As the Song army jumped up the city, the battle became white-hot. At this time, the sound of killing and the explosion of grenades became the main theme, while the sound of guns and cannons became sparse. The power of muskets and cannons was far behind. It was also one of the measures Zhao Bing took to make up for his lack of melee combat power and under the threat of cavalry charge. He intended to kill and damage the enemy through long-range weapons so that he would not lose the disadvantage when the close forces were connected. This arrangement allowed the Song army to be equal in force when facing the enemy, even less than the enemy, and also achieved a series of victories.

However, Luo Datong found that the situation seemed to have changed today. He knew that the firearms equipped with him had the disadvantage of slow firing speed and poor accuracy, and needed to increase the firing density of the firearms to kill the enemy. Now, once the Mongolian and Yuan army approached the city, due to the dead corners of guns and cannons, they could only shoot unless the soldiers approached the squadron or bent down, which not only affected the rate of firing, but also exposed their bodies to the enemy's arrows. The firing angle required by the artillery was larger, which was simply a decoration, which greatly reduced its power.

In addition, as the enemy began to climb the city, the defenders' mission also turned to attacking the enemy in Pancheng, which made the situation even more complicated. The top surface of the city wall was narrow and could not arrange more troops. After the jumping team went up to the city, it further exacerbated the difficulty of placing troops. To deal with the enemy in Pancheng, they could not take into account the reinforcements that the enemy was constantly coming. This formed a vicious cycle. If we want to ensure that the city was not lost, we could only use the main force to block the enemy in Pancheng, and we had no time to take into account the enemy reinforcements. In this way, the more enemy troops were fighting, and they could only give up their advantages and turn to the close-knit fight that they were not good at.

"The commander, the subordinates have ordered the husbands recruited in the city to prepare rolling wood, stones and gold juice. Why would they let them go to the city to help the battle!" Chen Boyuan saw that the enemy had set up more than 20 cloud ladders, and some scattered soldiers used hook ropes to climb poles to climb in the gap. The Mongolian army, like ants, rushed to the city and rushed to the city. He then asked the husbands to go to the city to cooperate in defense.

"There is no need to help the war. County Magistrate Chen can order his husbands to carry the casualties in the city to the city for treatment and transport more grenades to the city to avoid causing chaos!" Luo Datong shook his head and refused.

He knew that his troops were not short of his current strength. He had not used the brigade reserve team. The situation in the defense of the other two regiments was stable and could come to reinforce at any time. The problem was that the city was small and could not be expanded. Too many people in the city would only lead to chaos and increase unnecessary casualties, so he could only use the "fueling tactic" of increasing troops by order. The husband did not conduct strict military training, nor did he have practical experience.

But when thousands of people in the city were fighting for life and death, there was a choking smell of blood. The dead man had a hideous face, incompleteness, his broken limbs and arms were visible, and scarlet blood was sprayed everywhere on the city, stepping on it and sticking to his feet. The wounded man's wound was shocking, gasping in pain, struggling and screaming. The living beast howled like a beast, stabbing the sword and gun into the other party's body, hitting and biting with his fists, teeth, and doing all his might to reach the other party's death. The husbands had never seen such a bloody scene. After going up to the city, they were inevitably frightened by the cruel battle scenes. At that time, they ran around in fear and collided like crazy, and then they would only cause trouble.

As for the use of traditional city-guarding tools such as rolling wood, stone and gold juice, he thought that it was inconvenient to operate and insufficient power compared to firearms. It was just a helpless choice when the ammunition and food were exhausted. However, as a heavy area of ​​supplies, Changshu City had the most lacking weapons and ammunition. Luo Datong also found that the grenade, which was usually regarded as "unheard" in this way played an unexpected role.

The use of grenades is also one of the individual equipment of the Song army, and throwing is also an important training content. In the past, before fully reinstalling firearms, grenadiers were even specially set up, specializing in throwing a wave before the two armies attacked each other to disrupt the enemy's formation and cause casualties to their vanguards. However, after fully reinstalling muskets, the function of grenades began to decline. Often, long-range shooting of artillery and muskets prevented the enemy from entering the range of grenades. They carried five grenades every day and were treated as a burden to the marching.

However, when defending the city, grenades can be fired and injured by injuring the enemy. Often, a grenade can be blown down by a piece, or even collapsed the ladder, which is much faster than a musket and is more powerful than a musket. It has become a weapon for a moment. However, each person is usually only given five, and although he has reserves in the city, he can't help but throw them into the city like he doesn't have money, so he quickly became anxious. Now Chen Boyuan volunteered to join the battle, and Luo Datong couldn't help but dispel his enthusiasm and lost his face, so he sent him the task of transporting wounded and ammunition.

"The commander, the enemy is powerful. If we continue to fight like this, our army's troops will be limited and cannot withstand such consumption. The man led his troops out of the city to raid and counterattack the current enemy's offensive, and then reorganized the defense line?" At this time, Sima Huang Fan, a 5th Brigade, asked for his order.

