Chapter 350: The Hawpander Legion

The power of the rockets was quite large, and it quickly knocked down large swaths of the enemy troops pouring into the city. The officers and men of the Northern Union began to retreat back. Although the Haw Par officers and soldiers who were wrapped in the crowd would not be harmed for a while, they were too scattered and were soon surrounded by the officers and soldiers of Black Cloud City who poured up. No matter how good the chain mail on their bodies is, they can't resist countless people's sticks, stones, and oil splashes. Soon they fell to the ground one by one, unrecognizable. In such a grand fanatical spectacle, the power of the individual is always limited. If the Haw Par Army wants to make a difference, it must launch a group charge in formation.

The officers and soldiers of the Northern Alliance, including the officers and soldiers of the Haw Par Army, who had just squeezed into the city, were squeezed by the surging retreating crowd in front of them and fell off the city wall. The reserves in the city once again pushed the enemy back and regained the defensive line.

After the war, nearly 1,000 of the 3,000 people sent by the Haw Par Army were missing. Gu Zhongxun was furious when he heard the news and warned his son Gu Yinqi not to fight the idea of the Tiger and Leopard Army without authorization.

The battle lasted until midnight, and the Northern Alliance failed to make any breakthrough, and most of the officers and men were exhausted, so they had to temporarily retreat and stop the attack.

For the next three days, the Northern Alliance drove the soldiers to attack the city by all means every day, but they were never able to conquer it. The more than 100,000 arrows that had been prepared before the war were all gone. The officers and men of the Confederate Union had to take the city under the cover of a lack of bows and arrows, although this would have increased the casualties of the troops.

The strange thing is that in the past four days, the defense line of the castle has been quiet and has not moved, allowing the Xuanwu Kingdom to ravage and destroy Fuhua County frantically. And the Eastern Saint Kingdom, which is the ally of the Northern Alliance, can clearly see that several large barracks on the border are bustling, but they are also watching from the sidelines, without the slightest intention of helping.

Gu Zhongxun wanted to ask Huangfu Song what he was planning. But if the Fuhua Prefecture in front of him could not be conquered, he also felt that his face was gloomy and he couldn't ask.

Huangfu Song drank and had fun every day in his camp, and only sent scout cavalry to watch the battle situation in Fuhua County, and was not in a hurry to send troops. He reported to King Pei Xianghai: "The Black Cloud Army guarding the castle has not made any changes, indicating that they are waiting for the opportunity for us to strike first. We might as well wait a little longer and see how patient this kid really is! The 300,000 troops of the Northern Alliance are not in danger, and if we go to help now, we will lose Gu Zhongxun's face even more. ”

Pei Xianghai felt that what he said was reasonable, so he didn't ask anymore.

Since the assassination of Lord Benelli, the Eastern Saint Kingdom has indeed lacked characters who are proficient in the art of war, take the overall situation into account, and have a far-sighted vision.

After the unsuccessful siege on the fourth day, Liu Rang made two suggestions. The first is to block the water poured into the moat from the sea from the source of the Eastern Holy Kingdom. Then fill the moat with stones and sand, and after filling it up, it will be convenient for future sieges. Although this work is a little longer and the method is a little clumsy, it definitely works.

In addition, they found a drain near the west gate. According to Liu Rang's intentions, two commandos of the Tiger and Leopard Army should be sent, each with 3,000 people. Early tomorrow morning, let the ordinary infantry launch an attack on the city walls around the east and west gates of Fuhua County at the same time. The area around the West Gate was still the focus of the attack, and the infantry had to continue to charge, and send another team to find a way to destroy the crumbling West Gate. The gates are both the focal point of the attack and the attention of the defenders to a great extent.

When everyone was tired at noon, a group of 3,000 Hawpanthers began to take over the infantry and ascend the city. While the defenders were overwhelmed, another group of Haw Par troops burst into the city through the drain.

It was a very complex and well-thought-out, clock-like plan. Gu Zhongxun was greatly amazed when he saw it, and ordered to immediately implement the plan. As for the plan to fill the moat, he felt that it was too troublesome and did not pay attention to it at all.

Before dawn the next day, in the two camps of the eastern and western regions of the Northern Alliance, where breakfast had already been held, the war drums were beating loudly. Under the cold morning breeze, the flag hunts and waives in the wind. The soldiers, who had been in rags after many days of fighting, lined up to listen to Gu Zhongxun's pre-war mobilization.

Gu Zhongxun briefly analyzed the situation on the battlefield and told them: Fuhua Prefecture was originally an inalienable land of my Great Northern Alliance Kingdom. In the last war, it was occupied by the cunning and shameless people of Black Cloud City. But we are the invincible army of the Xuanwu State, an iron army that has been invincible in many continental wars.

We want to use our blood and lives to reclaim the land where we have lived for generations and to defend our dignity. Now the enemy troops who are huddled in Fuhua County, after our repeated rushing and killing in the past few days, the enemy army is exhausted, short of food and clothing, demoralized, and isolated. If we work harder, we will be able to defeat them.

Subsequently, the logistics unit poured a bowl of Zhuangxing wine for each soldier who went out on the expedition. After drinking, the army marched mightily towards the city walls. The area around the east gate was the first to be attacked, and the besieging soldiers once again set up ladders and climbed up the city wall like ants. The defenders smashed everything they could throw off the walls and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with enemy soldiers who had already climbed to the top of the city.

Immediately after that, the south gate and the north gate, which had never been opened, also began a frenzied battle. As the sun gradually rises, the atmosphere on the battlefield is also pushed to the **. In the fierce fighting of the previous two days, the western wall, which had been the most damaged, was bombarded by trebuchets. Forty thousand officers and men then began to ascend the city, and nearly two thousand of them pounced on the west gate, desperately hitting the crumbling gate repeatedly with ramming hammers.

By the afternoon, the soldiers on both sides were quite tired. The Xuanwu infantry attacking at the West Gate began to retreat, and the 3,000 Tiger and Leopard Army took over the attack. Their defensive and combat effectiveness are significantly more than two grades higher than ordinary infantry. Aside from boiling oil, gruel, and fire attacks, which can damage them, ordinary physical attacks such as knives, guns, and arrows have little effect on them.

As early as noon, Wang Jingxuan noticed that a large number of tiger and leopard troops were gathering outside the city. He was deeply impressed by the combat effectiveness of this unit displayed in the previous two days, so as soon as he saw that this force was gathering, he immediately ordered the formation of a reserve and made corresponding preparations.

It is true that the Haw Par Army was not built, and most of them quickly climbed the city walls. The defenders at the head of the city could not resist their ferocious attack and gradually retreated. Liu Rang under the city saw an opportunity and immediately organized a large number of infantry to return and re-enter the city. His soldiers, who had been fighting all morning, could not keep up with their physical strength and their combat effectiveness would decline, so he ordered 20,000 cavalry to quickly dismount and join the infantry attack.