Markel, the leader of the Yi people who had just repelled the Longcheng army's entrenched camp at the western gate of the capital of Nanyue, had not even had time to lean against the crenellations of the city wall to catch his breath.
Through their blue eyes, they spotted an enemy general riding a warhorse and clad in armor, leading his soldiers toward the West Gate city wall with murderous intent.
Markle's first thought was that the enemy's vanguard commander was coming for him.
In fact, Fan Wuji was indeed after Markel's barbarian mercenaries.
After the two sides fought fiercely to this point, the Nanyue garrison stationed in the capital was already exhausted, and the city was about to fall.
However, this force of over two thousand barbarian mercenaries was the strongest fighting force on the entire city wall. Only by annihilating these barbarians could the last psychological defense of the Southern Yue garrison be completely destroyed.
This is why Fan Wuji, as the vanguard commander, personally led his left and right guards to scale the city walls.
He wanted to use his past experience fighting against the Yi people to annihilate the Yi people who came to help him, and then the capital of Nanyue would fall without a fight.
Seeing that the enemy's vanguard general was coming with great force, his personal guards arrived at the gates of Xiguan in an instant and were climbing the ladders that had been placed on the city wall to reach Xiguan.
Markel immediately gave the order: "Warriors of the Atlantic, the enemy's vanguard general is charging at our Crusaders!"
"Form ranks and prepare for battle!"
brush!
At Markel's command, the barbarian soldiers who had been catching their breath against the city wall quickly got up, organized their weapons and equipment, and assembled to meet the enemy.
at the same time.
Fan Wuji's personal guards also began a full-scale assault on the western city wall.
Fan Wuji's left and right guards totaled more than 3,000 men, mainly composed of veterans of the original Po Lu Army after expansion and super elite soldiers produced by the [Born to Be an Emperor] system. Their combat power and experience far surpassed those of ordinary soldiers.
Soon, the personal guards of the left and right flanks covered each other as they climbed onto the western city wall and engaged in a bloody battle with the barbarian soldiers under Markel's command.
Immediately afterwards, more and more of the left and right guards and personal guards climbed onto the city wall.
Until, the vanguard general Fan Wuji also climbed the city walls using a ladder.
Thousands of soldiers from both the attacking and defending sides had already gathered on the narrow Xiguan city wall.
In such close-quarters combat, there are no fancy fighting moves, nor can they be used freely.
The soldiers on both sides were reduced to the most primitive actions of wielding swords and slashing, each striking the other with a sword.
Furthermore, the barbarian soldiers under Markel's command were all equipped with heavy armor from the Eastern European Crusaders, while the personal guards of Fan Wuji's Yuhou Army were also equipped with black armor. With simple slashing, it was difficult for swords and blades to directly cut through the thick armor of the opponents.
It only emitted a series of clanging metallic sounds.
For a time, the two sides fought fiercely, evenly matched.
It wasn't until the last of the Yuhou Army, the heavily armored troops using hammers and whips, scaled the city walls that the tide of battle gradually turned, tilting the scales of victory toward the Longcheng army.
Boom, boom, boom!
Faced with the Yuhou Army wielding hammers, axes, whips, and other striking weapons, Markel's foreign soldiers, armed with Western swords, could only parry and had no power to retaliate.
The Yuhou soldiers, skilled in tactical maneuvers, often worked in groups of three. Two soldiers would use their swords to distract the Yi soldiers, while the soldiers wielding hammers and axes would use their hammers and axes to strike the Yi soldiers' armor.
The heavy armor could withstand the direct slashes of swords and blades, but it could not withstand the blows of hammers and axes. Often, a few powerful blows would cause the barbarian soldiers to vomit blood and die with their internal organs shattered.
"Chief, order a retreat immediately! We can't stop the enemy's charge at all. This capital of Nanyue can't be defended!"
"Chief, it's too late to retreat now! Once the enemy breaches the city, all our warships anchored at sea, along with all the spoils on board, will be gone!"
"leader--"
Seeing that their side was outmatched, the barbarian soldiers under Markel's command tried to persuade their leader to order a retreat.
Markle also discovered that as more and more enemy soldiers piled up on the western city walls, the enemy's local advantage became more and more obvious, and it was only a matter of time before the city fell.
He looked around from the city wall again, but did not see the figure of Prince Li Shiyu of Nanyue who had come to supervise the battle.
At this moment, his Yi soldiers immediately reported, "Chief, are you looking for the crown prince of the Southern Yue Kingdom?"
"He fled with his personal guards as soon as the enemy's vanguard general climbed the city wall of Xiguan. He intended for us to defend the city for him while he fled for his life!"
call--
Upon receiving news that Prince Li Shiyu of Nanyue had abandoned the city and fled, the Yi leader Markton immediately lost his temper, and his last remaining will to fight vanished in an instant.
He immediately ordered: "Leave three hundred men to cover the rear, the rest of you, retreat!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Markle turned and ran towards the city without looking back.
Coincidentally, just as Markel was about to descend the city wall, he passed by a gun emplacement where bronze cannons were placed, with cannonballs and gunpowder readily available and piled up in front of the emplacement.
Markel raised his hand to touch it, and the gun barrel was still very hot.
Then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Fan Wuji, the vanguard general who was indiscriminately wielding his sword and slaughtering the warriors of the Atlantic Kingdom under his command.
Finally, with a dark look in his eyes and a ferocious expression, Markel turned the cannon around and aimed it at Fan Wuji, who was fighting fiercely with the warriors of the Atlantic Kingdom under his command on the West Gate city wall.
Markel loaded the gunpowder and bullets in one go, then took out his tinderbox and lit the fuse of the bronze cannon.
Amidst the crackling sound of the burning fuse, he walked towards the foot of the city wall, glancing back every few steps.
Until, the familiar sound of a cannonball leaving the barrel reached my ears.
call out--
Boom!
A moment later, a cannonball exploded on the West Gate city wall.
Out of the corner of his eye, Markle only caught a glimpse of the crimson blood mist and smoke following the explosion.
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