Chapter 284: Tough Bones

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When the first fierce fire oil tank exploded under Fang Qinghua's command, almost three hundred cans of fierce fire oil flew into the sky, accompanied by huge flames and explosions, and most of the entire gate of Beicheng and Beicheng in Qiantang County had fallen into a huge sea of fire.

"What happened?"

Wang Xiaojie couldn't help but stand on the war horse, and in the Qianli tube, the flames and black smoke that rushed to the sky indicated that the opponent had used fierce fire oil.

Even Chen Cao saw it clearly, and the opponent really used fierce fire oil.

The two brigades of the Shenwu Army, which were still charging just now, were all ordered to stop outside the city and not enter the city, and no one could resist this fire in the flames.

The soldiers of the 32nd Brigade rushed out of the city gate one by one with fire on their bodies, rolling on the ground and wailing, and the scorching smell suddenly filled the entire Qiantang County.

In addition to burning both sides, the fire also ignited the houses in Beicheng, and at this moment Beicheng in Qiantang County was already a sea of fire.

A herald ran to Wang Xiaojie in a panic and said in a trembling voice: "Army... Army.. Throne... Our... Thirty-second Brigade... It's gone... It's all gone..."

Wang Xiaojie almost fell off the war horse, but only sat down firmly on the war horse with the support of his own soldiers: "Quick, go and report to the national prince." ”

"How's the Thirty-Second Brigade going?"

In the face of Chen Cao's active inquiry, the heralds who came to report the news were scolded, and then knelt down on one knee: "Only 573 people escaped from the city of the 32nd Brigade, of which more than 200 were severely burned, and the rest were burned to varying degrees; From the brigade commander Fang Qinghua down, all of them were killed. ”

Chen Cao clenched his fists and didn't attack, waved his hand to let the herald go down, and then let out a long breath: "Herald, stop the attack, and the whole army will return to the camp." ”

"You Shigong's divine operation is a typical killing of 1,000 enemies and self-loss of 800," After Chen Cao returned to the camp, he invited officers at all levels to hold a meeting, of course, it was also to appease Wang Xiaojie: "This fire also damaged the north city of Qiantang, if this fire is not rescued in time, it will spread to the entire Qiantang County, hehe..."

Chen Cao did not show the slightest appearance of blaming Wang Xiaojie's 32nd Brigade for the annihilation, which made Wang Xiaojie even more embarrassed, but at the moment, even Chen Cao did not mention this matter, and he himself was really embarrassed to take the initiative to talk about it.

Huang Chunyao shook his fan, and then said: "Although this God of War Martial Army has suffered heavy losses, the life of the defenders of Qiantang is not easy, if you attack Qiantang tonight, maybe you can take Qiantang tonight or early tomorrow morning." ”

"When will the reinforcements from Shanghai arrive?"

Zhao Xin replied: "The subordinates left in advance, and the time difference is four days, counting the days, the fastest time should be tomorrow afternoon." ”

Chen Cao didn't dare to drag it in Hangzhou all the time, after all, Song Che and Xu Chengqing on the Wujin side had been tense, and besides, the actions on the Nanjing side were not too much for him here, and if he didn't solve the trouble in Hangzhou in time, Chen Cao was also worried that the progress on Fuwang's side was not too smooth.

"What's going on with King Fu?"

"No news for the time being."

Chen Cao nodded thoughtfully, then stood up and tidied up the robe on his body: "Herald..."

Everyone immediately stood up and looked at Chen Cao.

"After dinner, the 12th Division and 20,000 Weisuo troops launched a general attack on Qiantang."

"Yes..."

Although the northern city of Qiantang was put out by Wang Chong and others to prevent the spread of the fire, the fire still burned nearly ninety percent of the northern city to the ground, countless ashes were piled up in the city, and all the homeless people were concentrated in the southern city.

You Shigong and Mu Qishan commanded the defense together at this moment, looking at the northern city full of broken bricks and tiles, You Shigong's brows were twisted into Sichuan characters, not that he was distressed, but now that the northern city has become a white ground, and the city walls and gates have been damaged beyond repair, if the rebels enter the city, they can only fight in the northern city, and there is no cover.

"Ben will quickly arrange the city defense to prevent the rebels from attacking the city at night," You Shigong said without greeting Mu Qishan, so he turned his head to look at Xu Yong: "Xu Guerrilla, your department immediately joined forces with Wang Yanshi to defend the northern city, and blocked all the things that refused horses at the city gate, and sent people to pile up those broken bricks and tiles inside the city gate, so that the rebels had no chance to come in." ”

Although Xu Yong was a little reluctant, he didn't dare to disobey You Shigong's military order at this moment, so he left with his hands, and Mu Qishan spoke: "I will send a battalion of firearms troops here to assist in the defense, and I will temporarily go to the county government area tonight to rest and recuperate, and the rebels will definitely attack tomorrow." ”

Just after the hour, You Shigong, who had just slept against a pillar in the county office, was woken up by his own soldiers, and then learned the news of the rebel siege.

