Tiger Prison Pass is a fortress, and no matter who is in command, it can only be carried out according to a fixed pattern. Whether it is active offense or passive defense, plans have already been formed that have been repeatedly revised. From this point of view, even if an ordinary soldier authorized by Hu Zesheng is in charge of command, there will not be much difference between him and himself commanding.

Hu Zesheng was not greedy for life or afraid of death, but he did think that it was much more important to pass on the warning to the rear city and personally go to Gangwei City to organize the defense than to stay here. Tiger Prison Pass and Gangweicheng complement each other, especially since the reconstruction began last year, and the key defense direction is the Pantuo River. The Tiger Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although the Niu people rely on the fleet to go around to the back of the pass, and it is still not as simple as it seems. If, at a time when the two armies are at a stalemate, he leads a support army from Gangwei City, it can have a good effect in terms of morale and the process of the battle.

Of course, at the same time, it can also be handed over to cronies to do. The problem is that his identity and power are far inferior to his own, and it is difficult for the magistrates of Gangweicheng to obey absolutely. High efficiency comes from strong execution, and "Tiger Prison Commander" and "Adjutant General" are two completely different identities. Although the situation is urgent, Gangweicheng will not deliberately delay the work, but if he personally supervises on the spot, the implementation efficiency will definitely increase several times.

The premise of this is that the distance between Tiger Prison Pass and Gangweicheng is not far, and it only takes one day to speed up.

"You have a point." Niu Zesheng made a decision almost immediately: "You are solely responsible for this." I went to Gangwei City to get reinforcements. ”

The cronies knelt down on one knee, raised their hands, and respectfully accepted the guard scepter handed over by Hu Zesheng.

The artillery fire from the river was still rapid and intensive, and powerful shells continued to explode on the sides of the city walls. Flying gravel and dirt blocked the road, and the cavalry had to detour from a farther position, and the infantry relied on the pass and the remnants of the fortifications to defend it, but found that this was ineffective, and the Niu infantry did not fight with them at all, they aimed very accurately even in the dark night, and advanced steadily until they reached the south gate of the Tiger Prison Pass.

The cavalry units assembled in the southeastern direction hid in the grass, and night became their best concealment. The cavalry commander was experienced, and he remembered Hu Zesheng's repeated words when he left half an hour ago————The muskets of the Niu people can't compare to your horse team." Don't attack early, be sure to watch the timing. We can't do anything with their ships, but as long as their infantry is ashore, it is our best target, and a charge can defeat them.

No one noticed when there were two more lanterns on the walls of the Tiger Prison Pass. The cylindrical cloth reveals light in the middle, and the structure of a series of one after the other is not much different from the signal guidance during the cattle tribe on the river. In the darkness, it was impossible to see who was holding the long pole to control it, only to see the position of the lantern changing with the rotation of the long pole, from overlapping states to separation, pointing to the southeast where the night was hidden.

Three battleships sailed out of the flotilla, stopped horizontally on the river, pulled up the side decks, revealing a double arrangement of gun ports.

Two lanterns side-by-side are used as directional signs, which is the practice of civilized times. During World War II, the Soviets attacked at night, and experienced commanders lit two bonfires in the front area, and if the two fires overlapped to form a point, it indicated that there was no problem with the direction of the attack. If two separate fires appear behind him, the commander corrects the direction of travel based on the point of convergence and distance.

The lanterns are guided in the same way, the distance between the two lanterns is measured by the observer with a thumbs up, and the actual distance is compared with the centimeter scale to calculate the specific area covered by the fire.

Looking at the lanterns on the city wall in the distance, he grinned violently and let out a hideous and happy low roar: "Fire!" ”

The overwhelming roar was repeated again, and dozens of shells covered the entire cavalry team. There was a short gap between the second round of shooting and the first, and the well-trained gunners completed the reload at a dizzying pace.

The blinding light of fire tore through the darkness, and death from the sky destroyed the entire army. The human stump was mixed with the broken flesh and bones of the horse, and there were weeping everywhere, and the neighing of the horse even drowned out the explosion. Constantly frightened horses galloped into the distance, but they were affected by the explosion radius that was tens of meters wide, and they were either killed alive on the spot, or they were pushed down and shaken away by strong air waves, and fell to the ground dying.

