The Long Yan Army led by Jiang Xuan relied on war to support war and launched an attack from the southern end of the French colonial area.
Three cities were defeated in seven days.
Unstoppable, the French army was unable to fight back and had no choice but to defend passively.
The main force of France is still fighting with Britain at this moment, and they cannot let Britain notice that something is wrong.
If Britain were to pursue victory at this time, the French colonial area would definitely be carved up completely.
Dawn publicly commanded the French troops to continue fighting, but secretly he had begun to withdraw.
Originally, according to his planned deployment, it would have to be at least a month before the Long Yan Army came over.
By that time, they will have sufficient troops.
But now...
"General, Long Yan's army is already approaching the city. I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long."
said the French soldier in despair.
"how so!"
After hearing this, the general who defended the city stood up suddenly and walked out of the tower. He didn't even need a telescope. He had already seen the dust mist generated by the running of the Long Yan cavalry, which was overwhelmingly coming towards this side!
The army defending the city was stunned. They clenched the city wall with both hands, stared at the fast-moving team, and ordered in a deep voice: "Get ready for battle immediately."
"We must not let the Long Yan Army break the city!"
The French army was hurriedly equipped, and crossbowmen, musketeers, and artillerymen quickly formed arrays at the city gate.
The city gate opened, and the French army quickly attacked. On both sides of the moat, the Long Yan Army and the French army faced off.
Seeing that Long Yan's army was within shooting range, the general guarding the city immediately shouted: "Fire the arrows!"
Arrows and meteors fall rapidly.
The shield soldiers of the Long Yan Army acted as the vanguard, and the shield array was deployed. These arrows and streams only left traces on the shield.
It did not cause much damage to the Long Yan Army.
Seeing this, the general defending the city frowned: "The artillerymen are ready to destroy the enemy's defenses!"
"General, the Longyan Army is outside our range and we can't hit them." a certain artillery captain reminded.
The general guarding the city grabbed him by the collar, pulled him over, and stared at him.
"This is an order, we must not let the Longyan Army take a step forward!"
The artilleryman had no choice but to refill the ammunition. All he had to do to move the cannon was to bombard Long Yan's army with artillery.
Even after the industrial revolution, expensive weapons like artillery were already very expensive.
Even if they were to defend the city, they were only equipped with thirty small-caliber artillery pieces. It stands to reason that if Long Yan's army were to receive a round of artillery bombardment, it would definitely suffer heavy damage.
But now...
The real effective attack distance of these artillery is only 150 meters.
Launching an attack downwards on the city wall, the Longyan Army, who aimed accurately and wanted to hit the other side of the moat, almost just followed luck.
Jiang Xuan sat at the rear, watching the French artillerymen on the city wall have fired up to attack.
With a sneer, it seemed that the French general had panicked and had forgotten even the most basic artillery range.
Jiang Xuan ordered: "Prepare the Longyan Artillery to destroy the opponent's city wall!"
The sound of drums was heard, and the artillery dragged behind the Dragon Flame Cavalry came into use.
During the long march from the Nile River, Long Yan did not choose to set out lightly. On Long Yan's supply ship, he brought everything on board as long as it could not be made from local materials.
Siege guns are one of them.
Fighting means fighting for supplies. Jiang Xuan understood this truth very deeply, but he also knew that he was leading his troops to attack in this way.
With the battle line stretched so long, it would be difficult for the rear to provide support to the Longyan Army.
They need to bring sufficient support themselves to avoid any accidents along the way.