When Xue Lin heard this call, all the hairs on his body stood up. He immediately drew his gun in his hand and hurriedly led his troops to rush to the south of the city. Fortunately, the circuit of the county town was only 6 miles long. He ran to the city gate in one breath and saw only the city.
The door was safe, but the city wall a hundred meters away on the east side had been blown down and collapsed. A group of gray-clad bandits were pouring in through the gap in the light of the fire, and the nearby blocking regiments were about to be unable to withstand it.
"Brothers, come on!"
Xue Lin shouted and jumped off the horse, pulled out the two box cannons from his waist, fired left and right at the bandits, and knocked down more than a dozen bandits who rushed into the city. The group members following him saw the group leader
So powerful, his morale immediately increased and he attacked the bandits fiercely.
The bandits encountered a fierce attack by the fresh force led by Xue Lin. They could not stand near the gap in the city wall and retreated steadily. Just when they were about to drive the bandits out of the city, suddenly a series of flashes of light erupted from the gap in the city wall, followed by machine gun fire.
There was a loud roar. It turned out that the bandits had set up two water-cooled Maxim heavy machine guns at the gap at some point. The roaring bullets from the machine guns poured down on the attacking defenders. The defenders were caught off guard and suffered a severe head-on attack. They immediately retreated with heavy casualties.
, taking this opportunity, the bandits quickly launched a counterattack, with hundreds of bandits pouring in, forcing the defenders to retreat into the city.
"You can't retreat, hold on!"
Xue Lin became furious and shot and killed two regiment members who retreated. He knew that once he retreated, he would give up the city gate to the bandits. Once the city gate was lost, Yongcheng would fall without any suspense. This was
He never wanted to see this, so he had to grit his teeth and lead a counterattack. However, he had very few troops in his hands, and the counterattack was like a drop in the bucket. He was beaten back by the bandits.
Seeing that the city gate was about to fall into the hands of the bandits, Xue Lin was completely desperate to defend the city. He suddenly lost all will to fight. All he wanted in his mind was to take his family and break out of the city. Just when he was about to give the order to abandon the defense and retreat.
, a fierce killing cry suddenly sounded from the rear. He looked back in shock and saw hundreds of people running towards here holding torches. At the front was a group of sturdy cavalry. This group of sudden appearance
It is difficult to distinguish friends from enemies, which makes him confused and confused.
Seeing this situation, the regiment members were even more panicked. The bandits had a slight reaction when they saw the momentum here. They obviously slowed down their attack and turned to capture nearby favorable terrain and adopted a defensive posture. Unfortunately, Xue Lin was worried at this time.
It was so chaotic that it was impossible to see the situation on the battlefield.
At this moment, the cavalry appeared from behind and rushed forward. Xue Lin saw the people on the horse clearly, and his worry suddenly turned to joy, and he shouted: "It's Mr. Xu, brothers and reinforcements have arrived."
It turned out that the group that came was led by Xu Wangtang. With the addition of this new force, the defenders launched a counterattack again and fought fiercely with the bandits in the streets. To Xue Lin's surprise, the team led by Xu Wangtang fought very hard.
The weapons were also sophisticated. Not only were they equipped with long and short guns, they also had a large number of light machine guns. Their firepower kept the bandits under control, and they immediately gained the upper hand.
At this time, the regiment members from other city gates also arrived. All the teams joined forces and beat the bandits back steadily. Just as they were driving the bandits to the city, the bandits' heavy machine guns showed their power again, which was a killing move.
The heavy machine gun of the weapon hit the defenders from a high position, unable to raise their heads. The bandits took advantage of this gap to regain a foothold.
"Captain, the bandits have machine guns. Brothers can't charge forward."
Under the wild sweep of heavy machine guns, the defenders left behind a pile of corpses and retreated in panic. Xue Lin wiped the blood on his face and said fiercely: "You have to rush forward even if you can't rush forward."
The regiment bravely attacked again, but was pushed back again, suffering heavy casualties.
"Oh shit."
Xue Lin cursed as he looked at the machine gun that kept spitting out flames. Faced with the weapon gap, he was helpless and could only watch the bandits stand still at the city gate.
