Chapter 1362 The Last Fight

Takahashi Minami knew that there must be a large number of cavalry in the city. What he wanted to do was to try to force these cavalry out and then use long-range firepower to deal with them. So he was not in a hurry to launch a general attack on the fortress, but slowly

Applying pressure, hoping to disrupt the position of the defenders in the city. Judging from the opponent's response to sending cavalry out of the city to assault, such oppressive tactics have indeed achieved certain results. Later, the Jin Army attacked the Haihan Special War Camp

This kind of powerful infantry is obviously incapable of dealing with it and refuses to give up this fortress, so it will naturally fall into a dilemma.

"Battal Commander, since the Later Jin Army cannot hold out, will they seal the city gate with stones from the city?" The staff officer standing behind Gao Qiaonan raised a possibility. If the Later Jin Army sealed the city,

If Haihan's artillery attack from the front is blocked, it will be difficult for Haihan's frontal artillery attack to be effective. Even if these small-caliber artillery fires last for days and nights, it will be difficult to completely collapse the city wall.

Gao Qiaonan shook his head and said: "They probably didn't work so hard. Blocking the city gate means cutting off a way out. This city only has two gates, north and south. If the south side is blocked, then if the north side is also blocked, the city's

The cavalry has no choice but to wait for death."

Takahashi Minami still had a subtext that he didn't say. If the opponent's commander is really that stupid, then the next thing will be easier to handle. The only thing Haihan is afraid of is the mobility of the Houjin Cavalry. If the opponent sticks to the castle

Giving up the attack would be tantamount to self-inflicted harm. If we fight step by step, even if the opponent has a castle to defend, it will be much easier for the Haihan army to deal with than the cavalry.

Although the special operations battalion had won two battles in a row with the Houjin Cavalry, Takahashi Nan still did not dare to take it lightly. While occupying the south side of Zhongzuo Suo City, he asked the cavalry troops to spread out to check whether the nearby area was safe.

There was also an ambush by Hou Jin, and they were also on guard against the fact that Hou Jin's cavalry in the city would circle around from the north gate to launch an attack.

After making a complete response, the artillery continued to launch shelling at the south gate of Zhongzuo City at a stable frequency. Although the artillery shells still could not penetrate the city gate, the damage caused by each shelling to the city gate was visible to the naked eye.

The visible speed is increasing. The cracks on the door gradually extend and expand with the shelling, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before it is shattered.

Before the war, Takahashi Minami didn't quite understand why the higher-ups didn't arrange heavy siege artillery for this part of the battle. It would have been easy to blow open the city gate without so much effort. He initially thought it might be because of the inconvenience of transportation and supplies.

, but it was only on the battlefield that he realized that this was actually closely related to Haihan's combat purpose. If heavy siege artillery was used and the city gate was destroyed with one shot, then the Jin army in the city would definitely lose their fighting spirit.

Dispersing in a hurry would not be able to complete Haihan's plan to kill as many local Houjin garrison as possible. Although using small-caliber artillery requires more effort, it has the effect of boiling frogs in warm water, making the opponent scared.

The city gate was breached, but they were reluctant to give up resistance. In this difficult-to-decision situation, they lost the best opportunity to escape.

The Houjin army in the city is currently in this situation. If at the beginning of the war, Muteb had chosen to let all the elites in the city come out and unite as one to attack the advancing Haihan army formation, it might not be possible.

The strength of a battle. Or after realizing the disparity in strength between the two sides, decisively sealing the south gate, leaving only a small number of infantry to hold on in the city, and letting the cavalry go out of the city to support them, is also a defensive plan. However, because of the heavy losses in the previous confrontation, Mu

Tebu grew fearful and chose to let all the remaining infantry and cavalry troops stay in the city to defend the city, thus taking advantage of his opponent's wishes.

Although Muteb's hesitation was not too long, he actually allowed the Haihan Army outside the city to make arrangements calmly. It was already too late to respond now. The order he received was to stick to this position.

Therefore, he did not dare to abandon Zhongzuo's city, and the response measures he chose in the end had already fallen into the Haihan Army's predictions.

