Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

The attack on Zhang's mansion resulted in the loss of more than a dozen soldiers. Even the previous attack on the county town did not result in such heavy losses.

Of course, it can also be seen from this that Zhang Shengwu’s troops were lax in armaments and had lax military discipline.

A total of more than sixty guards were killed, and in the darkness, fourteen of their own people were killed.

Zhang Sheng led his soldiers to the military camp outside the city. Fang Jian had built two military camps outside the east gate. This camp was for the new army, but it was directly occupied by the troops from Changhuan City.

"Damn it, these bastards actually occupied the commander's barracks." Zhang Sheng said angrily.

Although the barracks had not been used after the new army marched to Fenglin City, it was still Fang Jian's property after all, so Zhang Sheng was naturally angry.

He said fiercely: "The first and second platoons of the third company will ambush on both sides of the camp gate, and the third platoon will ambush at the side gate. Ten minutes later, the first company will attack from the main gate, and the second company will break in from the side gate."

After the order was given, the officers of each company and platoon acted according to the order.

In addition to the main gate of the barracks, Francis Xavier also had a small door on the side to facilitate emergency response. The side door was smaller and far smaller than the main gate.

A company of soldiers slowly approached the village gate under the cover of night, waiting for the right time to launch a surprise attack.

The soldiers guarding the camp gate stood very loosely, without any vigilance at all, and were far inferior to the guards at Zhang's mansion.

Just thinking about it makes me feel relieved. Guards are private armed forces, used to protect safety. If you don't choose fierce people, do you choose those who have no skills? If you do this, do you still want safety?

It is different for soldiers, most of them become officials for promotion and wealth. Everyone will embezzle some military pay and use public power for personal gain.

The army belongs to the warlord, not to the warlord himself. Why bother to train soldiers? To train soldiers, one must not only provide them with military pay, but also with more food, equipment and weapons.

All these things cost money, who will pay for it? You can just lie back and take a lot of military supplies and resell them, don't you want that?

The only thing that most officers under the warlords want is to get promoted and make money.

Zhang Sheng is a brave man. His command ability is only two and a half stars, but his fighting and firearms skills are three and a half stars, and his wisdom is also three stars.

Arriving at the front line of the first company, he prepared to personally command the company's raid.

"Shoot." Seeing that the time had come, he was the first to rush out and fired two shots at the two guards at the camp gate.

Thanks to the three-and-a-half-star gun, the short distance, and the good performance of the Browning pistol, the two guards were hit directly between the eyebrows.

Under Zhang Sheng's command, a company of soldiers began to rush towards the barracks. Zhang Sheng said as he ran: "Anyone who resists will be shot on the spot."

Gunshots were heard at the door. More than a minute later, two men in military uniforms with buttons buttoned crookedly walked out of the camp.

Zhang Sheng didn't hesitate and fired two more shots, killing the two men. When the two men came out, a company of soldiers had already rushed into the barracks.

In the main tent of the military camp, the battalion commander of this army was drinking with a girl in his arms.

When the first gunshot sounded, he didn't pay any attention. The girl in his arms was holding up her wine glass with a seductive look in her eyes: "Captain Lu, come on and continue drinking."

This woman was found by Zhang Xumin, and she was a girl from a brothel in Xinyuan County.

Originally, when the girl heard that she had to serve in the army, she was unwilling to do so. But Master Zhang gave her too much, so she took the money and came.

Captain Lu has been very comfortable being served by this woman these past two days, and he seems to be reluctant to leave.

When the second gunshot was heard, Captain Lu pushed the woman aside, stood up and said, "Guards, go see what's going on outside."

"Captain Lu." The woman was pushed to the ground and let out a cry.

Captain Lu awkwardly helped the woman up and put the flirting aside.

Although he was not good at military training, he was not a good-for-nothing after all. The first gunshot was probably an accidental discharge, and the second gunshot was probably an accident.

He was still a little uneasy and ignored the woman's complaints. He walked out of the tent and said, "Quick, gather the soldiers."

As Captain Lu finished speaking, dense gunfire rang out everywhere in the camp.

The woman stamped her feet and looked at Captain Lu's back, very dissatisfied with his behavior. But thinking of the gunshots, she didn't dare to follow him out, so she could only look around in the big tent and find a place to hide.

"Call all the soldiers you can, and defend against the fence in front of the barracks on the left." Captain Lu knew something bad was going to happen, and immediately gave orders to the guards outside the tent.

Arriving at the barracks on the left, Captain Lu ordered the guards to bring wood, tables and chairs and place them on the fence and the open space behind the fence to use as temporary fortifications.

It didn't take long for Zhang Sheng's troops to clear most of the military camp, and soon they led a group of people to the barracks fence on the left side of the big tent.

"Shoot." Seeing someone approaching, Captain Lu immediately gave the order and fired two shots first.

When under attack, Zhang Sheng signaled the soldiers to hide, snatched a submachine gun from a soldier, and fired at the barracks.

In a hurry, Captain Lu only gathered seventy or eighty soldiers, relying on defensive fortifications, and temporarily fought back and forth with Zhang Sheng's men.

As the number of soldiers around him continued to decrease, Captain Lu became a little panicked. The enemy's firepower was too strong, and most of his own soldiers were still equipped with outdated weapons such as the old-fashioned barrels.

"Hurry, change the magazine." After the magazine was empty, Zhang Sheng took out the empty magazine and handed it to the soldier, and gave the order.

The soldier had no choice but to take out a magazine full of bullets and hand it to Zhang Sheng.

While installing the magazine, Zhang Sheng shouted again: "Soldiers with grenades, throw them to me."

Upon hearing the order, several soldiers took out grenades, pulled the rings, and threw them towards the barracks.

"boom."

"boom."

"Brothers, charge." After a few loud noises, Zhang Sheng took the lead in the charge.

A grenade was thrown not far from Captain Lu, and his arm was scratched by shrapnel and a wound appeared on his head.

After the previous exchange of fire, plus those killed by grenades, there were less than 20 people still able to fight out of the 70 or 80 people. The rest were either seriously injured or killed.

Captain Lu wanted to retreat. After only one or two minutes of fighting, fifty or sixty people on his side were killed. If the fighting continued, they might lose their lives.

As Zhang Sheng charged, he shouted, "Hold your head with your hands and squat on the ground. Surrender and you won't be killed."

After shouting loudly, he fired another burst of bullets, shooting at the area behind the fence.

Several screams were heard from inside the fence, and someone immediately dropped his weapon, squatted on the ground with his hands on his head, and shouted, "I surrender, don't kill me, don't kill me."

Seeing that there were some who took the lead in surrendering, and more than a dozen people surrendered, Captain Lu felt a little resentful and cursed in a low voice: "Coward."

Then he threw away his weapon, squatted on the ground with his hands on his head, and surrendered obediently.

Seeing that Captain Lu had also surrendered, the remaining soldiers also dropped their weapons and surrendered.