When You Shigong came out of the county office, the shouting of killing accompanied by the sound of gunfire had already shook the sky, and he went towards Beicheng with Mu Qishan non-stop.

Wang Chong's guard army has been repelled from the city wall again, the fire flashed in the dark night, and the soldiers under his command were killed, and the guard army, which had already become a frightened bird, could no longer stop it at this moment, and directly abandoned the defense on the city wall, after killing and wounding more than 1,000 people, Wang Chong didn't care about Xu Yong at the gate of the city, and ran back with people.

The city gate is blocked by the pile of rubble, the outer guard army is moving, and the rest jump directly to the city wall with a ladder, Wang Xiaojie and Yuan Shizhong are outside the city gate, but in order to prevent the defenders in the city from attacking again with fierce fire oil, this attack He specially ordered that as long as they enter the city, the troops should be immediately dispersed in a company, and they must not be crowded at the city gate.

"General You, do you still have the fierce fire oil under your command?"

You Shigong shook his head: "The only three hundred cans have all been thrown out, and the rest are in Hangzhou City, and now we can only fight with them." ”

The siege in the middle of the night is indeed a minority, and many soldiers have night blindness, and it is difficult to say whether the flickering torch light can illuminate the place, not to mention guiding the direction of firearms to the Yunnan soldiers under Mu Qishan.

"Run, the gates are opened..."

I don't know who shouted, Mu Qishan immediately let a thousand people under his command block the city gate.

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

This time, fierce musket fire broke out between the two sides at the city gate, and the casualties were counted in an instant.

Wang Xiaojie looked at Huang Zhong, the commander of the 33rd Brigade, with a serious face: "Fight in accordance with the third part of the military order." ”

Huang Zhong is full of a spirit, the third part of the military order code is Chen Cao combined with the British Empire's gun tactics to create a method of warfare, in the past, in the case of soldiers and plate armor, in fact, this method of warfare is understandable, but now the military uniforms of each army have omitted plate armor, although it is a lot lighter, but what is exposed is that it is impossible to defend against the enemy's firearms or arrows.

The combat mode of the third part of the military order drill code is to attack in a platoon gun, each unit is lined up with platoons as the basic units, forming at least ten horizontal platoons, and commanders at all levels stand at the forefront of the horizontal platoon and shoot at close range, so as to strike at the enemy.

It's just that this method of warfare is because the accuracy of arquebuses and flintlock pistols at that time is not high, and they must be within thirty steps to exert effective lethality, while the flintlock pistol under Chen Cao's command is made of refined gunpowder, and the distance and crosshair have been greatly improved, plus the rifling engraving technology in the breech of the flintlock pistol is becoming more and more perfect, and the accuracy has also been greatly improved.

Therefore, the platoon gun method improved by Chen Cao is to stop fifty steps away from the enemy, that is, outside the maximum killing range of the arquebus, and rely on the fighting method of concentrated fire to solve the enemy in front of him.

Of course, this tactic is only applicable to situations where the opponent is also fully firearmed, but the opponent's current firearm is a turtledove foot gun comparable to a flintlock pistol, so Huang Zhong will behave like this after hearing Wang Xiaojie's instructions.

"Avenge the 32nd Brigade ..."

Huang Zhong shouted, and the soldiers behind him shouted in unison.

"There is an order from the military seat, according to the third part of the military order, the whole army will attack..."

As soon as the whistle sounded, the 33rd Brigade began to line up in platoons, and then slowly advanced towards the north gate, while the 20,000 guards began to climb the city walls on both sides, and even took large shields and relied on manpower to tear down the broken city walls.

"Shoot..."

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

Walking in neat steps, the soldiers of the 33rd Brigade who walked in front fell one by one, but as long as one fell, the people behind them would break away from their own ranks and replenish them, and so on one by one.

Because the soldiers of the 33rd Brigade did not shoot a torch at all, so that Mu Qishan and You Shigong had no way to see clearly what kind of formation the other party was attacking.

"Archers prepare, rain arrows ..."

Whoa... Whoa...

Thousands of arrows were thrown into the air, and then fell according to inertia, and the soldiers of the 33rd Brigade who were hit by the arrows were countless, but because the arrows could not directly hit the vital point, many soldiers directly pulled out the arrows in pain, and continued to move forward regardless of the wound.

Of course, there are also people who have fallen, and if you count carefully, there are also two or three hundred people who fell to the ground with arrows.

After a few rounds of projectiles, You Shigong relied on his superior eyesight to finally see the situation of the rebels, and those people walked towards them in a neat line without cover, but the guns in their hands remained motionless.

"What is this?"

Just when You Shigong was wondering, he suddenly heard a shout of raising a gun from the opposite side, You Shigong suddenly felt a sense of death, and immediately pulled Mu Qishan back.

"The front team raises a gun..."

"Put..."

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

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