Lan Yu's face instantly darkened after the shock.
The hearse was useless.
This was something that Lan Yu had never expected.
The terrifying extent of the crossbow formation in the Starting City had already completely exceeded Lan Yu's imagination.
However, Lan Yu did not give up.
Although the first wave of probing ended in complete annihilation, it was still within Lan Yu's psychological tolerance range.
Since the hearse can't go.
Lan Yu was prepared to let the Iron Shieldbearers try.
This was Blue Jade's second preparation.
Fifty thousand shieldbearers were specially transferred from the capital by Blue Jade.
As the capital army, the shields in the hands of these 50,000 shieldbearers were genuine pure iron shields.
Moreover, they were extremely thick. Each shield was five inches thick.
Ordinary bows and arrows could not threaten these shieldmen at all.
At the same time, these shieldbearers were heavily armored and were difficult to injure with swords and sabers. They were considered heavy infantry.
Every soldier was also a well-selected elite.
It could be said that this Heavy Infantry was the strongest in the capital army.
In terms of equipment, basically no one other than the Imperial Army could compare to them.
Originally, with these fifty thousand heavy infantrymen, Lan Yu was full of confidence in taking down this Starting City.
However, after the hearse was destroyed, Lan Yu was somewhat uncertain.
He was not sure if the crossbow formation of the Starting City could penetrate the iron shields of this heavy infantryman.
And this heavy infantry was currently the only elite heavy infantry in the entire Great Ming apart from the Imperial Army.
Every soldier was the elite of the elite.
Every time they lost one, they would not be able to make up for it in a short period of time.
Once the losses were too great, even he, Lan Yu, would not be able to explain it to Old Zhu.
Therefore, after seeing the power of the crossbow formation.
Blue Jade no longer dared to let these 50,000 Heavy Infantry soldiers charge forward.
He immediately dispatched 1,000 people to form a small shield formation, ready to let these people test the waters.
He also instructed these people to choose to retreat if there was any danger.
Thus, a small shield formation formed by a thousand people set off toward the Initial City.
They formed a tight formation and did not dare to have the slightest gap.
Every step he took was extremely careful to prevent the formation from becoming chaotic.
They approached the citadel step by step.
At this moment, Geng Jinhua, Chai Xichun, and Du Jin'e, who were on the three citadels, naturally saw this scene.
The three women were not simple people. They could tell at a glance that these 1,000 people were just a test.
"The heavy infantry?"
The three women frowned.
They were all a little uncertain.
Their Yuanrong Crossbows were very powerful.
However, the three women were not sure if they were facing such heavy infantry.
The three girls knew that the improved Yuanrong Crossbow could easily penetrate three-inch thick steel armor within a hundred and fifty meters.
However, with the three women's eyesight, they could tell at a glance that the iron shields in the hands of the heavy infantrymen below were probably more than three inches long.
Moreover, the 1,000 people below were clearly here to test the waters.
If they let the other party grasp the power of the Yuanrong Crossbow, it would not be a good thing for them.
Under the uncertainty, the three women decided to wait and let Mu Guiying make the decision.
Everything here would be reported to Mu Guiying at the first possible moment.
At this moment, Mu Guiying, who was in the main city, already knew Lan Yu's purpose.
Mu Guiying knocked on the armrest slightly and immediately had a countermeasure.
She instructed the guard,
"Inform Meng Si 'niang to lead the heavy cavalry and attack!”
"Pass down my order. Du Jine, Chai Xichun, and Geng Jinhua, let them seize the opportunity to shoot the enemy!”
"Yes, sir!"
Not long after, a thousand-man heavy cavalry galloped over from the main city.
And at this time, Blue Jade's thousand heavy infantrymen were already less than two hundred meters away from Geng Jinhua's citadel.
The thousand-man heavy cavalry directly passed the citadel and charged towards the thousand-man shield formation.
The person leading them was Meng Jinbang, the Fourth Mother of the Divine Power Meng.
Meng Siniang was the daughter of Meng Zhiyuan, the commander of Daizhou Bronze Hammer, a general who had surrendered to the Northern Han Dynasty. She was a god with divine power.
The weapon he used was naturally a pair of copper hammers.
The thing he was best at was being the vanguard.
At this moment, Meng Siniang was the vanguard.
She led the thousand-man heavy cavalry like a fierce tiger and fiercely charged towards the thousand-man shield formation sent by Blue Jade.
Before he even arrived, a pair of copper hammers smashed into the thousand-man shield formation.
There was a loud sound of metal clashing.
Meng Si 'niang relied on her divine power that ordinary people could not compare to to forcefully smash a hole in the thousand-man shield formation.
Then, he led the thousand-man heavy cavalry and charged in.
A pair of copper hammers were swung around like tigers and tigers. Whoever was hit would be injured and killed!
The thousand-man shield formation was broken by Fourth Aunt Meng's ferocious charge.
Then, under the leadership of Meng Si 'niang, the thousand-man heavy cavalry charged at the thousand-man shield formation.
In just a short moment, the thousand man shield formation was shattered.
Meng Si 'niang did not stop, leading a thousand heavy cavalry and leaving.
Immediately after, a rain of arrows rained down, and the 1,000 heavy infantrymen were immediately caught in the storm of arrows.
In just a moment, more than a thousand people were lost.
The entire process happened too quickly.
Blue Jade, who had been paying attention to the battlefield, could not react at all.
When he came back to his senses, the 1,000 heavy infantrymen were already gone.
"Damn it!"
Lan Yu was furious. He never expected that the people of the Initial City would actually play such a trick on him.
There was also Meng Si 'niang. Lan Yu had fought for so many years, but she had never seen such a fierce woman.
From Meng Si 'niang's appearance to breaking the formation and leaving, the entire process only took the time to brew a cup of tea.
But in just this short amount of time, Blue Jade's 1,000 heavy infantry soldiers were gone.
How could Lan Yu not be angry?
However, although she was angry, who was Lan Yu?
He was basically certain of one thing.
That was, the heavy infantrymen under his command could counter the enemy's crossbow formation.
Although 1,000 elites had died, they had died in a much better condition than the previous 1,000.
Most importantly, Lan Yu saw it.
The shield formation could block those iron arrows.
This allowed Blue Jade to see a glimmer of hope in breaking through the Initial City!
"Retreat!"
His goal had been achieved, and this wave of probing was over.
Although they had lost two waves, it was still worth it.
Thus, Blue Jade decisively retreated.
In his heart, he already had some ideas on how to deal with this Starting City.
The rest was to wait for Song Sheng's men to arrive.
After discussing with the vassal kings, they would make a decision!
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