The staff officer of the army pointed to the officers and soldiers who were climbing the city wall under the city wall and said: "Division commander, the officers and soldiers outside the city are not the officers and soldiers we saw during the day...... They are the Guards, and for us, the Guards have basically no combat effectiveness......"

"...... of the guard" Hearing these words, He Guozhong's eyes directly shot out two rays of light.

After taking a few torches from the hands of his subordinates, he threw them out of the city, and ordered loudly: "You guys, throw the torches out too, and ...... I'm going to see the true face of these officers and soldiers outside the city......"

After dozens or hundreds of torches were thrown down the city wall at the same time, the battlefield under He Guozhong's feet was directly illuminated by the firelight.

Holding a shield and not even wearing a leather wallet, the guard soldier appeared in front of He Guozhong.

Seeing this, He Guozhong, who hadn't reacted for a while, asked loudly: "What does he Zhu Dadian want to do...... Sending these incapable guards to attack us doesn't send them to their deaths in vain? ”

At this time, the face of the staff officer standing beside him already showed an expression of sudden realization.

After taking a deep breath, he reminded He Guozhong: "Division commander, if the last general guesses correctly, these guards were sent to death by Zhu Dadian......

"Before the officers and soldiers launched this night attack, several of our staff officers were wondering whether the officers and soldiers outside the city would know about our lack of ammunition and equipment. What would they do if they knew about our weaknesses......"

"Now it seems that the officers and soldiers outside the city must know about our lack of equipment and ammunition. Then, under the cover of night. With these guards who have little combat effectiveness. Massive consumption of our limited ammunition and equipment ......"

Hear here. He Guozhong had already affirmed the thoughts of the staff officers around him, and said in a deep voice: "If these are true, then it proves that the general still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the officers and troops outside the city, and underestimated the command ability of the officers and officers." ”

After speaking, he asked directly to the staff officer: "Since you have deduced this kind of dispatch of the officers and soldiers, there should already be a specific solution...... Sue sù Ben Jiang immediately. What do you have in mind for a few of your staff officers? ”

"Yes, General......" The staff officer of the army commanded loudly.

"Our thinking is that since these guards are low in combat effectiveness, they simply cannot be our opponents. Then we can abandon our firearms, and with strong fortifications, we can hold the walls with cold weapons, and repel the attacks of these guards. ”

"As for the archers and musketeers of the official army, continue to hand them over to the musket battalion to clean up."

"However, in order to ensure that the muskets last longer, the musket battalions had to be in teams. Strike one by one to avoid the musket being scrapped due to long continuous firing......"

He Guozhong nodded first. Then he shook his head again, and finally spoke: "Take the team as a unit...... The idea is good, but in this way, we will not even shoot 50 rounds of lead bullet per round...... Fifty rounds of lead bullets, can they put pressure on the musketeers and archers outside the city? ”

"It can definitely be ......," the staff officer affirmed.

"As long as the purpose of the officers and troops outside the city is not to really take the salt pan, then those musketeers and archers outside the city will not fight us to the death. The lead bullets fired from fifty muskets were enough to cause confusion among the musketeers and archers, forcing them to have no way to suppress us with all their might......"

After a series of questions in his heart were solved, He Guozhong's nervous and dignified face finally showed a smile.

After casting a look full of appreciation at the staff officers of the army around him, he ordered loudly: "Well said, this general ordered, immediately change the current style of fighting, and all the soldiers participating in the battle will fight according to what you just said......"

Soon, the sound of grenade explosions along the walls stopped.

The six mortars, which fired dozens of shells in a row, also stopped shelling.

On the battlefield, which was much quieter in an instant, the officers and guards who were constantly rushing towards the city wall faced the explosion that suddenly disappeared in front of them. directly believes that the Tiger and Leopard Army defending the city no longer has this very powerful grenade......

Without grenades, and with the cover of musketeers and archers behind them, a great opportunity to storm the walls was in front of all the guards troops.

The officers of the Guards, who had not yet received the order to withdraw their troops, did not miss the opportunity given to them by God......

Commanding the subordinates, tempted by the silver reward, continued to rush to the city wall.

The mighty flow of people, wave after wave, continued to rush to the foot of the city wall, which had been stained red with blood. Then, along the ladder, he began to climb to the city wall more than a foot high.

Perhaps to prove that there were really no grenades in the hands of the Tiger and Par Army, when dozens of guards were about to climb to the top of the city with hot faces, there was still not a single grenade thrown down from the city wall, where only the sound of gunfire remained.

However, the Haw Par Army defending the city does not seem to intend to be captured just like that......

