Chapter 798: Defeat
No one expected that the tragic battle would end up with a very small reason, and the outcome of the entire war would completely turn the world around for a very small reason.
Three hundred thousand elite troops attacked the city, and for thirteen hours in the day, teams of new forces filled up. I don’t know how many troops were lost. They finally broke into the city, making the Lang San army miserable. Their greatest advantage gradually lost. If the Ming army made another move, the Guangzhou city would definitely fall.
This battle also allowed Hao Fenglou to see the power of the border army, but he never expected that the final change of the battle was the usual food.
The so-called "take your life while you are sick." Logically speaking, when it comes to night, both sides should rest. At least the Ming army thought so. As a result, the Lang Son army continued to fight back. The Lang Son army in the counterattack suddenly discovered that most of these Ming troops were like headless flies. At this time, the Lang Son army immediately realized that the time for the Jedi counterattack was coming.
These Lang Son soldiers, who had been exhausted during the day, began to attack the Ming army from all over the place to occupy the streets. The explosions of muskets and hand bullets rang out one after another. In the end, teams of people, led by the team officers, held hand-blades, like hungry tigers pounced on sheep, rushed into the Ming army crowd.
Victory came too easily, so that Hao Fenglou thought at first that this was Zhang Fu's strategy to lure the enemy, but then he thought that the other person's strategic goal was to attack the city. Now that he had spent such a huge price, he finally took half of Guangzhou and lure the enemy.
Hao Fenglou was excited. He ignored his injuries and personally issued an order to attack the entire line. He then led a team of people to chase and kill the stubborn bandits everywhere.
The Ming army was completely disorganized and was in chaos everywhere. The troops were unable to echo each other, and many soldiers' eyes were dark. They could not see anything, and only heard muskets and explosions everywhere. In addition, they were tired and exhausted after a day of fighting. Some people simply panicked and fled everywhere, and were robbed and killed by the Hao family army who were rushing out of the streets and alleys.
In addition, the Hao family army has been entrenched in Guangzhou City for several months, and the team officials have all terrain drawings. Even ordinary soldiers are gradually familiar with this city. When the Ming army came in, who was still interested in remembering what path? Now, the time, place and people are all standing on the side of the Hao family army.
After a hard battle, the soldiers were defeated like mountains of defeat. These tenacious enemies in the daytime were now vulnerable. These opponents who had the courage not long ago were now in a panic.
To a certain extent, this was another unilateral massacre. The Ming army could not even find a way out for retreat. Except for some clever and clever ones who quickly put down their weapons, knelt down on the ground, begging for surrender, the rest of them were also intent to resist. They were immediately cut down to the ground, or were beaten into a sieve by muskets.
As for the Ming army outside the city, they dared not rush to help at this time because the connection between the city and outside the city had almost been cut off. However, night battles were definitely not what the Ming army was good at, which was completely different from the Hao family army. The Hao family army had training for night battles, such as in the middle of the night, an emergency training was suddenly launched. When the bamboo whistle sounded, the officers and soldiers were fully armed in the half-incense stick and gathered immediately at night.
The shouts of killing in the city were endless, and it didn't stop until midnight.
The night gradually became quiet, and the moonlight was bleak, just like Wu Gou.
Early the next morning, when the morning mist dissipated, the broken west gate stood again by the men served by the Hao family army. They regained the city and re-arranged the defense. Although the defense here was much weaker, and even the city wall was almost optional, when they appeared and when the Ming army scouts outside the city sent the bad news back to the camp, the entire Ming army camp was instantly filled with a strong sense of sadness.
It's over, it's completely over.
Zhang Fu sat blankly on the chair of the chief general in the tent, listening to several fleeing generals with dark faces reporting on the situation in the city last night.
"General, all the soldiers who entered the city were almost lost..."
"Previous General Zhang Zhao and Zhang were attacking the city wall and were killed by the thieves..."
"Guerrilla General Liu Fu was hacked to death by the rioters last night..."
"The whereabouts of Hou Yan, the Hou of Jinjiang, are still unknown..."
"Xichang Bo Zhao Zhong died in battle..."
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Zhang Fu held the desk without saying a word. Standing on both sides of the tent were two rows of military generals. Everyone lowered their heads, almost, just that. If the sky was dimming for an hour later, perhaps Guangzhou City would have already been in the pocket at this time. It was too miserable... it was so miserable... it paid such a great price, but in the end... it turned out to be like this.
"General, the entire Beiping Guard army was wiped out..."
"No one can return most of the troops led by the General of Xuanfu..."
"Guangning Wei lost most of the money..."
"Dongning Guard died in battle..."
Every news is like a bolt from the blue, unacceptable.
These are the most elite troops in the Ming Dynasty, and now they are all destroyed.
In a short while, the 300,000 army lost 70,000 to 80,000 people. Just killed in battle, I am afraid that it would have exceeded 30,000.
As for the captured and seriously injured, countless people were captured.
Zhang Fu clenched his fists and was speechless.
"Sir... It's okay to lose these people. As long as you have a firm foothold, you may not be able to fight again. It's just that yesterday's battle has scared many people. If you fight again..."
"Don't say anything." Zhang Fu waved his hand powerlessly. In fact, these military generals knew very well. Although the military account was heartbreaking, the real death was the political account. Even if Zhang Fu was stupid, he understood that the first battle between the Hao family was so completely lost. The army of 300,000 and lost 70,000 to 80,000, but he did not take down an isolated city. What would the court think? What would he think? The governor was probably going to be sent to the capital soon and was ready to investigate. As for other military officers, how many would they be responsible for taking the blame?
At this time, who has the heart to attack the city? The first thing that comes to mind is how to save your life.
Besides, although you can make meritorious contributions, don’t forget that the army is now in a low morale and has lost so many elite troops. If they are asked to attack the city again, the army must have a mutiny. This is why Zhang Fu dared not attack the city easily. If the losses were not heavy, it would be fine to continue to attack the city today, but now it is becoming a huge problem.
At this time, there was a silence in the tent, and no one made a sound, only a few sighs.
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Chapter completed!