[Chapter 477] Gulang City, no matter what, it must be taken down!

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To be fair, Mo Rigen is absolutely unwilling to fight with Xu Xingxia in Gulang City. There is no benefit! This place is originally the territory of Gansu Town, surrounded by barren mountains and rivers, without any oil and water. The most important thing is that Gulang City is not a separate fortress, it is connected to the watershed. Even if Gulang City is taken down, there are many fortresses such as the watershed behind Gulang City, which need to be conquered one by one.

Such a tough battle is definitely not something Mo Rigen wants to see, and it is also something that all nomadic peoples do not want to see. Nomadic people are not good at tough battles, and even with the assistance of the rebels from Gansu Town, they are still not good at tough battles. If they continue to fight like this, no matter how many rebels in Gansu Town are, they will be consumed. The morale of the rebels is very low. If they drive them to be cannon fodder, their morale will be lower. No one knows when they will collapse. Once they completely collapse, you will kill them all, which will be useless.

"King Khan... do we really want to attack Gulang City?" Berryn whispered.

As the most willing general under Morigen, Berien is sometimes called a military advisor. From time to time, Berien can make some good suggestions. Morigen does value him more. In some critical occasions, only he can speak. His short sentence expresses the thoughts of many senior Tatars present - do we really need to attack Gulang City? Can't we really avoid this tough battle?

Generally speaking, the vast majority of Tatars are unwilling to attack the city. It’s not that they don’t have the courage to attack the city, but that they generally think that siege is not cost-effective and the losses are too great. For example, the ancient city in front of them has Xu Xingxia and at least 5,000 white-clothed troops. It is definitely not an easy task for the Tatars to take it down. If Xu Xingxia was so easy to deal with, he would have long been unable to survive now.

Defending the city is the specialty of the Central Plains army. The White-Clothed Army has powerful muskets to help, which is even more powerful! Even if you have the help of cannons, even if you have the assistance of the Ming army in Gansu Town, it is absolutely impossible. With the tenacity of the White-Clothed Army, even if you use cannons to open the city gate, the White-Clothed Army will not retreat. They will definitely use the buildings in the city or the ruins and debris to continue to resist stubbornly.

As long as you think about it, the Tatars feel a headache. These battles are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are the ones they are not good at. If they are unfortunately involved in street fighting, there is no difference between suicide!

The most optimistic estimate is that to eliminate Xu Xingxia and his 5,000 white-clothed army, the Tatars would have to pay at least 5,000 people. This is the price of the pure Tatars, not including the rebels in Gansu Town. Don’t expect the rebels in Gansu Town to have the courage to fight directly with the white-clothed army. They are rebels and a team without bones. They just fight and fight, cheer, operate cannons, and clean up logistics. No matter how many people they die, it doesn’t matter. Even if they are all consumed, no one will feel heartbroken.

This is still the most optimistic estimate. It is based on the casualties between the two sides, and it is one-to-one. However, can the Tatars really change one? Many Tatar senior officials are deeply suspicious. The White-clothed Army occupies the advantage of the walls of Gulang City and has powerful muskets. No matter who rushes forward, there is only one dead end. In this case, it is really too forced to change one. Even if the rebels are driven up and consume the ammunition of the White-clothed Army, it is impossible to do this.

In fact, the Tatars had to carefully monitor the movements of these rebels. If the situation was not good, no one could rule out the possibility of these rebels scattering, or turning to the white-clothed army, or even fighting back. For Xu Xingxia, it was not necessary to tempt these people to surrender. It was enough to forgive the crimes of most of them. No matter which country's army, there was a small number of people who were willing to be thieves, and most of them were unwilling to bear such a bad reputation. If they had the opportunity to wash away the shame, they would definitely seize it.

"What advice do you have?" Morigen frowned and said slowly. Now he has gradually calmed down. This time he is truly calm. Bachlu is dead, and no matter how angry he is, it will be useless. What he wants to do now is to make the most correct judgment with the clearest and calmest mind. As for the current situation, the Tatars still have the upper hand. But if he continues to make mistakes, the situation will be impossible to recover.

