He called for Zhu Quanxing, commander of the third battalion in charge of the main attack, and asked:
"How long will it take to capture Wuzhou?"
"It depends on when it gets dark," Zhu Quanxing said.
"What about after dawn?"
"The whole city can be occupied within an hour even if the artillery fire is prepared." Zhu Quanxing looked at his watch, "The troops have been deployed and are now taking turns to rest."
"Okay, you wait for my order. Depending on the situation, we will have to attack tonight."
"It is difficult to coordinate troops at night, and large-scale operations are a bit risky."
"I'm afraid there's no reason for us to be slow on this matter." Zhu Mingxia handed him the information compiled by the intelligence officers during the prisoner interrogation, "Xiong Wencan will probably die together - if he does it, we will have no choice but to retreat.
It’s law.”
"Okay, I'll go back and make preparations." Zhu Quanxing said, "However, attacking at night is very risky, and it's been a quarter moon these past few days, and the brightness at night is extremely low, making observation and shooting very difficult. It's better to be more careful
If so, we should start the attack in the early morning."
There are great risks in organizing large-scale mobile operations at night. Even for the Fubo Army, the number one "elite soldier" in this time and space, unpredictable situations will occur every time a night combat exercise is organized. Getting lost is the most common situation.
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Zhu Mingxia weighed it again and again, but still couldn't make up his mind. To be honest, taking Wuzhou at night was really risky. It was easy to get into the city, but it became a problem when you got there: the streets were dimly lit, there were no street signs, and the troops lacked lighting equipment.
There is a high possibility of lighting a torch into the city and causing a fire. Only the map provided by the Intelligence Bureau can be used for reference. It is difficult to identify ourselves and the enemy at night, and there are a large number of broken troops in the city...
If Xiong Wencan took this opportunity to set fire to the house, it would be too late to escape.
Zhu Mingxia was hesitating when suddenly a correspondent came to report: The scouts discovered that the enemies of Wuzhou had dug open the east-west gates.
"What? Are you planning to break out?"
Although the strategy of banqueting all the wealthy families failed to work, the action of expelling women, children, old and young was launched. The defenders began to expel the people from house to house, following the superior's instructions in advance: the strong men were driven to one side, and the women, children, old and weak were driven to the east and west.
The two city gates drove away.
At first, they were separated into young men. Later, because the officers and soldiers who were carrying out the expulsion work were intent on taking advantage of the opportunity to rob them, they did not care about these "little things" at all. They simply drove all men, women, and children to the gates of both sides of the city.
He did not dare to care about the safety of his wife, children, parents and property, so he walked out together with the crowd.
Expelling the people out of the city was just an excuse for the guest troops to take advantage of the opportunity to plunder, so the order soon became chaotic. Some took the opportunity to rape women, and some killed people to rob property. Many people brought soft clothes with them, but they were stopped and searched by the soldiers.
Some people found it troublesome, so they stabbed their swords in the street and called the people passing by out of the city to "offer treasures." Those who refused to take out their belongings were stabbed in the street. When they met a young woman, they were dragged behind and raped in the street.
The cry shook the sky, and I felt pity when I heard it.
The Governor's Yamen was completely deserted at this time. After all the staff learned that Governor Xiong had left the city, they immediately dispersed. The servants and clerks who had been left behind in the Yamen plundered property and sought a way out for themselves. The main gate of the Yamen
At the entrance of the cave, rebel soldiers and city foxes and rats came and went openly, looting the few remaining belongings.
Only a part of the city still maintains order. Street barriers have been closed and guarded by teams of strong men. No one is allowed to pass. No matter you are an official, civilian or military, as long as you get close to the street barrier, you will immediately attract a barrage of arrows.
.The bleeding head was randomly poked on the street gate, warning all strangers who tried to approach.
Outside several official warehouses and government offices, the city's strong squads, troops from the Wuzhou Naval Battalion and the Guards Station formed a warning circle to drive away the rioters and mobs who intended to plunder.
Most of the soldiers in the Wuzhou Naval Battalion are from Wuzhou, and many of their families even live in Wuzhou City. These women, children, old and weak people left the city, and many of the family members of the soldiers in the Naval Battalion were among them. Since the war began, the Wuzhou Navy knew very well that
Chang Qingyun, who had no chance of winning, suggested that all the warships of the Naval Camp be filled with sand and gravel and scuttled at the mouth of the Guijiang River, leaving only a few ships to transport grain from Guilin. As a result, the Wuzhou Naval Camp suddenly became
In name only, they were used as infantry.
Xiong Wencan relied on guest troops transferred from Guangxi in Wuzhou City, especially the wolf soldiers who had always had poor military discipline. The local defenders were regarded as "useless". Not only were they paid meagerly, they were often sent to do miscellaneous tasks.
Therefore, the host-object conflict between the Wuzhou defenders has always been fierce. Firefights between the host army and the guest army occurred from time to time. The two sides were in a state of conflict. This expulsion of the old and weak from the city was a direct disaster.
They killed their families, instantly detonating the already tense emotions on both sides. The two sides continued to clash in various parts of the city.
