During the first day of contact, both sides had their own victory and defeat. Tuotuo's goal was very clear. He attacked from all directions, concentrated his main force from the north, used long-range weapons such as Hui artillery and rockets, and rushed into the range of 300 steps at one time, forcing the defenders to retreat from all three trenches outside the city.

The use of long-range weapons has also reached a level of refinement. The reflux cannon is used to fire light-weight fireballs, which can not only increase the range, but also catch the opponent off guard.

However, although Tutuo has revive cannons, crossbows, and rockets, he still cannot gain an advantage in long-range counterattacks.

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 no problem to attack the opponent's catapult. The only drawback is that the solid shells of the God of War Cannon are not prepared for land warfare, and the strike effect is not very ideal.

The opponent's Huihui cannon was obviously afraid of his own scattered fireworks, and he refused to approach the 600-step scattered fireworks range of killing.

Since the Tartars hit all long-range weapons and attacked the north, the casualties in the north were the greatest: about fifty soldiers died, and most of the injuries were injured by the opponent's thick smoke, which made them lose their combat effectiveness.

The Tartars lost at least tens of thousands of corpses in front of the position.

In terms of proportion, this is definitely a big victory, but no soldier feels like he has won a battle. They have always been fighting against each other. Unexpectedly, this time they were attacked by the opponent's strange weapons. Before they could fight back, they were forced to withdraw from the trenches and return to the city wall.

Looking outside the city at dusk, Zhang Yang smiled bitterly. He had just been attacked for half a year before he was besieged by the Tartars. Those neighbors Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Shouhui would definitely develop rapidly. I wonder if Zhu Yuanzhang had captured Ying Tian?

I originally thought that with these advanced weapons, I could easily defeat the Tartars. Unexpectedly, the Tartars could innovate tactics and replace the huge stone bullets that Hui cannon attack the city wall with a light fireball, greatly increasing the range, and using thick smoke to cause trouble for themselves. This Taishi Tutuo was indeed a wizard.

However, Zhang Yang firmly believed that the final victory must belong to him. The only idea now is to minimize his casualties. How to kill the Tartars as much as possible with the minimum casualties. This is the true meaning of his own combat.

Although there are many people in the Central Plains, as long as Zhang Yang is willing, he can summon hundreds of thousands of people to come at any time, how powerful can those farmers who put down their hoes have? They rely on human tactics and human lives to win, and Zhang Yang disdains to do that.

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

However, although I was taking the elite line, the number of people was still too small. In this way, hundreds of thousands of Tartars attacked, they would not have much ability to counterattack. In the future, if they wanted to occupy the vast land in Jiangnan, their subordinates would not be able to do so, and at least they would have to pay more than 100,000 people.

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

In addition to the infantry, the navy also had to work harder. Zhang Yang remembered the burning warship he saw during the day, which made him feel very distressed. Although the ship was seized, the steam engine on the ship was his own treasure. The labor cost and material cost. Together, a steam engine would cost at least 1,000 taels of silver, especially the copper piston inside, and that piece of copper lump would cost a lot of copper coins! As a result, he was attacked by the opponent's Huihui cannon.

Although the naval army has advanced equipment, its tactics are still very backward, and there is no clear understanding of unknown dangers. The problem exposed today must be solved in the future. During the attack on the south, the naval army will become a decisive army and must not be lost.

"Lord, it's getting late. Should you go back to your house to rest?" Shi Nai'an asked.

As he walked along the way, he patrolled the city walls and it became darker again. It was very quiet outside. Shi Nai'an saw Zhang Yang standing all day, his eyes were covered with bloodshots, and said.

"No, I'm not tired yet. I'm sorry, Mr. Shi returns to the government office to see if there is any official business to deal with and whether the people in the city are still stable." Zhang Yang said: "The people's hearts are the most important!"

"I know, lord." Shi Nai'an knew that the lord was afraid that he would be tired, so he specifically asked him to go back first. However, there were indeed some things in the government office that needed to be dealt with, especially when various places were relied on carrier pigeons to transmit information. I wonder if there were any new situations in other places. He and his lord were patrolling the city, and he would probably miss it with Luo Guanzhong.

Moreover, whether the people in the city can feel at ease must be observed, especially whether there are any detailed works of Tartars in the city, so you must be more careful.

"Brother, the God of War Cannon shells are consumed very well today. If this continues, it will last for two or three days." said Baihu, who is responsible for operating the God of War Cannon.

The God of War Cannon was very satisfying, but the consumption was very painful. Today, I shot more than a dozen tons of iron bombs. The only thing that is thankful is that the Tartars had not had time to dig out their iron bombs. These iron bombs could be dug out after the war and then returned to the furnace.