"No, now you go out of the city to counterattack. Once the enemy takes the opportunity to attack the city, it will trigger a greater crisis!" Luo Datong refused immediately after hearing this. But he also understood that he could not get reinforcements in a short period of time, but he had to ensure that the city was not lost, and the enemy's subsequent troops would arrive one after another. With the current tactic of killing one thousand enemies and destroying eight hundred of them, he would not last long, but he could only use this to fight for a while and survive this level first.

"The commander-in-chief, after the Beiyi leads his troops out of the city, as long as the city gate is closed, the enemy will not have any chance to take advantage of it!" Huang Fan did not give up and said again.

"No, you are committing suicide. I will never allow it!" Luo Datong said decisively. Huang Fan's intention was very clear. He was very clear about the city gate after leading his troops out of the city. That was to cut off his way back. Even if the enemy under the city was driven away, he would soon fall into the enemy's encirclement and would never survive. He would harm the general himself as soon as the war started. He could not accept it anyway, and this tactic could not completely solve the problems he faced.

"The chief of the capital, for the sake of Changshu City and His Majesty's plan, it is not worth mercy to die. Please allow the chief of the capital!" Huang Fayan saw that the enemy's offensive was fierce like a wave, and from time to time, enemy soldiers had crossed the walls and climbed up the city. His side was in a tough battle, and the casualties further increased. He could not help but say with red eyes again.

"No..." Luo Datong almost yelled, and at the same time forced himself to calm down and think about countermeasures.

He had realized that the current crisis was still wrong with himself. According to His Majesty's words, in order to promote the power of firearms, various weapons should be arranged in a staging manner according to the range. The same should be done when defending the city. You should not rely solely on the city walls to defend, but should use terrain to build fortifications outside the city, establish two to three deep defense lines, and prevent the enemy from going straight to the city.

At that time, in order to confuse the enemy, they thought they were unprepared and had no confidence in crossing the river, so they did not set up defenses in the west of the city, nor did they build fortifications. This also led to a thin defense line and no depth. Once the enemy broke through the fire blockade line regardless of casualties, they could enter the fire dead corner and headed straight to the city. This also made them have sharp weapons but could not use them, and they could only give up their strengths in close combat with the enemy.

If the enemy arrived last night, he would have mobilized the military and civilians in the city to repair fortifications outside the west city overnight, he would not have fallen into such a dilemma. But he was still too confident, believing that the power of the firearm was enough to be defeated or scared when the enemy approached the city. As the main general, Luo Datong should of course be responsible for this, but he also understood that regret and self-blame would be useless. It is the right thing to try to remedy it now.

"Huang Sima, have you seen the mountain a hundred steps outside the gate of the town?" Luo Datong looked at the enemy soldiers rushing towards the city, saw a small hill outside the Yushan city wall, and pondered for a moment.

"Master, my subordinates saw it!" Huang Fan quickly found the target in the direction he pointed.

"Now the enemy is feinting the attack on the mountain gate of the town, and the progress is slow. I think I can take the opportunity to send an elite soldier to escort the mortar team to occupy the mountain, establish an artillery position, and support the battle in the west of the city!" Luo Datong did not speak long-windedly and said bluntly what he thought.

"The mastermind is feasible. The mountain is located in front, and the range of the mortar can cover the space outside the west gate without dead corners, which can solve the current difficulties!" Huang Fan also lit up when he heard this, but he said sadly again in a flash, "Director, the mastermind, if the mountain is isolated outside the city, once the enemy cuts off the access to the city, it will be difficult to last if it loses support, and even faces the danger of being encircled and annihilated!"

"Well!" Luo Datong's face was stunned when he heard this. He knew that what he said was true, but after looking at it for a moment, "As for this, we simply occupied all the hills around the hill to form a solid stronghold, and provided fire support with Weiyuan artillery on the city to strike the besieged enemy troops and protect the access to the city."

"The governor's idea is very wonderful. If he can occupy several surrounding hills and form a solid stronghold, he can not only block the city of Xicheng, but also guard the town gates, and provide support for attacking the surrounding mountain walls to the limit. He can also establish an outer defense line based on this. This is a matter of shooting three birds with one stone. Beizhi originally led an army out of the city to establish a cannon position!" Huang Fan said excitedly.

"Okay, Huang Sima led the mortar team and the brigade artillery regiment and the battalion of the brigade artillery regiment, and strengthened the one and the Benlei Gun team out of the city. In this way, Changshu safety was given to Sima!" Luo Datong did not refuse his request this time and nodded in agreement.

"Yes, a humble position will fulfill his mission!" After Huang Fan stood attentively and saluted, he immediately went down to the city with the token to dispatch troops and prepare to leave the city.
Chapter completed!