Chapter 699: A Turning Point
Soon, the gunfire on the city walls disappeared......
When the results of the battle were sent to Zhang Zhongming, the commander of the rebellious army, Zhang Zhongming's face was quickly covered with a smile.
Because, in Dingbian City, not only did they harvest enough food for the soldiers under their command for 20 days, but also seized all the firearms and equipment of the garrison battalion.
Compared to the muskets equipped by the Haw Par Army's field troops, the power of these captured muskets is simply not worth mentioning.
However, compared to the cold weapons in the hands of the soldiers under his command, the power is definitely more than one grade.
There are muskets, and of course there are grenades that the Haw Par Army is already fully equipped......
Thousands of grenades, in Zhang Zhongming's eyes, if used well, can definitely be worth thousands of elites......
In the face of these results, Zhang Zhongming, who was excited, ordered to a subordinate in front of him without thinking about it......
"Mr. Wang Qian, the general has decided that all the firearms seized here will be equipped with your troops...... Ben will give you half a month, and within half a month, you must train Ben to train 500 musketeers and 500 bombardiers......"
When the subordinates who had just been equipped with firearms began to conduct large-scale military training.
Zhang Zhongming, who won the first battle, was not idle, and took his subordinates to count the soldiers, with Dingbian County as the center, and swept all the towns within a hundred miles of the surrounding area......
In less than 10 days, more than six county towns in northern Shaanxi fell into the hands of the rebels.
The total strength of the garrison of the Tiger and Leopard Army, which was wiped out by Zhang Zhongming, also reached an astonishing 4,000 people.
When Zhang Zhongming targeted the next attack, Yulin County, which had a field musket regiment of the Haw Par Army. The total strength of the firearms unit in Zhang Zhongming's hands has exceeded 5,000 people......
Ten days ago. Zhang Zhongming is very capable. I didn't dare to fight the idea of Yulin County.
Not to mention that Yulin is higher than other counties. Thicker walls. Let's just say that the defenders of more than 2,000 people in Yulin County are all things that Zhang Zhongming does not dare to touch.
A field musket regiment of the Haw Par Army and a garrison battalion of Yulin County, totaling 2,500 defenders.
Although Zhang Zhongming came from the great northwest where the news was congested, his identity as the chief soldier of the imperial court before the riot allowed him to report through the imperial court and know the news that ordinary people did not know......
From the first defeat of the Tiger and Leopard Army by the imperial court. The Imperial Court began to ask local officials to be vigilant against the expansion of the strength of the Haw Par Army.
At the same time, the disc also specifically mentioned the great power of the various firearms equipped by the Haw Par Army. Officials from all over the country were asked to get these equipment and send them to the capital at any cost......
It was from that time that Zhang Zhongming began to pay attention to this powerful firearm......
Not to mention, under the heavy reward, I really got a new type of musket that only the field troops of the Tiger and Leopard Army are equipped with.
When Zhang Zhongming personally realized this musket, he was directly shocked by the powerful lethality of the musket. Then he hid the musket. As a weapon of the Zhang family......
As for mortars that can fire flowering shells, Zhang Zhongming has not really seen them.
But. He had seen the red-coated cannon, and the disc newspaper clearly told himself that the mortar was even more powerful than the red-coated cannon...... From this, it can be imagined how powerful the mortars of the Haw Par Army, which have been equipped in large quantities......
More than 1,000 Haw Par Army musketeers armed with new muskets, hundreds of Haw Par Army artillerymen armed with dozens of mortars, and endless grenades...... Zhang Zhongming is very jealous and afraid......
And now, Zhang Zhongming is not afraid......
The Haw Par Army had muskets in their hands and they had them in their own hands. Although the muskets are not as powerful as the opponent, the number of muskets is more than twice that of the opponent.
As for the grenades equipped by the Haw Par Army, they have collected almost 20,000 of them......
As long as the attacking troops under his command can withstand the lead bullets and flowering bullets fired by the Haw Par Army, they can throw more than 20,000 grenades into the city......
Zhang Zhongming can say with great confidence that no matter how many elites the Haw Par Army arranges on the city wall, they will be blown up by grenades. When the time comes, the victory will be yours.
Of course, in addition to the change in the balance of strength, Zhang Zhongming had the courage to attack Yulin......
The Haw Par Army has stockpiled a large number of soldiers and other supplies in Yulin...... It's all a very huge bait......
Although most of the soldiers under his command do not have much combat effectiveness to speak of......
However, ten days of fighting had already familiarized them with their military status, and cooking was forbidden.
Therefore, after Zhang Zhongming's order to attack Yulin County was issued, in less than half an hour, Yulin was surrounded by several rebellious regiments.
As for the shield carts they had painstakingly built, they were all pushed to the forefront of the battlefield to block the lead bullets set by the defenders against them.
The shield cart was ahead, followed by the musketeers...... The siege troops, who held cold weapons in their hands, carried ladders, and hung grenades on their waists, walked last......
Tens of thousands of rebels, divided into four, rushed towards Yulin County from four different directions......
The attack of the rebels is, at least on the surface, very frightening......
After all, they used this tactical method of warfare to capture several county towns defended by the soldiers of the garrison in succession.
However, this kind of huge offensive formation did not pose much threat in the eyes of the regiment commander Hu Jun......
In the face of an opponent who was getting closer and closer, his brow quickly stretched out with just a wrinkle.
Facing the staff officers who were already on standby beside him, he decisively ordered......
"Artillery, open fire immediately...... In the shortest possible time, destroy the shield carts that stand in front of the rebels, so that they are completely exposed to our Tiger and Par Army. ”
The order was given in the blink of an eye, and a dull roar sounded in the city behind him. Then the screaming sound of the flowering bullet crossing the sky reached the ears of the regiment commander.
More than 20 flowering bombs, after a short flight in the air, smashed into the battlefield outside the city without hesitation.
Because it was the first round of shooting, more than twenty flowering shells, only one hit the target......
The flowering bomb exploded, and the pure wooden shield car was directly blown apart......
Of course, the other flowering shells are not for nothing......
Seven or eight flowering bullets smashed into the rebel army's formation, like a grim reaper, directly took the lives of dozens of rebels......
Zhang Zhongming knew the power of this flowering bomb in advance, and in the face of the sudden explosion, he did not show too many surprised expressions.
However, the soldiers under Zhang Zhongming's command saw it for the first time.
Among the more than 10,000 soldiers who attacked, except for a very small number of people who had seen artillery, the others didn't even know what artillery looked like, let alone more powerful mortars.
However, panic is panic, and Zhang Zhongming's order prohibits it, still restraining them and continuing to attack.
In the blink of an eye, the second round appeared above their heads. (To be continued......)