Wang Xuan wept in public, and childishly demanded the order of the joint detachment to be annihilated at all costs, which did not reduce his status in the hearts of everyone, but went further and improved.

Wang Xuan before and after the succession to the throne has changed so much that it is astonishing, and his thoughts and actions are so old that everyone ignores his real age.

Now this crying not only gives people a sense of reality, but also makes people feel that he is also a flesh-and-blood, crying and troublesome young man, and it also makes people feel that only such a 'down-to-earth' master is the beacon that everyone can follow with confidence.

Because he is not superior, not out of reach, but like them, he is a living human being.

When the heads of the two were placed in front of Wang Xuan, Yu Bo also rushed to the headquarters, and then led the vanguard straight to the Hunan Military Port, where there were not many troops, and he had to plug the loopholes.

At the end of the battle on the third day, Jixiang lost more than 2,300 men, including the guard company, and most of the rest were auxiliaries.

The Combined Fleet lost more than 4,000 people, and nearly 1,000 people were wounded and captured.

The bloody smell of several days in a row made Wang Xuan's appetite poor, and almost every meal was millet porridge with pickles, and he lost his appetite after barely eating a bowl.

Although Yu Bo's troops returned, Jixiang's forces were still empty.

The difference between the reserve and the regular army is obvious.

This is clear to the whole mascot, the only one who supports everyone's firm confidence is Wang Xuan, which is ridiculous, even Wang Xuan himself does not know what the result will be.

On the third day, which had been spent inadvertently, anxiously waiting for the results of the detachment, he had lost his confidence this morning, and there was a sad face in the flagship.

The night was spent in anxiety on both sides.

The combined fleet was afraid of Jixiang's artillery, and Nahuan even suspected that Jixiang had a hidden means of pressing the bottom of the box, and his heart was uneasy.

Ji Xiang, on the other hand, was worried about the strength advantage of the combined fleet, and if the battle line was really extended, the defensive strength would definitely drop significantly, and the possibility of the enemy rushing to land was extremely high.

In addition, the communication between the lake embankment and the river fleet is not smooth, there is a long time difference in information transmission, and uncontrollable factors have increased greatly.

"Are you still stocked up?"

"In line with the estimate, although we were blocked at the mouth of the river for three days, we attacked for several days, and we also lost a lot of troops, saving some supplies, enough for more than 10,000 people for five days. ”

The combined fleet's supply flotilla, like the mascot's supply ships, was dragged far behind the fleet, unattacked, and therefore intact.

Mingxiao's report made the ring a little calm, tomorrow is the decisive battle, if it wins, it can be replenished in auspiciousness, if it fails, the four-day reserve can also allow them to evacuate calmly.

After completely annihilating the enemy's detachment, Zhao Qiang pulled several captured and damaged warships to the Hunan Military Port to be dealt with after the battle, and scooped up the broken wooden planks on the lake to prevent the enemy from having a chance to explore.

Then they retreated westward, away from the reconnaissance range of the opposing sentry ships, and hid their whereabouts.

Number nine, cloudy.

"Minister, let's not wait?"

Da Gaoqiang and Song Feng are studying the next action plan in Zhao Qiang's flagship.

"We can't wait, we will set off now, and it will take nearly five hours to reach the battlefield, and it will be at the height of the fighting between the two sides, and those fifty supply ships cannot be told to run. ”

Zhao Qiang's words were very firm, and everyone no longer objected.

The Admiralty's plan was very simple, Da Gaoqiang led the two wooden gunboats of the Second Fleet to the north to block the entrance to the North Xingyao River, and the transport ships of the Combined Fleet ran slowly, and the battleships of Da Gaoqiang could advance and retreat freely, and how many results he could achieve depends on how capable he was of Da Gaoqiang.

Song Feng and Zhao Qiang joined forces, and ten warships copied the rear of the combined fleet, using speed to launch a close-range artillery bombardment.

The enemy had less than 50 fighting ships and battleships, and it was no longer possible to surround them, and those small pursuit ships and sentinel ships were even less to worry about.

Even a direct impact would have shattered them into a pile of wood slag, and the number was only half of what it had been, and many of them were already scarred and not to be feared.

The fleet began to move separately, and the transport ships also moved to the Hubei military port, wanting to replenish supplies again and be prepared.

The sky began to brighten, and Tang Zhixin and Guan Zuo were still trying their best to spy on the situation of the land battle, but the men sent out did not return, but there was no news.

After asking the army's Liu Dong again about his whereabouts to no avail, they already had the idea of evacuating, but only if they fought today's decisive battle.

