Chapter 419: Self-Imposed Trap

"Ah..."

The Xiliang Archers immediately let out miserable screams.

The Shrapnel Shells exploded either above their heads or upon hitting the ground.

Iron beads and nails flew everywhere, and over a dozen Xiliang Archers around the center of the explosions fell to the ground groaning.

There were also some archers who, though not seriously injured, could still stand, but the wounds on their bodies and the intense pain made them unable to focus on drawing their bows and shooting arrows.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The Mortar shells continued to rain down.

The archers dodged in all directions, the formation quickly fell into complete chaos, and the number of arrows flying toward the Flintlock Infantry grew fewer and fewer.

Furthermore, any Armor has a certain degree of defensive capability against arrows.

Arrows are only a major threat to those without armor or with light armor.

Therefore, although Scale Armor is not as well-defended as heavy armor like Plate Armor, it still has a good defensive effect against arrows.

In the modern era, armor enthusiasts have conducted experiments; at a distance of one hundred meters, arrows are basically deflected by Scale Armor.

At a distance of thirty meters, Scale Armor is only pierced by about one centimeter, which cannot cause fatal wounds to soldiers wearing Scale Armor.

As for being hit in exposed areas and getting injured, one can only say the soldier is not very lucky.

Furthermore, the Scale Armor manufactured by the Armory Bureau has better protective performance because the quality of the steel is superior to that of the Great Song, Xiliang, and Beidi.

The harassment from the Artillerymen and the resistance of the Scale Armor against arrows.

The Flintlock Infantry basically did not suffer much impact.

The flintlocks continuously spewed Flame, showering Lead Bullets toward the Xiliang soldiers in front.

Unlike arrows, the high chamber pressure generated by the explosion of Gunpowder inside the flintlock gives the Lead Bullets a high initial velocity.

Although the accuracy is insufficient, the power is immense enough to pierce armor.

Compared to the ease with which the Flintlock Infantry faced the arrows, the Xiliang Long Spear soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

After being shot at for several consecutive rounds, a large swath of Xiliang Long Spear soldiers lay on the ground.

"Well shot!" a Heavy Infantryman beside Lv Chang couldn't help but shout.

Yesterday, they had suffered quite a few losses at the hands of these Long Spear soldiers.

Now, seeing the Xiliang Long Spear soldiers being shot by the flintlocks with no power to fight back, he felt exceptionally gratified.

Lv Chang felt a bit sour inside; although he didn't want to admit it, the Flintlock Infantry had done what they could not.

Feeling depressed, he raised his hand and struck the soldier on the head; the soldier cried out in pain, looking aggrieved.

"Forward march!"

Under the intense shooting, the Xiliang Long Spear soldiers began to rout.

The Flintlock Infantry moved forward under the command of their Commander.

They left from under the city wall, and immediately new Flintlock Infantry entered from outside the city.

Forming a formation, they followed behind the first batch of Flintlock Infantry to advance and attack.

"Leader, we held them off." A general who had retreated with the Long Spear soldiers came before Anxi.

His arm had been hit by a flintlock, and blood was streaming from a wound the size of an infant's fist.

Anxi's expression was gloomy.

He had witnessed the entire process of how the Long Spear soldiers were crushed.

Their archers had not caused significant casualties to the armored opponents.

But the opponent's firearms were the opposite; every time the fire flashed, at least a hundred, and as many as three or four hundred, Long Spear soldiers would fall.

The armor on the Long Spear soldiers seemed like paper in front of such a Weapon.

Most importantly, such shooting was continuous, so their casualties naturally would not stop.

Three thousand Long Spear soldiers were reduced to over two thousand like this, then from over two thousand to over one thousand, and finally, unable to hold on, they collapsed.

"What kind of monster is this Yan Wang!" Anxi's heart was filled with fear.

Before the engagement, he had already considered the battle situation in the worst-case scenario.

But once the battle began, he realized his imagination was too limited.

New firearms, formidable soldiers, strange tactics.

They did not have the slightest advantage in front of Yan Wang's troops.

If one had to say there was one, it was their advantage in defending the city.

But ever since the city wall was breached, they had lost even this sole advantage.

"Leader, what should we do!" the general said, clutching his arm.

The Long Spear soldiers fled in all directions, revealing the Yan Wang soldiers who were slowly advancing.

Their steady pace was like the footsteps of death to the Xiliang soldiers.

No Xiliang soldier was willing to stand in the path of their advance.

Because that was no different from throwing one's life away.

"Have the soldiers hide in the courtyards and residential houses, and fight them place by place!" Anxi said.

Clearly, in open areas, Yan Wang's firearms had more of an advantage, and it was unwise to keep sending soldiers to charge over and die.

Moreover, his mission was to stall Yan Wang; he did not seek victory, and by fighting for Weicheng in its streets and alleys, he could better delay time.

His order was passed out, and the Xiliang soldiers immediately withdrew from the vicinity of the city wall.

Before long, the figures of all the Xiliang soldiers had basically disappeared.

The Flintlock Infantry stopped in front of the first row of residential wards.

Inside the cities of the Great Song, there were residential wards arranged like tofu blocks.

Inside the residential wards were the courtyards of the common people, and outside the residential wards were ward walls.

This type of residential ward wall is over two meters high, like a small city wall.

Besides making it easy to manage the common people, this structure is also advantageous for fighting the enemy ward by ward when war breaks out.

Just as the Flintlock Infantry did not know what to do next.

They saw Xiliang soldiers climbing onto the residences within the ward, holding bows and arrows to shoot at them.

The battle situation here was immediately sent outside the city wall.

Upon learning this news, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei exchanged glances and instantly understood the intention of Xiliang.

It is not as if such a fighting style has never occurred before.

When the Great Song Imperial Army fought Xiliang in Jinzhou, they had also engaged in street fighting with Xiliang inside the city.

Now, the Xiliang soldiers did not choose to flee the city after being thwarted, but instead chose this method of fighting; they were determined to fight them to the bitter end.

"Fixed thinking kills people," Zhao Xu sneered.

Ma Han was burying his head in deep thought, contemplating a countermeasure.

In his view, this was very difficult to handle and would inevitably require sacrificing many soldiers to fight it out.

Hearing this, he opened his mouth wide, "Does Your Highness have a plan?"

Zhao Xu smiled and nodded.

In his view, the Xiliang general inside the city had made a foolish mistake.

This mistake was caused by his fixed thinking.

It was just like during the First World War of the modern era.

At that time, various countries already possessed the Maxim Heavy Machine Gun.

But when the war first began, fixed thinking led the armies of various countries to still adopt the line infantry tactic, organizing soldiers into tight formations to advance and attack.

After being taught a lesson by the heavy Machine Gun, the Skirmish Line gradually became the mainstream.

This general adopted this method, wanting to fight him residence by residence to offset the advantage of his firearms.

It is just that he would not follow his way of thinking to fight.

"Attack the Weicheng Granary directly," Zhao Xu ordered; this tactic is called 'you fight your way, I fight mine.'

He would not go and fight street battles with the Xiliang people.

Instead, he would force them to come out of the residential wards to fight.

Of course, if they did not come out, that was fine too; then they could just wait to starve to death.

"Your Highness is brilliant!" Chang Wei had also been worried, but upon hearing this, he was suddenly enlightened.

Ma Han and the Ma Family generals looked toward Yan Wang, sighing with admiration in their hearts.

Previously, they only thought that Yan Wang won battles by relying on firearms.

Now, they finally understood that firearms were merely the icing on the cake.

Even if Yan Wang were given an army using cold weapons, winning battles would only be a matter of time and the extent of the sacrifices.

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