Iron Dynasty

Xue Gui was a captain of the Sima clan.

Since Sima Shi joined the Merchant Council, he was assigned to the front line of Lin'an to resist the attack of the royal army.

For nearly two months, they used the sheltering advantage of the trench to successfully block the rushing royal army from Lin'an City.

Although there are still a large number of casualties in the daily battle, this mutual shooting has not caused their morale to collapse.

But today a different situation has occurred. They have observed the strange behavior of the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom, but they cannot understand why.

Until he saw the dense short sticks flying towards the trench where he was, and then the violent explosion covered a large area, and the soldiers in the trench were defenseless at this time.

The explosion caused a large number of soldiers to fall in a pool of blood, and for a time the front trenches were like hell on earth.

A grenade exploded not far from Xue Gui, and the powerful shock wave caused him to fall directly to the ground. At the same time, shrill screams continued to sound.

Xue Gui was stunned, he had never seen such a weapon before, and he was trembling with fright for a while.

It's just that this was still the first round. Before they could breathe, the second round of throwing appeared again, and the soldiers who had just got up again suffered the second round of bombardment.

In this explosion, he heard a nightmare-like sound, and the charge horn of the Great Yu Kingdom sounded.

On the opposite side, Lu Fei looked excited. The 800 grenades thrown in two rounds covered an area of ​​more than 100 meters, which was equal to eight grenades exploding every meter.

Taking advantage of the panic caused by the bombing, Lu Fei decided to focus on breaking through the 100-meter defensive area. Once he entered the trench, the convenient loading method of the breech gun would give full play to its advantages.

Come on!

In the sound of the charging horn, the company commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander took the lead in charging, one by one. The military law of the Great Yu state stipulates that officers must take the lead in charging, and the former will be removed from their posts and handed over to the military court.

The reason for this rule is to promote the spirit of the army to fight bravely.

When the soldiers saw their superior charging, they rushed forward one by one screaming.

In the army, they never envied their superiors, some were just in awe, because they knew that those who could become officers were definitely not cowards.

Especially those officers with royal family backgrounds, the requirements of today's sages are more stringent. All royal children must be role models in both the civil and the battlefield, and the charge on the battlefield is also the front line.

For this reason, the soldiers increasingly identify with the people of the royal family, and under the leadership of today's sages, the royal family means more responsibility.

Although Lu Fei wanted to rush over like the soldiers with a gun, as the commander of the battle, he couldn't be so reckless.

Holding the binoculars, he could only be anxious in his heart.

After the charge was launched, the Lin'an army, which was stunned by the bombing, could not organize an effective resistance immediately, and the sporadic gunfire was not enough to stop the charge of the royal army.

Soon, the first group of soldiers rushed to the front of the ditch. Some of them jumped into the ditch with falcon rifles with bayonets, while the other part of the soldiers squatted or lay down to cover the fire.

Boom boom boom...

The artillery on the Sima Army's trench position began to fire, and the artillery shells of solid bullets poured out again and again from the fort protruding from the trench, and some artillery began to use grape bullets.

Under the artillery fire, the charging soldiers began to suffer casualties. They immediately looked for obstacles on the battlefield, and the soldiers on the flat ground took the method of leaning over to shoot.

Kill all the opponent's artillery! Damn, where did they get the artillery? Lu Fei was furious.

During this period of time, their field artillery destroyed almost all the short-range artillery of the aristocrats. Unexpectedly, another batch of artillery appeared today.

Boom boom boom...

The artillery loaded with the explosive shells immediately began to shell the opponent's fort, and one fort after another was overturned in the explosion.

Under the suppression of his own artillery, Sima's artillery stopped. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the second batch of soldiers of a regiment began to charge.

At this time, the soldiers of the first regiment fought hand-to-hand combat with Sima's army in the trenches.

The grenadiers mingled with their muskets, and from time to time they threw grenades at the rushing crowd, while breech-loading rifles showed their advantage.

Soldiers run flexibly in the trenches and can reload bullets in any posture. In contrast, Sima's soldiers can only stand rigidly to reload, which has become a target for royal soldiers to shoot.

For a time, Sima's soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the central trench was successfully broken through.

Seeing that his soldiers had the upper hand, Lu Fei ordered all the soldiers to press down, and the two-month stalemate was finally broken.

kill!

Under his orders, the remaining 30,000 soldiers launched a collective charge.

At the same time, Luo Xin also launched a charge in Lin'an Xicheng. Facing the attack of more than 60,000 royal soldiers, Sima's army finally collapsed.

The trenches lost their advantage, and they had no advantage in the firearms of the royal soldiers.

Especially in the face of the skilled bayonet technique of the royal soldiers, they have no hope of victory in hand-to-hand combat.

Sima Hao on the wall of Lin'an saw everything in his eyes and was anxious. Now the trenches they dug were being occupied continuously, the soldiers were scrambling to flee, and the war began to appear one-sided.

Just when he was in a state of impatience, he suddenly saw four or five hot air balloons floating towards Lin'an City.

Damn, damn! Sima Hao cursed. He has been used to seeing such hot air balloons in the past two months, and every time they come, these hot air balloons will throw down a lot of paper.

These papers are full of words, all calling them anti-thieves, and at the same time promoting the reforms that are going on in areas outside Lin'an.

Perhaps the rout had something to do with the sudden appearance of new weapons, but he also understood that the propaganda during this period had shaken the minds of many soldiers.

The other noble families on the city wall immediately panicked when they saw this. Now Lin'an City is an isolated city, and the task given to them by the Council is to stand firm in Lin'an City and wait for support.

But now they have been holding on for two months, and the parliament has not sent a single soldier, and now Sima finally realized a problem.

Cao Kun, this bastard, is just using it to delay the speed of the Royal Army's southward movement. All the promises he gave are false.

It's just that it's too late to think of this now, the royal soldiers seem to have already attacked the city, and the artillery of the royal army also pushed the artillery to the front of the city.

Boom boom boom...

The flash of fire and gunpowder smoke from hundreds of artillery pieces made Sima Hao dizzy for a while. Looking at the scattered soldiers, he laughed like crazy.

It's not my fault that the Sima family is going to die. Sima Hao was like a demon.

In his roar, the city gate of Lin'an City collapsed suddenly, and amid the thunderous cry of killing, the royal soldiers rushed into Lin'an City like tigers and wolves.