Xie Ming

Chapter 218 Dongguan is on the verge of collapse!
In front of the east gate of Mancheng, Wu Guogui was killed in battle and all his troops were wiped out.

During the intervals in the siege, Li Huchen limped on the city wall and directed the soldiers to rest.

"Eternal life?!"

"Zhou Changsheng?!"

"Damn, where did this kid go? Changsheng?!" Hu Chen shouted.

"Captain!"

"Here! I'm here!" Zhou Changsheng moved out from among the crowd not far away, raised his hand and walked quickly towards Hu Chen.

"Come on, come on!"

"Changsheng! You go!"

"Find some men, take the seriously injured soldiers, and rush to the west of the city to resettle them!"

"We'll evacuate from there later so we can be together."

"Oh, there's more."

"The pressure in Xiguan is relatively low. When you go there, transfer some people over to me."

"Well, just leave 200 men to guard the pass, and transfer 300 soldiers to reinforce the defense of the East Gate!" Hu Chen issued the order.

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Changsheng clasped his fists, accepted the order, turned around and went to do his job.

After Changsheng left, Huchen also turned his head and shouted again.

"Xiao Quanzi?!"

"All the people?!"

"It was just behind me, how come it disappeared in the blink of an eye?!" Hu Chen complained.

"Captain! Here, Xiao Quanzi is here!"

As they were talking, a little soldier, about fourteen or fifteen years old, short in stature and looking quite childish, grinned and squeezed out from the crowd.

This man's full name was Hong Quan, and he was a close relative of Li Huchen.

"Xiao Quanzi, what's up?!"

"Has the total number of casualties of the entire army been revealed?"

During the intervals between enemy attacks, Hu Chen was anxious to learn the details of his unit's casualties.

"Oh! Back to the commander! The commander is coming out!"

"Up to now, our troops in the East Pass, which originally had more than a thousand soldiers guarding it, have lost 580 men in battle and 50 seriously injured, a total of 630 casualties!"

"There are about 370 soldiers left who are still able to fight!" Xiao Quanzi answered seriously.

Seeing such a large number of casualties, Li Huchen looked thoughtful and sighed, obviously feeling very distressed.

"Ugh!"

"By the way, Quanzi, what about the South Gate and the North Gate? How are they?!" Hu Chen asked.

"Oh, Captain!"

"Just before these two checkpoints, soldiers came running to pass on the message."

"Seventy-five soldiers were killed at the South Gate, and eighty-two at the North Gate!"

Hearing this, Hu Chen nodded in thought.

"Hey! In this battle, up to now, we have lost nearly 800 men!"

"I feel so bad! I really feel so bad!"

"I just got a full battalion of rationed soldiers, and I haven't even started to use them yet!"

"Once the fight starts, they go back to their old ways!" Hu Chen sighed.

"Captain!"

"Don't be too worried! Although our troops have been lost, we have achieved great results!" Xiao Quanzi blinked his eyes and comforted him.

"Look at the corpse outside the city!"

"We have fought from last night till now. I roughly counted all the enemies we have killed, and I estimate that we have killed at least 3,000 enemies!"

"It's not a loss!"

"We will definitely not lose out!" Xiao Quanzi carefully counted the number of people.

"Haha! Yes! You are right, kid!"

"Of course we're not at a loss. Well, that's good enough!" Hu Chen responded with a wry smile.

"Quanzi, it's going to get dark soon!"

"The enemy's troops may catch up with the sun and attack again!"

"Go, while the guns have stopped, take a few strong men and clear out all the corpses on the Dongguan City!"

"Enemy, throw him over the wall!"

"We should also try to place all of our brothers' belongings on the reverse slope of the path!"

"Alas, each of us is born by our parents and raised by them!"

"Who wouldn't feel sorry for their son or husband?"

"Go quickly! Lift and move those who can be lifted!" "Because the guns and cannons will start to blow up, not even a complete body will be left!"

Hu Chen, a rough man, could not hide his grief and sorrow at this moment.

"Well, yes!"

"I'll find someone to do it right away!"

Although Xiao Quanzi is small, he looks like someone who can handle practical matters and is surprisingly capable.

His words were clear and fluent, and he bowed without any ambiguity, then turned around and went off to complete his errand.

