Cannonballs!
Just as Zhang Fuchen was reacting, he saw cannonballs raining down on the army in front of him.
The violent explosion caused heavy casualties even in the rear of the army. Countless soldiers were affected by the blast wave, leaving behind mangled corpses on the ground.
This completely threw the entire army into a panic.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Deafening explosions echoed across the open field, causing the entire land to tremble slightly.
It is unknown how much time passed before the vanguard of the imperial army finally reached the vicinity of the pass.
"Quickly! Siege engines!"
A captain, catching his breath, roared in a deep voice.
He knew that as long as the siege engines broke through the city gates, they would have a chance to storm into Yuguan City!
Fearless enemy soldiers pushed siege engines and rushed forward.
These enemy soldiers, though close to the city wall, were also getting close to the terrain!
Once they got close to the city wall, the soldiers on the wall who were armed with flintlock muskets made in Dongning came in handy.
"Cover fire!"
A battalion commander shouted loudly.
One after another, flintlock muskets made in Dongning were aimed at the imperial soldiers below the city wall, and they all pulled the triggers.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Smoke billowed from the muzzle, and bullets rained down on the enemy soldiers.
It slashed down like a giant scythe of death descending from the sky. And the enemy soldiers fell one by one, like ripe wheat.
The massive siege engines were also left idle in the wilderness.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Just as the enemy soldiers were reacting, another volley of bullets came raining down.
A rain of bullets blocked out the sun, relentlessly suppressing the enemy soldiers' advance.
Meanwhile, some militiamen on the city wall also grabbed thunderclaps and grenades, lit the fuses, pulled the pins, and threw them forcefully into the open field.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Thunderclaps and grenades exploded in the open field, leaving the enemy soldiers stunned.
Some siege engines were affected by the blast wave, their wheels were damaged, and the huge siege engines lay overturned in the open field.
The enemy soldiers nearby also quickly hid behind the siege engine to avoid the bullets coming from the wall.
"It's numb!"
A lieutenant, his face grim, cursed, "What kind of weapons does Prince Xin's army have? How are they so powerful?"
With a curse, the lieutenant turned and glanced back at the corpses on the ground behind him.
In a short period of time, hundreds of his men had died.
If this continues, the entire team may perish here!
However, countless soldiers were still rushing towards them from afar.
Even if the deputy general wanted to retreat, he had no way to do so because he was being held back by the soldiers behind him.
Although they couldn't retreat, their charge was slowed down.
Faced with overwhelming firepower, some soldiers took cover.
"Speed up! Faster!"
From behind, a general shouted sternly.
However, these soldiers were thoughtful individuals, not like donkeys blindly pulling a millstone. Under the threat of death, no matter how much they were driven, they did not advance.
The battle lasted for more than two hours, and some enemy soldiers rushed to the foot of the gate wall.
However, before he could even climb the ropes and hooks up to the city wall, he was riddled with bullets.
In a short time, countless corpses were left at the foot of the wall.
The soldiers pushing the siege engines and battering rams finally reached the city gate and rammed them with all their might, but it was to no avail.
Unbeknownst to them, the city gates of Yuguan had been completely sealed off with cement and bricks.
How could such solid cement be easily broken by these car crashes?
No matter how hard the soldiers fought, it was all in vain in the end.
The battle continued for another hour or so.
Tens of thousands of corpses have been left outside Yuguan City.
The imperial army, however, failed to even climb the city walls.
With heavy casualties, Marquis Yongchang Zhang Fuchen realized the situation was dire and had no choice but to order a retreat.
The retreat was also somewhat difficult.
At a distance of several hundred meters, these imperial soldiers once again became live targets for Prince Xin's army, facing a barrage of cannon fire.
After sacrificing thousands more lives, the imperial army finally withdrew to its camp.
That evening, in the main tent of Marquis Yongchang, Zhang Fuchen.
Zhang Fuchen's face was ashen, and he asked in a deep voice, "Are the casualties really that high?"
His words were trembling slightly.
The surrounding generals nodded silently, and no one spoke.
On the contrary, Liu Dechang, the advisor standing to the side, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "My lord, the battle losses of each unit are only a rough estimate, and there may be some discrepancies."
However, the casualties of 30,000 are unavoidable.
General Sun's troops were the vanguard, and almost the entire army was wiped out, which amounted to more than 10,000 men.
Moreover, General Wu and General Zheng also suffered heavy casualties.
There are also other departments…
"Stop talking!"
Zhang Fuchen was somewhat angry. He waved his hand and shouted, "Stop talking!"
Even if his subordinates stopped saying anything, it wouldn't change the fact that there were huge casualties.
"What do you think we should do now?"
After a long silence, Zhang Fuchen finally spoke, "How exactly should we attack Yuguan City?"
No one answered Zhang Fuchen's question.
After all, everyone witnessed the massive casualties at Yuguan City.
"My lord,"
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