Kai Fu Han

Chapter 384 Fighting Huacheng Again 3
"Shall I go?" Liu Xinyuan replied tentatively.

"I'd better go!" Jiao Rui gave a positive statement.

"Then you go." Liu Xinyuan said angrily, knowing that although Jiao Rui was asking for instructions, he would definitely not agree to the danger of an army commander.

Yu Jin looked at the two people, a little speechless.

If I didn't know that these two people have a good relationship, just looking at this conversation, I would have thought that the two of them were not dealing with each other.

At midnight, Jiao Rui jumped directly from the north wall of Huacheng with the soldiers of the special regiment.Liu Xinyuan began to arrange rope ladders outside the city wall. When these soldiers came back, they could climb up the city wall along the rope ladders.

Because Huacheng has no moat, soldiers can jump directly from the city wall to the outside.If there is a moat, you can only go out through the gate, and you may be discovered by the Jin Kingdom's sentinels, who may alert the snake.

The night attack that night ultimately did not cause too serious casualties and chaos to the Jin army.

The Jin Kingdom and the Xinghan League have been enemies for more than a year, and they have learned a lot about the Xinghan League's combat methods and advantages. The powerful Jin Kingdom, which is in the stage of emerging talents, has the ability to successfully avoid repeated night attacks by the enemy. .

Jiao Rui and the soldiers of the special operations battalion were discovered before they even got close to the Jin Army's camp. The hidden sentry relayed the enemy attack signal to the rear camp. The Jin Army who were on duty outside the camp and were on standby at night responded immediately.

By the time Jiao Rui's special operations battalion arrived in front of the main camp, these Jin soldiers had already stood up, holding weapons in their hands, and were arranging in formation.

A wave of strengthened crossbows (the arms of the crossbows were strengthened so that only warriors had the strength to load arrows, but could not fire in rapid succession) were fired towards the camp, killing more than 100 people in an instant.

However, the Jin army from other places was already encircling this side and continued to fire five waves of crossbows. The reinforced crossbow, which was as powerful as a small bed crossbow, caused huge damage to the Jin army that let go.

"Retreat!" Jiao Rui ordered loudly.

The soldiers of the special battalion began to retreat in an orderly manner. Some of them fired at the Jin troops who were surrounding them on both sides to prevent them from encircling them. Some of them fired at the Jin troops who were pursuing them from the direction of the main camp.

After retreating for a certain distance, the Jin army's willingness to pursue decreased. The soldiers of the special battalion turned around and evacuated at a faster speed. They quickly climbed up the city wall along the rope ladder on the outside of the city wall and returned to the city to rest.

"Is anyone injured?" Liu Xinyuan asked.

"Yes, but we still can't achieve zero casualties. The enemy's arrows are too dense. If it weren't for a full set of airtight armor, it probably wouldn't be the result of more than a dozen minor injuries." Jiao Rui felt a little pity.

"Swords have no eyes, and stray arrows are difficult to guard against. This is inevitable." Liu Xinyuan nodded after hearing this.

"They killed and injured nearly a thousand people in one raid. I think the current commander-in-chief of the Jin Army must have a headache. I can't even think of a proper way to deal with our continuous flesh-cutting attacks." Jiao Rui put away his regretful expression. , said proudly.

Liu Xinyuan pursed his lips and stared at Jiao Rui without answering. This pride should have been his.

"This feeling of being in complete control of the battlefield is really comfortable." Jiao Rui felt very comfortable.

The next day, September [-]th.

The Jin army did not organize an attack on the city. I don't know whether it was because they needed to rest after traveling a long distance, or they were shocked by the power of the night attack last night. More than 7 people traveled [-] miles to come here, and they certainly couldn't withdraw without fighting. The generals of the Jin Army were also embarrassed, like a duck that was caught in a fight, and they were at a loss.

Throughout the day, the special operations battalion was dispatched several more times, and each time it was able to obtain three to four hundred combat merits.

The advantage of taking the initiative is very obvious. The special operations battalion on the active side can choose its own time to go into action or rest and recharge, while the Jin Army must be defensively prepared at all times to deal with surprise attacks.

On the evening of the [-]th, the special operations battalion went directly to the side of the Jin Army's camp, avoiding the main defensive position on the front, and finally broke into the Jin Army's camp. Not only did it cause a large number of casualties to the Jin Army, it also burned many tents and almost Causes camp roar.

On September [-]th, the Jin army knew that they could not continue to be "boiled frogs in warm water" like this. After Chen hour, they directly began to form formations to attack the city.

Liu Xinyuan led his troops out of the city to fight.

The two armies launched an attack and defense in front of the north gate of Huacheng.

The Fourth Field Regiment has a small number of people, but relying on the defense of the city wall behind it, there is no need to worry about being besieged from all sides, and it only needs to concentrate on dealing with the enemies on one side.

The Jin army has a large number of people, but the battlefield is so large, and the number of troops that can be invested at the same time is limited.Just like there is a lot of water in a swimming pool, but the drain outlet is only so small, the final drainage speed depends on the drain outlet size and water pressure.

Therefore, on local battlefields, there was not a big difference in the number of soldiers between the enemy and ourselves. Instead, because the Xinghan Alliance was well-trained, well-equipped, and had rifled flintlock muskets, it kept suppressing the Jin Army, so the Jin Army could only keep adding fuel.

At noon, the Jin army, which had been unable to attack the north gate of Huacheng for a long time, called for gold and retreated. The fourth field regiment also withdrew into the city to rest.

"35 people died today and more than 400 were injured." The merit examiner reported back to Liu Xinyuan.

"What are the casualties of the Jin army?"

The examiner opened the small book in his hand:

"Judging from the number of corpses outside the city, more than 4000 people were killed by the Jin Army, and the number of injured should be about three times the number of deaths."

When the enemy is shot with muskets, the mortality rate will be relatively high. Unlike cold weapon combat, the injury/death ratio will be more than ten times. Although the injured may not survive in the end, the number of wounded soldiers who die immediately on the battlefield is still a minority.

"Next time the enemy comes to attack, should our Xinghan League soldiers go out to fight in the city? Why not let the rebels go out." Jiao Rui couldn't bear it when he heard that 35 people of his own side had died.Although he has been insisting on implementing the alliance leader's military training ideas, he still can't bear to face the death of his comrades, thinking of ending the war quickly or letting the rebels take the lead.

"The rebels are now considered our own. If we let them fight in the field, the casualties will be dozens or even hundreds of times that of ours. With such heavy casualties, it is better to let them stay on the city wall and rely on the city wall for defense. If I let them leave the city' Yu Jin may not say anything if I die, but the alliance leader will not spare me." Liu Xinyuan replied.

"I will take the special operations battalion out of the city to harass them again later, so that the Jin army will not be able to live in peace." After Jiao Rui said that, he left the city gate tower and went into the city to prepare for the raid.

Half an hour later, the special operations battalion appeared outside the city again, bypassing the Jin Army's logistics units who were collecting corpses and wounded soldiers on the battlefield, and directly broke into the unprepared Jin Army camp. The Jin Army was caught off guard. Just now The soldiers who had withdrawn from the battlefield could not organize themselves for a while, causing the special operations battalion to cause a large number of casualties.

Before the main force of the Jin Army encircled them again, Jiao Rui led the special operations battalion to retreat calmly again. The logistics troops of the Jin Army did not dare to block the retreat, and even opened a passage connecting the Jin Army's camp and Huacheng.

(End of this chapter)