"It really blew up!"

"Oh my God!"

Behind Zeng Siwu, who gradually calmed down from the momentary shock, the officers of the Songjiang Army couldn't help but express shock and emotion. "No one could have imagined that it was nothing more than some strengthened flower cannon medicine that could burst out with such amazing power. With such powerful means, why worry about the city that can't be captured?

"Tell me to go down and spread the word!"

He Shixiang was also excited, and spread the news that the explosion was his own side to spread the news throughout the army -- because he didn't have much confidence in his heart before, he didn't say anything because he was afraid that boasting about failure would cause the opposite effect. And now, after experiencing that earth-shattering explosion, knowing that this kind of disaster beyond the reach of manpower was actually committed by the Songjiang army, the officers and men of the whole army shouted like a tsunami.

The soldiers who had excavated the tunnels earlier were even more excited, inexplicably proud and proud - they also did their part to blow up the city wall!

Taking advantage of the end of this group of excitement, He Shixiang waved his hand and gave the order to attack.

The soldiers who had assembled here in advance finally understood the reason for such an order from above, and rushed over to the smoke and dust that had not yet dispersed amid the rumbling war drums.

"Imperials, there is still such power!"

The surrendered Agno and other officers, as well as the surrendered troops of the Northern Luzon Garrison Division, couldn't help but be shocked and awe-inspiring at this moment. In their opinion, the explosion just now was really no different from the heavenly punishment of the gods. If the Songjiang army used the kind of power that could even blow up the bricks and stones of the city wall against them, I was afraid that none of the soldiers present would survive.

Thinking like this, they couldn't help but feel a little more afraid and happy in their hearts, and at the same time, they no longer had any unrealistic thoughts about the principality. The powerful people of the empire are not at all what Luzon can fight against.

Surrender is the wisest choice!

Compared with the unstoppable morale of the Songjiang army, the soldiers of the royal capital in the city were frightened and desperate. Especially the closest soldiers. I was hit by the air waves and splashing debris, and I was almost unable to stand on my feet by the vibration under my feet, and I could feel the horror of the explosion the most.

They simply can't imagine. What kind of force can blow down the city walls? But I instinctively felt that the explosion just now must be related to the tunnel dug by the Imperial people before.

However. Before the soldiers could recover from the shock of the explosion, cheers and rumbling war drums of the Matsue army resounded outside the city.

"The people of Songjiang have attacked!"

On the walls of the other sections, there were defenders who let out a terrible cry, like a duck reading () that had been pinched by the neck; Runaway Sonata. With this sound of Jinghu, the neat and uniform footsteps of the soldiers of the Songjiang Army were heard, full of killing and terrifying power.

"Quick, plug the gap, don't let the Songjiang people come in!"

Hearing the explosion, the officers of the royal capital hurried over, and the generals of the Chinese army. Witnessing this scene with his own eyes, his face turned pale and he scolded loudly. Under his order, the other soldiers somewhat regained their senses, gathered according to the instincts of their usual training, and hastily formed a queue.

The collapse of the strong city wall with a gap of more than ten meters is already an irretrievable fact, and it is useless to be annoyed. The immediate priority was to try to hold off the long-planned attack of the Imperials. The only good news is that due to the discovery of the conspiracy of the Imperial people to dig tunnels in advance. They made adequate preparations behind the corresponding walls and laid an ambush with a large number of men. Although more than a dozen people were injured in the previous explosion, overall they were saved time to assemble.

The moment of the moment. Even one more minute would be extremely precious to the defenders of the royal capital.

After struggling to clear a foothold, the soldiers of the Wangdu Legion formed a ten-column queue to resist the Songjiang army, which was already less than fifty paces away from the city wall. At the same time, the nearby officers also spread the urgent news that the city wall had been blown down, hoping that the generals of the royal capital would quickly come up with a way to deal with it.

"Kill!"

Amid the shouts of the soldiers, the main elite of the Songjiang Army rushed into a distance of ten paces and quickly fought with the soldiers of the Wangdu Legion, who were like a great enemy. On the one hand, it is prepared, and morale is high; On the other hand, there is a hasty assembly. Chill. With just one head-on impact, the defenders' front was forced back several steps in succession. can hold on.

While the front line was fighting, the troops following behind began to quickly clear the bricks, stones, and dirt scattered on the ground nearby. Make room for the following knife carts to move forward.

Soon, under the joint impetus of the soldiers, two three-meter-high attack/defense weapons with rows of steel knives embedded in them arrived under the city walls. The soldiers of the Songjiang Army, who were engaged with the Luzon defenders, stormed for several rounds, covering each other and quickly retreated, before moving out of the way.

The frightened soldiers of the Wangdu Army were surprised by the retreat of the Songjiang Army, and before they could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw two terrible knife carts pushed up from the rear of the Songjiang Army. Pushed by the soldiers shouting and speeding up, two heavy knife carts rushed in through the gap in the city wall with irresistible momentum, crashing into the array of Luzon soldiers.

