Wu Zheng did not show up publicly. He stayed in the city tower, watching from the narrow window, listening, without any excitement.

Is it still time? This is a question that Wu Zheng has been thinking about in his mind.

But Wu Zheng did not regret it, and he couldn't bear to bear the rabbit and could not beat the wolf.

Because, any victory comes at a cost, isn't it?

However, Wu Zheng was a little heartbroken after all. Jiang Quanyi and the thousands of veterans who had experienced many battles... Originally, Wu Zheng wanted to select 3,000 people to adapt this army into a rapid response force, and equip them with the newly developed continuous guns in the military workshop.

Is it still time?

Wu Zheng turned his head to Song Andao, "Transfer to Liao Zhongping, he...it's time to move."

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Many times, people are creatures that follow the herd.

The same goes for battle.

People need role models, and the power of role models is infinite.

A role model inspires people's fighting spirit, making people not afraid of pain, bleeding, or death. They can defeat the more with few, defeat the strong with weak, and turn decay into magic.

In all dynasties, no matter how high the generals who led troops were, they would definitely be surrounded by a few death-threatening people.

They are usually very generous, but in wartime they take the lead in fighting hard.

In ancient times, it was called Xiandeng, and in later generations it was called the vanguard and the suicide squad.

In fact, in the thousands of years of war culture in China, the art of war has changed the soup and not the medicine. History is not written by ordinary people, but by the casual graffiti of a few people who dare to die.

Qi Jiajie is such a person.

People who are not afraid of death are actually not scary. What is scary is people who know that they should die.

Because such a person has nothing to stop him from dying.

Moreover, the death of such a person must be meaningful because he has a persistent goal, so why does he die?

When stopping the replacement of his brother, Qi Jiajie already understood that he could not win this battle.

If you can't win, you have to fight. That's because General Jiang is unhappy to retreat. Why is he not? Because once Haizhou is lost, Huai'an Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture will be penetrated by the enemy in one fell swoop.

The reason is very simple, and war is difficult to handle.

Therefore, before entering the city, Qi Jiajie had already determined to die.

For nothing else, just for honor, the honor saved by the three generations of the Qi family with their lives.

When facing the cavalry of the Yellow Banner led by Jixiha, Qi Jiajie had already given up all the fantasies of resisting.

Although the city walls of Haizhou are two or five feet high (about eight meters), for the cavalry, they can shoot at the horse, and at a distance of six meters, almost shooting arrows against the defenders' noses.

Haizhou is small in size and the city wall is not long, which makes the enemy's troops very dense and the attack intensity is extraordinary.

The key is that the enemy came suddenly, and many facilities that could have been arranged calmly were not available. Dozens of small tiger squatting cannons on the top of the city can only deterrently and have no lethality for the speeding cavalry.

Since there are no fantasies, then let’s have the idea of ​​fighting desperately.

After the defenders on the city wall were stunned by the first wave of enemy attacks, Qi Jiajie led the reserve team to the top of the city without hesitation.

Before going up to the wall, Qi Jiajie pointed at eight grenades on his body and said to the soldiers: "If we live, the whole army will be defeated. If we die, the general will have time to break out from the east. Storm up with me and let the northern dogs see how hard our southern people are... If I am afraid of retreating, any of you can shoot me..."

A prophecy comes true!

Qi Jiajie is dead.

In fact, when Qi Jiajie led 300 reserve teams to rush up to the city wall, the battle situation was already very dangerous.

Jixiha came prepared. Although he led a cavalry, he brought a lot of siege equipment from Shuyang.

After the army reached the south gate, Jixiha chose to attack without hesitation.

Under the cover of the ranger's flying shooting, at least a thousand soldiers climbed the city with ladders.

The city wall is only two or five feet in total, and it can be completed in almost the blink of an eye.

The defenders had to block the enemy's arrows shot from their cavalry, and were killed and injured by the rain of arrows.

In other words, when the enemy attacked the city wall, more than half of the defenders were killed or injured and could not resist them at all.

When Qi Jiajie led 300 reserve teams to rush up to the city wall, it was the time when the defenders were about to be defeated.

But because of this urgency, Qi Jiajie had no choice.

So he pulled the fire open and rushed straight to the densest place on the upper wall.

Accompanied by the fire, the thick smoke and the deafening explosion, everything seemed so natural and naturally to die.

Even without leaving a word or a slogan.

But what kind of determination is all this in the eyes of the reserve soldiers following Qi Jiajie and rushing up the city wall?

If the chief dares to die, the soldiers dare to die.

A wolf can turn a flock of sheep into a flock of wolves.

What's more, these veterans who were taken from Jiangdu to Haizhou five years ago and traveled back and forth for tens of thousands of miles were never sheep.

There is no need for encouragement, and no need forcing.

Three, five, ten... When the entire city wall is covered by smoke, fire and explosions, it is impossible for another winner to be born.

In fact, those who are not afraid of death and those who are prepared are often taking advantage of this battlefield without hope of victory.

When the two armies fight, the biggest casualties are often in a stalemate and confrontation. When the stalemate is in a stalemate, if the superiority is really divided, the superiority can be easily defeated, and basically no major casualties will be caused.

For example, now, once the city is broken, the defenders will be defeated by the enemy's crowd. In the next time, you will not be able to escape without wanting to escape. Even if someone wants to fight desperately, you will find that there are several swords to hold them up, and then several swords will thrust into your chest and abdomen.

But after being attacked by Qi Jiajie and other people, the war losses of both sides immediately reversed from the original defeat, and even the enemy's casualties quickly surpassed.

It is not surprising that the defenders have a condescending advantage after all. The shock wave caused by an explosion is enough to overturn a ladder and even affect the surrounding areas, which causes the enemy's advantage to quickly become a disadvantage.

When the followers of the reserve team saw that the enemy could no longer be found on the city wall, they rushed towards the enemy and body on the ladder.

The explosion was like peony flowers blooming on the city wall, and dozens of ladders were quickly destroyed. The enemy's body fell like dumplings. People in it might not have time to feel fear, but for Jishiha and the Houjun who were watching from a distance, this kind of shock that appeared from the heart was beyond words.

The enemy finally retreated.

The surviving defenders on the city wall slowly approached the battlement and silently watched the enemy retreat like a tide.

Their eyes were filled with hot tears. These were not tears of joy after the disaster, but tears of pride, tears of gratitude for their comrades to exchange their lives for their survival.

There were only more than 200 people left. In less than an hour, more than 200 people were left in a battalion of one thousand people, more than half of whom were still injured.
Chapter completed!