Why would an arrest force be equipped with such a weapon
The chief clerk trembled and wiped the blood from his face. Most of the firearms in his impression were dead and heavy. They might be effective when used to defend the city, but almost no one in the field would carry these weapons into battle, at least not the Shenzhou garrison. The firearms they received were only used when Shangguan visited, and were basically locked in the warehouse for storage.
What's more, this is still the middle of winter when marching is extremely inconvenient!
No, a thought suddenly came to his mind. These heavy firearms were not transported from Jinxia City by manpower. They were probably hung on the black beast from the beginning.
After more than ten breaths, the sound of cannons was heard again in the distance.
This time no one dared to show their heads again, everyone lowered their bodies for fear that the thing would fall on them. Some timid people even quietly climbed down the wooden frame and found a thick place at the bottom of the city wall to curl up.
But the target of the artillery was not the guards on the wall.
It wasn't until the sound of wood being torn into pieces was heard behind him that Master Zhang realized that the first thing the other party wanted to remove was the sentry tower and watchtower around the north gate.
He turned around and saw that most of the pillars of a wooden sentry tower had been cut off, and broken wood pieces were scattered all over the ground. However, this does not mean that the sentry tower escaped the disaster. Due to the imbalance of its own weight, it slowly tilted to the side where it was hit, and finally fell to the ground with a series of crackling sounds like firecrackers. During the whole process, people jumped out of the tower one after another. The height of more than ten feet would not kill anyone, but the crossbow in the sentry tower obviously could not be saved.
This can't go on like this!
Chief Zhang knew that the battle had just begun and Baisha City had already fallen into a passive situation where they could only take a beating. This was definitely a heavy blow to morale.
In other words, these private soldiers did not take this fight seriously at first. In their hearts, numerical superiority is everything. Whether it is a dispute in the rivers and lakes or a gang fight, more people means victory. But this is definitely not the case on the battlefield. The most important thing in a confrontation between two armies is morale. Once morale collapses, tens of thousands of troops may be hunted down like slaughtered pigs by thousands of people.
This trend is now seen on the city wall. After being attacked head-on by Jinxia's arresting troops, most of the people were obviously stunned. They leaned against the wall sluggishly. The noise like watching a theater before disappeared without a trace. , for a time on the entire city wall there was only the sound of wind and the rhythmic roar in the distance.
They didn't realize at all that they only lost a few people and a sentry tower!
Continuing to defend the city will definitely mean waiting for death. Baisha City must take the initiative to launch an attack!
Chief Zhang placed his hope on the team of Fei and Tang's family.
He shouted at the north gate guard at the top of his voice, "Open the city gate, everyone is ready to go out of the city to kill the enemy!"
"Leaving the city now? Sir, are you sure?"
"Without the city wall, wouldn't everyone be a target?"
"Why doesn't he go by himself?"
All kinds of controversies suddenly emerged.
"This is an order! Listen to me." Master Zhang had already expected that things would not go smoothly. "The rebels only have about a hundred people, and you have ten times that number. As long as we rush in front of them, we will win this battle." Win! Whoever beheads will be rewarded heavily by the county magistrate. One head, ten taels of silver!"
In other words, in order to defeat this group of people, the county government had to pay at least a thousand taels of silver. Although it hurts a bit, in order to improve morale, this is the only way to do it at critical times.
"Master Registrar is right!" Someone from the Fei family's private army responded loudly, "Although the opponent's thunder is loud, the raindrops are actually very light! It only takes the blink of an eye to reach them from the city, and they can How many rounds of bombing? Wu is not talented and is willing to charge into battle for your lord. If you want to receive the reward, come with me!"
This person's voice was loud and clear, and he was obviously not an ordinary person.
He is probably "Swallow" Wu Shuang, one of the Qi sensers mentioned by Master Fei before. The chief clerk knew that the opportunity was too good to miss and quickly ordered, "Blow the drums and blow the trumpets! Hold the battle for this warrior!"
"Kill the traitor and receive the reward!"
Amidst the sound of trumpets, the city gate slowly opened. Wu Shuang took the lead and led more than 200 people to rush out of Baisha City.
This move greatly inspired other private soldiers.
Indeed, there are only so many enemies. If they are all killed, wouldn't I get no profit at all? Now that someone is rushing in front to attract firepower, it's impossible for the iron ball to fall on his head impartially, right
The idea quickly turned into consensus.
"Kill the traitor and receive the reward!"
"Kill the traitor and receive the reward!"
More and more people followed, swarming towards Jinxia's troops to kill. This flow of people soon gathered into a surging wave of seven to eight hundred people!
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"Oh? You still have the courage to go out of the city and take the initiative to break the situation. It seems that these people are not useless." Ning Wanjun immediately noticed the change in the situation through the observation window in front of the guard board.
"Your Highness, do you want to come?" Qiuyue asked, turning her head.
"No, let's leave it to the infantry to attack." Although the princess wanted to control the car and take big strides to attack the enemy from the front, she finally resisted the urge.
She did not forget the purpose of this trip to use actual combat to practice coordinated operations between machine beasts and ordinary soldiers.
She didn't need special instructions. The carefully selected soldiers behind her were already ready for the battle. Except for the five members of the artillery team, the other fifteen had already taken off their air rifles and installed the gas tank in front of the gun.
The square guards on both sides of the machine beast serve as natural bunkers. The infantry team can aim and shoot from a standing position, and use up all the bullets in the magazine in one go. When the artillery needs to fire, they will retreat behind the machine beast and take the opportunity to reload ammunition or replace the gas tank.
The artillery also replaced hammer shells with shotgun shells.
From the moment the enemy rushed out of the city gate, he was already within the attack range of the artillery.
The snow slowed down the opponent's charging speed. When they finally stepped through deep and shallow snow pits to reach a hundred paces distance, the infantry team pulled the trigger of the air rifle.
In an instant, countless tiny snow pillars splashed on the ground. Unlike a flintlock gun that fires one shot and is loaded once, an air rifle can fire continuously before the gas tank is empty. This makes the firepower density of more than seventy guns higher than that of three or four. The hundred-man musket formation was much higher, and the enemies rushing in front fell instantly!
Since the firing sound of the air rifle is extremely low, the attackers have no idea what kind of attack they are facing. They can only see the people around them falling one by one with blood dripping from their bodies, while the opponent is just hiding behind the square shield. Just "take a look" this way from time to time.
The morale that was finally raised began to drain away quickly. Because they had never seen it before, they didn't even know how to deal with it. Everyone held their chests straight, hoping to speed up and approach the Jinxia people, but the closer they got to the black statue. The bigger the beast, the more people will fall.
It was obviously so close that the opponent's expression could be seen clearly, but the last distance could not be crossed no matter what. It was as if there was an invisible barrier between the two sides, and anyone who stepped into it would suffer inexplicable death.
What destroyed their last bit of courage was the re-raising of the guardrail. This time, the muzzle almost spurted out blazing flames in front of them!
The private soldiers dropped their weapons, turned around and fled in horror.
Ning Wanjun immediately issued the last instruction
"Infantry team, follow me into the city!"
Suzaku stood up suddenly and took a long step towards the deserter!