Borrow the day to change the day

Originally, Zhong Jinwei had repeatedly calculated the distance and time between the main force of the new army and the "Thunderbolt" brigade, so he was able to arrive soon after the "Thunderbolt" brigade tricked the city gate into opening.

As soon as the new soldiers outside the city entered the city, they dismounted and attacked the walls on both sides.

The defenders of the city are the elite Jianlu with white flags. Although the city gate was breached, their morale was greatly affected, and they had also heard that there was a strangely dressed army in the Ming Dynasty, which appeared in front of them now, but in the end Most of them still mustered up the courage to fight back.

Running in front of the new army is the new army's reconnaissance unit, that is, the original cavalry, which does not accept troops at night.For this battle to seize the city, Zhong Jinwei had equipped them with three-eyed guns in advance.

This weapon has a short range and low accuracy, but it is very suitable for this kind of close-quarters combat to seize the city.Therefore, as soon as Jianlu counterattacked, he was covered by a rain of bullets. After three consecutive shots, none of the Jianlu who were at close range could stand.

Seeing this situation later, Jianlu was terrified, but he also gritted his teeth and greeted with a bow and arrow.

At this time, the fusiliers had taken over from the three-eyed gunners.Their flintlocks were loaded before they set off, and all they had to do was pull the trigger.

Jianlu's archers didn't shoot a few arrows before they had close contact with lead bullets.

Gunpowder smoke burst from the top of the city, and began to spread to the walls on both sides, and gunshots began to sound in the city.Because at this time, the new army has enough troops to enter Haizhou City, and can divide its troops to attack the main Yamen and traffic arteries in the city.

Zhong Jinwei was still outside the city, watching the continuous stream of soldiers passing him and entering the city to join the battle, he had no suspense in his mind about capturing Haizhou City.

But he didn't relax at all. The number of new troops was still too small to encircle Haizhou City, and it was inevitable that the prisoners in the city would escape.Besides, it is still unknown whether Jianlu had spread the military information before the new army came.

Therefore, the next Ming army will start to attack the Jianlu in Liaoyang and Shenyang after receiving the military information, and their main force will continue to attack.

At least after the Guan Ning army has all entered Haizhou City and transported all their supplies into Haizhou City, it will be considered that Haizhou City has really been captured, and they will no longer be afraid of the main force of Jianlu.

But the supplies were all on board, and after the battle at Niuzhuang Station, they began to unload.But it will take time, and it won't be short.Because the loading and unloading of cargo is not just throwing off the ship casually.There are many goods that cannot be thrown away casually, and some defensive ordnance, such as the Hongyi cannon, are very cumbersome, and it will take longer to unload them.

Then the Guan Ning Army is an infantry army, forty miles away from Haizhou City, and it is still a muddy road, and they will inevitably spend a lot of time on the road.

The reason why it is an infantry army is also impossible.Since there are not enough ships, space must be made to transport as many supplies as possible.Only with sufficient supplies can the Guan Ning army be able to defend Haizhou City.

If the Guan Ning army has not yet entered Haizhou City, and the main force of Jianlu has arrived, there will only be one outcome of the war.The Guanning army was slaughtered, Haizhou City was lost again, and the new army would eventually have to fight back because of the lack of logistical supplies, and boarded the ship and fled in despair.

Therefore, the most important thing in the battle of Haizhou is the battle of time.Whether the Guan Ning army entered Haizhou City first, or the main force of Jianlu rushed over first, will determine the final outcome of this battle.As for the Ming army's first capture of Niuzhuang Station and Haizhou City, it was just the easiest step in this battle.

In the prior planning, this situation has been taken into account.Therefore, not only the time to launch the attack has been considered in advance, but also all steps in the operation are designed to allow a little more time.

It is precisely because of this that Zhong Jinwei led the new army to cut off the retreat of the reinforcements in Haizhou City, preventing them from escaping.As for Jianlu fleeing into the mountains, Zhong Jinwei couldn't care less.

Under the offensive of the new army, even if they could escape a little, it would not have any impact on the war.

In this way, the initiative of the war is still in the hands of the Ming army.The Ming army had one more night to unload and hurry.

Although it can save a lot of time to unload goods and rush on the road at night, the moon also helps, and the moonlight is very good.But in any case, it is a matter of getting twice the result with half the effort, and Guan Ningjun still needs a lot of time to complete this series of tasks.

Because of this, Zhong Jinwei asked Liaodong governor Yuan Keli to lead the army in person.Because in comparison, he still believed in Yuan Keli's ability and character.

But Yuan Keli was seriously ill, there was no other way, so he threatened Zu Dashou to avoid any situation.

The next task for the new army was to wipe out the elite Jianlu in Haizhou City, cross Haizhou City, and go to a predetermined blocking position fifty miles away to stop Jianlu's reinforcements.Because they didn't stop at that place, if the main force of Jianlu was released, they would go around the city and attack the Guanning Army who were still transporting supplies.

The new army had to rush to the blocking position one step earlier. If the Jianlu reinforcements crossed the blocking position first, there would be no other terrain to block the Jianlu from detours.

Fortunately, the new army is a firearms unit, so there is no need to consider the fatigue of the body after fighting overnight, and it can go into battle again without rest.

Now it is not only the Guan Ning army who is fighting for time, but the new army is also fighting for time.And the task is heavier and more arduous.They had to stop the main force of Jianlu and persist until all the Guanning Army entered Haizhou City before they could retreat while fighting and hide in Haizhou City to rest.

This battle was not only difficult for the Guan Ning army, but also a severe test for the new army.

It was nearly noon before Haizhou City was roughly cleaned up.Zhong Jinwei did not have time to do further detailed work, so he organized people who could speak Chinese to replace the new army to control those not very important points, so as to free up the new army.

As for those important points, such as the city gate, as well as the ordnance, grain and grass in the city, they are still in the hands of the new army.

Haizhou is an important logistics supply base for Jianlu, but Jianlu's repeated wars last year, including the expedition in the twelfth lunar month of winter, consumed a lot of Haizhou's reserves.

When Jianlu fled from the city, he set fire to the warehouse.Although the new army put out the fire in the end, it also lost a lot of supplies.The remaining materials are very precious, and can allow the Guan Ning army to hold on for a while, waiting for the next arrival of the new army.

Zhong Jinwei couldn't wait any longer. He didn't know when the Jianlu in Liaoyang got the urgent report, and he didn't know when the Jianlu in Liaoyang would send how many reinforcements, and how many reinforcements there would be in the future.

These are things that cannot be grasped, but Zhong Jinwei can be sure of one thing, Jianlu will not be reconciled to Haizhou being occupied by the Ming army, driving a nail under their noses, so he is the only one who grabs time.

Therefore, Zhong Jinwei led more than 1000 new troops out of the north gate of Haizhou City and rushed towards Liaoyang, regardless of whether the situation in the city had finally stabilized and the follow-up troops had not rushed to Haizhou City.

In any case, it is necessary to seize the best blocking ground first, and then persist until the new army behind, as well as the field artillery and the car battalion, catch up.Persevere until the Guan Ning army enters Haizhou City to complete the task.

Zhong Jinwei felt at this moment that the saying that time is victory and time is life is really true!