Just in case, Han Tong ordered all armies not to advance inward after occupying the city wall.

At the same time, a cavalry team and an army of 50,000 were sent to the back of the city to intercept and prevent the enemy from escaping.

Immediately, 10,000 cavalry sorted, divided into three routes, and each went to encircle it, followed by 50,000 infantry, who were also ordered to go.

Han Tong stood on the chariot and looked at Dongyang City.

In the eyes of others, this war may have ended, but in his eyes, it has only just begun.

Because, this war has been carried out so far, it is no longer a simple siege war, but a war of annihilation.

The purpose of breaking through Dongyang City is not to occupy this city, but to smash the turtle shells of those regular troops, completely expose them to the powerful Cang army, and then annihilate them one by one.

Judging from the information obtained, there are at least 50,000 regular troops in Dongyang City, and if you add the government soldiers, there are about 80,000 or 90,000.

Such a large army is worth taking seriously, and once it is annihilated, it will definitely affect the entire battle situation.

At noon, the Suzaku Legion made another move, opening the way with a repeating crossbow chariot and slaughtering all the way to the city.

"General, are we going to rush out and fight?"

In the city, the 80,000 Sheng troops performed their duties, and they all looked at their respective generals, one of the subordinates of the 3,000-strong team, and asked their generals so.

The 3,000 generals shook their heads: "Don't be impatient, everyone, the strength of the Cang army is too fierce, there are crossbow chariots to open the way, and there are cavalry to cover the killing, we have no strength to fight at all, for today's plan is to start a street battle with the enemy, reduce the advantage of the Cang army as much as possible, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack." ”

Street fighting?

The soldiers around him stopped talking.

Since ancient times, whenever it is time to start a street battle, that is, when there is a total rout, it is rare to rely on the street battle to turn defeat into victory, and there is still a way to survive in the face of incompetent enemy generals, if you encounter a well-disciplined and orderly enemy army, it will be difficult.

The generals of Cangguo are obviously not mediocre generals, and Han Tong, the generalissimo of the Vermilion Bird Legion, and Deng Zhi, the commander of the Shengguo country, are not weak in command.

The so-called street fighting is destined to become a situation, and under the encirclement and suppression of 200,000 people, it would be good to be able to escape.

This kind of doubt and fear is not limited to this 3,000-man team.

In fact, from the moment they knew that they were going to start a street fight, fear and hesitation had been spreading among the Sheng army, and everyone thought that they would surrender or retreat, which was a way to save their lives, but none of the soldiers below thought that what awaited them would be a tragic street battle.

The feeling of not knowing how many companions there were around was so terrifying that the few soldiers who had experienced street fighting had already begun to tremble.

Surrender, isn't it good?

Many soldiers have such an idea, if it was three years ago, maybe they couldn't wipe their face, shouting for the country's loyalty and rushing up to fight, then now the situation is completely different, the court is chaotic, the government is corrupt, the people are struggling to make a living, that bullshit emperor for his own throne, hard to exploit the people, this time he is simply afraid of death, gave up the throne to the prince, and became the emperor himself.

As the so-called soldiers instigate one, they will instigate a nest, and the emperor has taken the lead in running, is there anything wrong with everyone running along?

Look at the people of the cave country, which one is not nourished now?

Looking at the captives who surrendered to Cangguo, they may be sleeping lazily with their mother-in-law in the bed.

In short, under the infiltration and propaganda of public opinion in Cangguo, the soldiers were more or less affected, and between death and surrender, they were more inclined to the latter.

"It's coming!"

Suddenly, there was a low shout.

Sure enough, there was a sound of fighting on the street in the distance, and flags were fluttering, apparently the rest of the troops had begun to fight fiercely with the Cang army.

80,000 Sheng soldiers and soldiers, crowded in a small border city to fight fiercely with the enemy, their bloated self-evident.

"Look, there's smoke over there!"

Someone noticed that there was a puff of smoke billowing from the residential area in the city.

In fact, since the siege of the city by the Cang army, most of the people in the entire city have fled from the city with their families, even if the remaining few old, weak, sick and disabled people can't walk, they will definitely not make a fire to cook at this time.

After a while, smoke billowed from many places in the city, and the whole city was like a sieve, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger.

Enemy arson!

The hearts of all the officers and men of the Sheng army sank, because of the street fighting, so the 80,000 defenders were fighting separately, each force was at most 3,000 people, and they could only fight separately, the order of the main general was almost useless, perhaps only the war drums of the gathered troops could be heard.

Under the fire burning the city, how can there be street fighting?

There is no need to wait for the enemy army to attack the city, and even if everyone is not burned to death in the city, they will be starved of food and grass.

When the enemy is outside, no one can escape.

This is not a profound art of war, as long as some generals who have read the art of war know this truth, and the results are also summed up in thousands of battles in history.

It can be seen that the generals of Cangguo are also fighting a battle against street battles in a regular manner, even in street battles, they still occupy the initiative from the beginning.

The fire burned bigger and bigger, and in everyone's anxious waiting, the Cang army never continued to attack.

This made the Sheng army in ambush stunned again, if the Cang army did not enter the city, how could everyone fight in the streets?

Do you want to wait for the fire to go out and then fight head-on?

The thought of the word decisive battle sent chills down everyone's spine.

How did the 600,000 army of the Dong Kingdom fall in the first place?

Isn't it a head-to-head showdown?

Nowadays, the army of Cangguo is even stronger than in the past, there are 200,000 people in the Suzaku Legion alone, I am afraid that it is enough to fight against 800,000 people, how can I fight against these 80,000 people?

Deadlocked......

Very awkward stalemate......

The battle gradually turned into a psychological warfare, the Suzaku Legion was not close, and the Sheng soldiers were also engaged in a fierce ideological struggle, judging when the Cang army would attack, struggling between surrender and escape.

An Hour......

Two Hours......

Three Hours......

When the time came to evening, Dongyang City had already been reduced to a sea of fire, and the fire was transparent and visible for ten miles.

All the Sheng troops withdrew from the alleys, and under the smoking, some people coughed from time to time, and some people went around looking for water to drink.

"Withdraw—"

At this moment, a loud shout was heard, and a man of 3,000 men was going out of the city with his soldiers.

The general Wang Lan raised his hand and wanted to scold, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back.