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Chapter 296 King Lin had his butt stolen
Lin Jun wants to launch a general attack in one go.

Although the morale of the defenders of Deqing City was greatly boosted by Xu Deng's encouragement, most of the battles were not just about fighting for their lives.

Otherwise, the overlord of Chu would not have killed himself in Wujiang.

Lin Jun's army has 8000 soldiers. Even if some losses were lost during the four-day attack, there are still [-] troops.

The total number of defenders in Deqing City did not exceed ten thousand, and they were all young and strong militiamen recruited temporarily.The military quality is beyond comparison, and the defense of the city relies solely on the dedicated soldiers.

At this moment, facing a strength gap of nearly three times, even if Deqing City was the defender, it instantly became shaky.

"Kill! Kill him!"

"Conquer Deqing City and offer it to King Lin!"

"The king has said that if we capture Deqing City, we will not seal it for three days!"

"..."

The shouts of killing were loud, and Lin Jun's army went crazy.

"Hold it all! Don't retreat!"

Xu Deng's face turned red, he roared angrily and kept swinging his sword to kill the enemy soldiers who were climbing the city.

The entire Deqing offensive and defensive battle has completely returned to the most primitive hand-to-hand combat at this moment.

"Boom boom boom!"

Although there were rumbling artillery fire from time to time outside the city, Lin Jun's artillery, which weighed only a few hundred kilograms, seemed to have lost its effect in the face of the brutal hand-to-hand combat at the top of the city.

At various city gates, crazy enemy soldiers kept climbing up one after another.

Occasionally, some people managed to climb to the top of the city, but before they could gain a firm foothold, they were quickly pushed down again by nearby defenders who heard the news and came to support them.

Only an hour has passed since the war started.

The total casualties of the soldiers on both sides had almost exceeded a thousand, and the casualty ratio was infinitely close to one to one.

This is already very dangerous.

You know, the total number of defenders in Deqing City is no more than [-] people, while the enemy troops outside the city are [-] strong.

With this one-to-one casualty ratio, it was impossible for the defenders to outlast the enemy troops attacking the city.

Moreover, this is an army from the ancient, feudal period. As long as the casualties reach a certain proportion, it will collapse directly.

The reason why Deqing City has not collapsed yet is simply because the defenders are too scattered. They don't even know how many casualties they have suffered.

Sun Xu, the magistrate of Deqing, stood calmly on the tower. He was obviously frightened and turned pale, but he hadn't run away yet.

From time to time, he also ordered his personal followers to wave large banners so that the defenders could see that the Zhizhou master was advancing and retreating with them.

Lin Jun naturally saw it too: "Can you knock down the big banner on the tower?"

The officer of the artillery team looked embarrassed: "Your Majesty, the range of our artillery is too close, and the gunner is also..."

Lin Jun: "..."

To put it bluntly, the artillery is poor, and the gunners are even worse.

There is no way around it. Lin Jun's army has been fighting mountain warfare since its establishment, from Fujian to Guangdong and Guangxi, especially Guangxi.

Not to mention that the artillery is completely useless, but it is still quite powerful.

In addition, Lin Jun did not pay attention to recruiting craftsmen after taking over Guangdong and Guangxi. As a result, his gun-casting workshops could basically only cast light artillery.

Don't even think about the red cannon.

The war is still going on!

……

West River.

All Lin Jun's warships were anchored at the river bank ferry, and only some sailors and soldiers stayed behind.

"General, a large number of boats have been spotted at the ferry ahead!" a lookout quickly reported.

In fact, there was no need for him to report at all. Xu Jin, who was on the deck, had already taken out his telescope.

After just one glance, Xu Jin immediately gave the order: "Charge over at full speed!"

Xu Jin came across the river this time, not to support Deqing City.Even until now, he didn't know that Deqing had spontaneously changed his banner.

The Ming fleet accelerated.

"what is that?"

"It's a boat. Where did it come from?"

The puppet Vietnamese sailors who were arranged to stay behind soon discovered the unknown fleet approaching rapidly on the river.

Then, they just discovered that they had no idea what to do, having never encountered the corresponding situation.

"Boom boom boom!"

Before they could get close, the Ming warships tested their cannons without any warning.

Most of these ships are warships and merchant ships left over from the puppet Vietnam. They can be turned into warships with just a few simple modifications and a few forts.

A volley of artillery shells was fired. Although all of them were empty, it also frightened the puppet Vietnamese soldiers at the ferry port and the berthed warships.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army's artillery took advantage of the enemy's lack of reaction to fire again.

