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Chapter 556 Attacking Tangcheng
Although the Zhuang clan leader was full of confidence, he was not a fool like that and immediately adopted the suggestions put forward by Nan Gongting.

Considering that there could not be too many people hiding on the opposite mountain, the Zhuang leader sent [-] warriors to ambush on the opposite mountain and on the back of the mountain.

In this way, as long as Xuanyuan Lingyu didn't send people to search the mountain, a pincer attack would be formed.

As the sky gradually dimmed, Xuanyuan Lingyu led the main army and galloped along the not-so-wide main road.

It wasn't that Xuanyuan Lingyu was arrogant and didn't worry about any ambush on the road, but that Lu Hao was following her, which made her feel at ease.

With Lu Hao's current soul perception range, even if the Yunmeng Mountain Area limits his ability, he can still perceive about 25 kilometers.

With such a distance, who could ambush him in advance today?
Why does Lu Hao follow Xuanyuan Lingyu?
That was because he hadn't gone down to explore the mines in Yunmeng Mountain Area before, and now he was able to do so along the way.

Along the way, Lu Hao discovered many rare mineral deposits, and surprisingly, oil and natural gas.

Although the oil in Hengyang City is barely enough now, with such a reserve oil field, there is no need to worry about the imperial oil being insufficient.

Of course, the largest oil reserves are found on the east coast of the Dawan Strait, which is close to the Miao people.

This is one of the reasons why Lu Hao asked Xuanyuan Lingyu to station in Negese.

Once coal and iron ore are mined on the Qiang's territory, a smelting plant and a large road will be built.

Then from Negese to the southwest, build a road to the Miao settlement, and the oil there can be continuously transported to Hengyang City.

Of course, it would be better if a refinery could be built in Miao.

The siege battles in Tangcheng and Wancheng were about to begin, and Cao Ming was the first to attack.

During the three-hour journey, they rested twice during the journey. The soldiers also ate some dry food and water to replenish their physical fitness.

Cao Ming had already sent out scouts to prevent the enemy from ambushing him. However, no one ambush him along the way, which surprised him.

In fact, the enemy defending the city has 3 troops. If you go to attack the city with 3000 troops, will they take it seriously?

In siege warfare in the cold weapon era, the attacking side must have more troops than the defending side to have the possibility of breaking the city.

However, thermal weapons completely broke this law. How could these Zhuang people know that Lu Hao of the imperial army and the generals guarding the city were also a little overconfident.

If he sent people to ambush Cao Ming halfway, it might cause some casualties to the imperial army. However, once Cao Ming arrived at the city and laid out his chariots and horses to attack, it would be completely different.

The First Main Corps has the most abundant guns and ammunition, as well as the most grenades and explosive packs.

Of course, it was also because of Xuanyuan Lingyu's strength that she got so many military supplies from Liu Rufeng.

After Cao Ming arrived at the west gate of Tangcheng with three thousand soldiers, he immediately began to prepare for combat deployment.

Two demolition teams were divided into two assaults. More than 500 people were mainly responsible for suppressing the enemies at the city gate.

The other large troops lined up to completely suppress the enemies on the city wall. After waiting for the city gate to be blown open, they rode into the city on horseback and started killing and bombing indiscriminately.

There are still about two hours before dark, and the enemies defending the city have received the news early and have already lined up on the city wall to meet the enemy.

The densely packed Zhuang warriors, holding all kinds of weapons in their hands, seemed too casual.

Behind them are two rows of archers, large crossbows, and prepared boulders and logs.

These are all methods of defending the city in the cold weapon era, and are completely useless to the current Imperial Central Army.

"Blow the trumpet! Attack the city!"

Cao Ming issued the order to attack the city.

bang bang bang...

The bullets slanted away like raindrops, and the Zhuang soldiers standing on the city wall fell instantly in pieces.

"Hide! Defend!" the garrison general on the tower shouted loudly.

The shield was raised, and all the Zhuang warriors retreated behind to hide.

To be honest, rifle bullets have strong penetrating power, but they still fail to penetrate these shields. At most, they hit the shield hand or leave a crater on the shield.

"Demolition Team! Enter!"

Cao Ming ordered loudly.

The demolition team came out in larger numbers and rode towards the city gate, holding a shield in one hand and a pistol in the other, and each person carried an explosive pack on their horse.

"Suppress the enemies at the city gate and prevent them from raising their heads!"

Cao Ming shouted loudly.

bang bang bang...

The dense bullets were fired at the top of the city gate like raindrops, hitting the Zhuang warriors so hard that they could not even raise their heads and could only hide behind the city wall or behind their shields.

This undoubtedly gave the demolition team enough time. Their horses were very fast, and they had already reached the city gate with just one charge.

This kind of wooden city gate, no matter how strong it is, is just a thin piece of paper for an explosive pack.

bang bang bang...

Continuous explosions occurred at the city gate. A large hole was blown out of the wooden door, and the door bolt was broken.

boom!
The city gate collapsed.

"Kill! Kill! Kill..."

Accompanied by deafening shouts of killing, the imperial army entered Tangcheng.

There were 10 defenders. In less than [-] minutes, the city gate was breached. A large number of imperial troops entered the city and started street fighting with Zhuang warriors.

The first choice of soldiers to rush into the city quickly occupied the entire city tower, and then extended out to mow down the enemies on the entire city wall.

The archers and crossbowmen behind them also caused a little hindrance to the soldiers attacking the city.

However, their bows, arrows and crossbows only had one chance to fire before being turned into a hornet's nest by pistols.

Because after the army changed into new uniforms, they took off the heavy armor. Although the defense was lowered, the soldiers were more flexible and it was easier to evade.

In this case, every soldier can avoid vital parts, and at most, his hands and feet will be injured.

For them, as long as the bows and crossbows miss their vital points, they can just pull them out and bandage them, and they can immediately go into battle.

With the city tower and city walls completely lost, Cao Ming led his army directly into the city to hunt down the fleeing Zhuang soldiers.

The absolute crushing of hot weapons against cold weapons was a bloody massacre.

As Lu Hao said, there are only two ways for the Zhuang people, either to surrender or to be exterminated!
Cao Ming was leading an army in battle for the first time. Although he was a talent himself, he needed an opportunity to make meritorious deeds and a chance to perform.

Now that Xuanyuan Lingyu has given him a chance, how could he not seize it?

bang bang bang...

Throughout Tangcheng, gunfire broke out all over the place, one after another, and the sound of killings shook the sky.

The soldiers of the Imperial Central Army were chasing after them, and in front were the Zhuang warriors who had fled. However, the people in the city actually chose to close their doors for fear of harming Chiyu.

(End of this chapter)