The cannons boomed continuously, and each cannon fired at an average of two rounds per minute.
The cannonballs smashed into the crowd like meteors.
Every time it landed, it would set off a bloody storm.
The shield carts, shield bearers, and other defensive facilities in the front row were completely useless in front of this level of cannon.
When the cannonballs landed, they destroyed everything in front of them.
Slave Jian was supervising the battle from behind. If anyone dared to retreat, they would be met with blades and arrows.
Relying on the cannon fodder of the Han army, Slave Jian, who was hiding in the rear, was also approaching Guangning.
On the east wall, three rows of infantry holding Brown Bess rifles were half-squatting behind the battlements.
The three-point attack was also suitable for defending the city wall.
It could unleash the greatest power and speed of the flintlock.
After all, the current line infantry was not just a thousand, but four thousand.
Zhu Heng gathered the two battalions of infantry on the east wall.
The western and southern sections were each guarded by a line infantry battalion.
The northern part of the city wall was guarded by 2,000 city defense troops armed with bows and crossbows.
There was no trace of Slave Jian.
It was obvious that they were using the tactic of surrounding three people and missing one person.
Zhu Heng crossed his arms in front of his chest and coldly watched everything that was happening on the battlefield.
"The cavalry has sent a letter. Slave Jian's rear is empty and defenseless. Can we attack ahead of time?”
The Sky Travelling Pigeon was in charge of communicating with the outside of the city.
At such a short distance, he could basically contact her once every ten minutes.
This communication frequency was considered very efficient in the era without radio.
Zhu Heng thought for a moment and then said,"Let them continue to wait for orders. They are not allowed to attack without my orders."”
At the beginning of the ambush, Slave Jian was indeed caught off guard.
However, if they were to counterattack before death, it would not be so easy to resist.
Although the system would replenish the lost soldiers, Zhu Heng did not want to see the soldiers make such meaningless sacrifices.
They were humans too, just like him.
"Yes!"
The signalman turned around and passed down the order.
The one-sided massacre outside the city continued.
Darhan frowned as he looked at the chaotic formation of the vanguard.
If this continued, this group of Han soldiers would definitely turn against them.
There were precedents for this kind of thing.
"Damn it, where did they get their cannons?”
Dalhan couldn't help but curse inwardly.
"Get these Han dogs to retreat and let our people take over. Spread out the formation a little and regroup when it's time to charge.”
The Han army was withdrawn, and the front row of soldiers holding shields and sabers took the lead.
Although the power of this kind of solid artillery shell was great, when faced with scattered targets, the effect was greatly weakened.
In the eastern battlefield, cannons were not used to kill enemies.
Its core function was to disrupt the enemy's formation and attack their morale.
Slave Jian had lost more than 500 men in just one mile.
Of course, most of the casualties were Han.
" Change to grapeshot!!!"
When Slave Jian was about 200 meters away, the artillery commander gave the order.
200 meters was the effective range of the shotgun.
Although the effective range of the shotgun was 600 meters, the closer the better if they wanted to kill a large number of enemies.
Shotgun was a nightmare for infantry.
Even though the soldiers in the front row were all wearing cotton armor, they still couldn't block the heavy shotgun shells.
Furthermore, the M1841 was a field cannon, which was more suitable for detecting shotgun shells.
Shotgun was earth-shattering.
Although there were no earth-shattering explosions, and there were no more large metal balls that were running around.
However, the small metal eggs that weighed more than 100 grams exploded in the air and then whistled toward them like hailstones. The scene was even more terrifying.
Even if they had already dispersed their formation.
However, Slave Jian suffered heavy casualties from the bullets.
A grapeshot could kill up to seven to eight meters within a 200-meter radius.
In an instant, they were blown up.
In one round, they had killed 70 to 80 of them.
The shotgun shells were obviously more intimidating than the solid bullets to the group of Slaves, and their attacks were slowed down.
"Kill them!"
The harsh living environment made Slave Jian more tenacious.
They didn't cower because of this. Instead, they sped up the pace of their attack.
Taking advantage of the gap between the firing of the cannons, they quickly approached the distance of about 150 meters from the city.
They only needed to advance a few dozen meters more before their shield carts and shields would be erected at the foot of the city wall.
At that time, their infantry archers would be able to suppress the cannons on the city walls.
However, this distance was destined to become their nightmare.
When they crossed the 150-meter cordon.
Soldiers wielding Brown Bess rifles stood up from behind the battlements.
The black muzzles were aimed at the soldiers who had gathered.
"Bang bang bang"
The concentrated gunshots sounded like beans.
Hundreds of bullets were propelled forward at high speed by the gunpowder.
In terms of density, it wasn't any less dense than the shotgun shells from before, and it was more accurate.
In terms of power, it was slightly more powerful than the gunless shotgun shells.
The high vantage point also allowed the rifle to have a longer effective range.
One by one, the charging Slaves were hit and fell to the ground.
A 19mm bullet hit his body. One could imagine how bloody the scene was.
Their cotton armors could only provide a slight buffer, but they could not stop the penetration of such large-caliber flintlock bullets.
If a bullet hit him, he would either die or be injured. Even if he survived, there was a high chance that he would die from infection.
In this era, being infected meant death.
"Aim at the archers behind them and shoot.”
The characteristics of the Jian Nu archers were too obvious. Each of them was holding a bow and carrying a quiver, so it was hard not to notice them.
The second round of volleys arrived as expected. This time, the unlucky ones were the archers at the back.
Although the distance of 150 meters was a casual distance for muskets, it could not withstand the concentrated firepower.
Instantly, Slave Jian's archers fell to the ground.
The veins on Dalhan's forehead bulged.
However, he also found a fighter jet.
The number of musketeers on the city wall had already exceeded 1,000.
This meant that the other city walls did not have such musketeers.
"Order the troops in the west and south of the city to launch a general attack. Order the infantry to press forward. After breaking through Guangning, the property in the city can be plundered at will.”
This was also a good way to boost morale.
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