Under the cover of heavy artillery fire, more Niu infantry landed on the shore.

The decisive battle took place at the South City Gate———— according to the order, a group of Tiger infantry opened the city gate and took the initiative to attack the invaders, but they were killed by the Niu infantry who were waiting for them with a platoon of guns and died on the spot.

The gates were seized.

At this moment, it was less than two hours before Niu Zesheng left.

Standing at the top of the city wall, looking at the Niu warriors rushing up the stairs, the cronies threw away the lanterns that had been useless in their hands, and with indescribable ecstasy, they suddenly pulled out their sabers and cut off the heads of the Tiger Clan guards standing in front of them with their backs to them.

Another guard was shocked by the sudden upheaval, until the Ox warrior swarmed him, pinned him to the ground, and tied him firmly with a sturdy rope, finally reacting. He stared at his reddened eyes and yelled at his cronies, "You...... You damned traitor! ”

After staying in the Tiger Prison for a long time, his cronies are very familiar with the people here. He turned sideways, raised his hand to wipe the saliva that the other party roared on his face, and said lightly: "You are wrong, I am not a traitor, I have never betrayed from beginning to end." ”

"What do you mean?" The captured Tiger Clan guards were shocked and furious.

"I'm from the Ox Clan." The cronie casually tugged at the front of his clothes, and a satisfied and smug smile appeared on his face: "If you mean the owner of this dress, then he was already dead during the Battle of Red Moon City last year. I just looked more like him, and everyone who knew him at the time was dead, either killed in battle or killed. Hehe...... Experienced veterans are a kind of wealth, and the above thinks that I am young and experienced, so I was vigorously promoted, and I also became the adjutant of the commander...... It's not my fault, I just did my part. ”

The Tiger Guards froze.

He never dreamed that this was the truth. He fell abruptly, his hands tied behind his back unable to hold the ground and get back to his feet, and he himself had no similar thoughts. His dull eyes looked at the ground, and he muttered to himself in despair: "The Great Commander is in danger, and there is Gangwei City...... What should we do......"

The cronies walked over, squatted down, patted the other person on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Don't be so discouraged, this is a good thing for you." In the future, there will be no more cattle and tigers, only a complete dragon clan. I am not a traitor, I am your brother. ”

It's hard to say how to move the Tiger Clan guards in a few words, but at least he's not as resistant as he used to be. Slowly raising his head and looking at the cronies squatting in front of him, he opened his mouth and sighed deeply.

"You damn bastard...... You are fortunate to have a wise king. ”

The cronies smiled: "He will also be your king in the future." ”

……

The Tiger Prison fell faster than expected.

It is a pass with a steep north side and a gentle slope in the south.

After the Battle of Red Moon City last year, the Tiger Clan had realized the threat from the Pantuo River, and Hu Zesheng also tried his best to build various defensive facilities in the south of the Pass, but after all, he was not the opponent of the Dragon Clan. The flintlock pistol was more powerful than the bow and crossbow, and the guns mounted on the ship provided all-round fire support, plus the spies planted by Hu Zesheng's side...... Victory was only a matter of time.

The cavalry was scattered by accurate artillery fire, and the overwhelming shells made the Tiger people understand what "doomsday is coming". More than 3,000 cavalry were killed, a large number of horses were frightened and scattered, and the other troops stationed on the west side of the pass were blocked by the extended barrage of artillery fire. By the time the fleet stopped attacking, a large number of dragon infantry had already rushed to the city wall and occupied the commanding heights. They were mounted on trailers and mounted on light artillery erected at high places, and the open firing range covered the surrounding area with the Tiger Prison Pass as the core.

The number of prisoners of war was not large, roughly estimated at just over 2,000. After all, this is the territory of the Tiger Clan, and the dark night has become the best cover for the fugitives. Stormtooth did not order a pursuit, and a total of twelve river gunboats lined up along the Pantuo River, forming a strong and dense water defense line. After that, as many as dozens of transport ships sailed from the direction of White Deer City to build a temporary dock at the pre-surveyed location between Red Moon City and Tiger Prison Pass.

