Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

The Nian Army camp.

Han Laowan was really frustrated. More than 20,000 people attacked the city, but there was no progress at all. Not only that, the Qing cavalry destroyed four of their only five cannons. As for the artillery shells, there were only a few left. Damn it, these people definitely came prepared and wanted to destroy our artillery!

However, no matter how aggrieved they were, how could they attack the city without artillery? It was obvious that Jinan City was not as easy to capture as they had imagined. The Qing army still had foreign guns, while they themselves had few if any, not to mention foreign guns!

Han Laowan felt a little regretful. He had originally thought that Jinan City had no military strength, but he hadn't expected it to be such a tough nut to crack. Just looking at that cavalry, they were stronger than his own cavalry, not weaker. And what about the other forces? They also had foreign rifle teams in the city! This was even more terrifying! So many foreign rifles would definitely pose a fatal threat to the Nian Army!

But, retreat? Thinking about retreating now is not so easy. It has already wasted two more days. Two days are enough for the Qing army to tighten the encirclement. Tens of thousands of people have trapped their own Nian army in the middle. But what should they do?

After taking over Jinan City, there is only one way to go!

"Han Rang, do you have any other good ideas now?"

Han Laowan asked.

Han Rang sucked his teeth. He had not expected that Jinan City would be so difficult to capture. In just one day, the Nian Army had suffered more than a thousand casualties, and all of their artillery had been destroyed. Now they were in a completely difficult situation.

Han Rang pondered for a moment and replied, "Master, the current situation is that we have no idea of ​​Jinan's strength. We have no idea how many troops are in Jinan, how they are deployed, or who is defending the city. Furthermore, the new governor, Liu Ye, is known as the Flying General. He has never lost a battle against the foreigners..."

"Nonsense! I'm asking you what to do now! Not analyzing the situation for me!"

Han Laowan shouted angrily.

Han Rang said helplessly: "Master, am I not trying to find a solution?"

Han Rang paused and continued, "I have it, Banner Master. Now that we have a strong military force, we can completely surround Jinan City and launch an attack. Firstly, we can test the weak points of Jinan City's defense. Secondly, we can also see how many troops Jinan City has. As long as we put a little pressure on them, it will naturally become clear!"

Han Laowan nodded. This was the only way now.

Han Rang continued, "Also, Master, we are currently lacking siege equipment. We have no artillery and insufficient ladders. We must cut down trees as quickly as possible and make battering rams so we can break down the gates of Jinan. Once the gates are broken, the Qing army will be unable to stop our attack!"

Han Laowan's eyes lit up, and he shouted, "Feng Xi, immediately mobilize your 1,000 troops to cut down trees and build siege weapons! He Xiong, you will lead 4,000 troops to attack the East City tomorrow; Yang Botao, lead 4,000 cavalry to attack the West Gate; Zhang Ji, lead 4,000 cavalry to attack the North Gate; Han Rang, you and I will stay in the South City. Tomorrow morning, we will launch an all-out attack. I don't believe that this city of Jinan is unbreakable!"

Han Laowan conveyed the order, and the next day the Nian Army, led by their respective generals, launched another attack on Jinan!

The city was attacked from all sides, and the entire Jinan Prefecture was suddenly plunged into war.

Lacking artillery support, the Nian Army used bows and arrows to suppress the Qing Army on the top of Jinan City. Teams of cavalry once again launched a charge towards Jinan City. Ladders were erected one after another, and the Nian Army began to attack the top of Jinan City along the ladders!

After all, there were 20,000 people launching the attack. Even if Liu Ye had high military training skills, it would not be easy to repel the attack of the Nian Army.

The other city walls were not so difficult as they had more soldiers. However, in the north city, Kulha was caught in a tough battle. The more than 300 men under his command were all Senggelinqin's personal cavalry, who were good at charging into battle. As for defending the city, they would be sacrificing their strengths. Moreover, with more than 300 men facing an attack of 4,000 people, they were really stretched to the limit!

Kulha was so anxious that he kept jumping up and down. There were too many Nian bandits. How could a few hundred of us hold them back? In just half a day, there were already nearly a hundred casualties!

Ask for help. At this time, we can only ask for help. Casualties are a small matter, but losing the city wall is a big deal. It's a matter of losing your head!

Kulha asked someone to send a letter to Liu Ye in the south immediately, asking for help!

As a result, no one was invited, but a verbal message from Liu Ye was brought over - no one was needed, but Kulha was allowed to retreat when he could no longer hold on, and not to fight to the death!

Kulha was stunned when he heard this. What did he mean? To seize the opportunity and not fight to the death?

How could this be possible? There were thousands of Nian bandits. Once they reached the top of the city walls, they wouldn't be easily repelled!

Send more people!

In the end, the message I brought back was still the same: I will definitely not send you reinforcements, but don't fight hard, and try to minimize casualties...

Kulha was completely speechless. How could the governor issue such an unreasonable order? He wanted to go there in person, but the situation in North City was tight right now. How could he escape?

"Hold on?" Kulha gritted his teeth. There was no other way now. Perhaps, the governor really had no troops to send. After all, compared to the other directions, the pressure on the North City was the least...

However, it was not easy for three hundred people to withstand the attack of four thousand people. When the sun set, the Mongolian cavalry finally couldn't hold on. With the casualties of nearly two hundred people, there were only a hundred or so people left to defend the entire city. They were not strong enough to defend, and the Nian bandits finally rushed to the top of the city!

Just as Kulha was about to fight to the death, the deputy battalion commander beside him pulled him back and said, "Sir, please don't be confused. The governor wants you to conserve your troops! We can't fight hard anymore. Retreat, retreat immediately!"

Kulha suddenly woke up. Yes, the governor told him to retreat when he couldn't hold on any longer. Although it was too shameful, in order to preserve the vitality of the cavalry battalion, he could only retreat temporarily. What a pity, this North City...

Kulha retreated unwillingly with his brothers. In just a quarter of an hour, at least two to three hundred Nian bandits rushed to the top of the city wall. Now, it would be even more difficult to drive them away, as difficult as climbing to the sky!

When Kulha in the distance was stamping his feet anxiously, footsteps were heard behind him, and two teams of trained infantry rushed up from the left and right!

bang bang bang...

The sound of gunfire was like popping beans! The Nian bandits who had just climbed up to the top of the city fell to the ground one after another. The Nian bandits who were about to climb up to the top of the city were immediately intimidated by the foreign guns and had to stop climbing!