Kai Fu Han

Chapter 591
"When we arrived at the city, all the officials guarding the city in Ji County had already fled. Not only this city, but also the Tanma sent out to report, Gongcheng County in the northwest, Xinxiang County and Huojia County in the west, and the people in these three counties. All the officials also ran away." The vanguard was the First Infantry Regiment of the Ninth Brigade, and the leader came over to report as soon as Liu Xinqi arrived in Weizhou.

"This is strange. Weizhou is not very close to us. Why are they so afraid of us?" Liu Xinqi was confused.

"I've asked clearly." Xu Zhong walked in from outside the account.

When the war ended and he was stationed there, Xu Zhong immediately entered the city to check intelligence with the listening spies in the city. When he returned now, the results should have been obtained.

"Tell me about it." Liu Xinqi said.

At this time, in addition to Liu Xinqi and the two brigade commanders, the commanders of each regiment were also present in the big tent.

"It was our actions in Anli Army and Huazhou that scared them. Before the arrival of the former army, these officials had all fled to Kaifeng Mansion." Xu Zhong explained to everyone.

It turned out that the Xinghan League's harsh measures to deal with corrupt and evil officials of the Anli Army and Huazhou had spread to the ears of Weizhou officials, making these officials with the same bad deeds feel sad and sympathetic.

You must know that during the previous rule of the Puppet Qi, these officials were all minions of the Puppet Qi government, and they plundered the people very hard.

The government collects one penny in tax, and they can collect up to three pennies.

For the ultimate search, these officials can be said to do all kinds of bad things.In the Anli Army and Huazhou, not one out of ten officials survived.

After the field army regained the Anli Army, they moved south to Guazhou. Weizhou in the west thought that the Xinghan League's army was going to attack Kaifeng Mansion. At that time, they had no place to escape and could still maintain a trace of calmness.When the field army turned a corner at Huazhou and gave up heading south to Kaifeng, instead turning northwest and rushing towards Weizhou, all these officials panicked.

The officials who thought they could not pass the trial of the Xinghan League all packed up their belongings and took their families south to Kaifeng for refuge.Although I don’t know why the Xinghan League didn’t open Feng Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion was indeed spared, so Kaifeng Mansion became a way to survive.

"How many officials are left in Ji County?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Counting the low-level officials, there are only 17 people left. I heard that there are still a few who have not escaped, but they have not come to the Yamen to surrender to us." The head of the forward team replied.

"Simply screen these officials and let them get to work immediately to help our officials familiarize themselves with the situation in Ji County as quickly as possible and master Weizhou as quickly as possible." Liu Xinqi arranged: "Ye family, you arrange for the second regiment to go north. Gongcheng County has been recaptured, and the rest of the army will break out of camp at midnight tomorrow and continue westward without any further delay in Ji County."

The follow-up law and order in Ji County is the responsibility of the garrison behind the army.

Xinxiang was recovered on March [-]th, Huojia was recovered on March [-]th, and Huaizhou was entered on the [-]th.

The journey went very smoothly, just like a marching drill. Even the ruffians in the city were very clever and did not dare to take advantage of the chaos to do evil.

This made Liu Xinqi very happy, which showed that the Xinghan League had spread far and wide.

I don't know how far this kind of intimidation can be maintained, but judging from Weizhou's previous performance, it is still very powerful.

After entering Huaizhou, in Xiuwu County, the easternmost part of Huaizhou, the county magistrate was very tough and the defender generals were quite courageous. Seeing that there were only 2000 people in the vanguard, they directly chose to defend.In the end, both of them died on the top of the city. The city wall under their feet was directly destroyed by artillery fire, and they were buried in the ruins. When they were dug out by the city's civilians, they were completely changed beyond recognition.

After capturing Xiuwu County, the third regiment of the Ninth Brigade was once again separated to attack Wuzhi County in the southwest. The other main forces of the army continued to slowly move westward carrying heavy artillery and supplies.

"Report!"

"Say." The weather in March is already a little hot, and sitting in the carriage is a bit boring. Liu Xinqi is riding a horse at the moment. "The third regiment was blocked in Wuzhi County, and our army is attacking." Communications Corps reported.

……

Wuzhi County is located at the intersection of Qinshui, a tributary of the Yellow River, and the Yellow River. It is surrounded by rivers to the east, south and north, and only the west is land. The geographical location is very advantageous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Third Regiment had no engineering support and could only rely on building a pontoon bridge to cross the river. If someone was causing trouble on the other side, the pontoon bridge would not be built.

The third regiment stood on the north bank of Qinshui River, looking at Wuzhi County on the south bank and was very upset: "This Wuzhi County is really stubborn. If the heavy artillery regiment is here, and a few heavy artillery fires pass by, they can directly hit Wuzhi City on the other side of the river. The door collapsed."

Two previous attempts to directly erect pontoon bridges were destroyed by the defenders on the south bank.

"The Jingyan two-year-style artillery of the Artillery Battalion was set up immediately. Although it is not as powerful as the heavy artillery, it is still enough to bombard the city wall on the other side of the river." The deputy head said.

"After the artillery is set up, let the artillery cover the soldiers first and build the pontoon bridge. Otherwise, even if the gate tower is destroyed, it will be useless and our people will still not be able to cross the river."

"it is good."

In addition to logistics, military personnel and other support personnel, an artillery battalion has three hundred gunners.It controls ten Jingyan [-]nd-year artillery pieces and twenty tiger squatting artillery pieces to provide fire support for the infantry and cavalry fighting in front.

First, the Jingyan II artillery opened fire, and the shells hit directly near the city gate tower. Two of the shells were lucky enough to hit the side of the city gate tower.

The artillery fire directly attracted the attention of all the defenders, and the defenders on the south bank of the Qin River also looked back at the Wuzhi County wall.

Then came the Crouching Tiger Artillery. Twenty artillery shells drew a high arc, crossed the Qin River, and hit the defenders on the other side of the river.

The enemy troops were concentrated by explosive shells and immediately appeared to be in a state of turmoil. The generals were maintaining order and gathering the soldiers. There was no bunker on the empty river bank. These generals could only protect the main defenders from escaping, and were helpless against subsequent shelling.

"Arrange snipers to attack the enemy's commanding generals," the regiment leader ordered, not wanting to use explosive bullets to kill any more.

In the lower reaches of the Qin River, the width of the river exceeds [-] feet. Even if the musket bullets can fly across this distance, they have no power or accuracy.

But the latest sniper rifle is already much more advanced than what Shao Zhen just started to modify.The barrel is four feet long and the overall weight is 25 kilograms. There are four spiral riflings in the barrel, which are tight and meticulous. It can withstand three times the standard propellant charge of ordinary rifles. The special sniper rifle bullets can ensure that the error does not exceed six within 350 steps. centimeters (two centimeters).

The snipers from the regiment were drawn out and lay on the shore to shoot at the enemy generals on the other side. Those generals had never seen such powerful muskets and did not know how to dodge, so most of them were shot.

As soon as the general died, the other soldiers immediately fled towards Wuzhi City.

"On the pontoon!"

Five small canoes were launched into the water. There were six soldiers in each canoe, and they all rowed hard.

(End of this chapter)