The eight Qin soldiers who were blocked at the city gate had extremely determined expressions on their faces and looked down upon death!
The fuse of the explosive pack was instantly ignited.
boom!
In an instant, the explosive packs piled outside the city gate exploded with a bang. An explosion like a thunderous thunder spread throughout the entire city. The huge fire and impact instantly drowned several Qin soldiers, and they quickly rushed in. At the city gate, crowds spread outward.
The entire Nancheng trembled slightly under such a violent explosion.
The city gate, which had been hit several times with siege engines without any movement, was suddenly destroyed by explosives. The aftershock of the explosion was like a shock wave, destroying the city gate. The door flew backwards into the city. The Japanese soldiers behind the city gate were horrified, and they were instantly swallowed up by the fire.
Those that were slightly further away were knocked away by the flying city gates, and others were knocked to the ground by the overflowing residual power. Their internal organs were shattered, and large mouthfuls of blood spit out from their mouths.
This kind of power made the Japanese soldiers behind the city gate dumbfounded. The power of the explosives was so powerful that it blew even a solid city gate like theirs to pieces, and behind the city gate, dozens of soldiers were either dead or injured.
"General, the city gate was blown open by the Qin army." Looking at the blown city gate, the deputy general next to Fujiwara Yoshitaka immediately became nervous.
Without the city gate, the focus of the Qin army's attack will be placed at the city gate. They will have to face the possibility of being killed by the Qin army at any time.
"Why are you panicking?" Fujiwara Yoshika yelled at the latter.
Upon seeing this, the Japanese shield soldiers immediately organized a defensive formation at the city gate. Rows of heavy shields made of iron were immediately stationed at the city gate. Behind the heavy shield soldiers, a row of bows and arrows were fired. hands, followed by peltasts holding round shields.
"attack!"
The flames at the city gate became much smaller, and the figures of the Qin soldiers immediately emerged and rushed towards the Japanese soldiers.
The archers of the two armies fired at each other, each suffering casualties; and the Qin soldiers' suicidal attacks caused the Japanese soldiers to suffer a lot. Even when fighting in a foreign country, the Qin soldiers were still able to show their determination to be brave and not afraid of death.
The whole day's fighting made the armies on both sides very tired! In particular, the Japanese soldiers, as the defenders, were under great pressure. Although the Qin soldiers fought fiercely, they also suffered heavy losses.
It’s just one day! The Japanese soldiers suffered nearly four thousand casualties. Although the Qin army's casualties were not as high as those of the Japanese soldiers, they still suffered two to three thousand casualties.
In the back camp of the Qin army, the tents were full of injured soldiers. They did not bring enough medical personnel, so they could only send some soldiers to the back camp to help.
Qi Lanyin and other generals came to inspect the wounded soldiers in the rear camp. Some were slightly injured, some were burned, and some were missing arms and legs. The entire rear camp was filled with the wails of Qin soldiers. . It made Qi Lanyin feel very uncomfortable. These soldiers were all soldiers who had been with him through life and death! He looked extremely worried.
He now finally understood why Dongfang Yu was so enthusiastic about the invention of thermal weapons. On the battlefield, thermal weapons absolutely occupy an overwhelming position.
"General, in the battle to protect the country, the Japanese soldiers are united. Those Japanese soldiers have never been so strong. Our losses today are so heavy! If this continues, even if we capture Nancheng, we still have tens of thousands of troops. How many will be left?" Yang Wen frowned and couldn't help but say.
Seeing so many casualties among the soldiers, Yang Wen felt very uncomfortable.
Qi Lanyin's eyes were unblinking as he looked at the soldiers, thinking deeply in his mind.
Then, he glanced at the gloomy sky and said, "It's going to rain!"
Yang Wen was confused by this question. As a naval general, he would naturally know how to check the weather.
"It's going to rain. It's been gloomy these past few days."
"That's good, let's go back and take a good look at the terrain!" Qi Lanyin said immediately.
"Um?"
Yang Wen was a little confused. He was inspecting the wounded barracks so well, why did he suddenly have to look at the terrain again!
In the south city!
The palace!
After blocking the crazy attack of the Qin army today, the Yoshida guards finally breathed a sigh of relief. Today's defensive battle fully proved that their Japanese soldiers can withstand the Qin army's attack.
If this continues, within half a month, the Qin army will retreat without success.
"Three generals, you worked hard today, you fought well!" Mamoru Yoshida said.
However, in Mamoru Yoshida's mind, as long as he could defend the city, it didn't matter how many of them died.
However, the three of them were extremely worried.
"Your Majesty, today our army relied on the complete defense facilities to resist the Qin army. As time goes by, all the defense weapons prepared by our Nancheng will be squandered. By then, I don't know what will happen. , can it still resist the Qin army's attack?" Furuya Changyi, as the leader of the generals, naturally has to analyze the situation of the entire battlefield clearly.
In addition, the south city gate has been breached today, and it will be even more difficult to defend it tomorrow. They lost all their elite troops in this battle. If they continue to fight like this, they will lose all their troops. , at that time, what will they use to fight the Qin army.
Not only Furuya Shoichi was worried, but the other two generals were also very worried.
When the three of them said this, Mamoru Yoshida's expression gradually became serious, "What good ideas do the three generals have?"
"Your Majesty, the general feels that in order to resist the Qin army, our army can bring all the newly recruited soldiers and horses to the front line to protect the elite of our army to the greatest extent. Besides, this south city is not Are there many ordinary people left? Pull them all out and go to the front line to defend. To protect our own homeland, these ordinary people should not just lock themselves at home and watch this battle." General Kasai Kiyoshi suggested.
In the eyes of some people, the life and death of ordinary people is not valuable at all.
"No, resolutely not. The reason why we fight to the death with the Qin army is to protect the people of the Japanese Dynasty. If! Let our fellow villagers go to the city to defend the enemy, it will definitely make the soldiers guarding the city dissatisfied, and even Start a mutiny! This general disagrees with this proposal. If it is necessary for General Kasa to do this, then please first bring his wife, children, and children to the city to defend the city!" General Furuya Shoichi retorted directly.
At this time, there were some contradictions within the Japanese country. The literati naturally hoped that this war would not continue.
After all, they are also afraid of death! This is the same as in the Central Plains, in all dynasties, there are always a few people who are greedy for life and fear death and are traitors.