"Well, it seems that we have to send the navy back to the base, and there are not many gunpowder reserves, so we have to speed up some transports over." Zhang Yang said.

In this high-intensity battle, the consumption is very huge. Fortunately, my base can continuously transport weapons, and Bian Yuanheng's naval guards will not go wrong.

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

It was already late autumn, and there was some chill in the evening breeze. Most of the soldiers slept in the temporary barracks below the city. The sentries were vigilantly distributed on the city walls, trenches, open and secret whistles, and layers were spread all over the city. Unfortunately, the night was too dark and it was dark around, so the sentries paid more attention to listening with their ears.

Last night, the cold chirping was still chirping. I was shocked to return to my dream of thousands of miles, and it was already three o'clock. I got up and walked around the steps alone. The people were quiet, and the moon was bright outside the curtain.

Zhang Yang was unable to rest in the city tower at the city wall, so he had to get up and patrol the city wall again.

What satisfied Zhang Yang was that no matter where he was, he could see the sentry standing guard seriously and not neglecting his duties.

Zhang Yang stood on the top of the city and looked down. Although some soldiers were arranged in the trenches, it was difficult to find enemies at a distance in this night. The trenches three hundred steps away only provided him with some early warning time.

Will the Tartars attack at night? This is not certain. During the day today, the Tartars attacked so fiercely. Later, when it was still bright, they retreated. Maybe they were just resting their energy and preparing to attack at night.

Night battle is a common method used by the attacking party. During the day, if you can't rush in front of you, you are already blocked by long-range weapons. At night, both sides may approach dozens of steps before they are discovered. It is easy to succeed if you are caught off guard.

For this purpose, Zhang Yang also made sufficient preparations.

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

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

However, there are not many flares and cannot be used unlimitedly. Because of this, Zhang Yang let the sentry reach the first trench. As long as the enemy goes forward, they will definitely pass through the trench. As long as a sentry fires a gun and calls the police, there will be plenty of time here.

All the scattered fireworks have been adjusted to a range of 500 steps below the city. As long as the Tartars get close, they will be beaten!

In the dark night, it is difficult to shoot accurately, so it doesn’t matter if the artillery fire covers it. Bian Yuanheng has sent two ships back to the base to transport weapons and will be back in two days.

The iron sling stood in the trench, only exposed his head, observing the surrounding scene, with only a few dozen steps of visibility, which made him more vigilant. If the Tartars came, he would be the first to be affected. As long as the Tianque gun in his hand could sound, he would report to other brothers. At that time, it would not matter whether he was dead or alive. Anyway, he had already killed more than a dozen Tartars, and it would have been enough.

A clump of wild grass in front of me was swaying in the wind. The iron pill stared at it for a long time, and finally confirmed that it was just a normal wind blowing there, nothing special.

He turned his head and looked in the other direction.

Suddenly, his ears rose up, and in the whistling wind, there was a sound. The sound of his feet stepping on the ground. Although it was light, he could hear it so clearly in his thumping heartbeat.

On the left!

The iron pill finally determined the direction and turned his head to the left.

A cold light flashed suddenly, and before the iron pneumatic could move, he felt a chill in his throat. He covered his throat in pain, but it was useless. He couldn't speak, but just looked at the person in front of him with his surprised eyes. How did he come here? He must be a Tartar, no, no guns were fired to call 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 and could see the surrounding environment clearly in the darkness. Therefore, although he was already a deputy general, he took the task in front of the Grand Tutor and rushed to the front line, killing the opponent's sentry, so that his people could quietly approach the opponent's city.

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

Halada waved his hand back, and suddenly, his heads were exposed from the grass beside him. Just now, they attracted the attention of each other here, and Halada touched the back and effortlessly eliminated a sentry.

In the distance, a group of people rushed up in a dark way. They all held knifes in their mouths, held bows and arrows in their hands, and moved forward with vigilance.

The first thing that comes to touch is the forwards carefully selected by Tuotuo from the army, all of whom are fearless warriors. If they can succeed today, then the generous rewards will be enough to have enough food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Tie Shuan's consciousness is already in a state of dying, but he is still unwilling to give up. He is not afraid of death. What he is afraid of is that he dies, but he has not sent out the alarm that the Tartars have already touched.

He was completely supported by a sense of faith, and he actually touched the trigger of the Tianque gun, and the gunpowder had already been loaded.

He pulled the trigger hard, and this action almost exhausted all his breath.

"Bang!" The Tianque gun rang.

Oops, Halada secretly cried in his heart, but he didn't expect that the other party had already cut the trachea and could live for so long. If he had known, he would have continued to cut the dagger to the right and cut the blood vessels on his neck.

"Quick, jump into the trench." Hala replied, taking two steps back, jumped into the trench, bent down and hid.

