The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 224: It would be better to withdraw to Huizhou City and consider the long term!
"Don't try to increase others' prestige or destroy your own morale. If Yungu's artillery is really powerful, we won't rush into their defense wall." Tuoye Junpu glared at Darun, scolding him for shaking the morale of the army. words.

If you don't transport the artillery to the front of the formation, how can you order the cavalry to charge at the risk of death?The role of artillery is not only its power, but also its ability to stabilize the morale of the army.This is a wonderful effect that Tuoye Junpu only realized after using artillery in battle. Let’s not talk about the specific effects of artillery. If we don’t use artillery on our side, the soldiers really won’t have the courage to charge into the Yungu Army position with artillery.

He has also seen the battlefield situation. The Yungu Army does not have many troops, which is their biggest disadvantage.Xiang Jun had more than [-] soldiers and horses in front of the formation this time. They could be killed with a single blow and a pile of people.

After scolding Daru, Xiang Jun launched an offensive against Yungu Army's second position under the command of his commander.

This round of offensive was not as smooth as it was at the beginning. Because of the blockage of the trench, Xiang Jun's cavalry could not charge forward. Yungu Army's dozen or so mortars took turns firing shells between the two lines of defense. The bombing of Xiang Jun's cavalry was unable to assemble on a large scale.Coupled with the firing of muskets and crossbows, Xiang Jun suffered nearly a thousand casualties before he could barely push back the Yungu Army on the second line of defense.

"Stop first, let me level these two trenches before attacking the Yungu bandits." It took thousands of casualties to capture the two lines of defense of the Yungu Army, but in the end, they still had one line of defense.Angry, Tuoye Junpu had to adjust his tactics. He felt that the trench was too much of a hindrance and had to be filled in to give full play to Xiang's army's advantage of having more troops.

"Captain Tao, used heavy artillery to defeat Xiang Jun. The second trench cannot be filled." Seeing that Xiang Jun had adjusted his tactics, Song Yingkui, who was standing in the artillery array to observe the battle situation, ordered Tao Dalan to let go of the heavy artillery. Open fire and save the trenches.

The heavy artillery that had been silent for a long time was finally put into the battlefield. After a burst of shelling, Tuoye Junpu's expression changed drastically.

Is this the true strength of the Yungu Army?It turns out that they were hiding it before.No wonder Daran and others said that Yungu's cannon was very powerful.Only by experiencing it personally can you know that what you say is true.

They had fewer artillery pieces than Xiang Jun, but they could fire farther, more frequently, and with greater accuracy and ruthlessness.Dozens of cannons overwhelmed Xiang Jun, who had more than a hundred cannons, out of breath and at a disadvantage.

"Commander, the battle has been going on for a while. Why don't we withdraw our troops first and let's slowly figure it out after we return to camp?" Daruan also saw that the Yungu Army seemed to have shown its true skills, and hurriedly asked Yungu Army to learn about the power of Yungu Army's weapons. Junpu proposed to withdraw the main force first, and then slowly engage in a war of attrition with the Yungu Army.

Withdraw troops?After withdrawing, wouldn't today's over a thousand casualties be lost in vain?How can we give up the two lines of defense we finally built in vain!

Tuoye Junpu drank away Daran with a cold face, and said to his men: "Get three thousand soldiers to abandon their horses, carry the sandbags outside the first trench of the Yungu thieves, and fill them into their second trench. Fill as much as you want." No matter how much! After filling in, the whole army will charge. Before tonight, I must capture the general camp town for my commander, no matter the cost."

Perhaps out of desperation, Tuoye Junpu actually thought of a stud method.Prepare to use local materials and use the things left by the Yungu Army to defeat the Yungu Army.

After hearing Tuoye's decision to stud, Daran, who had already shut up, urged anxiously: "Coach, you must not do it. It has only been one day of official fighting, how can we rush to a decisive battle? It is better to think about it in the long term."

