It was already dawn, and a red sun rose from the east, shining on the blood-soaked city of Ganzhou. The old soldiers who were lying on their backs stood up from behind the crenellations, their beards covered with white frost.
Looking into the city from a distance, there is a little smoke, the oxcarts collecting excrement and urine are squeaking on the stone road, and people are gradually going out for activities. Looking at this familiar scene, Yuan Feng seems to have returned to Shibali Fort.
"Sir, let's withdraw too." A general of the cavalry camp said. The commander's order was very clear. After delaying the Turkic army for a few hours, he quickly retreated eastward. This cavalry unit is his important asset and returned to Liangzhou.
It still has great uses when fighting for power, so don't give up.
The officials have left, their families have left, and the troops have also left, but the people in the city have not left. The Turkic camp outside the city has regained its strength and is blowing the horns to form a team. Several cavalry are also heading towards Ganzhou.
The east of the city outflanked them. It seemed that they had realized that the sneak attack last night was just an eastward attack by the Ganzhou Army.
"Sir, it will be too late if you don't leave." Mr. Bai continued.
Yuan Feng pointed his hand: "Let's leave. What will happen to the people in this city? The Turkic army has suffered such a heavy blow and will definitely massacre Ganzhou. Here are your wives, children, old and young, relatives and friends, and you are willing to let them die under the sword of the Turks."
What?"
The officers were speechless. Their families had been sent to Liangzhou last night, so they had no such worries. Most of the ordinary soldiers were not natives of Ganzhou, and they did not have the burden of their relatives. They were not happy to let them defend Ganzhou. There were officers
Taking the opportunity to say a few words, the soldiers suddenly started making noises.
Yuan Feng clapped his hands, and the city immediately became quiet. Last night's battle, the new President Qian, had already established a higher prestige in everyone's mind. At the moment, he is the highest-ranking officer in Ganzhou City. The soldiers have been eating food for many years, and they have no concept of superiority or inferiority.
Still very clear.
"How many enemy troops did you kill in the battle last night?" Yuan Feng asked.
The noise suddenly started again below. The soldiers talked excitedly about their achievements. Some said they killed three, some said they killed five, and some said they burned the Turks' food and grass. In short, this victory
It brings a lot of confidence to everyone.
"The Turkic army is fierce in appearance and weak in appearance. They are just local chickens and wagyu. Why should we be afraid of them! You have lived in Ganzhou City for many years. Even if you have no relatives, you still have a few friends. You can't bear to leave them and retreat eastward. Let those
Help the Turkic dogs to rush in and massacre Ganzhou with blood? Don’t forget that they are Han people like you! Today they are killing people from Ganzhou, but tomorrow they may kill them in your hometown and his hometown!"
General Yuan Feng pointed his hand at the crowd, and the entire army immediately fell into silence, embarrassed by his fierce questioning.
"I won't say much more. If you belong to men, stay here. If you don't have any, leave now!" Yuan Feng's voice echoed inside and outside the city wall, buzzing.
"I'll stay here. I killed three Turkic dogs yesterday. That's enough for me!"
"I won't leave either. The worst I can do is die. I'll be a good man again in eighteen years!"
"I won't leave either. I can't bear to leave Widow Zhang in the north of the city."
All the troops laughed, and the atmosphere relaxed. In short, no matter what the reason was, this cavalry camp was left behind. Those veterans in their fifties and sixties on the city wall were already abandoned objects, and now they can't help but
After cheering up, someone looked at Yuan Feng's young face and whispered, "What a good man he is."
There were originally more than 7,000 officers and soldiers in Ganzhou City. A number of them were killed yesterday, and another 5,000 were evacuated overnight. Now there are less than 2,000 people. More than 1,000 of them are old and weak soldiers who are too old and weak to be used. Ganzhou City
Defense is at stake.
Yuan Feng convened a meeting with officers. Although he was the supreme commander of Ganzhou, he knew very little about the current situation. He didn't even know the official numbers of the enemy troops facing him. However, there were quite a few veterans among them.
He is knowledgeable and can answer all his questions.
"What we are facing is the army of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in the Western Regions. It is not really a Turkic army, but at most it is the vanguard of the vanguard. There is a rule for the Chagatai army to fight. When the front army is exhausted, the rear army will advance.
, so as long as we restrain this siege force, we still have a chance to survive."
Ganzhou could not be saved in the end. Yuan Feng knew this in his heart. All he had to do was try to save the lives of the people in the city. At this time, the people in the city had learned that the commander had abandoned them, and the whole city was wailing, shaking the sky.
When the ground was shaken, many people packed their bags and prepared to flee. However, the Turks, who had come to their senses, had already sent cavalry to surround Ganzhou. The people who had no horses and no arms had no choice but to leave the city rashly, only to die.
"Let's just waste it! The city wall of Ganzhou is quite tall, and there is a lot of inventory in the arsenal, so I don't believe that these Turkic soldiers can't be killed if we waste it." Yuan Feng made up his mind and asked the veterans to beat the gongs in the city to appease the people.
The wells and granaries were under control, young men were recruited to deploy weapons, and the city walls were repaired and prepared to hold on.
The city of Ganzhou is not as big as Liangzhou. There are tens of thousands of people in total, and there are thousands of young and strong people. Although they are just traffickers and lackeys, fortunately, the people in the northwest are strong by nature, and their eating habits are mainly meat and milk.
They are not inferior to the Chagatai Khanate group outside the city. They have spears, swords, bows and arrows in the arsenal, and they can help fight by climbing up the city wall.
