The shouting soldier retreated hurriedly, and two shield bearers quickly stepped forward and blocked most of the arrows. A few missed arrows could not penetrate the armor of their comrades.
The number of soldiers of the Red Army protecting the country has not increased significantly. One is that the combat requirements are very high, and the other is that the equipment is well-equipped but the number is limited. Ding Kui seeks excellence rather than quantity. The recruits who are well-trained but without equipment can only serve as auxiliary soldiers first.
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Therefore, the auxiliary soldiers of the National Red Army should not be underestimated. They can be used as combat soldiers wearing standard suits.
Now Juyang City has built several large waterwheels on the banks of the Tongyuan River. These waterwheels are not used to pump water to irrigate farmland, but are used for factory production. They use the power of water flow to complete tasks that cannot be done by humans, including stamping molds.
of armor.
The Red Army protecting the country no longer used uniform fine armor, and the infantry began to equip a large number of new armors that mixed plate armor and fine armor, called set mail armor.
The defensive performance of the mail armor is excellent, and its main parts can prevent the shooting of powerful crossbows. Of course, it is easy to suffer internal injuries from an arrow at close range. Its disadvantage is that it is relatively heavy, twice as much as fine armor, and it is a conventional equipment for infantry.
The defenders of Huairou City did not have high-level archers, and ordinary arrows could not penetrate the mail armor. The soldiers who shouted escaped unscathed and returned to their main formation.
"Huh! If you don't eat the toast, you will have to drink wine as a penalty." The commander of the attack on Huairou City was Mo Jun.
The two battalions he led this time were known as the strongest crossbow battalion and the strongest infantry battalion respectively.
The three maps entering Huashan County were split into four routes. The special battle group went on its own, and the crossbow regiment and the infantry regiment each sent a battalion to go together, each equipped with different numbers of auxiliary troops and special equipment.
In terms of commanders, there are Lei Feixiang in Guan City, Shao Dianye in Guyan City, and Zhong Wei in Kaiwu City. They are all veteran officers of the Red Army who protect the country. It is not difficult to lead troops to attack a city alone.
"The first battalion of strong crossbows dispersed and attacked freely. The auxiliary soldiers pushed the crossbow carts up. Each battalion and platoon were responsible for the operation. Let me blast the tower first!" Mo Jun waved his hand and gave the order to attack.
Five hundred crossbowmen spread out and stood in a skirmish line. Each man had a pair of crossbows and an auxiliary. They aimed at the wall and started shooting.
The density of the defenders on the city wall is very high. Su Muqiu has invested one-third of the city defense troops here. The reputation of the Red Army to protect the country has put a lot of pressure on the local army. Unfortunately, they have no relevant battle reports and do not understand the operations of the Red Army to protect the country.
method, still using traditional city defense tactics.
This reflects the gap between the local army and the regular army. There is no military intelligence system, no combat research, and they do not know how to face new equipment and troops.
The crossbow arrows accurately found the defenders on the wall, and those who hit the vital points were killed on the spot. Those who missed the vital points were also knocked to the ground. The dense crowd became sparse in the blink of an eye, and half of the defenders were frightened and fell down.
The two guards tried their best to save Su Muqiu. Each of them had seven or eight crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies. There was no other way. Mo Jun's order was to attack freely. People wearing official uniforms would definitely have been attacked. If it hadn't been for the commander of the city defense army to quickly pull his hand.
, Su Muqiu has returned to the Eternal Temple.
"Get down! Get down!" The commander of the city defense army held a shield in front of Su Muqiu and ordered his men to avoid the crossbow arrows. He had heard about the power of the crossbow, but this was the first time he had seen it, and he only thought about how to avoid it.
With a squeak, more than a dozen auxiliary soldiers rolled out a wooden cart. On the cart was a giant crossbow machine. The single bow arm was five or six meters wide, and the bowstring was as thick as a thumb.
This is the bed crossbow used on warships. It was processed by craftsmen and put on the vehicle to become a crossbow cart for the army.
One hundred infantrymen surrounded them, put the ballista into a fighting posture, then drew the bow string, loaded the crossbow arrows like a spear, and aimed at the tower.
At this time, Su Muqiu hid behind the city tower, protected by a row of soldiers in front of him, and looked at the commander of the city defense army in shock.
Whoosh, a giant crossbow arrow flew towards me.
The commander of the city defense army, his eyes cracked, flew down and shouted: "Everyone get down!"
Bang, ping!
The crossbow arrow hit the guardrail and exploded immediately, engulfing people and objects nearby in a ball of fire.
A figure rolled out of the fire, beating the flames with his hands and feet. Everyone looked closely and saw that it was the commander of the city defense army.
"Pfft, it's so dangerous. Mr. Su, hurry downstairs, it's dangerous here." The commander of the city defense army was not seriously injured, and only part of his hair was burned off.
"Oh, oh." Su Muqiu climbed and rolled to escape from the tower.
This scene was so scary. The enemy troops were so far away and could reach the top of the tower.
Mo Jun sat safely on the horse and ordered: "Continue the attack and set that tower on fire for me."
Whoosh, another giant crossbow arrow flew out.
The ballista has super attack power, but there is only one of it. Shooting flaming arrows alone cannot bring down the tower, but continuous attacks can burn down the tower.
The first few arrows were fired by the defenders, but the fire became more difficult to control as it reached the back, and the tower was finally set alight by incendiary arrows.
"Second row, third row, go touch the city gate." Mo Jun asked the infantry to attack and check whether the city gate was blocked.
Huairou City had no fortifications prepared in advance, so it was unlikely that the city gates would be blocked in such a short period of time, because there was no invasion by foreign enemies, Huashan County had not entered a state of war readiness, and the cities were still in a state of peace.