Ordinary manpower is simply impossible to fight against such a knife cart.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the soldiers of the royal capital in the first row were horrified, turned around and wanted to escape. But the soldiers in the back queue reacted differently, and a group of soldiers in the front row had no way to escape, and in despair, the whole body was penetrated by the knife cart, and they hung on it bloodily, until the entire array of defenders was completely scattered!

Accompanied by the screams of the defenders, the soldiers of the Songjiang Army shouted loudly again.

As the breach was opened, the soldiers who followed the knife cart quickly followed, chasing down the fleeing soldiers, expanding the victory and holding on to the fruits of the victory as much as possible. But at this time, the soldiers of the nearby Wangdu Army realized the crisis and brought a group of soldiers to rush to support and re-block the Songjiang Army that was pouring in from the gap.

By this time, news of the collapse of the city walls had reached the royal palace in Manila, the royal capital.

The earth-shattering explosion before could be faintly heard even in the palace, and many of the principality officials gathered here were a little worried. At this moment, the bad news was suddenly learned, and Mo said that these officials panicked, and even Suleiman V and Prince Raman, who had always had ideas, were stunned.

"How could the walls be blown down? Could it be that the Imperial people made the demon law? ”

Suleiman V raised his hand tremblingly, wanting to say something inspiring, but in the end he only uttered this dejected wordreads(); The fairy girl who wears fast is sick. Prince Raman was a little better, and after a short period of surprise, he had to confirm the situation with the visitor. But before he could speak, the follow-up people who came to report the emergency stumbled into the main hall: "Oh no, the imperial people have taken the opportunity to attack!" ”

The matter has come to this point, and it is already self-deception to say anything that is unbelievable. Prince Raman reluctantly calmed down, forcibly suppressed the fear and uneasiness in his heart, and said, "Don't panic, everyone, it's almost afternoon. As long as we manage to hold the gap and block the attack of the Imperials until the evening, maybe they will temporarily retreat and give us a chance to repair the walls! ”

It doesn't matter if it's useful or not, it makes the panicked ministers have a backbone, and there will be generals to get up immediately.

Suleiman V also barely came to his senses, realizing that the most important thing was to block the Imperial people from entering the city. Several decrees were issued in succession, and a large number of defenders were mobilized to go to the gap in the wall. Probably panicked, he finally hesitated for a moment, and sent an ironclad guard who had always refused to leave.

It's time for life and death, and Suleiman V doesn't really have any other choice!

I have to say that these reinforcements came in time.

While the reinforcements that came spontaneously from the nearby city wall section were routed by the elite of the Matsue army, reinforcements drawn from other city walls by the principality arrived. Soon after, an ironclad soldier also rushed over and started a fierce battle with the Songjiang army, which had already poured in with a thousand people.

The Songjiang army wanted to hold this bridgehead that had broken into the city at any cost. And the will of the defenders was equally resolute, and in any case they wanted to drive the Matsue army out of the gap. Otherwise, once the Songjiang army is allowed to gain a foothold here and slowly all of them are killed, Manila is afraid that it will eventually fall.

At this moment, the battle situation on the north wall of Manila is unprecedentedly complicated.

While the Luzon people drove the emperor * out of the gap in the city wall in the front, they also placed a group of archers on the city wall to suppress the Songjiang army that broke through the city wall from behind. However, outside the city wall, the Songjiang Army, which was temporarily blocked and unable to deploy all its forces, also began to attack the city on all fronts, dispersing the forces of the defenders of Manila, forming two distinct battlefields with the city wall as the dividing line, inside and outside.

It's like layers of icing on a sandwich candy!

Although the defenders of Manila still have a certain advantage as the defenders of the city, they are much smaller than the original system of the city walls. In the face of the strong military strength of the Songjiang Army, the counterattack of the Wangdu Army had no effect at all. Although Suleiman V sent his ironclad soldiers, Ho Shixiang also sent ironclad soldiers, and they were more numerous and fought earlier than the Luzons.

A contest of hoplites!

As early as the time of the South Peak Fortress, the 3rd Heavy Infantry Division of the Songjiang Army had fought against the Omani heavy infantry. Although it was not a large-scale field battle between divisions and regiments, it still allowed the heavy infantry of the Songjiang Army to accumulate quite good experience. At this moment, in the face of the Luzon ironclad soldiers who were almost used to fill the façade, the heavy infantry of the Songjiang Army appeared to be more powerful, whether it was physique, endurance, combat skills, and tacit understanding of cooperation, they were all one level higher than the Luzon ironclad soldiers.

In the contest between armies, even if one of them can surpass the opponent, it will already be able to have an advantage. If each can overwhelm the enemy, it only means that the two armies are not on the same level.

After several rounds of fighting, the heavy infantry wing commander of the Songjiang Army could clearly feel that the physical fitness of the ironclad soldiers of the Luzon people could not keep up.

"All have orders, forward! Suppress them! ”

He shouted and gave the order, and sounded the horn of the Songjiang Army's counterattack! (To be continued.) )