"Sign in successful. Congratulations on obtaining an elite line infantry regiment.”
Zhu Heng woke up early and immediately began to sign in.
"This is very nice!"
The arrival of this line infantry regiment greatly reduced the pressure on the city defense.
This time, it was impossible for Slave Jian to break through Guang Ning City.
Even if Huang Taiji led 100,000 soldiers back, it would be useless.
The elite line infantry regiment still used the three-three system.
It had three infantry battalions and a few auxiliary units, which was similar to the modern system.
If the original frontline infantry battalions were included, this regiment would have four battalions.
Adding on the subordinate troops of less than 500 people, the entire regiment had a total of 4500 people.
There were 4500 infantrymen guarding the city and 2,000 cavalry outside, forming a corner.
He was no longer at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Instead, he had the advantage.
Slave Jian had brought 5,000 servants with him.
The true cavalry and infantry of the Jianu Kingdom numbered only five to six thousand.
Moreover, there were only about two thousand cavalrymen in the Slave Construction Army this time. The remaining three to four thousand were infantrymen in cotton armor.
Even though the cavalry of the Slaves of Creation were powerful, not all of them were cavalry.
Cavalry was only their main combat force, and the infantry was more numerous.
However, the proportion of cavalry in the entire Slave Jian army was still very high.
Especially after he brought Mengyuan under his rule, he obtained a stable source of horses and cavalry.
The proportion of cavalry could even reach more than 50%.
"Milord, a large cavalry unit of Slave Jian has appeared outside the city. There are no less than two thousand of them.”
"Milord, a large group of Slaves of Creation has appeared outside the city and is surrounding Guang Ning City.”
The reports of the various scouts in the morning were summarized into the command center of Guangning City.
"They're finally here. Let's go up the city wall and take a look.”
Not long after, Zhu Heng and the rest arrived at the city wall.
As soon as he came up, he saw a large number of troops approaching Guangning City about three miles away from the city wall.
There were about 6,000 people, including 2,000 cavalry.
Behind them were a large number of siege weapons.
For example, ladders, charging vehicles, arrow towers, light and heavy catapults, and so on.
Kong Youde would only join Slave Jian in 2033. At this time, Houjin was only equipped with a small number of cannons.
They were all brought to the pass or placed in Shengjing by Huang Taiji.
It was obvious that the troops in the east of the city were the main force of Slave Jian's attack.
The other two sides had about two thousand soldiers each, which were considered as a feint attack.
"What do you think of this Slave Jian army?”
Zhu Wu put down the telescope in his hand and said without any change in expression,"Although they are elites, even if our troops were to go out into the open, we can still easily defeat them.”
The remaining three infantry battalions were summoned by Zhu Heng.
Zhu Wu was very confident in defeating this 10,000-strong army.
The greatest threat to the Slave Construction Army was the cavalry.
However, he had a total of 2,000 cavalrymen on his side.
"We should stick to the original plan and rely on the city defense to effectively kill Slave Jian.”
If he didn't defend the city and went out to fight Slave Jian, he probably wouldn't give such an order.
In the distance, Darhan was also observing Guang Ning City.
When he saw the cannons sticking out of the battlements, his expression changed.
"Why are there so many cannons in Guang Ning City?”
This was a little tricky.
The number of cannons on this wall was no less than ten.
Fortunately, the caliber didn't look big.
Moreover, the other party only had a thousand or so people guarding the city, while his side had almost ten times the number.
It wasn't a problem to take them down at a small price.
An hour later, the siege troops of the east side of the city were ready.
"Attack the city!"
With Dalhan's order, thousands of soldiers charged towards Guang Ning like a tide.
"Attention all cannons, prepare to fire in batches.”
There were a total of 12 cannons on the east wall.
There were 12-pound, 24-pound, and 32-pound calibers.
Due to the different calibers and shooting ranges, they were divided into two batches.
Among them, the 24-pound and 32-pound cannons with a range of more than one kilometer opened fire at the 800-meter warning line.
The remaining 12-pounder cannons fired from 500 meters behind the cordon.
Two miles was only 1000 meters, and soon, Slave Jian's siege troops crossed the 800-meter cordon.
At the forefront were two thousand Han soldiers.
It was obvious that they were cannon fodder for this siege.
"Release!"
The flag was waved, and 32-pound and 24-pound field heavy artillery opened fire.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Under the powerful thrust of the gunpowder, solid iron bullets flew out of the barrel and flew hundreds of meters away.
Its initial speed reached 335 meters per second, which was already the critical point of the speed of sound.
One could imagine how powerful a solid metal bullet would be if it were to fall at such a speed.
Especially for this kind of infantry, it was definitely a disaster.
Soon, metal bullets were thrown into the crowd.
"Bang bang bang."
The cannonball smashed heavily into the ground, creating a huge crater in the frozen earth.
Then, he jumped and flew forward.
Wherever it passed, flesh and blood flew. Any soldier that was hit basically had no chance of surviving.
Even if it was just a light touch, it would either die or be injured.
The damage of a solid shell was mainly linear.
For example, a 32-pound field artillery shell weighed 12 kilograms and could easily penetrate 20 rows of infantry.
At the same time, its penetrative power against city walls and fortresses was also very good.
This was also the reason why the main ammunition of the artillery was solid ammunition.
Cannons rumbled and several solid bullets smashed down, instantly causing heavy casualties to the Han army at the front.
When they saw this miserable scene, their charging momentum could not help but falter.
Some of the Han soldiers had even begun to turn around and run.
"Bastard, let these dogs continue charging. Kill all those who retreat.”
As soon as the cannons on the other side were fired, the vanguard troops on their side showed signs of collapse.
This caused Darhan's expression to turn extremely ugly.
He also knew that this Han army had no morale at all, but they could still be used as cannon fodder.
After dozens of people were killed, the vanguard of the Han army stopped retreating.
Charging forward was death, but dying later was even faster. It was better to take a risk.
Hence, they rushed towards Guang Ning City again.
However, they had to pay the price of blood for every advance.
Zhu Heng didn't have a good impression of the Han army that had joined Slave Jian.
Even though he knew that most of them were forced to do so, their butts determined their brains. They had to be killed.
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