And this is also the specific reason why Zhang Zhongming took advantage of the night to choose the opportunity of the Haw Par Army to enter the military camp of Tubao, surround this Haw Par Army and launch an attack.

Only in this way can you ensure that your traces will not be leaked. At the same time, there is enough time to attack the earthen fort in front of you.

For themselves, in the case of having a superiority in troops, time means few casualties.

If you have time, you can control the casualties of the soldiers under your command to the lowest level.

If you don't have time, there's no way to prepare. In this case, he can only rely on the desperate way to take down the earthen fort in front of him and eliminate all the tiger and leopard troops hiding in the earthen fort.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhongming, whose face was gloomy, was like a lion who suddenly became angry, and directly opened his mouth and ordered: "What are you still doing!" The cavalry team, immediately attack, catch up with and destroy these tiger and leopard army cavalry, as many as they can, and immediately send troops......"

Looking at a subordinate who hurriedly took the order in front of him, the gloomy expression on Zhang Zhongming's face did not show the slightest sign of dissipation......

Turning to Huang Yongzhong beside him, he said, "Once the main force of the Tiger and Leopard Army receives the news, it can rush to the battlefield in two days at the latest...... Excluding the time it takes for us to retreat and clean up the battlefield, the time that can really be used for the attack is less than twelve hours......"

"Now, it's about to dawn, plus we've lost all our shield cars...... Attacking rashly, no matter how many people go up, is a target for the Haw Par Army musketeers......"

"However, we have limited time...... Vice Admiral Huang, you say. What should I do......

Huang Yongzhong hurriedly replied: "My lord." Time is limited. It's definitely too late to rebuild the shield car......"

"The idea of the last general is that we can think of some way to put it on the shield......"

"Two sword and shield men cover one musketeer, although it can't achieve the effect of a shield car, but a certain effect is still there......"

"However, there is also a downside...... Whether it's a sword and shield man, or a musketeer. In battle, you have to suffer very heavy casualties......"

"In addition, after the battlefield has divided thousands of sword and shield men to cover the musketeers, the remaining sword and shield men must continue to attack the earth fort with the determination of death...... While attracting the counterattack firepower of the Haw Par Army, attract all the Haw Par Army defending the earthen fort, and let the musketeers kill and wound them in large numbers......"

Zhang Zhongming knew that even if there was no cover at night. There were less than a thousand men under his command, and he was a halfway monk. It is impossible to wipe out all the hundreds of Tiger and Leopard Army cavalry scattered and breaking through, not to mention that it is not dark yet......

Therefore, the news of his attack on the 10th Division and the 1st Regiment of the Haw Par Army can reach the ears of the other two regiment commanders of the 10th Division of the Haw Par Army by this evening at the latest.

With the military discipline of the Tiger and Leopard Army, the two regiments that received the news would definitely rush here regardless of a single thing......

Therefore, even if Zhang Zhongming does not want to admit it, he must face this fact......

The time to attack was so short, and there was no other way to do it. Zhang Zhongming, who had a gloomy face, could only accept this idea of launching an attack on the earth fort regardless of casualties.

As a result, less than two hours after the defeat of the Ganning New Army, a new round of offensive began again.

Four thousand sword and shield men, divided into four different directions, continued to attack the earthen fort as a death squad.

The other 4,000 sword and shield men acted as meat shields, covering the musketeers to rush a hundred paces outside the city. Then, continuing to cover them, they engaged in a confrontation with the Haw Par musketeers, killing and wounding the defenders in large numbers......

Some people may ask, how can the defeated army, which was still demoralized just now, regain its morale in just two hours, and join the death squad that they know is to be sent to death, isn't it crazy......

You've guessed right, these people are crazy.

As for the reason for the madness, it is very ridiculous to say that it is for silver and food............

When Zhang Zhongming, in his capacity as governor, promised them that as long as they joined the death squad, their family would receive a heavy reward of fifty taels of silver and a load of grain...... These sword and shield fighters who joined the Ganning New Army just to feed themselves and their families went crazy......

Rushing to join the death squad, hoping to get this reward......

In their eyes, for these rewards, they deserve to die even if they die.

Because, in the poor northwest, these rewards, if saved, are enough for the family to use for seven or eight years. In the great northwest, where there is a drought every year, and even food is not produced, waiting to starve to death, it is definitely very cost-effective to exchange one's life for one day in exchange for seven or eight more years for the family.

Therefore, after Zhang Zhongming's promise spread among all the sword and shield fighters, in just half an hour, more than 4,000 sword and shield men joined the death squad......

There are death squads, and the remaining four thousand sword and shield bearers can no doubt only become musketeers' meat shields......

As a result, a new round of attack began in Zhang Zhongming's heavy reward......

On the wall of the earth fort, as soon as the new army of Ganning appeared, the head of the regiment, Zhang Jingchu, frowned.

After the battle just now, Zhang Jingchu deeply realized the strength and difficulty of the new army of Ganning outside the fort.

Therefore, in the face of the attack, the regiment commander Zhang Jingchu did not make the slightest reservation.

As soon as the new army of Ganning entered the mortar range, a dull roar sounded inside the fort.

Then, a screeching flowering bullet crossed everyone's heads! Fly towards the new army of Ganning, which is still a few hundred steps away.

However, the limited artillery fire was obviously too small for tens of thousands of attacking troops.

The fireballs on the battlefield kept rising, although they kept blasting out patches of no-man's land.

However, in the blink of an eye, these no-man's lands were filled by the follow-up offensive forces of the Ganning New Army......

The new army of Ganning, which was attacked by artillery fire, rushed to the range of muskets with only more than 500 casualties......

In the face of the counterattack of the condescending muskets of the Haw Par Army, Adjutant General Huang Yongzhong was not wrong. A group of two sword and shield men, one musketeer, albeit with two shields for cover, blocked most of the body.

But there was still a steady stream of swordsmen, shieldmen and musketeers who fell on the offensive.

Coupled with the casualties of the artillery, in just fifty paces of attack distance, the new army of Ganning fell again by five or six hundred people......

However, the good fortune of the Tiger and Leopard Army on the city wall ended here......

The sword and shield hand, who rushed to the outside of the city for a hundred paces, quickly put the two shields together and stood on the ground, forming a shield wall no more than five feet wide.

Then, the two shieldmen crouched directly in the corner of the shield wall, supporting their shields with their bodies, leaving as much space behind the shield as possible for the musketeers.

Of course, the musketeers who followed them did not waste their kindness......

Under the cover of the shield, he raised his musket and began to shoot at the tiger and leopard army at the head of the city...... (To be continued......)