Xiang Ning'er sat on the horse, waved her hand, and screamed: "Artillery, shoot me to death!"
"All combat teams, get on me! Mobile teams spread out, ready to support at any time! Charge me!"
"Boom...boom...boom..."
With the roars of light and heavy artillery, the soldiers also shouted and launched the attack.
"Go ahead...!"
"Kill...!"
For a time, the originally prosperous Pingyang County was plunged into smoke.
Xiang Yang led his soldiers and took advantage of the geographical location to launch street battles, barely fending off Xiang Ning'er's firearms army.
But after a day and night of fighting, Xiang Ning'er had already found a way to deal with them.
Their biggest reliance is simply that the two armies are mixed together and the artillery bombardment is ineffective.
Both sides are in this complicated alley, and encounters are most likely to occur.
When the two armies meet, they may be only a few dozen or even ten steps away.
The sudden appearance of battles offset some of the advantages of the rifle's long range.
Therefore, Xiang Ning'er ordered the infantry and light artillery to be divided into combat groups of fifty people each.
About ten people were separated, walking at the front holding captured heavy shields, and those holding rifles and artillery followed closely behind.
Once you encounter an enemy in an alley, just block it with your shield to form a wall, and the rifleman will hide behind it and fire randomly.
If the enemy does not retreat, the light artillerymen following behind will directly use their light infantry cannons to fire a few rounds of explosive shells at the enemy.
No matter how powerful the enemy is, they will be defeated.
If there are too many enemy troops, a signal flare for help will be sent into the sky.
Xiang Ning'er divided the cavalry into several mobile combat groups, each group of two hundred people, equipped with sharp sabers and rapid-fire cavalry muskets.
Once a call for help is received, support will be sent immediately.
Heavy artillery, on the other hand, extends its artillery fire to where the enemy may be hiding.
Or carry out indiscriminate bombing on suspected enemy command centers, logistics, medical, granary and other places.
Maximize support for frontline battles.
Under such a coordinated strategy, the Xiang army retreated step by step. By dawn the next day, only a quarter of the territory was left in their hands.
Xiang Yang and a group of generals hid in an inconspicuous private house in the northwest corner of the city, listening to the soldiers' reports.
After hearing about the battle, one of the generals saluted Xiang Yang and said, "Young Commander, fighting like this is not the way to go."
"How about... let's send out a death squad to see if we can kill the enemy general?"
Another general on the side shook his head and sighed: "I've already tried it."
"That Xiang Ning'er was very cunning. He kept a large number of guards around him. We sent two groups of death squads, but they all shot him dead indiscriminately."
"Hey...what should we do?" Everyone was at a loss what to do.
Xiang Ning'er is such a smart woman! The last time she attacked Yuzhou, she suffered the loss of not leaving any guards by her side. Of course, her memory improved this time.
There were a thousand musketeers by his side, closely guarding his tent.
Once there is any trouble, we will directly respond with gunfire.
Seeing that the territory in his hands was getting smaller and smaller, Xiang Yang suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
The enemy's firearms are really powerful.
No matter how high your martial arts skills are, you can't stop the power of the musket. No matter how thick the city wall is, it can't stop a few rounds of artillery.
Facing such an opponent, this battle is impossible to fight.
He secretly murmured in his heart that when he saw his father, he must give him an order to vigorously develop firearms.
Stop being obsessed with martial arts swords. No matter how well you practice them, they can't stop a bullet.
With this thought in his mind, Xiang Yang had the idea of retreating to Yanzhou.
The road from Liangjun to Yanzhou City is very rugged, and there are many necessary places that are suitable for setting up ambushes.
Especially at the intersection of the roads from the two counties to Yanzhou, there is a place called Tianxi Gorge. The road is rugged and the cliffs on both sides are steep.
Only two mountains are visible, barely wide enough to carry two carriages.
Moreover, it has just rained heavily in Yanzhou in the past few days, and the roads are even slippery and muddy. If I lead my army to retreat there, I may be able to withstand it for a while.
When you can't resist anymore, you can retreat to Yanzhou City, where the walls are high and thick, and you can still resist one or two more.
The Battle of Zhongzhou has ended, and our losses have not been much.
A rough calculation showed that as long as he persisted for another six or seven days, his father would be able to bring back at least 200,000 troops from Zhongzhou.
Coupled with the remaining 80,000 to 90,000 troops at his disposal, he will definitely be able to repel the Yuzhou Army.
Xiang Yang thought happily, he had even thought about his plan after repelling the enemy army.
Until then, I will vigorously develop firearms.
On the one hand, we must make peace with Nan Yanxi and find ways to hold them back; on the other hand, we must use any means necessary to poach some talents in this field from them.
Once he fully mastered this new weapon, he immediately turned around and killed them.
Xiang Yang thought bitterly, but how did he know that Yanzhou City behind him had already fallen.
And the Tianli Gorge he just thought of is currently occupied by Ling Yihan, who disguised himself as a commoner and sneaked over.
Before the start of the station, she had already led a thousand elite dead soldiers and quietly arrived here.
The mission is to intercept and kill Tanma traveling between Pingyang and Shangyun counties and Yanzhou City along the way.
This is why Xiang Yang of Yanzhou heard the news only after the Yuzhou army had attacked the two cities.
That's why, until now, Xiang Yang still doesn't know the reason for the fall of Yanzhou.
Thinking of this, Xiang Yang talked about his thoughts with the generals, and they all got approval.
So he immediately ordered his soldiers to go to Shangyun County and tell the garrison there that they should insist on one night tonight and one day tomorrow no matter what.
Wait until noon on the second night to evacuate the county town together and meet at Tianli Gorge.
The soldiers received the order and quickly went to Shangyun County to deliver the message.
At this time, Nan Yanxi in Yanzhou City was also making detailed arrangements for the decisive battle in the near future.
The remaining 10,000 soldiers of the original defenders were bombarded by Nan Yanxi, and only less than 8,000 remained.
But Nan Yanxi knew very well that Nangong Ruoxue would not be able to arrive until tomorrow morning at the earliest, and with her current strength, she really did not have the energy to guard them.
So, he discussed a solution with Lu Yingying and other generals.
First, the original guard general and several major generals were brought up and praised.
They are said to be great talents, and I really hope that they can cooperate with me. They will definitely be treated well by high-ranking officials in the future.
This group of people is originally a group of cannon fodder that is not taken seriously, and they are also a group of losers.
Being praised so highly by the enemy leader, I felt a little flattered.
Seeing how ferocious their weapons were, Xiang Yang was no longer his opponent and had long since wanted to submit.
After hearing that the person in front of them was Nan Yanxi, the recently famous Prince of Nanhai, everyone had no idea of resisting.
They nodded happily and expressed their willingness to submit.