Soon, more than a hundred frightened soldiers, under the leadership of Zhong Zhaoyu, climbed the dilapidated city wall.

Looking out of the city, a group of five hundred people in size, just at a glance, I felt a burst of murderous Tartar iron horsemen, impressively appeared three hundred steps outside the city.

At just one glance, the recruits standing beside Zhong Zhaoyu were so frightened that they didn't dare to take a breath. What's more, a face turned pale directly from fear.

If the soldiers around him were veterans ten days ago, Zhong Zhaoyu could say with great certainty that the five hundred Tartars outside the city, no matter how elite they were, the first garrison regiment could eat them all away, and there would not be even a single bone residue left.

However, standing beside Zhong Zhaoyu was not the veterans who had beaten the Golden Tartars, but the people who had just put down their hoes for less than a few days. And the five hundred Tartar elites outside the city, although there are not many of them. However, from Zhong Zhaoyu's point of view, these cavalry must be very rare elite iron cavalry in Houjin.

In such a situation, even if the first garrison regiment he was in had a three-fold advantage in strength, it would be difficult to take advantage of it on the battlefield. After all, the huge gap between the Tartars and the garrison was there.

Just when the more than 1,000 soldiers of the garrison regiment were in a state of worry and panic from top to bottom. The five hundred Tartar iron horsemen, who were standing three hundred paces outside the city, moved directly.

Five hundred Tartar iron horsemen, divided into five, rushed towards Benxi County from different directions.

Soon, the speed of the five hundred iron horsemen increased to the extreme

As far as the eye can see, although the number of Tartar iron cavalry is not large, it has created a shocking picture of thousands of troops and horses launching an attack for more than 1,000 soldiers of the first garrison regiment.

As the Tartars got closer and closer to the city walls. The walls at your feet. When they all began to tremble with the sound of the hooves of the war horses. More than a thousand soldiers of the garrison regiment defending the city walls. Under the command of officers at all levels, they were like headless flies, scurrying back and forth on the city wall in a panic, and from them, there was not the slightest trace of the soldier's possession.

Regarding the current situation, the commander of the first garrison regiment saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

However, the commander of the garrison regiment was not the same as his subordinates. Fall into a panic. Because, he still has the hole card of artillery in his hand.

Thinking of this, the heart of the garrison commander finally calmed down a lot.

Without thinking about it, he opened his mouth and ordered: "Open the artillery, order the artillery, fire the cannon immediately"

After the roaring cannon sounded on the battlefield, the deafening sound of shell explosions, like thunder, sounded outside the city. In this round of explosions, a dozen Tartar cavalrymen. Knocked to the ground directly on the way to the charge.

But when the garrison fired a second round of shells. When it landed outside the city with a whistling sound. The Tartars, who had been attacked, were clearly prepared.

Because, the Tartars, who had just gathered together, quickly dispersed as if they had been discussed.

A dozen flowering shells exploded with a bang, and only less than five Tartars were destroyed. When the third round of shells landed, the number of Tartars that could be destroyed became a handful.

At this time, the commander of the garrison had to pin his hopes on the more than 1,000 recruits under his command who were in a state of panic. Soon, the slightly chaotic gunfire began to ring out on the battlefield.

The flying lead bullets, because of the recruits' fear of the battlefield and the Tartars outside the city, are basically not accurate.

A round of hundreds of buckshots came down, and only a few Tartars were eliminated.

In the face of this result, the face of the garrison commander became gloomy directly because of shame.

Just as round after round of buckshot flew far outside the city, inflicting a handful of casualties on the Tartars. The five scattered Tartar cavalry had already rushed to a position less than eighty paces from the city wall.

At this time, the face of the commander of the garrison regiment had changed from gloomy to panic.

He didn't expect that these recruits under his command would be so unbearable. I also didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the Tartars outside the city would be so strong, and it was not the same as the Tartars I met after Jin.

In panic, the commander of the garrison regiment had to play his last hole card, a grenade.

In the face of the growing panic around him, his subordinates who have begun to appear fearful. The commander of the garrison regiment had to roar loudly: "What are you still doing musketeers, continue to shoot, bombardiers, prepare grenades without the order of the general, and no soldier should take a step back, otherwise military law will be engaged"

As soon as the order was issued, the roars of officers at all levels began to sound on the battlefield.

Under the supervision of these officers, the subordinates, who were still panicked just now, slowly became steady.

At this moment, a picture that surprised everyone appeared in front of everyone again.

The Tartar cavalry, who had already rushed to a distance of forty or fifty paces outside the city, continued to rush towards the city wall without being stunned. Instead, he quickly turned his horse's head and galloped around the city walls.

