The earth collapsed and cracked, and the brick walls of Xie Gong Town quickly turned into ruins under the bombardment of artillery. After half an hour of shelling, the previously solemn defense of the border has become tattered.

At the same time, the twenty-four iron cannons and sixteen large mountain splitting guns in the artillery position adjusted their firing of Zhuyuan, and then extended their fire into the town.

"Boom, boom, boom—" A series of loud noises far exceeded the sound of artillery fire, and a section of the brick wall that had been fired at by the concentrated fire of the mortar squadron collapsed in a continuous explosion sound.

The endless flowering bullet is far more powerful than the iron bullet for Xie Gongzhen's average quality defense.

After a morning of roaring, the brick wall to the west of Xie Gong Town had all been blown into a pile of waste bricks. The tower of the west gate also collapsed, and the heavy gate lay in a very twisted shape against the mound of bricks.

"Kill—"

Liu Xian waved his hand. The camp outside the town, the town's defense, and the battle by the Huangshui River, a day and a half passed, and a large number of rebels fled to Yangxian, and the number of the palace army left in Xie Gong Town may be less than 3,000. But they are all young and strong combat forces at the right age, and in Liu Xian's eyes, these people are the essence of the righteous army, and they are more valuable than one or 20,000 old and weak. After eating, the shock to the righteous army and the Taiping army was even greater.

The murderous drums of war were beating.

"Kill!" In the earth-shattering roar, a tide of hand-to-hand soldiers and throwers poured into Xie Gong Town.

In the ruins of Zhenxi, gray-brown rebel soldiers emerged like ants, colliding with the third squadron of the second brigade that rushed to the front.

The sound of killing shook the sky, and the iron cannon that had been so powerful before withdrew from the firing ranks, and only the mortar with a short range was still extending to the middle and rear of the rebel army.

Infantry artillery coordination was still very far away for Liu Xian's army, and Liu Xian only asked the mortar artillery troops to simply 'harass' the follow-up troops of the rebel army.

"Kill—" Chen Bo quickly rushed into the town with the team behind him, and he still led the charge to the front. Whether he can go further and get the position of captain of the main brigade depends on whether this battle can make a great contribution to Liu Xian.

The station of the Inspection Department in Xie Gong Town has now become the location of Li Keqing's camp.

"General, Zhenxi is lost, most of Peng's inspection troops were killed in battle, and Huang Qi died in the battle."

"You just go and see. When the critical time came, the gunpowder was blown up, and then ...... It depends on the situation! Li Keqing's brows didn't even move. Ever since he decided to lead the palace, he has been prepared for such a situation.

The whole person's expression was indifferent, and his voice did not carry a trace of emotion.

How many people can finally withdraw from the rear of the palace in the town, Li Keqing is not sure at all. Under such a powerful artillery fire of Liu Xian's army, what is the difference between the army of the queen and the abandoned army?

The loss of the town is a matter of time, and Li Keqing did it just to entangle Liu Xianjun for a little more time. Then as many people as you can evacuate!

"Mark and obey." The leader led his troops back.

……

"Boom, boom—"

Li Keqing used gunpowder as a mine, and in a series of huge explosions, the offensive of Liu Xian's army that swarmed in suddenly fell back.

Liu Xian, who was outside the town, was taken aback. It's not on horseback, everyone else is going to jump. What, such a big momentum, the righteous army is playing a trick.

"Inquire quickly. Look at how many casualties there were? ”

Seeing his relatives behind him galloping to the battlefield with the horses, Liu Xian's distressed heart was about to bleed.

On the battlefield in the town, a series of explosions, soaring flames, and flying pieces of masonry and stone brought countless troubles to the attacking Liu Xian army.

"Big brother, big brother ......"

Chen Bo's younger brothers in the wolf smoke called out loudly to their boss. I didn't hear an echo all the time, and everyone's hearts were lifted up at once.

The screams around were terrible, dead and wounded, and Liu Xianjun really suffered a lot this time. Before the dust and smoke had fallen, these people were groping on the ground in a panic.

The offensive of the entire team had to stop there.

Li Keqing didn't have too much gunpowder in his hand, so in order to 'Mongolia' the line of Liu Xian's army as much as possible, he had to disperse and bury the limited gunpowder to the greatest extent. But even so, the gunpowder packets and powder kegs buried in the west of the town exploded in unison, which still made Liu Xian's army suffer a big loss.

Zhou Jun's eyes were about to explode, but the team that entered the town had the second brigade of the vine armor hand-to-hand combat squadron, wouldn't this time be the target? The sound of the explosion made his heart tremble, and if he was unlucky, his second brigade was about to lose a formed unit.

"Kill me—" Raising his broadsword, Zhou Jun shouted angrily.

The sound of "boom, boom, boom ......" sounded at the right time, and after the mortar team stopped slightly, they fired more rapid shells into the town.

"Kill, ......" A large number of hand-to-hand combat soldiers stood out from the back, quickly surpassing the footsteps of the 'seniors', and a loud shout of killing sounded again.

Liu Xian, who was made to hate by the sudden bad changes, also let go of the pity for the righteous army in his heart, waved his hand again and ordered, thousands of bird spearmen and hand-to-hand soldiers crossed from the north and south of Xie Gong Town in two ways, and outflanked the east gate of Xie Gong Town.

He hated the commander of the rebel army in the town. If Li Keqing is caught by him, Liu Xian will never let him die well and live early.

The sound of fighting through the sky echoed on the battlefield.

It wasn't until it was dark and a little starlight appeared in the night that Liu Xian stepped into Xie Gong Town.

The once-prosperous town has been reduced to rubble, with more collapsed and damaged houses than standing.

In front of the Yamen of the Inspection Division, the last remnants of the remnants of the Righteous Army are still fiercely resisting, and these people are the backbone of the Righteous Army who have the heart of death.

In the rest of the country, the rebel forces had been wiped out, and a small amount of sporadic fighting remained in the streets. A large number of Liu Xian's soldiers bravely held torches, lit bonfires, and carefully cleaned every corner of the battlefield, never letting go of a single fish that slipped through the net.

The sound of fighting in the inspection department gradually disappeared, and "My lord-" Zhou Jun, who was covered in blood, and Chen Bo, whose head was wrapped like a dumpling, stood at the foot of the gate steps. The trauma on their bodies can set off their heroism even more, although they are all covered with blood, they have a standing pride.

"Good, well done!" Liu Xian never hesitated to praise, just touching his lips up and down, benefiting but not costing, but it was still very effective. What a good thing!

"Let's go, go in and have a look."

Haha laughing, Liu Xian strode into the inspection department. According to the report, there seems to be a big fish in it, and I don't know if it is the main general of the rebel army here.

On the bluestone steps of the fifth order, blood completely stained the steps, and the corpses were already being cleaned up, and the bright red blood stains were particularly conspicuous under the light of the torches.

In this battle, although there was a little change in the middle, the overall casualties were not large, and the effectiveness of hand-to-hand combat soldiers + bombardiers in urban combat was realized, and Liu Xian was quite satisfied.