Kai Fu Han

Chapter 433

"Okay, I'll do as you say." Jiao Rui nodded in agreement.

"I guess you must be very tired from the continuous journey. Let's take a rest for now. We will start attacking the city tomorrow." Liu Xinang said.

The army arrived at Fei County on the [-]th, and the [-]th Field Regiment went directly north. It took three days to reach Xintai.

As for Jiao Rui's Special Operations Battalion, they arrived in Fei County on the same day after switching defenses with the [-]th Field Regiment, which meant that they must have been traveling continuously, and at the fastest speed.

"Okay, I'm really tired after driving for six hours straight." Jiao Rui followed suit.

Even though his own general card level is high and he doesn't need to rest, ninety-nine percent of his men only have one-star general cards. After running for six consecutive hours, they are almost reaching their limit.

……

On the [-]th, Chen hour.

Liu Xinang commanded three field regiments to form an array at the east gate of Feixian County, and first sent people to persuade him to surrender:

"..., those who know the current situation are heroes. Surrender early to avoid being killed. Our Lord is merciful and will give you an hour to consider. If you fail to open the door and surrender after an hour, all officials will be beheaded after entering the city."

This one-hour grace period was a trap for the garrison generals, allowing them time to summon garrison troops from other parts of the city to the east gate, thus reducing the resistance of the special operations battalion heading west.

At this time, Feixian County did not open the city to surrender. Instead, a large number of soldiers gathered at the east gate. The defenders on the city wall had reached a density of shoulder to shoulder.

"If all the artillery of the three regiments were deployed at this time and fired one or two rounds of explosive shells, the defenders would definitely collapse." Liu Zhijie said.

"Stop saying these useless words and start feinting." Liu Xinang ordered.

Liu Xin'ang is a generation younger than Liu Zhijie, but Liu Zhijie is not as old as Liu Xin'ang, so the conversation between the two seems very casual, without the politeness between elders and juniors.

After taking the order, Liu Zhijie's seventh regiment began to attack first.

Only one land gun was bombarding the city gate, with little success. The defenders should have blocked the back of the city gate with earth and rocks. Occasionally, shells fired into the city gate would make a dull sound, but the city gate was not blocked. Blast to pieces.

The artillery bombardment continued, and the musketry infantry began to move forward in one step, forming three "three-stage shooting formations" with a length of [-] steps outside the east gate. Then, under the command of the officer, they began to shoot at the slow speed of two guns per row. Shooting at the top of the city.

The distance was more than a hundred steps, and the archers on the city wall were completely helpless against the musketeers. Only some crossbows posed some danger.

The musketeers took a round of crossbows, and after two people were shot to death, they retreated.

"I won't do this kind of passive beating." Liu Zhijie said directly to Liu Xin'ang after he returned to the main camp of the Chinese army.

"Well, the purpose of the feint has been achieved, so let's just spend it like this."

The few rounds of gunfire just now have probably caused about [-] casualties to the defenders. This level of casualties is already very large. The defenders generals must be attaching great importance to the defense of Dongcheng now, and they may even mobilize defenders from other directions to come to Dongcheng. .

The battlefield looked very strange. The musketeers of the Xinghan League stood in formation three hundred steps away from the city wall. Only one artillery bombarded the east gate in vain, telling the defenders, "Our siege has not stopped."

The stalemate was not over until the end of the hour, because Liu Xinang saw a white flag rising from the gate tower opposite.

"Success."

Siege warfare with special operations battalions is so easy.

This is also the reason why Liu Xinqi has always suppressed "decapitation battles".The decapitation battle carried out by the special operations battalion has no training effect on other troops at all.

Just like the attack on Fei County this time, the special operations battalion climbed directly into the city from the wall section on the side of the west gate, quickly broke into the county government office, arrested all the officials inside, and picked a few heavy ones to go to the east gate.

At the east gate, they threatened these officials and asked the defenders to surrender. The defender generals were unwilling and came forward to talk to the special operations battalion. However, Jiao Rui commanded his men to rush forward and sneak attack, and the defender generals were also arrested.

Just like Liu Xinyuan showed off to everyone before: "As long as the enemy general appears in his sight, his life is no longer under his control."

Jiao Rui implemented this sentence perfectly.

Instructing the defenders to clean up the earth and rocks in the gate, Jiao Rui jumped directly from the gate tower to the outside of the city and arrived at the Xinghan League camp.

"Minister, you have fulfilled your mission."

"Well done. If it weren't for the soldiers who were shot to death by Fangzi's crossbow before, we would almost have won." Liu Xin'ang praised.

"Shall we continue south to Chengxian County?" Jiao Rui asked.

Liu Xinang took out a piece of paper and handed it to Jiao Rui: "No need, we just go south by ourselves, and you can return to the leader."

Jiao Rui took the paper and looked at it. It was the information from Chengxian Diting.

Jiao Rui's previous raid on Xintai scared the gentry forces. The resistance army originally organized by the gentry in Chengxian County was disbanded. The gentry sect selected some elite servants and then went to Pengcheng with their family wealth.

Pengcheng is Guofuxian County in Xuzhou.

The Yellow River seizes the Huai River and flows into the sea, passing through Pengcheng of Xuzhou. Pengcheng is located in Henan and is still in the hands of the State of Zhao.

The gentry's choice to go to Pengcheng shows that they are not optimistic about the puppet Qi, and the Xinghan League and Zhao State are still "nominally" subordinate, and they will definitely not attack Pengcheng. If they go to Pengcheng, they don't have to worry about the threat of the Xinghan League for the time being.

"We almost completely defeated Feixian County and fought without a single blow against Chengxian County. The attack on Yizhou was really easy." Jiao Rui praised.

After the gentry escaped, Mu Fei of Chengxian County had already organized his men to occupy the city, and was waiting for Liu Xinang to come over and take over.

"The general trend is the general trend." Liu Xinang did not take credit.

"Since you are done with it, I will return to Zizhou. I estimate that the alliance leader may choose to attack Qizhou first. Only then will our special operations battalion be useful." Jiao Rui returned the paper to Liu Xin'ang.

"Go back and report to the lord. I will also seize the opportunity to attack Teng County. Then our defense line will be shortened a lot."

Teng County is located in the northeast of Xuzhou. There are Zhaoyang Lake and Weishan Lake in Xuzhou. The two lakes connect Xuzhou into two halves.Teng County in the northeast corner, Pei County, Feng County, Xiao County and Pengcheng in the southwest and south.

After occupying Teng County, naval warships then entered Weishan Lake and Zhaoyang Lake, and the mission of the South Route Army in the westward strategy was completed.

"You'd better be stable and wait until the land reform in Yizhou and Mizhou is completed before moving westward. The leader of the alliance attaches great importance to the summer harvest and believes that the summer harvest is the best opportunity to gain the hearts and minds of the people in the newly occupied land. Only by completing the land reform , can win the hearts and minds of the people, don’t pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon." Jiao Rui suggested.

As Liu Xinqi's former literary assistant, he has a very accurate grasp of Liu Xinqi's thoughts.

For Liu Xinqi, the summer harvest has won a wave of public support. Not only can he see the gains in power before his eyes, but the year-end settlement will also increase significantly.

(End of this chapter)