Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 1160 Leave professional matters to professionals

Before entering the city, Lin Feng had warned them not to get dragged into street fighting by the pirates. He advised them to fight them only on the wide streets and to let them escape into narrow alleys or into courtyards without paying them any attention.

This kind of technical work was left to Pei Qiyin and Ye Liangcai.

With a triangular dagger in his left hand and a revolver in his right, coupled with his astonishing hearing, Pei Qiyin was undoubtedly a nightmare for the pirates hiding in the house.

Ye Liangcai was agile and skilled with a steel knife, surpassing even the pirates in skill. He handled the small number of pirates with ease.

There were fewer than two hundred pirates in the city. After the cavalry entered the city, they engaged in a fierce battle, and not many remained.

By daybreak, the entire Guang'an County was under the complete control of Zhenfeng Battalion.

The inventory of spoils and losses has begun.

The spoils were meager; these pirates were relatively poor, arrived late, and plundered little.

They were all infantry, not even a single horse.

The casualties were not great. Those who survived repeated battles were the elite of the elite, and they had a thorough understanding of Lin Feng's tactics and their own combat capabilities.

Apart from three soldiers who fell from their horses and broke their arms and legs, no one else died.

Lin Feng personally performed bone setting and bandaging on the three soldiers.

He was very confident that, with his treatment, the three soldiers would be able to ride horses and gallop freely again in a few months, full of energy.

We need to give them more bone broth to ensure they get enough nutrition.

This battle sounds simple, but the process was very complex, both in terms of terrain and time period.

In the dark of night, one was on the riverbank, and the other was in the alleys of the city.

Such a complex battle, yet no one died.

When all the soldiers received this news, they were all greatly encouraged, and even those soldiers who had not yet recovered from the last battle were immediately relieved.

So this is how battles should be fought.

Imperceptibly, both their mental state and combat skills have been elevated to a new level.

They captured a lot of grain and food, and some people started a fire and began to cook their own food.

Apart from the soldiers guarding the city walls, everyone else formed several circles, and laughter and cheerful chatter filled the air.

Lin Feng was also caught off guard by this, and he did not expect the effect to be so good. This was countless times better than him having to do ideological work tirelessly.

The commander-in-chief of the pirates besieging Fuzhou was none other than General Atsumi Akiyama.

At this time, she had already received a report that a group of Taisho cavalry had attacked Guang'an County, which was 270 or 280 miles south of Fu Ning Prefecture, burned the warships on the dock, and captured the county.

Of the thousand soldiers stationed in Guang'an County, more than half were killed or wounded, and only a little over two hundred escaped, including more than eighty wounded.

However, the battle took place at night, and none of the soldiers could say for sure how many troops the enemy had.

Everyone says that countless warhorses are rushing in through the darkness, and everyone is desperately trying to avoid the slaughter. No one cares to look at the number of enemy troops.

This greatly troubled Atsumi Akiyama.

The battle has escalated to this point, meaning the enemy must have at least two thousand men to inflict such heavy losses on your troops.

But where did this cavalry force of two thousand men come from?

Why haven't I received any reports?

Atsumi Akiyama frowned as he looked at the map spread out on his desk, pondering the origin of the cavalry.

If the Taisho troops had escaped from the direction of Luocheng, they probably wouldn't have had such strong fighting power, nor would they have run towards the territory of the Zhenxi Army.

Is it a support team that came from the eight prefectures of Zhenxi?

However, his own family's hundreds of ships had already blocked the river, making it impossible for the warships from the west of the town to pass through.

Moreover, land forces coming from the eight prefectures of Zhenxi would be blocked on the opposite bank of the river by her family's sea ships, preventing them from landing and fighting.

Atsumi Akiyama was somewhat confused.

By this point, the battle in Fuzhou was essentially over. The Zhenxi Army had been trapped for over a month and, although they were still holding out, it could not last.

In Atsumi Akiyama's view, taking the castle was only a matter of time, and it wouldn't be long; perhaps even tomorrow, the Zhenxi Army would collapse.

The four counties surrounding Fuzhou Prefecture each have their own troops. When the Zhenxi Army wants to withdraw from the city and expose itself in the open field, that will be the moment for her to annihilate the enemy.

The plan was perfect, but at this crucial moment, a problem arose that annoyed her.

After pondering for a long time, Atsumi Akiyama finally issued the order as dawn broke.

"Someone, convey my order: the five thousand infantrymen north of Fu Ning Prefecture are to immediately proceed to Guang'an County, capture the city, and regain control of the ferry crossing."

After a night of thinking, Atsumi Akiyama came up with a plan.

Order the 5,000 soldiers who attacked the north gate of Funing City to immediately head to Guang'an City, thus leaving the Zhenxi Army a way to retreat. This way, they can not only easily take Funing City, but also force the Zhenxi Army into the wilderness.

Without the protection of the high and thick city walls, the Zhenxi Army inside the city could be wiped out one by one if released into the open field.

The five thousand troops from the north of the city could first go to Guang'an to wipe out that cavalry force, and then turn around to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Zhenxi Army that withdrew from Fuzhou.

Killing two birds with one stone, Atsumi Akiyama couldn't help but feel a little smug.

Her orders were relayed, and the pirates who had been surrounding the north of the city began to gather outside the city, then turned and marched rapidly north.

This scene was witnessed by the soldiers on the city wall, who immediately reported it to Hu Jincai's command post.

Hu Jincai stood on the north city tower, watching a long line of dust stretching northwards, and wondered what was going on.

what happened?

Is this a strategy of surrounding three sides and leaving one open, allowing oneself to retreat northward?

But they made it too obvious; only a fool would fall for it.

The pirates have no shame in their attempt to take over Fu Ning Prefecture.

Hu Jincai suppressed his excitement and stubbornly refused such temptation.

He had been planning how to withdraw his troops for a long time, so how could he not be tempted by such an opportunity?

The Zhenxi Army inside the city was already exhausted, and collapse was imminent. If they gave up this opportunity to retreat, not only would they lose the city, but they would also be completely annihilated.

With the pirates besieging the city, we lost our source of intelligence on the battle situation outside and could only speculate.

"Go and keep a close watch on whether the pirates in other directions outside the city are making any unusual moves."

Hu Jincai gave the order to see what other moves the pirates would make.

The pirates, who should have been launching their siege early in the morning, remained quietly in their camp until the sun was high in the sky.

It was as if they were waiting for the Zhenxi Army to withdraw from the north gate of the city.

Hu Jincai's two deputy generals also rushed over at this time, eagerly requesting him to order the Zhenxi Army to withdraw from the north gate, which would preserve less than 10,000 Zhenxi Army soldiers in the city.

Not to mention, Lin Feng's 500 guards were among them; they couldn't be allowed to perish in Fuling Prefecture along with them.

Hu Jincai returned to the command post and fell into deep thought again as he faced the map.

Two lieutenants watched him anxiously from the side.

"Look, if we withdraw from the city, we will be facing a vast wilderness to the north. With no natural defenses, the 25,000 pirates who have surrounded us will come after us from behind, and the 5,000 pirates who left earlier will turn around and encircle us again. What will happen then?"