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When the soldiers of the fifth battalion heard the order, they pulled their legs together, and rushed towards the large formation of the defenders of the southern city in a roaring formation, but the pace was quite neat. Rows of guns ricocheted past, and a scream immediately rang out from the opposite side. The morale of the defenders of Nancheng had plummeted, and when they saw the Mawei Army rushing like wolves and tigers, they resisted with a little arrows and guns, and then began to be chaotic. At this time, the two armies were only sixty meters apart, and the soldiers of the Mawei Army basically raised their guns and fired, without aiming at all, and almost every bullet hit the defenders of Nancheng.

It has long been said in the book of war that when the two armies meet, the brave wins! The defenders of Nancheng are far inferior to the Mawei Army in terms of morale and training, and the gap in equipment is huge, and the defenders of Nancheng cannot effectively resist at all, unless the defenders in the front row are holding thick shields in their hands. The entire front of the defenders of the southern city was also hit by this impact of the Mawei army, and the middle part was as if it had been hit by a giant mallet, and it was deeply dented, and a large number of soldiers were almost defenseless and fell to the ground after being hit by rows of bullets.

Gongbin was also paying attention to the battle situation outside the city from the city tower, from Zhou Shijian was beheaded, he realized that today was probably not good, and he was hesitating, whether to order Ming Jin to recall the subordinates outside the camp to the camp, and the Mawei army covered up, so close to the distance, even if the Mawei army did not use muskets, it could catch up with the defenders on the opposite side. But to Gongbin's surprise, the speed of the horsetail army's advance was not fast, and it could even be said that it was advancing slowly. Just at the shouts of the enemy generals, he immediately raised his musket and began to shoot at them. For the musket, Gongbin was actually dismissive. His men were not without muskets. But the quality and power are really not complimentary.

But the result in front of him surprised him. From the very beginning, the battle situation showed a one-sided situation, and the defenders of Nancheng under his command were beaten back one after another, and immediately fell into chaos. The continuous gunfire seemed to be a reminder, and the continuous gunfire also meant the fall of a large number of defenders of the southern city. "Idiot! What a bunch of idiots! Every day's food is in vain! Mingjin, quickly Mingjin collected his troops, sent people to the city gate to pick them in, and intercepted the pursuit of the rebels! Fast! ......" Gongbin hurriedly shouted orders from the castle tower.

The entire Nancheng city wall suddenly became a little chaotic, but fortunately, there were generals who suppressed it. Before the chaos continued, a group of defenders of the southern city immediately rushed to the city gate, prepared for the imperial guard, and while opening the city gate, Ming Jin recalled the defenders of the southern city outside the city. After hearing the sound of gold, the officers and soldiers who had already suffered a big loss immediately began to retreat and crowded towards the city gate in chaos, while Zhong Da commanded the horsetail soldiers under his command to still chase closely, from the original steady and slow advance to a trotting chase, chasing them to the city gate like a duck.

The officers and soldiers on the tower of Nancheng City saw this. The horsetail army, which began to chase and kill at the Ouroboros, began to release arrows and arrows. The sporadic arrows that flew far away did hurt a lot of horsetail soldiers. It was only at this time that the officers and soldiers were able to slightly stop the momentum of the Mawei Army, and the defenders of the southern city began to swarm into the city gate. And Zhong Da raised his eyes and looked at the officers and soldiers on the city tower, and his anger did rise in his heart, but there was no way, they would only increase casualties if they rushed forward, but they would not cause too many casualties to the defenders of Nancheng. They weren't prepared to attack the city or anything, so he had to order hatefully: "All of them, fire at the city tower for Lao Tzu and suppress the dog. The defenders of the day, alternately retreating! ”

Rows of horsetail soldiers immediately raised their guns to aim, with a burst of bead-like gunshots, countless projectiles were sprinkled on the city tower, although the city tower was guarded by a city wall, but the officers and soldiers standing on the city tower were still beaten to the point of blood spraying under the dense platoon of guns of the horsetail army, rolling over on the city tower, and even some officers and soldiers were beaten on the spot and fell to the bottom of the city tower, and died transparently.

In this process, the defenders who did not flee into the city gate were also continued to be shot by the Mawei army, and when all the defenders of the southern city entered the city, the Mawei army began to retreat alternately, and all the wounded were also supported by the brothers around them, or they returned to their original positions directly on their backs.

"Old Zhong, I was preempted by your fifth battalion again, damn, this place in front of me can't be used, otherwise Lao Li and I will all be pressed up!" As soon as the fifth battalion returned to the battle, Huang Bai, the commander of the first battalion, said with a smile. "You will blame the guy just now, but he showed a big face and was on the verge of battle, and this opportunity is rare. I'm afraid that no less than 500 enemy soldiers have just been killed! ”

The fifth battalion was all here, but the first and third battalions were few in number, only 500 men each, and all the other soldiers were assigned to garrison the newly occupied city. Their infantry battalion was lightly armed and quicker than the artillery battalion. If it weren't for the attack of the defenders in front of them when they first gained a foothold, Zhong Da really wouldn't have been able to win such a big victory. In the battle just now, the total number of casualties of the Mawei Army was only twenty-eight casualties. Six were killed in battle, eight were seriously wounded, and the rest were all lightly wounded. There were also more powerful sergeants in the defenders of Nancheng, and the arrows were shot far and fiercely.

