Of course, Shenwu Yuan wasn't idle either. He had his subordinates restore order to his supply troops, tally the losses, and had his artillerymen reload the cannons, making ready for another round of battle.
Unfortunately, the rate of fire of the muzzle-loading cannon was indeed heartbreakingly slow, and the losses in the rear were severe, the chaos significant, so these tasks wasted a considerable amount of time for the Shenwu military.
By the time Shenwu Yuan was ready again, his current strength no longer held any clear advantage.
He didn't know that the troops in front of him had grown from over 400 to nearly 600, nor was he aware that the enemy's firepower had more than doubled!
With the addition of a second machine gun, troops from the Great Tang Group could be said to be invincible. The attacks of the Shenwu military were simply suicide and posed no substantial threat.
