Republic of China: My great warlord, many children, many blessings.

Moreover, the battle plan has already been prepared.

We're just waiting for tomorrow's attack.

To Shen Hao's surprise, Li Yaohan, a subordinate of Chen Jiongming and the garrison commander of Zhaoqing, the gateway to Guangzhou, sent a telegram.

It means, what kind of treatment will I receive if I surrender?

Shen Hao's lips curled into a smile. Interesting.

Historically, Li Yaohan betrayed Chen Jiongming.

Li Yaohan, whose path to advancement was blocked by Zhou Zhizhen, decided to seek refuge with Shen Hao.

Once Li Yaohan surrenders, Zhaoqing, the gateway to Guangzhou that he defends, will collapse without a fight.

It could directly cause Chen Jiongming to collapse.

Crucially, Guangzhou will not be damaged, which is exactly what Shen Hao wants.

You've taken over a run-down Guangzhou, what's the point of it?

Therefore, Shen Hao sent a telegram directly to Li Yaohan.

If you surrender, you will still lead your troops, and you will be allowed to expand your army and be promoted to major general brigade commander.

Lee Yao-han immediately agreed and accepted the appointment.

The next day, at six o'clock in the morning, Li Yunlong launched his attack on the Sanshui area on time.

There were only three thousand soldiers in this area, and Chen Jiong's trusted general Ye Ju was in charge of the defense.

Looked at the time.

Just as it was six o'clock, Li Yunlong ordered, "Fire!"

175. If we win the battle, why not marry off one of our daughters?

The garrison in the Sanshui area was led by Ye Ju, a trusted and beloved general of Chen Jiongming.

Last night, we defended all night, but we didn't see the other side launch an attack.

I thought Shen Hao wouldn't attack anymore, since I'd only been asleep for an hour.

Suddenly, a deafening roar of cannon fire erupted!

It startled him awake.

The guard rushed in anxiously and said:

"It's bad, brigade commander! The enemy has started their attack!"

"Fast defense"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a series of booming cannon shots rang out.

Ye Ju's ears were ringing from the vibration.

His expression changed.

The terrain around Sanshui is not high, making defense difficult to begin with, and the enemy even had artillery.

Moreover, the dense artillery fire made his face turn slightly pale.

At least one artillery battalion.

The enemy's firepower is so strong.

"Let the brothers retreat first."

"Yes"

Ye Ju found a secluded spot and used binoculars to observe the enemy's position.

Upon seeing the opposite side, they discovered a densely packed army, led by cavalry, ready to charge at any moment.

Looking at their own side, three rounds of artillery shells came crashing down, causing heavy casualties.

Moreover, the enemy seems to be firing shells like they're free, averaging ten per minute.

It's been ten minutes already, and they're already bombing.

The entire team was completely stunned.

Half of the casualties were fatal.

How can you fight a war like this?

Are artillery shells free?

This was Ye Ju's first question.

Watching the soldiers retreating, Ye Ju felt a chill run down his spine.

The enemy has already wiped out so many of their men before even launching an attack. How are we supposed to fight them?

Suddenly, a bugle call sounded.

beep!

"kill"

"Capture Ye Ju alive"

"kill"

The opposing cavalry surged forward like a raging flood.

Ye Ju's morale had long since collapsed.

Several heavy machine gunners had already died, and the firepower was simply insufficient to suppress them.

Many people began to panic and flee.

Seeing this, Ye Ju hardened his heart, took off his hat, and personally gripped the Maxim gun, beginning to fire at the opposing cavalry.

Suddenly, bang! A bullet struck Ye Ju right between the eyebrows.

He fell straight down next to Maxim.

At the same time, 300 meters away, Cheng Shuzhen slung her sniper rifle over her shoulder and lightly jumped down from a tree.

I ambushed her in the tree in the early hours of last night and waited for four hours. Fortunately, I didn't disappoint her; the result was decent.

Four heavy machine gunners were sniped.

Ye Ju's troops only had four Maxim heavy machine guns, and no grenades or anything like that.

The two field guns were reduced to rubble by the enemy before they even had a chance to fire.

The disparity in firepower was so great that it was a complete rout.

The battle lasted only half an hour.

Li Yunlong's cavalry then occupied the position.

Looking at Ye Ju's corpse, Li Yunlong felt no sense of accomplishment.

"How can you fight me if you don't build any defensive fortifications?"

"Haha, if he defends, won't we be in trouble?"

How many of the one hundred boxes of artillery shells were used?

"Commander, we've run out."

"You damn spendthrift! A hundred boxes! That's a thousand shells! Do you know how expensive each shell is? You just squandered 5 silver dollars like that?"

Li Yunlong was heartbroken.

Damn it, we've used this up, what are we going to use next?

The artillery battalion commander lowered his head and remained silent, inwardly cursing.

Didn't you tell me to finish it?

The battlefield was quickly cleared.

"800 were captured, 1500 were killed, and the rest escaped."

What about our casualties?

"32 people died, 89 were slightly injured, and 4 were seriously injured."

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Immediately send a telegram to Governor Shen, reporting the battle situation here."

"Yes, sir."

"Rest for half an hour, then march on Guangzhou."

"Yes"

At the same time, Shen Hao also received news of the battle at the front.

It must be said that Ye Ju was one of Chen Jiongming's elite troops.

Once we take down this tough nut, everything else will be a piece of cake.