This time, three shells hit the berthed pseudo-Vietnamese warships. One was particularly unlucky, smashing directly through the wooden planks below the waterline.

The river water is pouring back quickly and the boat is going to sink!
The Pseudo-Vietnamese sailors on the ship saw it and had no intention of rescuing him. They immediately jumped off the ship and fled.Not only this ship, but also other warships, regardless of whether they were hit or not, all the puppet Vietnamese sailors on board jumped off the ship and ran away.

"Run!"

Even the soldiers who stayed on the ferry shore fled in droves.

The Ming army obtained an entire river fleet without any effort.

Lin Jun, who was directing the siege operations on the front line, didn't know at this time that his escape route had been blocked.

The main force of the Ming army quickly landed not far from the ferry.

"What? The puppet Vietnamese army is attacking Deqing City?" Xu Jin looked surprised.

The scout cavalry who acted as a scout quickly reported back: "Not only that, looking from a distance, the puppet Vietnamese army attacking the city is not only well-armed, but also has at least tens of thousands of troops."

Is Lin Jun crazy?
He actually dispatched an army of tens of thousands of soldiers to attack his own city.

Xu Jin was stunned at first, but soon he realized that this was a great opportunity!
Regardless of whether Lin Jun himself is present in this army of tens of thousands of soldiers, if all the puppet Vietnamese troops can be eaten, it will at least make Lin Jun, who has now lost Guangdong, severely injured.

……

Deqing City.

Although Xu Deng, the general, took the lead, Sun Xu, the prefect, personally sat on the tower to boost morale.

However, in the face of the fierce offensive of [-] enemy troops, Deqing City's city defense was already at the end of its strength, and the defenders' losses were close to [-]%.

If these young and strong defenders had not all dispersed and had no way to retreat, they would have been defeated long ago.

No matter how much you do it for your wife, children, and children, there is still great terror between life and death.

Just when Lin Jun was about to go all out to capture the small city that had held him back for five days, and also let the soldiers wash the city and make a fortune, so as to relieve the pressure.

Suddenly, a strange sound came from the rear military formation.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is in trouble... The Ming army was found in the rear of our army. Their number... their number is at least tens of thousands."

"What!" Lin Jun was shocked and was about to ask in detail.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army's explosive shells and shotguns poured firepower mercilessly towards the puppet Vietnamese army formation.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

There were explosions one after another, accompanied by large stone bullets flying down.

"Ah! My hand!"

"I have broken my leg!"

"Help……"

The puppet Vietnamese army, which was concentrating its forces to attack the city, was unprepared and was completely stunned.

As for the artillery of the puppet Vietnamese army, they were all pulled out immediately by Xu Jin's gun emplacement.

The gunners who were lucky enough to survive didn't dare to worry about the artillery anymore, so they all just ran away.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army's explosive shells and shotguns continued to fire.

The entire puppet Vietnamese army formation was completely out of touch. First, the rear army that was attacked by Xu Jin fell into chaos, and then the chaos gradually spread to the Chinese army.

The former troops who were attacking the city did not even realize that something had happened to their own military formation.

"Form up! Quickly form a formation to meet the enemy!" Lin Jun roared, trying to regroup.

But this was completely in vain. The military formation stretching for several miles was not easy to command. The rear army completely collapsed and the central army fell into semi-chaos.

Even if Lin Jun succeeds in gathering troops, he will at most take advantage of the chaos to break out from other directions. It is absolutely impossible to organize his troops to counterattack.

Even with such a large army, even breaking out of the encirclement is a luxury. The Ming army is not blind.

Xu Jin drew out his sword: "Fire gun soldiers, rattan players, sword and shield soldiers, the whole army launches an attack! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"

The situation of this surprise battle has become clear, and the puppet Vietnamese army on the opposite side is gone.

"Kill! The Ming Dynasty is victorious!"

"Da Ming Wansheng!"

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty roared angrily, with the shield soldiers in front, the sword and shield soldiers on the side, and the fire gun soldiers fired directly when they saw that the distance was close.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

While the musketeers were firing, the grenadiers were throwing grenades and hammers everywhere to blast the enemy.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Amidst the explosions one after another, accompanied by the cries and howls of the puppet Vietnamese soldiers.

"Dudududu da da da..."

The Ming army directly charged against the puppet Vietnamese army formation from three sides, and the entire army formation was completely torn into several sections.

Defeat like a mountain!
(End of this chapter)