"Losing one-third of the total number of troops, that's more than 6,000 people."

Nakamura muttered to himself with a gloomy face.

"Division Commander!"

Seeing that the tunnel had rushed out of the water, it was conceivable that the more than 800 people and horses who were trapped in the tunnel, and who did not escape, must have been drowned.

Kido Taijiro swallowed his saliva secretly, and then said in a condensed voice: "The tunnel has been flooded, and it is almost impossible to dig the tunnel from outside the other city gates. ”。

"Division Commander, we can only give up the method of breaking the city from the tunnel."

Nakamura Zhenxiong looked at the water that kept coming out of the tunnel entrance with a gloomy face, and several of the corpses of devil soldiers had rushed out, and Nakamura Zhenxiong was very ashamed in his heart.

But what Mudo Taijiro said is not wrong, the opportunity to break the city from the tunnel is no longer possible, and Li Yunlong will definitely be very prepared for his own method of secretly entering the city to attack through the tunnel.

"Order the troops at the South Gate to maintain a feint posture, and we will return to the outside of the East Gate."

Nakamura waved his hand helplessly, and then said.

"Yes, division commander."

When Kido Taijiro heard this, he immediately said, just now he was really afraid that Nakamura Zhenxiong would be angry and wave his army to attack the south gate, then the gain outweighed the loss.

What's more, the number of troops attacking and attacking outside the South Gate is only 1,000.

In addition, the more than 1,000 devils who cooperated with Chino Haonan to attack the south gate from the tunnel just now also suffered a lot of casualties.

Now, a strong assault on the south gate is simply impossible, and the other side is already prepared.

Nakamura Zhenxiong and Kita Taijiro and several other devils, escorted by a team of devil soldiers, returned to the military tent headquarters outside the East Gate in an embarrassed detour.

And at this time, in the South Gate City, in the courtyard of the ruined house, the devil dug on the tunnel exit.

Li Yunlong and Xu Deshan, the commander of the third company and the second platoon of the third battalion, were staring at the map, and at this time, the tunnel exit was basically continuing to be filled with tap water.

However, on the other side of the tunnel entrance, the devil was not blocked, so it was impossible to fill the tunnel to the top.

However, the more than 800 devils who didn't have time to escape in the tunnel have indeed been drowned in the tunnel.

"Commander, most of the devils in the tunnel must have drowned."

Xu Deshan said excitedly, "I just don't know how many devils we killed!"

"Our people can't go down into the tunnels to count the results."

Li Yunlong looked at the exit of the tunnel, and then smiled and said: "No need, when the battle is completely over, you will be able to guess the number of devils who have been killed here in the tunnel." ”。

"Let a few Heavy guard the exit of the tunnel, lest there be any devils who will hold the water and sneak up from the tunnel after we leave."

Xu Deshan nodded and said, "Understood, Commander." ”。

"Hmm!!"

Li Yunlong bowed his head, and then led most of the soldiers of the third battalion, three companies, and two platoons with Xu Deshan to return to the south gate.

After rushing to the south gate, Chen Shan, the commander of the third battalion and the third company, trotted to Li Yunlong and saluted, and then pointed to the outside of the guide gate and said: "Commander, you see, the devils who stormed the south gate have retreated. ”。

"But the assault continues, should we go out of the city to fight back?"

Li Yunlong leaned against the wall battlements and looked outside the city, only to see that the defenders on his own position outside the south gate of the moat were still firing at the devils who were attacking outside the city.

But what we see now is that most of the devils who stormed the south gate have withdrawn, and only a small force is attacking and harassing.

It is estimated that after the devil who secretly entered the city from the tunnel and attacked failed, the attacking devil knew that it was impossible to succeed in attacking the south gate again, so it was reasonable to retreat.

However, the small group of devils continued to attack the south gate or continued, looking like they should maintain a feint posture.

"No!!"

Li Yunlong shook his head and said to Chen Shan, the commander of the third company of the third battalion: "The actual strength of your third company is only five hundred, and it is already good to strictly guard the south gate. ”。

"The devils outside the south gate, I think there are still a thousand men and horses, the main force goes out of the city to counterattack, once the counterattack is unfavorable and wants to withdraw, it will definitely be entangled by the devils."

Speaking of this, Chen Shan also smiled embarrassedly, and immediately said: "Commander, I'm too excited." ”。

"Be careful, most of the devils in the tunnel were drowned by us, but there are still more than a thousand devils outside the south gate who haven't left, you have to command the post department, guard the south gate for me."

Li Yunlong said with a serious expression.

"Yes, Captain."

Chen Shan nodded and said.

"Okay, I'm back at the east gate, and I'm at the south gate."

Li Yunlong then said.

"Don't worry, Commander!"

Chen Shanli saluted.

Li Yunlong bowed his head, and then, under the escort of the guard Wei Dayong and several other guards, after getting off the south gate, he rushed back to the eight-story roof of the east gate directly from the shortcut in the city.

Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion, quickly learned the results of the battle at the south gate, and couldn't help but say: "The regiment commander is awesome, it is estimated that the devils who attacked from the tunnel should have five or six hundred people drowned by us, right?" ”。

"It's hard to say!"

Li Yunlong didn't know how many devils had entered the tunnel, but it should be no less than two hundred.

However, if Li Yunlong knew that after digging a tunnel outside the South Gate City, there were more than 1,000 devils who attacked the city from the tunnel, and more than 800 people were drowned in the end, he would definitely be very happy now.

But at least, the siege of the devil attacking the city from the tunnel has been noticed by Li Yunlong.

Now, Li Yunlong has ordered the north gate, and the defenders of the west gate should pay attention to sending soldiers with good ears to monitor the ground in the city, so as to prevent the devils from using the tunnels to attack the city from the direction of the west gate and the north gate.

"But there should be a lot of devils who want to drown!"

Li Yunlong could only smile one last time.

"Regiment leader, the devils who cooperated with the attack outside the East Gate City also stopped the siege and retreated!"

Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion, pointed to the devil troops outside the city that had stopped the siege and were withdrawing from the starting position of the attack, and said.

"Hmm!"

Li Yunlong nodded, and he had already seen it condescendingly on the roof of the building with a telescope, "It seems that the situation at the south gate is also known to the devil commander who is responsible for feints to attack the east gate."

"Regiment Commander, it's already twelve o'clock at noon, and after two hours of fierce fighting, it's time for Nakamura Zhenxiong to stop the siege and turn to rest."

Wang Huaibao said.

"Not bad!"

Li Yunlong bowed his head, looked at the dejected devil troops outside the East Gate City, and suddenly said to Wang Huaibao: "Originally, we expected that Qingzhou City would be lost, so there will be three battalions to withdraw to the first line of heaven at that time. ”。

"Now it seems that we can hold Qingzhou City, and we have already killed a large number of devils under the personal command of Nakamura Zhenxiong."

When the third battalion commander heard this, he didn't understand Li Yunlong's words, so he said, "What does the regiment commander mean?" ”。

"I mean, it's time for us to fight back, and it's not a matter to wait to defend Qingzhou City."

Li Yunlong suddenly smiled slyly.

Seeing this, Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion, knew that his regiment commander had an idea, so he said: "Regiment commander, you mean to counterattack, but my third battalion is guarding Qingzhou City, and the strength is enough. ”。

"So!"

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "I decided to send a secret telegram to Zhang Dabiao to command most of his battalion and attack Shuocheng. ”。

(End of chapter)

Lewen