"Luck, luck! It's just that the brothers of the artillery battalion haven't caught up yet, hey, without their artillery, we can't attack the city! Looking at the brother behind him who had been transferred to the rear for treatment, Zhong Da's face did not show much joy after the big victory.

Brigade Commander Fang Dahong knew what he was thinking when he saw Zhong Da's expression, so he opened his mouth and said with relief: "Old Zhong, you haven't seen it yet, there is never an immortal in a war, and none of the brothers who can rush forward are afraid of death, and most of the brothers who died in the war will not treat their families badly, so you can rest assured." You took the lead just now to set a good example, it's not your responsibility for them to die in battle, and none of the brothers behind you will blame you! ”

Li Wei, the commander of the third battalion, also spoke: "The brigade commander is right, let's take revenge when the city is attacked, and we will ensure that they will be killed!" Hey, what a coincidence, the brethren from the artillery battalion are up! ”

As he was talking, nearly a hundred horse heads appeared behind him, that is, the artillery battalion arrived, most of these war horses were followed by an artillery cart, and the others were pulling ammunition. After the soldiers of the artillery battalion arrived, they didn't say much, Fang Dahong waved his hand, and the soldiers of the artillery battalion immediately began to set up their guns, which was only about 400 meters away from the city wall of the southern city. A total of sixty cannons were lined up against the city wall, and the public bin on the city wall was very frightened when he looked at the muzzle of the black hole.

This time, because it had to focus on defense after taking Nancheng, the artillery battalion carried forty more guns, but at this time, it was not immediately put out. This place is close to Fuzhou, if Fuzhou sends troops over, with these cannons, it is to send 20,000 people, and Fang Dahong is also confident that he can hold it.

"Zero One Shot Ready!"

"Zero Second Cannon is ready!"

"Five-nine cannons are ready!"

"The 60 cannon is ready!"

"Ignition, fire!" After the artillery battalion was ready, Fang Dahong did not delay, and directly signaled to the artillery battalion that it could start. The commander of the artillery battalion received the order and immediately gave the order to open the gun.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

Sixty cannons roared, and sixty shells flew up the city.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The shells landed on the top of the city, and there was another loud explosion, accompanied by a burst of screams.

The defenders of Nancheng had just lost the battle, losing six or seven hundred people, and the total number of defenders in the city was less than two thousand five hundred. Although Gongbin brought in thousands of young people, they were ordinary people who had never held knives and guns, and they were even more useless.

They were very sad that they had not seen the power of large-scale artillery, and Gongbin did not expect that the shelling of the Mawei Army would be so powerful. He stood in the middle of the tower, a few shells flew straight in his direction, after a violent explosion, he pushed away the corpse on his body, and stood up with dust on his face, his ears still buzzing, and he couldn't hear the sound in his ears at all. But behold the city, there was blood on the stumps everywhere. He turned in the direction of the outside of the city, where the rebels were reloading their ammunition and preparing to start a second round of shelling.

At this time, Gongbin was frightened, and he knew very well that before the second round of shelling began, he had to go down to the city tower immediately, otherwise he would really have to go to see the king of Hades. Next, he may not have the luck he had just now, the soldiers at the head of the city are running for their lives in a panic, who will fall on him just now to prevent him from disaster?

The artillery did not stop, and it took six rounds in a row before Fang Dahong asked the artillery battalion to stop. Six rounds, or 360 shells, were fired at the head of the city, most of which hit the city wall, a small number of them were not adjusted and hit the open space outside the city gate, and a small number flew far away and landed on the streets and houses in the city, causing many civilian casualties.

"There are no defenders in sight at the head of the city, so let's march forward! Push a few six-pounder guns to follow, load grapeshot, and beware of an ambush inside! ”

The 2,000 horsetail infantry began to advance rapidly, and the soldiers of the artillery battalion also pushed three six-pounder guns to follow. At this time, there were indeed no defenders on the city wall, and those who could still move had already avoided the city wall. After the initial panic, Gongbin still sorted out the chaotic soldiers, but at this time, he no longer had the confidence to hold the city, so he quickly fled from the north gate with his generals and subordinates and went straight to Fuzhou.

At this time, the gate of the south city was still closed, although the three general cannons were six-pounder cannons, but the power was not small, but at the same time, the heavy gate was blown up and shattered under the cannonball. By the time the Mawei Army entered the southern city, the rest of the defenders in the city had disappeared except for those who were seriously injured and could not leave. Fang Dahong did not order a quick pursuit, so he allowed the two thousand of them to escape. It's not that he doesn't want to chase, it's just that they are also infantry troops, and they can't catch up with them from such a distance!

There is another one, at this time, there are still 3,000 elite horsetail cavalry in Fuzhou sweeping around, and these 2,000 remnants of the defeated general may be completely wiped out by 3,000 cavalry on the road, and there is no need for him to worry about it at all! (To be continued......)

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