Chapter 1545: Surprise Attack

At this moment, Egypt.

Jiang Xuan's army of thirty thousand marched at a rapid pace and soon arrived at the port city.

Jiang Xuan saw Nashadier lying in bed and let out a laugh: "So, this happened to you too!"

Nashadier was taken aback and immediately glared at Jiang Xuan: "Do you not know who I suffered these wounds for?"

Jiang Xuan clicked his tongue.

"The siege, are you going or not?" Jiang Xuan said indifferently.

Nashadier let out a cold snort and sneered: "I heard you only brought thirty thousand Dragon Flame troops, and now the French have received reinforcements and have replenished their strength."

"What can your thirty thousand troops possibly do?"

Jiang Xuan had long expected him to say this and said calmly: "How about we make a bet and see?"

"If the city is taken, what then?"

Nashadier stretched on the bed and looked at Jiang Xuan with interest; in his heart, he had already concluded that it was impossible for Jiang Xuan to take the city.

He had led an army of one hundred and fifty thousand to attack this French Port, and only after paying a heavy price did he manage to breach the Outer City.

And that was while Britain had cut off the French reinforcements.

Now, Jiang Xuan was leading thirty thousand Dragon Flame troops to take the city while the French had a continuous stream of reinforcements?

It was simply a pipe dream!

Although the artillery towers and the sturdiest outer city walls of the French Port had been breached.

However, the French Port city now had reinforcements.

The French Port now had a cavalry unit.

Their military strength was even greater.

Moreover, on flat terrain, the French Cavalry could exert their maximum effectiveness.

Although Jiang Xuan also had a cavalry unit in his hands, the even more powerful Liangzhou Iron Cavalry.

But this unit had been left behind in Cairo by Jiang Xuan to prevent a British incursion.

Furthermore, Jiang Xuan had brought a large amount of artillery this time, and one must know that artillery is essentially no different from infantry.

Fighting cavalry with infantry—if it were only a small number of cavalry, there might be a chance.

But when facing a large cavalry force, such stories of infantry fighting cavalry.

Likely only exist in certain myths.

Although he did not know how Jiang Xuan managed to march so quickly, and while carrying a large amount of Cannon.

But what could be known was that the army he was leading now.

Whether in terms of troop numbers or unit types.

Had not the slightest advantage when facing the French Cavalry army.

Such an army attacking the city would only make things difficult for itself!

"If you take the city, I will give you something good!" Nashadier said indifferently.

Jiang Xuan gave a faint smile: "What thing?"

"Never mind that, win first and we shall see," Nashadier said.

Jiang Xuan chuckled; to him, it did not matter what it was.

"Fine then."

"Let's go!"

Nashadier was stunned and hurriedly asked: "Go where?"

"A surprise attack!"

……

Egypt, French Port.

Within three days, the Military Department Minister had almost turned the entire French Port upside down.

But he still had not found Sashaer.

"General, Commander Sashaer may have already met with misfortune."

"Shut up!" the Military Department Minister barked coldly.

He widened his eyes and gritted his teeth: "If dead, I want to see the body; if alive, I want to see the person!"

"Sashaer must absolutely not fall into the hands of Nashadier!"

"Yes!" The junior officer hurried off to continue searching for Sashaer.

The Military Department Minister let out a breath, his expression gradually turning gloomy; Sashaer was the Spokesperson of Egypt and the supreme commander.

And he was also a French Noble.

His status was extremely noble.

If he were to fall into the hands of Nashadier, it would be very troublesome.

As the Military Department Minister, he had to rescue Sashaer.

At this moment, his heart was filled with resentment toward Sashaer: "This detestable fellow, a coward, and a bastard to boot!"

After venting, the Military Department Minister did not forget the current situation.

He immediately summoned his subordinates for a meeting.

Although Nashadier had been thoroughly defeated, their situation remained very dire.

Especially now that the city walls were broken and the frontline defensive line of Artillery Tower had been almost completely destroyed by Nashadier.

It was difficult for them to serve any defensive purpose.

However, fortunately, with the support of other French troops in the Colonial Area, their garrison strength was still somewhat guaranteed.

Other French officers arrived at the conference room.

The Military Department Minister could only come here at this moment while hooked up to an IV drip and leaning on a cane.

Upon seeing the Military Department Minister, the other French officers stood up to salute, and the Military Department Minister signaled for everyone to sit down first.

After scanning the people present, the Military Department Minister said in a deep voice, "Four days have passed since Nashadier withdrew his troops; how is the construction of our defensive fortifications coming along?"

"Report, General! Our city walls are too severely damaged; it will take a long time to restore them, but repairing the Artillery Towers is relatively simple."

"In four days, we have repaired twenty Artillery Towers, which is temporarily enough to deal with Nashadier's attacks."

"However, I think Nashadier will likely not attack in the short term."

"In this battle, they suffered heavy losses and their morale is unstable; with us having reinforcements now, continuing to attack the city would absolutely result in heavy losses."

"Nashadier is a smart man and will absolutely not attack the city again; he should be seeking aid from Cairo, but the time required for requesting help is too long—it will take at least two weeks for Nashadier's reinforcements to arrive."

"Within two weeks, Nashadier should not launch any attacks."

The Military Department Minister nodded and said indifferently, "According to current intelligence, Nashadier has indeed only gone to seek reinforcements."

"But we cannot let our guard down."

"After all, our previous city was lost precisely due to a sneak attack by Jiang Xuan."

"We cannot rule out the possibility that they have special marching equipment."

The Military Department Minister said in a deep voice again, "Accelerate the repair and construction of the defensive fortifications; we absolutely cannot let Nashadier make a comeback!"

"Yes!"

Just at this moment, a boom suddenly exploded.

The Military Department Minister was slightly stunned by the explosion coming from that direction, then realized it in an instant.

"Enemy attack!"

The sound of the explosion instantly startled everyone, and the Military Department Minister immediately ordered, "Prepare for defense; this is Nashadier's sneak attack."

"Deploy the Cavalry!"

"Yes!"

The French Army immediately moved out to attack.

But at this moment, outside the French Port, Jiang Xuan was in the rear and could see the situation on the battlefield clearly without using a Telescope.

Nashadier, who was standing beside him, frowned and looked at Jiang Xuan: "Aren't we too close?"

"No, this is just right."

Nashadier raised an eyebrow and said, "This is less than four hundred meters from the enemy's front line; you don't consider this distance close?"

Jiang Xuan shook his head and said indifferently, "Our Artillery is nearly three hundred meters away from them, and the maximum distance they can attack is only two hundred meters; rest assured, they cannot hit us."

Nashadier was speechless for a moment.

After a while, he said gloomily, "If the French Cavalry wants to attack us, they will reach us in the blink of an eye from four hundred meters away; what should we do then?"