Qingchuan County can block the official road from Gansu to Sichuan, but it can't block the path that can enter Sichuan everywhere.

Therefore, the secret music passed on to the imperial court by the relatives entered Sichuan very easily.

Then, he was quickly whipped and quickly sent to the city of Nanjing.

Zhang Zhongming, the governor of Ganning, although he had great hopes for the imperial court. However, not all hopes were pinned on the imperial court.

In the process of being sent to the imperial court, the total strength of the Ganning New Army has reached 40,000 after continuous expansion. Directly under Zhang Zhongming's order, he used the inexhaustible logs in the surrounding area to build a shield......

Just three days later, Zhang Zhongming took all the food reserves, commanded 40,000 Ganning new troops, left the barracks and marched towards Qingchuan County.

The 40,000-strong army, mighty, took a whole day to arrive outside the city of Qingchuan County.

On the temporarily reinforced city wall of Qingchuan County, looking at the endless Ganning New Army outside the city. While breathing a sigh of relief, a trace of worry and solemnity also appeared on Xiao Dan's face.

The appearance of 40,000 Ganning new troops outside the city directly proves that the army commander's original inference about the entire battle was correct. After cutting off the supply of food and salaries to the new army of Gansu and Ning, the new army of Gansu and Ningbo had to leave the two provinces of Gansu and Ningxia, break through from the direction of Qingchuan County, and enter Sichuan......

Since the entire battle situation is developing in the direction predicted by the army commander, the army commander at this moment should already know the news that the new army of Ganning is coming outside the city of Qingchuan County...... and began to mobilize the main force of the whole army to eliminate the Ganning New Army outside the county town of Qingchuan.

But. The idea is good. But. The reality is cruel......

Even if the army commander starts to transfer troops now, with the distance between the main force and Qingchuan County, it will take at least two days for the main force to complete the encirclement of the new army in Ganning outside the city of Qingchuan County and launch an attack.

And this means that he must rely on less than 2,000 troops. Hold off the attack of the 40,000 Ganning new army for two whole days.

Of course, this is still my best guess.

If the main force is 50,000 for a longer time, then you have to stick to you for a long time.

Not only that, the new imperial army stationed in Sichuan is likely to stick a knife in their back during the period when the new army of Ganning launched an attack, so that they will be exposed to the enemy in the abdomen......

However, since he was in front of the military commander, he swore to accept this task. Well, no matter how difficult it is. You have to bear it yourself.

So, solemn and worried expressions. It didn't last long on Xiao Dan's face, and it was covered by the confidence that followed.

After taking a deep breath, he said to his subordinates: "The new army of Ganning is strong and well-equipped...... Plus they are attacking us in order to break through and survive. So, I'm sure the whole offense will be very tragic. It is very likely that the new army of Ganning, which has the superiority in strength, will attack us day and night......"

"And we, even with the addition of more than 600 recruits, the total strength is less than 1,800 people. Therefore, throughout the siege battle, we must do the following......"

"First, reduce the casualties of the officers and men under your command as much as possible...... In battle, what can be solved with artillery is never solved with a musket, and what can be solved with a musket is never solved with a grenade...... What can be solved with a grenade will never be solved with a bayonet......"

"Second, keep the body lì...... The whole battle will most likely last for several days, and if the body cannot be maintained, at most two days, the whole regiment will collapse due to exhaustion...... Therefore, in the course of the battle, the three musket battalions had to take turns until they had to do so. ”

As soon as the head of the regiment Xiao Dan's words were finished, an exclamation reached his ears......

"The new army of Ganning has begun to attack...... Everyone be ready for battle......"

Xiao Dan's brows furrowed, and he subconsciously raised his monocular and looked at the Gan Ning New Army three miles outside the city.

Under Xiao Dan's gaze, the five thousand Ganning new army, under the cover of the shield, was like a wave, and walked out of the attack position and pressed towards the location of the city wall.

"Half an hour at most, and it's going to be dark...... Could it be that the new army of Ganning is really going to attack us day and night......"

Facing the outside of the city, you can only see the shield, but you can't see the five thousand Ganning new army. Xiao Dan's brows furrowed, and he muttered to himself with a shocked face.

Xiao Dan was not wrong, in order to survive, Zhang Zhongming did make preparations to launch an attack on Qingchuan County day and night.

Among the 5,000 Ganning New Army, 2,000 musketeers and 3,000 sword and shield men holding grenades were the first wave of attacking troops sent by Zhang Zhongming.

In addition to these, there were 1,000 musketeers, far behind the 5,000 attacking troops, acting as overseers, shooting and killing all the attacking troops that retreated without being ordered.

In the blink of an eye, the 5,000 Ganning new army rushed forward for dozens of paces.

Looking at Xiao Dan, whose face was still gloomy beside him, the chief of staff hurriedly reminded Fan: "There is no even a tentative attack, and five thousand offensive troops will be sent directly...... Regiment commander, I'm sure that the new army of Ganning outside the city has been cornered by us, and they want to fight us desperately......"

"We're not afraid of working hard, the muskets and artillery in our hands are not vegetarian ......" At this time, Xiao Dan finally spoke.

After the whole body quickly exuded a strong murderous aura, he decisively ordered: "First battalion, prepare for battle immediately...... The second and third battalions withdrew from the city walls and rested...... Artillery, as long as the new army of Ganning comes into range, fire on me......"

The nine red-coated cannons of the captured Qingchuan garrison, although they were very cumbersome, were not as good as the domestic agricultural cannons equipped by the heavy artillery regiment of the Tiger and Leopard Army in terms of range and power. However, it was, after all, the most powerful artillery in the new army of the imperial court.

Therefore, the regiment commander Xiao Dan didn't think about it, so he incorporated nine red-coated cannons into the artillery company.

As the longest-range of all the guns in the regiment, the Red Coats Cannon was undoubtedly the first to fire.

The firing distance of more than two miles, although there is no accuracy.

However, the 5,000 Ganning new army gathered together, densely packed, and so large.

No matter how much red-coated artillery there is no accurate head, it can easily shoot flowering projectiles into the opponent's military formation.

So, the nine flowering bombs with a screeching sound just crossed everyone's heads not long ago.

In the middle of the Ganning New Army, which was still more than two miles away from the city wall, nine fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke exploded. Of course, the deafening explosion also spread to the city wall and to everyone's ears.

Regiment commander Xiao Dan, although it is not clear what the results of the nine flowering bombs were.

However, in order to boost the morale of the generals under his command, he still shouted with excitement on his face: "Yes, just fight like this, hit hard, and blow up all the Ganning New Army on the offensive road......" (to be continued......