Chapter 118: Losing Too Frustrating

Zhao Yulin and Cao Youwen returned to the temple. After listening to his basic situation, Lao Cao agreed with his judgment; the enemy came out in full force and must want to gain something. Now it is so difficult to break through Qinzhou's outer positions, let alone enter Qinzhou city.
They either have to retreat and come back again, or try their best to capture the outer positions, avoid Qinzhou City, rush into Tianshui, and look for weak points to rob.
The Tianshui that Lao Cao
Zhao Yulin said that Wang's army would not easily go deep into the dangerous area. Tomorrow, the sniper troops outside the city would pretend to be defeated after a round of resistance and retreat into the city to attract the enemy to attack. After mobilizing the enemy, they would immediately launch a counterattack.
Otherwise, the Wang family army would definitely run away.
At this time, Wang Shixian was also thinking about it. This time he met an opponent he had never met before.
The Shenwei Army was not only good at fighting, but also good at using psychological warfare. They used the Eight Ox Crossbow to tie a large number of leaflets to arrows and shot them into his camp, saying that Han people would not fight Han people; the Chinese were one family; the Jin people and the Song people were all Chinese people, and they would never be slaves, but free people.
The iron loudspeakers on the front line were also constantly shouting, encouraging the enemy to surrender, and launching a propaganda war in earnest. Although they did not receive any information from the Wang family army that was running over, the soldiers over there must have had some ulterior motives.
Morale can be boosted but not lowered. After repeated failures and the enemy's propaganda, the Wang family army is already an army that is about to lose its country. If a decision is not made soon, it will undoubtedly suffer a complete defeat.
Under the cover of night, Miao Gui and Lu Youpeng came to the temple. After meeting Cao Youwen, Miao Gui reported that although the Third Column suffered few casualties, they had been working hard for a day and a night and looked a little tired.
The enemy is not strong enough at the moment, and a hard-fought war of attrition is not the strong point of our Shenwei Army. He suggested taking the initiative to attack, repel the enemy and then seek to annihilate them one by one.
Lao Cao didn't express any opinion. He looked at Zhao Yulin and said, "Just listen to what the young man says."
Zhao Yulin thought about it and said that he didn't expect that the Wang family army's combat effectiveness was still not enough. Those obstacles blocking them became a chasm.
Miao Gui said that their catapults could not reach our city walls, so their attack would be useless.
The enemy's whole-day attack was still effective. The concrete horse barrier poured on the front line had been smashed into several crooked sections by the Wang family army's catapults, and the enemy was able to rush in from the damaged areas.
Zhao Yulin proposed a plan: Tomorrow we will show weakness and reduce the firing of thunder bombs, so that they will mistakenly think that our ammunition reserves are running out. The Third Column will withdraw from the first-line position and let them occupy it. When we withdraw to the second-line position, we will be protected by our trebuchets. After we have mobilized the enemy, we will immediately launch a full-scale counterattack.
He emphasized that our goal is to defeat the enemy. We don't plan to annihilate them, but just defeat them.
After hearing this, Lao Cao nodded immediately and said that with the limited number of troops we have, it will be enough to repel Wang Shixian.
After making plans, Miao Gui immediately rushed back to the city to make arrangements.
Gao Jin learned that he would attack tomorrow, and came in happily to report that he had brought 6,000 cavalry and wanted to eat meat. Lao Cao immediately laughed and said that Qingyeyuan had less than 8,000 cavalry, and the young man had gathered 6,000 cavalry.
Zhao Yulin shot Gao Jin a lightning look and stared at him, telling him to obey General Youwan's orders tomorrow and fight bravely against the enemy.
Gao Jin realized that he had inadvertently revealed his family background, so he went to talk to Cao Youwan with a smile on his face.
He told Cao that it was not because the Mongolian cavalry was the best in the world that he was in no hurry to develop cavalry. He wanted to build a Song Dynasty elite cavalry that could compete with the Mongolian army.
Lao Cao perked up, and said with great emotion that it was always the northern barbarians who were chasing us and beating us up, and we had to find a way to change that .
As soon as the next day dawned, the Wang family army launched an attack. Wang Shixian's eldest son personally led the troops to attack. The Shenwei Army's thunder bombs to block the shooting became weaker and weaker, and the Wang family army rushed up desperately.
Just as they were about to break through the last line of defense, the Fire Phoenix muskets in the Song army trenches opened fire. Two thousand muskets were divided into three teams, firing in turns in a typical three-shot manner, forcibly suppressing the enemy's momentum. The troops outside the city began to retreat into the city under the cover of the muskets.
The position of the Shenwei Army was shaken, and Wang was overjoyed. He thought the opportunity could not be missed. He immediately ordered the central army to follow up and launch a fierce all-out attack.
At this time, the observers finally discovered that the large black tents were opened. The Wang family army tore off the black cloth tent camouflage, and inside were actually three large catapults. Not only that, they were desperately pushing the catapults behind them forward, trying to reach the city wall and launch a fierce attack on the city.
Behind them, the Wang family army's iron-armored cavalry were being equipped, ready to launch a full-scale attack on the Song army.
Zhao Yulin glanced at his mortar team, who were already aiming. He walked down the hill, put on his cotton armor, pulled the bolt, checked the magazine, and checked the 800 million gun.