"Think long-term? If I think long-term like a living girl, how many more men will be injured? What if the Yungu thieves take the opportunity to take advantage of the loophole again and cut off the escape route? Since we have already paid such a heavy casualty today, don't ask for a favor. How to explain the result to the Holy One? Don't say anything else, otherwise don't blame me for resorting to military law."

In Tuoye Junpu's view, more than 1000 casualties were already large enough. Without giving any explanation for this loss, he could easily turn back the defense line that had been captured. He was worthy of being a leading general.

Strongly interrupting Daran's dissuasion, Junpu forced Xiang Jun to launch a new round of attack. More than 3000 army auxiliary soldiers dismounted and braved the artillery fire of the Yungu Army, carrying sandbags to forcefully fill the second trench of the Yungu Army.After paying the price of seven to eight hundred casualties, many marching passages were opened for Xiang Jun.

Seeing that the marching passage was basically sufficient, Tuoye Junpu called the main leading generals and asked them to launch a general attack at any cost.

On the first day of the war, Beixiang launched a decisive battle?The changes on the battlefield were beyond Song Yingkui's expectation.Logically speaking, the sooner Xiang Jun launches a decisive charge, the more beneficial it will be for Yungu Army.But this is too early, right?Beixiang's coach this time seems to be much more impetuous than last time.

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What is a real firearm and what is a crushing defeat? Takuya Junpu, who was riding a horse and running away, had a real experience for a while.

While escaping from the battlefield, Tuoye's mind kept flashing to the image of Xiang Jun's cavalry rushing to the Yungu Army's third line of defense.

The Yungu Army's artillery was like a fire dragon, hitting Xiang Army's cavalry intensively. Rows of cavalry fell down like grass blown down by the wind.

Immediately afterwards, the Yungu army was like a swarm of ground rats, wearing round helmets with black light, fighting along the crisscross trenches, and constantly throwing fire thunder out of the trenches.Fire and thunder exploded in Xiang Jun's formation, and piles of Xiang Jun fell down.

Xiang Jun, who was trapped between the three lines of defense, was divided into small pieces that could not see each other from the beginning to the end, and then were annihilated one by one!Xiang Jun, who was not trapped in the enemy's formation, had no chance of getting there. Yungu's cavalry came out along the cleared passage. When they encountered obstacles, they threw fire and thunder, chasing them all the way unreasonably, as if they were in the middle of nowhere. realm.

It's also strange why the Fire Valley Army's fire thunder can explode just by throwing it away without igniting it.

When he fled back to Gongchang City in embarrassment, he gathered some troops and found that the main force gathered around him was only more than 3000.Counting the troops and horses left in the city, the main force was only six thousand.The [-] soldiers and horses brought to the front line of the official camp were completely wiped out in less than a day?
"The commander-in-chief and the vanguard of the Yungu Army have reached the gates of Gongchang City. Should we defend or retreat?" The scouts were still in shock and hurriedly came to report that the pursuers behind them had arrived.

With more than 6000 main soldiers and [-] to [-] civilians, can Gongchang City be defended?Tuoye Junpu was very unsure.

"Darran, do you think we should fight or defend?" At this time, Tuoye finally thought that Qikoudaran had a better understanding of the Yungu Army's combat power and should listen to his opinion.

"Your Majesty is a rich man. If he stays in Gongchang City, he will easily be surrounded by thieves and seek reinforcements. In this battle, we have lost almost all our firearms. It is difficult to stop the Yungu thieves. In the opinion of my subordinates, it is the safest The solution is to burn the baggage in the city and withdraw to Huizhou City for long-term consideration." Without artillery, Qi Kuodaran did not think that Xiang Jun had the ability to defend Gongchang City, so he stayed in Gongchang City and waited for Yungu Army's artillery to arrive. He and others will be a living target, so it is the right idea to persuade Tuoye Junpu to take him and others out of the city quickly.

(End of this chapter)