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"Boom—"

The sound of the cannon was like thunder, shaking the entire Grey Mist City.

In the inner city, the infantry who were originally on the top of the house ushered in a catastrophe at this time.

Twenty 12-pounder infantry guns fired in a salvo, heavy cast-iron shells easily over the crumbling walls and over the heads of Barbary pirates and Spanish privates, and then slammed into the roofs of houses or pierced through the walls.

Cast iron shells easily destroyed load-bearing walls, and even load-bearing beams could not stop the bombardment of shells.

Holes the size of a human head have appeared on the outside and at the top of the entire house, and even the entire house has been crumbling due to the destructive effect of the salvo, causing many areas to collapse.

The houses in the inner city were originally built of a mixture of brick and stone, and there was a lot of wood in them, which was worse than the solid stone city walls, and the effect of resisting artillery fire was worse, and seeing those houses gradually crumbling, including many crossbowmen on it, they all jumped down in fear, and it was estimated that it was impossible to continue standing on it.

And those bed crossbows and ballistas, even partially destroyed by the salvo, could not fire spears and stone projectiles as before, and continue to pose a threat to the soldiers rushing to the city walls!

"Kill!"

The Barbary pirates were charging forward frantically, even if there were sharp halberds in front of them, they did not hesitate to pounce on them, using their bodies to block the stabbing attacks of those elite guards in the inner city, so as to keep their comrades behind them moving forward.

Then he reached the side of those garrisons, waved his scimitar in his hand, and slashed at it!

But although the scimitars were sharp, they had a very poor effect, because when these scimitars slashed at the armor of the elite guards in the inner city, they couldn't cut much at all, but those enemies took this opportunity to draw out the short swords at their waists and stab them into the belly of the Barbary pirates, and even the leather armor couldn't stop them!

The elite guards in the inner city have two layers of armor on their bodies, all of which are elite chain mail made by the dwarves, although they can't resist the firing of flintlock pistols, but there is no problem in blocking the scimitar.

The heavy infantry in the era of cold weapons are these elite guards.

And the Barbary pirates, in a fundamental sense, are just some light infantry armed with scimitars, although they are fierce and abnormal, but once they fall into a stalemate with the heavy infantry, over time, they still belong to the light infantry who suffer!

"Private quickly expand the queue!"

Wilmot's face was solemn, they must not be trapped in the gap in the wall by the garrison of the inner city, once the situation cannot be opened, they must also retreat.

Because the artillery position was in the back, there was only a group of 120 privates, and a cavalry regiment of more than 500 people led by Li Wei was guarding, if there were other ambush armies attacking at this time, then the terrible situation of the front and rear flanking was estimated to make these troops within the city wall seriously demoralized.

They are all living people, and they will have the same joys, sorrows, and fears.

Although they have high morale now, if the attack fails, these Barbary pirates will also be afraid to fight the heavy infantry, in fact, these light infantry have shown some weakness while facing the elite guards of the inner city.

"Boom, boom—"

Outside the city, the 24-pounder howitzers continued to fire, one after another incendiary bombs carrying red-hot gunpowder, still firing indiscriminately at various points inside the city.

A large amount of black smoke is filling, a large number of flames are burning, although it is a little cruel, but in fact, the fire that appeared in the city can indeed divert the attention of some of the garrison, and it can also deal a serious blow to the morale of the enemy!

But Wilmot's face remained solemn.

He took a deep breath and turned to a herald in the distance, "Go back and tell His Majesty that we need more melee troops to support us!" At the same time, he glanced at the surrounding city walls, gritted his teeth, and said, "If we can, we hope that there are long-range troops to go to the city walls and sweep away the enemy's archers or crossbowmen!" ”

"Understood!" The herald nodded, and quickly ran towards the ruins of the walls behind him.

Feathered arrows were still being fired from all directions, and although they were sparsely scattered, pirates or privates were falling all the time, especially in the distant walls, and there were many inner city archers on those towers, shooting far behind them, launching a sneak attack on their troops.

The Spanish guerrillas were still scattering in all directions, and the small space in front of them had been occupied by the elite guards of the inner city and the Barbary pirates, and the two sides were fighting brutally in flesh and blood.

But it seemed that the Barbary pirates were falling more and more, and the elite halberd hoplites, who had been disrupted by the volley of guns, were now regrouped and lined up tightly, like a reef, no matter how the pirates attacked, they were sturdy and immovable.

"Whoosh-"

Layers of arrows rained down, Barbary pirates and privates suffered heavy losses, and archers shot at close range, and the lethality of lightly armored and unarmored units was simply terrifying!

And the private couldn't find a good firing position, because thirty meters away, it was the back of the Barbary pirates, if they launched a volley of guns, then the first to kill and wound was not those elite guards in the inner city, but the comrades who used their lives in front to open up space for them!

Siege warfare is brutal.

Even artillery did not dare to pour fire into the ranks of the enemy, for fear of hitting their own people.

But just behind, I don't know when, a burst of shouts reappeared, and one by one, the Barbary pirates with hideous faces and scimitars appeared on the ruins of the city wall, rushed down with a roar, passed the privates, and continued to rush towards the front frantically!

And right behind these pirates, Indians armed with bows and arrows, dressed in Western-style civilian clothes, with bird feathers tied to their heads, and painted on their faces, also appeared there.

These Indians let out their characteristic howl, and as they spread out to both sides, they quickly rushed in the direction of the tower, as if they wanted to pass through the tower, directly up to the walls on both sides, and seize these commanding heights, so that they could condescendingly rain arrows and help the troops who had invaded the city to open up the situation!

More than 1,200 Barbary pirates, more than 1,200 native archers, this is Levi in the rear, recruited reinforcements!

It's also a more turbulent and violent wave!