So on this day, after Yang Zhi received Guo Xiaoyun's report that there might be an enemy army coming to attack Fort Djerberg, he immediately cheered up and followed Guo Xiaoyun to the city wall to check the situation in person.

Coincidentally, when the two came to the city wall, they happened to see another group of cavalry approaching Fort Gerburg, as if they wanted to continue to get closer to investigate.

And Yang Zhi also used a telescope to see the appearance of these cavalry very clearly, it is indeed the unique beast cavalry of the Swadia Kingdom, these should all belong to the light cavalry, the war horse has no armor, and the knights on it are only wearing some light leather armor and cloth armor, so the speed is very fast, coming and going like the wind.

And the enemy's frequent dispatch of scouts and cavalry to reconnoiter in close proximity can only indicate that the opponent's large army is not far from here, and it may not be long before they will rush to the city and launch an attack on Fort Jeerburg.

So Yang Zhi immediately sent his own soldiers and began to gather troops and young men to prepare to defend the city.

Due to the limited time, Yang Zhi has barely recruited 1,000 young men in the past few days, plus the 1,500 regular soldiers, the total number of troops that can be used to defend the city is only 2,500, which is not much. Especially those young and strong, because they were recruited in a hurry, the equipment is very simple, and the training is basically non-existent, and if they really fight, they can at most help transport the materials for defending the city such as rolling logs and stones, and it is still too difficult for them to fight face-to-face with the enemy.

And there are only two generals under Yang Zhi, one Li Zhong and one Ye Er, although Ye Er's strength is stronger, but because of his simple mind, he can only be used as a thug, and the one who can really help Yang Zhi share some command pressure has to be the weaker Li Zhong.

At this time, Yang Zhi quickly assigned the city wall in charge with Li Zhong, he himself was mainly responsible for the south and east city walls, while Li Zhong was with Ye Er, mainly responsible for the defense of the north and west city walls.

After assigning their respective tasks, the three of them led their troops to the city wall they were responsible for.

At this time, the outline of the enemy's large army outside the city could also be faintly seen, and along with its march, the sand and dust were also raised along the road, bringing a sense of slaughter to the soldiers and civilians in the city.

The young men who have never experienced a battle are very nervous, but those regular soldiers are still relatively calm, after all, it is not the first time that they have fought with the troops of the Swadia Kingdom, although the opponent's army is also brave and good at fighting, but the strongest is still those heavy cavalry, so the field ability is the strongest, but the siege is not its strength, the city wall of Fort Gerburg is also tall and strong, and the food and ammunition hoarded in the city are also sufficient, and there is no problem in holding on for a few days.

Compared with the self-confidence of the soldiers below, Yang Zhi, the first coach who led an army alone, was a little nervous.

Because he was too nervous, Yang Zhi soon felt a little thirsty, and after grabbing the kettle he was carrying and pouring a big mouthful of cool water, Yang Zhi told the artillerymen beside him: "Check the condition of the artillery again, and I will be beaten by the meeting!" ”

Since it has only been a few days since Fort Gerburg has been laid, it is natural that there is no time to install any large-caliber heavy artillery to defend the city, and there are only a dozen small-caliber rapid-fire guns that were originally field guns, and this kind of small cannon of only 60 mm caliber has a very limited range and power, and it is difficult to achieve the extent that those large-caliber heavy artillery generally let the enemy bombard the enemy before approaching the city wall to the extent that the enemy has suffered more than half of the casualties.

Hearing Yang Zhi's order, the artillerymen had to check the artillery in front of them again.

And at this time, the enemy's fastest cavalry unit is already close to within a thousand meters of Fort Jerberg, this time it is naturally a heavy cavalry with men and horses, there are quite a few of them, there are more than three thousand, and they look like they are all beastified heavy cavalry who have taken beast chemicals, but the strength is not as strong as the elite of the heavy cavalry that they annihilated before, after all, the beast human heavy cavalry before has experienced a series of battles and eaten a lot of experience points, so the strength will be so strong, Basically, a small soldier taken out casually has the combat power of a dark martial artist.

And the heavy cavalry force in front of him should have been newly established in the Swadia Kingdom recently, and most of the soldiers in it only have the strength of the Ming Jin warriors, and those who can reach the dark strength are the top masters among them, as for the existence of the combat power of the Hua Jin, it is only in single digits, and it is likely that they are a few fish that escaped in the last annihilation war.

Behind these heavy cavalry, there were more numerous enemy infantry, looking at the appearance of about 5,000 people, what surprised Yang Zhi was that he actually saw hundreds of enemy soldiers armed with arquebuses in it, and there were three bronze cannons at the rear of the opponent's army, which looked very cumbersome and were dragged by several oxen to follow the large army with difficulty.

Regarding the fact that the enemy army would copy their firearms, Ye Tianlong had actually told his generals a long time ago, but Yang Zhi didn't expect that the efficiency of this Swadia Kingdom would be so high, how long has it been! More than a hundred arquebuses and three bronze cannons were created, although I don't know what their specific power is, but it is already a fact that the other party has firearms, and there is no longer an absolute weapon generation difference with his own army, which undoubtedly further increases the pressure in Yang Zhi's heart.

