Two more super-heavy bullets hit, and another section of the city wall of more than 20 meters was smashed, and the original gap widened even more.
"Your Majesty, it's almost ready."
Tian Feng looked at the gap in the city wall in the distance and directly suggested to Yuan Shu to march.
"Instruct Xu Chu to take the place of the Polu army temporarily, take the Polu army as the vanguard, put on armor and prepare to attack, shoot the five armies to retreat, and the remaining cavalry to surround the city wall, not to let any enemy go."
Yuan Shu nodded. The current situation no longer required the use of the Nightmare Trebuchet. Next, it was time to rely on soldiers to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
"Your Majesty has given an order. General Xu Chu will temporarily take the place of the Po Lu army. The Po Lu troops will wear armor as the vanguard. The five armies will be escorted back with a shot. The cavalry will surround the city wall. No enemy can be let go."
Yuan Shu's order was quickly issued to the army. Xu Chu was stunned at first when he heard that Yuan Shu asked him to temporarily take over the army, but then he became excited.
"Gongyi, I'll leave my troops to you for the time being. I'm going to be the vanguard, haha."
Although Xu Chu does not like military affairs, he is a responsible person. Since Yuan Shu appointed him as General Xiaohu to train the Xiaohu Army, he will naturally do his best to do it well. Facts have proved that the Xiaohu Army was trained by Xu Chu
They can also be considered elite.
"I wish Zhongkang a successful start, and I will help you hold on to the battle from behind."
To be honest, Jiang Qin was quite envious of Xu Chu. After all, he was the Polu Army commanded by Yan Liang, which was regarded as China's first-class army, and it was also the second heavy armored infantry army besides the Guards. With such a powerful army, how could he not
Nothing goes wrong.
"good."
Xu Chu nodded and rode directly to the Polu army.
The Polu Army received Yuan Shu's military order and were putting on their armor. Their eyes had long lost the original enthusiasm, and there was only indifference, indifference to life and death. This indifference was not only for the enemy, but also for themselves. They were for China and for Yuan Shu.
You can give up your life at any time.
Sensing the increasing murderous intent in the Polu Army, even Xu Chu looked a little sideways. He thought that the Xiaohu Army was already in shape under his training, but in comparison, there was still a huge gap between it and the first-rate army.
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After waiting for a while, all the Polu troops had completed wearing armor, and a heavy infantry force appeared in front of Xu Chu.
"Polu Colonel Yuan Qing pays homage to General Xu Chu. All 20,000 Polu troops have been armored and ready to attack at any time. Please give the order."
Yan Liang left the guard Zhou Yu and went to Kang Juguo. The Polu army was usually handled by a few captains.
"Okay, pass on my military order, and the Polu army will charge."
Xu Chu gave an order to the 20,000 Polu troops who were ready to go. The two phalanxes of 20,000 people broke away from Yuan Shu's army and headed towards the gap.
"She Sheng's five armies are taking action, following in the footsteps of the Polu army."
Seeing the actions of the Polu Army, Jiang Qin on the side did not hesitate and directly ordered Shesheng's Fifth Army to attack closely behind the Polu Army.
Seventy thousand people lined up in seven military formations and marched towards the city of Hamatri. The cavalry in the army were also dispatched instantly, separated from the two wings, and directly set up defenses at three city gates to prevent the enemy from escaping.
"General, they are here. They see that there are seven square formations in the military formation. This time they dispatched 70,000 soldiers and horses to fight towards the gap."
Although a city wall was hit, there were still lookouts on it. They saw Yuan Shu's army coming towards the gap and hurriedly reported to the enemy.
"Don't panic, wait until they are close to you and then show up, otherwise you will be stoned to death by those damn rocks again."
Hearing that the other party's 70,000 people were attacking Haokou Chu, Cantera Qi couldn't help but feel a little upset. After all, he only had more than 20,000 people now. Now is the time when morale is low. The enemy is coming with a large army and is bound to be destroyed in one fell swoop.
