Chapter 531: Forced to Fight

The shouts were conveyed one by one, and soon a Leng Feng main battalion, seven auxiliary battalions, and more than 3,000 soldiers raised their guns and aimed at the Jiaozhi soldiers who came out of the city.

What I have to say here is that the elite is indeed the elite, whether it is the shield of the prince's guards or the iron chariot king's guards who are moving outward, the rhythm of going out of the city at this moment is not panicked, and it seems that the impact of the artillery fire is not very deep.

In fact, the place where the attack of the wave of artillery fire just now fell was mainly in the east of the city, and they were not affected by the city gate as they were guarded under the city gate, but the sound of the explosion was a little louder.

was not affected too much, so that the moment they walked out of the city, they were in order, and even a solemn and majestic posture was revealed.

"They want to defend against our muskets with iron carts and shields?" Kong Jie, the political commissar of the Second Regiment of Leng Feng, looked at the formation of the Jiaozhi soldiers in front of him, and said with feeling.

"Hmph, the bazooka is ready to launch." After Luo Po just glanced at it casually, he made targeted deployments. He wanted to let the other party know how ridiculous the so-called iron car and iron shield were in front of the mercenaries.

Of course, this is just preparing for the worst. After all, something like a bazooka, because of the production capacity of the Red City Arsenal, it can't be regarded as one of the conventional weapons, if it can be saved and not used, it is naturally the best.

"Beckon them to play a wave first and see how it works." Luo Po did not give the order to launch the bazooka at the first time, but gave the order to shoot, he wanted to see if those iron shields and iron cars could really prevent the attack of bullets.

Leng Feng and the auxiliaries, who couldn't help but want to attack for a long time, were waiting for the regiment commander's words. At that moment, after the order was given, the gunshots rang out intensively. The copper-stained bullet shells collapsed everywhere, and the bullets that were fired also hit the iron shields and iron carts that came out first.

The Cochin Army, which was well prepared in this regard, performed well in the face of bullet attacks. Except for a few shield-wielding soldiers who accidentally exposed their heads, most of the Cochin troops blocked the attack and did not suffer any damage.

As the commanding general Fan Yuhai, who was standing behind Tie Dun, his face was full of joy when he saw this kind of victory. He took the opportunity to loudly encourage his soldiers, "Very well, everyone should see that their muskets are useless to us, listen to my orders and move forward." ”

Needless to say, General Fan said that the faces of these cross-toed soldiers were full of excitement. I was still worried about whether the iron shield in my hand could block the seemingly omnipotent musket, but when I saw that it was really effective, the morale of the army couldn't help but be shocked, and then after a shout, their steps forward seemed to be much easier.

With these iron shield soldiers and iron chariots in front of them, more and more Jiaozhi elites rushed out of the city behind them, slowly moving forward, while preparing for a full-scale charge.

The Iron Shields are made of pure pig iron, and their strength of nearly ten centimeters makes them unafraid of long-range bullet attacks, but it also increases the weight of the Iron Shields themselves, making them move very slowly.

But even so, they are still working hard, at least they see the hope of success because of this.

"You can really block bullet attacks." Luo Po, the head of the second regiment, looked at the description in front of him, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he quickly relaxed.

"Commander, can you blast them away with a bazooka?" Political Commissar Kong Jie said with some concern.

"Don't worry, wait, there are more people waiting for them to come out. Didn't the political commissar see that the artillery fire on the sixth young master's side had also stopped? Hehe. When he said this, Luo Po was very relaxed. Obviously, what was happening in front of him did not surprise him.

Originally, Political Commissar Kong Jie wanted to say something more, but when he heard that even the sixth young master had no movement, he suddenly nodded in understanding. It seems that the sixth young master wants to eliminate the main force of the Jiaozhi army outside the city, if he uses the bazooka now, it will only scare those people back, and once he enters the city, it will be much more troublesome to start a street fight.

When the regiment commander and the political commissar figured everything out, the mercenary side naturally became much quieter. It's just that this quiet is just the calm before the storm.

For these, the Jiaozhi soldiers naturally didn't know, even Fan Yuhai, the commanding general and one of the famous generals of Jiaozhi, didn't think about it so much. In his opinion, in the face of his own style of play, the mercenaries must be helpless, then it is time for him to behave.