There is a cliff on the shore with a deep draft that can accommodate six transport ships at once. The open gates of the city made it impossible to hinder the inside and outside of the Tiger Prison. According to the plan, the dragon soldiers searched along the already occupied walls and fortifications to capture the prisoners. Two thousand engineers from White Deer City unloaded sand-lime cement from the ship, as well as a large number of bricks...... By dawn, the temporary wharf had taken shape, and the unloading speed had tripled.

The work of cleaning up the battlefield was handed over to the engineering troops and the deer people from the direction of Red Moon City. The main thing is to collect the wounded, as well as the dead horses. Barbarians have no habit of wasting, and horse meat is a rare and superior food. They used the simplest method to drag the dead horses to the river to wash them, cut them into large pieces, smear them with salt, and transport them to Red Moon City for pickling.

Strictly speaking, the materials stored by the Tiger Clan on the pass are not much, which can maintain the normal consumption of 30,000 people for a month. But this is the algorithm of the Tiger people. According to the dragon's current daily ration, it can only be supplied for a maximum of two weeks.

Looking at the captives who were escorted to Red Moon City in order, Tyrant gave a new order.

"The 2nd Marine Division got on board. Let's go, go to Gangwei City. ”

Tianhao no longer used the establishment of war groups, and imitated the practice of the civilized era, expanding each war group into divisions.

Red Moon City and Tiger Prison have become one. Reinforcements are rapidly arriving from there. The total number of engineers plus the temporary garrison was about 10,000. The next primary target of attack was Gangwei City, which was not far from the Tiger Prison Pass.

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Tiger Clan's territory, Gangwei City.

The gates of the city to the north were open, and the crowd of blackened people poured in from the north like a tide. They scrambled to cross the makeshift cordon, as if they were being chased by wild beasts, but they were unarmed, and they could only run as fast as they could.

This is obviously a joke that is not very serious. Gangwei City is the closest city to the border in the north of the Tiger Clan, and then it is the Tiger Prison Pass. Normally, there are no civilians in the true sense of the word in either place. The geographical location of Gangweicheng is very important, which is equivalent to the logistics warehouse of Tiger Prison. Therefore, from the very beginning of the construction of the city many years ago, the inhabitants of the city were reservists under paramilitary management.

Time will change many things, including the rules that were originally engraved on clay stencils by the supreme ruler and continued in the form of law.

Single-sex areas that are too concentrated can become powder kegs. The peculiarities of war dictate that the vast majority of warriors were men. These two conditions that are in line with social significance complement each other, but they have caused headaches for the successive city lords of Gangwei City.

Rough guys are just too hard to manage. Their favorite pastime is fighting. There are many eyes, and the variety of patterns is amazing. Fighting for food, who comes first when peeing, whose male symbols are thicker, bigger, and more leadership, who have a special opinion about something that everyone is interested in, and the interests of different groups of gangs...... There are many problems that the officers cannot intervene in and can only be solved by the soldiers below. You can fight, but the premise is that you can't use knives and guns, as long as you don't cause death, any problem can be solved.

The easiest single-sex congregation to manage is a prison, but Gangweicheng is not a prison.

As a last resort, the superiors introduced some women here.

Only the poorest women come to this place, and even the ugliest ones become the target of many men. From more than 400 years ago, when the city lord of Gangwei decided to let go of the ban and let a group of women come to settle in the city in the form of purchases and material exchanges, the laws formulated by the ancestors of the Tiger Clan became a pile of garbage, and no one cared about it.

Hu Zesheng stood at the top of the northern city wall, looking at the soldiers who were fleeing from the northern road, and his clenched fists showed that he was on the verge of erupting at any time.

Tiger Prison has fallen?

Damn, not long after Lao Tzu left, the so-called "impregnable" defense line completely collapsed?

Hu Zesheng felt that God had played a big joke on him.

He knew very well that the reason why he left at a time when the battle was raging was because there would not be much problem with the position and command. The Tiger warriors stationed at the pass are all veterans, and the commanders and officers under their command are all one in a hundred, ranking second only to the forbidden army around His Majesty the Tiger King. If it weren't for the protracted war and the shortcomings in material supply, Hu Zesheng would not have come to this place at all.

Only a woman panics like a timid rabbit.

Look inside and outside the walls, and these people who are emerging from the Great Northern Road, their faces full of fear. Most people don't have weapons, let alone armor. Wearing tattered clothes, it is simply a group of refugees.