Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

"How come it's so fast?" Zhu Yaoxiang and Zhang Guilin were both stunned when they received the news that the North Gate and East Gate had been breached by the enemy and that the enemy troops had entered the city.

Zhu Yaoxiang was stunned for a moment, then he immediately came to his senses and said, "Captain Zhang, hurry up and get the defenders of West City and South City to provide support."

"We still have at least 8,000 people in the city. Even if the enemy enters the city, the defenders of the North City and the East City will not be completely wiped out. As long as we concentrate all our troops, there is still hope that we can drive the enemy out of the city."

Hearing this, Zhang Guilin slowly calmed down and ordered the messenger, "Quick, send the order immediately and ask the defenders at the South Gate and West Gate to quickly provide support."

"Third brother, this time we are in the same boat, what do you think we should do?" After the messenger left, Zhang Guilin asked Zhu Yaoxiang again.

Zhu Yaoxiang sighed: "Captain Zhang, even if we concentrate our forces and drive the enemy out of the city, Nanyun cannot be defended. For now, there are only two options."

"Oh, which two roads?" Zhang Guilin's eyes flickered, and he made some guesses about Zhu Yaoxiang's thoughts.

Zhu Yaoxiang came to the map, looked at Zhang Guilin and said, "The first way is to surrender. The second way is to cross the Nanshan Mountains."

"Cross the Nanshan Mountains?" Zhang Guilin was surprised. He thought Zhu Yaoxiang would say surrender or defend to the death.

Nanshan is located between two large mountain ranges, and one branch of the large mountain range branches out into another branch, making Nanshan completely surrounded by the two mountain ranges, leaving only Xinyuan, the entrance to the plain.

Zhu Yaoxiang nodded and said, "Although the Nanshan Mountains are steep and difficult to travel, we can still cross them."

Zhang Guilin hesitated about this suggestion, his face turned pale and blue, looking very ugly. Although it is feasible to cross the Nanshan Mountains, and many people have passed through it, it is limited to a small number of mountain people.

Large-scale marches cannot be carried out simply by having a small path to walk on. Issues such as baggage supply, troop management and coordination must also be considered.

For example, a series of problems need to be solved, such as how to rest at night, how to cook when encountering heavy rain, etc.

"Commander Zhang, if you want to cross the Nanshan Mountains, you don't want to take all the soldiers in the city away, right?" Seeing Zhang Guilin's hesitation, Zhu Yaoxiang continued to speak.

"Let's not talk about how many people will be left after temporarily repelling the enemy, but are the remaining people willing to follow you and leave their homes?"

After hearing what Zhu Yaoxiang said, Zhang Guilin's face became even uglier. Zhu Yaoxiang was right. When fighting on the Nanshan mainland, these soldiers could still follow his orders.

Once I have to leave my hometown and not return to Nanshan for a long time, I am afraid that not many people will be willing to follow me.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Guilin made a decision and said to the adjutant beside him, "Go prepare the mules and horses, load a batch of food for 3,000 people for a month, and load some large yellow croakers. Remember to prepare them in secret."

"Yes." The adjutant nodded slightly and walked out calmly.

Afterwards, Zhang Guilin said to the messenger: "Tell the guard commander to repel the enemy and then lead his troops back to the headquarters immediately."

On the main road leading into the city through the east gate, at the position where the Second Regiment of the Second Division and Zhang Guilin were guarding, the regiment commander Liu Changyi saw that his men kept falling down, and he felt secretly anxious.

"Grenade launcher, quick, set up the grenade launcher and attack." Seeing that the enemy soldiers were not very dispersed, Liu Changyi gave the order.

After fighting for a few more minutes, the grenade launcher team set up their grenade launchers and bombarded the opposing guard regiment.

After several rounds of bombing, hundreds of people were killed or injured, and the other side's shooting slowed down.

Under the artillery attack, the manpower was too vulnerable, and the guard commander ordered: "Expand the position and disperse to find shelter."

Although the enemy was scattered, they also expanded the battlefield. The Second Regiment of the Second Division could only shoot at them, consume them bit by bit, and advance slowly.

It is worth mentioning that although the troops are equipped with AK47s, they still use them as single-shot rifles. If the continuous shooting function is used, not to mention the problem of bullet consumption, a lot of bullets will be wasted.

On the battlefield, every bullet can kill an enemy, and there is no such person.

The biggest advantage of using AK47 is that you don't need to pull the bolt after firing a shot, you can fire continuously. Moreover, one magazine can hold rounds of bullets, which is convenient to change, greatly reducing the time of changing bullets and attacking.

If the army really relied on its powerful continuous firepower, it would not need to be specially equipped with submachine guns and general-purpose machine guns.

On the main road leading from the north city to the inner city, the firefight between the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division and the 5th Regiment went much more smoothly. The 5th Regiment was beaten back step by step and could only use the houses on both sides of the road as a line of defense to delay the attack of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division.

"Go and ask when the reinforcements will arrive." The commander of the Fifth Regiment shouted to the messenger beside him.

Although our soldiers are brave, the enemy's firepower is too strong. If our side fires 2,000 bullets in one round, the enemy may fire 4,000, 5,000, or 6,000 bullets.

In this situation, his side was suffering too much, and the captain only hoped that reinforcements would arrive quickly to relieve the pressure.

The messenger left for a while and then returned to report: "Captain, reinforcements are coming."

"Great! Go and tell the reinforcements to defend the left side, and we will guard the right side." The regimental commander ordered the messenger while shooting soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division with his rifle.

The messenger did not dare to delay and quickly told the reinforcements the Fifth Regiment's commander's intention.

After adjustments and deployments, relying on superior forces, they finally contained the offensive of the first division and first regiment.

Although Zhang Guilin's troops were still retreating slowly, the casualties of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division and the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Division were also increasing.

As soon as Zhang Guilin, the head of the guard regiment, received the news of the arrival of reinforcements, a messenger arrived and informed him of Zhang Guilin's order.

The head of the guard frowned and said, "Let me lead my troops back to the headquarters?"

"My unit has to rush back to the headquarters and gather the 800 soldiers who fled from the east gate. They will be handed over to you. Together with those people, we should be able to hold this place temporarily." The guard commander did not dare to disobey the division commander's order, and said to the commander of the third regiment who came to help.

When the commander of the Third Regiment heard this, he was very unhappy, but because the other party was the commander of the division commander's guard regiment, he couldn't get angry.

"Okay, but even with those 800 men, we won't be able to hold out for long. We'll need reinforcements from the division commander."

"I will report this to the division commander. I think reinforcements will arrive soon." The guard regiment commander said perfunctorily, and then retreated with the remaining 1,300-odd men of the guard regiment.

After returning to the headquarters and listening to the report from the head of the guard regiment, Zhang Guilin was surprised and asked, "What? There are only 1,300 guards left?"

If Zhang Guilin had only considered retreating to the Nanshan Mountains as an alternative plan before, now he did not dare to stay and only wanted to evacuate quickly. The enemy's firepower was too strong and the troops suffered too much loss.

"Third brother, I'm planning to retreat tonight. Do you want to come with me?" Zhang Guilin turned and asked Zhu Yaoxiang.

Zhu Yaoxiang was surprised that Zhang Guilin made the decision so quickly. Then he was relieved. With the offensive of Fang Ji'an's troops, it would be impossible to drive them out of the city.

I'm afraid that with the troops in the city, they can only hold out for one more day at most before Nanyun City is completely lost.