Similar plot, same scene. Near the grenade blast point, the new soldiers fell to the ground, while those who were not blown down fled down the hill. After Zhao Shicai was wrapped in the defeated soldiers and pushed to withdraw half a mile, he finally stabilized his figure. He led his own soldiers to cut down several soldiers who took the lead in escaping, and it was only then that he could stop the momentum of the rout. In order to overcome his fear and boost morale, he explained to his subordinates the weaknesses of the Song army's firearms, which were nothing more than the powerful and ineffective firearms, which were just "strange and strange and ingenious", and absolutely useless rhetoric. Moreover, he emphasized that this earth-shattering thunder was not even a large number in the Song Army's forbidden army, and there could not be too many of these wilderness mountain people, so there was really nothing to be afraid of.

After Zhao Shicai's grace and might, the hearts of the soldiers of the new annexed army were ready to move again. Zhao Shicai also took the opportunity to promise that if he was allowed to rob openly for one day after capturing Wanjiazhai, the property obtained could be owned by the woman, and the rest of the villages captured in the future would also be handled accordingly. Zhao Shicai is well versed in human nature, and he knows what the soldiers under him want most - money, food, and women. His promise was quite effective, and these soldiers of the new annexed army looked forward to the big cake painted by Zhao Shicai, and they were eager to fly into the stockade immediately to grab money, food, and women.

After successfully arousing the greed of his subordinates, Zhao Shicai's next offensive organization was much smoother. This time the attack was a hundred-strong death squad, and these people all signed up voluntarily. The so-called "wealth and danger are sought", rushing in first means that you can grab more belongings, and you can give priority to choosing beautiful women. Of course, the fact that these outlaws are not afraid of death does not mean that they have no brains. In order to reduce the casualties caused by the grenades, they no longer swarmed up this time, but bent down and quickly rushed towards the Thunderbolts in a sparse formation with shields in hand. A wave of grenades just now blew down dozens of new troops, scattering dead and wounded in all directions, blocking the narrow mountain road. These outlaws are also ruthless, and when they encounter the dead and wounded in the way, they all push them off the cliff, regardless of whether they are dead or not.

Zhao Shicai's strategy was to let the small group of personnel rush up quickly and engage the Thunderbolts in hand-to-hand combat. If the Thunderbolts drop bombs, they will only be blown down by a small number of personnel, which will only increase the consumption of grenades. If you don't drop bombs, you can charge into the Thunderbolt army's formation, wait for the two sides to be entangled, so that the Thunderbolt army does not dare to use grenades, and then all the people will rely on the numerical advantage to win, after all, his men and horses are four times that of the Thunderbolt army. It's just that Zhao Shicai's wishful thinking did not start, and when the death squad rushed to the front of the Thunderbolt army, they were blocked by the shield wall. The tall and thick iron-clad shield sealed the mountain road tightly, and also blocked the rain of arrows of the new annexed army. The Thunderbolt soldiers hid behind, stabbing their spears through the gaps between their shields. The mountain path was narrow, and the death squad of the new annex army that rushed in front of the shield array had no way to hide, and after a few rounds, they lost more than a dozen people. A handful of agile men slashed with swords and axes from close behind, and the giant shield was stabbed with spears without any damage. Fighting, the charge of the new annex army gradually became the most taboo refueling tactic on the battlefield.

Seeing that there were few people rushing and the Thunderbolt army could not move, Zhao Shicai doubled the number of people in the battle, and ordered the archers to increase their support. It was just a dense crowd of rushing people, but it was unsurprisingly bombarded with grenades. Although the death squad was red-eyed and repeatedly repelled by grenades and spears, they reorganized their formation to launch a new attack, they gradually became suspicious of Zhao Shicai's statement that the Thunderbolt army did not have many grenades. These Thunderbolt grenades seem to be running out, where is this consuming grenades, this is clearly consuming human lives! Speaking of the misjudgment of Lei production capacity, Zhao Shicai is not to blame. After all, with the thinking of people in this era, it is impossible to imagine the high efficiency of industrial production, although the industrial production of the Perak Army is still in its infancy, but both production technology and management mode have far surpassed the agricultural era. At present, the production capacity of gunpowder in Perak is limited due to the shortage of raw materials, but it also reflects the large amount of gunpowder produced and used from another side. As far as the production of grenades is concerned, the Thunderbolt army can not only meet the needs of the field battalion, but even some soldiers of the garrison battalion are equipped with grenades. In fact, mining and road construction consume a greater amount of gunpowder than the amount of gunpowder used to make grenades and shells.

