Chapter 264: Hold on to Wuxi City

"Division, enemy reinforcements have arrived."

Cao Shixiu followed the direction of his subordinates and lifted the Qianli cylinder, and as far as the eye could see, tens of thousands of officers and troops were gathering in the west of Wuxi.

The Wuxi city wall in front of him is only more than three meters high, and there is a water gate, but the water gate is not worried, it is obvious that this sudden killing of the official army does not have a water division troops;

The only thing that needs to be defended now is the West Gate, but Cao Shixiu is very worried, after all, all his subordinates are recruits except for the officers, otherwise they would not have suffered heavy casualties in Gaoqiao, and more than half of them were lost.

If you can't do anything to make up for your mistakes, you will survive the war, and you will have to go to the military justice department of the Dingwu Army, and you will inevitably die.

"Master, the enemy has moved..."

Cao Shixiu immediately saw that hundreds of people were moving quickly with ladders, but this time there were more than a thousand soldiers with shields on the flank.

"What the hell are they going to do?"

Cao Shixiu read a sentence silently, and then turned his head to look at the soldiers: "Did the people who asked for help go?" ”

"Back to the master's seat, I have already set off from the waterway."

The reinforcements did not ride horses, but set out from the water gate to enter the Longjiang inland river, at this moment the sea outside the Longjiang inland river was already under the control of the sailors of the Dingwu army, and the speed of the coastal upward was faster than that of horseback.

"Ready..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

The guns were loud, and striking at these live targets at a distance of one hundred and fifty paces was like a dummy for the soldiers to train their marksmanship.

Suddenly, the shield corps operating on the flanks opened the large shield of the defense in front of them, revealing the bright turtledove's foot guns and flintlock muskets, a thousand musketeers.

"Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang..."

In an instant, the Dingwu army on the city wall suffered heavy casualties, and more than 100 people were shot, Cao Shixiu was shocked, he never imagined that the officers and soldiers were so well-equipped, and the striking distance of the firearms was exactly the same as the flintlock pistols in their hands.

"Be careful, the enemy also has firearms."

Because he pressed the opponent all the year round, so that he fundamentally despised the opponent's firearms, Cao Shixiu never imagined that the officers and soldiers were also equipped with flintlock muskets, and he suddenly felt that the soul was in danger, and he did not dare to approach the city wall, but commanded the battle in front of the urn tower.

It's not that he is afraid of death, if he himself is shot and killed, this second division will be completely finished.

"Everyone, pay attention, the enemy has the same muskets as us, all units must pay attention to avoid the opponent's actions when shooting, and the whole army shoots in accordance with the third part of the training drill, and prepares grenades and bullets."

You Shiwei looked at the foot soldiers who rushed to the city wall and was blown up, and suddenly frowned, the power of the earth-shaking thunder they possessed was not an opponent at all, but now the earth-shaking thunder was in the hands of the firearms troops, in order to reduce the losses of the musketeers, You Shiwei strictly ordered the musket battalion led by Qianzong to engage the enemy a hundred steps away before the action.

Rao is like this, under the condescending blows of the Dingwu army, there are still many musketeers who are shot and killed.

"It's here..."

You Shigong excitedly hammered his hand, only to see the foot soldiers who ran under the city wall leaning against the city wall, and then the cover of the big shield ignited the fierce fire oil tank in his hand, and threw more than a dozen fire cans towards the Wuxi city wall in one breath.

The violent explosion scattered the fierce fire oil in all directions, and hundreds of soldiers of the second division near the women's wall were affected, and they immediately cried and shouted for their mothers to flee in all directions.

Cao Shixiu was on the edge of the urn city tower, and the explosive fire oil spread to his feet, so frightened that he hurriedly ran around, the fierce fire oil was commonly used before the Dingwu army became an army, and he knew that this black fire oil would not be extinguished when it encountered water, and could only be covered with sand or mud clothes.

"Don't panic, be cautious of the enemy army climbing the city, and cover it with a big blanket..."

Cao Shixiu just finished speaking, his heart was suddenly shocked, he thought of something that made him afraid, the official army is so well-equipped, and there is such a simple earth and thunder tank as the earth and thunder can, what if?

Before Cao Shixiu could finish thinking about it, a loud bang that shook the sky broke through the air, and there was a violent tremor under his feet.

A platoon commander ran up to the city tower in a panic and shouted: "Division, the officers and soldiers have blown up the city gate." ”

Cao Shixiu's soul was so frightened that he immediately stood up, pulled out a new-style handcuff from his waist, and shouted: "Guard regiment, immediately assemble to resist the enemy." ”

The city gate was blown open in You Shiwei's expectation, this time he was very fortunate to have brought enough firearms, and immediately looked at You Shigong, You Shigong immediately got on his horse, and prepared to storm the city gate with his foot horse.

"Hurry up, get bricks and stones to block the gates."

Cao Shixiu shouted and ordered, it was an emergency at this moment, and then as soon as the order was issued, gunshots rang out outside the open city gate, and countless people were shot at that time, and a fierce gunfight broke out between the two sides at the city gate.

Gao Qingnian, the deputy division commander, rushed to the city gate with the people from the artillery battalion and shouted: "Lao Cao, dodge..."

Cao Shixiu turned his head to see that Gao Qingnian came with more than ten tiger squat cannons, and was immediately overjoyed, this narrow area of melee at the gate of the tiger squatting cannon city was simply a big killer, and immediately ordered the soldiers of the guard regiment to prepare to get out of the way.

