Chinese martial arts! Grandmaster

Chapter 168 Our reinforcements have arrived!

At Tanggu Port, the bloody battle became more brutal.

The artillery of the Western Allied Forces destroyed the entire fortification.

but,

What made Hunter feel extremely uncomfortable was that the Western Allied Forces had never captured the Tanggu Port.

With each charge, Western soldiers had already captured the fortifications of the Tanggu Port.

but,

Just after the occupation, before they had time to gain a foothold, the remaining defending soldiers and civilians launched a suicidal counterattack with their flesh and blood, and drove the Western coalition forces out of the Tanggu Port.

Hunter felt heavy in his heart after seeing this scene.

The attack on Tanggu Port has lasted for almost a day.

The previous attack on the two acropolises of Dagukou Fortress took the Western coalition forces a lot of time.

At the same time, the American and Italian coalition forces suffered heavy casualties.

This also resulted in the attack no longer being as fierce as before. Once faced with a counterattack, the coalition forces would quickly retreat in order to reduce casualties.

Therefore,
Hunter had to let the few remaining elite troops of the Austro-Hungarian coalition serve as the core of the attack.

but,

After attacking the Tanggu Port, the Austro-Hungarian forces encountered a fierce counterattack and had to retreat.

There was no way. A sneak attack on Halloween night reduced the number of Austro-Hungarian forces by half, and now there are only more than 600 people in total.

He didn't want the Austro-Hungarian coalition forces to be completely wiped out after this bloody battle.

Therefore, the only option next was to continue using artillery bombardment to weaken the defense of the Tanggu Port as much as possible.

To be honest, the tenacity of the defense of Tanggu Port shocked Hunter.

He had never imagined that so many civilians would fearlessly launch a suicidal counterattack against the fortifications that had been completely destroyed by the Western Allied Forces.

It was almost dark.

If we don't storm and capture the Tanggu Port, the outcome will be unpredictable once night falls.

at this time,

Hunter was thinking in his mind, he didn't know whether Freke had dealt with the Xiongwu Army, and why he hadn't come back for so long?

If Freke comes back, I believe he can take over the Tanggu Port quickly.

Inside the fortifications of Tanggu Port.

Seeing the remnants of the soldiers and civilians once again repelling the Western coalition forces, Xu Wenyang collapsed in a pool of blood.

His shoulders, arms, abdomen and other parts were all injured by the Western musket, and blood kept oozing out.

Fortunately, the bullet from the Western musket did not hit the vital parts and he was not killed on the spot.

But even so, he had lost too much blood and felt dizzy.

All around him were defending soldiers and civilians lying in pools of blood.

Xu Wenyang didn’t know how many people had died, and he didn’t have the mind to think about it at the moment.

The Tanggu Port suffered an unprecedented artillery bombardment, and the two thousand defenders were completely defeated.

In order to stop the Western coalition forces, Xu Wenyang immediately mobilized the entire population near the Tanggu Port.

It is a miracle that the Tanggu Port has been able to hold out until now under such fierce artillery fire from the Western Allied Forces.

Wow——!
Just after repelling a wave of attacks from the Western coalition forces, another group of people rushed to the fortifications.

Cough cough—cough cough—!
Xu Wenyang coughed violently and tried hard to open his sleepy eyes.

at this time,

What he saw was a white-haired old man leading a group of people to the wall of the fortification.

The city walls have been destroyed by artillery fire, and there is almost no place to stay.

Xu Wenyang took deep breaths to keep himself awake.

Next,
When I saw this white-haired old man, leaning on a cane, followed by a group of elderly, weak, women and children.

He couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Ahem -- ahem -- Old Master Zhao, what are you doing?"

Looking at some children less than ten years old and some women in front of him, holding kitchen knives and tongs in their hands, Xu Wenyang gritted his teeth and asked the white-haired old man who was leading the group.

The white-haired old man leaned on his cane and said breathlessly:

"Stop talking! They all wanted to come here on their own—!"

Xu Wenyang wanted to say something, but suddenly, he found that he didn't know what to say.

Boom——!
At this moment, the Western coalition forces launched another attack.

The old, weak and disabled soldier who was lying on the ground, dying, struggled to get up.

They used all their strength to pull the trigger on the 'Eight Oxen Crossbow' and load the arrows.

