Chapter 570: Wound

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Dense gunfire rang out; over a thousand Wangfu Army soldiers were already lined up at the breach.

They aimed their muzzles at the breach, and the Beidi soldiers crossing the city wall fell one after another.

In front of them were placed Caltrops and other items.

"You all return immediately; you are not needed here for the time being. The North Gate needs you more." Guan Tong was also at the breach.

Seeing reinforcements arrive, he waved his hand.

Although a section of the West City wall had collapsed, this did not mean the West City could not hold on.

At first, he had also been somewhat panicked.

But he had positioned soldiers at the breach, immediately curbing the Beidi's offensive.

The Beidi soldiers who charged in through the breach became their living targets.

They did not even have the chance to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Wangfu Army soldiers.

Meanwhile, on the parts of the West City wall that had not collapsed, soldiers were still fighting, killing any Beidi soldiers who dared to climb the wall.

Seeing this, the Colonels had no choice but to lead their troops back and tell Qin Shan the news.

"You all return to your respective defensive positions." Qin Shan nodded.

Although Guan Tong was usually careless, he would not mess around on the battlefield.

If he said he could hold on, he would definitely be able to hold on.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly noticed a section of the Flame wall go out.

The Beidi soldiers seemed to be throwing their comrades' corpses into the Trench.

The numerous corpses immediately caused the flames in the Trench to dim.

Seeing this scene, Qin Shan felt a faint sense of unease.

Sure enough, as this section of the Flame wall went out, the Flame walls in other places also gradually extinguished.

The brightness of the entire battlefield dimmed significantly once again.

"The Beidi are truly ruthless."

Qin Shan gave a bitter smile.

He naturally did not expect the Flame walls to burn forever.

After all, having fought against the Da Song for these years, the Beidi had seen all kinds of traps.

But he had thought the Beidi commanders would have their soldiers dig earth to fill them, which would have cost him more time.

As it turned out, they used materials at hand, directly using corpses.

"Anda!"

As the Flame walls gradually extinguished, the roars of the Beidi soldiers grew louder.

This meant more Beidi soldiers were approaching the city wall.

At the same time, the "clink-clank" sound of chiseling the city wall rang out again.

The Wangfu Army soldiers fired violently toward the place where the sound came from.

Immediately, this sound disappeared, accompanied by a burst of screams.

But before long, the sound rang out again.

Qin Shan's heart hung in the balance; he worried that the situation at the West Gate would play out at the North Gate.

Just as he was thinking this, a loud explosion suddenly came, nearly shattering his eardrums, and the city wall beneath his feet trembled violently.

Just fifty meters away from him, a pillar of fire shot into the sky.

It was even more powerful than the previous Gunpowder Barrels that had exploded.

After the bricks and stones were blown into the sky, they fell down like raindrops.

Many hit the Wangfu Army soldiers, causing some to be injured.

And a seven or eight-meter breach appeared in the city wall.

Barely steadying his body, Qin Shan's expression changed drastically; he immediately summoned the four Colonels from just before and led two thousand soldiers down the city wall.

By this time, over a hundred Beidi soldiers had already charged through the breach.

"Anda!" Seeing them, these Beidi soldiers charged straight over, their faces full of ferocity.

The Wangfu Army soldiers were not afraid; they gripped their Rifled Muskets, attached their Bayonets, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with these Beidi soldiers who had charged to the front.

After joining the army, with sufficient food and intense training, their physical fitness was not inferior to the Beidi soldiers at all.

Because they had trained in the Bayonet Technique refined on the battlefield, their hand-to-hand combat was even more vicious.

They did not usually engage in hand-to-hand combat because the Rifled Muskets provided them with an advantage similar to mounted archery.

When fighting, they naturally had to utilize this advantage.

But at necessary moments, they could still transform into a traditional hand-to-hand combat force.

"Kill!"

A Wangfu Army soldier leveled his Bayonet and thrust it toward a charging Beidi soldier.

Seeing this, the Beidi soldier performed a side-parry, knocking the Wangfu Army soldier's Bayonet to the right and dodging the strike aimed at his heart.

The Wangfu Army soldier was not panicked.

He had practiced such combat countless times in the army.

He simply followed the momentum of his Bayonet, tracing an arc, and thrust downward.

The Beidi soldier could not react in time; his thigh was pierced, and he let out a scream.

The Wangfu Army soldier pulled out the Bayonet and thrust it into the Beidi soldier's chest.

The conical tip of the triangular bayonet easily pierced through the Beidi soldier's Armor.

With a muffled groan, the Northern Di soldier fell to the ground and died.

The other Wangfu Army soldiers also finished off the Northern Di soldiers nearby.

Qin Shan nodded slightly at the sight, though he was very confident in the melee capabilities of the Wangfu Army.

But currently, he was vastly outnumbered by the Northern Di forces, and melee combat would be a disadvantage.

Ultimately, they still had to rely on the power and range of the Rifled Musket.

Thus, he immediately ordered the soldiers to place Caltrops at the breach.

At the same time, he had the soldiers form ranks to shoot down the Northern Di soldiers charging through the breach.

Northern Di camp.

After a section of the northern city wall was blown up, Mule Hongzhen chuckled softly.

To him, Ning City was basically as good as in his hands.

These breaches in the city walls were like wounds on a person's body.

Focusing the attack on these wounds would make Ning City bleed out faster.

With his superior forces, Ning City would inevitably belong to them.

Just as he was feeling smug, a commotion suddenly broke out in the camp.

Someone pointed toward the sky.

Mule Hongzhen looked over, and his expression immediately turned grim.

He saw that to the east, more than ten fireballs were continuously moving toward Ning City.