One by one, the rolling stones weighing more than ten catties, or even dozens of catties, were thrown high by the tiger and leopard army defending the city as if it were raining. Then, with a whistling sound and great power, it smashed into the middle of the dense guards at the foot of the city wall.

In this round of stone rain, in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen officers and soldiers who were about to climb the top of the city were hit by stones. Then, with a scream, he smashed to the ground with the rolling stones, and his life and death were uncertain......

However, such casualties did not frighten the guards at the foot of the city walls.

Under the temptation of silver, these military households, who had been living on the line of life and death, as if they had forgotten death, raised their shields, and continued to climb along the ladder to the head of the city, as if they had forgotten death......

However, as He Guozhong's staff officer said, these guards who have not been trained at all do not even have the most basic combat effectiveness except for courage.

When they finally climbed to the top of the city with rolling stones, they didn't have time to rejoice. A few spear heads that radiated a cold light from the outside under the light of the torches pierced their chests with an unstoppable momentum.

At this time, if it is a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, he will definitely pick up his weapon and use all his strength to block these guns. Then, he rolled down to the city wall, trying to find a way to block the possible attack that followed.

However, they were guards, not imperial court garrisons, let alone well-trained veterans.

Therefore, in the face of the attack, they fought with all their courage, and they stayed directly on the spot.

And the spears that roared to their chests didn't matter what their origins were.

The powerful spear head lightly pierced the rudimentary military uniforms they wore and pierced their bodies.

When the few spears pierced into the chest, after being pulled out by the defenders with all their strength, the military households that had not really stepped on the head of the city had already fallen to the ground at the foot of the city wall with a face full of despair and unwillingness.

In this way, with the cooperation of rolling stones and spears, the military households who constantly flocked to the city wall were high in morale and courage.

However, their low tactical level did not give them a chance to actually stand on the wall.

Regarding the battle that was taking place on the front line of the city, even if Zhu Dadian had the help of a telescope, he had no way to see it clearly in the night.

However, for this attack, which is not in the real sense, what Zhu Dadian really needs is not to see the battle situation clearly, but to listen to the battle situation clearly......

Yes, just listen, listen to the gunfire on the battlefield, listen to the explosions of grenades and shells on the battlefield......

When he heard the rapid sound of gunfire on the battlefield as soon as the offensive began. A smile from the bottom of her heart directly revealed on her face full of anticipation.

In Zhu Dadian's eyes, as long as the tiger and leopard army defending the city uses firearms, it means that the purpose of this feint he launched has been achieved.

As time passed, the sound of gunfire on the battlefield became weaker and weaker, and in the end, only the sound of muskets remained. The smile on Zhu Dadian's face directly became more intense, and the smile was almost from ear to ear.

Because, Zhu Dadian, who was full of confidence, directly believed that the limited equipment and ammunition of the Haw Par Army had been completely consumed in the feint he had just launched.

Unaware of the fact that the explosions had stopped, it was just a temporary change in tactics by the defenders of the salt pans.

The defenders of the saltworks were equipped with limited ammunition, although the cost was huge. However, with the remaining ammunition, it is still possible to fight an offensive and defensive battle of a modest scale.

However, Zhu Dadian is not clear about this qiē.

However, he was cautious, in order to prove his own reasoning. After the explosions on the battlefield stopped, the Weisho troops who participated in the feint were not immediately ordered to retreat......

He's waiting...... Wait for the guards to continue to attack the defenders of the city wall to see if the defenders of the city wall are really running out of ammunition.

is still the sentence just now, although Zhu Dadian's idea is good, the truth is very cruel.

Zhu Dadian, who was full of confidence in this feint plan, had already forgotten in his excitement and excitement that his subordinates, who were launching an attack on the salt works, could not really be called an army.

Against such a group of people, the well-trained defenders of the saltworks did not need to use firearms at all. Cold weapons alone are sufficient.

At the beginning of the battle, the reason why He Guozhong ordered the use of firearms was because He Guozhong was frightened by the big formation performed by Zhu Dadian. Once he reacts, he will no longer use firearms and equipment, which are already very limited.

The sound of explosions on the battlefield stopped for half an hour, and even the only remaining gunfire became more and more sparse. Zhu Dadian, who was already very sure of his judgment, immediately issued an order to retreat......

The officers and soldiers retreated, and the battlefield was once again quiet.

If it weren't for the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield that still hasn't dissipated, a large number of torches discarded by officers and soldiers... No one knew that just now, there was a very tragic battle for the city walls.

He Guozhong, the commander of the Yanchang Garrison Division, was no longer in the mood to continue to rest after this battle.

After rearranging the rest of the night's defenses, He Guozhong walked directly into the tents of several staff offices. (To be continued......)