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At the dock, Cao Zheng and his thirty men also started a fierce bloody battle. The enemy not only fired arrows from both banks, but also sent fireboats down the river in an attempt to burn the boats controlled by Cao Zheng and his men.
Willick and nearly three thousand palace guards also rushed to the bridge connecting the north and the south, ready to join the battle.
Cao Zheng was so anxious that he personally picked up a rocket launcher and quickly pulled the trigger. The rocket flew towards the bridge. Amid the fierce explosion, the bridge broke and smashed onto the river surface, stirring up a stream of water more than ten meters high. A large number of palace guards on the bridge fell into the river, screaming in agony. Once the bridge broke, Willick's palace guards were blocked on the south bank and could not get across for a while.
Before, he and the Fronde occupied the south bank or the north bank respectively. Before the Qin army broke through, the two sides did not trust each other, so Willick did not lead his troops across the river in advance, which benefited the Qin army. Otherwise, if these 3,000 palace guards joined the battle, Yun Teng and his men would be in more trouble.
Perhaps this is also the result that Willick hopes to see in his heart. Being able to watch the fire from the other side of the river and preserve his strength is very beneficial to him.
On the north bank, Fang Ge, who was in the front, saw that the enemy was increasing in number, rushing out like ants. The situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to the Qin army. In order to successfully rush out of Paris, he blatantly ordered to set fire to the city. His marines took action one after another, using rockets or torches to start fires... ...
Soon, the houses on both sides either collapsed or were on fire. The fire blazed up and burned the sky, baking the night sky of Paris red. The rolling black was blown by the wind and spread along the street, making people dizzy. The streets were filled with screams and coughs...
The stoning party who had been hiding in the houses rushed out with flames all over their bodies, like torches. They couldn't run a few steps before they fell to the ground and rolled over. Their screams were so piercing that it made people's hair stand on end.
Fang Ge and his companions walked in the middle of the wide street. They also felt the heat wave, and their hair seemed to be singed. They were sweating profusely, but no matter what, with the help of this fierce heat, they finally stopped the tide of the Fronde rebels. The convoy was able to successfully rush through the 200-meter-long street and rushed to the dock.
The battle at the dock was even more brutal. Of Cao Zheng's 30 men, 8 had been killed or wounded. The banks of the Seine were covered with corpses and craters left by rockets.
The enemy was still rushing to the shore in batches, shooting with muskets and bows and arrows. Many ships on the river were set on fire by the enemy's rockets. Cao Zheng and his men were distracted by this, and Fang Ge led his troops to rush in at the right time, firing rows of bullets and rockets. Although the number was small, the earth-shaking explosions and the fireballs they set off were so powerful that they frightened the enemy even more.
The slingers on the north bank were slaughtered and fled in panic, causing a serious stampede. Many people did not die under the Qin army's artillery shells, but died under the feet of their own people.
Smoke and fire filled the air, and gunfire roared. Screams and shouts echoed throughout the city. Mazarin looked at the blazing fire in the city, feeling extremely sad. Is this Paris? Is this France? Why can a group of people from a hundred thousand miles away enter the city without any worries
For the first time, Mazarin truly felt the power of the East, the kind of power that made people fear. In his sadness, he even recalled the "Scourge of God" and "Yellow Peril" that once made the whole of Europe tremble.
Is God going to punish Europe again
Yun Teng didn't care about the Whip of God at this time. He just wanted to get out of Paris as soon as possible. No matter how powerful their weapons were, their ammunition was not unlimited. In order to prevent the enemy from getting close, they had to bombard so fiercely that the ammunition would not last long.
"Ji Feng, Chen Lin! Set up a defense line immediately and guard the dock. Fang Ge, load the ship quickly! Quick!"
As soon as Yun Teng finished shouting, a soldier immediately ran over and shouted, "General Yun, it's not good! The enemy has brought in artillery, which should have been taken from the east gate..."
There are cannons in Paris, but most of them are on the city walls. The cannons in front of the Louvre have been destroyed by Yun Teng and his men. However, the Qin army has too few troops and currently only controls the west gate. It is not surprising that the enemy dismantled the cannons from other city gates.
