Kai Fu Han

Chapter 418
Liu Xinqi looked at him and must have completely recognized the reality and stopped mentioning anything about teacher Zhu Yi.

"After recovering the Jingdong Road, the Xinghan League will organize another recruitment examination for officials. At that time, you should pay attention and prepare early. If you take the examination, you will be able to have a stable income. Work hard at that time, I believe you can With your own abilities, you will definitely be able to stand up again."

Liu Zhijin's IQ is far higher than that of ordinary people.

"Thank you."

"You don't need to thank me. Even if I don't tell you this information, you will know it when you get to Denglai. I just told you a few days earlier."

At this point, Liu Xinqi's intention to let him go home was already obvious.

"My family is all in Changqing County. When I go back, I will pack up my belongings and move to Denglai."

Changqing County was also one of the targets of this westward strategy. Liu Xinqi wanted to tell him, "Don't bother, just wait." He also considered that this was a military secret.

"Don't worry. Let's wait until the fighting stops before considering whether to move. It's not safe now that the war is in chaos."

"Right."

……

On April [-], Liu Xinqi ordered the army to rest for a day in Beihai, and at the same time straighten out Beihai and hand it over to the garrison behind.

The two field regiments led by Sun Li actually took three days to travel 130 miles and arrived in Shouguang County in Shenshi.

Shouguang County was completely unprepared and was rushed into the city by two battalions of cavalry.

All civil and military officials, including the county magistrate, were blocked in the city, and no one escaped.

"This is so easy." Liu Xinjun praised.

"This is what we want. Otherwise, why would we march in such a hurry?" Sun Li said with some pride.

"You are really talented, we must be far ahead of the leader now."

"I guess they are still in Beihai now." Sun Li guessed.

After all, he was an official during the Zhao Kingdom period, and Sun Li still had a strong tolerance for flattery, so he didn't care about Liu Xinjun's praise.

The two went directly to the city to check the order in the city.

There are 4000 people maintaining order in a small county town, and the city appears to be very orderly.

There were more than a dozen gangsters tied up at the city gate, and the street seemed very empty.

"The garrison didn't follow us, do we have to wait?"

"No wait, leave one battalion of infantry behind, and the others will continue westward tomorrow." Sun Li replied.

"Soldiers will definitely be fine, but ordinary soldiers won't be able to hold on, especially if there are more than half of the recruits." Liu Xinjun worried.

"No problem, those who are behind will go back to Shouguang County by themselves, and we will take a rest after we capture Linzi County." Sun Li replied.

Unfortunately, the rest that Sun Li mentioned was not achieved.

On April [-], the day after Shouguang was captured, the second and third field regiments set off again after a night's rest, marching urgently towards Linzi County.

After a journey of more than 80 miles, we arrived at the north gate of Linzi on April [-]rd.

Repeated tricks.

The more energetic cavalry launched another direct charge.

Linzi was better than Shouguang. At least they were able to cut off the people entering the city before the cavalry reached the city gate and closed the city gate.

But to no avail.

An explosive bag was thrown into the city gate hole, and the city gate was blown away.

The cavalry again rushed directly into the city.

Just like the ending of Shouguang City, Linzi officials were once again made dumplings.Sun Li tasted the benefits of fast attack, looked at Liu Xinjun and said, "How about we stop taking a rest?"

"What do you mean?" Liu Xinjun asked.

"The fighter plane is fleeting. I suggest that we divide our forces, one regiment at a time, and capture Boxing and Qiancheng directly. When the phased tasks arranged by the alliance are completed, we can rest peacefully." Sun Lidao.

"But, I think those new recruits are exhausted."

"Just treat it as a long-distance training. They are not the main force in attacking the city anyway. Besides, if we are caught off guard, Boxing and Qiancheng will definitely be broken by the cavalry like Shouguang and Linzi." Sun Li persuaded again.

Liu Xinjun looked at the infantry battalions lining up to enter the city. In these two sieges, the infantry battalions really only played a role in maintaining order after the war.

Moreover, despite the continuous victory, these soldiers looked tired, but their spirits were high and their military morale was ready.

"Which one do you choose?"

"I choose Qiancheng. This city is northeast of Linzi and northwest of Shouguang. It is close to Shouguang. You may have received the news and be prepared. Give this city to me. If you attack Boxing, there is a good chance that Boxing will not be there yet. Be prepared." Sun Li arranged.

Liu Xin did not try to be brave. He and his regiment were indeed a little inferior to Sun Li: "Okay, this time I will leave one battalion of my second regiment to defend Linzi City."

Before that, Sun Li's regiment left a battalion in Shouguang.

"Okay." Sun Li nodded.

In the evening, a battalion left behind was arranged to stay on duty overnight to maintain order in the city, and the other soldiers had a good rest.Early the next morning, the two regiments left the north gate of Linzi again. The second regiment headed northeast toward Boxing, and the third regiment headed northeast toward Qiancheng.

At Shenshi on April [-], the Third Field Regiment arrived at the south gate of Qiancheng.

Sure enough, Qian Cheng had already taken precautions, the gates of the city were closed, and there were guards patrolling the walls.

"What should I do?" the deputy leader asked.

Counting the cavalry battalion and half of the artillery battalion left behind (the Jingyan 500-year-old land battle artillery could not keep up with the rapid march), Sun Li currently had only [-] men left.

"Before, 1000 people were able to storm the county town. Now that the weapons are more advanced, they can still be intimidated." Sun Li replied.

"But, it will get dark soon." The deputy leader said.

Due to the need for a rapid march, Zhe Zhong did not carry any troops with him, so he could not set up camp.

Now Sun Li had only two choices in the situation, either attack the city immediately, or retreat to avoid being attacked by the Qiancheng defenders out of the city at night.

"Siege the city immediately."

After receiving the order, the soldiers immediately began to prepare weapons, and the gunners of the Tiger Crouching Cannon also began to inspect the artillery carriage, gunpowder, shells, etc.

During the busy period, everyone consciously took out dry food and water in turns, and took the time to eat half full.

After resting for half an hour, and seeing that it would be dark in an hour at most, Sun Li immediately ordered the siege to begin.

During this time, Sun Lijun had been spotted in Qiancheng City on the opposite side, and the city wall was already full of defenders.

Two battalions of infantry from the Third Field Regiment escorted half of the artillery battalion and stopped two hundred steps away from the south city gate. The artillery began to fix the artillery carriage and fire accurately.

The cavalry battalion is arrayed in the rear with complete saddles and horses, on standby as a reserve army.

"Explode the bombs and clear the city wall."

"Boom!", "Boom!"...

Twenty tiger squatting guns fired the first salvo, half of the shells hit the top of the city wall, and the rest were either shot in front of the city wall or into the city wall.

But even if only ten shells were fired on the city wall, the power of the artillery was already fully demonstrated.

"Boom!", "Boom!"...

The Tiger Crouching Cannon was loaded with ammunition and fired directly. It lost the power of the first salvo, but the accuracy was getting higher and higher. The smoke of exploding shells kept rising from the city wall.

(End of this chapter)