Zhao Huisheng led a thousand elite infantry of the Wu army, carrying three hundred ladders, holding swords and guns, and swaying towards Danyang County.

The Wu Kingdom trained 50,000 elite soldiers, which was one thousand of them.

Elite infantry, that's not a decoration.

They were all wearing leather armor with good protection, which could slightly resist arrows and swords. Generals above the commander and above were even wearing iron armor with excellent defense and were trained all year round.

The array is neatly arranged and the military posture is majestic.

The miscellaneous soldiers, without armor, have at most an iron spear and a bad knife in their hands.

In addition, the "Crown Prince" Xiang Xian led the remaining 9,000 soldiers to fight for several miles behind.

After breaking through the city and opening the city gate, the Wu army rushed into the city in one go.

...

"Mr. Li, they attacked and were going to shoot?"

County lieutenant Zhao Hu trembled with a gunpowder gun in his hand.

"Don't worry, let them approach! Only a thousand people have arrived, so I will definitely not be able to rush."

"Just use a gun, don't fire!"

Li Gannian said.

Outside the city, Zhao Huisheng's thousand elite soldiers reached a hundred steps away.

This distance was close to the shooting distance of the bow and arrow. In order to reduce the attack from the arrow, they finally began to accelerate and charged and ran.

"charge!"

Zhao Huisheng roared, pulled out his sword, and began to charge.

Li Gannian still did not order the shooting.

Although you can hit within 100 steps, your hit rate is not high, and you probably can only hit a small part of it. Let them get closer.

Soon, Wu Jun rushed within thirty steps, which was very close to the head of the city. After a few more breaths, he could set up a ladder and rush up the head of the city.

"Prepare! Open fire-!"

Li Gannian shouted loudly.

At this distance, the shooting accuracy of the gunpowder gun is very high. With the city walls, he was not worried that the Wu army would rush up to many soldiers at once.

Bang ~!

Bang~bang~!

On the top of Danyang County, dense gunpowder sounded.

A total of five thousand gunpowder guns opened fire almost at the same time.

After this round of volleys, smoke filled the entire city of Danyang County.

The head of Danyang County fell silent for a moment.

There was no more noise.

The gunpowder gun has a very slow fire rate, only about one or two shots per minute. After a round of shooting, there will be no movement for a period of time.

And bows and arrows can shoot about five or six times.

The gunpowder gun is obviously slower than the bow and arrow.

However, the power of the gunpowder gun is extremely powerful, at least four or five times higher than that of the bow and arrow. An iron ball can easily penetrate the leather armor and flesh.

Outside the city.

"puff!"

General Zhao Huisheng held a big knife in his hand, opened his eyes wide, lay flat on the ground, was shot in his chest, and the iron armor was directly pierced, breaking a big hole, and vomiting blood in his mouth.

His mind was confused.

The city heads of Danyang County made earth-shaking sounds, and they were still blasting fire. What are they?

They saw nothing, saw the knife, and did not see the arrow falling, and there were blood holes on their bodies.

Thousands of elite Bourgeois soldiers were shot in intensively by thousands of gunpowder guns within thirty steps. The people were divided into five guns, and almost all of them fell down in one go.

The very few who were not shot were all scared to death, and they lay softly on the ground and pretended to be dead. At such a close distance, they could not escape, and pretended to be dead can save their lives.

...

The prince Xiang Xian and the young generals and the captains were several miles away, forming a formation to watch.

I saw the smoke filled the city walls of Danyang County and the fires shook the sky.

For a moment, they were stunned.

A thousand elite infantrymen of Wu were wearing armor and heading into battle. They were twenty or thirty steps outside Danyang City. Before they could get close to the city, the ladders were not placed, and they were wiped out before they could even be put on the ladders. None of them could escape back and were all lying under the city.

A 100% death rate?!

They have never seen such a serious death rate in their lives.

The thousand light cavalry and war horses were frightened and uneasy when they heard the sound of gunpowder and gunshots, and they all jumped up randomly.

