So on the very next day, the Red Lotus Sect army dispatched 10 small troops, each with only more than 300 people, to break through from the Yingzhou Mansion to test the reaction of the People's Army.

The seat of Yingzhou Mansion is in Fuyang, located in the south of the confluence of the Ying River and the Quanhe River, of which the Quanhe River flows through the north of Fuyang City and joins the Yinghe River in the northwest-southeast direction. Usually, the amount of water in the Ying River and the Quan River is not large, and the river surface is only 2 or 300 meters wide, and there are not only bridges erected on the river surface, but also in the shallow and slow flow of the river, so that you can even wade across the river on foot. But now the big water in Anhui Province, although Yingzhou Mansion has not been flooded, but the water level of all rivers in the territory has risen sharply, the river surface is widened, the water depth is rapid, not only is it impossible to wade across the river, even many bridges on the river surface have been washed away by the water, and crossing the Ying River, is the boundary of Fengyang Mansion, so from the direction of Yingzhou Mansion can only avoid Ying River and Quanhe, mainly to the west and south two directions.

The time to break through was from the morning, but by noon and lunch, 5 armies had retreated to Fuyang City, and at least half of them had been lost, and 2 armies even had less than 100 people left, all of which were intercepted by the People's Army without exception and could not be killed, so they had to retreat.

And in the afternoon, there were 2 armies retreated to Fuyang City, and only a few dozen people came back, only the original two armies also encountered the interception of the People's Army in the breakthrough, although they were blocked, but the commanders of these two armies were not willing to break through like this, so they tried in other directions, and as a result, they tried several directions, all of which were intercepted and blocked by the People's Army, and finally they could only retreat to the city. However, the two armies also contained several stragglers from other breakout armies, and according to the stragglers' accounts, it is certain that at least two armies were annihilated by the KPA in the process of breaking out.

By this time, 9 of the 10 armies that broke through had failed, and the last remaining one was probably more than lucky, and this also showed that the People's Army had surrounded Fuyang City and laid a net. At dinner, the last of the breakout troops also retreated into the city, of course, with heavy losses in personnel, and brought another bad news to the city, the People's Army not only surrounded the city of Fuyang, but also blocked the waterways.

It turned out that this army changed several directions in a row to break through, but they were intercepted by the People's Army, unable to break through, and the main general who led the team was unwilling to retreat to the city, so he decided to try his luck by the river, maybe he could find a few boats to cross over, anyway, now there are only more than 100 people left in the team, as long as you can find 5 or 6 boats, you can cross all the troops, although after crossing the river, you can only enter the boundary of Fengyang Mansion, where there is also East China ** but at least you can highlight the encirclement of Yingzhou Mansion, and wait until you get to Fengyang Mansion, and then slowly think of a way. But when they reached the river, they found that there were several iron ships patrolling back and forth on the river, not to mention that there were no boats, and even if they did, it was impossible to cross the river, so they had to retreat to the city.

This plan to disperse and break out of the siege also failed, so the high-ranking personnel of the Red Lotus Sect had no choice but to order the army, close the city gates, strictly guard the city, strengthen the guard, and at the same time negotiate how to surrender with dignity.

In fact, at this time, the People's Army had just arrived in the surrounding areas outside Fuyang City, and had not yet arranged the position fortifications and sentinels, so it did not complete the encirclement of Fuyang City, but only found that the Red Lotus Sect Army broke through, so it dispersed its forces, and took the company as a unit to block it everywhere on the periphery of Fuyang City, although it was necessary to block the breakthrough army of the Red Lotus Sect Army, but a large part of the reason was that the strength of the breakthrough was not much, only more than 300 people, as long as it was intercepted by a company, it could basically be stopped, but if the Red Lotus Sect Army could disperse the army at this time, thousands or tens of thousands of people per road, not only hundreds, and now there are 12 Red Lotus Sect troops in Fuyang City, 30,000 people, it is completely possible to do this. In this way, it would be difficult for the People's Army to intercept all of them by relying on only one company, so that some personnel would be able to successfully break out of the encirclement.

But after successive defeats, now the Red Lotus Sect Army is quite afraid of the People's Army like a tiger, so after knowing that the People's Army has surrounded Fuyang City, it has also lost the courage to break through again, and now the food in Fuyang City can support 3 or 4 months, and for the time being, there is no worry about running out of food.

In fact, the total strength of the People's Army is only about 15,000 or 6,000, compared with the strength of the Red Lotus Army, it is still outnumbered, but Fuyang is not a big city, and 15,000 troops are enough, and it only took 3 days to complete the position. The construction of fortifications formed a comprehensive encirclement of Fuyang City, so at this time, even if the Red Lotus Sect army broke through the encirclement, it would be difficult to break through the interception of the People's Army.