Simultaneously,

They clenched their swords tightly in their hands——!
Ent, the captain of the Western Allied Forces' stormtroopers, led his men to attack the fortifications of the Tanggu Port.

He couldn't remember how many times he had attacked. Half an hour ago, he led his team to attack and stood on the wall of the fortification.

but,

At that time, he was attacked by a group of remnants of his army in a suicidal counterattack and had to retreat to avoid harm to the Western coalition forces.

After finally retreating several dozen meters, they shot and killed the remaining soldiers with their muskets.

Ente rested for half an hour and led the team to charge up again.

This time, he did not see the injured old and weak soldiers of Daqian.

"Hahaha—everyone, charge and plant the flag!"

Finally occupied the Tanggu Port.

Ent, the captain of the Western Allied Forces Stormtroopers, breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next scene shocked him completely.

I saw a group of people coming madly from not far away, holding kitchen knives, spears and wooden sticks in their hands.

White-haired old men, women, children——!
hiss--!
Ente almost thought his eyes were playing tricks on him and couldn't help but gasp.

The old man rushed up and hugged his legs directly, fearless of death.

The woman swung the kitchen knife and chopped at him.

Bang - bang -!
Without hesitation, Ente shot the old man in the head, and then shot the woman holding the kitchen knife again.

The revolver fired fiercely, but facing the siege of the elderly, the weak, women and children, he had no time to react.

boom--!
At this moment, an iron rod hit his arm hard.

Ent was so shocked that the revolver in his hand fell to the ground.

This was a big and strong woman who had definitely practiced kung fu. The iron rod hit Ente's arm directly and broke it.

To know,
Ente is a Black Iron Knight and his strength is definitely not weak.

But his feet were tied by an old man. Although he shot the old man dead with one shot, the other man's arms were like iron hoops, tightly clamping his legs and making him unable to move.

As his arm was broken by the iron rod, Ent was completely panicked.

Just as fear arose in his heart, he felt a chill in his abdomen.

next moment,
He could clearly feel a warm current flowing out of his abdomen.

Then, he felt completely powerless and couldn't gather any strength.

damn it--!
How could this be?
I, Ent, am a stormtrooper captain of the Italian coalition forces, the Black Iron Knight.

He died at the hands of a group of elderly, weak, women and children, and at the hands of a child.

Ente only felt that his consciousness began to become blurred.

this moment,
He saw that the person who stabbed him was actually a child of twelve or thirteen years old.

The child was like a wild wolf cub. After killing himself with a knife, he rushed towards the other vanguard soldiers again without fear of death.

Bang Bang——!
Then he saw the child, shot dead by the vanguard soldiers, lying in a pool of blood.

call--!
Ente exhaled and slowly closed his eyes.

Wow——!
At this moment, Ent opened his eyes again as if he had a last burst of light.

He heard loud roars coming from all around him, as well as cheers from the old, weak, and sick people around him.

"General! General—the general is finally back!"

Ma Liangkun, assistant commander of the Xiongwu Army, finally rushed back to the Tanggu Port with the remnants of his troops.

Next,
Ente kicked his feet, closed his eyes again, and remained motionless.

Ma Liangkun, the fierce general of the Xiongwu Army, finally broke through Freck's encirclement and escaped from the siege with more than 300 remnants under the cover of artillery fire.

The Tanggu Port was about to be occupied.

However, Ma Liangkun's return was like a shot in the arm, and the defense of Tanggu Port was strengthened again.

"Shet—!"

Hunter saw the remnants of the Xiongwu Army returning through the telescope and cursed angrily.

He had just seen the battle flag planted on the fortifications of Tanggu Port, and the place had been completely breached.

but,

Who could have thought that at the last moment, Ma Liangkun would come back.

Although Ma Liangkun and the more than 300 people he brought back were in a miserable state and seriously injured, Hunter had to order a retreat to avoid injuries to the Western coalition forces.

The fighting power of a trapped person is terrifying.

Therefore, no one from the Western Allied Forces must be allowed to take risks at this time.

"Stop the attack! Retreat--!"

Hunter gave the order decisively.

The Western coalition forces, which were preparing to charge forward in one go, had to retreat after seeing the remnants of the Xiongwu Army returning.

at this time,

Everyone's heart was filled with resentment.

