The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1602 Take down Gu Shu
With the head of the city almost occupied by two special regiments, their entry into the city was a breeze.

On this way, they were hardly blocked by the Chengtou Yuan army.The Yuan army at the head of the city is already too busy to take care of themselves.

After arriving at the gate of the city, there were cavalrymen from the light cavalry regiment galloping out to the gate and throwing the Thunderbolt in their hands forward.

The south and north city gates collapsed one after another amidst the sound of gunfire.

The two armies galloped into the city on light cavalry.

This made the Yuan army even more flustered, who had fought under the city but couldn't go up, but couldn't bear to retreat.

Another soldier was shot directly.

Some were even directly knocked to the ground by war horses, and then trampled by countless horseshoes, without a chance to stand up again.

There was a lot of panic and exclamation.

Soon the Yuan army under the city scattered like birds and beasts.

Some ran to the rear position, while others ran to other places indiscriminately.

The generals in the army could not control the situation at all, so they had to retreat.

At this juncture, the southern and northern cities of Gushu County were completely lost.When the Yuan army under the city retreated to defend their positions, they could only end up being wiped out.

The light cavalry soldiers of the Tianlao and Tianhui armies continued to charge forward.

Under the cover of the firepower of the soldiers of the special regiment at the head of the city, it was even more like a divine help.

Those Yuan troops who retreated into their positions were under double pressure, and they were not able to gain a firm foothold in the position closest to the city gate.

And when the grenadier soldiers outside the north and south city gates also ran to the top of the city, these Yuan troops faced a nightmare even more.

The grenadier soldiers occupied a favorable terrain and poured artillery fire into the Yuan army's position.

With the overall command of the generals, these grenade launchers almost hit wherever.

The inner circumference of the city gate is hundreds of meters, all within the bombing range.

Those yuan troops were blown dizzy and had to retreat to the back again.

By now, the casualties they have paid have been quite heavy.

The Dongcheng people, the hot air balloon regiments of the Tianlao and Tianhui armies reappeared and spread to the sky above the Dongcheng Gate.

And the soldiers of the infantry regiment in the city had already driven the Yuan army back in the position, and then headed towards the top of the city to kill them.

This undoubtedly hindered the process of the hot air balloon soldiers of the Yuan Army at the head of the city from taking off.

The city is in chaos.

In the armies of both sides, there were constantly scouts galloping to the main general to report the military situation.

Yao Xingchao, Fang Zhenshan and others will be outside the city. At this time, there are only priests and a few personal soldiers guarding them. Hearing the situation inside the city, he is very happy.

Although it may take some time to win Gushu County, the general trend is now achieved.It should be said that it is only a matter of time before Gushu County is taken down.

The Yuan army was flustered. Even though they still had positions in the back, at most they would stick to those positions, and it was difficult to have a chance to come back.

Even before Su Shuai led his army to arrive, their two armies did not take Gushu County.When Su Shuai arrives, he will surely be able to easily occupy the entire Gushu County.

But staying in the main hall of the government office, Mao Huli didn't know where to go at this moment, and Mao Huli's face was ugly when he heard the situation on the front line.

He originally planned to personally go to the East City Gate to preside over the overall situation, but before he arrived at the East City Gate, scouts reported to him that the East City Gate had fallen.

He didn't dare to put himself in danger again, so he had to turn back to the government office.

Only after that, news of the fall of the southern and northern cities also reached him one after another.It was the head of the city that fell, not the gate.

This is much more serious than the fall of the city gate.

Immediately afterwards, news of the positions being breached reached him one after another.

This made Mao Huli's face turn blue and white, and he walked back and forth in the hall restlessly.

He did not expect that the offensive of the Great Song Imperial Army would be so fierce.

He never thought that because of his misjudgment, the situation in Degushu County would be reversed instantly.

If this continues, they will only be completely eaten by the Great Song Imperial Army in the end.But now, Mao Huli was in a mess in his head and couldn't think of any way to do it.

All he can do is keep passing it on and let the forward position block it!Dead block!
In addition to the position closest to the city gate, his 2-yuan army in the city has more than ten other positions.He hoped that these positions could stop the Song Army's offensive.

It's still possible.

Although when Su Quandang led the army to arrive, Guyu County would definitely not be able to defend it.But in the final analysis, he was still able to delay the Song Army for a while in Gushu County.

