Chapter 290 Night Attack

On the first day of contact, both sides had their own wins and losses. The goal of detachment was very clear. They attacked from all sides, concentrated the main forces from the north, used long-range weapons such as return guns and rockets, and once rushed into the range of 300 steps, and forced the defenders to withdraw from all three trenches outside the city.

In the use of long-range weapons, it has also reached a level of refinement. The return gun is used to fire light fireballs, which can not only improve the range, but also catch the opponent off guard.

However, although Tuo has a return gun, a bed crossbow, and a rocket, it still can't have an advantage in long-range bombardment.

Zhang Yang's main weapon is the God of War cannon. The God of War cannon has a range of ten miles, and it is not a problem to hit the opponent's catapult. The fly in the ointment is that the solid shell of the God of War is not prepared for land warfare, and the strike effect is not ideal.

And the other party's return cannon is obviously afraid of its own scattering cannon, that is, it refuses to approach the killing range of 600 steps of scattering cannons.

Because the Taters hit all the long-range weapons and attacked the north, the casualties in the north were the largest: about 50 soldiers died, and most of the injuries were about 200 because of the thick smoke of the other party, which made them lose their combat effectiveness.

And the tartars, in front of the position, left at least tens of thousands of corpses.

Proportionally speaking, this is definitely a big victory, but no player has the feeling of winning the battle. They always fought against each other. Unexpectedly, they were attacked by the other party's strange weapons this time. Before they began to fight back, they were forced to withdraw from the trenches and guard the wall.

Looking at the outside of the city at dusk, Zhang Yang smiled bitterly. He had just been besieged by the Tatars for only half a year. Those neighbors Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Shouhui will definitely develop rapidly. I don't know if Zhu Yuanzhang has conquered Yingtian?

I originally thought that with these advanced weapons, I should be able to easily defeat the tars. Unexpectedly, the tars could innovate their tactics and replace the huge stone bullets that hit the city wall with light fireballs. The range was greatly increased, and he could also use thick smoke to create trouble for himself. This master was really a genius.

However, Zhang Yang firmly believes that the final victory must be his own. Now the only idea is to reduce his casualties as much as possible. How to kill the tartars as much as possible under the smallest casualties is the true meaning of his own battle.

Although there are many people in the Central Plains, as long as Zhang Yang is willing, he can summon hundreds of thousands of people at any time, but how much combat effectiveness can those farmers who put down their hoes have? Relying on people's tactics and human life in exchange for victory, Zhang Yang disdained to do that.

Those who can use Tianque and hit the target at a distance of 300 steps are all excellent soldiers. These soldiers are not easy to train. Zhang Yang doesn't want them to have too much loss.

However, although I take the route of elite soldiers, after all, the number of people is still too small. If hundreds of thousands of troops of the Tatars come to attack like this, they will not have much ability to counterattack. In the future, if they want to occupy the vast land in the south of the Yangtze River, they can't do it without hundreds of thousands of people, at least more than 100,000.

After capturing Pingjiang, it is time for a new round of expansion of the army.

In addition to the infantry, the water army also had to work harder. Zhang Yang remembered the burning warship he saw during the day, which made him heartbroken. Although the ship was seized, the steam engine on the ship is its own treasure. The labor cost and material cost add up, a steam engine is worth at least 1,000 taels of silver, especially the copper piston inside. How much copper does that copper pimple cost? As a result, he was attacked by the other party's return gun.

Although the water army is equipped with advanced equipment, the tactics are still very backward, and there is no clear understanding of the unknown danger. This problem exposed today must be solved in the future. In the process of attacking the south, the navy will become a branch that determines the surname, and it must not be lost.

"Lord, it's getting late. Is it time for you to go back home to rest?" Shi Nai'an asked.

Along the way, he patrolled the city wall. It was dark again, and it was very calm outside. Shi Nai'an saw Zhang Yang standing all day, and his eyes were full of blood, he said.

"No, I'm not tired yet. Mr. Lao Shi returned to the government office to see if any official duties need to be dealt with and whether the people in the city are still stable." Zhang Yang said, "The hearts of the people are the most important!"

"I know, Lord." Shi Nai'an knew that the lord was afraid that he would be tired and deliberately asked himself to go back first. However, there were indeed some things to deal with in the government office, especially the transmission of information by carrier pigeons in various places. I don't know if there will be new situations in other places. He and the lord patrolled the city, and he was likely to miss it with Luo Guanzhong.

Moreover, we have to observe whether the people in the city can feel at ease, especially whether there are tars in the city, and we should be more careful.

"Brother, the God of War cannon shells are consumed a lot today. If it goes on like this, it will be enough to last for two or three days." Baihu, who is responsible for the battle cannon, said.

The God of War is very enjoyable, but the consumption is very painful. Today, more than ten tons of iron bullets were shot out. The only fortunate thing is that the tars did not have time to dig out their own iron bullets. These iron bullets can be dug out after the war, and then return them to the furnace.

"Well, it seems that we have to send the navy back to the base. There are not many gunpowder reserves, and we have to speed up the transportation." Zhang Yang said.

