At one o'clock in the afternoon, the sturdy iron gate of Guangning City began to slowly open with a creaking sound.
It immediately attracted the attention of Huang Taiji and the others.
Under everyone's gaze, the line of infantrymen in neat formations, all wearing thick cotton armor and holding brown Bess rifles, ran out.
Not long after, two elite infantry regiments and an artillery battalion equipped with 20 6-pound field cannons and 40 1-pound and 3-pound light howitzers were lined up at Quang Ninh City.
The two line infantry regiments had nearly eight thousand men, and with the artillery battalion and the Mo Dao Heavy Armor Battalion, the total force was close to ten thousand.
The two line infantry regiments formed a three-row formation with battalions as units, and they were scattered like tofu under the city.
In the middle of each small formation was a cannon.
At the very front were the Heavy Infantry Battalion, which was like a city wall.
"What are they planning to do? Are you planning to fight us? Arrogant brat."
Huang Taiji said disdainfully when he saw this scene.
If they were in the city, he really wouldn't be able to do anything to Zhu Heng's troops.
However, in the wild, they had never been afraid of anyone.
"Khagan, it looks like our plan worked. For Zhu Heng to be in such a hurry for Khagan to fight a decisive battle below the city, something must have happened in the city.”
Huang Taiji's eyes lit up.
This could also explain Zhu Heng's strange behavior.
If he knew that Zhu Heng had sent troops this time only to see that he was preparing to rest and take the initiative to attack and exhaust his troops.
Huang Taiji would probably feel even worse.
Without waiting for his order, a letter of challenge from Guang Ning City was delivered to him.
Huang Taiji opened the letter of challenge and his face darkened.
"In the tenth year of the Mandate of Heaven, your father died under the cannon of our Ming army. Today, you will repeat the same mistake.”
"Follow in the footsteps of Nadege, Darhan, and Azik.”
"And I heard that you boasted that there were no more than ten thousand people and that you were invincible.”
"If you have the guts, just come and attack. I want the city to be covered with your corpses.”
Huang Taiji angrily threw down the letter of challenge and shouted,"Daishan, Torduo!"
"I order the two of you to lead 20,000 armored soldiers and 10,000 avatars to destroy them.”
"Scum!"
Daishan and Tudor left after receiving the order. They gathered their troops and headed straight for the line infantry formation in the south city.
Last night, Zhu Heng was rewarded with another line infantry regiment.
Moreover, he had also discovered a loophole that he did not know if it was a loophole.
The reward for signing in was the line infantry regiment.
Moreover, the line-up infantry regiment this time had some changes compared to the past.
Previously, there were three line infantry battalions, with a total of 3,000 people.
However, it was different now. The main change was in the overall structure of the three infantry battalions and regiments.
Each line infantry battalion had a Grenadier Company and a Vanguard Company.
There was no doubt about the usefulness of the Grenadier Company.
They could throw grenades dozens of meters away.
The Vanguard Company was mainly responsible for the scattered combat tasks of the battalion, and could also form a horizontal formation to attack.
In addition to the three infantry battalions, there was an additional artillery battalion.
However, this artillery battalion only had a total of 12 cannons, mainly 1-pound and 3-pound light howitzers. It did not take up much manpower.
This new line infantry regiment had a total of 4,000 soldiers.
Currently, only the Fifth Line Infantry Regiment had such a composition.
This time, it was the 2nd regiment defending the south city and the 5th regiment that came out to fight Slave Jian.
More than 20,000 soldiers of the Slave Jian Army were quickly approaching the line formation.
The ten thousand cavalrymen guarded the two flanks of the infantrymen.
They were afraid of the cannons on the city walls, so they did not attack directly.
Instead, they would wait for the infantry of both sides to engage and launch an attack at the critical moment to completely break this line formation.
After fighting so many battles, Slave Jian understood the power of this line formation.
However, as long as their formation was disrupted, they would be lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
The cannons on the city wall opened fire first.
As usual, artillery shells rained down on Slave Jian's formation.
Wherever the cannonballs passed, corpses littered the ground.
The armored vehicles at the front also suffered heavy losses in an instant, with several openings.
It was also because of the firepower on the city tower that Zhu Heng dared to let his troops out of the city to engage in wild battles.
Under the fierce artillery fire, when they were about 500 meters away from the square formation.
The light howitzers in the formation opened fire.
These cannons had a smaller caliber and a range of 400-600 meters. They could send grenades to the enemy's head.
It was these light cannons that gradually replaced the Grenadier.
As dozens of small-caliber howitzers joined the bombardment, the casualties of Slave Jian increased rapidly.
The formation and rhythm of the charge were disrupted.
"Charge! Charge!"
Todor could no longer endure the artillery fire and immediately ordered the troops to launch a final charge.
Charging at a distance of 500 meters was a huge test of the soldiers 'physical strength.
Wearing 20 to 30 pounds of armor and carrying a sword that weighed several pounds to run 500 meters consumed a lot of stamina.
Under normal circumstances, both parties would be close to each other when they were more than 100 to 200 meters away.
First, the two sides fired arrows at each other, then attacked directly.
However, the appearance of cannons changed the situation.
"Idiot!"
When Huang Taiji saw this scene, his face turned ugly and he cursed.
He was already regretting letting the impatient Todor lead the army.
Daishan's expression changed, and he immediately ordered,""Order the cavalrymen on both flanks to charge forward and cover their attack.”
At this moment, he couldn't help but curse the impulsive Tordor in his heart.
His movement completely disrupted the rhythm.
However, he really couldn't blame Tordor.
After more than a day of battle, the artillery fire from Guang Ning City had put a lot of pressure on the Slave Jian soldiers.
It was the same both mentally and spiritually.
Especially after the dozens of light howitzers joined the bombardment.
After adding dozens of cannons, not only did the quantity increase, but the quality also increased.
Anyone who saw their companions dying in vain would not be able to stand it.
Therefore, the soldiers were already on the verge of collapse.
If they didn't attack soon, they might be defeated at any time.
Only by charging could they dispel the fear in the soldiers 'hearts.
However, Huang Taiji and Dai Shan couldn't see all of this.
It was not without reason that cannons could gradually become the gods of land battles.
After Slave Jian launched the general attack, the line of cannons fired even more happily.
At the same time, the line formation also formed into three rows.
The three-zone attack tactic would become Slave Jian's lifelong nightmare.
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