Going back like this, he wouldn't be blamed by Xu Fuxing and punished by Hua Yuanhua.

It's just that the battle situation didn't develop as Mao Huli expected.

After the Tianlao and Tianhui armies successively captured the south, north, and east city gates and city heads, they pulled down several positions of the Yuan army one after another.

Although with the passage of time, the morale of the Great Song Forbidden Army is no longer as high as before, but the situation in the city is already biased towards the Great Song Forbidden Army.

Afterwards, the two infantry regiments in the Tianlao Army, pretending to be Su Quandang's army, also returned outside the city, and then entered the city.

After being slightly frustrated in attacking the Yuan army's position, the exhausted soldiers of the various regiments did not forcefully rush forward.They sent scouts outside the city to report to Yao Xingchao and Fang Zhenshan.

At this time, nearly half of Gushu County fell into the hands of the imperial army of the Song Dynasty, and they already had some understanding of the deployment of the Yuan army.

Yao Xingchao, Fang Zhenshan and other generals also re-deployed their soldiers in response to the deployment of the Yuan army.

The three sides of the city have been breached for hundreds of meters, and it is no use for the special regiment soldiers and grenadiers to stay in the city.

The two transferred the grenadiers to the front and let them continue to bombard the Yuan army's position with artillery fire.

This is the greatest advantage that the Great Song Imperial Army now occupies.

Because most of the heavy firearms of the Yuan army were left on the top of the city, there is simply not enough ordnance to deal with the artillery fire of the imperial army of the Song Dynasty.

As for the rest of the regiments, many of them have changed their strategies.

Of course, in the final analysis, it was just a matter of concentrating superior forces and pulling out the Yuan army's positions one by one.

Throughout the night, the sound of gunfire was only occasionally cut off a few times.Except, it hardly stopped.

Without many heavy weapons, the Yuan army in the city couldn't stop the attack of the imperial army of Song Dynasty.

Even when it was about two hours before dawn, the Yuan army could be said to be in the doldrums.

Although Mao Huli was unwilling, he didn't dare to take any chances.Hastily assembled the remaining troops, left the city from the direction of the west gate, and hurriedly retreated in the direction of Guide Mansion.

The Tianlao and Tianhui armies occupied the entire Gushu County at an extremely fast speed.

Yao Xingchao, Fang Zhenshan and others entered the city. After learning the news, they did not let the soldiers go out of the city to pursue them.

At this time, it was dark outside the city, and there was really no need to go out of the city to pursue those defeated troops.

Moreover, the return of these defeated troops to Guide Mansion might cause the Yuan army in Guide Mansion to be shaken.In this way, it is still a good thing for the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty.

After arriving at the main hall of Defu Yamen, both Yao Xingchao and Fang Zhenshan just ordered the soldiers to rest in the city.

The soldiers of the Tianlao and Tianhui armies were also exhausted at the moment. After receiving the order to rest, most of them slept on the ground on the street.

In fact, at this time, the weather is already quite cool.

But they are soldiers and soldiers, there is no way to do this.

If you go to occupy those houses for the purpose of resting, it will bring too much panic to the people in the city.

In the thick night, Gushu County suddenly became much quieter, only the wailing of wounded soldiers and the shouts of medical soldiers resounded from time to time.

The battle was won, but it was not easy.

When the sky was bright, the people in Gushu County still didn't dare to go out.

Most streets in Gushu County are devastated.

There are also countless ordnance and corpses lying on the ground.

Only then did Yao Xingchao and Fang Zhenshan ask the soldiers to wake up and let them clean the battlefield.

The two walked to the forefront of the previous battle and couldn't help sighing when they saw the messy and desolate scene in front of them.

This is war.

There are winners and losers in wars, but there are few sides that can only benefit without paying the price.

In this battle, the price paid by their Tianlao and Tianhui armies was not small.

About two hours later, almost noon, the number of casualties in the army has been counted.

The most casualties were the several infantry regiments of the Tianhui Army, and then the hot air balloon non-staff regiments of the two armies.

They had been fighting the Yuan army's hot air balloon army over the city for too long.

There was also a lot of damage to the grenadier group, and nearly a hundred grenadiers were lost.

Of course, the captured Yuan army grenades far exceeded this number.

(End of this chapter)