able to be deployed on the battlefield. ”

After finishing speaking, Tan Liguo shifted his gaze to the city wall, which was more than a hundred steps away and had been completely shrouded by Xiaoyao.

After a short period of contemplation, he analyzed with a majestic face: "With the general's understanding of the officers and troops, in order to ensure that the first round of attacks does not affect the morale of his subordinates, the artillery preparation of the officers and soldiers will definitely be very long." "And the soldiers under our command haven't touched a cold weapon for a long time. Therefore, we must seize this time to familiarize the soldiers with the weapons in their hands. Don't go to the battlefield and lose your life because you are not familiar with the weapon...... "The general ordered that after the artillery fire of the officers and soldiers was over, he immediately dispatched 500 sought-after fighters, 300 sword and shield fighters, and 300 bombardiers, and quickly climbed the city wall, prepared to meet the battle, and the officers and troops attacked, and engaged in a close fight...... "Yes, general......"

Five or six hundred flowering shells were fired at the city wall in a row, and the blackened barrels of the red-coated cannons had already been beaten to the point of emitting heat. The roaring cannons finally stopped.

The smoke of gunpowder cleared, and the city wall of Yangquan County, which was not very strong, had become a convex wall after being ravaged by hundreds of flowering bombs.

Yes, it's a convex wall......

Because, the battlements that provided protection for everyone in front and behind the city wall were almost completely blown up.

Not only that, but the hundred soldiers who left on the city wall, at this moment, can still stand up from the city wall, and there are not even twenty people. As for the other soldiers, looking at the city walls, not even a single intact corpse could be found.

The deputy general who led his subordinates to hurriedly climb the city wall, after seeing the tragic picture in front of him, he directly gasped because of shock.

After the shock, he began to sigh at the wisdom of the main general Tan Liguo.

Because, in the absence of battlements to cover, if the officers and men under their command still follow the conventional way of fighting, they will shoot muskets with the officers and soldiers. The result will be just as Tan Liguo predicted at the beginning, under the fire of a huge number of muskets from the officers and soldiers, the musketeers under his command have to face heavy losses.

And now, because his subordinates have given up firearms, they have switched to cold weapons and have engaged in close-range combat with officers and soldiers. The battlements that had been blown to rubble in front of me became less useful...... (To be continued......)