This time, Muteb handed over the important task of city defense to his deputy Doro, who led 500 people to stay in the city to defend it. He himself led most of the remaining cavalry out of the city from the north gate, and then went around to

In the south of the city, they will have another fight with the Haihan army. This is basically a desperate move. If the cavalry is defeated again, it will be basically impossible for the 500 infantrymen and other Houjin civilians who have no combat effectiveness left in the city to escape from this center.

Suocheng escaped.

Of course, if he is defeated in the end, even if he can escape here, it will be difficult to explain to his superiors after returning to the Golden State Guard City in the north, and he will probably be charged with "poor command".

It may even affect Muteb's tribe, so he must fight to the death on the battlefield and strive to repel Haihan's offensive.

"Doro, if I die in battle, you try to take this dagger back for me and give it to my family." Muteb took off a dagger from his waist and handed it to his deputy, and said solemnly: "My family

The property should be divided equally between the eldest son and the younger son."

Muteb's dagger was nothing special. It was just a horn-tipped knife. It was neither inlaid with precious stones nor decorated with gold or silver. It was just a sharp tool that had been with him for many years. But he made such a trust,

He has stated that he is extremely unfavorable about the current war situation, and at the same time he has also expressed to his deputy his determination to fight to the death. Another purpose is to let Doro bring back the story of his heroic death in case of death in battle.

In this way, he can at least give his family and tribe a better life without being implicated.

Doro did not dissuade Muteb, but took the dagger from his hand with a cautious look on his face. He slowly inserted it into his belt. As his deputy, he understood the meaning of Muteb's entrustment, which meant a lot to him.

In fact, it is already a gold medal for avoiding death. If Muteb died outside the city, then if he wants to complete this task, he must leave Lushunkou alive, so that he does not have to defend the city of Zhongzuo. But

This is equivalent to Muteb entrusting his family and tribe to him. This burden is not much easier than fighting to the death on the battlefield.

After the two completed the handover, they did not dare to waste any more time. Doro led his people to temporarily reinforce the crumbling city gate, while Muteb quickly led the remaining hundreds of cavalry in the city out of the north gate.

However, at this time, the reconnaissance scope of the Haihan Cavalry had also included the north gate of Zhongzuo City. As soon as Muteb led the team out of the city gate, they were spotted by the nearby Haihan Scout Cavalry.

A flare was shot into the air. The flare flew more than ten feet into the air before suddenly exploding. The orange-red fireworks could be seen clearly from miles away.

"Sure enough, he slipped out from the north!" Gao Qiaonan quickly got the news and immediately made corresponding adjustments to the deployment.

When this fireworks signal exploded in the air, Muteb, who had just left the city, naturally saw it. Although he only saw a sparse Haihan cavalry wandering in the distance, he knew that this meant that his whereabouts and intentions were unknown.

Having been exposed, the Haihan cavalry used fireworks signals to send the news back to the positions in the south of the city. It was completely hopeless for them to fight a surprise attack.

"I didn't expect that this battle would be fought so passively!" Muteb also felt helpless about the current battle situation. He believed that his response from the beginning of the battle was not problematic, but his opponent was obviously more prepared. That terrible

The infantry musket array tactics were specially designed to massacre the rear Golden Cavalry.

After thinking about it in the city for so long, Muteb still couldn't figure out why the Haihan musket could fire continuously without reloading, but he at least figured out one thing. Haihan had never used anything like this in the previous nearly one year of fighting.

tactics and techniques, and this sudden change of tactics is probably to lure the cavalry out of the city and kill them all. If hundreds of cavalry had not been added recently, the consumption of the first two battles alone would have indeed allowed the past deployment

The cavalry troops in Zhongzuo City were completely lost.

However, Haihan changed his past combat strategy, preferring to fight head-on to defeat the rear Golden Cavalry. In Muteb's opinion, there is only one reason for this behavior, and that is that the Haihan people are no longer satisfied with the small fights for more than a year.

, but is preparing to officially launch an offensive in the Lushunkou area of ​​​​Liaodong Peninsula, intending to stop and take root here.

This is not good news for Houjin. After Haihan took root in Shandong, it has caused a lot of trouble for Houjin. If this armed force is allowed to settle in Lushunkou, coupled with its strong maritime transportation capabilities

, I’m afraid it won’t take too long for the ownership of Lushunkou to change hands.

