Although the artillery fire of the Shinra continued to hit the Ming battleship, this new type of Ming ironclad ship seemed to be invulnerable, and the cannonballs hitting the ironclad ship could not cause any damage to the battleship itself at all, except for being able to hit a shallow pit. However, the firepower of the Daming artillery fire is beyond the imagination of the Shinra soldiers, they can't understand the time when their own artillery can fire one cannon, how can the other party bombard four or five cannons? And the power of the cannonballs is amazing, such a strong city wall is actually under the bombardment of the other party, the walls are collapsing one by one, if it is not for the Shenluo soldiers who continue to desperately block the collapsed wall, I am afraid that the Ming army has already poured into the fortress. As for the loss of personnel and artillery, it is even more alarming.

The artillery battle between the two sides continued from morning to dusk. Although the ironclad warships of the Ming Dynasty were covered with countless bullet marks of different shades, none of them were damaged in battle. And the HRE side is a different scene, the personnel are killed and wounded two or three thousand, the cannon is destroyed by more than half, the entire castle is full of holes, the city wall is damaged in many places, if it is not for the HRE soldiers desperately repairing the damage, I am afraid that the Ming army has occupied this castle at this moment.

Seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, the Ming army stopped attacking and temporarily retreated to the camp. The tense nerves of the HRE soldiers couldn't help but relax a little.

The Shinra general sat on the ground and couldn't help muttering, "How can the Ming people have such an ironclad battleship?" It's horrible! "I forgot to introduce the name of this HRE general. His name is Schmelzer, and he is one of the two main generals guarding the Suez Canal on the HRE side, the other being Kross. One of them was responsible for the defense of the east side of the Suez Canal, and the other was responsible for the defense of the west side of the Suez Canal.

An officer hurried to Schmelzer and reported in a somewhat panicked manner: "Your Excellency, according to the preliminary statistics of my subordinates just now, our army has suffered two or three thousand casualties, and more than half of the artillery has been damaged. ”

Schmelzer frowned and muttered: "If you continue to fight like this, you will definitely not be able to hold it, and reinforcements must be recruited." Then he instructed the officer: "You immediately send someone to Kantara to bring reinforcements." The officer answered and ran down. This Kantara is the name of another fort on the east side of the Suez Canal. As mentioned earlier, the defense of the eastern side of the Suez Canal was the responsibility of this Schmelzer, and therefore the defenders of Cantara were also under his command.

Schmelzer was worried that the Ming army would come to raid at night, so he did not dare to be careless at night, not only sending people to patrol the night in turn, but also running to the city wall every once in a while to personally inspect it.

A night passed without any danger.

In the next few days, the Ming army continued to storm the enemy fortress with ironclad warships. After a few days, the artillery of the HRE army was destroyed, so all the gunboats of the Ming Dynasty approached the fortress and bombarded it. Hundreds of gunboats bombarded indiscriminately, and the whole fortress was crumbling like a flat boat in the middle of a raging wave, as if it were about to capsize at any moment. The HRE soldiers desperately supported and suffered heavy casualties.

However, to Schmelzer's rejoicing and puzzling thing, although the Ming offensive was very fierce and caused great casualties to their own side, they just did not send the army to attack directly. Schmelzer couldn't figure it out, but he couldn't help but hope that the other side would never send an army to attack.

In the evening of that day, the Ming army, which had been bombarding the castle indiscriminately for a whole day, finally retreated. All the HRE soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At this moment, a herald rushed to Schmelzer and reported: "General, reinforcements are only a dozen miles away from here!" ”

Schmelzer couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Schmelzer arranged the guards, and made a circle around the city walls before returning to his official office to rest. I sat down in a chair and fell asleep leaning back in my chair.

"General! Checkmate! ……”

Schmelzer woke up, saw one of his officers standing in front of him, calling out to himself, and asked, "What is the matter?" ”

I saw the officer say urgently; "Oh no, General, our reinforcements were suddenly ambushed by the enemy, and the whole army was wiped out!"

