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Chapter 76 Recapture Ezhou (2)

The Mongolian army was discussing escape, and the Song army was discussing the attack. In Li Yun's division headquarters, everyone was very satisfied with the Mongolians' reaction during the day and was also a little confused. Battalion commander Liang Sheng asked Chief of Staff Lu Wen: "Chief of Staff, why is the Mongolians so stupid to deal with it?"

The Chief of Staff had a serious expression and he replied: "When our army rushed to the top of the city and the Mongolian army suddenly came out of their hiding place, do you still think their response is stupid?"

When it comes to hand-to-hand combat, the expressions of commanders at all levels of the Song army became even more serious. No matter how fast the rifle soldiers fill the bullets, they still need ten seconds. In ten seconds, the spearman can stab two or three times. It is really a hard work of swords and guns, and the gap between the Mongolian army and the Song army has been greatly narrowed.

Seeing everyone's faces change, Li Yun smiled and said, "Why, are you scared?"

"No!" Liang Shengfa instinctively negated. However, after he finished speaking, he felt a little uneasy again. After thinking for a while, he replied, "I'm not afraid!"

After receiving such an answer, Li Yun nodded and continued: "Tomorrow, I can try to attack the city. Who would like to take the lead?"

"Our battalion was originally a long spear battalion, but it was changed to a musket battalion after changing its equipment. We are confident in competing with the thorns." Battalion Commander Zhu Hongwu replied decisively.

Li Yun looked at the soldier from Huaidong. He was originally a landlord in Huaidong. After his family was killed by Mongolia, he joined the army. The Song army had rich field experience, but there were few opportunities to attack the city. Therefore, Zhu Hongwu came out to grab this hand-to-hand job of fighting in the city, and no other battalion commanders competed with him. In the end, Li Yun could only order Zhu Hongwu's battalion to carry out the city battle.

After the military meeting, Li Yun sighed in his heart. When he met Zhu Hongwu, he admired Zhu Hongwu very much because the young man said, "Even if I can't fight the Mongolians, I have to give the Song army good food this year." He did have cultivation after joining the army. However, Zhu Hongwu was able to become the battalion commander for more than three years, and his outstanding performance was the main reason. Zhu Hongwu performed well on weekdays, but at such a critical moment, others hesitated, and Zhu Hongwu always stood up. In addition, he could win every time, so he was of course better than others.

That night, long ladders were erected on the construction site. The next morning, just as dawned, the Song army began to transport these engineering equipment to the moat. The reason why it was not transported earlier was not that someone was lazy, but that the Mongolian army could mobilize their troops to appear on the top of the city when they saw the movements of the Song army. The Song army's bullets and shells would not turn, and the Mongolian army did not appear, and they had no targets to attack.

Although Li Yun also thought that if other troops could launch an attack first, they could attract the Mongolian army's forces and make the attack easier on Li Yun's side, he himself denied this idea. Every battle he fought was head-on. After the battle, Li Yun found that the troops were growing rapidly. He had not experienced fierce battles, but he just did not understand the details of the battle.

When I was in a military academy, I read "There is no constant force in the military, and the water is no constant form". After fighting for many wars, Li Yun realized that there were no two identical battles in the world. And no battle could be carried out in the pre-designed way. One or another unexpected situations always happen. After many times of distress for these accidents, Li Yun understood a logic that Taiwei Zhao said, "Evaluating things is someone else's business, and doing things is your own business. Never make mistakes in relationships."

When it comes to this battle, Li Yun’s idea is very simple. If all the Mongolian troops pressed on their side, Li Yun would be able to get the credit for the number of beheadings. The General Staff Office is not a fool, and you will know who is the biggest contributor to this battle when you see the number of beheadings.

There was not only Li Yun in the Song army, so at dawn, the Gorten Wanhu in the General's Mansion received news that the Song army launched an attack in the east, west and south of the city. Now Wanhu felt very embarrassed. He knew that the troops could not be distributed evenly. From yesterday, he could tell that the Song army had about 10,000 troops on each side. Originally, the number of troops in the Inner Mongolia Army was only 20,000, and the number of troops in the navy was extinguished. Five thousand people were dispatched on each side of the city wall was a disadvantaged defense. If you really wanted to kill and hurt the Song army on the city wall, you had to gather superior troops on one side and defeat the Song army's siege in turn.

Wanhu was unsure of which city wall to go to. At this moment, another school ran in and reported, "Wanhu, the Song army in the west of the city has crossed the moat." Gorten Wanhu knew that he had no choice, so he could only counterattack the Song army, which had the fastest attack speed.

Zhu Hongwu was always at the forefront of the army. A few years ago, he was rampant by the Mongols in his hometown in Gaoyou. The Zhu thieves who led wolves into the house saw that the situation was wrong and actually ran to the Mongolian camp. Zhu Hongwu, who was excited about revenge, lost the opportunity to take revenge in person.

