Yunbin, Pingrong County

"Brothers, kill! The commander said that the first one to rush into the city will be rewarded 500 taels of silver and promoted to level three!"

"These bastards from the Fengwu Army can't hold on any longer! Brothers, come with me and rush into the city to kill them all!"

"The time has come to be loyal to Lord Shangguan! Capture the leader of the Fengwu Army alive!"

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Amidst the deafening shouts of killing, the Hujie Forbidden Army, which had been fighting bloody battles under Pingrong City for ten days, under the hot noon sun, there were tens of thousands of soldiers holding shields and carrying ladders towards the wounds in front of them.

The exhausted Pingrong County launched another attack.

At the same time, in the position of the Hujie Forbidden Army, more than 20 Zhengdong cannons roared to cover the infantry siege. However, perhaps the Zhengdong cannons did not have enough sight, or the artillery skills of operating the artillery were not high enough.

Only a dozen or so shots from the door cannon hit the city, and the rest either missed or failed to reach the city wall.

Amidst the loud shouts of the Hujie Forbidden Army, the Fengwu army guarding Pingrong County seemed very quiet. They seemed to be waiting for something. Time passed quickly. The charging Hujie Forbidden Army soldiers were getting closer and closer to the city.

The closer!

Just when the soldiers of the Hujie Forbidden Army rushed to a distance of about a hundred steps from the city, a hoarse voice sounded from the city wall of Pingrong County.

"Fire!"

With the sound of this sound, the Fengwu Army soldiers who had been prepared for a long time immediately loaded their guns and pulled the trigger skillfully. The Fengwu Army soldiers who were operating the cannon in red also lit the fuse with a torch.

The artillery shells roared and hit the enemy's path...

Although in the previous siege operations, the Hujie Forbidden Army suffered greatly from the artillery of the Fengwu Army and deliberately dispersed the soldiers during the charge to reduce casualties, but facing the city wall, the Fengwu Army was densely packed

The artillery fire struck, and most of the Forbidden Army soldiers who rushed at the front fell in a pool of blood.

Although the Fengwu Army's artillery strikes were fierce, the Forbidden Army was indeed one of the most elite armies of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although the troops in the front row were dead and injured, the soldiers behind were still stepping on the corpses of their predecessors.

They rushed over one after another, constantly using bows, arrows and firecrackers to counterattack the Fengwu army.

On top of the city tower, Tang Kai, the deputy general of the Sixth Division, used his hoarse voice to constantly direct the soldiers to defend. Although Tang Kai tried his best to command and did not want the enemy to board the city tower, under the fierce attack of the Hujie Forbidden Army's concentrated superior forces,

The ladders of the Hujie Forbidden Army were still erected on the wall of Binh Rong City, and a small portion of the west wall, which had been destroyed by enemy artillery fire, once again became the focus of the enemy's attack.

As the distance between the two sides narrowed and they came into close combat, although the firearms of the Fengwu Army still caused a lot of damage to the Forbidden Army soldiers, it was obvious that the effect was not as good as before, and some of the battles even turned into brutal hand-to-hand combat.

Looking at the anxious battle situation in front of him, Tang Kai's expression also became a little impatient. In order to make up for the lack of troops, he personally led a dozen soldiers and cooks to make up for it. Wherever the battle line was in danger, he would go to make up for it...

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In such a fierce battle, dozens of soldiers fell every second. Just as more and more Forbidden Army soldiers boarded the city, for some unknown reason, the Hujie Forbidden Army had gained the upper hand.

The soldiers suddenly retreated like a tide.

The answer to the puzzle was quickly revealed. It turned out to be a group of more than a thousand Fengwu Army cavalry, who came directly from behind the Hujie Forbidden Army's formation. The Forbidden Army soldiers were caught off guard for a moment and could not resist. They were disturbed by them.

The formation was in chaos.

However, the Forbidden Army was very well trained. Soon, under the leadership of the general, they began to encircle the army formation, preparing to devour the Fengwu Army cavalry that suddenly came out.