'Knock knock...'

The officers and soldiers who attacked the gate of the city were caught off guard, and were shattered by the bombardment of the tiger squat, and for a time they actually beat the elite infantry soldiers under the command of You Shigong himself.

The Tiger Squat Cannon can only be fired three times in a row after being improved with the medicine pack, and after three rounds, it must be cooled down for more than ten minutes before it can continue to be used, otherwise it will blow up and affect the gunner.

Under the three rounds of blows, there was no longer a single officer or soldier standing at the gate of the city, so the only way to open the gate hole was to let the firearms outside the gate hole shoot at the men of the guard regiment with turtledoves and flintlock pistols.

"Lao Cao, you go up to the city tower to command, and leave it to me here."

After all, Cao Shixiu is the division commander, and he is guarding the city tower, which is a reflection of the army's heart, Cao Shixiu is not sloppy, although he repelled the impact of the officers and troops at the city gate, but there are still many officers and soldiers outside the city gate who are shooting at the Dingwu army on the city wall.

You Shigong waved his hand angrily, it is no longer possible to be angry at this moment, if you force your way in, I don't know how many soldiers you will lose, these people are all old soldiers brought from Yulin, all of them are treasures, and naturally they are not comparable to the guards of the army.

Then Cao Shixiu also deeply felt that the official army in front of him was not ordinary, but he still saw the clues from the generals who led the troops, these people were not the guards of Nanzhili, they should be the border troops transferred from the nine sides.

However, what You Shigong didn't expect was that You Shiwei had already issued an order, that is, he must break through Wuxi County with huge casualties, and now the city gate has been blown open, and the rebels are carrying gravel and dirt to prepare to block the city gate.

You Shigong turned his head and found that You Shiwei had personally led an army of 30,000 to launch a general attack, rushing towards the three-meter-high city wall of Wuxi County like a flood.

"Brothers of the second division, listen well, I am the division commander Cao Shixiu, the enemy is attacking fiercely today, I am ready to die with the city, you will receive the great favor of the country, you should know the idea of serving the country with loyalty, defend Wuxi City, and win the military army..."

"Wan Sheng..."

"The reserves are all pressed, the order is sent down, and the various departments are divided into regiments to block the enemy according to their respective defensive positions, and the messenger for help has set out yesterday, and holding on to Wuxi is victory."

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Song Che frowned and looked at Gao Qiao in the distance, if he advanced according to the way he fought last night, the losses of the first division would gradually increase, and in the case of all veterans, it was the right way to preserve the elite of the first division.

At this time, Song Che improvised a pre-war meeting and asked the divisional and brigade-level commanders attending the meeting to figure out a way together.

"Military seat, if you follow the old tactics, open the way with grenades and bullets in front of you, and advance with a five-stage method of warfare, the last general will lead people to break into the town from the north again, although you will suffer losses, but you can also solve the enemy at Gaoqiao as soon as possible, in order to achieve the goal of rescuing Wuxi."

Feng Zhongping suffered a loss of ambush fire and thunder last night, and he did not expect that the official army would actually lay a lot of ambush fire and mine in the town, so that he was defeated and lost, and lost a lot of people.

Chen Pingzhong, the commander of the Second Brigade, suddenly interjected: "Military seat, the last general has an idea. ”

"Speak..."

"The idea of the division is completely feasible, but the general thinks whether it can be advanced by means of geotechnical excavation, as long as he arrives at the entrance of Gaoqiao Town, grenades and bullets are greeted, and the result is twice the result with half the effort, so that he can avoid being harassed by the opponent's cavalry, and reduce the loss to the greatest extent;

Secondly, according to the idea of the division, we still break into the town from the north, as long as we enter the high bridge, street fighting is also our usual training subject, isn't it? ”

Chen Pingzhong's words made Song Che suddenly enlightened, although the geotechnical excavation was slow, but fortunately, it was safe, and with Feng Zhongping's five-stage firing plan, it was also a good plan to suppress the counterattack of the official army in front.

"Okay, according to Brigade Commander Chen's words, Gaoqiao must be broken in order to rescue Wuxi..."

After receiving the military report, Chen Degong hurriedly came to the entrance of the town from the town, and when he went to the tower village, he clearly saw the soil turning over hundreds of steps away, and it was in full swing like a construction site.

"The rebels are trying to dig tunnels?"

The general's words made Chen Degong shake his head: "It's not like it, you see that all the dirt they shoveled flew back, if it was an authentic tunnel, it should be transporting soil." ”

Chen Degong didn't know what they wanted to do, and at this time, he reported that there were rebel cavalry in the north of the town.

Thanks to last night's ambush thunder, Chen Degong's department fought a small ambush and won a big victory, the number of ambush thunder is not much, and most of them have been ambushed at the entrance of the town.

"The rebels estimate that they are going to attack from both sides again, so let's block the enemy in front of them first, and let Chen Sanlang take people to the north of the town to defend against the enemy."

"My lord, the rebels' tunnels are getting closer."

Chen Degong looked at it, the tunnel that was originally three hundred steps away from the entrance of the town was now at most one hundred and fifty steps, if there was another half an hour, this tunnel...

Thinking of this, Chen Degong was shocked, and then shouted: "Quick, release the arrow... Shoot the arrows..."