Own.
But all he can do now is to do his best to obey fate, fight with all his strength, and defend this easternmost fortress to the death.
The defenders in the city also calmed down and took no action for the time being. They also knew that being impulsive would only make them die faster.
Although the Polu army was not moving fast, their pace was firm and they were moving forward unwaveringly, and the distance between them and the city wall was getting closer and closer.
five hundred steps,
four hundred steps,
three hundred steps,
"General, sorry, it's heavy armored infantry, and the enemy is heavy armored infantry."
The lookouts on the city wall finally saw clearly the situation of the Polu army. They turned out to be heavy armored infantry in two square formations. This was so shocking.
"What did you say?
Heavy infantry?"
After hearing the lookout's words, the courage of the Hamatri garrison who was preparing for battle was instantly deflated, and the same was true for Canterazi.
They all know the combat effectiveness of heavy armored infantry, just like the elites recruited by their empire from Bactria. In addition to being afraid of heavy weapons, wearing heavy armor, ordinary swords, guns, swords and halberds cannot hurt them.
If such a force were to attack the city, they could still resist it, but now that the city wall had been smashed, if those heavy armored infantry came to kill them, it would be a disaster for the defenders.
"General, what should we do?"
Bratra had no idea at this time. He just wanted to know how the other side would deal with these two phalanxes of armored infantry consisting of two thousand people.
"One hundred steps."
"Fifty steps."
"Ten steps."
"Build the plank."
Compared with the confusion inside the city, the Polu army outside the city did not stop at all. Although the city wall collapsed, the foundation was still one or two meters high. However, the Chinese army had already had a countermeasure, and there was another group that followed the Polu army.
One by one, they used pallet trucks to build roads, pave bridges, and open passages for the Polu army.
"We can't wait any longer. We must fight out first. The soldiers will come to cover up the water and earth. We will fight hard."
Cantrazzi could already hear the sound of the opponent's armor clashing. There was nothing to think about now. Since there was no countermeasure, he would risk his life.
"kill."
Cantrazzi took the lead and rushed directly towards the gap, while his personal guards followed Cantrazzi and charged without hesitation.
Seeing the general charging, the remaining soldiers looked at each other, gritted their teeth, and followed them towards the gap.
Kantraqi led his men to kill, and the soldiers of the Polu army were stepping on the carts to climb the collapsed city wall.
"Use the squad as a basis, move forward individually, and defeat them."
The current road conditions are not good, and the Polu army cannot form a large formation. Seeing this situation, Xu Chu, although he does not have much experience, knows that he should use small formations to deal with the enemy now. His Xiaohu army has been trained, and he does not believe that the Polu army can form a large formation.
The Japanese army had no training.
"Five Sons Plum Blossom Formation, rise."
After hearing Xu Chu's order, Yuan Qing directly added explanations for him.
Ordinary legions may practice dispersing formations to meet the enemy, but the Polu Army trains an improved form of dispersing formations, called the Five-Size Plum Blossom Formation. A team of ten people forms a plum blossom, and then five teams of ten people form one plum blossom.
larger plum blossoms,
Two hundred and fifty people,
One thousand two hundred and fifty people,
Six thousand two hundred and fifty people,
In the end, there were 31,250 people, but the Polu Army did not have enough soldiers and horses, so they only trained a large formation of 6,250 people, which was definitely enough to face the enemy in front of them.
After the order was issued, the Polu army immediately began to attack the enemy in a formation of ten. If the opponent's number was small, they would defeat it alone. If the number was large, five squads would attack at the same time.
The Kushan army defending the city had no advantage when facing the heavy armor of the Polu army, but now it was bullied by the Five Sons Plum Blossom Formation, and it suffered heavy losses immediately.
In the first wave of people who came forward, except for Canterach and his bodyguard who were still encouraging and supporting them, the rest of the people had to die or retreat. There was no room for fighting back against the Polu army.