This kind of confrontational mood of the local garrison was fully exploited by the local big households, and became the main force of the "anyway" plan planned by the big households in Wuzhou. With the help of these garrison, many places in the city could barely maintain order, and the common people were not expelled. Some of them
Luo Yangming "reminded" that places that Australians would definitely want: county offices, official warehouses and other public buildings were also protected and were not looted by the rebels.
Yi Haoran walked on the street with more than a dozen servants and soldiers, with his swords unsheathed and guns loaded. No one dared to make a noise along the way. Seeing the chaos in the city, his heart ached. However, he was helpless at this moment. In the city
The officialdom of Wuzhou has collapsed, and no one is in charge of the city defense affairs anymore. It is heard that the Cangwu County Magistrate has hanged himself on the lobby in despair, and the whereabouts of Wuzhou Magistrate are unknown. Many residences, temples and palaces have been ransacked by rioters and mobs. He is just an aide.
He is just a master. Apart from Jiang Suo and a dozen people around him, there is no one left to use.
Right now, there was no other way but to leave the city as soon as possible. Chang Qingyun had already taken the first step, so he had no choice but to escape quickly.
The expelled people crowded in a dark crowd from Xijiang Gate along the streets to the Wanshou Palace in the center of the city. Yi Haoran knew that if handled improperly, a stampede would easily occur. When he was in Liaodong in the past, he had seen several fleeing crowds.
He fled in a panic and trampled to death and injured many people. But at this moment, he had no ability to maintain order. He could only ask his men to walk along the wall to avoid being scattered by the crowd.
The rebels on the street stared at the team with red eyes, looking to see if there was any profit or water to be fished out. Although Yi Haoran was dressed in shabby clothes, he was surrounded by his own soldiers and guards, so he was very "attractive". With the help of his soldiers and swords, Yi Haoran
The muskets threatened the rebels to give way, but they were finally not pulled out to "offer treasures" in the street.
The crowd walked slowly, one step at a time, and slowly passed through the half-open city gate. It took about an hour and a half for nearly 20,000 people to walk out of the city gate. Everyone who saw them had left the city, and the soldiers guarding the city
The city gate was immediately closed.
Some of the people who left the city had relatives in the suburbs and countryside who they could seek refuge with, so they dispersed. However, many people had no place to seek refuge, especially many women and children who had never traveled far. Do not leave the city at night without even leaving your home.
They had never left the city before. But now they were driven out of the city in the middle of the night. It was pitch dark all around and they couldn't tell the north from the south. They also heard that there were many thieves outside the city. Some were separated from their husbands, father and brothers. They were all terrified and at a loss, so they could only gather together.
Outside Wengcheng, when the cold wind blows at night, a child cries, and suddenly the sound of crying in the city is loud.
When the defenders on the city saw many people, probably thousands in number, stranded outside Xijiang Gate, refusing to leave for a long time, a thousand generals shouted down the city.
"People below the city, listen and leave the city gate quickly, otherwise the arrows will be fired."
After shouting several times, the crowd remained indifferent, and a dozen archers fired a round at the city. Several people were killed and injured immediately, and they slowly dispersed amidst the wailing and crying sounds that filled the sky.
The observation post set up on Bangshan Mountain saw this scene through night vision telescopes. It was discovered that more than 10,000 people left the city from Xijiang Gate. These old and weak women and children are now homeless refugees. They are on the west wall of Wuzhou on the edge of the Guijiang River.
Below, a long queue of one kilometer long formed. The pontoon bridge leading to the other side of the Guijiang River had long been destroyed by Fubo Army's artillery fire, and the trestle bridges on the moat in the south of the city were all demolished before the war. The refugees had nowhere to cross the river, so they had to
Go north.
"Battal Commander, there's something going on." A soldier who was confronting the Ming army outside Dayun Gate noticed something strange on the other side and immediately ran to report to Zhu Quanxing.
Seeing the dark crowd through the telescope, Zhu Quanxing was very nervous at first. The dense crowd shocked him. The Ming army would not have burned their brains and took the initiative to attack them. When he saw it clearly, he found that this group of people were all
These were unarmed common people, and they were all old, weak, women and children. Looking carefully, there were quite a few people. Zhu Quanxing could not count the specific number of this group of people, but he made a rough estimate and found that there were at least more than 10,000 people.
Although Zhu Quanxing has not yet made up his mind on how to deal with it, the troops deployed near Dayunmen are unable to deal with these refugees, and they must also consider whether the Ming army may be disguised among the refugees and wait for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
"Send a signal immediately and bring in the battalion reserve team!" Zhu Quanxing issued the order, "At the same time, report to the front!"
When will Dr. Zhong light up the technology tree of the radio station? He really needs a radio station now.
Compared with Zhu Quanxing who was at a loss in the northern position of the city, although Zhu Mingxia did not see the dark crowd, he soon learned the news that a large number of refugees were leaving the city.
He was able to get the news from the forward sentry so quickly only because of the communication efficiency of the communication troops.
On the Wuzhou battlefield, the Fubo Army experimented with many new tactics and tactics. Battlefield communication was one of the important subjects.
The elders can certainly boast that they have the communication technology of Zenith Star technology, but in actual use, these things brought by another time and space are too precious, and it is very difficult to copy technically. Therefore, in addition to the navy, the Fubo Army is slightly more luxurious.
Except for the fact that the battleships can distribute radio stations, the Army's communications basically relied on walking and shouting for a long time.
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