Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 952 Long-range Attack

In the blurred vision, it seemed to be a woman.

I heard that the pirate commander-in-chief is a woman, and she seems to be very beautiful.

Hu Jincai felt a little regretful that he didn't have the ability of a boss to lead his troops to capture these pirates and catch that woman so that he could see clearly how beautiful she was.

While he was daydreaming, he felt the ground shaking, followed by a loud explosion, as if it was going to tear his eardrums.

Hu Jincai almost fell down, and a guard came over to support him.

"Fuck, you didn't even tell me before you started fighting."

Everyone smiled bitterly. This first shot scared everyone.

Especially Atsumi Akiyama, who was still sitting on the top of the city wall, stared blankly at the sky with his eyes, which were intimidating without being angry but very attractive.

Following the sound of the explosion, a black dot seemed to appear in the air, flying far into the city.

Before the black dot flew into the city, explosions were heard everywhere, accompanied by the shaking of the city walls, and many black dots flew into the city from several directions.

The first black dot finally fell into the buildings in the city.

In a moment, a burst of fire accompanied by countless pieces of wood flew into the air.

More than a dozen black spots fell into the buildings in the city, exploding into a pile of messy debris.

Soon, a building began to catch fire. The wooden building was hit by the flames and the wind, and the fire quickly spread to the side.

Atsumi Akiyama felt that he had miscalculated and forgot that artillery could cause fire.

Most of the buildings in the city are made of wood, and bricks and stones are rarely used. How can there not be a fire if there is an open flame?

It seems that the Zhenxi Army has no intention of attacking the city. They only have artillery in the early stage and will enter the city in the later stage.

Atsumi Akiyama gritted his teeth, stared at the fire in the city, and silently calculated the time in his mind.

If the ambush team is withdrawn, the street fighting will not be possible.

If the soldiers are not evacuated, they will be burned to death in the fire areas.

Without their own orders, the soldiers lying in ambush inside did not dare to leave their positions and could only avoid the flames in a small area.

But the fire was over a large area, where could we hide?

Except for the south gate, the other three sides of the Funing Prefecture City were bombarded. The Zhenxi Army's target was the buildings in the city.

They weren't there to hit people, they were there to light fires.

The wind is a bit strong today, so the fire is more intense.

If we wait any longer, many of the people lying in ambush inside will be burned to death, and the losses will gradually increase over time.

After waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, Atsumi Akiyama saw the fire growing bigger and bigger, so he had to order all the troops to withdraw from the ambush point.

As the order was passed down, countless pirate soldiers in the buildings in the city began to run out in panic.

The sound of artillery fire outside the city continued, and shells hit the houses and buildings one by one, turning them into ruins.

Hu Jincai also counted to a quarter of an hour. He waved his hand, and the messenger immediately raised the red flag and waved it.

The 15,000-man long-range attack battalion arrayed under the moat was also divided into three groups: east, west, and north. The entire camp was divided into groups of three, who deployed their foot crossbows, loaded them with thick crossbow arrows, and adjusted their directions.

An officer shouted loudly: "Shoot, shoot!"

Along with the shouts, the sound of bowstrings clacking everywhere almost drowned out the sound of cannons. The soldiers in the team could only hear the sound of bowstrings and the whizzing and screaming of feathered arrows flying out.

Looking up, I saw a dark shadow rushing into the sky. Five thousand crossbow arrows were divided into three parts, like three dark clouds blown by the strong wind, passing over the high city walls and floating towards the buildings in the city.

Every alley was filled with pirate soldiers who had just evacuated. In order to avoid the fire, they were all crowding and running out of the alleys.

I didn't notice at all, why did the sky suddenly darken?

Many pirate soldiers looked up in astonishment, only to find that a large number of feather arrows were falling like a rainstorm.

Before their screams were still stuck in their throats, they were pierced by countless arrows. Some were nailed to the ground, and some crawled down but still could not escape the crossbow arrows.

Atsumi Akiyama was still sitting in the arrow tower above the city gate. She looked blankly at the Zhenxi Army outside the city. From time to time, black clouds rose from the square formation.

The sound of artillery fire continued.

An attack like this, while causing considerable damage to her team, would not last.

After all, weapons and equipment are too expensive, and a shot like this would probably cost a lot of money.

There are so many feather arrows, and each one needs to be made with silver.

She clenched her fist so tightly that her entire hand turned white.

Atsumi Akiyama persisted, betting that the artillery and archery attacks of the Zhenxi Army would end soon, and the attack of the soldiers would follow.

Unexpectedly, a quarter of an hour later, the bombardment was still going on, and crossbow arrows were still rising from the square formation, floating over the city wall, and pouring into the buildings in the city.

Although the pirate soldiers had found cover and reduced the lethality of their bows and arrows to a minimum, the Zhenxi Army was still attacking from a distance and no soldiers appeared at the city gate.

"Damn, how many arrows do they have?"

More and more buildings in the city caught fire, most of which were wooden buildings. The fire spread, making it impossible for many soldiers to hide inside.

Anyone who stood up and ran to avoid the fire would be shot by crossbows and knocked down.

Finally, the artillery fire and crossbow arrows stopped after two quarters of an hour.

Atsumi Akiyama didn't count how many shots were fired in total.

But the city was already in chaos.

Xi Niang stood not far from a cannon position, and she was counting the number of artillery fire seriously.

A total of eighteen cannons were used, each firing twelve shots, for a total of two hundred and sixteen shots.

Almost all the artillery pieces had their long barrels stained red.

Even through the city wall, she could see the billowing smoke, and in the black smoke, there were faint red flames flashing.

The entire Funing City has been shrouded in thick smoke.

Xi Niang felt that it was time for the soldiers to charge, but she didn't know where Lin Feng had gone or when the order would reach her.

All we can do is wait.

Hu Jincai had received an order that all soldiers of the long-range attack battalion should abandon their foot crossbows and carry repeating crossbows, and begin to assemble their troops and enter the city of Funing Prefecture.

Their orders were to attack the enemy only with crossbows and not engage in close combat.

It means circling the buildings in the city and attacking the pirates with crossbows.

Fifteen thousand soldiers from the long-range attack camp assembled their troops and began to march towards the city gate one after another.

Atsumi Akiyama finally saw the Zhenxi Army entering the city, but the troops inside the city were already in chaos, leaving no room for an ambush.

Helplessly, she ordered the team to quickly retreat towards the south gate.

We can’t win, we really can’t win, so we might as well withdraw from Funing Prefecture and try to fight again.

Atsumi Akiyama brought his guards from the city wall to the south gate, calling on the troops that had arrived to assemble at the foot of the city.

After crossing the moat, the vanguard retreated eastward.

Atsumi Akiyama had his men count the number of soldiers, and left the officers behind to continue waiting for the soldiers who had escaped from the city.