Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 40

When Tang Ning brought Yang Chengde and the others to the playground, the soldiers from the three companies had already lined up, neat and orderly, with stern faces.

Every soldier is fully armed, with a long gun, a sharp knife on the gun, a luggage on his back, and a satchel on his waist.

There are several kinds of objects hanging on the chest, which are bulging.

They have uniform clothing and hats. At first glance, the color seems to blend in with the surrounding environment.

They didn't say a word, they stood motionless, as if the huge playground seemed to be deserted, only the sound of the wind.

Seeing this, Yang Chengde and the others looked at each other, unable to hide the shock on their faces.

Song Yuankui took a step forward and said loudly: "Report, the entire team is complete, there should be 120 people, and there are actually 120 people. Complete."

Tangning snorted, "Got it. Erlian."

Song Yunshu took a step forward, and also said loudly: "Report, the second company's entire team is complete. There should be 120 seven people, and there are actually 120 seven people. Complete."

"Received. Three times."

Song Yunwan put away her usual liveliness, stepped forward with a serious face, and said loudly: "Report, the whole team of the third company is complete. It should be 120 four people, and it is 120 four people. Complete."

"receive."

Yang Chengde and the others standing aside, seeing this scene, did not even dare to vent their anger.

Tangning stood on the high platform, looked at the hundreds of recruits below who had been training for two months, and said in a loud voice, "Brothers, today is our first real expedition."

"Sweat more in normal times and bleed less in wartime. During this period of time, everyone has been training very hard, but I hope our hard work is worth it."

"We have the best training methods and the best weapons. Starting today is the time to test the results."

"Sweep all the enemies that block our progress, do you have the confidence?"

In the last sentence, Tangning's voice also raised a few degrees, and the voice in response to Tangning was naturally very loud: "Yes!"

"Are you confident?"

"Have!"

"Are you confident?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" The majestic voice resounded all over the world, straight towards Yunxiao, and the three of Yang Chengde, who were not far away, were trembling. Only then did they know that when they came last time, they only had a glimpse of the team's demeanor Twelve out of ten.

"Second company stay behind, first company, third company, follow me to the battle." Tangning immediately gave the order.

"Yes……"

Song Yuankui made a left turn and shouted, "There are all of them."

"To the left……"

"Shua Shua..." There were uniform voices.

"Set off……"

The first company lined up in two teams started to move quickly, and then the third company, led by Song Yunwan, immediately followed.

On both sides of the downhill pass, the elderly and women quickly stuffed the prepared dry food and water bottles into the hands of the passing soldiers. The soldiers who took the things silently hurried past. The whole process was smooth and orderly.

Tangning turned around to look at Yang Chengde and the others, and said, "Guys, please."

Several people looked a little uncomfortable, and Yang Chengde said respectfully: "General Tang, please."

Immediately, several people quickly followed the team.

In Chenghai County, the mottled city walls are full of traces of battles, and the endless gunpowder smoke is like a cloud above the head, dull and depressing.

The tired soldier leaned against the city wall with a blank expression.The howls and groans of the wounded made people more and more restless.

Liu Gong, the county magistrate, went around and asked about some casualties and the deployment of defenses, and sighed in his heart.

Some stumbled to the top of the city tower, and he looked at the formation of banners and flags a few miles away, with a worried expression.

In the past two days, he has led the crowd to resist more than ten attacks of the bandit army. Although he tried his best to keep the city gate intact, his own casualties were not small.

At present, there are less than [-] soldiers who can still fight, and there are very few defense supplies such as arrows, ammunition, kerosene, etc. Chenghai County is already in danger.

It's not that Liu Zhixian didn't think about asking the surrounding counties or prefectures for reinforcements, it's just that he knew that Chenghai County was not the only one that was in danger because the bandit army was so large that they divided up their troops to attack everywhere.

Even if there were reinforcements, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to send them out lightly, otherwise, the losses outweighed the gains if they encountered a large number of bandits in the field.

In desperation, Liu Zhixian thought of the new army on Honglian Mountain. If it weren't for the sudden rebellion of the bandit army, under pressure, Liu Zhixian might have to cause some trouble for the new army because of the nursery rhyme incident.

As for asking for help from the new army, which is bewitching the crowd, Liu Zhixian can't care about whether there will be any tricks.

If the city is not protected, everything is empty talk.

Now, Liu Zhixian could only keep praying that Yang Chengde and the others could reach Honglian Mountain smoothly, and that they could persuade Tangning to send troops to help.

While thinking about it, the black array in the distance began to slowly move towards the direction of Chenghai County. The enemy army has been fully assembled and is about to attack again.

"The enemy army is coming, cheer up and return to their posts..." the commanding officer roared.

The exhausted soldiers regained some vitality, stood up silently, and then walked to the edge of the battle wall, waiting sternly.

"Kill..." After getting closer, the thieves immediately speeded up, first using a self-made trebuchet, projecting incendiary bombs and gunpowder packets towards the city wall, and then carrying a simple ladder to attack.

The defenders first bombarded with a small number of more than a dozen Franco cannons.

After the enemy army got closer, the Francophone was lifted up, and the muzzle continued to bombard.

Or shoot with bows and arrows and blunderbusses, and the enemy counterattacks in the same way. From time to time, soldiers on both sides screamed and fell down.

All of a sudden, the rumble of cannons, the squealing of bows and arrows, and the bangs of blunderbusses mixed with each other, filling the air with gunpowder smoke.

Finally, the first ladder broke through the barrier and was carried under the city wall by a group of bandit soldiers.

There is a hook at the front end of the ladder. After the ladder is mounted on the city wall, the hook on the top can hook the city wall, which can effectively protect the head of the ladder from being rejected and destroyed by the defenders.

There is also a type with wheels at the front end, which is mainly convenient to ride on the city wall, because the wheels can quickly roll to the top of the city wall because the wheels are against the wall, which is convenient and saves a lot of effort.

Both have their strengths and weaknesses, so the thieves use them in combination.

After successfully climbing the ladder on the city wall, bandit soldiers immediately climbed up violently, and then were shot down by the soldiers defending the city, or stabbed down by spears.

There were also city guards who were hit by flying arrows and fell to the ground as soon as they poked their heads out to shoot.

For a while, both sides came and went, shouting and killing loudly.

"My lord, it's too dangerous to be on the tower, you should get down quickly." The guard officer rushed to Liu Zhixian's side and shouted anxiously.

Liu Zhixian glanced into the distance again, but didn't see what he wanted to see, so he sighed and had to move into the city under the cover of a few soldiers.

It's just that Liu Zhixian didn't know that at this moment, Tangning was watching with a telescope in a low grass field about six miles away from the city gate.

What he observed was not the direction of the city wall, but the temporary camp of the bandit army outside the city, and wanted to choose a more favorable entry point.

Yang Chengde and the others were so anxious that they didn't even understand Tangning's intentions. Judging from Tangning's current actions, it seemed that they were going to directly attack the enemy's main camp.

But the new army only mobilized more than [-] people, while the enemy's base camp probably has almost [-] people, which is nearly ten times that of our own side. It's a huge disparity.

From Yang Chengde's point of view, it is reasonable to detour to the south city gate, enter the city to cooperate with the defenders, take advantage of the geographical advantage, and then rely on the superior weapons of the new army to maximize the effect.

(End of this chapter)