Yun Teng looked through the thick smoke and saw French palace guards rushing towards the fire-lit streets on the south bank of the Seine with their war horses pulling several cannons. However, because of the Seine River and the broken bridge, Yun Teng could not send people to destroy the enemy's artillery with rockets.
But there is no doubt that the enemy can fire across the river as long as they set up artillery...
"Evacuate the city first, hurry up! Fang Ge, lead the way, quick!"
The situation was extremely urgent. Yun Teng knew that he could no longer load the boat here, so he could only fight his way westward along the Champs-Elysées. On the river, Cao Zheng and others pointed guns at the boatmen and asked them to immediately row the boat downstream.
At this time, the city of Paris was about four miles wide from east to west, and the Louvre was located in the center of the city, which meant that to reach the west gate, they had to rush over a distance of two miles. Although the Fronde on the north bank had suffered heavy casualties and their arrogance had been crushed, due to their large numbers, only one out of ten would dare to fight, which was enough to give Yun Teng and his men a headache.
"Burn the city! Burn the city!"
No matter what, in order to break out of the siege, Yun Teng once again ordered Fang Ge and his men to set fire to everything that could burn. Houses, trees, haystacks, debris, and even corpses were all set on fire. The fire helped the wind, and the wind helped the fire, as if it was going to burn the whole of Paris...
The heat was rolling and burning people's skin. Ji Feng, Chen Lin and others kept shouting and driving the French nobles to trot after the carriage. There were people crying and horses neighing, and there was chaos. An obese old count ran a little slower and was immediately shot and killed.
The others were so frightened that they dared not slow down even a step. Even the delicate ladies and girls cried and ran after the carriage. In fact, even if the Qin army did not shoot, they could only run. The houses on both sides were set on fire. Although the Champs Elysees was very wide, it still felt unbearable to be roasted.
.The rockets ahead, with dazzling tail flares, streaked across the chaotic streets, and one by one they hit the street corners, blowing the enemies rushing out to pieces. At the same time, houses collapsed one by one, and dust billowed... ... .
After rushing out about another mile, Li Pan from outside the city rushed in to take over. They were not a burden and had sufficient weapons. They killed the enemies and set fires at the same time. The destructive power was so strong that it was jaw-dropping.
If you look down from the sky, you can see cries, screams, and explosions everywhere from the Louvre to the north bank of the Seine, and from the pier on the north bank along the Champs-Elysées to the West Gate. The fire is burning fiercely, black smoke is billowing, flames are rolling in the wind, and the fire is constantly spreading.
With the support of Li Pan and his team, Yun Teng and his team protected the convoy and finally rushed out of the west gate and the city of Paris that was filled with fireworks amid the sound of gunfire. A cool breeze blew on their faces, making people feel like they had suddenly returned to the world from purgatory. Even the French nobles who were being forced to run could not help but breathe a long sigh of relief, and the crying suddenly stopped.
But rushing out of the west gate does not mean safety. Although Li Pan and his men blew up the drawbridge over the moat at the west gate, there are still other city gates. Willick led two thousand palace guards out of the south gate and were chasing after them.
Yun Teng and his men hurried to a small dock outside the city. The Clipper warship could not dock at such a small dock due to its deep draft, but the cold cannons on the ship could provide artillery cover for the Marines on the shore.
A clipper ship had 22 cannons on one side, which, when loaded with shotgun shells, could form an insurmountable bullet net. Willick, with two thousand soldiers, rushed to the vicinity with the cannons, but when he saw the black muzzles of the clipper ship, he was so scared that he stopped and did not dare to approach immediately.
Cao Zheng was driving six ships out of the city along the Seine River and urgently docked at the pier. Yun Teng immediately and hurriedly ordered the carriages to be unloaded and all the prisoners to help load the property onto the ships.
At this time, the fire in Paris had spread to several blocks. The flames could be seen rising into the sky from outside the city. The black smoke made the night sky dark and gloomy. The stars and the moon could not be seen. Ashes were floating in the air, and if you didn't cover your nose, you would inhale them into your lungs.
Ji Feng and others urgently set up a defensive position outside the dock. After all, it would take more than a hundred truckloads of valuables to be loaded onto the ship in a short time. The citizens in the city were burned by the fire, and followed the slingers out of the city gates, rushing towards this side like a flood wave, and the sound waves they made went straight to the sky...
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