When the army that broke through outside the city collapsed, not all the defenders lost hope, seeing that there were so few people attacking, so thin, and so no focus of attack, some of the remaining troops who had lost their morale seemed to have a trace of confidence at this time.

In the midst of a series of explosions, a blasting defense attack outside the city began. Even during the day, even though the strength of the besieging opponents was weak and the average offensive force exceeded previous expectations, there were still more than 20 officers and men of the new guard battalion who were attacking without dodging the barrage like rain, and although the casualties and losses caused were not many, the effect on the imposing attack was that it stagnated for a moment.

The morale of more defenders also began to recover at this time, Wang Zhaolin still had no confidence in the battle situation, and felt that holding for the time being could not solve the fundamental problem, so he still fled to the tunnel, but Chen Yong felt that maybe there was still something to do, and began to contact the team in the city that had prepared the city defense and prepared to defend the city.

The continuous mortar fire in the city also began to launch a fierce return fire at this time, so that the officers and soldiers besieging the city had to retreat to a greater distance. Of course, at this time, the blasting blow of the new guard battalion as an attack was also quickly launched.

In order to achieve higher dispersion accuracy and greater attack flexibility, the attack was carried out with mortars made of fine stainless steel, rather than using temporary craters. Forty-eight mortars with a 60-kilogram barrel or so that could be directly operated by flexible personnel fired nearly 6,000 steel arrows with special streamers in a single round of fire, and in a short period of less than half a minute, they launched two rounds of fire with large arrow shotguns, almost covering an area of about 100 steps on the inner side of the city wall in the direction of the key breakthrough.

Under the suppression of steel slag black powder grenades, although some defenders at the head of the city escaped the damage by relying on the tunnels prepared for a long time, it was difficult to organize the attacking team to break through and ascend the city in a short time.

At the top of the city, there were only a dozen people, and when they first landed in the city, they began to form a dense firepower by using the recoilless launchers loaded with arrow-loaded shotguns that were continuously sent up from under the city, and in less than a minute, more than 60 launchers and more than 6,000 shotguns of sound were fired. The defenders at the head of the city, who had just planned to make meritorious contributions, paid the price of three or four hundred casualties in a very short period of time under such a fierce blow, and the more than 2,000 defenders gathered within a distance of at least one mile, although the quality was quite acceptable, were not defeated and collapsed under this fierce blow, and it was difficult for them to exert all kinds of suppressive means.

Immediately afterwards, many attack companies in other directions also began to cover from the breach, seemingly like dominoes, to launch a series of attacks under cover, and the seemingly solid and perfect defense line also collapsed in an instant at this time.

After the battle situation took a turn for the worse, the defenders did not have much strength and morale to engage in "imaginary street fighting". Often, several attacking battle groups can force at least 100 enemy soldiers to surrender and, under pressure, turn back into the city to carry out "meritorious service"

Under such a swift attack, Wang Zhaolin had just entered the tunnel and had not been able to escape too far before he was caught up by the anti-water defenders in the tunnel. Chen Yong was also searched the next day under the report of the people in the city.

The fact that the morale of the defenders was able to disintegrate so quickly was certainly related to the considerable casualties and losses, but it was clear that the greater effect was the difference in combat effectiveness between the two sides, or the unimaginable firepower of the Heavenly Guards, who came to attack. You must know that after so many years of change and evolution under the leadership of Xiao Xuan in the civil war, even the non-main forces in Lanzhou are far from being comparable to the Ming army of the year. Under the perfect black powder tactics and training system, even if it was slightly inferior to the Manchurian Army at its peak, there was no essential gap, and it could be called a qualified main force anywhere else in the world.

However, such a large army, with preparations and the support of the city, suffered more than half of the 30,000 casualties, and only brought only 12 casualties to the attacking team, a total of about 40 casualties.

The casualties and losses of nearly half of them were not without pressure and impact on a team of no more than 1,000 people, especially when the young officers and men of the new guard battalion were almost participating in such a major battle for the first time. But it is precisely through this great war that almost everyone can see how powerful the power they have.

Xiao Xuan pondered for a moment and then pretended to be solemn and said, "This is your first battle, so some of the carelessness and unskill in the attack still caused some unnecessary casualties and losses. But it is believed that from now on, for at least a generation, no one will be able to defeat you on a frontal battlefield, because you will become stronger and stronger, both in terms of armed firepower and skill in the use of equipment. But at the same time, you should also understand that from now on, like me, you will become a thorn in the side of many forces in the world that are ready to move, and as long as we report the heart of guarding the justice of the world, we will definitely touch them again. The means they may choose in the future may not only be to choose a showdown on the battlefield by force as they do today, but they may also be all kinds of covert coercion and inducement, or they may launch surprise attacks when you are not careful. Of course, you may be luckier than me. Because you have a period of service after all, and after five or more than ten years, you may not have to bear such a heavy responsibility, and my responsibility will be longer. Transforming the world in the real sense, after all, is not an overnight thing... ”

Hearing Xiao Xuan's words, the hearts of the teenagers also became more and more resolute at this time. Although Xiao Xuan said this, he had a feeling in his heart: if the embodiment of this ability can be used well to present this battle credibly in front of many people, then many similar risks may be finally lifted in the future.

However, taking advantage of this time difference, Xiao Xuan certainly did not intend to be handed down, and while arranging for the prisoners to be dealt with and escorted to the southeast for trial, he marched south as fast as possible. The summer march in the Xiaoice era still seemed to be a bit of a hard chore, but at this time, almost every one of the teenagers was a little scrappy.

(End of chapter)