The roar of gunfire, almost at the same time, rang out in three battlefields.

However, the timing of the final end is very different.

The 1st Division of the Haw Par Army, the most combat-ready in combat, was undoubtedly the first to end the battle......

As for the 3rd Division of the Haw Par Army, which has just been formed, it is, of course, the last to end the battle.

However, no matter what, the 15,000 new troops sent by the military department Shangshu to Nanjing City were finished, and they were wiped out by the Tiger and Leopard Army.

In this operation, which is related to the life and death of 15,000 officers and men of the New Army, the military department Shangshu is also very nervous.

Soon after the 15,000 soldiers left the city, the secretary of the military department gathered on the tower of the south gate of Nanjing with the remaining general soldiers, waiting for a steady stream of news from outside the city.

Therefore, after the battle began, the violent explosion of the flowering bomb immediately reached the eyes of the military department Shangshu and the general soldiers.

Although they were at least fifteen miles away from the battlefield, they could still tell the difference between the explosion of the flowering bomb and the explosion of the grenade......

Therefore, as soon as the sound of hundreds of shells exploding at the same time reached the ears of the military department Shangshu, one of the faces of the military department Shangshu became pale. As for the general soldiers around them, they could even see a hint of panic on their faces.

Because, all of them did not expect that the enemy outside the city, whom they despised was not only armed with artillery, but also with hundreds of them.

You must know that Nanjing, as the seat of the Ming Dynasty, is self-evident in its importance.

However, it was such a city that only 50,000 defenders were garrisoned. Less than four hundred cannons in red clothes.

And the sound of explosions that kept reaching everyone's ears in front of them. At least four hundred flowering shells must explode at the same time to be generated.

More importantly. And that's just an explosion from the battlefield.

If you add the artillery strikes of the other two battlefields, the enemy hiding outside the city of Nanjing is not equipped with more than a thousand artillery pieces.

Of course, this is only the number of artillery pieces of the enemy outside the city. What scared and frightened them the most was how many enemies there had to be behind so many artillery.

At this time, although everyone did not speak, the expressions on their faces continued to change. But. In everyone's hearts, a moment of silence has begun for the 15,000 brothers who left the city.

Because, more than 10,000 new troops who left the city could only be beaten passively in the face of the attack of more than 1,000 artillery pieces without carrying any artillery, and they did not even have the opportunity and strength to fight back.

Under such circumstances, all they could do was to pay silent tribute, hoping that more people would be able to escape such a heavy artillery fire and return to the city of Nanjing.

Of course. Some people will also wonder if it is recommended that the military department Shangshu in front of him immediately send someone out of the city. With red-coated cannons to reinforce more than 10,000 soldiers who were under attack.

However, as soon as this thought came to mind, it was shattered by the constant sound of explosions on the battlefield.

In the face of the enemy's possession of such a large number of artillery, let's not talk about whether their own reinforcements are useful.

One is not good, not only will it not be able to rescue the more than 10,000 soldiers who were attacked back to Nanjing City, but it will also trap reinforcements.

Therefore, listening to the continuous sound of bomb explosions outside the city, several general soldiers around Shangshu of the Ministry of War all fell silent after only a short period of shock.

A few general soldiers can ignore the more than 10,000 soldiers of the new army outside the city. However, as the commander of all the garrison troops in Nanjing, the military department Shangshu had no way to watch more than 10,000 elites of the new army be wiped out.

Because, once these troops are eliminated, the strength of the garrison troops of Nanjing City will suffer a great loss, and even affect the defense of Nanjing City and the security of Nanjing City.

Therefore, when the subordinates fell silent, the military department Shangshu had to speak: "They are all deaf and dumb...... Which of you can say that there is a group of Haw Par Army guerrillas outside the city with no combat effectiveness, so what is the current artillery sound, who can tell this official......"

Faced with the questioning of the military department Shangshu, as a general soldier of the military department Shangshu's confidant, he had to speak: "My lord...... It is now certain that the enemy hiding outside the city is not a guerrilla force, but the elite of the Haw Par Army, and only the elite of the Haw Par Army can be equipped with such a large number of artillery...... In addition, the total strength of this elite Haw Par Army should exceed 30,000 people......"

As a veteran of the battlefield, several other commanders have already made judgments in their hearts.

As soon as these words were spoken, several of the other commanders nodded in agreement.

Faced with this situation, although the panicked expression on the face of the military department Shangshu did not change much, his nervous heart calmed down a lot.

After all, he now knows the true identity and approximate strength of his opponent.

After pondering for a while, he said decisively...... "This official doesn't care how many Tiger and Leopard troops there are outside the city now, how did they touch our rear. This official now has only one request, immediately find a way to rescue more than 10,000 elites who are being attacked by the Haw Par Army, and rescue as many as he can......"

Even if they knew that going out of the city now was likely to be sent to death, but since the military department had already given the order, all the subordinates could only rack their brains to think of ways to destroy the enemy......

In the face of the constant urging of the military department, a method that is not a method was directly thought out by everyone.

Compared with the Tiger and Par Army outside the city, one of the most important advantages of the Nanjing garrison is the advantage of troops...... Of course, this so-called superiority in strength is calculated by adding more than 10,000 soldiers who are being attacked outside the city.

Since the strength of the Haw Par Army was not comparable to his own, he sent more reinforcements than the Haw Par Army, forcing the Haw Par Army to withdraw from the battlefield...... Otherwise, the Tiger and Par Army, which was in the midst of a battle, would have to be counter-surrounded by reinforcements from the new imperial army who had left the city.

However, in this way, the military department Shangshu had to give up one of the three sorties outside the city.

Because, with more than 30,000 defenders left in Nanjing, the military department can only send a maximum of 20,000 people.

There is nothing wrong with the idea of these commanders. If there was no cavalry division, in the face of the 20,000 new imperial army that suddenly joined the battlefield, Wang Feng really had only one way to withdraw from the battlefield.

After all, he only has 7,000 soldiers on each battlefield......

In addition to the advantage of artillery fire and the range of muskets, it is not as good as the new army of the imperial court in other aspects......

If you really fight a decisive battle with the new army of the imperial court here, even if you win, you will pay a very heavy price.

However, in addition to the three musket divisions in Wang Feng's hands, there was also a cavalry division with strong combat effectiveness......

A cavalry division, even if there is no way to stop the 20,000 new imperial troops, there is still no problem in holding them back.

As long as the cavalry division could hold them back, Wang Feng would have time to wipe out the fifteen thousand new imperial army and go back to collect the reinforcements sent by the imperial court...... (To be continued......)