"Powder gun?"

"Is this the legendary gunpowder gun? Xiaohunhou used 100 Danyang gunpowder gunpowder gunners to defeat the 100 elite soldiers of the Li family of the Grand Marshal Li Rong?!"

They knew about gunpowder gunmen.

It is said that gunpowder is put into the iron pipe, and after ignition, it will shoot out the iron balls. It is powerful within a hundred steps and can kill people and horses.

However, they always thought that the number of gunpowder gunmen in Danyang was very small, and a mere hundred were not afraid of it.

But I didn't expect that in just two months, there were so many musketeers in Danyang City. Looking at the dense sounds, at least a few thousand.

"There are at least five or six thousand gunpowder gunmen in Danyang County?!"

"Danyang County is a small county town, with only one hundred soldiers usually. When did there be so many gunpowder gunmen?"

The generals of the Wu army all looked frightened.

They had a total of nine thousand soldiers left. Even if they all charged forward, they might not be able to withstand the attacks of gunpowder gunmen?

"Prince, what should I do?"

The generals were all panicked.

Xiang Xian's mind was buzzing, and he looked at Danyang City, his mind was blank.

Ask him?

He doesn't know what to do either!

This was the first time he had seen the gunpowder gun force in his life.

But there is one thing that is undoubtedly!

He must not just drop the bodies of a thousand elite infantry under Danyang City and retreat to Wanling City.

A small county town with less than 100 soldiers could not be taken. After returning, his father, Xiang Bi, would let him, get out of nothing without saying a word.

Will Xiang Bi listen to his explanation and say that Danyang County is very powerful? He will not listen at all.

Such a useless prince still wants to inherit the throne?!

When Xiang Xian thought of this, his face turned blue and his lips were trembling. He would never be defeated in this battle against Danyang County!

Must win!

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Not to mention Wu Jun can't believe this terrifying record.

Even the county magistrate Li Gannian of Danyang City, the county magistrate Zhao Hu, the official Jiang Gang, the yamen soldiers, and the 6,000 gunpowder gun soldiers who were temporarily pieced together were completely unbelievable.

Wait for the smoke to dissipate.

They held the hot gunpowder gun and quickly wrapped the cooling barrel with a wet cloth soaked in water, preparing to fill the gunpowder and iron projectiles. While widening their eyes, they looked at the city twenty or thirty steps away.

Thousands of elite infantrymen lay flat.

Just because of these thousand well-trained elite Wu army infantry, if they met in the wild, they would probably run away in fear and flee in fear.

But now, they were unscathed and had no minor injuries, so they knocked all the thousands of elite Wu soldiers under the city.

They couldn't believe it at all, and felt like they were dreaming.

Instead of being ecstatic, my heart was very faint.

"Our Danyang County killed 1,000 elite infantry in the Wu army. If this record is reported to the court, will the court say that we have false record?"

Zhao Hu's expression was a little weak.

"If I were a high-ranking official in the court, I wouldn't believe it if I heard it! If I don't die, kill a thousand elite soldiers, what are you not falsely reporting your achievements? Or the most outrageous false reporting!"

Jiang Gang muttered.

The treatment of elite soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers is very different, and the combat effectiveness is also huge.

A thousand carefully trained and well-trained elite soldiers can kill thousands or even tens of thousands of farmers temporarily as pigs and dogs.

Otherwise, why should the court and princes train elite troops specifically as standing troops?

The 6,000 Danyang soldiers were all blacksmiths and miners who gathered together temporarily. Before today, they had never fought on the battlefield.

If they say that they can kill a thousand elite Wu army infantry without death, they themselves don’t believe it.

Even after the fire was opened, I saw a thousand Wu troops lying flat outside the city. I felt that these Wu troops were pretending to be dead on the ground.

They still couldn't believe that they had won the first wave of battle.

"Wu Army, there is another movement!"

"Their nine thousand troops are all pressing up!"
Chapter completed!