"King, if we forcefully attack the city, the price we will pay is very high!" Bergen said bluntly. This is the voice of all the Tatar senior officials, and he is not afraid of saying it out in public. The lives of the Tatars are very precious. They are not afraid of death, but they must die with value. If a small Gulang City takes the lives of thousands or even tens of thousands of Tatar warriors, it is really not worth it in their opinion. Even Xu Xingxia is in Gulang City. Even everyone present wants to cut Xu Xingxia into pieces and eat it alive.

If it was a normal battle between the Tatars, they could already gain a lot of benefits at the cost of 5,000 people. Whether it was population, wealth, or chassis, it was quite considerable. In fact, Morigen's battles in the east, in the south, and in the north, the troops were consumed less than 5,000 people in several years. In each battle, the Tatars' harvest was always much more than they paid. For example, this attack on Gansu Town, all the casualties were only more than 100 people. Otherwise, Morigen could not have changed from a Tatar grassroots to a hero with 60,000 elite troops.

However, the battle in Gulang City was obviously a loss-making deal! From Gulang City to the east, there were passes of all sizes, watersheds, Anyuanzhan Fort, Zhenqiang Fort, Zhuanglang City, etc., all of which were pure fortresses. There must be garrisons of the White-Clothed Army in these places. If the Tatars want to continue going east, they must take down all these places. It is conceivable how much the Tatars have to pay to clear the way forward.

According to the loss of 5,000 people in a place, the Tatars' troops would lose more than half of them just to break these fortresses! What else can the remaining defeated soldiers do? Can they go deep into Ningxia Town? Don't even think about it! If you really attack like this, Mo Rigen's little capital would probably be completely deficit. Perhaps, such a battle is what Xu Xingxia is most willing to see. How comfortable it is to wait for the effort!

There is another hidden meaning that Bergen did not say directly. That is, even if they captured Gulang City, they might not be able to kill Xu Xingxia. Because behind Gulang City is the watershed. When the situation is not good, Xu Xingxia would only stare at the watershed. With the dangerous terrain of the watershed, the White Army could only block the road by just arranging hundreds of musketeers.

If Xu Xingxia was not killed, it would be useless for the Tatars to destroy many white-clothed troops! As long as Xu Xingxia is still alive, he will organize more white-clothed troops. However, the Tatars do not have the ability to organize. To be honest, if the White-clothed troops fall by one thousand, they can stand up by ten thousand. If the Tatars fall by one thousand, it would be good if they can stand up by one hundred. This is not a matter of scheming.

"What should we do if we don't attack the city?" Mo Rigen asked slowly.

The Tatars' senior leaders around you, look at me, I look at you, and you want to say something, but it's hard to say. Everyone, including Berion, silently lowered their heads. Morigen's question is hard to answer! Gulang City just happened to be blocked on the Tatars' route, which is really fatal! If Gulang City is not taken down, the Tatars will be trapped in Gansu Town and cannot go to other places. To be precise, they cannot go to Ningxia Town or enter the Guanzhong area. But these places are the original set goals of the Tatars.

To go elsewhere, of course. You can go west, enter Hamigu, or even go west, and enter the territory of the Yarkand Kingdom. The combat effectiveness of their army is definitely much weaker than that of the White Army, and the Tatars can easily solve them. But, are you willing to go to these places to drink the northwest wind? Instead of hunting in these places, it is better to stay in the north of the desert. The income from hunting once is not enough to consume the army!

Of course, you can go northeast and bypass Gulang City. But are you willing to work hard to cross the Tengger Desert and sneak attack Ningxia Town? If the sneak attack is successful, it is fine. If the sneak attack is not successful, then you will only be suffocated to death in the Tengger Desert. The news from the front was obviously stranded. The white-clad army guarded the Helan Mountain area like an iron bucket and was out of water. If they went, they would probably be suffocated to death in the desert.

Of course, you can also choose to go south, cross mountains and ridges, and break into the territory of the Tumot tribe. However, there are all wastelands, which are even poorer than the Yarkand Kingdom. Where do you do? Maybe, after you go, even the leather jacket on your body will be snatched away by the people of the Tumot tribe, who are even poorer than you! Besides, the Qilian Mountains are so easy to cross? After 50,000 troops cross the Qilian Mountains, they are probably capable of fighting, less than 10,000 people. Of course, there is no need to ask about war horses. It is impossible for war horses to cross the Qilian Mountains.