Finally completed the comprehensive encirclement of the Red Lotus Sect army, Luo Yue also breathed a sigh of relief, the entire battle was basically going according to the steps he expected, and now he was short of the last step. However, Luo Yue did not immediately order the siege of the city, but selected a few small leaders of the Red Lotus Sect from among the captives, and asked them to bring letters into the city to persuade the Red Lotus Sect to surrender.

After the person with the letter entered the city, he was immediately welcomed by the high-level personnel of the Red Lotus Sect, because now the Red Lotus Sect wanted to surrender, but it was impossible to find a channel of communication with the People's Army for a while, and the high-level personnel of the Red Lotus Sect were also worried that they would take the initiative to ask the People's Army to surrender, and it would be difficult to obtain the ideal surrender conditions, but now the People's Army took the initiative to persuade them to surrender, of course, they were in the hands of the high-level personnel of the Red Lotus Sect, and some people even had optimism, thinking that although the People's Army's firepower was fierce and its combat power was strong, it was in the field, and the siege war has always been the most difficult battle, and the People's Army would inevitably cause heavy losses if it wanted to capture Fuyang City, so it was just the opportunity to raise the asking priceIt is not only possible to reach an ideal surrender condition, but also to reach a more balanced armistice with the KPA.

This is due to the fact that in Fuyang City, no one has participated in the defense of Huoqiu County, and if he had participated in that battle, he would have understood the ability of the People's Army to attack fortified positions, and would not have such optimistic thoughts.

In such an optimistic mood, the high-ranking personnel of the Red Lotus Sect set out two conditions for surrender, one is that the Red Lotus Sect surrenders to East China as a whole, but maintains its independence, an independent army, and is designated by East China to be stationed, and guarantees the provision of grain, grass, materials, and wages, etc., and at the same time, East China is not allowed to prohibit the missionary activities of the Red Lotus Sect in the area ruled by East China; It is up to the KPA to choose one of these two conditions, and then the two sides will negotiate further details. He also ordered the original person with the letter to bring the conditions of the Red Lotus Sect to Luo Yue.

Luo Yue couldn't help but be angry and funny after reading the conditions of the Red Lotus Sect, he didn't expect the Red Lotus Sect to feel so good about himself, it seems that if he doesn't give the Red Lotus Sect a little color, the Red Lotus Sect will not be honest, so Luo Yue replied to the Red Lotus Sect that the People's Army only accepts the unconditional surrender of the Red Lotus Sect, East China** They will be punished according to the behavior of the Red Lotus Sect's top leaders, and they will not accept any other conditions, nor will they negotiate with the Red Lotus Sect, and at the same time, the Red Lotus Sect will be given two days to think about it, and after two days, if the Red Lotus Sect cannot accept the conditions of the KPA, then the KPA will start attacking, and then the KPA will bear the consequences.

After receiving Luo Yue's reply, the high-level leaders of the Red Lotus Sect immediately exploded. Because unconditional surrender means handing over all life and death to the People's Army, of course they don't do this, and the high-level personnel of the Red Lotus Sect know in their hearts that with their previous actions, once they put life and death into the hands of others, the result is of course only a dead end, since surrender is inevitable to die, then it is better to fight to the death, defend the city, maybe they can fight for a glimmer of life, and many people are still optimistic, thinking that if they can cause a lot of casualties to the People's Army in the defense of the city, the People's Army will change its attitude and return to the conditions put forward by the Red Lotus Sect again。

So two days later, the People's Army launched a full-scale attack on Fuyang City from all directions. Although the 6th Division, which had arrived for reinforcements this time, did not carry artillery, all the mortars were brought, so the fire was still very heavy.

However, Fuyang City is a capital city after all, although it is not a big city in China in this era, but it is much stronger than a small city like Huoqiu County, and after the Red Lotus Sect entered Fuyang City, the city walls of Fuyang City were repaired and reinforced, and the power of mortars is indeed worse than artillery, so if you want to use mortars to blast the walls of Fuyang City, it is indeed a little bullet-free.

But the People's Army does not only have a means of mortar, there is another way to destroy the wall of Fuyang City, that is, blasting, so the mortar strike is only to suppress the fire of the Red Lotus Sect Army, and the powerful deterrent of firepower, and under the cover of mortars and various rifles and machine guns, a demolition team was sent to approach the wall of Fuyang City, set up a ** bag, and carried out blasting.

After a few earth-shattering loud noises, the four walls of Fuyang City were indeed blown up into several large gaps, and the People's Army took advantage of the situation to enter the city of Fuyang City from the gaps.

Of course, although the city wall was breached, if the soldiers of the Red Lotus Sect could resist hard at this time, and make full use of the terrain and numerical advantages in the city, they could still resist for a while, and cause a few casualties to the People's Army, but the soldiers of the Red Lotus Sect were already demoralized, and they could avoid strong support if they were guarding the city wall, but the earth-shattering momentum when they blasted the city wall just now destroyed not only the city wall, but also the last trace of resistance of the soldiers, so after the People's Army entered Fuyang City, the soldiers of the Red Lotus Sect gave up resistance and raised their hands to surrender。