The general who led the cavalry of the Fengwu Army was also very self-aware and knew that he only had a thousand men in his hands, which was not enough to confront the tens of thousands of Forbidden Army soldiers outside Pingrong City, so he was as slippery as a loach and took advantage of the situation.

Before the encirclement was completely completed, the Hujie Forbidden Army found a loophole to kill and got into Pingrong County.

"Humble Luda joins General Tang!"

Lu Da, the cavalry commander of the Third Division of the Fengwu Army, looked at Tang Kai approaching and immediately bowed to show respect.

Patting Luda on the shoulder, Tang Kai said excitedly:

"Good brothers, get up! You came in time. If you had come a little later, I'm afraid this Pingrong County town would not be able to hold on! When you show up here, has the Commander-in-Chief already killed Wang Muzhi?

Are you coming to the southern front and ready to beat up Tang Peng, the little bastard?"

Listening to Tang Kai's inquiry, Luda looked a little embarrassed. After hesitating for a moment, he said truthfully:

"Report to General Tang that the commander is still leading his troops to confront Wang Muzhi's troops across the Sanchuan River..."

Tang Kai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then looked a little disappointed. After pondering for a moment, he continued to ask Luda:

"If that's the case, why are you here?"

Luda said without thinking:

"The commander heard that the treacherous minister Shangguan Hongyuan gave Tang Peng a death order, requiring him to make progress on the southern front and capture Pingrong County on the 17th. So until your troops were in great danger, you specially ordered our troops to come to support.

Originally, I planned to interfere with the enemy's food route and raid the formation for your troops, General Tang, but seeing that the enemy's offensive became more and more fierce, I rushed out to contain the local offensive!"

Tang Kai's expression did not change when he heard this, but his heart sank. Just when he was about to say something, Luda seemed to remember something and said to Tang Kai apologetically:

"General Tang, the situation in Wankang County is also very difficult, so our department may go there to help..."

As soon as these words came out, Tang Kai's heart sank to the bottom, but he was still stubborn and didn't say anything more. He patted Luda on the shoulder and ordered to the men beside him:

"Prepare water, dry food, and fodder for Brother Lu and the others!"

"Thank you, General Tang, for your kindness!"

Half an hour later, Luda led the cavalry out of the city and rushed in the direction of Wanhao County. Standing on the top of the city, looking at Luda and the others leaving, Tang Kai shook his head slightly. According to what he had learned before the battle,

During the combat deployment, their fourth division was deployed on the southern line of Jinzhong City. As the deputy general, he and Peng Ce, the general of the fourth division, made a division of labor after discussing it.

Tang Kai led two battalions of 7,000 men to garrison in Pingrong County, while Peng Ce led three battalions to garrison in Wankang County. The two sides responded to each other hundreds of miles apart...

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The Battle of Yunbin has been going on for nearly 20 days. Except for the first few days, when the enemy army dreamed of advancing from the middle, cutting off the connection between Jinzhong City and the surrounding counties, and then defeating the surrounding counties one by one, the remaining

For more than ten days, the enemy has been launching fierce attacks regardless of casualties. Under such a fierce attack, every day is suffering for the troops defending the city.

So far, there are more than 7,000 people in the two battalions stationed with Tang Kai in Pingrong County. Two thousand people have been killed alone. Among the remaining 5,000 people, there are more than 1,000 people injured, including hundreds.

They were seriously injured, and the total number of casualties was close to half. And the most important point was that because the enemy had seen that the Fengwu Army had sharp weapons and a frontal attack had too many casualties a few days ago, they also adopted the tactics of land attack, hoping to kill them unexpectedly and quietly.

Enter the city.

Although in the end the city defenders foiled their plot and blew up their tunnel, burying all the hundreds of dead soldiers in the tunnel alive underground, they were forced out of the tunnel because they did not expect that the enemy would dig tunnels to attack the city.