"Pull my cannon over here!"
Suddenly, a heroic and majestic voice came to his ears. Xue Lin looked back and saw Xu Wangtang standing majestically beside him, giving instructions to his men.
"Mr. Xu, thank you for coming in time, otherwise this city would have been lost." Xue Lin politely thanked Xu Wangtang.
Xu Wangtang waved his hand and said: "You're welcome. I'm also from Yongxian County. I can't watch my hometown being ruined by bandits. Commander Xue, how many troops do you have under your command?"
Xue Lin glanced around and roughly estimated: "There are only more than two hundred people left."
Xu Wangtang said: "I have more than 300 people under my command, and more than 500 of us are enough to defend the city."
Xue Lin nodded and asked doubtfully: "Mr. Xu, you just mentioned pushing the cannon. Do we have any cannon?"
Xu Wangtang laughed, pretending to be profound and said: "You will know later."
The battle was still fierce below the city. After more than ten minutes, there was a loud noise from behind. The defenders stepped aside and saw a dozen strong men pushing a dark cannon over. Xue Lin was shocked when he saw this.
He looked at Xu Wangtang with fear, thinking that he was hiding such a big killer secretly, maybe he had ulterior motives.
Xu Wangtang seemed to have noticed Xue Lin's gaze and said with a smile: "Captain Xue, you should be very familiar with this cannon."
Xue Lin shook his head firmly and said, "I have never seen it before."
Xu Wangtang laughed loudly and said, "Have you forgotten that you took this cannon off the city wall and gave it to Han Baihang?"
Xue Lin remembered this incident, but seeing that the artillery still looked rusty as before, he simply didn't dare to recognize it.
Xu Wangtang said: "Han Baihang had some tricks. After repairing the artillery, he placed it in the former military camp. I have been very greedy for a long time, but I didn't expect that this would come in handy."
Xue Lin didn't answer and urged the cannon to be pushed down to the front of the position. The cannon operator hurriedly filled the cannonballs and hurriedly aimed at the gap and jerked the gun rope.
"boom!"
The shell whizzed and hit the city wall dozens of meters away from the gap, blowing a big hole in the wall. Xue Lin got angry when he saw this and said angrily: "You f*cking shot there because you were afraid that the city wall was still there.
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The artillery operator became even more nervous. At this time, Xu Wangtang stepped forward and pulled Xue Lin away, saying dissatisfiedly: "Captain Xue, my men are not professional artillerymen. It is good enough to be able to fire the cannon, but we cannot ask for accuracy."
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Xue Lin said helplessly: "But it can't be too different. Don't blow up the city wall first without killing the bandits."
"Don't worry, our city walls in Yongcheng are thick enough. Hitting them with mountain cannons is like scratching an itch." Xu Wangtang said.
At this time, the artillery fired again, and this time the aim was slightly closer. The artillery fire hit the city wall near the gap, and the exploding gravel injured many bandits. The bandits were obviously afraid of the artillery, and the machine gun suddenly stopped, as if in
transfer.
After all, Xue Lin's battle experience was not as good as that of Xu Wangtang, who had served as a patrol camp leader. Xu Wangtang immediately seized the opportunity and loudly ordered the defenders to attack.
Xue Lin was half slow and could only look at Xu Wangtang's high-spirited commander, feeling a little depressed.
Under the cover of mountain cannons, the bandits were too frightened to hold on and fled from the city one after another.
After the bandits withdrew, Xue Lin quickly ordered the defenders to repair the gaps in the city wall and rearrange the defenses.
After this attack and defense, both the defenders and the bandits exhausted their strength. Except for sporadic harassment, the fighting ceased, and the sky was about to get dark. Xue Lin patrolled the city for a week, and just as he was about to go back to rest, he saw a regiment man running up and reporting: "
Leader, Mr. Xu invites you to meet at the Chamber of Commerce."
Xue Lin frowned and said to himself: "What the hell is Xu Wangtang doing? Why do you want me to go to the Chamber of Commerce?"
He thought for a while to no avail, so he led the guards to the Chamber of Commerce. He wanted to see what Xu Wangtang was up to.