Three or four hundred rounds of lead bullets roared in, and the dozens of soldiers who rushed to the front, just like their reactions after being shelled, had already been shot and fell to the ground before they could make any moves, turning into corpses.

The rebels who defended on the walls also used a three-stage shot that was best suited for muskets.

The first round of gunfire on the city wall has not completely stopped, and the second round of gunfire has already sounded one after another.

The same three or four hundred rounds of buckshot, with a whistling sound, flew towards the Tiger and Leopard Army, which was getting closer and closer to him....

In this way, in just twenty seconds, the traitors holding the city walls fired at least a thousand buckshot at the Haw Par Army attacking force.

Under the shooting of more than 1,000 lead bullets, there were less than 300 attacking troops left, and at this moment, there were not even 150 people. Similarly, the covering troops, which were attacked by the traitor's more than a dozen Francophone guns, had lost as many as two or three hundred men under the attack of more than a thousand lead bullets in each round.

At this time, the last trace of luck in Zhou Yuhong's heart was also shattered with the heavy losses of the attacking troops.

Before the traitor could shoot the fourth round of buckshot, a roar full of anxiety had already been shouted out of Zhou Yuhong's mouth.

"Retreat, order the attacking troops to retreat at once ... Artillery, continue to bombard me against the walls, covering the retreat of the attacking troops. ”

At the sound of the horn of retreat, the faces of the remaining more than 100 soldiers of the attacking force immediately showed an expression of the rest of their lives. Before the order of the officer next to him was given, he turned around and ran to the rear.

Of course, the traitors who held the walls, also suffered heavy losses in the shelling. I didn't miss this opportunity to beat the water dogs.

On the city wall that stretches for more than a hundred battles. The dense group of traitors directly abandoned the musket formation. As long as the musket in your hand is loaded with lead bullet. Facing the retreating Haw Par Army outside the city wall, he pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Under this more intensive buckshot attack, the soldiers, who were frantically withdrawing from the range of the traitor's muskets, had to leave fifty or sixty corpses behind......

Defeat in the first battle... Faced with this result, the soldiers of the Haw Par Army, who had always been invincible, directly showed an unprecedented expression of disappointment on their faces.

As the direct commander of the first round of attacks, Zhou Yuhong also observed every move on the battlefield with a solemn face.

This time. The deputy general, who was born in a literati and was specially responsible for the logistics of the soldiers, the distribution of military salaries and educational ideas, appeared, with a solemn face, in front of Zhou Yuhong.

After taking a deep breath, he said to Zhou Yuhong in front of him: "General, the losses have been counted..."

"In this round of attack, we sent 453 attacking troops, and after the final successful withdrawal, 58 men....the remaining 395 men all fell on the offensive road. Life and death are uncertain..."

"In addition to this, three musket battalions were responsible for providing fire cover to the attacking troops. Also suffered heavy losses under the shelling of traitors ... The last general has just counted that the three musket battalions have killed a total of 328 soldiers and 83 soldiers have been lightly and seriously wounded..."

At this time, Zhou Yuhong was directly taken aback by the group of numbers jù that the deputy general said. With a face full of incredulity, he asked rhetorically: "Strategist, you are not wrong... In less than half an hour, we lost more than 800 men, a whole half regiment of musketeers..."

The adjutant nodded and replied, 'Yes, General......"

Seeing that the deputy general nodded affirmatively, Zhou Yuhong's facial expression became pale when he brushed it directly.

As a result, after the adjutant general handed over the list, he muttered to himself: "The marshal trusts the general so much, so he handed over the command to the general." However, Ben will actually play this attack like this, and he simply has no face to meet the big handsome..."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuhong suddenly thought of something, and continued to shout: "No, our first attack failed, and we suffered heavy losses, it is definitely not as simple as Ben Jiang imagined..."

"Under the attack of so many flowering shells, the traitors who hold the city wall can still fire lead bullets and cannonballs at us in an orderly manner, this is definitely a problem, the city wall that the traitors are holding on, there must be some secret that we don't know...."

"Otherwise, the flowering shells we shoot at the city wall will definitely inflict unprecedented heavy losses on the traitors, so that they will not be able to launch a counterattack against our attacking troops in an orderly manner,..."

Under Zhou Yuhong's series of questions, the deputy general standing in front of him also showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

replied to Zhou Yuhong: "General, the last general also has some ideas......

"During our first shelling of the walls, we could clearly see that the rebels were scattered and fled under the attack of the flowering shells. However, in the shelling just now, the last general did not see the traitors scattering and fleeing..."

"If it weren't for the fireballs rising from the city walls, the last general would have thought that none of the flowering bullets we fired hit the target..."

Hearing this, Zhou Yuhong was even more sure of the conjecture in his heart. shouted loudly: "You're right, there must be something wrong with this city wall in front of you, and it's a big problem..."

Then, he ordered directly to the military division in front of him: "Military division, the general will immediately send the order....personally guard the battalion, quickly find materials, this will set up a three-zhang high lookout here....before understanding the problem on the city wall, you must not attack, otherwise, it will be to let the soldiers go to die..."

In this era, there is no phenomenon of indiscriminate logging. Therefore, around Baode County, in addition to fertile fields, there are big trees more than a foot thick and as high as four or five battles....

The personal guard battalion with 500 soldiers took local materials in less than an hour, and a simple but four-battle-high lookout appeared in front of Zhou Yuhong.

Zhou Yuhong, who continued to want to know the crux of the problem, didn't think about it, so he climbed the watchtower with a monocular...

With a height difference of more than three zhang, coupled with the help of a monocular, the squares on the city wall that were separated by sandbags appeared very clearly in Zhou Yuhong's field of vision, and Zhou Yuhong was stunned for a moment.

It took a long time for him to gasp before he climbed down from the watchtower.

Before everyone could speak, Zhou Yuhong, who was shocked, had already opened his mouth and ordered: "The commander of the artillery battalion king will go up first, bring the single-pass telescope, and see if those partition walls built by the traitors on the city wall can really weaken the power of the flowering bullet." Otherwise, so many flowering bullets fell on the city wall and exploded, why haven't they been able to suppress the traitors on the city wall. ”

Under the gaze of everyone, the artillery battalion commander quickly climbed the watchtower and began to observe the city wall of Baode County, which was two miles away.

I don't know if I don't look at it, the monocular gathered in my hand has not been put down, and the face of the artillery battalion commander shows the same shocked expression as Zhou Yuhong, and he was speechless for a long time. (To be continued......)