Of course, the Tartars, who lost dozens of men, were not showing off their might to the Tiger and Par Army outside the city. Instead, he picked up the horse's bow, bent his bow and set up arrows, and threw a round of arrows at the terrified tiger and leopard army on the city wall

The slight whistling sound of the arrow breaking through the air had just sounded on the battlefield, and a scream full of terror sounded on the city wall.

Under the attack of hundreds of arrows, dozens of Tartars, before they could make any reaction, fell in a pool of blood with frightened faces.

In the face of death, the more than 1,000 recruits who had just come down became chaotic again.

As more and more soldiers fell to the arrows thrown by the Tartars, the confusion intensified. The sound of gunfire, which could still be heard just now, has become weaker and weaker at this moment.

Because, recruits who have not undergone much training have little heart to continue to defend the city in the face of death.

If it weren't for the fact that officers at all levels killed several soldiers who wanted to flee from the battlefield, the more than 1,000 soldiers who held the city wall would probably collapse the battlefield directly under the attack of the Tartar cavalry.

In the face of the increasingly severe situation of the battlefield, the officers of all levels scattered in the garrison regiment had to personally pick up the muskets and shoot round after round of lead bullets at the Tartars dozens of paces away from the city wall with their own speed.

Zhong Zhaoyu's company, because the defensive position was right at the city gate, was undoubtedly the most densely attacked by arrows.

Therefore, the company led by Zhong Zhaoyu also did not get rid of a chaotic situation.

However, Zhong Zhaoyu, who has been challenged many times in life and death, has developed the courage to not change his face in the face of difficulties. Of course, as a soldier, Zhong Zhaoyu is not a little decisive and murderous.

In the face of chaos, Zhong Zhaoyu's body quickly exuded a murderous aura.

Because he knew that if he couldn't get his soldiers to come down steadily, he would push back the Tartars outside the city. With only a steady stream of arrows from the Tartars shooting at the city wall, more than 100 soldiers under his command would be completely killed.

In this case, Benxi County at the foot of the county can only be captured by the Tartars.

So, Zhong Zhaoyu, who was full of murderous energy, directly pulled out his saber, and without hesitation, slashed the big knife at a subordinate who was closest to him and was already completely in panic.

A burst of light flashed, and a round head was directly cut off from his subordinates by Zhong Zhaoyu.

Facing the bloody picture in front of him, Zhong Zhaoyu shouted directly: "Calm me down, and then there will be messing around, he will be your end."

"Platoon leaders at all levels, immediately form a musket formation according to training"

"I and the two deputy company commanders personally supervise the formation, and if anyone does not obey the order, there will be no forgiveness."

Facing the round head in front of him, the headless corpse that was constantly pouring blood outward. More than 100 recruits could only form a musket formation amid the shouts and scolding of the squad platoon leader, allowing the arrows fired by the Tartars to continue to fall on their side, killing and wounding one comrade-in-arms after another.

Seeing this, Zhong Zhaoyu breathed a sigh of relief, but did not relax his vigilance. Because, the Tartars outside the city are still throwing arrows, and from the beginning of the battle to the present, they have lost more than a dozen of their subordinates because of this.

So, Zhong Zhaoyu, who had a murderous face, opened his mouth again and ordered: "What are you still doing in a daze, are you all eating dry food in the three-stage shooting you train, shoot, shoot immediately, you must repel the Tartars outside the city, otherwise, everyone here will die."

"A squad shoots right away"

"Take three steps back and clear your load"

"The second squad immediately opened fire and took three steps back, cleared and loaded"

As the orders of squad and platoon commanders at all levels sounded on the battlefield, rows and rows of orderly musket firing finally sounded on the city wall, which stretched for more than a mile.

Although most of the lead bullets fired were not known to fly due to the panic of the musketeers.

However, with each round of gunfire, there were so many Tartars who fell off their horses with screams.

More importantly, as the gunfire continued, the panic that hung over the faces of the soldiers became less and less. Under such circumstances, the lead bullets fired by the soldiers became more and more accurate.

Plus the constant stream of lead bullets fired by more than two hundred officers of the garrison regiment. The Tartars, who were constantly throwing arrows outside the city, finally retreated after losing more than 100 people in a row.

Of course, in the round after round of arrows thrown by the Tartars, the more than 1,000 soldiers of the garrison regiment guarding the city wall also paid almost more than 400 losses.

Facing the subordinates beside him who had palpitations, the nervous mood of the commander of the garrison regiment finally relaxed.

Just as he looked out of the city, a picture directly attracted the attention of the regiment commander

Among the more than 100 corpses left by the Tartars outside the city, except for the sixty or seventy scattered corpses, the remaining fifty or sixty corpses were all in front of a company of defense. (To be continued......)