Farming is a hard task, and Zhu Hongwu didn't like it at first. This time, he had a more reason, so he resolutely joined the army. If he wanted to fight in his heart, he got used to rushing in front. Perhaps because of his good luck, no matter how the arrows shot down his comrades beside him, no matter how the enemy howled. After Zhu Hongwu eliminated the enemy, he was unharmed. Moreover, he also found that as long as he was in front of the array and the soldiers had more fighting will, he would be more likely to win the battle. So getting used to it became natural, so Zhu Hongwu appeared calmly in a very dangerous position.

The simple floating bridge crossing the moat was built. As soon as the vanguard had passed, Zhu Hongwu arrived at the side of the moat and commanded the chief to cross the river. After the chief brought up enough for a company, Zhu Hongwu handed over the subsequent command to the battalion staff and crossed the river with himself and the troops.

At this time, the rifle soldiers on the earthen platform beat the city to the ground, and Zhu Hongwu asked everyone to prepare. When the flag was issued on the earthen platform, he carried the shotgun from the second company behind him and prepared to follow the commando of the first company to go to the city.

At this time, someone grabbed Zhu Hongwu from behind and turned his head to see that he was the battalion staff officer. The staff officer knew very well that the battalion commander shouted "kill" at the front of the formation, and then took the lead in pounce on the enemy. He grabbed Zhu Hongwu and said loudly: "If you go up, you have to go up to two companies before going up!"

Zhu Hongwu was not willing to agree. He bargained and said, "Is a one-stop company?"

"No!" The battalion commander grabbed Zhu Hongwu's arm tightly. The siege was too dangerous and there was too much uncertainty. If the battalion commander went up and died in battle, how big a blow would this have to do to morale.

The Song army was not hit by morale because the battalion commander was grabbed by the chief of staff. Everyone knew the battalion commander's courage and knew that the battalion commander would never leave them behind. So it was not a problem in the morning and evening. The company commander hoped that the battalion commander could go some at night. Although the battalion commander never robbed everyone's credit, following the battalion commander was also called the first to climb the city. Everyone's face was not that thick.

Just like training, the troops quickly climbed along the long ladder to the originally not very high Ezhou City wall. Then the city was full of killing animals and gunfire sounds.

Seeing that a company had already reached the top of the city, Zhu Hongwu took advantage of the camp staff's failure to pay attention and quickly broke free from his pull. The conflicting team began to climb the city with everyone.

Before climbing over the city wall, Zhu Hongwu felt anxious. After climbing over the city wall and standing up to watch, Captain Zhu felt a little excited. Before the war, everyone had fully discussed that there was not enough space on the city to play a four-meter-long spear, and the bayonet with a length of more than one meter long rifle can be used as a short spear.

In practice, the performance of bayonets was better than expected. The Mongolian army was holding a park sword and a short sword. These weapons looked scary when they slashed, but there were so many people on the city, so there was no room for them to display. The Song army was carrying the bayonet rifles, and they lined up in a row, which was a small gun array. The Song army behind the gun array could still poke out the barrel of the gun array and shoot at the Mongolian army. The Song army only took ten minutes to climb the city and controlled a long section of the city wall.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Hongwu was even more excited. He took off his shotgun and rushed to the front row, and fired at the Mongolian soldiers who were trying to resist at close range. This double-barrel gun can fire two shots at a time, and it loaded with paper-shell bullets, making it more efficient to kill people. The Mongolian army could not hold back at all, and at this time he turned his head and ran away. Although Zhu Hongwu did not intend to seize the merits, his fighting made the commanders and soldiers trust him more. Everyone shouted and began to chase the Mongolian soldiers at the top of the city.

When Li Yun saw that Zhu Hongwu's camp easily climbed the city, he soon received a passage where they had already controlled the city. He couldn't help but sigh. In fact, in terms of intelligence, Zhu Hongwu may not be the absolute number one among the eight camps. But the problem is that he is willing to fight and is willing to take responsibility. The other battalion commanders just think too much and ask too much, but they lose the opportunity.

The division commander of the Song army had spared his energy to consider the characteristics of the internal personnel of the army, which meant that the Mongolian army could only consider whether their lives would be lost. Zhu Hongwu's battalion did not simply stay in the city, and the subsequent troops soon entered the city. Zhu Hongwu led his troops to rectify the open space in the city, and then rushed forward along the main road. He happened to meet the main force of the Mongolian army coming to reinforce.

The street is much wider than the city, but it is not a width that can be easily used by the spearmen. Moreover, the spearmen gathered on the street are the living targets of the riflemen. They were knocked down like cutting rice in front of the whistling bullets. Zhu Hongwu launched a melee battle against the Mongolian army without hesitation.

Gortenwanhu is not good at street fighting. To be more precise, he himself has no experience in street fighting. Therefore, his orders only made the Mongolian army lose contact and run everywhere.
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