Hero's army began to retreat like a tide, gradually moving away from the fire coverage.
Lai Gouer waved his hand to stop the bombardment, then ignored the reaction of Hope and others and fell into deep thought.
Unexpectedly, the church had gunpowder weapons.
However, although they have cannons, the quality of the cannons is not as good as ours.
The cannons used on the city walls today are all removed from warships.
The cannons on the warships are still old-style cannons used in earlier years.
The latest Italian artillery was small in size and powerful, but it was not used on his ships.
On the other hand, the opponent's cannon was extremely bulky, even bulkier than his old cannon.
The technology is poor, but the stockpiling materials are insufficient.
Relying on the huge cannon body, it can barely compete with him, but its flexibility is too poor.
The artillerymen operating the artillery on the other side were not very skilled in their movements.
Dajing's artillery has long ago summarized a set of the most efficient operating procedures.
On the opposite side, it was much worse and seemed a little disorganized.
Despite this, the other party still mastered firearms after all, and the intensity and form of the war completely changed.
Although I haven't seen them using muskets, the quality of current bows and arrows cannot be 100% replaced by muskets.
It should be said that the strength of both sides is equal, and his side is still slightly disadvantaged. The biggest advantage is that he is defending the city.
The armies of Hero and the Church were large in number and had no shortage of supplies.
The difficulty of defending the city suddenly doubled.
They were originally planning to repel a group of siege troops and then launch a direct attack on the Holy City.
It seems that there is no chance to leave now, so we can only look for reinforcements from Da Jing and find an opportunity to counterattack.
Otherwise, if the city is captured and the port is lost, it will be extremely difficult to take it back.
After a long time, Lai Gouer said: "Duke, how long will the food in the city be enough to last?"
"Half a year..."
"Um."
Lai Gouer called his deputy and said: "Write two letters immediately, send one to the station, and then ask for the mobilization of troops and firearms. Bring as many firearms as you can. The other letter informs the court that the church has mastered firearms, so that the court can do it early." Get ready, let’s be ready to defend the city, and as soon as reinforcements arrive, we will immediately divide our forces to attack the Holy City.”
"yes!"
The deputy responded and quickly retreated.
Although the first wave of battles quickly retreated, the church's firearms obviously gave the Duke and others a great shock.
The confidence I originally felt has been shaken.
Lai Gou'er patted the Duke's shoulder twice: "Duke, we may have to fight a protracted war. Our guns are stronger, and we have the advantage of being high up, and I have immediately gone to overseas stations to ask for support, waiting for our second batch. As soon as the troops arrive, it’s time to counterattack.”
"Now you must follow the priest to stabilize the situation in the city. There must be no chaos. To control the food, it is best to collect the food in the hands of the people and distribute it centrally. You must also send a group of people to strengthen the city gate and lower the city gate. Block them all for me and don’t let the opponent’s shells penetrate them.”
"You...can you really win? I think the church's weapons are bigger than ours." The Duke said in horror.
Lai Gouer smiled and said, "The bigger the thing is, the better. Look at how heavy their equipment is. If we have enough manpower to rush out and fight with him, how much better are their cannons than scrap metal?"
"And don't worry, the cannons we use now are not the best."
.....
Outside Feka.
Hero's troops and the Temple Army were already five miles away.
At this moment, the army was in panic. After all, the scene of a group of artillery fire just now brought a shock beyond words.
Even though Maude had been in the war for a long time, he was still in shock. After his emotions completely calmed down, he walked to the presiding judge and said word by word: "Presiding judge, I need an explanation."
The presiding judge opened his mouth, panic-stricken and confused: "I don't know, I really don't know...why Feka has such a weapon. General, what should we do now?"
Mod gritted his teeth and said: "What else can we do? Withdraw the troops! Go back and reorganize the manpower. I need the church to provide more resources, otherwise the city will continue to fight."
Withdraw troops?
The presiding judge suddenly calmed down: "We can't withdraw our troops, and we can't even increase our troops! The Holy See has an order to defeat Fika. Now the news of our campaign should have spread out long ago. The Temple Army has been dispatched. If Fika is safe and sound, , I don’t need to tell you what impact it will have on the church?”
The veins on Mod's neck were exposed, and he roared: "How do you want me to fight in this situation now! What kind of bullshit divine punishment weapon is best used to defend the city, this thing is too heavy, it should not be a weapon to attack the city! Now for Fangzheng is holding it to defend the city, but what about us? We can’t even push it away in time!"
"I've warned you a long time ago! We don't have enough troops, we don't have enough troops! You have to at least exceed five times the opponent's strength to be sure, and you have to win quickly, which is simply impossible now."
"If you want to fight this battle, you have to go back and make a long-term plan. Otherwise, are you going to fight with your lives with half the regular army and half the peasant soldiers? Even if we win, there will be only one tenth of our people left!"
One out of ten?
The presiding judge slowly raised his head, one eye still stained red by the cardinal's blood: "If you can beat him down, you don't have to save even one out of ten."
"What are you worried about? It's just that if more people die, the church will compensate you. As long as you agree, money is not an issue. They may even provide you with divine punishment weapons in the future?"
"Damn you! Half of them are my soldiers!" Maude was furious. "If you are not afraid of casualties, the Temple Army can go first, and we will take the rear."
The presiding judge said coldly: "General, which one is more important, the lives of these people, or the face of the church and the Holy See? I don't need to say more, right?"
Maude was furious.
He was right. If he just retreated in despair, the face of the church and the pope would be greatly damaged.
He couldn't bear the consequences, and neither could the emperor.
The presiding judge's voice sounded again: "General, they say you are the best general in the Kingdom of Heroes. Think of a way. It doesn't matter if time is slower now. As long as you can capture the city, the church will definitely reward you." , the Holy See will definitely receive you in person."
Maud's face changed several times, and she passed countless thoughts in her mind, and finally sighed: "If you want to fight... you can, but it will take a few months."
"How many months? Can't it be shorter? Feka is just a small country that cannot be smaller, and fighting it requires..."
"No." Mod shook his head and interrupted him, "Garrison troops here now, start building trebuchets, and arrange trebuchets at the same location to harass the enemy city."
"Can a trebuchet be thrown into the city? Don't fool me." the presiding judge questioned.
The trebuchet, that thing hurled more than 200 meters to the end, and the position where it was fired just now was about 500 meters.
Mod sighed softly: "Use gravel instead to harass the soldiers on the city wall. When the church goes out to conquer the opponent, the morale of the people and the army must be unstable, so they must continue to harass. I think the other divine punishment weapon is going to shoot iron balls, right? That thing is Consumables, we can try to consume the other side’s military supplies.”
"Looking at the size of this city, their food and grass must be limited... Over time, there will probably be trouble within them. Now it's best to go back and find someone to send a fleet to surround their port and prohibit fishing. But you can't get close to the port. , if they deploy divine punishment weapons in the port, all ships will be smashed into sieves."
"That's the general layout. We'll plan in detail later. All we can do is wait for the opportunity and lead the army into the city. As long as we can enter the city smoothly, the follow-up will be simple."
Things changed so suddenly that the presiding judge sighed deeply: "Do as you say, but as soon as possible..."
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