Chapter 348: Night Attack

Chaganhot City is the imperial city of Lin Dan Khan, the last emperor of the Northern Plains, and now it is a provincial capital of the Jin Empire, Yue Tuo sits in the capital city of the Horqin grassland, as long as the army is under the city of Chaganhot, Yue Tuo can't fight if he wants to, this is the last big move, if Yue Tuo avoids the battle, the Phoenix Legion captures this ancient capital, and it will be demolished.

This is the last big move of the Korbi grassland this time, forcing the Guanwai tribes to take the initiative to attack, killing and injuring their main force in large numbers, and consuming their war potential, as for whether or not they can break through the ancient city of Chaganhot is secondary, of course Lu Hongniang knows Zhu Jian's strategic intentions, she wants to do her best to help her family solve problems, but she is a little anxious.

The battle continued, and the cavalry of the Four Golden Armies crushed forward like four torrents of steel, but they were crushed to pieces in front of the death net built by the soldiers of the Phoenix Legion with a dense rain of bullets, and the damage they inflicted on the Phoenix Legion was negligible.

Yue Tuo saw that his subordinates could not overcome the attack for a long time, their spirit was frustrated, coupled with the huge casualties, and their morale was low, so they had to Mingjin withdraw their troops and lead the army to retreat, he planned to use the cover of night to launch a night raid, as for those wounded soldiers who were lying on the ground and struggling to shout, he was helpless and could only abandon them.

The soldiers of the Phoenix Legion poured out of the fortress to clean up the battlefield, the weapons and armor abandoned by the Jin Army could be smelted in the furnace, the horse corpses could be made into a sumptuous horse meat feast, they could be dried to make bacon, and the food in the army was improved, and the corpses were gathered and cremated.

The musket in this year is not very powerful, as long as it does not hit the vital point, it will basically not die, but if it is not treated in time, the blood will still be hung up, the Ming Dynasty needs countless prisoners to serve as free labor, but does not want to waste too much energy and medicinal materials to treat those wounded soldiers, it is too late to treat the wounded, therefore, there are no prisoners in this fortress defense battle, and all are cleaned up.

At night, the sky and the earth were pitch black, and you couldn't see your fingers, and from a distance, the civil fortress of the Phoenix Legion looked like a giant beast lying prone on the grassland, and the piles of bonfires lit under the fortress walls were like stars in the sky.

Yue Tuo led the army to sneak in the dark, stopping more than two miles away from the fortress, and the carefully selected assault warriors carried shields, machetes, iron swords and other weapons, one foot high and one foot low groping their way forward, the pile of flickering bonfires in the distance is the target direction they want to attack, even if they suffer from severe night blindness, but the target location is clear and conspicuous, so as not to get lost and scattered.

Under the cover of night, the assault team groped and sneaked towards the simple fortress of the Phoenix Legion step by step, and when they were about 100 meters away from the fortress, someone suddenly let out a terrible howl, instantly breaking the silent night.

In order to prevent the night attack of the Jin army, Lu Hongniang not only ordered the soldiers to be on strict alert, but also arranged a lot of traps around the fortress, the commando team sneaked in the dark, some people stepped on the mechanism, some people gritted their teeth and endured, but some people couldn't hold back the severe pain in the spine, let out a miserable scream, and the entire night attack was instantly exposed.

The terrible screams were the enemy's situation, and with the sound of bamboo whistles, the soldiers of the Phoenix Legion, wrapped in blankets and huddled under the walls of the fortress, jumped up one after another, and quickly lined up under the officer's command, loading ammunition.

Flaming torches were thrown from the fortress, igniting the hay and firewood piled up outside, illuminating the surroundings and exposing the approaching commandos to the flames.

The sneak attack failed, and the assault team let out an earth-shattering roar and rushed towards the fortress with the weapons in their hands.

"Listen to me, first platoon, prepare, shoot." Inside the fortress, the company commander shouted loudly and gave the order to shoot.

Bang bang bang......

The platoon guns rang out, and the dense rain of bullets hit the human body, bursting out a crack of blood mist, and the assault warriors in the charge fell in pieces, and the people behind were still desperately charging, one after the other, extremely brave.

The earth-shattering roar and the fierce gunfire like popping beans pierced the silent night, occasionally mixed with a few earth-shattering violent explosions, which were not the sound of flowering shells exploding, but the explosion of bitter acid thunder, indicating that the situation was a bit critical, and the sneak attack of the Jin army had rushed very close, forcing the front-line soldiers to have to greet with thunder.

Lu Hongniang just closed her clothes and rested, and when she heard the terrible screams, she had jumped up from the simple marching bed, lifted the curtain and went out of the tent, and the guards lit torches one after another, reflecting the fortress brightly.

The dense gunfire frightened everyone in the fortress to wake up, grabbed the musket and rushed out of the tent, during the battle, most of the soldiers rested and did not disarm, and waited for the day, the military uniforms of the new army have all eliminated the bulky armor, and the soldiers' reaction is several times stronger than that of the old army.

Everyone poured out of the tent, crowded into the open space, or looked or asked, plus at night, the line of sight could not reach far, the soldiers were nervous, and the scene was chaotic, but with the sound of bamboo whistles, the noisy sound disappeared in an instant, which was also the result of ordinary training.

"Two divisions, one regiment, one battalion, one company, assemble."

"Second Division, One Regiment, One Battalion, Two Companies, assemble."

"Second Division......"

With the loud roar of the officers, the soldiers of the subordinate units quickly rushed over to assemble, and the chaotic scene was gradually controlled, which was also the result of the usual queue drills, which made some of the officers of the old army quietly breathe a sigh of relief, and their greatest fear was that when they were attacked, the troops were in disarray, unable to assemble for an effective counterattack, so as to cause chaos and then lead to collapse.

With the assembly of a unit, the whole chaotic occasion was controlled, the troops who received the order ran to the defense line, and most of the troops were disbanded and returned to the camp to continue to rest, which also made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and at this time the troops were also disbanded and returned to the camp to rest, indicating that the defense line was not broken through by the Jin army, and the battle situation was within the control range, so it was safe and rested.

At present, it was only found that the Jin army was attacking from the front, and the two wings and the rear did not find the enemy situation for the time being, Lu Hongniang did not dare to be careless, and ordered the soldiers to strengthen their vigilance, and several reserves were on standby in the designated area to reinforce at any time.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The 10 Franc cannons on the front opened fire one after another, and then stopped after two rounds of bombardment, because it was dark, and the artillery observers could not observe distant targets.

However, the artillery shells fell into the cavalry group that was assembled in the distance and ready to charge at any time, and the flesh and blood of the golden soldiers flew everywhere, the horses fell down in grief, and the wounded soldiers screamed miserably.

The artillery observer standing on the high platform saw the situation through the monoculars by the light of the explosion of the flowering shell, and hurriedly reported that the ten Franc machine guns continued to load and bombard, blowing up the Jin troops assembled in the distance and waiting for the attack, and the whole cavalry was completely confused, some of them retreated, and some of them advanced, in order to avoid the bombardment of the Franc machine guns.

Yue Tuo had no choice but to order the cavalry to charge, otherwise the high morale would be affected and declined.

"Kill!"

The dense crowd of tribal warriors raised torches, saddled and leaped on their horses, roaring and charging forward.