Muteb originally thought that even if the Haihan people wanted to take action against Lushunkou, they would probably wait until spring before taking action. He still had a few months to slowly make some arrangements here, but he did not expect that Haihan would rush there.

At this time before the onset of winter, a decisive offensive was launched. Now it was definitely too late to ask for help from the Jinzhou Guard. It was hundreds of miles away from here to the Jinzhou Guard, and it was difficult for a fast horse to make it back and forth in one day.

Looking at the non-stop offensive of the Haihan Army, it was obvious that they no longer intended to let the battle continue until nightfall.

Muteb knew that there was no way that the city in Zhongzuo could hold out until reinforcements arrived, so he simply did not have any hope. He led his army out of the city to meet the Haihan army, and he just planned to use the dead horse as a living horse doctor to concentrate on his efforts.

He used the maneuvering power to make a last-ditch effort. However, the enemy had already grasped his whereabouts as soon as he left the city. The chances of winning this battle would probably be reduced by several percent because of this.

But even so, Muteb had no choice but to bite the bullet and take on the responsibility of defending the territory. He ignored the Haihan cavalry slowly gathering in the distance, and instead led the team around the city to the south. He knew very well what he was going to take at the moment.

There is nothing the Haihan cavalry can do, and the opponent does not intend to use the cavalry as the main force in the battle. It is obviously only used for peripheral security and clearing the battlefield. Basically, there is no hope of being able to compete with the opponent's cavalry in a frontal battle. But if

His troops were in trouble, and he knew that these Haihan cavalry would pounce on them like hungry wolves, just like they had hunted down the scattered survivors of the Houjin cavalry before, killing them quickly and ruthlessly.

Soon Muteb had seen the Haihan position in the south of the city. Several artillery pieces were in the center of the position, firing at the city gate one after another. On the periphery of the artillery position was a gun formation formed by Haihan infantry with live ammunition. This formation

Compared with the formation used by the Haihan Army to lure the enemy when it marched to the center of Zhongzuo City, it has basically returned to the linear array that the Haihan Army was used to. Mutebu thought of the opponent's previous battle.

With the density of firepower output displayed, he really has no confidence in the charge he is about to launch.

But he had no choice. If the Haihan army were allowed to attack Zhongzuosuo City, it would also mean Houjin's failure in this area, so it was better to fight hard and try to kill more enemies.

Muteb drew his saber and raised it high above his head. Hundreds of horsemen behind him also immediately raised their weapons to show their momentum. Muteb swung his saber forward in a chopping motion. The cavalry under his command saw

He immediately urged his horse forward and began to accelerate towards the Haihan position.

These hundreds of cavalry gathered together to launch a charge, and their power was indeed quite spectacular. You could feel the tremors coming from the ground from a long distance away. But Takahashi Minami only gave a very simple order, and let the people originally on the right wing

A company immediately joined the defense of the left wing to strengthen the ability to carry out firepower against the Houjin Cavalry attacking from this direction.

The defecation troops commanded by Sun Zhen happened to be on the front line. They formed four horizontal rows in squad units. Their seven-shot rifles could make their firepower output several times stronger than before. The previous battles have fully proved that

This kind of firepower advantage has huge lethality. Therefore, even though the golden cavalry came menacingly after this wave, and it was clear that they were rushing to fight for their lives, the soldiers' emotions were still relatively stable, and they maintained their shooting postures and waited for the enemy to enter the shooting range.

As the commander, Sun Zhen stood next to the formation and was responsible for giving the order to fire. On his left side, there was a temporary shooting position made of earthen bags. Two snipers lay prone on this shooting position, one person

One person set up the gun, and the other person held the telescope as an assistant. Sun Zhen's position was only the platoon leader, and he did not have enough authority to command these snipers, so he only made one request, which was to ask the snipers not to shoot the opponent prematurely.

The leaders should at least wait until they are within the rifle range of the special operations battalion and are sure that they will not turn around and run away before opening fire.

Sun Zhen's request was quite reasonable, so the two snipers did not object. So Muteb, who was originally at the front of the Houjin Cavalry queue, was lucky not to be killed by a sniper in the first place, and he did not

Knowing that the Haihan Army intended to let them charge, so that they could quickly eliminate his troops with intensive firepower at a relatively close distance. The Houjin Cavalry was like a wave of waves, hitting Haihan's position without hesitation.

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