Guo Xing was naturally filled with joy when he heard that Shi Dakai personally gave the order.
Guo Xing knew that the Holy King was biased towards him. He had given up the first opportunity to enter the city just now.
Now the opportunity to take advantage of the enemy's retreat is also given to himself.
Both of these are great achievements. Some people may be jealous.
The more this happened, the more Guo Xing had to do his job well, not to let the Holy King down, nor to let people who were jealous of him enjoy themselves secretly.
"Brothers, the Holy King has given us another opportunity to make meritorious deeds. He asked us to go to the west gate to block the enemy's retreat. Do you want this credit?"
"I want it! I want it!" the soldiers under his command shouted.
Well, morale is available!
Although they fought all the way, everyone was very tired.
But these Holy Army soldiers still had high morale. The sacrifice of their comrades did not scare them at all, and their physical fatigue did not make them want to retreat.
In their eyes, this is military merit, which represents wealth and glory.
Each of them is determined to build a big family of their own here.
The Holy Army now has a strict military merit system.
After the soldiers performed meritorious service, they were not only assigned fields, but also servants to help them work.
This system is very similar to the Qin State on the eve of the unification of the six kingdoms.
It's just that when the Qin State established this system, it relied on plundering the population and land of the six countries.
Shi Dakai and others relied on plundering the vast British Indian colonies in establishing this system.
Why did the Qin Dynasty collapse so quickly after unifying the six kingdoms?
That's because the original targets of their plunder have become the people of Da Qin, so the original system has lost its foundation.
But Da Qin has not yet created a new system.
Now Shi Dakai and others have just started to implement this system.
It is officially in a prosperous stage.
There won’t be any problems like those in the late Qin Dynasty.
Now Shi Dakai is not short of money, land, or slaves. The only thing he lacks is soldiers he can trust.
And now the only person he trusts is the son of the Han family whom he brought out.
As for the Dai people in Assam, they are still in the observation stage and can be united. It will take at least one generation to fully assimilate these people.
Just adding the Assamese people, the population that Shi Dakai could trust was only two million, which was still too small.
He had to win over a group of people, but he didn't have a good idea of who to win over.
"Brothers, let's go!" Guo Xing took the lead and ran forward.
Next, Guo Xing and his men only took that kind of trail. There were only a thousand of them, not many, so they were not very conspicuous.
Guo Xing had no time to fight with the British troops rushing towards the east gate from all directions in the city.
He must reach Ximen in the shortest possible time.
The city of Dhaka is very large, and the roads in the city are not straight, but winding and criss-crossing.
Because there are many noble mansions in the city, they are all independent and often cut off roads.
Even though they took a small path, Guo Xing and the others still encountered several waves of enemies.
Sometimes it was a small group of British troops, sometimes it was a group of Bengalis.
Obviously the number of British people was not very large. Most of the time, Guo Xing and the others encountered Bangladeshis.
At this time, the Bengalis seemed to have lost their fighting spirit. Facing the impact of the Holy Army, they were basically defeated in one blow.
"Commander of the camp, have a drink of water!" The deputy general came over and handed a water bag to Guo Xing.
"Well, thank you very much. Please keep your eyes open, brothers. We are behind the enemy's rear now." Guo Xing took a gulp of water and said.
"Well, yes, the battalion commander." The deputy general agreed.
Along the way, the soldiers in the front camp were panting and very tired.
Everyone's physical energy was severely exhausted. But Guo Xing knew that the enemy might escape at any time.
And if these people run away, they will definitely take away their most valuable belongings.
This is not okay. This time the Holy Army came to fight this battle just for money.
Although he was always making money, Shi Dakai never had any money left in his hands.
All the money in hand was given to Shi Dakai to exchange for weapons and logistical supplies.
Fortunately, the Renaissance Army is not picky. It would be better if there are precious metals. If not, you can use the looted antiques and cultural relics to exchange equipment with the Renaissance Army.
It is this model that makes the Holy Army bigger and stronger now.
So Shi Dakai has always been poor and they need more wealth.
Basically all the young Han people brought by Shi Dakai were in the army.
In the current reserve army, Shi Dakai has begun to absorb some of the original Assamese young men.
Naturally, Shi Dakai would not let these people form an army alone.
That would make them a separate force.
If one day the Han people are not strong enough, these people may become the source of unrest.
There are many examples of betrayal by foreigners in Chinese history.
Even Shi Dakai, who didn't read much, knew this. Besides, there were still some literati around Shi Dakai.
The civil servant group headed by Liu Wenqing has established a firm foothold in the Holy Army. They have gradually taken control of the government affairs controlled by the Holy Army.
Now Shi Dakai has gradually de-religious in the Holy Kingdom and gradually realized the separation of military and political affairs.
He is still prepared to adopt the traditional civilian governance model in Chinese history.
