Subsequently, under Li Yun's adjustment, the Suzaku Army accelerated its strategic offensive against Nanze Province.

Because the Tiger Army is a great enemy, it is not too much to overestimate it, so in order to be invincible, Li Yun plans to fight according to the fortified city. It would be too dangerous if the Suzaku Army and the Tiger Army were fighting at the same time, and Nanze Mansion sent troops to attack in the back.

That's why Li Yun sped up his attack, just to pull out the nail before the arrival of the Tiger Army. So the Suzaku army rushed all the way and finally arrived at Nanze Mansion in the shortest possible time.

"Big brother, do you want to attack immediately?" Glancing at Nanze Mansion, Xu Tianhua then asked.

Li Yun turned his head to take a look when he heard this, and found that the faces of the people around him were tired. These days, in order to be in a hurry, the Vermilion Bird Army has barely had a breathing time to rush all the way.

"No, let the brothers rest for the night first, and wait for the dawn tomorrow to launch an attack." Li Yun shook his head.

Although Li Yun couldn't wait to take Nanze Mansion, he couldn't do it quickly. Moreover, the Suzaku Army was exhausted from fighting for days, and the city of Nanze Prefecture was high and deep, so it would be difficult to take it if it could not be decided in a battle.

Therefore, Li Yun ordered the whole army to rest and wait for the recuperation before attacking the city.

On the city wall, the patrol battalion of Nanze Mansion was sealing the four seas and looking at the military formation of the Suzaku Army, his face couldn't help but look ugly, because he really didn't have much confidence to hold Nanze Mansion at this time.

Since the Suzaku Army invaded Ningnan Province, Feng Sihai led the troops to fight with the Suzaku Army several times, but each time they were defeated and returned, not only losing troops but also losing many state capitals. What's more, the patrol battalion under his command is exhausted, not to mention those ordinary soldiers, even he is a little afraid.

The shock in his heart was indescribable when he saw that a battalion of cavalry had not yet approached the enemy line and was slaughtered by a strange firearm that could fire continuously. The ensuing fierce artillery fire of the Suzaku Army, the accurate and terrifying muskets, and other powerful firearms all left a deep impression on him.

So it's not that Feng Sihai is incompetent, but under the bombardment of that kind of firepower, it is difficult for his subordinates to even maintain their formation, let alone kill the enemy.

"This Vermilion Bird Army and thief army are really extraordinary, no wonder they can defeat the imperial court officials and troops one after another." At this time, Qi Dao, the prefect of Nanze Prefecture, suddenly said on the side.

"Your Excellency!"

Feng Sihai saw Qi Dao and hurriedly saluted, and then said: "My lord, it's dangerous here, you better hurry down, the thief army's firearms have a long range and are extremely accurate." ”

Qi Dao pondered for a while when he heard this, "Lord Chen was shot by a thief's firearm." ”

"Yes, when Lord Chen was supervising the battle at the head of the city, he was shot and killed by the firearms of the thief army." Feng Sihai's face was stupid.

In fact, because of the active snipers of the Suzaku Army, the patrol battalion of Ningnam Province has suffered from musket phobia.

Li Yun has a full understanding of the role of snipers on the battlefield. They can not only destroy a large number of opponents and strike at important targets of the enemy, but also cause great psychological deterrence to the enemy.

So from the beginning, Li Yun attached great importance to the training of snipers.

"Is the thief's firearm really so sharp?" Qi Dao is very curious about the firearms of the Suzaku Army, because in the reports of the defeated army sent from the state capitals, there will always be sharp words about the firearms of the thief army.

Looking at the ordinary soldier's armor on his body, Feng Sihai couldn't help but smile bitterly, "My lord, the firearms of the thief army are indeed extremely sharp, especially the officers and martial arts masters of our army, and they are the priority targets of their attacks. Therefore, every time the officers of our army started the war, they would be shot with precision by those firearms. So much so that I had to order the officers under my command to change into the attire of ordinary soldiers, otherwise the officers would die as soon as the battle began, so how could this battle continue! ”

Indeed, in the battle with the Suzaku Army, the officers of the patrol battalion were always shot in large numbers at the first time, resulting in poor command of the army, which was also an important reason why the patrol battalion of Ningnan Province was defeated again and again.

