Kai Fu Han

Chapter 346 Standard Siege Tactics
crackling.

The cavalry rushing in front were immediately swept away, and no cavalry or horse in the first row could still stand.

The cavalry formation that was charging behind was blocked by the dead horses and the corpses of the golden soldiers in front. It was unable to move forward for a while. Only a few golden soldiers with extraordinary riding skills controlled the horses to leap over the corpses in front of them and continued to charge forward.

"Left three to load, right three to shoot!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The several golden soldiers with extraordinary riding skills who rushed forward and the golden soldiers behind were once again swept away, and the street more than 100 steps in front of the artillery was cleared again.

The Jin soldiers were all suppressed for a while, allowing the artillery of the Xinghan League to clear and load the ammunition calmly.

"The musketeers are on the city wall, and the sharp soldiers are on standby behind the artillery array, ready for close combat at any time." Gao Yuan ordered loudly.

He knew that these golden soldiers had never seen artillery before and were temporarily stunned. When they discovered the shortcomings of the artillery's slow shooting speed, they would definitely rush forward without fear of death.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

After two more rounds of shooting, the Jin army in the city finally reacted. From the side alleys and the street in front, a large number of infantrymen rushed over. Even the cavalry dismounted because the roads were covered with corpses and rushed over. .

For a moment, all Gao Yuan could see were soldiers of the Jin Army.

"Artillery retreat!"

The artillerymen immediately dropped their artillery and withdrew towards the rear. The sharp soldiers behind rushed forward to form a defensive position.

"Grenadier!"

When the two armies approached twenty steps, the grenadiers threw grenades towards the Jin army formation ahead.The musketeers who had already rushed to the city wall also began to shoot from a high position to support the sharp soldiers.

Grenade bombing and musket shooting caused heavy casualties to the Jin army. Some fish that slipped through the net rushed to the Rui Shi and were slashed with long knives. However, the Jin Army's swords and guns slashed and stabbed the Rui Shi, but were blocked by the Rui Shi's full-body steel armor. .

"Hold on!" Gao Li shouted loudly.

At this stage of the war, it is a matter of fighting for the resilience of both sides. Whichever side can't stand it anymore and starts to flee will lose.

The Jin army suffered huge casualties, and the Xinghan League also began to suffer casualties.Even with steel armor to protect themselves, the elite soldiers of the Xinghan League were still being hit continuously. Gao Yuan quickly asked the backup soldiers to step forward to supplement the formation.

Slowly, the proportion of soldiers on the front line is getting higher and higher, and the formation is becoming more and more stable.

The muskets on the city wall kept firing, the grenadiers had thrown all the grenades in their hands, and the defense circle of Ruishi became smaller and smaller.

finally!Gao Yuan saw Jin soldiers escaping behind the Jin army.

As soon as some people ran away, the Jin army's attack formation was like a broken embankment, and it began to collapse quickly.

A sharp man raised his left arm to block the long sword from the opponent, and then thrust the knife in his hand forward. He felt that the body of the golden soldier on the opposite side became weak and then fell to the ground.Looking forward from above the shield, there was no enemy standing in front of him.

"Pursue!!" A high-pitched command voice came from behind.

The reserve naval officers who were ready to attack began to chase down the remaining enemies with long swords in hand.Most of the musketeers on the city wall were also organized and began to scatter in pursuit of the enemy.

"we won!"

"Yes! We won!" Gao Yuan confirmed.

"1000 people attacked a city defended by 5000 people, and they won like this." The subordinates praised.

"With artillery and muskets, it will be very easy for us to attack the city in the future, just like today." Gao Yuan replied that the losses in this siege were much smaller than he had previously expected.

If Liu Xinqi were here, he would find that Gao Yuan's tactics today will be the standard tactics used by the Xinghan Alliance army to attack the city for a long time to come.

Artillery broke through the gates, grenades cleared the gate towers, entered the city, fought for the city walls, then scattered the defenders, chased down the remaining enemies, and occupied the city. "Are you going to burn the food and grass in the city immediately?"

"Don't do it for the time being. After the remaining enemies are wiped out, use the carts and horses in the city to transport a batch of grain as much as possible. When the Jin army returns, if there is anything left, it will not be too late to burn it."

As soon as Gao Yuan finished speaking, he saw black smoke rising in the southwest of the city, getting thicker and more numerous.

"It can't be a granary over there," his subordinate guessed.

"It must be that the Jin army broke the pot. Speed ​​up the cleanup, and then organize the people to put out the fire as soon as possible." After speaking, Gao Yuan himself drew out his weapon and rushed forward.

……

Yanshan City was surrounded by the Jin army from all sides, and the siege was impenetrable.

"It seems that the Jin Army wants to wipe out all of us in Yanshan, and they don't even bother to use the tactic of encircling three people and missing one." Yu Jin murmured.

"Even if they are surrounded by three and one is missing, you dare to withdraw from the open city gate?" Liu Xinqi retorted.

Surround three sides but leave one missing, surround three sides, leave one side open, prepare an ambush, induce the enemy to flee, and annihilate them in the movement.

Generally, the siege side will use it when they want to reduce consumption and casualties in order to shorten the combat process.Depending on the actual situation, sometimes an ambush is preset, sometimes not.On the other hand, if the defending party consciously cannot hold it, even if they know that the attacking party may set up an ambush, they will try their best to retreat from the open side.

"Concentrate on defending the city. Our troops outside the Xinghan League are already attacking the Jin Army's logistics points. The news should come soon. We only need to hold on for a day or two and the Jin Army will retreat on its own." Liu Xinqi comforted him again. .

Yu Jin and Yang Jin were besieged by an army of [-] people, and they were already in disarray.The comfortable life they lived during this period has eroded the passion they had during the previous uprising. They have a strong desire to survive and a very low willingness to die.

"The Jin Army has begun to attack the city!" Liu Xinbao reminded everyone.

"Oh? Their camp hasn't been set up yet, are they in such a hurry?" Liu Xinqi was confused.

"Probably they are planning to do it all in one go." Liu Xinqi guessed.

"It's up to you!" Liu Xinqi said to Jin, consciously giving up his seat above the city gate.

After all, Yu Jin is the leader of this rebel army. He led the rebel army from scratch to greatness, and his prestige is unparalleled.

As the Jin army formed a formation in front of the south gate, generals rode to the city gate and began to persuade them to surrender.

"Listen to the rebels in the city, surrender quickly and leave you alive!..."

"There are Jin troops on all sides, and they should attack from all sides at the same time." After Liu Xinbao compiled the intelligence, he whispered to Liu Xinqi.

Then Liu Xinqi saw Yang Jin and some of the main rebel generals beside Yu Jin quickly leaving the South City Gate Tower and running in the other three directions. He must have received the same information.

"Don't think about resisting, otherwise you won't be able to survive after entering the city!"

...

The efforts to persuade the city to surrender continued.

Seeing that Yu Jin remained silent, Liu Xinqi planned to be a villain for once.

He took the musket from the guard behind him, and methodically began to charge, reload, and then aim.

"Bah!" The golden envoy who was chattering endlessly in the city fell off his horse in response.

"Hey!" Yu Jin sighed and did not blame Liu Xinqi for being good at killing the golden envoy.

As the Jin envoy who persuaded them to surrender was killed, the Jin army also knew the determination of the rebels to defend the city, and the siege army began to slowly move forward.

(End of this chapter)