Schmelzer was so shocked that he couldn't help but exclaim: "What? That's impossible! ”

The officer said: "I just received an urgent report from the defeated army, saying that they were suddenly ambushed by the Ming army more than ten miles to the north, and the whole army was wiped out!" ”

Schmelzer was so panicked that he didn't know what to do for a moment, and his mind was already in a mess. Thinking that he was not having a nightmare, he immediately raised his slap and slapped it on the head a few times. However, the situation in front of him did not change at all, because he was not dreaming. Schmelzer couldn't help but panic: "What can I do about this?" What can I do? ”

The officer couldn't help but say; "General, we might as well abandon the fortress and retreat to the west bank!"

Without thinking about it, Schmelzer waved his hand and said, "No, no, no!" If I fled to Cross's territory in such a disarray, I would be laughed at by him! Absolutely not! ”

The officer thought for a moment and said, "Then let's send someone to ask them for help!" ”

Schmelzer felt that this was also a disgraceful thing, but it was much better than abandoning the city and fleeing to Kroos's territory. Feeling that at this time, he had no choice, so he had to say to the officer: "Then, you can send someone to ask Cross for help!" The officer answered and hurried down.

Schmelzer couldn't help but walk to the map, looked at the terrain on the map, frowned and muttered: "How could the enemy surprise our reinforcements?" He hadn't figured out what was going on until now. Actually, this matter is not particularly complicated, but it is just a strategy to besiege the city and send reinforcements. The Ming army stormed Schmelzer here, although he had the advantage but did not break his fortress, it was not Schmelzer's luck, it was simply a small ploy of Yang Peng, that is, he felt great pressure and went to ask for help around. Besiege the city and send reinforcements, first destroy the reinforcements, and then capture the city.

Just when Schmelzer was still at a loss for what was happening in front of him, the sound of commotion suddenly came from outside. Schmelzer felt a little strange and hurriedly walked out of the hall.

As soon as he left the hall, he saw one of his officers hurrying over.

Schmelzer asked, somewhat annoyed; "What kind of person is still making noise in the middle of the night, don't you know my military orders?"

The officer didn't care about saluting, and said hurriedly: "Oh no, General, the Ming Army has already entered the castle!" ”

Schmelzer's face changed drastically, he couldn't believe the news at all, and shouted angrily: "Don't talk nonsense! How could the Ming people suddenly enter the city! ”

The officer said urgently, "It's true! It's a caravan of our empire, and they've raided the gates! Our men were defenseless, and at once they took the gates of the city and opened them! A Ming army had been waiting outside for a long time, and as soon as the city gate opened, they rushed in! ”

Schmelzer shook his head vigorously, "How is this possible, how is this possible!" How could the caravans of our empire go to the aid of the Ming people? It's incredible! ”

At this moment, there was a fierce battle in the city, which was much closer to Schmelzer's place of governance than the commotion just now.

The officer said urgently; "General, no matter what happens, we must take measures now!"

Schmelzer hurriedly ordered: "Immediately gather all the soldiers and horses in the city to counterattack the enemy!" The officer answered and ran down. Soon after, Schmelzer led more than 1,000 men to the battlefield. Seeing that the Ming army was attacking its own soldiers and horses, he immediately waved his army and joined the battlefield. The two sides fought fiercely, killing the heavens and the earth and the sun and the moon! Although the Ming army is like a tiger and a wolf, it is brave and unstoppable, but the Shenluo army is also extremely tenacious and forgets to die! I saw swords and swords flying all over the sky, and the soldiers on both sides fell in a pool of blood one by one! The fierce battle between the beasts is inextricably linked!