Nahuan received instructions from the marshal, so a mobilization meeting was held before breakfast, with only one meaning, there are not many supplies, and the mascot is dying, everyone can't delay it any longer, so let's fight a decisive battle.

The mascot is mobilizing every day, Wang Xuan attaches great importance to the ideological construction of the army, and every time the battle is stopped, the squad and platoon commander will inform everyone of the company's tactical instructions and tomorrow's battle situation analysis, so that he has a bottom in his heart.

Therefore, every time the mascot fights, he can command in a measured manner and advance and retreat in an orderly manner.

2nd Battalion, 4th Company.

"Brother Niu, are we not going to be on this day?" Guo San asked Brother Niu with a licking face.

In the past few days, Brother Niu's performance can be called brave, good kung fu, sharp reaction, and he was almost killed several times by Brother Niu, including predicting the enemy's indiscriminate stone bullet attack, crossbow arrow projectile attack, suicide attack of the enemy rushing to the city, etc., Brother Niu is like a brother and father in his heart, and his status has been as lofty as the company commander.

"I guess it's okay, you see those big black guys, it's going to be a death now. "Brother Niu picked his teeth with a bamboo skewer, and the leek-stuffed buns were not good, and he loved to stuff his teeth.

"Brother, you eat this, cabbage meat, don't stuff your teeth. Guo San said and handed over a snow-white bun.

"If you don't eat it, you will all have some stomachs, and your life is at stake. Brother Niu threw away the bamboo sticks, drank the broth, and got up to take a walk in the courtyard.

Eating too much will shake the stomach and intestines full of food during intense exercise, causing stomach pain, which is not conducive to the digestion and absorption of food, which they have all been trained to do.

Guo San has learned from each other, these seemingly simple small actions can be turned into a means of saving life on the battlefield, and the end is magical.

In about a quarter of an hour, the whistle sounded, and the second battalion and the fourth were connected to a new order to transport the big black guys to the catapult firing position.

"Aren't these all the work of the auxiliaries, how can the soldiers do it?" Guo San was puzzled.

Brother Niu looked thoughtful, and then said with a heavy face: "This can only show that those things are not simple, didn't the platoon commander also say that there will be technicians to come to support, and we should obey the command." I estimate that the power is not small, and I am afraid that the auxiliary soldiers will be clumsy and damaged. ”

Despite the confusion, the 4th Company transported 300 large grenades to the preset dozens of throwing positions, covered with thick planks.

At this time, the enemy had not yet attacked, but the tense atmosphere had spread on the lake embankment, and the longer the enemy prepared, the more fierce the attack became.

Soon the technicians came to the firing position and began to install the fuse of the flowering shell.

Subsequently, the veterans of the reserve army went up to the lake embankment in full gear, followed by auxiliaries with spears, and behind them were all sword and shield soldiers composed of security guards, who were the last reliance of auspiciousness.

"Here, this battle is not small, it is estimated that there will be 5,000 people. ”

Guo San can estimate the number of troops they have invested according to the number of ships invested by the other party, which is also taught by Brother Niu, and everyone has their own set of survival rules after fighting for a long time.

"Let's assist the catapult in the rear to attack, we won't come forward for the time being, don't be nervous, just be prepared to deal with the rocks flying in the air. ”

As soon as Brother Niu's words fell, black dots flew over the sky.

"It's a stone bullet, dodge urgently!"

A crackling sound was followed by wails.

Guo San looked at Brother Niu as if he had seen a ghost, and his lips trembled and he couldn't speak.

"Look at your little bit of interest, this time, this time it's blind. Brother Niu blushed a little.

Guo San, who was blind, didn't have the heart to ask for verification, so he just looked for cover and dodged the attack of the next wave of stone bullets.

Everyone took advantage of this gap to send the soldiers who had been shot down, and the embankment of the lake immediately became much brighter, and the smell of blood became much heavier.

The security guards made up for it, raised shields for everyone, and stabilized the formation, and at this time the enemy's troop transport boats were already approaching the lake, and some of the enemy had already entered the water, trying to move towards the lake.

The artillery finally sounded, but the catapults in the main position still did not move, the technicians took over everything, and Guo San and they had to act according to the order.

"Brother Niu, what are you doing here?"

Guo San saw the technician giving a thumbs up to the lake, and asked him puzzled about the 'prophet' in his eyes.

"I guess I'm aiming. ”

As soon as the words fell, the technician spoke, "One five-kilogram stone bullet, load." ”

The trio quickly fetched the largest groundstone bullet from the other side, placed it in the throwing canvas, and together pulled the throwing rod into a fixed position, waiting for the command.