As Guo Xing and his men gradually approached the west gate, they encountered British troops more and more frequently.
They even encountered a group of Bengali nobles who had fled with their belongings.
After a firefight with the guards, Guo Xing killed them all.
What surprised the Bengal noble was that the rebel soldiers did not touch themselves or the belongings on the cart beside him.
I just killed the guards blocking the way and left.
This nobleman looked confused. If he had known better, he would not have allowed these guards to resist.
Guo Xing hurriedly hurried along and finally saw the towering West City Wall.
Outside Xicheng is the dock area facing the estuary.
Guo Xing's goal is to seize this city gate and then hold it.
From a distance, Guo Xing saw a large crowd blocking the West City Gate.
Most of them were Bengali nobles with escorts.
The number of British people was not large. It was probably because the British had transferred the civilians in advance.
"Wait a minute, let a group of people hide in the distance and shoot at the crowd to make the crowd confused. The remaining people will follow me and take advantage of the chaos to seize the city gate." Guo Xing arranged for several officers around him.
There are not many soldiers guarding the west gate, but most of them are British.
Perhaps the British considered this to be their escape route, so they wanted to take it into their own hands.
Originally, there should be more than this number of defenders here, but the situation at the east gate is urgent.
All the troops that could be mobilized in the city were transferred to the east gate by Hilton.
At this time, there were battlefields everywhere in the city.
The Holy Army that infiltrated and the British reinforcements that went east to support fought in encounters in various streets.
The entire eastern half of the city was filled with gunfire.
"Bang bang bang..." The crowd blocking the inside of the city gate was suddenly shot.
Although there were few casualties, everyone instinctively thought that the enemy from the east of the city was attacking.
At this time, the crowd must have subconsciously run towards the city gate.
Because everyone subconsciously thinks that it is safe if they can run to the pier and take a boat to cross the river.
The British soldiers who were originally maintaining order inside the city gate were instantly overwhelmed by the surging crowd.
The soldiers on top of the city also began to shoot at the crowd to scare them.
There were also some soldiers looking around to find who had fired the gun just now.
The British army had no psychological burden at all when they shot these Bengalis.
Even if the other party is a Bengali noble, they are just dogs supported by the British to manage the Bengalis.
However, this time it did not deter these Bengalis, but instead made the scene even more chaotic.
"Ah!" A British soldier on the city wall screamed and fell down, and then fell from the inside of the city wall.
Immediately afterwards, several more British soldiers fell. They happened to be looking inside the city wall at this time, and they happened to become the handle of the Holy Army.
Guo Xing and his men suddenly came out of a small alley and fired fiercely at the British soldiers on the top of the city.
The British troops on top of the city were only a hundred or so at best, while Guo Xing had thousands in his hands.
"Rush up and seize the city gate tower." Guo Xing ordered to the commando beside him.
"Boom!" A Holy Army soldier threw a grenade at the city gate.
In an instant, a carriage blocked in the city gate was blown to the ground.
Now the city gate was completely blocked, and the crowd was driven into the city by the explosion.
No one dared to fight back against the Holy Army.
These people ran away like frightened rabbits.
All the belongings they carried were thrown on the street inside the city gate.
Seeing hundreds of carts inside the city gate, Guo Xing knew that the Holy Army was going to make a fortune again this time.
This is indeed the center of Bengal. All the wealth accumulated by these Bengali nobles is here.
But Guo Xing doesn't have time to worry about these things now.
His men were attacking the city wall from the inner horse track, braving enemy fire.
Guo Xing and his men were shooting and covering under the city.
After all, there is a numerical advantage.
Soon, the British troops on the top of the city were wiped out by the Holy Army.
The fleet on the dock seemed to have discovered the situation here.
However, they cannot attack the city wall now because they don't know if there are still British soldiers fighting.
Guo Xing asked the soldiers on top of the city to clean the city wall. Then he ordered the soldiers to close the city gate.
A lot of obstacles were even found to block the inside of the city gate, because the city gate might not be able to block the artillery attacks of the British fleet.
Next, he only left a small number of soldiers to guard the city wall. Because the city wall would be attacked by naval guns, it was more dangerous. Putting too many people there would only increase casualties. Anyway, they couldn't defeat the fleet on the river.
Even if there were artillery on the city wall, Guo Xing and the others would not be able to operate it.
They just need to guard the city gate for a while to prevent the people inside from escaping.
At this time, the river to the west was full of British warships.
They'll be shooting this way soon.
Guo Xing placed most of his troops on the inside of the city wall to avoid enemy bombardment.
"Hurry up and set up barricades. The enemies in the city will counterattack soon." Guo Xing ordered.
Guo Xing understands the principle of fighting even when a trapped animal is trapped.
It must be a tough battle to stop the British troops from breaking through.