"General, leave quickly. The enemy's strength far exceeds ours. We can't resist it."
Bratella, covered in blood and with one arm hanging down, came to Cantrazzi and told him his despair.
"You can't retreat, you can't retreat. Only by holding on can you have hope. The enemy has tens of thousands of cavalry. If you retreat now and are followed by the cavalry, there is no hope at all. Stop it for me. Where is Enthale?
Why haven’t his people come up yet?”
Cantrachi glanced at Bratra. It's not that he didn't want to retreat. The enemy had more cavalry outside the city than infantry inside. They knew how to run away. Can a two-legged one outrun a four-legged one?
Maybe he would die more miserably than here, so the only thing he could do now was to fight to the death. Even if the city was captured, he still had to let the other side see the courage of the Kushan Empire soldiers.
While Kanteraqi was struggling to hold on, Enthale, who was hopeful, could not calm down the pressure. Seeing that the people rushing in front had been defeated, if he was charging, he would be throwing himself into a pit of fire.
push.
"Everyone, listen, you are quite heroes and martyrs. I have no control over you. I just want to live now. I still have my wife, children, and children waiting for me at home, so I am preparing to retreat. If anyone dares to stop me, then they will become my enemy.
I will never let it go."
Enthale glanced at the soldiers around him, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
"I am willing to break out with the captain. If anyone dares to stop the general, I will be the first to refuse."
"I also want to break out with the captain. Anyone who dares to stop me will risk my life. Then you have to ask about my sword."
"We can only wait for death here. Only by breaking through can there be hope."
These soldiers did not want to continue fighting with China. The city wall they relied on the most was damaged, and their fighting strength and numbers were not as good as the enemy. If they stayed here to fight, they could only die for their country. So Enthale said that he was ready to evacuate.
Come out and everyone responds.
"Okay, retreat towards the west gate and escape from there. We will have hope of survival."
After hearing what everyone said, Enthale was not surprised. How many people would sacrifice their lives and blood for the so-called glory of the empire, so he directly ordered the soldiers to go west and escape through the west city gate.
"General, Enthale has escaped with his men."
As soon as Enthale withdrew, Kanterazi in the middle immediately received the news and ran away. They actually ran away.
"It's over."
Hearing the news, Kantraqi was completely stunned. If Enthale could bring people to kill them, they still had hope. Now that the other party had escaped, all hopes were shattered. People like him became inseparable.
A complete abandonment.
"Instruct Jiang Qin to lead the five armies of Shesheng to attack and pursue the fleeing enemies. The Polu army will defeat the enemies in front of them and occupy the city gate."
Xu Chu took the lead and went directly to the vicinity of Cantraqi, who was still resisting. After seeing clearly the situation in the city, he immediately ordered Jiang Qin's five armies to pursue the enemy.
"rush."
After hearing Xu Chu's order, Jiang Qin did not sit idle and directly ordered the fifth army to enter the city to pursue the deserters in Enthale.
"kill."
Xu Chu swung his broadsword and chopped off the two guards, then he moved forward and struck directly in front of Kantraqi with his sword.
Cantraqi glanced at Xu Chu who was coming to kill him. He was as tall as a strong bear and was wearing a general's armor. He was no small figure at first glance. I believe he must be a general. As long as he can kill him, I believe he will be able to deal a huge blow to the opponent.
With high morale, he can also take the opportunity to break out of the siege.
Cantraqi was holding a scimitar, and with the dexterity of a monkey, he rushed to Xu Chu's side in a single turn, and swung the scimitar directly to Xu Chu's neck.
Seeing the enemy's scimitar, Xu Chu's broadsword came first and struck the opponent's scimitar directly.
Cantraqi only felt a powerful force coming at him like a mountain. He felt his mouth was numb, and the scimitar in his hand flew away. Then, with a flash of light, Cantraqi's head had been chopped off.
