The shells had been loaded in advance before they were moved over.
Therefore, it saves a lot of effort.
Under Li Lin's urging, the gunners had become impatient and were even more anxious to fire than he was.
So, the guns were fired.
boom--!
The two artillery pieces continued to fire simultaneously.
The shells also hit the long street one after another, hitting the middle of the East Vietnamese cavalry.
And what would it be like to fire at such a close distance?
Li Lin saw it.
The gunners saw it.
The musketeers around the street also saw it.
As they later recalled.
The situation at that time was this.
Because the shouts of death and the sound of galloping horses were constantly mixed with the sound of artillery that sounded from time to time.
So, when I first heard the sound of artillery.
No one finds it strange.
However, secretly, they always felt that the sound of artillery fire this time would be something special.
Something will definitely happen that they don't expect and have never seen before.
Sure enough, after the sound of artillery sounded.
The world seemed to have gone silent at that moment.
I saw that many of the cavalrymen on Long Street were killed and wounded due to the overcrowding.
Even the stone slabs on the street were smashed, leaving a big hole in the ground.
But that's not what shocked them.
The reason why they were shocked was that some East Vietnamese cavalry were blown up by the cannonball.
That's right, it just flew.
Along with the horse he sat on.
They flew together.
The musketeers on the corridors on both sides were most impressed by this. The man and horse first flew in front of his eyes.
Then, it slowly fell down in front of his eyes.
In his own words, at that moment, I was simply stunned.
Not only they were shocked, but also the East Vietnamese people.
These two cannonballs not only knocked away the living cavalry, but also smashed the corpses of the dead cavalry into pieces.
Just smash it into pieces of flesh and blood.
At the same time, those cavalrymen who were not affected by the cannonballs were also shocked and confused.
How could the musketeers on both sides miss this opportunity?
Bang bang bang!
Another round of shooting.
Soon, the cavalry standing in the field were destroyed one after another.
And the next wave of cavalry rushed in quickly.
However, under the repeated bombardment of artillery and musketeers, no matter how many people come in, they will be destroyed.
And this 100-meter-long street was almost filled with flesh and blood.
After being trampled by the horses behind him, the walls on both sides of the street were splattered with blood and mud.
During this period, it was not without some East Vietnamese who tried to rush into the buildings on both sides of the street and attack the musketeers.
However, the musketeers inside were protected by the Royal Guards.
Once the East Vietnamese dismount, how can they still fight?
There is no way to escape the fate of being killed.
However, these people are mostly in the minority.
Because, among the galloping team, few people can jump off the horse.
And this hundred-meter-long street has become a gluttonous mouth, constantly devouring the East Vietnamese who rush in.
Compared to here, the battle outside the city gate was even more brutal.
At this moment, the sun is already high in the sky.
Under the sunlight, Zhao Xiaole, dressed in blood, went crazy and kept killing the Dongyue people.
From the beginning, Zhao Xiaole's clothes were stained red with blood. After returning to the capital, the blood stains on his clothes had dried up.
Now, except for his mask, which was not soaked in blood, the rest of the ground on his body was already stained with blood.
His clothes were even soaked with blood, which continued to flow down the horse underneath him.
Unfortunately, the horse is also all red.
Apart from the fact that blood was dripping from its body, it was impossible to tell whose blood it was that was dripping from the horse.
As the East Vietnamese cavalry continued to attack, the soldiers were inevitably injured, but under Zhao Xiaole's nearly single-handed patrol.
The formation is almost on the verge of collapse.
Finally stabilized.
One reason is that there is a city wall behind everyone, and they have no way to retreat, so it is difficult to mess up the formation.
Furthermore, the Dongyue people wanted to kill everyone in the city.
I don't want to get too involved with them at all.
Therefore, the formation did not collapse.
But why is the battle here the most brutal?
The reason is that there are hundreds of cannons and more than 700 muskets on the city gate.
Outside the city wall, a large number of Dongyue people gathered.
Nature also attracts the most firepower.
Under successive attacks from artillery and musketry, the East Vietnamese and their horses were quickly knocked to the ground.
Because they were eager to enter the city, but they did not have the equipment to attack the city.
You can only get in from the city gate.
Greedy, let them crowd together.
Greed also cost them their lives.
After firing muskets almost four times a minute, large numbers of East Vietnamese cavalry died tragically under the city wall.
There were even countless cavalrymen who were directly blown up by the cannonballs.
That's nearly a hundred artillery pieces!
Facing the tens of thousands of East Vietnamese cavalry under the city, they provided fire coverage indiscriminately, although the rate of fire was very slow.
But every time, hundreds or thousands of lives were harvested.
Every bombardment has the same effect as clearing the area.
This was the main reason why Zhao Xiaole and others were able to persist. Most of the enemies were killed by muskets and artillery.
Their pressure is naturally much relieved.
However, Zhao Xiaole felt that the opponent's number did not seem to be too large, judging from the intensity of the opponent's attack.
The Dongyue people's cavalry numbered well over 10,000.
And Zhao Xiaole's feeling was correct.
The number of East Vietnamese people indeed far exceeded his estimate.
This is because the commander of East Vietnam also made a serious mistake.
Or because of greed.
After the first wave of cavalry charged, Lieutenant Zuo took out the diorama sent by the Beihai caravan and watched from a distance.
While watching, he was secretly happy.
He originally planned to test the reality of the capital city.
But I didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain.
At that time, there was already a glimmer of morning light on the horizon, so he could see it clearly.
The gate to the capital is open.
Outside, there are still a large number of Jingyang troops who have not entered the city.
Aren't these people just the East Vietnamese people's breakfast?
The number of opponents is approximately more than 10,000.
It only takes one charge from the cavalry to trample them to death easily.
The other party's guard would immediately close the city gate to prevent the East Vietnamese cavalry from entering.
However, the next scene immediately stunned him.
Not only did the opponent not panic, the soldiers outside the city even took the initiative to form a formation and planned to fight them.
At this time, Captain Zuo frowned for the first time.
It seems that the other party is planning to put up a stubborn resistance.
In that case, they won't have any advantage to take advantage of.
But at this moment, he saw something that made him unbelievable. The other side's city gate had not been closed.