"Put. ”

"Whoosh. ”

The stone projectile flew out, making a perfect arc in the air, and the technician used a telescope to observe the impact point and calculate the time of the overboard.

"Two degrees to the left, four breaths. ”

The technician recorded carefully, and then tried firing a few more stone bullets, and one of them landed on the foredeck of the battleship, smashing a large crater, which made Guo San and the others very excited.

The enemy had already rushed to the bottom of the lake embankment and began to climb.

At this time, the rain of bullets had stopped, and the mascots began to change formations, preparing to engage in battle, they did not throw stones, sleepers and hot water down, it is said that it was for tactical considerations, anyway, Guo San did not understand.

The familiar shouting and killing, the familiar bloody atmosphere, everything made Guo San excited, and when he came back to his senses, he was also startled by his own thoughts, he thought that he was sick, or a mental illness.

The fighting was fierce, and the casualties of the auxiliaries began to increase, but the vigilantes were currently doing the work of the auxiliaries, transporting the corpses and the wounded.

Gradually, the passage of the embankment began to thin out, and the artillery on wheels was transported to the main battlefield, just five steps away from the catapult position, quietly waiting.

The comrades-in-arms in front of them are comrades-in-arms, they are wounded and fallen one after another, but no one takes a step back, they are less than a meter away from the wall, waiting for the enemy to show their heads.

The cement passage began to get muddy again, and every time I lifted my foot, I brought out a streak of blood.

At this time, the security team brought in groundwater and began to flush the channel.

Blood flowed down the wall along the diversion hole in the north, causing some trouble to the attacking side in disguise.

The battleships and fighting ships of the combined fleet pressed very far ahead, so that they could fire heavier stone projectiles and shorten the time to replenish their forces.

The first wave of 5,000 people brought huge losses to the auspicious people, the commanders of the military headquarters had already personally supervised the battle, and the company commanders and battalion commanders also rushed to the front line.

Liu Yao has returned to the temporary hospital of the lake embankment, taking a few apprentices to give first aid to the wounded, and rescued hundreds of wounded soldiers in the ten days of the pass.

She is an idle person, although she has never been able to meet Zhang Peiyu, she knows that he is all right, and she is at ease when she leaves.

Tang Zhixin, Nahuan and the others were also watching the main battlefield on the upper deck, and they saw that red blood water continued to flow down from the lake embankment, and finally flowed into the lake, converging into a dazzling red.

"Expand the area of attack, to the east, there is no artillery there, the mascot is already too busy to take care of himself. ”

Tang Zhixin rarely intervened in the attack command, and after a few breaths of silence, a new order was issued.

As a result, the 5,000 people who were originally used as the second attack echelon were put ten kilometers east of the main battlefield.

"I'm really afraid of something. Wang Xuan put down the binoculars, his heart was very irritable, except for the first two days, things were developing in the direction of deviating from the track.

It's not that it really can't be held, but this will bring unpredictable huge casualties to the mascot, and the mascot can't afford to hurt him.

"I have taken the remaining five thousand auxiliaries with me, and the Lord is seated here. Wang Yu was also calm, and his tone was a little tragic.

"Okay, you can take all the internal guards, and in addition, the three battalions of Yubo who stayed in Dongshan Pass should also come back, you take my warrant to intercept it halfway. ”

Wang Xuan immediately wrote a warrant and handed it to Wang Yu.

Seeing that Wang Yu hesitated, Wang Xuan continued: "I can hold it here, as long as you can hold it there, the combined fleet will die today." ”

Wang Yu left, and the three battalions returning were also successfully intercepted and participated in the defense of the city.

Subsequently, Wang Xuan ordered to allocate twenty flowering bombs to Wang Yu, at least for a while at a critical time.

The war went into a brutal war of attrition.

The sentinel ships of the combined fleet are out in all directions, and the only twelve warships that are auspicious are always Tang Zhixin and Nahuan's henchmen, think about the artillery fire, and then think about the speed, and don't look farther, they don't even have the courage to attack now, especially when the life and death of the detachment are unknown.

The outcome of the land battle is no longer important, no matter how powerful the Jixiang Army is, it cannot go into the water to fight a decisive battle with them.

As for them, as soon as they find the direction of the enemy ship's attack, they immediately retreat, entangle them with fighting ships, and buy time for themselves.

If it is attacked during this period, then it doesn't matter if the twelve warships come or not.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, ten warships sailed eastward, and Zhao Qiang could already hear the faint sound of cannons, which was extremely dense.

At this time, dozens of catapults on the embankment of the lake have been loaded with flowering shells, their fuses have been ignited, and black smoke is emitting.