Wang's army and the Third Column engaged in battle again, fighting close to the city wall. The enemy's unusual movements were observed in the city, and the catapults suddenly opened fire. The long-range mortar|artillery team observed that the enemy's crooked horses were about to be dressed, and immediately launched a precise attack on Wang's army's catapults and large tents.
The south gate and the west gate opened at the same time, and teams of spirited Shenwei Army soldiers ran out to fight.
Wang Shixian's eldest son was riding on a horse, waving his sword and ordering a charge, when he found that the artillery fire in the city suddenly became dense. He didn't care at first, but when the city gates were opened and the army rushed out, the thunder cannon on the city was still powerful, and the stone bullets fired by his own Huihui cannon became increasingly sparse. He felt that he had been fooled, but still drove his subordinates to charge.
After an incense stick of time, the front troops of the Wang family army wavered, and the middle troops quickly rushed forward. The eldest son wanted to stabilize the situation, so he also led his followers to fight forward.
The Song army suddenly blew a unique charge horn. At the mountain pass, the big flag with the Chinese character Cao and the red flag of the Shenwei Army Cavalry were seen fluttering in the wind. The Song cavalry plowed through the vanguard of the Wang family army with unstoppable force.
The eldest son happened to run into Gao Jin's enemy and was shot by his musket. The soldiers around him fell to the ground one by one.
No matter how brave the eldest son was, he still panicked when he saw this situation, because he could not get close to the Song army to fight together, and was shot and knocked off his horse from a distance.
In a panic, an arrow hit the helmet outside his right ear, and ricocheted off his face with a click, leaving a bleeding cut. The eldest son felt that the helmet suddenly became smaller and was stuck tightly on his ear.
When his followers saw their master was injured, they immediately protected him and tried to run away. However, they were pushed back by his eldest son, who shouted: Fight to the death, fight to the death and never retreat.
The captain of Zhao Yulin's guards knew what he was worried about, and protected him as they rushed towards the direction of the Fire Phoenix. He had just seen clearly through the telescope that the Fire Phoenix was personally guarding the rear and blocking the Wang family army from entering the city.
Zhao Yulin galloped on his horse, and anyone who dared to stop him was shot dead by him. He rushed to the Phoenix in an instant. There were actually a few ruthless guys surrounding the Fire Phoenix to fight.
He jumped off his horse and stabbed two big men and Fenghuang back to back. In a moment, the enemies around him were dealt with by his guards.
At this time, both sides of the war reached a critical juncture. Wang Xian released his thousand crooked horses, and a group of silver-shining cavalry shouted and rushed towards the Song army's position. The three ultra-long-range mortars on the west side of the valley immediately opened fire and carried out warning shots.
But Wang Shixian was shouting and chasing behind, and the crutch rushed forward like a steel torrent, even stepping on the soldiers who were blocking the way and rushing forward.
Miao Gui on the tower immediately ordered the catapults to concentrate their firepower after seeing this. Groups of splitting bombs, incendiary bombs and lime bombs flew towards Wang Sixian's horse. Amid the explosions, smoke and dust enveloped the entire battlefield. The horse had iron armor to protect it. Even if it was not killed by the explosion, it still had to breathe. After inhaling a large amount of lime powder, the horse ran wildly in all directions, and the rider could not control it at all.
The chaos thrown into the Wang family army's formation by the mad Crooked Horses gave the Shenwei Army ample time to organize and prepare. The musketeers formed a dense formation and concentrated their fire on the charging Crooked Horses and sporadic enemy infantry and cavalry.
Zhao Yulin grabbed Fenghuang's shoulders and asked if she was injured. The woman shouted that she was not injured. She wanted revenge, revenge. After breaking free, she ran forward with a big knife.
Sanqiang led a large white horse over. Zhao Yulin rushed forward and carried Fenghuang onto his chestnut horse. He then jumped onto the large white horse and shouted, "Charge!"
The Shenwei Army rushed out of their positions and began to pursue the Wang Family Army.
All the catapults were pouring ammunition towards the camp of Wang’s army. The valley was filled with explosions, and the Song Dynasty cavalry began to chase and attack Wang’s army.
Wang saw that defeat was inevitable, and without caring about the chaotic fleeing army, he led the rear guard and fled in a hurry.
His eldest son led a group of close friends and fought and ran. The Song army chased them for fifty miles and stopped the pursuit after defeating the Wang family army's sniper twice in succession.
Miao Gui told him and Lao Cao that he had made arrangements to recover the entire territory of Qinzhou. The Third Column suffered heavy losses and retreated to the city for defense. The Sixth Column had already set out with the cavalry.
Neither Lao Cao nor he had any objection.
Zhao Yulin asked Miao Gui to arrange the Third Column to line up outside the city and wait for Lao Cao to review this heroic army.
Cao Youwen readily agreed, standing on the carriage and shouting "The mighty Shenwei Army", the brothers of the three columns joined in with the roar of "Kill, kill, kill." The roar echoed in the sky of Qinzhou City for a long time.
When they entered the city, Lao Cao praised Fire Phoenix for her bravery and good military management, and the strength of the Third Column. Fire Phoenix smiled slightly, saluted Lao Cao, and then went to organize the city defense and visit the wounded.
Zhao Yulin knew that Fenghuang was feeling upset. In this battle, she was at the front when defending and at the back when retreating. She had always been fighting with her brothers. Five of her ten-man personal guards died. They were sisters who lived together day and night. How could she feel good?
Zhao Yulin watched her leave silently without speaking to her. At this moment, only time was the best medicine to heal.
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