Section 92 Bitter Fighting
readx;? Like an angry tide crashing on the shore, retreating and coming back, wave after wave, surging attack waves continued to pounce on the wall, although the bloody battle for several days has made the Kamans pay a heavy price, the ruins of various siege equipment scattered under the city walls are piled up all over the ground for several miles, the corpses are piled up like mountains, after each day of fighting, the work used by both sides to collect their corpses always lasts until late at night, there is no way to solve the problem of these corpses, many can only be buried or disposed of on the spot, the stench of burning corpses wafts over the city all day long, this is a city on the verge of collapse。 www.biquge.info But the Empire's Guards are still holding out, and the Kamans don't seem to be stopping.
The attack and defense of the western city of CM had entered a difficult tug-of-war, and Yusuf, who had just led his team to repel the attack of the Kaman army that had attacked from the southern city, had returned to the city to defend the mansion so tired that he lay on the big chair and did not want to move. Although he is quite conceited about the combat effectiveness of his own legion, after seeing the team spirit and strict military discipline style of the Kamans, Yusuf loves to admit that these guys under the city are indeed not inferior to his own team at all, if it were not for the resistance of the advantage of the city wall, Qinghe Mansion would have fallen a long time ago, but even so, Yusuf knew that his legion might not be able to support it for a long time, if the fourth division could not arrive in time.
The CM reserve has been used in turn, and this time it has reduced the reserve of a division to less than 10,000 people, which shows the cruelty and tragedy of the battle. Letters for help have been sent out countless times, the Kamans did not besiege the city to death, they unabashedly focused their attacks on the weakest defense system of the west and south of the city, and took turns to storm the west and south of the city, especially the west city, the city wall has begun to collapse in many places, especially those damaged by the Taiping army, the new repair can not resist the impact of the ferocious crash car at all, often after a dozen consecutive impacts, the city wall began to crack, and then collapsed, and then only with the reserve to fill in the block, so down, completely use the corpse to fill the cracks in the city wall.
What should CM do? Yusuf knew that the Fourth Division was already on the way, but in the face of the desperate resistance of the Kamans, the Fourth Army seemed to have little recourse, and the hard-fought heavy cavalry of the Kamans took the lead instead, repeatedly breaking through the frontal defense line of the Fourth Army, forcing the Fourth Army to retreat, and is still entangled on the line of Baimapo. Don't have any hope for these fools, if they do, I'm afraid that I and the Guards will be dirt under the feet of the Kamans.
This thought has been haunting Yusuf for a long time, since the Fourth Legion was blocked by Baimapo Yusuf, but at that time he still had a glimmer of hope that the Fourth Legion would have a miracle to break through the Kamans' interception, but there were too few miracles.
A chaotic sound of footsteps came from the front hall to the back hall, and Yusuf knew that the person he had notified had returned, and he wanted to sit up, but his sore whole body made him give up the idea, until a cadre came into the living room, saw him like this, and quickly helped him up from his chair.
CM: "Are you back?" Yusuf asked tiredly as he sat up as best he could.
CM "Back to the corps commander, we are all here, only-" One of them was interrupted by Yusuf before he could finish speaking, "Don't mention him, I have called you here today to discuss things with you." ”.
The faces of the CM people were solemn, the battle had reached this point, the reinforcements of the Fourth Army had not arrived for a long time, and it seemed that they could not resist it, and the matter discussed at this time would definitely not be a good thing.
CM gasped, Yusuf looked at the first person, "How is the situation in Xicheng today?".
CM "The Kaman's offensive is still fierce, and it seems that the Kaman's Eighth Corps has also begun to push up. Although I heard that this corps was a new corps formed by the Kamans, according to my observation, the combat strength was not much weaker than that of the Fourth Corps, and it was quite desperate to charge, and three times today it broke through the defensive line on our wall, and it was only with the reserves that it was able to push them out. However, the casualties of our 1st and 3rd divisions were too great, and the losses caused to us by the enemy's catapults and ballistae were incalculable, and each round of bombardment would cause us at least several hundred casualties. "The oldest was the commander of the 1st Division, and his words were full of dejection.
Before leaving, the CM Taiping sect took away the materials and weapons in the warehouse, and the dozen or so catapults and crossbows that could not be transported were completely destroyed and could not be repaired at all, and in the face of the crazy attack of the Kamans, only a small number of small catapults and crossbows carried by the army could not contain the fierce blows of the other party, so that the soldiers who suffered were the defenders, and the casualties increased sharply. And the enemy was clearly aware of this, and even more recklessly pushed these striking weapons to attack at close range, and the lethality increased exponentially, and in a few days, the number of soldiers who fell under the stone bullets and crossbow arrows alone exceeded 8,000.