In this kind of high-intensity battle, the consumption is very huge. Fortunately, your own base can continue to carry weapons, and there is Bian Yuanheng's naval escort, so there will be no problem.

The sky gradually darkened, and the earth shrouded in darkness.

It's already late autumn, and there is some coolness in the evening breeze. Most of the soldiers sleep in the temporary barracks under the head of the city, and the sentries are warily distributed on the city wall. In the trenches, there are bright sentries and dark sentries. However, the night was too dark, and the surroundings were dark, and the sentries paid more attention to listening with their ears.

I couldn't help crying last night. Shocked back to a thousand miles of dreams, it has been updated three times. Get up and walk around the steps alone. People are quiet, and the moon is bright outside the curtain.

Zhang Yang couldn't rest in the tower at the head of the city, so he had to get up and inspect the head of the city again.

What satisfies Zhang Yang is that no matter where he is, he can see the sentry standing guard seriously without dereliction of duty.

Zhang Yang stood on the head of the city and looked down. Although some soldiers were arranged in the trenches, it was difficult to find the enemy at a long distance in this night. The trench 300 steps away just provided himself with some warning time. Will the Tatars attack at night? It's impossible to say that during the day today, the tars attacked so fiercely. Later, when the sky was still bright, they retreated. Maybe it was to refresh their energy and prepare to attack at night.

Night battle is a common means used by the attacking side. During the day, if you can't rush forward, you will be blocked by long-range weapons. At night, the two sides may approach dozens of steps before they are found. If you are caught off guard, it is easy to succeed.

For this purpose, Zhang Yang has also made full preparations.

If there is a searchlight, it would be great. It sweeps every minute, and there is no one hidden in the open space outside.

If there is no searchlight, there is only a flare. Once you find that there is a situation outside, the sky will become bright, and the surroundings will be clear.

But there are not many flares, and they can't be used unlimitedly. That's why Zhang Yang let the sentry reach the first trench. As long as the enemy comes forward, he will definitely pass through the trench. As long as a sentry fires a gun to call the police, there will be enough time here.

All the scattering cannons have been adjusted to the range of 500 steps below the city. As long as the tars are close, they will be bombarded!

In the dark night, it is difficult to shoot accurately, and it doesn't matter if the gunfire is covered. Bian Yuanheng has sent two ships back to the base to transport weapons, and he can come back in two days.

The iron bolt stood in the trench, only exposed his head and observed the scene around him. The visibility was only a few dozen steps, which made him more vigilant. If the tars come, he will take the brunt. As long as the sky in his hand can ring, he will report to the other brothers. At that time, it doesn't matter whether he is dead or alive. Anyway, he has killed more than a dozen tars, which is enough for a long time.

A clump of weeds in front of me has been swaying in the wind. The iron bolt stared at it for a long time, and finally decided that it was just a normal wind blowing there, and there was nothing special.

He turned his head and looked in the other direction.

Suddenly, his ears pricked up. In the whirring wind, there was a sound, the sound of stepping on the ground. Although it was light, he heard it so clearly in his heartbeat.

On the left!

The bolt finally determined the direction, and he turned his head to the left.

A cold light suddenly flashed. Before the iron bolt could move, he felt a cold throat. He covered his throat in pain, but it didn't work. He couldn't speak, but just looked at the person in front of him with surprised eyes. How did he come here? He must be a Tartar. Shit, he didn't shoot the police.

Halada looked at the person who fell to the ground in front of him and was very satisfied with his skills. He had a special ability to see the surrounding environment in the dark. Therefore, although he was already a deputy general, he led the task in front of the imperial division, rushed to the front line, killed the other party's sentry, and let his people quietly Close to each other's city.

Under the night, Gaoyou Mansion seemed so quiet that everything seemed to be in a deep sleep.

Hana waved his hand to the back, and suddenly, their heads were revealed from the grass next to them. Just now, they attracted each other's attention here. Haraba touched the back and effortlessly solved a sentinel.

In the distance, a group of people came up in the dark. They all held knives in their mouths, bows and arrows in their hands, and walked forward warily.

The first thing to touch is the strikers carefully selected from the army. They are all brave warriors who are not afraid of death. If they can succeed today, then the rich reward is enough to have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime.

The iron bolt consciousness was already in a state of death, but he was still unwilling. He was not afraid of death. What he was afraid of was that he died, but he did not sound the alarm that the tar had touched.

He was completely supported by a belief. Unexpectedly, he touched the trigger of Tianque, and the gunpowder had already been filled.

He pulled the trigger hard, which almost exhausted all his breath.

"Ban!" The sky is ringing.

Damn, Hala answered secretly in his heart. Unexpectedly, the other party had been cut by his trachea and could still live for so long. If he had known it, he would have continued the dagger to the right and cut the blood vessels in his neck.

"Quick, jump into the trench." As he said, he stepped back two steps, jumped into the trench, and bent down to hide.

Hearing the sound of fire, Zhang Yang looked up. The place where the sound came from was the first trench. Is there a situation?