As for why the so-called Celestial Anger didn't show up, it was probably because the other party's cannonballs ran out. It's no wonder that Fan Yuhai thinks so, even though he is a famous general, but when faced with unknown advanced firearms, his imagination has become very pitiful.

The Cochin army is still accelerating in formation, and is constantly sending large soldiers outside the city, preparing for the next decisive battle. When the news was sent to the temporary palace in the city, King Li Li, the crown prince Li Yuanlong and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

When the cannonballs fell and began to ravage the city, they really thought that the general trend was over, and their hearts couldn't help but be cold. But the instantaneous change in the situation on the battlefield gave them new hope. "Okay, okay, inform General Fan and General Chen, just let it go, as long as you can defeat the mercenaries and seize the advanced firearms in their hands, even if it is worth paying a big price."

Afraid that the two famous generals in front of them would not be able to give it a go, King Lely gave them great power at this moment.

But the king of Le Ly did not know, or he had already focused all his attention on the battlefield in the east of the city, and did not know at all that a force opposed to him was growing in the west of the city, and the master behind this force was the court doctor and the governor of the city in the west, Yin Chendi.

Last night, he said that he had reached a consensus with the lark, whether it was for himself to survive, or for the Chen family behind him, now he has no way out, either you die or I die, then of course he will choose others to die and live by himself.

After Chen Di made a decision, his advantages in running Xiyu City for several years were finally revealed, and after he gathered some of his subordinates and the Chen clansmen together, he put forward the slogan against King Li Li, and claimed that it was because of the arrogance of King Li Li that he wanted to send someone to assassinate the loyal and courageous Duke of the Ming Dynasty, which caused the national danger of the entire Jiaozhi country.

And if you want to solve this matter and survive, there is only one way, that is, to overthrow the king of Le Le and re-establish a new kingdom in the Cochin region under the leadership of mercenaries.

In order to make everyone support and trust him, Chen Di also told him that he had already talked to the mercenary side, and the other party also promised to allow him to build his own army of 10,000. There is no way, although most of these people who are called can be trusted, but after all, the opponent is King Rily, who knows if there will be any informants?

Sure enough, after Chen Di said that he had already talked with the mercenaries, the crowd, which was still a little agitated, quickly quieted down.

As an adversary, mercenaries are terrifying. But once they become friends, this horror will not appear to them, but will become a good help, right?

Next, it is not so much everyone's trust in Chen Di as it is trust in mercenaries. But either way, these people were successfully reversed. The first thing they did next was to set their sights on the catapults that were ubiquitous in the city.

The catapult was one of the most advanced and commonly used long-range weapons of the period. These were originally intended to be used to deal with the mercenaries who entered the city, but when the time came, the boulder suddenly fell from the sky, although there would be losses for their own people, but the situation of the mercenaries must not be much better.

This thing is also what the larks of the foreign affairs team of the city's security bureau are afraid of, so after getting the order of the sixth young master, they decided to remove these dangers first. This also gives Chen Di and others the value of being used.

With the response of these people, and the addition of their subordinates, nearly 10,000 Jiaozhi troops were soon controlled by them, and then rushed towards the catapults placed at various intersections in the city, and began the journey of destruction. And King Le Li did not know about this matter, waiting for the moment when he got the news again, the overall situation was decided, and the loss was irreparable.

Besides, outside the west and east of the city, except for the crown prince Li Yuanlong, who transferred back five thousand princes' guards according to his father's royal will, the other nearly 100,000 elites were hurrying out of the city and setting up a formation.

Nearly 100,000 troops, if all of them are laid out, it will be a very large force, even if you look at it from a distance, it will make people can't help but feel weak at the roots of their feet and tremble all over their bodies. After all, that size is enough to make any step forward cringe.

Commander Luo Po, who also knew this truth, didn't want the soldiers below to experience such a feeling. Although he still has confidence in mercenaries, especially Leng Feng, there are some things that can be tried or not.

Therefore, only when the other party was about 50,000 people out of the city, he waved his hand and ordered the five bazooka men to move west under the east gate of the city with five deputies.

There is no way, the effective attack distance of the bazooka is only about two hundred meters, and now the distance between the two sides is at least five hundred meters away, although this distance is shrinking as the Jiaozhi army continues to go out of the city, but he really can't wait, he can only let the bazooka soldiers take the initiative to attack first.