The enemy troops came out and set fire to the gunpowder magazine in the west of the city.

Although Tang Kai led his troops to put out the fire with all their strength, the explosion still took away nearly half of the gunpowder in the city and blew up a section of the west city wall, making it extremely fragile. After the Forbidden Army outside the city realized this, they concentrated all their artillery to blow up the west city.

There was a gap. As the saying goes, the house leaked when it rained all night, and the boat encountered a headwind. It happened to be drizzle again in the past few days...

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Although spring rain like this is very good for crops, the humid weather brought by rainy days makes a lot of gunpowder damp and unable to be used. Therefore, this makes the gunpowder supply under Tang Kai's command more and more tense. This is

The reason why today when resisting the enemy's attack on the city, Tang Kai ordered his soldiers to wait until the enemy was within a hundred steps away before opening fire, even though he could kill the enemy a hundred steps away.

Although today, with the help of Luda, he was lucky enough to turn the corner and save the city, Tang Kai also knew very well that given the current situation of Pingrong City, he would not be able to defend it for much longer!

Maybe the city will be broken tomorrow, or maybe it can last for two or three days, in short, it’s just in these few days!

Thinking of this, Tang Kai couldn't help but sigh. Before today, he had been looking forward to the commanding officer being able to annihilate Wang Muzhi's troops at the Sanchuan River, and then return to support their third army on the southern front and annihilate all the enemies on the southern front.

Under the city.

But now it seems that he may be too optimistic. The combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army is significantly higher than that of the Yan Army, Yu Army, and Qi Army he has encountered before. They are the strongest opponents the Fengwu Army has encountered since entering the Pass!

What should I do next?

Should we continue to hold on or think of other ways?

It wouldn't be a pity for him, Tang Kai, to die alone, but what should these brothers do?

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Jiyu, Shenzhou, Zhennan Army Central Military Camp

"I'm telling you, sir, a battalion of 5,000 reinforcements from the enemy's Sixth Division has arrived in Pingqiao County. General Gao's troops were repelled by the enemy and suffered nearly a thousand casualties!"

Walking to Xu Zhaojie's side, Liu Chaohu whispered:

Xu Zhaojie couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard the news. Then, while he was observing the sand table, he shifted his gaze to the coordinates of Pingqiao County on the sand table.

Like Yuan Song before him, after realizing that Ye Mingsheng was preparing to deal with him, Xu Zhaojie did not want to give in, but wanted to have a good fight with Ye Mingsheng. Although Xu Zhaojie was very confident in his commanding ability, he wanted to

When the troops, artillery, and cavalry are all at a disadvantage, it will be very difficult to fight against the Fengwu Army!

The only way Xu Zhaojie could think of was to use fortified cities to stop the Fengwu Army. Therefore, in his plan, he planned to take Shenzhou as the center, and then capture Pingqiao County and Shangzhou. These three areas could be controlled at any time.

The two are each other's horns, and the three areas will form a stable triangle. If you attack any area, the flanks will be exposed to the Zhennan Army's front.

In this way, even if the Fengwu Army reinforcements arrive, they have no other way except to attack by force. In this way, the enemy troops can be limited to the territory of Hebei and Henan, instead of allowing them to invade Anqing and affect the spring plowing of the Anqing people.

Big plan.

In order to complete this plan, Xu Zhaojie stepped up his offensive against Shangzhou and Pingqiao County. Yesterday, he successfully captured Shangzhou. He originally thought that Pingqiao County would also be successfully captured in these two days as planned, but Xu Zhaojie was unable to

I never expected that reinforcements from the Fengwu Army would come so quickly...

Although Shenzhou and Shangzhou can also be mutual horns and form a line of defense to defend each other, it is obvious that they did not capture Pingqiao County, which still made Xu Zhaojie's plan imperfect. Although it was a bit regretful, Xu Zhaojie knew that he had no chance to win the battle.
To be continued...