In another direction outside the mouth of the bay, after hearing the scouts reporting the military situation, Hong Asi smiled and said to the officers around him:

"The art of war is deceitful. The imaginary is the real, the real is the imaginary, and the virtual is the real. The beauty of its use lies in one mind. You must remember that the more you gain the upper hand, the more careful you must be, because you must use strange things.

The trick is to use dangerous moves, which cannot be used often. If we encounter a general who is good at using troops, then we want to annihilate them, but I am afraid it is wishful thinking!"

Hong Asi has long been famous in the Jiangxi and Hunan areas, and his reputation is not in vain. His combat ability and troop formation level are not outstanding.

Back then, how could he have surrendered if he hadn't encountered the abundant security forces with super powerful firepower and rich combat experience?

However, in the past few years, what he has seen or heard are the continuous achievements of Fengzhong Group. He sincerely admires Chen Tianhua and is glad that he was surrendered as soon as possible. Otherwise, the fate of Pingxiang Lu Wenhu and others would have been the same.

He pointed his horse whip in the direction of Xiang Hong's army and said loudly:

"Look, Xiang Hong now thinks that he has the upper hand and will win without a doubt. This is also true in the eyes of many people. However, instead of being cautious, he is arrogant and arrogant, which foreshadows his failure.

, if I am the commander of the army, once I discover the light cavalry scouts, I will definitely send people to drive them away and clear up the situation before we understand the situation. In this way, even if it delays the time and rhythm of the attack, it will minimize the possible danger to myself. "

"Thank you for your teachings, Master!" The old brothers around me had not heard the eldest brother's boasting for a long time, so they all listened with gusto. At this time, it was rare for me to get on-the-spot guidance from General Hong on the battlefield.

"Let's go, get ready to poke Xiang Hong's butt. Send more scouts around. Be sure to pay attention to Na Hui's movements in the second column, and report the opponent's position to me at any time. We must kill Na Hui before he arrives.

Xiang Hong, then turned around to deal with Na Hui, and cut off both of Na Zan's arms at once! See how he is still making trouble?"

"As ordered!" His subordinates promised loudly, and one by one they left Hong Asi's side and walked towards the team under their control.

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At noon that day, Luo Longyun, Ma Desan and other leaders were discussing matters and eating Chinese food in a former enemy headquarters that had just been built in the salt field.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of a cannon in the distance, followed by the sound of "bang bang..." from a bangzi.

This is the flag bearer from the observation tower on the top of a nearby hill, sending a signal to tell the city that enemies are coming.

Everyone trembled involuntarily, walked out of the headquarters and climbed onto the tower, raising their telescopes to take a look.

Ma Desan watched carefully and muttered as if reciting sutras, "When the cannon goes off, it should be Xiang Hong's vanguard!"

"Good judgment." Luo Longyun nodded, turned around and shouted to the messenger next to him: "Blow the emergency assembly horn."

"Yes." After the ordering soldier stood at attention, he went down to deliver the order.

"Let's go, let's go back and get ready."

After saying that, everyone got off the tower and rushed to their barracks to prepare to meet the enemy.

"Dudu...dudu..." A special horn blew the emergency rally call.

"The officers and soldiers are here, everyone must assemble."

"Be fully armed, check ammunition, firearms and artillery as you would in normal drills. Don't panic."

"Every household, children and the elderly should go to designated areas to hide and are not allowed to run around."

"..."

The commanders of each team are issuing instructions, and the horn is the order, conveying information to everyone in the salt field.

One pass to ten, ten to one hundred... Soon, the entire salt field was mobilized.

The screams of banging were heard in every corner. The saltmen and their families, who were busy outside for a while, hurriedly gathered and covered the salt fields, and then fled back to the castle to hide.

The joint defense measures in the salt field appear to be orderly. Compared with the initial uprising, when Cheng Nahui led his army to attack, the situation here was so chaotic.

In that battle, the Yanding side suffered heavy casualties, with more than 800 casualties among the prime Yanding people and more than 1,560 casualties among their families. Most of them were people who were trampled to death by horse hooves and slashed with sabers when the official cavalry entered the city.

, if Hong Asi's cavalry hadn't suddenly attacked from behind, the ensuing bay mouth salt field would have been a massacre.

But things are different now. With the organization and command of Luo Longyun and others, the non-combatants have long been withdrawn to the rear slopes, to a relatively safe place.

The flag soldiers on the watchtower sent out flags. The leading force of the official army, a team of 300 people, was approaching 500 meters in front of the city and was preparing to set up camp. Behind it was a large army with mules and horses dragging artillery.

"Look, the army is really here again!"

Everyone hurriedly looked around and saw smoke and dust billowing from the northwest of the city. Countless smoke pillars rose up, getting bigger and denser.

Then came the colorful flags, the Panlong Flag with yellow characters on a red background.

Luo Longyun is the squadron officer of the Sixth Squadron of the Special Forces Brigade of the Military Coordination Office. He followed Chen Tianhua and Gu Zhunian and participated in the famous Panlong Mountain battles and other battles, and has rich combat experience.

But it was the first time that he was allowed to stand alone and command such a large-scale city defense battle. It would be foolish for the enemy to say that he was not nervous at the moment.

He was trembling all over, but no one else noticed. Who wouldn't be nervous at this time? There were beads of sweat on Ma Desan's forehead. It couldn't be hot sweat in the winter.

Anyone who has experienced a battle knows that the tens of minutes before a battle are the most tense. The air is solid and suffocating. Once the battle begins, people have no sense of tension, only a passionate belief in killing the enemy.

With a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, there was no room for Luo Longyun to be timid. He thought that Hong Asi might have gradually sneaked behind the enemy and was just waiting for the opportunity to strike.

He took a few deep breaths and tried to calm down his nervousness. He held up the telescope with slightly trembling hands and carefully observed the officers and soldiers.

Xiang Hong's large army was camped a little away from the outpost, and the artillery team was building a position.

Soon, everything is ready.

Immediately, Xiang Hong couldn't wait to order the attack on the city.

This time he took him to the Baykou Salt Field. There were seven general cannons and five French cannons. They were all antique artillery pieces, but they were well maintained.

The general artillery used by the Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty had an effective range of three thousand meters. The current artillery position is only about eight hundred meters away from the city wall, and the elevation angle is moderate.

"Order all mortars, machine guns and personnel at the top of the city except for the observation posts to evacuate, and wait until the artillery fire stops and the enemy attacks the city before moving." Luo Longyun issued the first military order.

"As commanded."

Luo Longyun's order was conveyed by the ordering soldiers running.

According to the previous training of defending the city, all the soldiers defending the city were divided into three echelons.

The first echelon was the first to guard on the city wall, the second echelon was on standby under the inner city wall, and the third echelon had just entered the city to hide as a reserve team.

His order actually meant that the first echelon waiting on the city wall should be withdrawn to avoid artillery fire.

This order was so bold that Ma Desan and others were stunned. They thought they had heard wrongly.
Chapter completed!