The time is getting closer and closer to noon. The west is indeed closed in the east of the city, and there is a great sense that I will not move if you are in a storm. But if you can go behind the East Gate and take a look, you can see that there are a lot of Jiaozhi troops gathered here.

Among them were elephant soldiers riding on elephants, black soldiers with dark skin than ordinary people, and soldiers directly under the prince and the king's guard who looked uniformly dressed and in good spirits.

A full 100,000 people were gathered outside the East City Gate, and because of the large number of people, this team had already lined up ten miles in the city. This was originally the tactic of the Jiaozhi army, that is, once the war started, it would use the tactics of the sea of people to rush out, as long as it could rush to the side of the mercenaries, it was equivalent to seeing the hope of victory.

As for the nearly 150,000 Jiaozhi troops, 50,000 were left in the city to protect the trebuchets that were made overnight and the security in the city, and 100,000 came to the north and south gates respectively, waiting for them to outflank them from the flank once the main force of the Jiaozhi elite rushed out.

In a word, they want to use the most superior number of troops and mercenaries to break the net.

At the inner gate of the East City, 10,000 soldiers directly under the crown prince holding iron shields were ready to rush to the front line. Behind them were ten movable iron carts. In the iron cart, there are some brute force men who are helping it move with their feet, and in the eyeholes exposed in the iron cart, there are twenty crossbowmen who are ready to shoot their crossbows at any time.

These are the protective measures made by the Cochin country in a short period of time, against the attack of muskets. And whether it is an iron chariot or an iron shield, once the pouring of bullets can be blocked, then the soldiers behind will have more opportunities to rush forward and have a hand-to-hand fight, so that the victory of the Cochin Army is expected.

The Cochin Army has made its final preparations. The mercenaries outside the city were also checking their guns and ammunition for the last time.

Compared with the nervousness of the Jiaozhi army in the city, their faces were more excited. This is the battle to destroy the country, there are still six young masters watching them behind them, every soldier has no shortage of opportunities to perform, everyone wants to make a meritorious contribution in this battle, and then return to Chiji City with military merit medals to greet the congratulations of family and friends.

There is just one thing that makes Luo Po, the leader of the Leng Feng Second Regiment who led the team, a little puzzled, that is, the Sixth Young Master did not give them the order to attack the city, but just asked them to stay two miles in front of the city gate, and completely surrounded this place in a fan shape.

"Commander, what do you mean by the sixth young master? If we keep it like this, will they be able to rush out on their own initiative? The third battalion commander Kong Quanxin also came to Luo Po's side with a puzzled face and asked. Obviously, he was also confused about this formation.

Of course, Luo Po wouldn't say that he didn't know how the sixth young master arranged it, as a subordinate, he stared at Kong Quanxin fiercely, "Retreat to the position you command, obey the order and obey the command, do you need the head of this regiment to say more?" ”

After eating a closed door, Kong Quanxin reluctantly retreated to his position, and then made a posture of looking up at the sky, as if he was watching the sun rise into the sky, to see if it was noon.

And just as he was doing this unintentionally, several huge fires suddenly crossed his pupils, and he swore that way

The firelight instantly attracted all his attention, and his gaze moved instinctively, and then he saw the firelight fall in an arc into Xiyu City, followed by a loud sound that made his whole body stunned, and the whole earth trembled.

Boom Boom Boom!

The power of the mortar was completely highlighted at this moment. Especially when those shells fall into the coordinates that have been adjusted long ago, that is, in the west and east of the city, the lethality and destructive power brought by it is very amazing.

The streets, and even the alleys, were now full of elite soldiers of the cross-toes, who were waiting for the mercenaries to get close enough to open the gates and rush out with a whirlwind. Although such an impact will inevitably have a lot of casualties, but where are the immortals in the war?

And the generals above have said that once they can really rush to the mercenaries' side, the balance of victory will completely shift in their favor. It also said that whoever grabbed an advanced firearm in the hands of a mercenary could exchange it for two hundred taels of silver.

Two hundred taels of silver, compared to a month's salary of only about two taels of silver, that is their income in the past ten years. How can such a reward not stimulate them one by one?

Even some people who are anxious can't help but want to open the city gate and rush out. The fact that people die for money is vividly expressed at this time.