Those veterans who were abandoned by Cao Jun are the real treasures. Which of the veterans in their fifties and sixties has not experienced hundreds of battles and is used to seeing bloody battlefields? Who can retire from the army after decades of service is not a veteran? Let them
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There are still three hundred longbows, fifty powerful crossbows, more than a hundred bundles of arrows, more than a hundred iron helmets, more than a thousand spears and swords in the arsenal, and two thousand strong men are armed, running in formation on the city wall all day long.
The chants were shouted loudly, and dozens of pieces of cloth were taken from the shops on the street to make flags and placed on the city walls. The war drums were beaten all day long, and the entire city of Ganzhou still seemed to be in high spirits.
In the Turkic camp under the city, the general who was killed by Yuan Dynasty that day and fled away was looking at the city with a telescope, and his anger rose in his heart. Both Guazhou and Suzhou fell in one fell swoop, but Ganzhou was the only one that he ate.
After such a big loss, could it be said that Ganzhou is really his ominous place?
"General, look!" A Turkic soldier pointed at the top of Ganzhou City and saw a bloody flag raised on the city tower. This was a sign to the attackers that they would live or die with Ganzhou and fight to the bitter end!
"Attack the city! Fight into Ganzhou for three days without sealing the sword!" The general waved his machete, and a large group of Turkic soldiers swarmed forward. As the veteran said that day, these so-called Turkic soldiers were not actually real Turks, but were from the Western Regions.
It is composed of Mongols and other various people with different colors. The only thing that supports their fighting spirit is killing and looting. This kind of army is strong when it is weak, but it will not work when it encounters someone more ferocious than them.
Ganzhou was well prepared. The opponent no longer had long-range weapons such as artillery fire, so the battle was not difficult. There were a large number of bricks and stones piled on top of the city, as well as boiling human excrement.
The Turks suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat in embarrassment.
The Turkic army retreated like a tide, and were immediately shot by the bows and arrows of the supervising team. Those who ran in the front were shot into a hornet's nest. The soldiers quickly turned around and attacked again. This repeated several times, and corpses and burnt human flesh were everywhere under Ganzhou City.
The smell goes straight to the sky.
Although it occupies a favorable terrain, under the enemy's crazy attack, Ganzhou also suffered heavy casualties, especially those newly recruited civilians who could not shoot arrows and had to throw bricks and stones. Their bodies were exposed and became easy targets for the enemy.
More than a hundred people died in just half a day.
Archery is definitely a technical activity. Only soldiers who have practiced for at least three months can barely hit a human-shaped target fifty paces away. Mounted archery cannot be achieved without a few years of practice. Crossbows are slightly stronger than bows, and they can at least be aimed flatly.
, but winding is extremely troublesome and laborious, and cannot be mastered through simple training. In comparison, it is not as good as those clumsy muskets, and the technical requirements are relatively low. You only need to learn to load ammunition and aim at people and draw fire.
So Yuan Feng urgently selected 200 people who were in good physical condition and asked the veterans to teach them how to use firearms. The steps of using muskets are much more complicated than crossbows. Load gunpowder from the muzzle, tamp it, and then load single-headed projectiles or
It is made of iron sand, then tamped down, aim at the enemy and pull the trigger, touching the gunpowder in the medicine pool with the burning match rope, pushing the projectile forward to kill the enemy. It is difficult to say from a distance, but at close range, the power of the musket is much greater than that of the bow and arrow.
Needless to say, it can penetrate armor. One shot can make a big and round enemy lose its combat effectiveness. If it is loaded with iron sand, it can spray down a large area of enemies.
The people were learning and using them immediately. They went into battle before they were familiar with the muskets. They gradually became familiar with their weapons in the battle. Fortunately, they only needed to hide behind the crenels and fire, and the casualty rate was much lower than throwing rocks.
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It was another fierce battle. This time the Ganzhou Army fired all their weapons without hesitation. Arrows rained down like rain. Rolling logs and rocks were thrown down as if they were free of charge. Thunderbolts filled with gunpowder and arsenic were fired with large thunderbolts.
The slingshots were thrown into the Turkic army one after another, and the pots of kerosene and boiling excrement were dumped. If they touched it, they would die, and if they touched it, they would be injured. The Turkic army was stunned by this crazy style of fighting, and suffered heavy losses.
More than two thousand people were killed or injured, and dozens of ladders were burned out.
It was night, the war drums were still beating at the top of the Ganzhou city, and the Turkic camp was bright and ready. They suffered a big loss last time, and they could not make the same mistake again this time. The Turkic general ordered all the troops to be on full alert without taking off their clothes, but when daybreak, the Ganzhou army
Still didn't come to attack.
The Turkic general looked at the top of Ganzhou City with his telescope again. He saw flags fluttering on the city wall, black muzzles protruding from the crenellations, soldiers wearing helmets running around, and the sound of war drums never stopped for a moment.
"I want to see how many days they can last." The Turkic general murmured, and then ordered a day's rest to cut down trees and build ladders and other siege equipment.
The Turkic army rested for a day, and the war drums on the top of the city rang for a whole day. It was not until the next day that the drum sound subsided. The Turkic army attacked the city again. Until the soldiers put up ladders on the top of the city, the Ganzhou army still did not fight back.
The first Turkic soldier climbed up the city wall of Ganzhou and looked around. He saw a dozen goats hanging upside down on a shelf, beating war drums feebly with their front hooves, and dozens of dogs with iron helmets tied on their heads.