The Thunderbolts' artillery fire became more and more intense, and the mountain bandits hid in the fortress. Although the Tiger Squat Cannon is classified as a light artillery within the Thunderbolt Army, it is a relatively heavy city defense artillery, in fact, the explosion power is not weak, and the killing and wounding of personnel is at least more than that of a grenade, and its curved trajectory can pass over the wall and bombard soft targets such as personnel inside the fortress. The Mother and Child Cannon, on the other hand, was much more powerful, and although it could not blow up the walls of the fortress, it also smashed the stones into potholes, and its huge explosion and splashing of rubble frightened a group of mountain bandits who drew bows and arrows to shrink behind the arrow stacks.

Hiding behind a wall doesn't guarantee safety either. There were two mountain bandits who were really unlucky, they were squatting behind the battlements one after the other, but unexpectedly, a solid iron bullet from the mother and child cannon smashed the battlements into a pulp. For a while, the broken flesh, bones, blood, water, intestines, and stomachs were all mixed together ....... This time, the Thunderbolt Tiger squat artillery used shotguns, mainly soft targets such as anti-personnel personnel. The mother and child cannon uses solid iron bullets, which are mainly used to attack hard targets such as buildings and fortifications. Although most of the mountain bandits were brave people, they were also stunned by this bloody scene, and the brave ones knew to jump under the wall to hide, while the timid ones vomited on the spot.

The falling shells caused heavy casualties to the mountain bandits in the fortress, and they shrank in the doorways, corners, and walls with their heads in their hands. These mountain bandits are actually not stupid, after these rounds of shelling, they also know that these places are safe, no matter how angry Xia Qihu scolds and threatens, he will never go to the wall again. Although Xia Qihu was anxious, he was helpless, if he really used force to suppress it, these mountain bandits who were forced to be anxious would really dare to draw their swords against him. In desperation, Xia Qihu had no choice but to take a few of his entourage, braved the artillery fire and went to the top of the gate of the fortress, lying on his stomach at the corner of the battlement, and gasping sharply. The thick stone walls here are the strongest part of the fort, and the side faces the direction of the Thunderbolt shelling, which is safer than the fortress courtyard where shells are constantly falling. However, this is only relatively safe, and at the moment when he first came up, a member of his entourage was hit in the eye by the flying debris because he was not fast, and at this moment he was rolling on the ground and wailing with his bleeding eyes.

A small group of Thunderbolt soldiers came steadily along the mountain path towards the fort gate under the cover of shields. This scene happened to be seen by Xia Qihu, who stretched out his body to look outside the battlement, and he shouted loudly in a hurry: "The Thunderbolt army is coming, quickly put all Lao Tzu on the wall", but no one paid attention to his orders, and only the sound of explosions echoed his howl. In fact, when the trebuchet was blown up just now, Xia Qihu already had the idea of escaping, but he had been a bandit in Wanjiaping for many years and knew the fate of defeat. Even if he is the "second-in-command", if he is defeated and retreats, he will not be able to escape Xiong Ben's strict "military law". And he has received news that Xiong Ben has blocked the gate of Wanjiazhai, the purpose of which is to let him lead his men to defend this stone fortress.

In the sound of artillery, Chen Tianxiang, the leader of the fifth squad of the first company of the Thunderbolt Army, led the soldiers of his squad to approach the fortress step by step. At this time, the mountain bandits' bow and arrow fire had been suppressed, and only sporadic stones were smashed on the gatehouse, but they were all blocked by giant shields, which did not affect their pace of progress. When they got closer, the Perak soldiers noticed that there was a wide, deep trench in front of the gate, and the bottom of the ditch was covered with sharp wooden stakes, making it impossible to get close to the gate. Chen Tianxiang did not panic, he made a gesture, and the soldier next to him handed him a long fuse-wire linen package. The package was actually a bag of explosives, filled with an iron ball the size of a pigeon's egg in addition to gunpowder, which was small but heavy. Under the cover of the shield, Chen Tianxiang quickly tied the package to the rod behind the tip of the spear with a rope, lit the fuse, and threw the spear through the trench with all his might, firmly rooted it on the wooden gate of the fortress, and then led the people to run down the mountain. This tactic was proposed by the Perak Army during the Great Debate, and was repeatedly discussed and rehearsed, and the original proposer was Chen Tianxiang.

After the soldiers of the fifth squad ran out for a while, they all lay down under the high hill on the side of the road, completely lacking the calm energy of the attack just now, which made Xia Qihu a little proud, and it seemed that the Thunderbolt army was nothing more than this in front of the high wall and deep trench. Just now, it was he who took his relatives to crawl down the gatehouse and throw stones. It's just that Xia Qihu didn't have to be proud for long, because not long after the Perak soldiers ran away, the explosive bag nailed to the door exploded. Not only was the wooden gate shattered, but even the sturdy gatehouse was blown down, and Xia Qihu and his entourage, who were on the gatehouse, were also hit by the blast wave and fell down the gatehouse. Xia Qihu's head hit the stone base in the corner of the wall, and he was killed directly without snorting, and his relatives were either dead or injured. One of the hapless bastards was shaken into the trench, pierced in the chest by a sharp stake, like a fish pricked by a fishing fork, his distracted eyes looking up to the sky, his mouth still opening and closing silently.

After the fortress gates were blown down, the Thunderbolts stopped shelling. This caused a brief silence around the fort, and the heavy shelling and the huge explosion of the explosion caused the mountain bandits to hold their breath for fear of attracting shells to fall on their heads. The blown up limbs and the thick blood made the bandits tremble, and at this time, a large number of Thunderbolt soldiers were slowly attacking the fortress along the mountain road with spears and huge shields. The defenses have been broken, the leader is dead, how long will it take to not flee at this time? At this moment, the desire for life overpowered, and the bandits rushed towards the door, turning on the escape mode. As for how to deal with Xiong Ben's strict "military law", we have to talk about it later. At this time, the mountain bandits with active brains had already considered putting all the blame for the failure on Xia Qihu. If the dead don't carry this pot, should the living carry it?

It's just that the bandits are really unlucky. There was only one gate in the fort, and although the gate was wide open, the drawbridge was blown up and could not be put down. Without the drawbridge, the trench with its stakes was too wide to jump over. Therefore, when the Thunderbolt army arrived in front of the fortress gate, except for a few mountain bandits who relied on their agility to cross the trench and flee towards the Wanjiazhai on the mountain, the remaining mountain bandits mostly turned around in front of the trench, and some turned around and ran towards the fortress. The Perak soldiers who charged up blocked the escape path of the mountain bandits, and shouted in unison, "Thunderbolt from heaven, punish the traitors and eliminate the evil, surrender as soon as possible, repent and rehabilitate." Most of the mountain bandits had already been blown up and had no energy, and when they heard that the Thunderbolt army had given them a way to live, they simply stopped running around, knelt on the ground one after another, and shouted "spare their lives" in their mouths, and all of them surrendered.