The elite forces selected by the volunteer troops were not bad in their adaptability, and when they encountered obvious casualties in the storm, they were able to skillfully disperse further in formation in the mountains at night, and launched a siege from all directions, and did not cause much confusion as a result. Many people were shot in the attack, but the sophisticated steel armor and steel shield minimized the risk of casualties in the attack, and the long-term training finally enabled the officers and men to achieve many tactics that are difficult for normal troops to effectively complete, and there are also abilities that are difficult to have.

The elite troops who reacted began to consciously pull the fire rope at night and pull the grenades with relatively short fire pipes and throw them effectively, and many one-pound black powder grenades exploded at a distance of only a few meters or so in front of the crowd when they rolled down, and many of them exploded only a few meters away. Even the effective use of smoke from the very weak black powder grenades at night to cover themselves has become a very difficult task for ordinary officers and soldiers, but these seem to be less difficult for the elite selected from the volunteer forces. The continuous explosions did not pose any threat to the defenders, but the smoke screen formed by these grenades, which were constantly exploding upwards, reduced the exposure of the enemy firebombs as much as possible as the officers and soldiers continued to advance, leaving the team in a disadvantageous state of one-sided suppression.

In this way, the attacking team gradually approached a distance of only about ten zhang from the enemy's outer defenses, and when the fierce fire oil and the rolling logs with the fire continued to fall, even the heavily armed and very scattered offensive formation began to face great pressure at this time.

However, at this time, the elite horsetail grenade bombardier finally began to show his strengths, and on the hillside where they could not play effectively, they could also continuously drop about a pound of fire bombs or black powder grenades to the position near the enemy's fort ten zhang away, and the continuous explosion of fire pointed out the target position for the attacking team to a large extent. Many of the arrows that were constantly unfolding were also exposed at this time.

At this moment, arrows like flying locusts in the dark night flew one after another, accurately shooting at those shots that seemed to be only about seven or eight inches in radius ten zhang away. When the archers work in pairs and continue to open their arrows, it is almost possible for the defenders who rely on the location to open their arrows almost calmly launch a chance to fight back, but can only blindly and quickly release the arrows from the small hole.

For a time, the suppression of the attacking team in the walled fort was sharply weakened. At this moment, the huge arrows in the dark night were also hurled quickly and accurately on the walled fort, and the energy of those giant arrows seemed to be greatly weakened when they flew up the walled fort, but it was still not something that the defenders could effectively protect with simple wooden shields or ordinary armor. Although the real armored soldiers suffered little loss under the rain of eight taels of giant arrows, many auxiliary defenders and healthy women encountered obvious suppression at this time.

"It's obviously dark now, and they're still on the hillside where it's inconvenient to exert their full strength, how can their archery skills be so strong? When did the Han army have so many more marksmen! "When the attacking team starts to effectively drop the bullet and shoot the arrows to suppress. The defenders seemed to be facing an attack by groups of marksmen who were not an ordinary army, but almost a rarity in the Jianzhou army. In the face of such pressure, the fortifications that seemed to be impregnable seemed to be far less secure than before.

What made the defenders feel even more terrifying was that when the defenders approached this distance, the trebuchet under the hillside was not only still not afraid of accidental launch, but also the fuse explosion control became more and more accurate, few projectiles rolled down after falling to the ground before exploding, most of them effectively exploded or exploded at a height of less than three feet, exposing the resistance of the defenders on the fortress.

The pressure on the defenders from the precise arrows like flying locusts increased, and the attacking side, which was obviously geographically disadvantaged, seemed to be able to suppress the defending side with archery alone.

If a few years ago or even a year ago, for the Jianzhou Army, which has always been known for its bow and arrow, this would have been almost unimaginable, but this unimaginable thing really happened at this time.

In the direction of the assault of the spearhead, the offensive was even more aggressive, relying on more sophisticated archery and bomb throwing skills to suppress the elite troops soon approached under the head of the walled fort, and the arrows fired from the side made it very difficult for the defenders to carry out the most basic defensive tactics.

Under the continuous bombardment and suppression of more than twenty pounds of black powder explosive bags, the team that could skillfully use the hook rope to climb the city soon rushed close to the explosion and smoke created before.

The officers and soldiers who ascended first also quickly fell into the resistance of the enemy group, and almost every officer and soldier who broke into the fort was attacked by at least one spear or knife, that is, the protection of those fine steel armor made the loss rate not affect the success or failure of the assault.

The continuous explosion of black powder grenades accompanied by more and more brave officers and soldiers who bravely and fearlessly attacked the walled fort from the breach, gradually reversing the passive situation of fighting in the direction of the breach, and gradually gaining a firm foothold.

In this way, relying on the rare level of training and technical and tactical level of the ancient army, thousands of officers and soldiers of the elite volunteer troops created unimaginable achievements for people of this era, and in the face of a decisive assault almost overnight, they tore through the seemingly solid defense line of the walled fort, and at this time gradually unfolded from all directions of the entire walled fort.

The attacking team was brave and cautious at the same time, and the officers and soldiers who occupied more and more of the walled fort did not rashly launch a surprise attack in the dark night, but lit the raging fire along the upwind direction with arson materials transported from behind, and not all places had special fire prevention treatment like the outer wall, and the fire that lasted for most of the night, and even the explosions and fighting sounds after the firelight, finally decisively laid the battle situation.

After dawn, Xiao Xuan recalled the first encounter with the elite of Jianzhou at the border of the capital and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, the archery skills possessed by the elite of Jianzhou in the past seemed to be so unattainable, but at this moment, the elite talents in the volunteer army were enough to consolidate the material capital and training management level, and finally did it better than the blue.

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