Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

This is how it is in Europe. Although people living in poverty tend to build houses out of wood and thatch, people who have only a little bit of condition are willing to build houses out of stone.

A small town like sini, from the Middle Ages all the way until now, had basically been upgraded from a thatched cottage in history to a small stone building.

The French were on the ground floor, so as long as the soldiers on the second floor destroyed the stairs, the fire would not be able to go on for a long time. Once the floor on the second floor was in danger, the defending soldiers could also move through the skylight.

The most important thing was that the leader had ordered to persevere for half an hour, and Sima Yun had doubled the amount of time he spent previously, which was one hour!

No one knew what would happen in an hour, but the Chinese Army was unconditionally obedient to their leader. No one would ask what would happen in an hour, they were only tenacious, resisting, and as silent and calm as a machine!

However, there were still more than 600 people who did not manage to escape. The remaining citizens of sini and Little Qian were not that calm.

Facing more and more French troops, the timid soldiers and civilians fell into despair. Some were crying while others were screaming hysterically!

"My God! There are more and more enemies, at least ten to twenty thousand! "

"Surrender, we don't want to die …" "I want to leave this place, let me go, I want to leave this place …"

"Scram!" The disheartened soldier turned around and wanted to escape down the stairs, but the Chinese soldier guard kicked him back. "Scram!

How could the soldiers of the Belgium understand Chinese? He did not even know what these people were talking about.

Taking advantage of the soldiers being caught off guard, the defenceless soldier actually ran into a window and jumped straight down.

"I surrender …" I won't fight anymore, I'm from Belgium, not your enemy … "

With a swoosh and a flash of white light, the last half of the retreating soldier's words were cut off from his neck by the French cavalry weapon before he could finish his words.

"Did you see that? This was the result of being a coward! If you want to live, then fight... Is your gun a poker? "

"People don't have weapons, can't you just smash down the furniture? A bunch of cowards! "

The Chinese soldiers were enraged. They swung their guns at these cowards who could only cry and howl. "Stand up!" Resistance! Those who don't want to die, fight back! "Quick, quick, quick …"

Sheep who had never fought before were no match for these ferocious veterans. Under their punches and kicks, these people finally joined the battle.

All the furniture in the room was thrown out. Soldiers with trembling hands pulled the safety catch and fired, but no one knew if they hit the target or not!

The normal night battles had suddenly turned into a stalemate!

No matter what, the French cavalry could not break through the Chinese defense line, the stairs of these buildings were all blocked or destroyed!

To break through such a line of defense, there were only two methods. One was to have the engineers blow up or use cannons to bombard them, and the other was to set them on fire!

There were definitely no more cannons, and there were only a limited amount of explosives. More importantly, the entire French cavalry's target was Xiao Letian and not these ordinary soldiers.

Hence, at that moment, the most intense part of the battle was at the southern city wall. Because the watchtower was right here, and because this was the highest point of the battle, Alfred instinctively thought that Xiao Letian would be here.

Furthermore, the Chinese soldier here resisted the most fiercely, all the paths to the city became killing grounds, clearly a few times stronger than their military strength and yet they were still unable to break through.

"Never mind the buildings of the city! If there was an attack, just set fire to it... Our only goal is Xiao Letian! "

Under Alfred's strict orders, the cavalrymen gave up on their entanglement with the city guards, setting fire to them whenever they encountered an attack. Even if they suffered losses, they could only endure.

Slowly, the Sony Town began to be engulfed by the flames. Although the fireproof capabilities of the stone houses were superior, a large amount of wood was still used inside the houses.

The soldiers who couldn't hold on could only escape through the skylight, moving towards the surrounding buildings from the rooftops. However, as soon as they appeared, they were shot by the French outside, causing the casualties to intensify.

Xiao Letian held onto his pocket watch, and watched the second hand and the minute hand spin, his expression as cold as ice!

"It's already been thirty-five minutes, why hasn't the Dragon Guards made any movements yet?" These Frenchmen are crazy, they're all crazy... "

At this time, Luo Huo and Sima Yun stumbled over the city walls and when they saw Xiao Letian running towards them without saying a word, they immediately hugged him.

"It's useless for you to say anything now, I'm risking my life to protect you!"

"Sima Yun! Blow the assembly sign, release the flames that break through the encirclement... "" The fire? "" The fire that breaks out of the circle? "" No, no! We're protecting the Führer as he breaks out of the siege of the North! "The rest of my brothers will use their lives to hold the French back for me!"

"Even if they all die in battle, we have to get the leader out of here alive!"

Xiao Letian struggled with all his might but Luo Huo's hands were like pincers, unable to break free no matter how hard he tried. I have already sent people to the north, we will soon destroy the Zemuwa River, and we will drown them with water … "

"No!" I absolutely cannot let you continue taking risks! " Sima Yun stomped his feet and roared, "Your people have already left for thirty-five minutes! Why is there no movement up till now? "

"So what if it exploded? You can't stay in the water! "Right now, you must break through the encirclement and go to the high ground outside the city. Where is the safest place …"

Xiao Letian shouted in anger, "Let go of me, if you can't find the answer, I won't leave! "Let me go, I still have a backup …"

Just as the three of them were entangled with each other, muffled sounds like thunder suddenly came from the north, rumbling … Rumble …

"Hahaha …" Xiao Letian immediately laughed out wildly, "Did you all hear that? He had succeeded, he had succeeded! The riverbank has been blown up! "

Alfred, who was directing the battle, also heard the strange thunder of the north. "What is this?" Thunder or artillery? It doesn't even sound like it? "

An ominous feeling rose in his heart. "Pass down the order, the enemy will most likely have reinforcements. End the battle as soon as possible …"

"I really can't … Then let's not bother with the living Xiao Letian … Collect all the explosives and blow the wall under the observatory to pieces! "

A veteran of the battlefield had a very sensitive sixth sense. Although he could not guess what the strange thunderclaps from the north were, it definitely would not be beneficial to him!

In order to avoid any unexpected incidents, he decided to change his plan and bring Xiao Letian's body back to Paris.

Very quickly, the last explosives of the French Army were gathered together. Their target was the foundation of the walls under the observatory.