The first batch of Jianzhou elites seemed to have broken through the two earthen fortifications from multiple directions without much resistance, and when more than two hundred elites conveyed the signal of success from the earthen enclosure in a predetermined manner, the main group of two or three thousand people began to cross the not very high wall and swarm in all directions. The entire temporary defense system, which had shown strong defensive capabilities during the day, began to be breached in an instant.

The sound of bows and arrows under the night, as well as the popping sound and shouting of killing with spears piercing into the human body, also let go of the attacking Jianzhou elite, at least this shows that the main force of the enemy army in the entire soil enclosure still exists, and it is not a trap. However, at this moment, violent explosions suddenly sounded one after another from inside the earthen enclosure, as if the ammunition of the defenders had been accidentally detonated.

In fact, at this time, Xiao Xuan finally ordered to make the last effort, and in the fastest way, he packed those heavy shotguns of about one or two hundred grams in a relatively simple and damaged long cotton bag, and directly put them on both sides of the gunpowder box and spread them out to detonate them in a specific position. As a result, the exploding ammunition will cause most of the heavy shotguns to fly in the direction of the ground, mainly attacking the lower plate of standing or crouching targets throughout the earthen enclosure. Of course, the officers and men who were concealed by the use of improvised trenches and squatting bunkers would also suffer some casualties in this kind of blasting attack, but the casualties and losses under this horizontal blasting barrage would be reduced to a minimum. Almost at the same time, the flames in the two trenches were quickly ignited in a series of explosions. brought flying stones and shrapnel, and the last batch of 10,000 enemies of about 50 catties was also detonated at this time.

The projectiles that exploded did not fly into the sky as in previous blasting attacks, but flew more horizontally with the help of earthen walls. In the midst of the firelight, the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion with gunpowder and steel crossbows, as well as gunners and gunners in all directions, also launched a blow against the remnants of the elite of Jianzhou, and the fierce sweeping battle lasted for nearly half an hour or so before gradually subsided.

So far, the main group of the Jianzhou Army, which has accumulated about 13,000 armored soldiers and about 12,000 auxiliary soldiers, has paid the price of nearly 6,000 killed and more than 5,000 wounded, including the price of destroying the unknown elite before. Not only were the casualties serious, but compared with the previous Ming firepower, these opponents who relied on explosives, heavy shotguns, and artillery as firepower caused casualties were also more severe. Not only the upper-level generals, but even the grassroots, which have always been brave, have begun to wilt.

When the sky was just beginning to darken, Xiao Xuan saw that the enemy troops in the distance did not seem to have completely left, and it seemed that they had not completely lost hope, and even began to clean another battlefield not far away, Xiao Xuan ordered the gunners to start to use some of the heavy shotguns that had been used but re-molded to re-launch fierce fire on the enemy troops in the distance.

Unlike before, the Jianzhou army at this time did not seem to have the courage to bear even about a thousand casualties, except for a small number of cavalry horses left for surveillance, the main group began to move north.

This series of fierce confrontations seemed to be a big test since the establishment of the entire Guards Battalion and the Brave Guard Battalion, and after determining the number of corpses and armor left by the opponent, Xiao Xuan was finally convinced: This big test, he had passed it after all.

The casualties and losses of the whole army amounted to about 3,700 men, more than a third of them were killed or wounded, and the net losses of the entire ranks, including the crippled and irrecoverable wounded, exceeded a quarter. However, such casualties are not painful; Correspondingly, more than 3,000 sets of internal and external armor totaling about 7,000 and more than 4,300 True Tartar heads obtained have become irrevocable evidence of the great victory. In just two years, the entire team will no longer be worried about the lack of manpower and material resources to process firearms and ammunition at full capacity for the craftsmen of the army. In the past two years or so, some craftsmen who are accustomed to shoddy work can still give birth to a lot of talents who can process well-made iron armor.

The fierce battle experienced by the boys and many of the craftsmen who accompanied the team also made many people feel uneasy, and the physical and mental exhaustion that quickly hit after the battle made the whole team have to spend about half a day of correction time before they began to push out the dilapidated shield carts and baggage carts from the makeshift pit and start the march again.

Because of the capture of many heads, armor, and even banners, and of course their own wounded, although the whole army had consumed most of its ammunition and a lot of provisions, the burden of the whole army seemed to be equally heavy, but there was no longer the same resistance in the advance.

Xiao Xuan did not go to Qingyuan County as soon as possible, but chose to rush to the previous battle between the main force of Jianzhou and the unknown army as quickly as possible to see if there was any gain.

The day and night of fighting seemed too long, and after all, it did not allow the thousands or so of the legions that looked like Western armies to hold out until the troops they led exhausted the offensive energy possessed by the main force of Jianzhou. A lot of plate armor that was too late to be transported away had been destroyed by the retreating Jianzhou main force with a hammer, but many of the corpses that were smashed together with the armor had not yet been transported away.

"They look like Central Plains people, not like Westerners, are there still living people?" Xiao Xuan asked, of course, he also ordered to spend more effort to carry out some careful and careful identification.

Although the team suffered a lot of casualties, it was still quite adequate, so after about half an hour, someone finally found a man in armor who was hiding under the protection of many people, and it was obvious that the person who could have such a cronie and status in a team of only a few thousand people was probably the commander of this legion...

"This man is lucky, but he is unconscious, and he doesn't seem to be too badly hurt... You look at the arrows shot by these Jiannu on the armor, there are only such small traces, and they are by no means ordinary mortals... ”

Xiao Xuan looked at a flintlock pistol that had not yet been destroyed and was still intact, the flintlock pistol with full body armor, coupled with the faces of the yellow people in Middle Earth, seemed to be a little weird, so when he got the commander in charge of this army, he was probably still alive and not dying, and he was a little nervous. Because although there is little hope, it is not impossible: could this be a time-traveler from another plane? Xiao Xuan believed that if it weren't for the traversers, just the ordinary overseas Chinese armed forces, they would not have this level of awareness in terms of armaments.

(End of chapter)