Charging forward under such fierce firepower was clearly unrealistic.
Therefore, his order was...
"Leave one group here to hold the enemy back and draw their attention. The rest of you, follow me and take the side street around them. We'll circle around to the rear of the enemy position."
No one knew whether those left behind were abandoned pawns.
Therefore, they had to be the people he trusted most.
The person Truss trusted most was his second-in-command.
The other man responded to Truss's order as well, guaranteeing that if the Government Army pursued them, he would hold them back.
They didn't need to launch a frontal assault, which let the rebels breathe a huge sigh of relief. Following Truss, they began circling around through the side street.
Truss didn't dare lead the group into the alleys beside the street.
Although these alleys seemed to lead straight to the vicinity of the Government Army's position, since he knew about them, the Government Army on the other side naturally knew about them too.
They didn't even need many men. A single machine gun and a few dozen rifles would be enough. No matter how many more men Truss had, they would never make it through.
Therefore, taking the wider street was still the best choice.
In fact, before reaching the capital, Truss had learned from Government Army soldiers who had surrendered from the front lines that the Government Army stationed in the capital numbered no more than two thousand, far fewer than their rebel force.
Moreover, Truss didn't believe that all the Government Army troops in the capital had the courage and determination to stay behind and fight them.
Truss estimated that the Government Army soldiers who had remained behind were only a few isolated cases.
As long as they bypassed their