But everyone understood that if they did not retreat at this time, even if they could occupy the Tanggu Port, the casualties of the Western Allied Forces would be very heavy.

Damn it—just a few minutes!

If the remnants of the Xiongwu Army had returned a few minutes later, the entire Tanggu Port would have been completely captured.

Hunter looked at the Tanggu Port fortifications in the distance through a monocular telescope, his heart burning with anger.

but
He quickly wondered in his mind, how much combat effectiveness was left in the remnant soldiers that Ma Liangkun brought back?
At this time, there were no more muskets, bullets, or crossbows in the Tanggu Port, and even the catapults had been blown down.

Unfortunately, the Western Allied Forces had run out of artillery shells.

Otherwise, if they continue to bombard with artillery shells, the Tanggu Port will definitely be completely flattened.

Ten minutes later.

Hunter had assembled his troops and was ready to launch another powerful attack.

The few hundred remnant soldiers that Ma Liangkun brought back would definitely not be able to withstand this attack.

but,

Just as he was about to order the final attack.

I saw a large group of people coming from a distance.

Freck's French coalition!
In stark contrast to Maliangkun's miserable escape, Freck's French coalition suffered very little loss.

When Hunter saw Frett, a smile appeared on his face.

Hunter breathed a sigh of relief, especially when he saw the Krupp infantry guns and boxes of artillery shells of the French coalition.

With these shells, I believe we can successfully capture the Tanggu Port.

but,

Hunter soon discovered that Freke's face was unusually serious, even a little panicked.

what's the situation?
Freck was known as the most powerful general of the French coalition. How could he become so cautious?
What Hunter didn't know was that the French coalition forces encountered trouble when they besieged Ma Liangkun's Xiongwu Army.

The commandos under Freck's command discovered from a high ground that a group of reinforcements had appeared ten kilometers away.

Through the telescope, you can see that they are reinforcements from the Daqian Dynasty!
The reinforcements to Dagukou Fortress were cut off, and Seymour's army used heavy artillery to tie down the main force of Ye City.

Simultaneously,

Hunter had previously divided his troops into 3,000 men and cut off the reinforcement route from Dagukou Fortress to Tanggu Port.

However, this batch of reinforcements did not come from Dagukou Fortress, but from the direction of the capital.

It doesn’t look big, with only more than 500 people.

But their orderly marching and raised battle flags suddenly made Freck feel great pressure.

The Silver Knight has a strong sixth sense of crisis.

From the moment he saw the reinforcements from the Daqian Dynasty, Freke suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

It was because of the appearance of that team of reinforcements that Freke quickly withdrew his troops and Ma Liangkun got the opportunity to break out.

After Freke withdrew his troops, he hurried back to Tanggu Port to join up with Hunter's coalition forces.

Could the reinforcements coming from the capital of the Daqian Dynasty be the capital’s imperial guards?

He didn't know how many reinforcements had arrived. When he saw the reinforcements coming from the direction of the capital, he felt a strong sense of crisis, so he quickly retreated.

"General Freak, what's wrong?" Hunter shouted to Freak.

Freke took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:
"General Hunter, reinforcements from the Daqian Dynasty are here!"

hum!
At this moment, all the commanders of the Western coalition forces around felt their heads buzzing and their faces changed.

The Western Allied Forces prepared for a long time to capture the Dagukou Fortress.

Even in the main direction, Seymour's 80,000 troops tied down the main force of Ye City.

They were about to take over the most important Tanggu Port.

How come reinforcements from the Daqian Dynasty suddenly appeared at this time?
Hunter cried out in amazement, "Impossible! The Daqian Dynasty has been sending reinforcements to the Dagukou Fortress during this period of time, including the Imperial Guards. All the troops that can be mobilized have been gathered at the Dagukou Fortress!"

"It is impossible for them to have reinforcements now! Even if the Daqian Dynasty mobilizes troops from other places, it must be a day later. It is impossible for reinforcements to appear today!"

His tone was firm.

Before launching the attack, the Western Allied Forces had taken all the changes into account.

Even if reinforcements appeared in the Daqian Dynasty, it would be impossible for them to arrive within one day.

Freke took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Ximen Tang! According to the information given by the commando team, on the battle flag of the reinforcements from the Daqian Dynasty, there are three big characters "Ximen Tang"!"