After receiving the orders, Hu Chen was really exhausted, so after he finished speaking, he stroked his injured leg, found a place under the wall, and sat down.

Then he pulled out a wine jug from his waist, screwed the lid on, and twang twang twang!
He gulped down several big mouthfuls in one breath!

On the seventh day, at 18:45 p.m.!

The battle continues at the East Gate of the entire city!
Meanwhile, Zhou Changsheng had already led a team of 300 men from West Gate to rush over to support and strengthen the East Gate soldiers to join in the battle!

It’s approaching the hour of Xu!

Suddenly, the tiger-crouching cannons outside the city fired a series of fierce attacks!
At a weak point in the city wall in the southern section of the East Gate of Mancheng, a big hole was blasted out by artillery fire!

The gap collapsed, revealing a gap large enough for two carriages and horses to enter the city side by side!

Seeing this, Zhou Changsheng, the governor of the southern section, was horrified! He hurried north to report to Hu Chen.

"Captain! It's not good, it's not good!"

"The southern section of the city wall! The southern section of the city wall was so loud that the enemy's tiger-crouching artillery fired a big hole!"

"I can't hold it anymore!"

Changsheng was sweating profusely, his body was covered in blood, and he was panting as he reported. It seemed that he was anxious and irritated.

But at this moment, Hu Chen didn't even wait for anything to say in return.

suddenly!

Boom boom boom!
After a few more hits, the East Gate of Dongguan was also destroyed by artillery fire!
As the door panels shattered, the earth, stones and bricks that Hu Chen had piled behind the door in the morning to prevent the enemy from concentrating their forces to attack the city also collapsed!
The enemy's artillery fire was unstoppable, and even the earth and rocks could not stop it!
The city’s overall defense has reached the critical point of collapse!

Immediately, two gaps appeared, and the defenses of the city’s east gate were on the verge of collapse!
At the same time there!

Outside Dongguan City!

In the rear formation of Wu Sangui's troops, Hu Xinshui observed the formation and, seeing that the chance of victory had emerged, he hurriedly prepared to advance with his entire army!

"Commander!"

"Look, Marshal!"

"It's blasted open! We've finally opened two big gaps in the city's east gate!"

"Marshal! Give the order!"

"I'll lead the cavalry in!"

"This tiny town has decimated so many of our soldiers!"

"I can't wait to get started!"

"Opportunities are rare and will never come again!" Hu Xinshui said angrily, and bowed to challenge for a fight.

Upon hearing this, Wu Sangui remained cautious and prudent. He paused and spoke slowly, not rushing to speak.

"Oh! Marshal!"

"Don't wait any longer!"

"In order to break into this broken city, even if Wu Guogui sacrifices all 2,000 soldiers of our Guanning Army!"

"My left camp has also lost seven or eight hundred men!"

"It's not a good idea for us to keep wasting time like this!"

"If the city wasn't full of food and grass, why would we come here?"

"Now, the defense of the East Gate is about to collapse. We can't wait any longer!"

"If we give these soldiers and bandits some time to relax, they will cause trouble again!"

"The Guanning Army under the command of the Marshal is good at cavalry, why don't we charge into the city immediately!"

"I hope the Marshal will give the order!"

"Once our cavalry goes out, the whole city can be conquered in an instant!" Hu Xinshui was eager to fight and did not want to miss the opportunity and increase casualties.

Seeing the situation, Wu Sangui could not see what was wrong with this move, so he took a deep breath and decided not to delay any longer.

"Okay! Okay!"

"Hu Xinshui, listen to my orders!" Wu Sangui gave the order.

"I am here!" Hu Xinshui mounted his horse and clasped his fists in response.

"You must take one thousand soldiers from our army and charge into the city immediately to wipe out the remaining enemies!"

"Taiyi (Hu Xinshui), remember! Be careful of the enemy who will destroy you and set fire to your food!"

"I will lead the central army and provide support outside the city!" Wu Sangui was a shrewd man, but still refused to take the risk himself.

Hearing this, Hu Xinshui was also worried that he would not be here again, so he immediately accepted the order in a loud voice.

It is said that speed is of the essence in war and there is no time to waste, so his attendants called on the troops and were eager to lead them to break through the pass!
(End of this chapter)