It's so deadly! Before the war started, who would have thought that the white-clad army would actually occupy Gulang City in advance? At that time, the Tatars, including Mo Rigen, were optimistic that Xu Xingxia's biggest move was to fight against the Tatars in the southwest of Ningxia Town, and it was impossible for him to leave Ningxia Town. He didn't have the courage. As a result, their predictions were all wrong. Not only did Xu Xingxia come out, but he also grabbed the Tatars' throat first.

The result of being stuck in the throat by the white army is that one cannot move forward or retreat. Go forward, you have to pay a heavy price. Go back, everything you did before is wasted. After finally going south, the cost cannot be made up. After going back, I feel embarrassed to meet people! Especially for people like Mo Rigen, if they spread it out, they will be ridiculed by countless people. By the way, there have been absolutely many people who want to see Mo Rigen jokes over the years.

"Is there any news recorded by Bach?" Seeing that the subordinates around him did not respond, Mo Rigen could only smile bitterly. In fact, he also hoped that someone could make effective suggestions to help him get rid of the current dilemma. However, unexpectedly, everyone was silent. There was no way, so he had to stagger the topic and hope to find some inspiration.

Although it is estimated that Bachlu is in danger and the chance of survival is almost zero. However, Morigen still has a little fantasy. Perhaps Bachlu was just defeated and not killed yet. Why did such fantasy come into being? Because if Bachlu is still alive, Morigen can get rid of the current predicament. As long as Bachlu is still active in the back of Gulang City, he will have hope of continuing to move forward after taking Gulang City.

However, he could not get any answer. Without any answer, there was no news. Without any news, the fate of Bachlu may really be saved. Not only did Zhuanglang City disappear, but Xining City is probably gone. Xu Xingxia would never only attack Zhuanglang City, but even abandon Xining City. The Tatars in Zhuanglang City could not escape, let alone Xining City, it would be even more so, that the entire army would be wiped out. A rough calculation shows that so far, he has lost seven thousand-man teams. Such a loss is not bad!

After so long, even a Tatar man didn't have the chance to run out. It's so amazing! Even though he was extremely angry, Mo Rigen had to admire that Xu Xingxia's move was indeed beautiful. If he had Mo Rigen did, he might not have been able to do so beautifully, making dumplings for the enemy. To do this, you must have a very detailed plan and a very capable subordinate. As the saying goes, tigers also take a nap. Xu Xingxia quietly attacked him when Mo Rigen took a nap and was not paying attention.

However, if Xu Xingxia thought that relying on this move would allow the Tatars to retreat, his ideas would be too naive. He Morigen fought east and west, and fought south and north for decades, and had never seen any scenes? He had encountered such a dilemma in a difficult situation and a dilemma in the past many times before. He knew very well how to make a decision in such a situation. In any case, Gulang City must be taken down! The two armies meet, and the brave will win!

"Everyone cheer up! We are the most brave warriors of the Tatars! No one is our opponent! We are the eagles on the grassland, we are the evil wolf on the grassland! Isn't Gulang City just a small city? What's so great? Flat it! Kill everyone inside!" Mo Rigen excitedly, raised his tone, and shouted loudly. In order to show his majesty, he drew out the golden sword with a swish.

All the Tatar executives around him suddenly became terrified.

The golden saber is unsheathed, this is a signal to fight to the death, and there is no need to consider it!

"Zarick, order the troops to camp on the spot! Bergen! Take your troops to prepare for the siege! Let Liu Fengxi and Li Guozhen cooperate with you with all their strength! All the Ming troops must be in front! If they do not cooperate well, I will authorize you to cut off their dog heads immediately!" Mo Rigen waved the golden sword and shouted without hesitation.

"Get orders!" Bergen agreed in a muffled voice and turned around.

Soon, the large Tatars troops were about five miles away from the west of Gulang City. This distance happened to be outside the range of the Flang machine artillery. Even if Gulang City used artillery to bombard and fire solid bullets, they could not directly hit the Tatars' barracks. At such a distance, the Tatar cavalry could reach it with just one charge.

At the same time, some Tatar cavalry began to wield scimitars, drive out a large number of Ming rebels, dragged out the cannons, and prepare to attack the city. Behind the cannons, there were a large number of siege weapons such as siege weapons such as chariots, arrow towers, siege hammers, and each of which was as many as hundreds of. Obviously, these were prepared by the rebels in Gansu Town.