Ding Kui dared to send such a small number of troops to attack the city because of the experience gained during the pacification of Nanqiu County. The combination of crossbowmen and infantry could defeat the poorly prepared local army.
There was no trap, no obstacle, and no interception by the defenders. The infantry quickly ran to the city gate, and someone specially cut a small hole in the crack of the door.
"Report! The city gate is not blocked, only the bolt is blocking the gate."
As expected of the strongest infantry battalion, they figured out the situation in less than five minutes.
"Well, come on, auxiliary soldiers, knock open the city gate!" Mo Jun sneered, "You don't want to surrender and you still look down on us. Do you think I'm scaring you? A quick attack by a small force is much more effective than a frontal push by a large army. I think.
Hit wherever you want to make it impossible for you to defend yourself."
The auxiliary soldiers have been professionally trained to dismantle the door and are very skilled in their movements. They quickly lock the type and position of the door bolt, pry open the wall tiles or dig up the ground, use a special saw to cut off the door bolt, and then push out the battering ram to hit the city gate a few times.
It was knocked open.
As soon as the city gate opened, the infantry entered the city and rampaged. The auxiliary soldiers covered the crossbowmen entering the city while shouting slogans to appease the people. Mo Jun did not need to direct the series of actions. They had already gained experience.
On her way back to the governor's mansion, Su Muqiu was captured by Mo Jun, who was killed single-handedly. No one in Huairou City could stop the swordsman.
Almost at the same time, Guyan City and Kaiwu City were successively occupied by the Red Army to protect the country, while only Zhongwan City remained silent.
The Lord of Zhongwan City did not dare to relax and took his family and subordinates to live in the military camp in the city. All the city defense troops returned to the military camp and were on standby. The Public Security Department patrolled the streets all day long and issued a curfew order.
That night, heavy fog rose from the Zhongguancheng military camp. The officers and soldiers in the camp inhaled the fog and fell asleep. After a while, no one in the entire military camp could stand up. A large number of men in black emerged from the nearby streets and walked in swaggeringly.
military camp.
In one day and one night, four cities in Huashan County changed their surnames to Ding. During the entire process, less than fifty people from the Red Army protecting the country were injured or killed, and most of the injured were auxiliary soldiers who had rushed in. These auxiliary soldiers were too eager to perform meritorious service and become combat soldiers.
Ding Kui arrived at the place where he made his first meritorious service, Wanggui City. The city lord Jiang Yuanzheng followed him with a smile and took him to inspect the main streets of Wanggui City.
"Master Ding, thank you for your care. Now I have been included in Anguo Gong's descendant of the Jiang family. If you have anything to do in the future, just ask me."
Jiang Yule, now he also has someone to back him up. He is no longer a small city lord with no foundation. He might be able to transform himself into the head of a county someday.
"Very good. I'll send a message to Huashan County Governor Yi Mo later. I'll give him two more days. If he doesn't submit to me within two days, then he will be my enemy." Ding Kui was indeed observing the situation in the city carefully.
Condition.
He is examining Jiang Yuan's governance ability, and if he is satisfied, he will consider appointing Jiang Yuan as the county governor.
"Yes! But Yi Mo is Shao Dianxi's confidant, and I thought he would not submit to you." Jiang Yuan has been in Huashan County for many years and knows the personnel here thoroughly.
"Oh? No problem, just summon the whole county and let everyone know how I treated Yi Mo. I can give everyone a chance to change their ways, including Shao Dianxi's confidants." Ding Kui didn't care whether Yi Mo would surrender or not.
The 75th Division has sneaked into Huashan County from Zhushan County. The troops are divided into five groups and ambushed near five cities. After tonight, five more cities will change their surname to Ding.
There are several veterans around Quan Wanyun, and it goes without saying that they must have been sent by Quan Sihai to assist her daughter. With experienced veterans in charge, and Ding Kui's newly summarized tactics, there is no pressure to capture several poorly prepared cities.
At noon the next day, Yimo received an urgent report that five cities near Zhushan County openly pledged their allegiance to the Princess Supervisor.
"What's going on? Why did most of the county fall into Ding Kui's hands all of a sudden?" Yi Mo was worried and quickly summoned his staff to discuss countermeasures.
"Sir, why don't you transfer all the mine guards back to the county and send a message to Nanjing City to request support." An aide suggested.
"Okay! That's it! You hurry up and go to the Magic Guild to summon you." As expected, Yi Mo had no intention of surrendering to Ding Kui.
The staff member walked out of the hall happily, thinking about how much reward he would get this time, but before he took a few steps, a red light flashed and his body was broken into two pieces.
Whoosh, a figure flashed to the exit of the hall and said in a stern tone: "Anyone who wholeheartedly opposes me will be killed without mercy!"
Everyone looked intently and saw a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes holding a long sword and blocking the exit of the hall with murderous intent.
Everyone present gasped, this person was none other than Ding Kui!
Yi Mo collapsed on the chair on the spot. This was the dominant knight. No! No one in the entire county could stop him. If he wanted to go on a killing spree, he could easily kill everyone in the hall.
"Ding, Ding, Lord Ding, you, you, how could you kill someone?" Yi Mo was speechless.
"Hmph! This man encouraged you to gather a crowd to cause rebellion and mobilize troops to fight against me. Does he still have the prison country and the king in his eyes? He deserves to die! You, you!" Ding Kui pointed his sword at Yi Mo and the people present, "We are here to discuss rebellion.
If you don't want to die, you must obey my orders if you commit the crime of confiscating your family and exterminating your clan!"