I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Ainengqi is not stupid. When the city wall collapsed, he knew that his side had been defeated.

Not to mention the difference in weapons is too far, even if Hua Jun came with a big knife at this time, they could not hold it.

The city wall is the psychological defense line of the defenders. Once the city wall is captured or destroyed, the morale of the defenders will drop sharply.

Not to mention, the Chinese army is now equipped with various new weapons. Ainengqi and the others only have a small number of flintlock guns and some arquebuses.

This weapon disadvantage, let alone expect.

"withdraw."

Ainengqi had no choice but to issue an order to retreat.

They retreated into the mountains, but did not retreat directly in the direction of Chongqing.

Ainengqi also had a glimmer of fantasy, he wanted to hide in the mountains for two days. After the Chinese army's large force entered the Three Gorges, he led the army out again and recaptured Yiling.

There is no doubt that Yiling, as a transit station, will definitely reserve a large amount of materials.

To capture Yiling would be to cut off the logistics of the Hua army.

If they can hold on in the future, the Hua army will be defeated.

Even if they can't hold it, they can set fire to those materials and sabotage Dahua's plan to attack Sichuan.

Hua Jun didn't know Ai Nengqi's plan, but Yiling was used as a logistics base, and Hua Jun did not ignore it, but put a force of 3,000 people to garrison.

The main force of 20,000 people entered the Three Gorges by boat.

"My lord, the main force of the enemy has set off, and there are probably two or three thousand troops left in the city."

Two days later, the spies came back to report.

"Three thousand people, it's still a bit too much. It seems that Tao Dongcheng did not underestimate the enemy."

Ainengqi had a headache.

Although he has 20,000 people under him, but now he is going to attack the city, and the weapons are backward, he is not sure of winning.

"Up to now, we can only seek wealth and wealth at risk. My lord, as long as we take Yiling and grab their weapons and equipment, our army's strength will double immediately. At the same time, we can also cut off the enemy's logistics line and win a big victory. ."

The subordinate advised.

This temptation is indeed very great.

They have no shortage of people in Daxi now, and the army has a full 300,000, and the total number is nearly half of Dahua.

However, they lack weapons.

If they can defeat Yiling, seize a large number of weapons, and even defeat Tao Dongcheng, then their strength can indeed be greatly improved.

This is indeed a godsend opportunity for Daxi.

Even though he knew it was dangerous, Ainengqi was still persuaded.

"Let the brothers rest now, we will go to the night raid tonight."

Aineng Qi can stand out from Zhang Xianzhong's hundreds of sons and become one of the four most capable sons. He must not be stupid.

He has been stationed in Yiling for a long time and borders Dahua. He knows a lot about Dahua and knows how terrible Dahua's advanced weapons are.

He knew that if he used an upright conventional method of warfare, he would definitely be useless.

Therefore, he chose to gamble on a night attack.

Attacking at night was a major test for his army.

However, once they can quietly touch the city head of the Huajun, they have a considerable chance of winning.

"Will the night attack be too difficult, let's kill it now."

His subordinates persuaded that not everyone can see the strength gap between the two sides as clearly as he can.

"No, the casualties of the attack during the day will be huge. I'm afraid these people can't stand it."

Enoch explained.

Many of their troops of the Western Dynasty are young and strong, and they have no loyalty to the Western Dynasty.

It's okay to fight against the wind, but once you encounter a larger casualty, it will trigger the rout of the entire army.

Many generals were reluctant to attack at night, but when Ainengqi spoke, they could only execute it.

In Yiling, several Dahua officers were patrolling the city wall, and one of them took out his binoculars from time to time to look at the distant mountains.

"This Yiling City is too close to the mountain. Once the enemy rushes out of the mountain, we have no time to react."

Yang Yiqing said.

"Captain Yang has been thinking too much. The enemy sees us like a mouse sees a cat. He can't hide. How can he have the courage to attack."

Deng Ming, the head of the other regiment, smiled and did not take Yang Yiqing's words to heart.

"Captain Deng's remarks are bad. The enemy has not surrendered, then it means that they are not willing to fail, and they will definitely struggle and have to guard against it."

Yang Yiqing said.

The two of them have completely different personalities, one is carefree and the other is cautious.

"Captain Yang, don't worry, we still have five machine guns left here. If they dare to come, they are guaranteed to come over and cry."

Seeing Yang Yiqing's serious expression, Deng Ming still didn't care.

"If the enemy makes a sneak attack, we will go to the city wall before we can react, and the machine gun will become a decoration, and maybe it will fall into the enemy's hands. Besides, even if we can defend it, we need to prepare in advance and reduce losses. OK."

The two argued for a few words, Deng Ming was unhappy, but he couldn't say it directly.

After all, if this kind of argument is known from above, the above people will definitely stand on Yang Yiqing's side without hesitation.

Even he himself felt that what Yang Yiqing said made sense.

However, strengthening vigilance means increasing tasks, which is a chore.

Deng Ming just didn't want to do such a meaningless thing, he felt that before

The enemy's 20,000 people retreated without resistance. They must have been frightened and would never come back to counterattack.

Deng Ming stopped talking nonsense, and Yang Yiqing had no choice but to arrange for his own people to keep vigil at night and strengthen vigilance.

After all, he and Deng Ming were at the same level, and neither of them could command the other.

The people who were placed on guard were somewhat dissatisfied with Yang Yiqing in their hearts.

After all, everyone else can go to sleep, but I have to stay up all night to be vigilant, and it is difficult to balance my heart.

This is also the reason why Deng Ming doesn't like being eventful, he just doesn't want his subordinates to be angry with him.

At night, around twelve o'clock, Ainengqi's people were woken up, ate some dry food, and then went to Yiling.

The mountain road is not easy to walk, and they dare not light too many torches.

After all, if too many torches were lit, people in Yiling City could see that something was wrong at a glance, and the night attack would be meaningless.

Without torches, most of the soldiers in the army had night blindness. They were exhausted by this journey, and there were at least hundreds of people left behind.

Some did not keep up with the team and went in the wrong direction, while others deliberately left the team and became deserters.

That's why Ainengqi's men didn't want to attack at night. At night, they couldn't control the team, and those who wanted to escape for a long time could just take the opportunity to escape.

Before the battle started, there were hundreds of people missing.

Fortunately, I finally got out of the mountains, and it is easier to go to the city wall.

"Everyone, the glory and wealth are all up to this battle. If I win Yiling, I will ask for my godfather's orders, and each person will be promoted to three ranks."

Ainengqi made a promise, which boosted morale.