"Boom!" According to the pre-arrangement, after hearing the sound of fire, the full-time gunner had hit the flare into the sky. Suddenly, the sky was like day.

This lighting bomb was developed based on the last experience. Originally, it was just Jiao Yu's unintentional move. He wanted to create a particularly beautiful fireworks to celebrate. Later, by mistake, it became a tool to illuminate the battlefield at night. After the battle, Zhang Yang ordered the uneasy Jiao Yu to develop this kind of illumination bomb for night lighting. .

Jiao Yu originally liked to think about these things. This time, when he saw that what he had made privately liked it, he gladly accepted the task. Soon, the flares released by using the barrel of the scattered cannon were successfully developed and equipped the troops.

In fact, the principle of the illumination bomb is very simple. First, use gunpowder to push it to the sky, and then ignite the combustible substances in the illumination bomb, mainly some special metals, emitting a bright flame reaction.

Zhang Yang looked forward and saw corpses all over the ground, exactly the same as during the day, and he didn't see any special phenomenon.

Is it just a fire?

Although the flare is very bright, it doesn't last very long. After a while, the flare slowly falls from the sky, and the surroundings become dark again.

Halda breathed a sigh of relief. His group of subordinates are not only brave in war, but also very good at thinking, which is already valuable. Just now, as soon as I got down, I ordered to jump into the ditch to hide. However, some of the people who were far away didn't have time to jump in.

As soon as they had an idea, they immediately fell to the ground and pretended to be dead!

After a day of fighting during the day, there were corpses everywhere. I lay on the ground and couldn't see it at all. Although it's simple, it's really good. The other party raised such a big torch and didn't find any problems.

With so many tars, no one knows the so-called lighting bullets. They all think that it is a big fire, a torch that can fly to the sky, just like a Kongming lamp.

The torch was quickly extinguished. Hala jumped out of the trenches, and then touched forward to kill all the sentries and create conditions for the attack of the large troops behind!

"Boom!" With the sound, the sky lit up again.

Hira stood there stunned and looked at his subordinates standing there, but he didn't react for a moment.

It's a trick! The other party is too cunning!

Just now, when I heard the sound of fire, the flare immediately flew into the sky, but there was no special situation except for the corpses on the ground.

Even so, Zhang Yang was still suspicious. He heard the sound of fire just now, and the Tatars could naturally hear it. Won't they crawl on the ground and pretend to be dead? In particular, some dead bodies died so coincidentally that even the bow and arrows were still pulled away!

Since you pretend to be dead, let's wait for you to reveal your original form!

After the surroundings darkened again, Zhang Yang asked the soldiers to reload the flares. This time, they did not launch immediately and did not wait for the next sound of fire.

Zhang Yang silently counted to 30 in his heart and immediately ordered the flare to be fired again.

In addition to being a little dazzling in an instant, Zhang Yang and other soldiers immediately saw clearly that the dead bodies lying on the ground just now had stood up and were bending forward, as if they were thieves with poor skills.

They were stunned, but Zhang Yang didn't give them a chance. The sentries near them also didn't give them a chance.

Needless to say, the fire just now only sounded, and the sentry must have been killed.

In the trench, there was a sentry ambushing every hundred steps. In the light, they saw the position of the tars clearly and immediately quickly raised the sky, aiming and shooting.

From a sneak attack to an attack in a blink of an eye, Haraba immediately shouted, "Retreat, retreat immediately."

They just came to the team to explore the way first, and the big army was still behind. They have been found now, and it is impossible to touch them again.

Stealing chickens can't erode rice, and sneaking can't throw away the body. I was pretending to be a dead body just now, but now it has become a real dead body.

The flares hit the sky one after another. They couldn't hide at all and immediately rushed back awkwardly. While walking, he couldn't help falling down.

Several guards loyally protected behind Harada, and Harada finally escaped from danger smoothly. He was the only one who died as the pioneer of the 100 people he took this time.

A thousand steps behind, Yuekuochaer, when she saw the bright sky in front of her, she knew that this operation had failed.

After waiting for a long time, he only heard the sound of fire over there and didn't see anyone. He thought that the striker he touched this time had been reimbursed, and he deeply felt sorry for Halla.

"Withdraw." Yue Kuochaer said that tonight's task could only be cancelled. The other party was already on guard. He knew that if he led the army to rush over at this time, it would definitely be worse than during the day.

Suddenly, a man stumbled in front of him, and his spirit was depressed. It was Hala.

"General Harad, are you all right?" Yue Kuo'er asked.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, it's just that none of the brothers I brought with me have been brought back."

"Wishment and defeat are common things for soldiers." Yue Kuo Chaer had no choice but to comfort Hala: "Although they have ascended to heaven, they are all warriors of our Mongolian nationality. General Harada doesn't have to blame himself too much. It's all because the other party is too insidious.

Halda's face was pale, and all of them were hidden in the darkness. Finally, they all turned into an anger: after killing Gaoyou Mansion, I will kill all the defenders!

Jumping clown, with this kind of ability, it's embarrassing. The tar was beaten away, but Zhang Yang came up with a sense of sleepiness. It was time to go back and rest.

(to be continued)