Chapter 305: Life and Death Rescue

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years", although the rescue is like fighting a fire, but Dunzhu did not lose an inch, but ordered the army to advance as usual, and wait for the reconnaissance boat and the forward to pass before the brigade followed. When he was about five miles away from Genting City, it was already sunset, but he did not rush to the road, but ordered people to go to reconnoitre, while the rest of the people docked the boat in a hidden position to eat, drink and rest. At dusk, the scouts brought back news from the front that the Mongol army had indeed set up an ambush. Jiagu Long was also an experienced general, and he made targeted preparations for possible reinforcements from the Thunderbolts while besieging the city. Chongqing Mansion is more than 200 miles away from Genting City, and if the reinforcements of the Thunderbolt Army come by land, they must be cavalry running long distances, and they will naturally be intercepted by the cavalry led by Kudu. As for the reinforcements from the waterway, Jiagulong had already set up an ambush at the naval dock in ancient times.

"Zhang Fei embroidered, thick and fine", Dunzhu is such a person. As a typical Fan man, he has a red and black face, a tall and powerful body, and although he is illiterate, he is quite studious. Because of his outstanding military achievements, he was exceptionally promoted to officer, and after studying in a literacy class, he was sent to the teaching brigade for a period of study, where he mastered systematic military knowledge such as military orders, map identification, and troop formation. Later, under the strong recommendation of Dong Hu, Ouyang Xuan signed an order to appoint him as the commander of the first battalion of the special brigade, becoming the first middle-level officer in the Perak Army, realizing the counterattack from prisoner of war to officer. After learning that the Mongol army had set up an ambush in Genting City, he immediately ordered all of them to abandon the ship and prepare to take the path to Genting City. Before setting out, he ordered the dinghy to be filled with torches and allowed to drift downstream with the water.

The soldiers of the special brigade were already good at marching and fighting on mountain roads, and it only took an hour to march five miles with a load. When the moon was at the top, Dunzhu quietly touched the Genting City with 200 new troops. At this time, the besieging Mongol army was attracted by the boats that were going down the river, and they were shooting indiscriminately at the river with trebuchets and bows and arrows. Taking advantage of the chaos of the Mongolian army, Dunzhu and his men sneaked into Genting City. There were many Yibo soldiers in the Perak army, who spoke Chinese on weekdays, but also communicated in their mother tongue during the war to avoid accidental injury. At this time, the Thunderbolt army inside and outside Genting City used a very rarely spoken Qingqiang native language to communicate, and only after confirming that it was correct did they open the city gate.

When Dunzhu entered Genting City with reinforcements, cheers and cries suddenly sounded in the city, and even Dong Hu, who had always been strong, couldn't help wiping away his tears. "Men don't flick when they have tears", he is crying for his comrades who have bravely sacrificed their lives in the past few days. During these three days of fighting, in order to hold Genting City, many Thunderbolt soldiers showed fearless courage and dedication, and there were many songs and tears that emerged. Among them, there were wounded soldiers who rushed towards the Mongolian army with grenades all over their bodies, demomen who were hit by several arrows and still tried their last breath to pull the mines, there were dead soldiers who sneaked into the Mongolian camp at night to snipe the enemy generals, and there were also officers who lit gunpowder packs and jumped under the city wall to suppress ......the Mongolian army. On a few occasions, Dong Hu also had the urge to launch a desperate charge against the Mongolian army, but reason told him not to be reckless as a commander. Once he dies, the defenders will not be able to hold out for long without a leader, and defending Genting City is the first priority. For this task, no amount of grief has to be endured.

After these three days and two nights of fighting, the nearly 300 soldiers led by Dong Hu plus the 50 prisoners who volunteered to fight, only more than 60 people were left with combat effectiveness, and the casualties were extremely heavy. It is no exaggeration to say that if reinforcements do not come again, Dong Hu and others will not be able to deal with the next night attack of the Mongolian army, and most of the defenders will not be able to see the sun tomorrow. To say that Jiagulong did have a set of attacking and defending cities in ancient times, and his subordinates were also quite fierce in the Mongol and Han armies, although they were defeated every time they attacked the city and suffered heavy casualties, but they could always cause the Thunderbolt army to lose their strength in battle. If the Thunderbolt army is a lion, then these Mongol Han troops are like a pack of hyenas, although they have been repeatedly repulsed, but they have also made the male lions exhausted and scarred.

The boats that went down the river tossed the ambushed Mongol army for a while, and when they found that they had found nothing, they were extremely angry, and immediately began to launch a night attack on Genting City. If the defenders are adequate, a night attack is a send-off for the attacker. It's just that during the day's attack, the Mongolian army has felt that the defenders of Genting City are insufficient, and their firepower is much weaker, and they even began to throw stones. Although the stones dropped condescendingly are also quite lethal, they are still much worse than firearms such as grenades. Although there was no one in those boats that drifted down, it also made Jiagu Longgu Gugu uneasy, and he knew that the battle situation in the direction of Jintang must have changed. Thinking that although Yao De was brave, after all, there were only five hundred defenders under his command, and it was really difficult to hold on. At that moment, he decided to take Genting City in one go before the arrival of the Thunderbolt reinforcements.

This order of the ancient Jiagu Dragon caused heavy casualties to his subordinates. During the daytime siege, these Mongol and Han troops had already gained the upper hand, and even stormed the gate near the naval dock at noon, but the dozen or so soldiers who rushed in were blown down by a dead soldier with grenades on their bodies, and were immediately repulsed by the Thunderbolt soldiers who counter-charged. The Mongol Han army still focused its attack on this area, as this was the weakest point in the defense of Genting City. It's just that after nightfall, the personnel of the Thunderbolt army on this section of the city wall have increased a lot, and the firepower is also significantly stronger, not only dense grenades have been dropped, but even the sound of artillery that has been silent for a long time has begun to sound intensively. This made the Mongol Han army besieging the city puzzled, the defenders were already short of ammunition during the day so that they defended the city with stones, and only occasionally used firearms when the battle situation was glued, but the ammunition fell from the sky.

After the reinforcements arrived in Genting City, Dong Hu's tense nerves finally relaxed, he handed over the command to Dunzhu, and found a place to lie down and sleep. He had not closed his eyes for three days and two nights, and was exhausted, as were the rest of the soldiers. Because Dunzhu came by water, the ammunition he brought with him was sufficient. As soon as he took over the defense, he ordered mines to be laid in front of the city gates, and light artillery was erected on the walls. Although the sky was late and the vision was poor, the torches of the attacking Mongol Han army were the best targets. Under the triple fire of shotguns, mines and grenades, the Mongol Han troops attacking along the steep and narrow mountain passes had nowhere to hide, and were either pushed down the cliffs by the blast wave or collapsed under the scorching shrapnel.

After this night's strong attack, the Mongol Han army lost more than 300 people, close to the sum of the losses of the previous three days, which made Jiagulong both sad and frightened. Sadly, Genting City has become a flesh and blood mill for the Mongol Han army, and the casualties in the past few days are all elite, which is really beyond his ability to bear. Previously, he thought that the Thunderbolts were just a small force, and even if they filled it with human lives, they could retake Genting City. It's just that now it seems that the Thunderbolt reinforcements have entered Genting City, and there is no point in filling it with human lives. What frightened him was that as soon as it was dawn, he received the news that Yao De had died and that Jintang had fallen into the hands of the Thunderbolt Army. If the Thunderbolt reinforcements arrived, Kudu could have fled with his horses, but he lacked horses and could hardly retreat.