"Beat them! Beat them hard!"
At the command of the militia members, the militiamen in the trenches gripped their flintlock pistols, aimed at the horse bandits on the open grassland, and pulled the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Puffs of black smoke rose up, and bullets spat from the muzzles of guns, flying towards the grassland bandits.
Instantly, dozens of grassland bandits at the front of the column were hit by bullets, blood flowed from the corners of their mouths, and they fell straight to the ground.
Although the militia members were still using old-fashioned flintlock muskets, under the cover of the artillery and machine gun battalions on the Cloud City Wall and relying on the trench defense system, they still managed to keep the grassland bandits outside the defensive line.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Countless bullets crisscrossed and weaved through the air.
On the city wall, the Yan Ning Type 1 machine gun fired a series of bullets, forming long tongues of fire, like ferocious beasts opening their bloody maws, devouring the lives of the grassland bandits.
The artillery battalion on the city wall continued its bombardment.
The improved twelve-pounder cannon was extremely powerful, exploding in the open fields and creating huge breaches.
Meanwhile, the grassland bandit soldiers near the gap were blown to pieces, their flesh mangled and bloodied, a truly horrific sight!
Cannons and machine guns on the city walls!
In the trenches, flintlock muskets!
Despite the limited troop strength of Cloud City at this moment, under the triple defense system, they were not afraid of these grassland bandits.
The grassland bandits, who were charging fiercely, had already suffered heavy casualties before they even got close to the trench system.
"It's numb!"
Seeing this, Shu Mutaiji's face changed drastically, turning pale. He stared at the Cloud City in front of him, thinking to himself: How can these Daqian people be so powerful?
Didn't they say that the main force had already moved north?
After suffering heavy casualties, the vanguard of the grassland bandits finally reached the first trench.
However, at this very moment, the militia members in the first trench had already abandoned this place and moved to the second trench.
As they were about to retreat, some militia members threw grenades in their direction.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Although the explosive power of hand grenades was not as great as that of cannons on the city walls, they still caused great casualties to these grassland bandits.
"Taijitsu, Taiji..."
A trusted confidant rushed over from the front lines, saying, "Han Dai's troops have suffered heavy casualties, losing three or four thousand men!"
"Um?"
Upon hearing this, Shumu Taiji's eyes turned bloodshot, and he became somewhat agitated.
They've only captured the first trench, and they've already lost so many men!
If this continues, who knows how many more people will be lost by the time they reach the foot of the earthen walls of Cloud City!
Even with over 30,000 grassland bandits under his command, he couldn't withstand such losses!
For a moment, Shumu Taiji felt a surge of anger.
"It's numb!"
Shumu Taiji said in a deep voice, "Are all those people in the city idiots? With such a commotion, don't they react at all?"
At this moment, Shumu Taiji pinned his hopes on the captured grassland bandits within the city to rise up and rebel, thus coordinating an attack from within and without.
However, what Shumutaiji didn't know was that when they first appeared outside Yunzhong City, Yang Chengbo had already ordered a militia team to come to the prisoner camp fully armed.
The dark muzzles of guns were aimed at these captured grassland bandits, leaving them with no will to resist.
The prisoner-of-war camp, in particular, was quite close to the city wall.
The cannons and machine guns on the city wall were clearly visible.
These powerful weapons completely extinguished the will to resist of the captured bandits on the grasslands.
For Shumu Taiji, the inside-outside collaboration was no longer an option!
Moreover, it's impossible to reach the foot of the city walls in one fell swoop!
After conquering the first trench, the grassland bandit group was already somewhat exhausted.
Some of the grassland bandits even began to rest in the trenches, and their fighting spirit waned.
However, while these grassland bandits were resting, the militia members on the city wall were not idle.
The three-tiered trench defense system was not far from the city wall.
Some militia members threw grenades toward the trench.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A violent explosion rang out in the trenches.
Some of the grassland bandits who were nearby were affected by the blast wave and were instantly blasted, bleeding from all seven orifices and covered in wounds.
Shrapnel from the explosion splattered in the trenches, and countless grassland bandits were struck by shrapnel and died instantly.
As the battle lines closed in, the machine gunners on the city walls became easier to snipe.
Some sharpshooters gripped their machine guns, aiming at the steppe bandits in the trenches. Whenever a bandit was spotted showing themselves, they would unleash a burst of bullets.
Instantly, his brains splattered, and he died a gruesome death on the spot!
The scene was horrific!
With such heavy casualties, the grassland bandits hiding in the trenches were no longer even able to launch a charge.
The grassland bandits who had charged in from behind finally reached the trenches and began to rest.
The situation on the battlefield also began to undergo subtle changes.
The grassland bandits hiding in the trenches trembled with fear, unsure of what to do.
At this moment, countless corpses lay scattered across the wilderness.
The corpses were piled up like mountains, a truly horrifying sight.
After the elite grassland bandit cavalry were killed in action, the vast majority of those remaining were grassland bandits and herdsmen.
These herders, facing the fierce onslaught, were already trembling with fear.
"How can such a large army be so powerful?"
"How are we supposed to fight like this?"
"The forwards are all hiding, are we supposed to be cannon fodder? We're not doing that!"
Some grassland bandits and herdsmen were dissatisfied and complained.
The complaints gradually turned into actions.
Some of the grassland bandits and herders immediately turned around and fled in the rear.
When the first wave of herders began to flee, it instantly changed the situation on the entire battlefield.
The countless herders in the rear also knew that they had been fooled, and it was obvious that they could not win this battle.
"Run!"
"Run!"
"If we don't run now, we're all going to die here!"
The grassland bandits and herdsmen shouted and led a large group of them in a desperate escape.
The situation collapsed instantly!
Like a flood bursting its banks, it was unstoppable!
"Taijit, Taiji, they've been defeated! Defeated!"
When news of the situation on the battlefield reached Shumutaiji's ears, he was completely stunned.
this……
How is that possible?
Shumu Taiji stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what he was seeing.
He had originally hoped to take this opportunity to reclaim the tribal royal tent.
But now, none of that is possible!
It’s over!
It's all over!
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