Hearing the sound of muskets, Zhang Yang looked up and saw that the place where the sound was made was the location of the first trench. Is there any situation?

"Boom!" According to the pre-arrangement, after hearing the sound of the muskets, the full-time gunner had already hit the flares into the sky. Suddenly, the sky was as bright as day.

This flare was developed based on the last experience. It was originally just Jiao Yu's unintentional move and wanted to create a particularly beautiful firework for celebration. Later, by chance, it became a tool to illuminate the battlefield at night. After the battle, Zhang Yang ordered Jiao Yu, who was nervous, to develop this flare used for night lighting.

Jiao Yu had always liked to think about these things. This time, when he saw that the things he had made privately, his elder brother liked them very much, he happily accepted the task. Soon, the flares released using the barrel of the scattered fireworks were successfully developed and equipped with the troops.

In fact, the principle of the flare is very simple. First use gunpowder to push it to the sky, and then ignite the combustible substances in the flare, mainly some special metals, which emit a bright flame-colored reaction.

Zhang Yang looked forward and saw corpses everywhere on the position, exactly the same as during the day, and he did not see any special phenomena.

Did it just go crazy?

Although the flares are very bright, they do not last long. After a while, the flares slowly fall from the sky and become darker around them again.

Hala sighed relievedly. It was already rare for his own subordinates to be brave in war, but also very good at using their brains. He just rushed forward and ordered him to jump into the trench to hide immediately. However, some of his subordinates who were far away had no time to jump in.

They had a sudden inspiration and immediately fell to the ground and pretended to be dead!

After fighting for a day during the day, there were corpses everywhere. I lie on the ground and I couldn't tell at all. Although it was simple and really effective, the other party raised such a large torch and found no problem.

With so many Tartars, no one knew the so-called flares and thought that it was a torch, and that it could fly into the sky was like a Kongming lantern.

The torch was quickly destroyed. Halada jumped out of the trench, then touched forward, killed all the sentries, and created conditions for the attack of the large troops behind him!

"Boom!" With the sound, the sky brightened again.

Halada stood there in amazement, watching his subordinates standing there, and he didn't react for a moment.

I fell into a trap! The other party is too cunning!

When I heard the sound of muskets just now, the flares immediately flew into the sky, but there was no special situation except for the corpses all over the ground.

Even so, Zhang Yang was still suspicious. He heard the sound of the musket just now, and the Tartars could naturally hear it. Wouldn't they crawl on the ground to pretend to be dead? Especially some dead bodies, they died too coincidentally, even the bows and arrows were still pulled away!

Since you are pretending to be dead, then wait for you to reveal your true colors!

After the surroundings became dark again, Zhang Yang asked the soldiers to reload the flares. This time, they did not fire immediately, nor did they wait for the next sound of the musket to sound.

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

Except for a moment of dazzling sight, Zhang Yang and the other soldiers immediately saw clearly that the dead bodies lying on the ground had already stood up at this moment and were bent over and touching forward, as if they were thieves with low skills.

They were stunned, but Zhang Yang did not give them a chance. The sentry near them did not give them a chance either.

Needless to say, the musket sounded just now, and the sentry must have fallen.

In the trenches, there was a sentry ambush every 100 steps. Under the light, they saw the position of the Tartars and immediately quickly raised the Tianque gun, aimed and shot.

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

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

Stealing a chicken will not cause any loss of rice, and sneak attack will not cause any loss of corpses. I was pretending to be dead just now, but now I have become a real dead body.

The flares hit the sky one after another, and they could not hide at all. They immediately rushed back in a mess. While walking, they fell down constantly.

Several guards loyally protected behind Halada, and Halada finally escaped successfully. The vanguard of the 100 people brought with him this time was so dead that he was the only one left.

Yue Kuochaer, a thousand steps away from the back, saw the sky lit up ahead and knew that the operation had failed.

After waiting for a long time, he only heard the sound of muskets sounded over there and did not see anyone. He thought that the forwards who touched this time had been reimbursed, and he felt deeply sorry for Halada.

"Retreat." Yue Kuocha'er said that the mission tonight could only be cancelled. The other party was already prepared. He knew that if he led his army to rush over at this time, it would definitely be even worse than during the day.

Suddenly, a person stumbled in front of him, feeling listless, and it was Harad.

"General Halada, are you okay?" Yuekuochaer asked.

"I'm fine, it's fine, but none of the brothers I brought back."

"Victory and defeat are common in military affairs." Yuekuochaer had no choice but to comfort Hala: "Although they have ascended to heaven, they are all warriors of our clan. General Halada does not need to blame himself too much, it is all too sinister for the other party."

Halada's face was pale, all hidden in the darkness, and finally, it turned into anger: After capturing Gaoyou Mansion, I want to kill all the defenders!
Chapter completed!