When tens of thousands of heavy bombs flew down from all directions and landed in the enemy's group, the entire army of the Fifth Military Battalion, which was close to 20,000 people, was further disorganized. The team, which had felt a lot of shock in the previous bombardment, was no longer able to hold back in the face of the rain of bullets brought by this fierce blasting attack, and they routed backwards. The heavy bullets that fell on the hard ground and then collapsed flew sideways, knocking down many people on the spot, and some died in the chaotic rout.

The chaos not far away also made many young officers eager to try, not knowing whether they should fight back in time in such a situation. Xiao Xuan was also hesitating when he heard the chaos of the collapse of the army outside. However, in the end, he did not shake his determination to fight at the beginning.

But when the smoke cleared, judging from the wounded and corpses that fell behind, the actual effect of this wave of blasting attacks of the "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers" thunder was not satisfactory.

In the streets and palace squares, which were littered with rubble and projectile fragments, there were only about 200 corpses that could be counted, and many wounded and sick were crawling outward. Xiao Xuan ordered to continue to clean up the wounded and wounded with heavy artillery shotguns, and try to avoid exposing too much other firepower.

"Fortunately, I didn't let the team rush out before, and I didn't expect the effect of the fire strike to be so unsatisfactory... Quite a few young officers and men still felt a trace of pressure after the initial excitement and joy.

It is estimated that including the previous artillery bombardment, not counting the minor injuries that do not affect the combat effectiveness, the total effective record is only about four or five hundred people, although this result did not deviate too far from expectations, it was also significantly lower than Xiao Xuan's own expectations before. Xiao Xuan carefully kicked in combination with the battle near the noon gate not long ago, and guessed one or two.

The "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flower Mine" is like a projectile thrown by a trebuchet, and there is a "small has no power, and fast or long range has no accuracy." The problem of being easily dodged if the distance is right and the projectile is powerful enough. This is probably why the javelin or slings of classical times were later replaced by bows and arrows with smaller frontal cross-sections and less easy to find and dodge on the tense battlefield.

However, at this time, Wei Yingjia and others personally led the cavalry team that supervised the battle in the rear as a reserve, and set up checkpoints at various street corners to intercept the fleeing soldiers. Although these cavalry troops were not "men and horses in armor", they continued to fire arrows at the defeated crowd in the narrow streets, and finally the trend of the rout of the army of more than 20,000 people was stopped.

After all, compared to ordinary field warfare, this kind of siege near the palace is actually easier to break and flee by closing certain street entrances and streets. It was in this situation that the army of 20,000 people finally suffered hundreds of killings in a short period of time and did not completely rout, but temporarily stabilized its position. But at this time, not many people dared to approach within half a mile of the outer position of the Imperial Horse Prison near the palace, and even the soldiers in the front row two hundred paces away were afraid to bow their bodies and hide in the streets, houses, or walls, or behind shields.

Xiao Xuan did not discriminate against this kind of performance of the enemy army at this time, after all, he was on the battlefield and somewhat understood what war and even armed conflict were all about. Without the pressure or faith bonus of the overseers, or some kind of strong atmosphere of collectivism, most of the officers and men did not know why they were fighting, and a few percent casualties would have serious consequences. In fact, in the 17th century, the East and West were not the norm for elite mediocre armies.

All the officers and generals of the Fifth Army Battalion, including Wei Yingjia, understood at this time that it was impossible to launch another attack during the day, and even some people began to doubt whether to organize another attack at night. Wei Yingjia himself was a little shaken.

However, just after the temporary military meeting, a staff member next to Wei Yingjia said: "The victory of the remnants of the eunuch defenders this time really relied on the advantage of firearms and the excellent gunners that the Imperial Horse Supervisor did not expect, and it does not show how their team itself can fight. The newly established team has only been more than half a month, and it may be possible to fire guns from afar. Especially in defense, but if you are facing an elite night attack. In the next thought, there should be no reason not to collapse. Although there are not many elites in each army and the righteous soldiers recruited to help in the war, there are also thousands of them. In fact, it is not necessarily much less than the armor among the recruits in the earthen enclosure. Take advantage of the slack in their early victory during the day to carry out a night attack, and the test is very confident... ”

Wei Yingjia finally strengthened his determination to carry out a night attack, and after separate discussions with generals and his own henchmen, the method of night attack was also roughly improved.

The first teams in each battalion were selected and the general teams that were not too elite were selected to organize a feint attack under heavy rewards. If the defenders' defenses are lax, then take them in one go, and the elite will follow. If the defending enemy wins a great victory in the evening, and the army is again ostensibly "defeated", the night will inevitably be more lax, or at least on high alert. In this way, in the early hours of the morning, the attack with most of the elite as the core is still very good, and after all, at night, the advantage of firearms will be greatly reduced.

With the advantage of the convenience of large-scale combat supervision in the city, each team did not hesitate to decide to invest about two-thirds of its strength to fight it out. After all, the threat ability of both sides in the night battle will be reduced to a certain extent, and Wei Yingjia and many generals in the army who have actual combat experience still judge that even if they are unlucky to lose, they will not suffer too heavy casualties.

Near the end of the unitary period, after a lot of mobilization preparations and even a heavy reward, although the vast majority of the men and horses of the Fifth Army Battalion still did not dare to move forward, the gunners who had suffered some casualties in the previous battle still pushed the gun wagons to the edge position of about half a mile, and launched a continuous pincer attack from the southeast and northwest directions. The fierce sound of the artillery in their own formation seemed to restore the morale of the five army battalions, which had been weakened by the defeat in the first battle.

After the lessons learned from the first actual battle, as well as Xiao Xuan's personal strict orders, the vast majority of officers and men took refuge in the covered trenches without the threat of enemy attack, and the enemy troops who were afraid of artillery explosions did not dare to use live ammunition as the main ammunition for attack. Although the fierce artillery fire continued for more than 10 rounds one after another, only three unlucky officers and soldiers were killed and injured by the "pressure bullets" that fell into the trenches, that is, heavy bullets that prevented the shotguns from flying quickly, and did not have much impact.

It was only when night fell, countless black shadows and the afterglow of the sunset approached in a loose formation of stragglers from the northwest of the outer position of the Imperial Horse Prison.