This is also the reason why there are so many Jiaozhi soldiers piled up in the East City Gate, but there is still no chaos, and there is no fight between soldiers. Maybe everyone's attention is on the outside of the city, on the battlefield, thinking about how to make meritorious contributions and make money, who wants to make extraneous branches in front of them?

It is precisely because these people are densely gathered together that when the mortar shells fall into the eastern city, the destructive and lethal power caused and produced is also very amazing.

Many of the soldiers didn't look up, so they didn't know where the shells would fall. Of course, even if they go to see it, they don't know where the safest place is during this meeting.

Based on the fact that the speed of sound propagation is the fastest, the whistling sound sounded first, but then, in less than a second, the cannonball that was enough to deaf the ears and burn people fell to the ground, and showed its great power.

When the shells fall with a bang, every time they fall, the surrounding area of about 30 meters becomes the most dangerous area. In particular, the center of the cannonball's fall is about three meters in circumference, and it directly becomes a large deep pit, and no matter who or what building is in this place, it will become a scorched fire in an instant. Then there is a lot of about ten meters, where anyone is standing, and the body is dismembered almost instantly, and it is really blown up that even his father and mother can't recognize it.

Even in the periphery, about thirty meters away, there are still a lot of shell fragments flying around, but anyone who is unlucky, once he is touched by this kind of fragment, even if it is just a piece, it is enough to make him fall to the ground and scream, completely losing his combat effectiveness At the same time, the miserable cry also greatly affected the morale of the surrounding soldiers.

Five mortars, divided into five different ones

Five shells were fired at each in a very short period of time, and the lethality and destructiveness caused by the shells in the time they landed were completely indescribable.

For some Cochin soldiers, death is death, there is nothing to be afraid of, or they don't know what it means to be terrible. But for those who are still alive, it is indeed a great shock, and that feeling can really be described as life is worse than death, because they do not know where that thing like the wrath of the gods will fall next time, will it fall on their heads?

You know, this is a mortar taken out of Okura, and even the shell is also produced by Okura. This makes them extremely powerful in terms of accuracy and explosive power. These are also the results of countless efforts and experiments developed by the modern armed forces of later generations, and they are to be equipped with grass-roots troops, and the degree of ease of use is not ordinarily strong.

Twenty-five shells fell, which was equivalent to the anger of twenty-five gods, which had already scared Jiaozhi from the top to stupefi, and the king of Jiaozhi was already stunned at this moment, not knowing what to say, let alone how to describe his current mood.

Maybe it must be said, King Li Li will definitely scold his mother, you have such a powerful weapon but don't say it, and you only use it now, then this battle is still a fart. If the anger of such gods had increased, perhaps this battle would not have been fought, and the city of Xiyu would have been bombarded into ruins, and all of them would have been buried in this land forever as fertilizer.

"Father, what should I do?" The crown prince Li Yuanlong was also made out of temper by the anger of this god, lost his square inch, and only had endless panic and fear in the eyes of his father.

"Open the gates, rush out, no matter what, we can't just admit defeat. Also, find a way to leave a part of the elite, we... We went out through the west gate to the city of Duwei. "With an ugly face, King Le Le had to prepare for the worst.

Abandoning Xiyu City and going to Duwei City was originally a move that Li Li had prepared, but he originally thought that this move might not be necessary, and it might take a while. But now it seems that it has to be used in advance.

"Yes." Because of his father's words, the crown prince Li Yuanlong was a little relieved, and then went down to convey the order.

To the west outside the city, the mercenaries were also frightened by the sheer power of their mortar artillery.

In fact, some of them have not seen the power of artillery shells for the first time, and even the power of shells they have seen in the past is far greater than the power of mortars. It was only because I hadn't received any news before that I was frightened by this sudden change.

"Look, the gates are open, and the soldiers are about to rush out." I don't know which one Leng Feng suddenly shouted, diverting everyone's attention.

As the commander, Luo Po, the commander of the Second Regiment of Leng Feng, still had a buzzing roar in his ears. But in any case, being able to be qualified for the post of commander of a regiment is enough to prove his high psychological quality, so when he saw the city gate open from the inside, he began to shout loudly, and at the same time gave an order, saying, "Everyone get ready, our chance to behave, check the guns, prepare the grenades." ”