Schmelzer rushed into the Ming army, wielding a long sword and slashing several Ming soldiers in a row, which was really brave. At this moment, a loud sound like a tiger's roar suddenly came from one side. Schmelzer was taken aback, and quickly turned his head to look, and suddenly saw a giant man dressed in black heavy armor, dark skin, and black steel needle whiskers rushing fiercely with a pair of pure steel plate axes, and he couldn't help but be shocked!

Before he could react, the terrible giant man slammed into him, and slammed into Schmelzer's horse with a loud bang! The horse screamed and fell to one side! Schmelzer fell to the ground, terrified. Immediately, I saw the terrible black giant man step on the horse's body, raise his axe high and slash it down!

At the last moment, Schmelzer hurriedly raised his long sword to block! In the blink of an eye, the axe collided with the long sword, and with a click, the long sword was instantly cut off! But the axe was still castrated, and it slammed into the opponent's head! When his brain was full of brains, Schmelzer didn't even have time to scream and return to Hades!

The Shenluo army, which was struggling to resist the Ming army, saw that their own general was actually cut down by the other party's black general with an axe, and the army's heart was turbulent. Even if he couldn't resist the fierce offensive of the Ming army, the army was defeated! The Ming army took advantage of the situation to cover up the past, and directly killed the corpses of the Shinra soldiers in the streets and alleys, and the blood was full of ditches! The momentum of the Ming army is extremely fierce, and it is already unstoppable!

Cross, who was stationed on the west bank, received a request for help from Schmelzer, and could not help but be very proud, and said sarcastically: "Your general is too bold!" With a strong fortress to rely on, it was so panicked! What a shame for our Holy Roman Empire! ”

The envoy hurriedly said: "General, don't despise the Ming people!" They're just too good, far more than any opponent we've ever faced! Please send reinforcements quickly, I'm afraid that the east coast won't be able to hold it if it's late! Cross scoffed: "What kind of generals there are, what kind of subordinates there are!" Schmelzer is so shitty, so his men are so wasteful! ”

The envoy was very angry when he heard Cross taunt his side like this, but now that he asked the other party, he didn't dare to attack, but said: "General, if the east coast is lost, our general will certainly not be able to escape the responsibility, but the general is afraid that he will also be charged with death!" ”

Cross snorted coldly and said angrily: "Did General Ben say not to go to the rescue?" I don't care if he Schmelzer lives or dies, but the land of the empire can't fall into the hands of a foreign race! Then he prepared to send the order.

At this moment, an officer hurried in and reported in a hurry: "General, no, the fortress on the east bank has been lost!" ”

Both Cross and the messenger were shocked, and Cross rose up and asked angrily, "Is what you said true?" ”

The officer hurriedly said: "There are many routs who have fled from the east bank, they are the ones who said it, and the news must be true!" ”

Cross couldn't help but scold: "Waste! Rubbish! It was captured by the enemy so quickly! The messenger was flustered and speechless.

An officer said to Cross: "General, since the enemy has broken through the castle on the east bank, the next step will definitely be to attack us, we must be careful!" Cross said angrily: "What is there to worry about! General Ben is not the useless Schmelzer! I'm afraid that the enemy won't come, and if they do, General Ben will let them know that I am powerful!" Then he ordered: "Order all the armies to be ready for battle!" The officer answered and ran down.

The next morning, bad news came that Kantara, the fortress north of the east bank, had been captured. When Cross got the news, he finally became a little impatient, and scolded Schmelzer for being a wreck! Little did he know that Schmelzer had actually been killed the previous night.

The scout galloped into the castle, rushed to Cross, and hurriedly reported: "General, the enemy fleet is coming!" At this moment, the lookout, who was standing on the highest point, suddenly pointed to the river in the distance and shouted: "Enemy fleet! The officers and soldiers of the Shinra on the city wall raised their eyes into the distance, but they did not see anything, and after a moment they saw countless masts moving from the south to the north. After another moment, I saw countless warships of all sizes coming across the river! The HRE soldiers couldn't help but be a little frightened, and Cross hurriedly ordered the armies to prepare for battle.