CM "Nancheng is similar, the enemy's focus is not on Nancheng, so our third division pressure situation is slightly better, but this kind of attempt to see the taste of tightening the strings is not comfortable, the Kaman people are quite cunning, specifically take advantage of your slack to sneak attack, the first two times we suffered losses, lost more than 2,000 people, we have been vigilant in the past two days, they did not take much advantage, but if it goes on like this, I am afraid that the fifth division as a reserve will not last long, corps commander, we have to make a decision early." The commander of the 4th Division had a deep voice.
CM "Yes, I'm afraid that the Fourth Legion can't be counted on, we can't spend it here anymore, and if we continue to consume it, I'm afraid that we won't be able to get out, while we Kamans don't have the energy to encircle now, Commander, thirty-six plans are the best plan, anyway, we have an explanation for the empire, and we have paid so many people's lives, it's not that we don't want to defend, but the Kamans are twice as large as us, the logistics are smooth, and the weapons and equipment are complete, but what about us, the lack of defensive equipment, and the lack of imperial reinforcements, we can't stay here and wait for death." The commander of the 5th Division immediately picked up.
CM "Okay, I called you here at this time to discuss this matter, I got the information, the other army of the Kaman people has been diverged in the north of Cangzhou, bypassing the capital of Cangzhou and heading south towards the direction of Qinghe, according to the number shows that it is the Royal Guards Regiment with the strongest combat effectiveness of the Kamans, if this army arrives, we are afraid that we will not be able to leave, so I think it is time for us to leave." Yusuf's tone was full of helplessness, the enemy was outnumbered, the walls of Qinghe Mansion City had already shown signs of collapse and collapse in many places, once the city fortifications failed, it would be the time when the whole army was destroyed, so he couldn't drag it out any longer.
cm: "Then what are you waiting for, you have to leave early!" Hearing the commander of the corps say this, several division commanders immediately shouted, if what Yusuf said is true, then the Kamans clearly want to outflank themselves, if they don't take the lead in action, it will really be dangerous. Now four of the five divisions of the City Guard have lost more than half of them, and only the fourth division is still complete, but as long as the structure can be retained and new recruits can be replenished, a complete City Guard Corps will soon reappear, but if it is surrounded, then it is difficult to say.
When the sun rose again on the army of the Kamans, they were presented with a strange scene. The gate of Qinghe Mansion has been opened, the double dragon play bead flag symbolizing the Tang River Empire on the city wall has quietly fallen, several gentry representatives have come to Hurley in frustration to submit a petition, the Imperial City Guard Corps has been evacuated last night, and now Qinghe Mansion City has been declared an undefended city, requiring the Kaman army to ensure the safety of life and property of the people in the city in accordance with international practice.
In fact, Hurley had already seen abnormal movements in the city last night, and a large number of people entered and exited the east gate, but in view of the tenacity of the city guards in the battle, he never thought that the city guards, who had been inseparable from his own army, would leave the people of the city and flee in panic overnight. When Hurley left Dongcheng, he deliberately left a way for the city guards to escape, so that the city guards always had a way out psychologically, and reduced the opponent's will to die, so as not to jump over the wall and fight desperately with the city guards, it seems that this passage is really right. After accepting the petition of the Qinghe gentry, Hurley and Cherif entered Qinghe Province, and after learning that Qinghe was under their control, Nick, the commander of Carman in Yulin, ordered the Royal Guards Regiment and the Ninth Corps to join forces and quickly occupy the entire southern part of Cangzhou, approaching the capital city of Cangzhou.
After learning that the 4th and 8th Corps of the Kaman Empire had entered the city of Qinghefu, the 4th Corps of the CM Empire also gave up the reinforcement plan and steadily retreated to the territory of the Prefecture Special Administrative Region, while the City Guard Corps also bypassed the battle zone of the two armies in the Baimapo area, and entered the imperial capital along the border of the Heshuo area, and the Qinghe defensive battle ended with the victory of the Kamans.
At the same time, the Taiping army stationed in the border area of Ping 6 and Qinghe split after the Northwest Army sent personnel to persuade them to surrender, and more than 20,000 Taiping troops announced that they accepted the northwest change and surrendered to the arms of the Northwest Army, while the remaining 60,000 Taiping troops gave up their intention to encircle and annihilate the other party after a skirmish with the rebellious Taiping army, and galloped south into Heshuo.
The Fourth Legion, which had retreated to the Imperial Capital, had joined forces with the City Guard Corps and settled down in the southeast of the Imperial Capital, and began to build fortifications, preparing to build the first line of defense against the Kaman army here.
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