The more quickly the enemy attacked, the more reassured Chen Hu became. The new annex army is attacking from the back, and the Thunderbolt army is waiting for work, and now the initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of the Thunderbolt army. Chen Hu decided to use this turtle shrinking formation with grenade tactics to consume the opponent first. When the enemy attacks with many people, they use grenades to blow up, and when there are few attackers, they use spears to stab. After several repeated attacks, nearly half of the 100 death squads that took the lead were killed or wounded, and the morale that had been incited by Zhao Shicai just now gradually declined. To add insult to injury, the defeated troops who escaped from Wanjiabao at this time brought news that the fortress under the mountain had changed hands, which made the morale of the new annexed army even lower.

The current battle situation was already a dilemma, and at this moment, he heard that the back road was cut off, which made Zhao Shicai's back chill, knowing that he had been tricked. Just a few hours ago, he was still despising the Thunderbolt Army as a group of dirt buns who had never seen the world, a group of rabble who did not understand skills and tactics, and now he understood that the other party was deliberately showing weakness, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. However, Zhao Shicai knew that regret was useless, and the top priority was to recapture Wanjiabao, join the new army of Qingcheng County and the Mongolian hundred-man team, and then come to attack Wanjiazhai. There are still nearly 1,000 troops on his side, and it is not impossible to defeat the Thunderbolt army. If Xiong Ben succeeds in sneaking up on Wanjiazhai from the path, it will not be difficult to win a big victory. At that moment, Zhao Shicai left the rear team to block it to prevent the Thunderbolt army from taking advantage of the attack, and he led the army down the mountain to capture Wanjiabao. Wanjia Fort also stored the grain baggage accompanying the army, which must be recaptured. After easily taking Wanjiabao before, he thought that Wanjiazhai could also go down in one go, so he left most of the grain and grass in Wanjiabao.

Seeing the new attached army brigade walking down the mountain, Chen Hu did not chase after him, and took it back to Wanjiazhai by himself. This time Ouyang Xuan gave a death order, and the task he led a company was to hold on to Wanjiazhai. Since the expulsion of Xiong Ben, Wanjiazhai has become the headquarters of the Thunderbolt Army, and it is also the most important industrial production center except for Liuliba, which cannot be lost. In addition to focusing on the production of cement, Wanjiazhai's coal output has now surpassed Liuliba, and the iron output has also reached a quarter of Liuliba. The Perak Army's top brass has agreed to gradually transfer most of the industrial company's production capacity to Wanjiazhai. Although the conditions of Liuliba are also very superior, the location is too remote and the logistics and transportation costs are too high, which is not conducive to the next step to the development of the plain under the mountain.

When Zhao Shicai led his troops to rush down the mountain, he was still imagining that the Mongolian army and the new attached army of Qingcheng County would attack Wanjiabao head-on, and then attack from behind, and why should he not be able to take Wanjiabao under the attack from both sides. It's just that the shouting and killing in the direction of Wanjiabao gradually became smaller. At first, Zhao Shicai was overjoyed, thinking that the friendly army had recaptured Wanjiabao, but as soon as this conjecture was said, the morale of his soldiers was greatly boosted for a while. However, the closer to Wanjiabao, the quieter the noise, and when he approached, he could only hear sporadic screams and wails, which made Zhao Shicai secretly feel bad in his heart. As the saying goes, his pig teammates are fleeing in a hurry on the road leading to the outside of the mountain.

After the beating of the first company led by Chen Hu, there were still about 400 soldiers under Zhao Shicai who could fight, and the ratio of the number of people to the second company of Shi Zhongshu reached 4:1, and according to the common sense of triple attack, it also had a combat power. However, in the face of the fortified fort, the new annexed army of Qingcheng County still had some light siege equipment, and their baggage was all left in Wanjiabao. Now Zhao Shicai's troops only have shields for self-defense, and the siege equipment only has long ladders and ropes with iron hooks, and everyone knows that it is impossible to use these two things to capture the tall and smooth fortress. So after attacking several times in a row, they were beaten back without even touching the wall. After being repeatedly beaten, the morale of the soldiers of the new annexed army in Dayi was extremely low, and no matter how much Zhao Shicai coerced and lured, he refused to attack. Now it's the Thunderbolts' turn to shut down and fight the dogs.