When it comes to preparations for siege weapons, no one in the Ming army could do anything. However, if the Ming army had decided on its own, there would probably not be so many siege weapons, and being lazy was inevitable. However, under the surveillance of the Tartars, they worked actively and worked hard to make efforts to create such siege weapons. They were really a group of bad people!

"cannon!"

“So many cannons!”

"We don't seem to have a cannon, what should we do?"

When the Tartar cannon appeared, people's hearts were slightly floating in Gulang City.

It has to be said that even the small-caliber Folang cannons had a huge impact on the Gulang City defenders. There were no cannons in Gulang City! The people at that time generally had a fear of cannons. The same was true for ordinary soldiers in the army. It was not surprising that ordinary soldiers in the white-clothed army had such fear. No matter how powerful the Sun and Moon guns were, they could not be as powerful as cannons! The two were simply incomparable!

Some of the soldiers of the White Army knew that they had cannons. In the Yangkeel Canyon, the White Army seized a lot of cannons. However, the White Army's own cannons have not been transported yet. In other words, before bringing their cannons was transported, they had to be bombed. Of course, this is not a good feeling for the defenders. The feeling of being beaten by passively is always bad.

"The Vulture Cavalry Army finds an opportunity to shoot and prevents the enemy from firing shotguns!" Xu Xingxia said quietly.

The Folang machine cannon can fire two types of shells. One is solid shell with a long range of about three or four miles. If the angle is appropriate and the gunner is very skilled, it can even be fired five miles away. The other is shotgun, which is less than one mile, about three or four hundred meters. A skilled gunner can fire to five hundred meters away.

Generally speaking, as long as the artillery fires not shotguns, it will not cause large casualties to people. The number of solid bombs fired too small, so it is still difficult to hit the target directly. Of course, solid bombs can also cause damage to the human body, mainly due to splashing damage. In addition, solid bombs will damage the city buildings more greatly. If there are hundreds of cannons that keep bombing at the walls of Gulang City, it is not impossible to collapse the city walls.

However, the White Army only needs to last for about ten days. With more than ten days of hard work, the first-year high school master should be able to drag artillery to Gulang City. At that time, the White Army's artillery, using the height of the city head of Gulang City, can definitely drive the rebels' cannons out.

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Under the surveillance of the Tartar cavalry, Liu Fengxi and Li Guozhen, with hundreds of rebel gunners, pushed hundreds of Flanger guns into the front. Their meaning was of course to directly fire shotguns. The power of shotguns was great! The shotguns dispersed in the air and fell like raindrops. If one of them happened to fall on Xu Xingxia, it would be great. There was no need for more, just one shot was enough.

"Bang bang bang!"

Suddenly, fierce gunfire sounds came from the top of Gulang City.

At the beginning, the Tartars and the rebels didn't care. They were still more than a hundred feet away from Gulang City, and the muskets of the White-Clothed Army could not have been so far away. This was the range of artillery! However, they soon discovered something was wrong. Because, from time to time, Minnie bombs flew over and directly hit them. Later, the shooting of the White-Clothed Army became more and more fierce, and the number of Tartars or rebels who were shot and fell down was increasing.

The maximum range of the Sun and Moon Gun is about 900 meters. The effective range is about 500 meters. This means that the musketeers of the White Army fired at the top of Gulang City, and Minnie bullets were completely possible to fly to the rebel gunners. Of course, after such a long flight distance, the hit rate was already very low. However, there were also many musketeers of the White Army! Thousands of people continued to shoot at the same time, and the number of Minnie bullets was still relatively dense. After this, there were many Tartars and rebels who fell down.

Seeing that more and more people were falling down, Liu Fengxi and Li Guozhen did not dare to continue to move forward. If they continued to move forward, they might be killed. They ordered the artillery positions to be built on the spot. The gunners naturally wanted to stop and unload the artillery from the car, and prepare for firing.

Xu Xingxia raised the thousand-mile mirror and observed that the distance between the cannon and Gulang City was about 400 meters. With the maximum range of the shotgun, it could barely reach the walls of Gulang City. Such a distance is still a bit dangerous. If the cannon fires the shotgun, the defenders on the top of the city of Gulang City would have to suffer major casualties. Therefore, they had to continue to press the enemy's cannons backwards.
Chapter completed!