So Yang Zhi ordered the artillery to open fire just after the enemy cavalry had just entered the range of his artillery, and with a huge cannon sound, several of the enemy cavalry rushing to the front were suddenly knocked down.

After several tugging and probing, the enemy cavalry seemed to have found out that the gunners on the north side of the city wall were the worst and the artillery was the least, so they began to concentrate their troops and attack the north city wall, and the direction of the other city walls was only to send one or two hundred people to contain them.

The northern wall is indeed inconvenient to place artillery due to the uneven shape of the city wall, so there are only four guns there, which is a weak point in the firepower of Fort Jerburg.

Yang Zhi also realized at this time that because of his impatience, the enemy army quickly tested the reality of his firepower, but he couldn't tell it, otherwise it would greatly affect the morale of his own soldiers, so he could only hide these pressures in his heart.

After taking another sip of cold white water, Yang Zhi selected two hundred people from his reserve team, and then personally led them to the northern city wall to support.

By the time Yang Zhi arrived at the northern city wall, the enemy cavalry had already launched an attack on the northern city wall, and these beast-like heavy cavalry quickly approached a hundred meters away from the city wall under the sparse artillery fire fired from the city wall, and then threw javelins one after another.

With the blessing of the speed of the impact of the war horse, these javelins barely flew more than a hundred meters away and fell on the city wall, but they did not have much power, except for those young men who were only equipped with simple leather armor and cloth armor were shot and wounded, and even if the regular soldiers were shot, they stumbled at most, and did not suffer any damage at all.

This will happen, mainly because this time the enemy's beast heavy cavalry is a notch lower than the previous ones.

Yang Zhi, who came in a hurry, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this situation, and then he saw Li Zhong, who was also here, yelling and ordering the defenders on the city wall to shoot.

Suddenly, more than 200 soldiers on the northern wall poked their heads out of the city wall and pulled the trigger almost simultaneously on the enemy cavalry outside the city.

After the dense bullets were fired, at least fifty enemy cavalry were immediately defeated, but many enemy cavalry, after being shot down from their horses, quickly got up from the ground, remounted their horses, and retreated with the rest of their teammates.

Obviously, although the strength is a little weaker, the nature of being a beast makes these enemy cavalry very tenacious, so as long as they are not hit, just a bullet from the middle and upper flintlock rifle really can't kill them at once.

Li Zhong was also very depressed when he looked at this scene, and with his strong cultivation, he fiercely opened his bow and arrow, aiming at a guy with gorgeous armor and looking like an enemy nobleman or knight shooting an armor-piercing heavy arrow.

With a loud bang, the enemy knight's chest was pierced by an arrow that shot through the back of the heart, and blood-stained tips emerged from his chest. The knight in the ornate plate armor shook his body on the horse's back and fell headlong into the horse, and it seemed that he could still see a hint of unwillingness in his eyes.

As the enemy cavalry was frightened by a rifle salvo from this side, the enemy's more infantry gradually approached, and the three bronze guns began to adjust their muzzles under the control of the enemy gunners, as if they were ready to fire at the defenders on the city wall.

"The artillery is all aimed at the enemy's bronze cannons, and hit them hard!" While giving the latest order, Li Zhong fired his bow and arrow again, aimed at the gunner of one of the bronze cannons, and fired an arrow fiercely.

It's a pity that this distance is too far, and the three bronze cannons are all more than five hundred meters away from the city wall, so even if Li Zhong's chemical martial artist, the arrows he shot began to gradually lose his strength after flying more than four hundred meters away, and finally fell weakly to the ground more than ten meters in front of the gunner.

Seeing this, the enemy gunner was about to open his mouth to taunt the enemy general who had worked in vain, but in the next second, an arrow was accurately shot into his newly opened mouth, and the sharp tip of the arrow peeked through the back of his head.

The one who shot this arrow was Yang Zhi who had just arrived on the city wall, as a traditional military general from a family of generals, Yang Zhi could be said to be extremely versatile, and he was basically proficient in eighteen weapons, and bows and arrows were no exception, plus he was also a congenital master, so even if he was still five hundred meters away, he shot the enemy gunner with one arrow.

However, Yang Zhi's arrow also immediately aroused the vigilance of the enemy army, and soon dozens of beast heavy infantry with thick iron shields came to the front of those gunners, forming a shield wall to protect those gunners.

And at such a distance, even the power of the arrows shot by an innate master like Yang Zhi would be greatly exhausted, and he would no longer be able to penetrate those thick iron shields and hurt those enemy gunners.

As for the four small cannons on the city wall, although they were also firing constantly, their accuracy was really not very good, and the nearest cannonball fired was seven or eight meters away from the opponent's artillery position, and none of the shells were accurate.

However, Yang Zhi knew that this could not be blamed on these gunners, after all, those gunners were all novices who had been urgently trained in the past month or so, and they could only be regarded as barely able to control artillery, so don't expect accuracy or anything.