The Ming ironclad battleship sailed to the river near the castle first, and then the cannons of the two sides began to bombard each other, and a loud rumbling sound resounded in the sky for a while. Cannonballs staggered in the sky, only to see that there are constantly cannonballs smashed on the city wall, stone chips and bricks flying all over the sky, and at the same time there are constantly cannonballs falling into the river, the water column soars into the sky, the river surface is a boiling scene, from time to time there are cannonballs hit the battleships of the Ming Army, but although the power of the cannonballs is not small, they can not penetrate the battleship iron armor, and they are bounced away!

The Shinra soldiers in the castle couldn't help but panic when they saw that the ironclad warships of the Ming army were powerful and invulnerable. Cross urged his men to open fire, but the batteries were covered by the enemy's artillery fire and suffered heavy losses. After several rounds of artillery battles, the Ming battleship was unscathed, but the HRE side suffered heavy losses!

At this moment, a group of Ming elites landed nearby, rushing towards the castle from the north, which had not been shelled.

Cross received an alert from the north, and before he could think about it, he immediately dispatched a considerable part of his troops to the north. As soon as this part of the force was withdrawn, the situation in the east became even more tense.

Just when Cross led his soldiers to support it, an urgent report suddenly came from the north, saying that the north gate was lost and the Ming army had entered the castle!

Cross and the others were shocked. The messenger sent by Schmelzer couldn't help but mock: "The general scolded us generals for being rubbish, but our generals still held out for a few days. Now, the general has been attacked into the castle by the enemy in less than half a day! If our generals are waste, we don't know what a general should be? ”

Kross was so angry that he grabbed the officer who came to report, glared at him and asked, "What are you eating?" With so many troops, and without hearing the sound of artillery from the north, how could they be broken by the enemy in the blink of an eye? Say! The officer hurriedly said, "We could have resisted, but it was the rout that fled from the east bank!" They suddenly attacked us from the inside at a critical time! We were unsuspected, they took the gates, and then they rushed into the city! ”

Cross and the others were surprised, then glared at the messenger and asked angrily, "What the hell is going on?" When did you take refuge in the Ming people? The messenger was at a loss and hurriedly said, "How is it possible? We are the temporary of the empire, how can we betray the empire and surrender to the Ming Dynasty? ”

Where did Cross believe it, he immediately tripped the messenger, and then personally led the guards to the north to prepare to drive out the Ming army that had invaded the city.

After a while, they rushed to the vicinity of the North City Gate, only to see that their soldiers were retreating under the onslaught of the Ming army. The Ming army is like a tiger like a wolf, the offensive is extremely fierce, although their own soldiers resist desperately, but they are constantly broken through the defense line by the other party, and the corpses are bloody!

Annoyed, Cross immediately marched into battle. The Shinra soldiers, who were really struggling to resist, couldn't help but boost their morale when they saw the boss coming, and everyone scrambled to be the first, all of them desperately. The two sides had a fierce battle near the north city gate, like tigers and leopards fighting each other, refusing to give in to each other, and the wind and clouds changed color and the grass and trees were sad, blood and sword light flew all over the sky, and one by one the soldiers fell in a pool of blood!

The Shenluo army is brave, but the Ming army is stronger and stronger when it encounters strength, and the more brave it is, regardless of the casualties, it moves forward bravely, stepping on the blood of the corpses of its companions and the blood of the corpses of the enemy, and moving forward with great swords! The HRE army gradually became unable to resist, and the defense line was crumbling! At this moment, a war horse suddenly rushed out from the Ming army and slammed into the HRE army, and the horse stepped on the knife and slashed forward! At the same time, the Ming infantry army under the leadership of the fierce general Yang Jing attacked and killed even more fiercely, killing the Shenluo soldiers one after another! The HRE army felt that it couldn't support it anymore and involuntarily began to retreat, but the HRE army was still not chaotic and was still resisting desperately!

