Kai Fu Han

Chapter 420 Lien Chan Lianjie 3
Liu Xinbao turned over the book in his hand and replied:
"It has been thirteen days since we officially started our westward strategy on March 26. I don't know if the Jin army in Yanjing has received any news. As of yesterday's routine intelligence report, the Jin army Still nothing."

Assessing the strength of the troops at hand, Liu Xinqi considered whether to transfer some more local garrison troops from Denglai to the front line to increase the defense strength of the grain transport team.

"I know what you are worried about." Liu Xinbao said.

"Oh, tell me."

"You must be worried that the further we go, the more dangerous our food transporting team will be without strong guards, and that they may be robbed by someone who has no foresight."

"Yes, then is there anything you can do?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"There is one way, which is more risky." Liu Xinyuan replied.

"But it doesn't matter."

"Most of our workers are surrendered soldiers. If we issue them weapons, they will have enough ability to protect themselves." Liu Xinbao replied.

This is indeed a solution.

Given the sophistication of the Xinghan League's weapons, if these workers are equipped with weapons, they basically don't have to worry about small groups of enemies.

If there are a large number of enemies, Di Ting and the Military Intelligence Division will know in advance and will not be attacked suddenly.

But this method is indeed very risky.

No one knows whether these surrendered soldiers have returned home and whether they are reliable or not.

"How to ensure that they will not attack our own people after taking the sword?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"I think the possibility of them slashing at us after taking the sword is very small, very small." Liu Xinbao said, and then continued to explain his key.

According to Liu Xinqibao, these surrendered soldiers are first of all human beings, most of them have families, and they also want a stable life.

Having lived a stable life in the Xinghan League for such a long time, they must have seen hope.

In addition, the Xinghan League's record of consecutive victories against the Puppet Qi made them even more convinced that the Xinghan League was the future.

It can be confirmed from this that the resistance of these former "captive" laborers may have been reduced to a minimum.

If we promise some benefits to them, we can be foolproof.

Liu Xinqi closed his eyes and rested while thinking about Liu Xinbao's suggestion.

"I'll go out and be busy first." Liu Xinbao said goodbye
"Go ahead."

……

April [-]th, Mao hour.

Liu Xinqi asked someone to call him Liu Xinbao.

"Send a letter to Jiao Rui and ask him to send two hundred soldiers back to join the grain transport team as insurance. Then notify Liu Lisheng to equip the workers with weapons, mainly spears." Liu Xinqi ordered.

Three grain transport teams, with seventy soldiers on each side, are enough to suppress any resistance that may occur.

"Okay. Now the garrison can have its hands completely free." Liu Xinbao was very happy to see Liu Xinqi adopt his suggestion.

"You have made a contribution this time." Liu Xinqi patted Liu Xinbao on the shoulder and continued: "Inform Liu Lizhen to organize another 2000 garrison troops to come to the front line and take over the defense task of regaining the city."

"Yes!"

After deploying another 2000 people, the remaining garrison troops in Denglai will only be a little over 1000.

Fortunately, a comprehensive cleanup of bandits and thieves in Denglai was carried out before, so the pressure on public security was not great.In addition to the Public Security Department of Daliyuan, the rear area is generally very stable.

[The scale of the military expansion can be larger next time. 】Liu Xinqi thought to himself.

After the westward attack, the population of the Xinghan League should reach more than 400 million, and the ratio of professional soldiers to [-]:[-] is still acceptable.

"report!"

"Enter!"

"Leader, the formation has been completed and we can attack the city."

"it is good!"

Liu Xinqi got up and walked outside. When he reached the outside of the camp, he could see that the infantry and artillery of the two field regiments were already in formation.

The defenders of Zichuan did not leave the city to fight. It seems that the defenders' strength should not exceed [-].Liu Xinqi walked to the front of the formation and found that officers had already stepped forward to persuade them to surrender outside the east gate of Zichuan.

Zichuan is already considered the hinterland of the Puppet Qi Dynasty. The people here think of the Xinghan League as "rebels", the kind of small rebels who only occupy the land of two states.

It is impossible to persuade them to surrender successfully.

Liu Xinqi knew that the defensive will of the city facing him would become stronger and more determined, and the siege battle would become harder and harder.

"How is the gunpowder reserve?" Liu Xinqi asked Liu Xinhui.

"There is still enough gunpowder for the muskets, but only half of the cannons are left, enough for each cannon to fire about fifty times." Liu Xinhui replied.

Even if a large number of saltpeter fields have been established, gunpowder is still the main factor limiting the development of firearms in the Xinghan League.

"It's better to save it."

"Yes!"

"Take aim and break through the city gate directly. We will fight in the streets with the Zichuan defenders."

Saving is not unnecessary.

Using men to attack the city would cause too many casualties and Liu Xinqi would not use it, but street fighting was different.Although casualties will inevitably occur, it is acceptable.

The two regiment commanders began to command the soldiers to prepare for the attack.

With the experience of so many siege battles, the Xinghan League already had a standard pattern for sieges.

Artillery breaks the door - enters the city - seizes the wall - street fighting - victory.

Sure enough, those who tried to persuade him to surrender returned without success.

The entire military formation began to advance.

At this time, what was more unexpected was that there was a surprise attack by the garrison cavalry from the north of the city.

You can see from a distance that the scouts of the Xinghan League are returning quickly on horseback, holding red flags in their hands and waving them widely to issue a warning.

The scouts were followed by about five hundred pseudo-Qi cavalry.

"Go and keep them." Liu Xinqi ordered the cavalry battalion commander of the Fifth Field Regiment beside him.

"Yes!"

Four hundred cavalry began to mount their horses, and then came out to face the Zizhou cavalry and began to charge.

"Yanxiang formation!" the battalion commander shouted loudly.

During the charge, the cavalry battalion gradually formed a flying geese formation.

The reason for not choosing the sharp arrow formation, which was more conducive to the charge, was to fulfill Liu Xinqi's order and "stay" all the Zizhou cavalry.

"Prepare the crossbow!"

The crossbows returned from the infantry to the cavalry ensured that the cavalry could have one in each hand.

"preparation!"

The Zizhou cavalry is in the sharp arrow formation, which is right in the middle of the Yanxiang formation of the Xinghan League cavalry camp.

The distance is close to seventy steps.

"Shoot!" the battalion commander at the rear of the Yanxiang formation shouted.

Whoosh whoosh!
The crossbow bolt shot out and hit the Zizhou cavalry who was holding his bow and preparing to shoot.

Whoosh whoosh!
After pulling the lever and quickly cocking the crossbow, the crossbow bolts were fired again, and the cavalry on both wings of the Yanxiang Formation were able to fully exert their shooting power.

"Abandon the crossbow and grab the sword!" the battalion commander loudly ordered again.

The cavalry from both sides approached quickly, and they had no time to hang the crossbow back on the hook on the saddle, so they had to throw it away.He quickly drew out his saber with his right hand and waved it.

The two armies rushed together.

(End of this chapter)