Chapter 1546: Breaking the Siege

"They will not have that opportunity," Jiang Xuan said indifferently.

Nashadier was taken aback and stopped conversing with Jiang Xuan.

He watched the formation Jiang Xuan had arranged on the battlefield, with thirty thousand Longyan troops deployed in full force.

Jiang Xuan had not used a single member of the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, which could exert its greatest advantage on the plains.

Instead, he had used a large number of Shield Armored Infantry and Artillery.

In front of the Shield Armored Infantry formation, less than fifty meters behind them, were the Artillery.

Nashadier did not know what use this extremely simple formation had; without the cover of Spear Infantry, there was only the cover of crossbowmen and the Musket Team.

In Nashadier's view, such a formation would be torn apart by the French Cavalry in an instant.

Moreover, this force of thirty thousand could not cover both the left and right flanks; if the opposing army launched an attack from the left and right, they would definitely be wiped out.

More importantly, this fellow Jiang Xuan had actually set up the command post on the front line.

There was not a shred of buffer room.

If the French Army broke through the Longyan troops, the commander of the army would definitely die at the hands of the enemy.

This was simply leaving no way out for himself!

"Jiang Xuan, are you not afraid of death?" Nashadier asked.

Jiang Xuan said solemnly: "As a commander, one must lead by example!"

Nashadier was left speechless by the retort.

"Watch how I break the city!" Jiang Xuan said.

The French Port was three hundred meters away, and Jiang Xuan gave an order: "Three rounds of Artillery, bombard the city in turns; do not consider precision, but you must hit the city walls!"

"Yes!"

The drums sounded in unison!

The military order was issued.

The first round of Longyan Cannon fire rang out; the Artillery would reload, and the time required to fire after reloading was about a minute and a half.

During this time, the second and third rounds of Longyan Cannon fire had already been launched.

In the dark night, several hundred Longyan Cannonballs streaked across the sky like meteors, instantly bright and spectacular.

But these meteors brought with them endless explosions.

The Military Department Minister, in the command post, heard the first explosion and immediately organized the French Army to counterattack.

The military order had been issued, but no one dared to counterattack.

As for why...

The Military Department Minister looked through the window of the command post, horrified by the scene outside.

He saw the stars in the sky descending like an apocalyptic attack, with Longyan Cannonballs landing in the city and exploding one by one.

Under such indiscriminate attacks.

The French troops had no way to launch an assault at all.

And this artillery bombardment situation continued incessantly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

The entire French Port was instantly turned into a sea of fire.

The Military Department Minister had spent half his life in the military and had never seen such a tactical approach; he finally managed to see on the city wall that the troops raiding him were the Longyan troops.

He was shocked!

In less than a week, how had they arrived!

Could these Longyan people really create miracles!

But at this moment, the Military Department Minister could no longer afford to think so much; he immediately dispatched a Suicide Squad to use the newly built cannons to counter them.

Only in this way would they have a glimmer of a chance.

The Suicide Squad managed to break through the encirclement with great difficulty, reached the artillery tower, and launched an attack.

But they were astonished to discover that their French cannons could not reach the Longyan Artillery array at all!

The Military Department Minister hid within the Inner City walls, watching the battle, his mind suddenly going blank; his own French cannons.

Were completely crushed by the opponent in terms of attack range.

His own cannons, after the cannonballs were fired, would explode two hundred meters later without even reaching the opponent.

They could not cause any damage at all.

"Cavalry!"

"Cavalry!"

"Charge!"

The Military Department Minister roared.

Finally, after the French Army paid a huge price, countless French Cavalry charged out.

On the plains, the French Cavalry that had charged out of the city were like entering an uninhabited land.

In the dark night, Jiang Xuan saw the French Cavalry armor emitting a chilling luster under the firelight.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered: "Crossbowmen, Musket Team, attack!"

"Yes!"

The drums sounded, and the military order was issued.

The Longyan army's crossbowmen and Musket Team immediately attacked, and arrows and musket fire fell like a rainstorm.

Originally, facing the highly mobile French Cavalry, it was very difficult for crossbowmen and the Musket Team to aim.

However, under this wave of attacks, the crossbowmen and the Musket Team did not aim at all.

The French Cavalry charged out, some instantly turning into hedgehogs; in the dark of night, the cavalry could not clearly see the arrows falling from the sky.

These arrows seemed to merge with the night, and before they could react, they were shot into hedgehogs.

A small number of cavalry managed to charge through, but they were obstructed by the heavy Shield Infantry of the Longyan Army.

Before their next wave of charges could arrive, they had long since been headshot by the Musket Team or Shield Infantry of the Longyan Army!

The Longyan Cannonballs were fired as if they cost nothing.

The Military Department Minister fell into complete despair after seeing the battle situation.

Countless cannonballs landed on the city wall; the Inner City wall was not built as sturdily as the Outer City wall, and under these several rounds of artillery offensives, cracks had already appeared.

Boom—!

The Inner City was breached.

Seeing this, Jiang Xuan immediately issued a military order: "Attack the enemy's Artillery Towers, advance fifty meters, and push in horizontally!"

In an instant, those Artillery Towers that had taken four days to repair were once again reduced to ashes under one wave of Jiang Xuan's offensive.

This time, the destruction was even more thorough.

Advance fifty meters.

Under Jiang Xuan's overwhelming offensive, the French troops had absolutely no ability to resist.

Nashadier was left completely stunned by this scene.

Had he known the Longyan Cannon was this powerful, why would he have wasted so much effort attacking the city back then?

Wouldn't it have been better to just use this method of indiscriminate fire coverage?

"Jiang Xuan, since there is such a simple and brutal Method, why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Jiang Xuan rolled his eyes at him and said indifferently, "I mentioned to you that after the Industrial Revolution, the old ways of fighting are already outdated."

"In this kind of siege warfare, it is better to compete on equipment."

"However, if you hadn't cleared the two defensive lines earlier, I wouldn't have had a way to use this tactic."

Nashadier thought for a moment and nodded.

At that time, the French Port had two defensive lines: the Artillery Towers and the city wall.

The Artillery Towers were located two hundred meters from the city wall, and the Longyan Cannon had a range of three hundred meters; he had no way to use the Longyan Cannon to attack the city wall like this back then.

Moreover, the city wall at that time was such that the Longyan Siege Cannon could not be effective; furthermore, the wall was too high, and it was difficult for cannonballs to clear the wall to bombard the troops inside.

It is different now; the Outer City wall has already been broken, the Inner City wall is a notch lower in height, and it is not as sturdy as the Outer City wall.

And the currently repaired Artillery Towers are positioned further back.

It was this geographical advantage that allowed Jiang Xuan's tactic to be effective.

Thinking of this, Nashadier revealed a smile: "So that means I created the conditions for you."

"Pretty much," Jiang Xuan said indifferently.

He looked at the French Port in the distance, which was already soaring with flames, and felt completely at ease.

Under his offensive, this city had already been breached!