For this reason, Feng Sihai made a count, and found that since the beginning of the war, the number of officials, officers, and martial arts masters who have been shot and killed by enemy firearms has been a very alarming number.

Hearing that Feng Sihai mentioned why he ordered his officers to change into the attire of ordinary soldiers, Qi Dao remembered a report he had handed over. And as soon as he remembered the name on the report, Qi Dao was shocked.

Then Qi Dao asked, "Lord Feng, then do you have the confidence to repel the thief army?" ”

Feng Sihai couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, "My lord, it's not easy to keep the city alive now." ”

"What!"

Although the thief army was powerful, Qi Dao never expected that Feng Sihai would be pessimistic to such an extent.

So Qi Dao was a little displeased in an instant, "Lord Feng, you know what you're talking about!" ”

Feng Sihai also knew that his words were indeed a little frustrating, so he didn't quibble about anything.

"Alas......"

After a while, Qi Dao sighed, "Lord Feng, you can defend the city with all your might, Your Majesty has already ordered the Tiger Demon Army to go on the expedition, so as long as we defend it for three days, we can completely annihilate the thief army from inside and outside!" ”

"No!"

And at the same time that the battle of Nanze Mansion was about to start, the Tiger Army was also accelerating its march day and night.

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

In the camp of the Tiger Army, Ouyang Yuhui, the commander of the Tiger Army, was trying to shoot the rifle of the Vermilion Bird Army.

Since the rise of the Suzaku Army, it has defeated the official army by attacking the city and plundering the land with its sharp firearms, which has naturally attracted the attention of the imperial court.

Therefore, through various methods, the Dragon Fu Secret Guard finally got a few samples of rifles for research.

As the saying goes, only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles, as the commander of the Tiger Army, Ouyang Yuhui will not make the mistake of rashly sending troops without knowing the enemy's situation. Therefore, with his deep relationship, he Hui asked for a few from the Dragon Fu Secret Guard, but it was these rifles that gave him a great shock.

Seeing that after the test firing with his own hands, Ouyang Yuhui couldn't help but feel extremely shocked by the rifle of the Vermilion Bird Army, "What a sharp firecracker!" ”

"Commander, please look!"

After a while, his subordinates lifted the target that Ouyang Yuhui had just shot over.

And Ouyang Yuhui's face changed when he saw it, because in order to test the power of the Vermilion Bird Armament, he used the standard armor of the Tiger Demon Army as a target. But at this moment, this armor, which seemed to him to be very sophisticated and strong, was easily pierced by the fire of the Suzaku Army.

Touching the bullet holes in the armor, Ouyang Yuhui said coldly: "The target moves back a hundred steps!" ”

"No!"

Then, after the target moved back, Ouyang Yuhui conducted another test shot, and unsurprisingly, the armor was easily shot through again.

"A hundred steps back!"

"No!"

In the end, through several test shots, Ouyang Yuhui found that the Vermilion Bird Army's firearms could easily shoot through the armor of the Tiger Demon Army within four hundred steps.

"Marshal, how powerful is this Vermilion Bird Army's firecracker?" At this time, Cheng Dajun, the deputy marshal of the Tiger Army, came over and asked.

Seeing Ouyang Yuhui's face was cold for a while, he pointed to the armor that was shot into a sieve and said, "Look at it, this is caused by shooting at a distance of four hundred steps from our army's armor." ”

"Oh?"

Cheng Dajun's face changed instantly when he took a closer look, "Is this really caused by four hundred steps away?" ”

Looking at the bullet holes in the armor, Cheng Dajun's face was incredulous.

"That's right! Although I had heard that Suzaku firearms were sharp for a long time, I didn't expect them to be so sharp! Ouyang Yuhui nodded, his face was solemn.

Similarly, Cheng Dajun's face lost the ease of Fang Cai, "If the thieves' weapons are so sharp, then I'm afraid this battle will not be easy to fight!" ”

"Click......"

After pulling the bolt a few times, Ouyang Yuhui couldn't help but admire this exquisitely designed firecracker, he never thought that the firecracker that he usually disdained would be so powerful.