Yang Jing beheaded more than a dozen Shinra soldiers in a row and rushed straight in front of Cross. Seeing the fierce black and fierce enemy rushing up, Cross was not afraid at all, roared, and brandished his great sword to meet it. One wielded a plate axe, the other wielded a big sword, only to hear a loud bang, the sword and axe collided and sparks splashed, and the bodies of both of them were shocked! Cross only felt that his arms were numb and his heart couldn't help but be horrified, but Yang Jing was excited, and continued to swing the board axe to attack, screaming in his mouth! Cross was startled when he saw Yang Jing attacking with another axe, and hurriedly raised his sword to parry! There was another loud bang, and the plate axe slashed heavily on Kroos's greatsword, almost cutting off Kroos's greatsword lazily, and Kroos's body was shocked, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back!

Yang Jing was unforgiving, and a pair of plate axes in his hand were like windmills and slashed down in a row, with ten thousand powers, and an axe was as heavy as an axe! Cross only has the ability to parry and has no power to fight back, and the whole person keeps retreating! Drink! Yang Jing shouted, and the plate axe in his right hand slashed down from top to bottom, as if he had the potential to split a mountain! Cross hurriedly raised his sword to resist! I only heard a click, and Cross's big sword was cut off in an instant, and the plate axe was castrated, and there was another click, only to see blood surge, and one of Cross's arms was cut off!

Cross screamed and fell to the ground. Yang Jing was greatly annoyed when he saw that he failed to hack the other party to death, and was ready to continue to attack and take his life. However, at this moment, a group of Shinra officers and soldiers rushed up and desperately besieged Yang Jing. Yang Jing couldn't get out for a while, screaming and wielding the board axe, only to see the cold light of the plate axe flying up and down, and the Shenluo officers and soldiers who besieged Yang Jing were killed to the point of flesh and blood, and the screams rang out, and they fell in a pool of blood one by one. In just a moment's effort, the HRE officers and soldiers besieging Li Kui were cut down by him. He tried to kill Cross again, but he was gone, leaving only one of his severed arms in place. It turned out that when Yang Jing was entangled by those HRE officers and soldiers, several other officers and soldiers took the opportunity to run to Kross's side to see him save him.

Cross was seriously injured and fled, which made the already unstoppable HRE even more turbulent. On the side of the Ming army, the offensive is like a tide, and a wave of offensive is stronger than a wave of offensive, constantly pounceing on the Shenluo army. In the end, the HRE army could not hold on and completely collapsed. The Ming army immediately covered up and killed, killing the corpses of the Shinra soldiers and filling the streets and alleys with blood all over the ditches. The north gate was lost in an instant, and when the news reached the east, the HRE soldiers immediately abandoned their guards and fled from the west gate in a hurry.

Merchants from all over the world hiding in the castle watched the situation in the castle with trepidation. Seeing that it took only less than half a day for the Ming army to pull out this castle heavily guarded by the Shinra, he couldn't help but be shocked and panicked. A Spanish merchant was horrified and said to his companion: "I always thought that the armies of the Holy Roman Empire were invincible!" Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, the Ming Army in the East was even more powerful than them! It's unbelievable! ”

Merchants from all over the world saw that the Ming army entered the castle and drove away the Shenluo army, and they couldn't help but worry that the Ming army would loot their property. However, they soon settled down, because the discipline of the Daming army was even stricter than that of the Shinra army, and the Daming army also posted security notices in various Chinese languages.

The courage of the merchants from all over the world gradually fought, so they came out of hiding places one after another, and even set up stalls along the street to sell goods to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. The tense atmosphere was gone, and the whole castle became lively. And the prostitutes from all over the world are also very bold to stand on the side of the street and flatter the Ming soldiers, even if the Ming army is disciplined, they can't stand the shaking of their hearts.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.