"Voice group? Is that a folk volunteer group organized by the Emperor Daqian's decree some time ago?"

Hunter curled his lips in disdain.

The originally tense nerves suddenly relaxed.

I thought they were the elite guards of the Daqian Dynasty, but I didn't expect them to be just a civilian organization "righteous group"!
Nothing to worry about!

What kind of combat effectiveness can a civilian "righteous group" organization have?

In terms of individual strength, perhaps the "righteous group" organization has quite good combat effectiveness.

but,

This is war, two armies facing each other, and the impact of individual force is very small.

Hunter had a clear understanding of the militia group organized by the Daqian Dynasty.

There were even some volunteer groups that had dealings and done business with the Western Allied Forces.

Many of the "piglets" sent to the West were sold by the so-called "righteous organizations" of the Daqian Dynasty.

"General Hunter, don't be careless!"

Freck took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "This righteous organization should not be underestimated. I feel the crisis. They are definitely not an ordinary righteous organization."

Hunter shook his head and said disdainfully:

"Alright! I get it. It's just a civilian 'righteous group'. How strong can its fighting power be?"

"Even the righteous organizations such as Daqian's 'Big Sword Society', 'Red Lantern Society', 'Taiping Hao', etc., will be vulnerable to the artillery fire of my Western coalition forces!"

finished,

Hunter looked at Alande beside Freke and ordered:
"Alande, you lead two thousand elite soldiers to destroy the reinforcements of the Daqian Dynasty!"

"General Freck, bring your remaining artillery shells over here. We will launch a final general attack and take over the Tanggu Port in one fell swoop."

Alande stood at attention and said, "Yes! General Hunter, I promise to complete the mission!"

finished,

Alande led two thousand elite Western coalition forces and charged towards the coalition forces of the Daqian Dynasty with great vigor and enthusiasm.

Hunter raised his command knife in his hand and shouted:

"fire!"

Boom—boom—!
Next,
Inside the Tanggu Port, the ground shook and artillery fire raged around again.

After a round of artillery bombardment, the Western Allied Forces launched a final charge.

Wow——!
A large group of musketeers fired at the fortifications of the Tanggu Port.

At the remaining wall inside Tanggu Port, Xu Wenyang glanced sideways into the distance.

He coughed, leaned against the remaining wall, and said to Ma Liangkun who had just returned:
"General, our reinforcements have arrived?!"

Ma Liangkun shook his head and said, "No! The reinforcement route to Dagukou Fortress has been cut off by the Westerners, and Seymour's heavy artillery has tied down General Ye's main force!"

"We have no reinforcements at Tanggu Port now!"

Xu Wenyang took a deep breath and said, "No! There must be reinforcements coming. I just saw the Western coalition forces sending several thousand troops to the north!"

"At the most critical moment of launching the general offensive, they actually sent troops northward. It is obvious that reinforcements have appeared!"

"As long as we can hold the Tanggu Port before the reinforcements arrive, we will win!"

Ma Liangkun used a piece of cloth to wrap up a deep wound on his arm that was visible to the bone, and gritted his teeth and said:

"Sir, the loss of Tanggu Port is entirely my fault. I didn't listen to you, and I deserve to die!"

"Don't worry, I came back today to live and die with Tanggu Port. If the Westerners want to take over Tanggu Port, they can only do so by stepping over my dead body!"

"According to previous intelligence, it is impossible for anyone to come to support Dagukou Fortress at this time."

"The Imperial Guards have already deployed 30,000 troops to the Dagukou Fortress. Even if they want to mobilize other troops now, it won't be so fast."

Cough cough—cough cough—!
Xu Wenyang coughed, took a breath, looked up to the north and said:
"If I'm not mistaken, the supporting team this time should be the 'righteous group' in the capital!"

“Only the Righteous Group can reach the Dagukou Fortress in less than a day!”

"I didn't expect that General Ye had always been against the court's formation of the 'Righteous Group', but in the end it was the 'Righteous Group' that came to support our Dagukou Fortress!"

"Mr. Rong Yu is right. There are also brave and chivalrous people in the Jianghu 'righteous groups'. Not all of them are cowardly!"

Ma Liangkun was stunned when he heard this: "Righteous group?"

(End of this chapter)