Thousands of Green Camp soldiers retreated in less than an hour, and they had lost more than half of their men, but they did not deal much damage to the enemy. Yun Long's face was ashen. He could see that the ones defending the city were still the surrendered Green Camp soldiers of the Xinhui. However, their experience in defending the city this time was much richer than the first time. It was obvious that they had grown up because of the last time.
If those people were allowed to hold on a few more times, wouldn't these useless Green Camp soldiers become elites?
You Yun Long's eyes turned cold, and he immediately ordered the supervision team to shoot the retreating Green Army soldiers to achieve a deterrent effect. He also ordered the messenger to find Shang Kexi and ask him to send out his "family soldiers" to assist in the siege. He even spared no expense to bring out the remaining 600 sharpshooters in his hands. This time, he had them wear double armor and be protected by heavy shield soldiers. They would be escorted to the shooting range of the bow and arrow to suppress the Ming army on the city tower.
Shang Kexi was also shocked to see the Green Army soldiers being defeated so quickly. He already had the idea of sending elites to assist You Yunlong. Now that He Yunlong had sent someone to request for help, he naturally agreed. Not only that, he also asked Geng Jimao to send elites to attack the city together.
Although Geng Jimao was already prepared to let Shang Kexi deplete his forces when he came, he still couldn't help but show a pained expression at this moment. However, when he thought of the importance of Xinhui, he still gritted his teeth and admitted it. After all, if Xinhui lost Guangzhou, it would most likely be lost. If Guangzhou lost him, where could he go?
Beijing? Forget it, how much could his title of King Jing Nan be worth there?
Geng Jimao and Shang Kexi used less than half an hour to gather 3,000 elites. Among these 3,000 elites, 2,000 of them were blue-armored soldiers, while the remaining 1,000 were yellow-armored soldiers.
These 2,000 soldiers were Shang Kexi's direct troops. He called them his own troops, which was also the " Heavenly Helping Soldiers " that Hong Tai had named back then. They were all elites formed by Liaodong's elites. They were originally the elite troops under Mao Wenlong of Dongjiang Town.
Ever since Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, this elite force was split between Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and Kong Youde. After the three of them plundered Dengzhou, they crossed the sea and threw in gold. Huang Taiji was overjoyed and went out of the city to welcome them. He was even more happy to say that the heavens were helping him. He also named the army brought by Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and Kong Youde as the Heavenly Helping Army.
Over the past 20 years, this Heavenly Assist Army had turned from Mao Wenlong's elite anti-Jin army to a traitor's army. They served as the sharpest butcher's knife for Slave Jian to fight in all directions. They defeated Hong Chengchou, Li Zicheng, and took the north of the Yangtze River for Slave Jian. Then, they attacked Nanming in the south and massacred cities and plundered land wherever they passed.
Especially after taking down Guangzhou, these traitors actually massacred the city, causing 700,000 soldiers and civilians in Guangzhou to die at the hands of the traitors. It could be said that the hands of these traitors were stained with the blood of countless Chinese children.
The 3,000 elite troops were all heavy infantrymen clad in double layers of armor. The armor they wore was extremely tough to penetrate, and it could be said that killing one of these elite soldiers in close combat would require the lives of four to five or even more lightly armored soldiers.
Of course, they were all heavily armored soldiers.
Yun Long's confidence was boosted after getting the 3,000 elite soldiers. He thought that the main soldiers would be able to break through the city wall and take down Xinhui in one fell swoop. After getting the 3,000 elite soldiers as reinforcements, he gathered 5,000 Green Army soldiers as cannon fodder to attract the enemy's firepower and exhaust the enemy's medicine, arrows, and stamina. Then, he would end the battle with the elite soldiers.
After the Green Camp soldiers had assembled, Shang Kexi sent another military order. This military order was for the Green Camp soldiers. It stated that after the city was breached, they would not be sealed for three days. After three days, the newly recruited Green Camp soldiers would be given half.
This order made the Green Camp soldiers, who were originally unhappy about being used as cannon fodder, immediately scream as if they were injected with chicken blood. Their eyes turned red as they stared at the city wall, fantasizing about snatching some beautiful women to have a good time after breaking through the city, then selling them to the brothel for silver.
It could be said that Shang Kexi's order had ignited the most primitive animal instincts. The morale of the Green Army soldiers, who had been low due to the failure of the siege, had suddenly recovered to its peak.
You Yunlong was extremely happy after seeing the change in the Green Army. He believed that it was only a matter of time before such a high-spirited army took down Xinhui.
"Beat the drum, attack!"
Without further delay, Yun Long immediately gave the order to attack the city. This time, the Green Army soldiers would carry ladders, push shield carts, and siege carts as the vanguard to attract the firepower of the Ming army guarding the city. Then, the master archers would use the heavy shield soldiers and shield carts to cover their advance slowly. Finally, the most elite home soldiers would hold the line and wait for the fatal blow.
Di Qing had already seen the changes in the army below the city through the binoculars, especially the soldiers in blue and yellow armor. Di Qing knew that Shang Kexi had put in a lot of effort to bring out his elites to break through the city wall.
An elite! I'm waiting for your elites.
The corners of his mouth curled into a cold smile as he said to the soldiers,"Order the heavy infantry and the Yulin Royal Guards to get ready. It will soon be their turn to show off their skills.”
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