Chapter 220: The City is Broken

"I'm going to capture Hanyang no matter what!" Li Cunhuan muttered firmly, raised his head, and looked sharply at Hanyang City in the distance, which was still towering, was already a little more decadent. Although he held Hanyang City, why didn't Zhen Xuan pay the price?

"Drumming! Besiege! Li Cunhuan said indifferently.

Amid the beating of drums, the army marched out of camp according to the predetermined plan and lined up in the open field outside the city of Hanyang. To the south were 10,000 Andong troops and 20,000 Goguryeo soldiers led by Zhou Dewei himself. In the north, they were the weakest, with 10,000 Bohai soldiers led by the prince of Bohai, and 5,000 cavalry led by Xue Atan, who was sent by Li Cunhuan to suppress the formation, but their role was more to contain the defenders of Hanyang City and prevent the Gong descendants from breaking through, after all, they were behind the mountains, and it was easier to avoid Li Cunhuan's search.

And Li Cunhuan himself led 35,000 men to personally attack at the West Gate, which is undoubtedly the direction of the main attack. Outside the west gate, there is a dirt mountain that took two months to build up manually, and the earth mountain is eight feet high, about 25 meters high. Trebuchets, bed crossbows, bronze cannons, and watchtowers are placed on it.

Lee Cun-hwan rode the angry lion up to Tushan Mountain, where he could overlook most of Hanyang City. Walk up to the three-foot watchtower, and the war has begun.

In the midst of the roar, the bronze artillery opened fire first, and the fierce shelling was so intense that all the Baekje soldiers could not react, and it was the first time they faced this thunderous weapon.

Many Baekje soldiers were so frightened that some of them even fell to the ground and recited Buddhist scriptures. They also heard about Li Cunhuan's vision of resurrection due to golden light, but because of Zhen Xuan's negative publicity, many people thought it was false. But now everything has changed, and they, who have never seen gunpowder weapons, are beginning to believe that this is true.

It's one thing for soldiers to be wary of people, but it's another thing to fight against the Emperor, who they think will be damned. More importantly, can he win with Tiandou? The soldiers were in chaos, and at this time, under the bombardment of trebuchets and bronze artillery, the walls of Hanyang Fortress finally collapsed, and the collapse of a section of the city wall was such a spectacular thing! Many more believe it was a vision from above.

"O manifestation of the Buddha! O manifestation of the Buddha! Amid the nervous shouts of the soldiers, Hanyang City, which had been held for nearly three months, could not escape the end of the city's destruction. Yelu Abaoji took the lead in crossing the collapsed city wall with his sharp Tang knife and his own soldiers and horses.

"Kill! Stop them! Zhen Xuan held a spear and roared hoarsely. Soldiers kept pouring in. But it was obviously of no use, and many of the soldiers were already frightened, and they stood in confusion, or ran around in confusion, or fled in terror.

Hanyang City now seems to have become an ant nest on the fire, and Lu Longjun is entering Hanyang City in an orderly manner, slowly but orderly occupying the commanding heights of Hanyang City. One arrow tower after another on the city wall was pulled out and replaced with the longbowmen of the Lu Long Army, constantly striking the rebellious Baekje soldiers from a distance.

"Long live Datang! Banzai! The Great General is mighty! A shout of excitement drew Zhen Xuan's attention to the city gate.

The Baekje banner on the tall castle tower has disappeared, replaced by a large flag with the character of Tang symbolizing the Tang Dynasty, fluttering in the wind in the fireworks, a soldier named Lu Longjun is stirring the wheel, with the agitation of the wheel, the all-iron cast jack gate slowly rises, and the city gate is also open.

"Your Majesty, what should I do now?" A Baekje general ran to Zhen Xuan's side, looked at Zhen Xuan in a panic and asked. Now Zhen Xuan is his only hope.

"Withdraw! , retreat into the inner city! The city is in the people, and the city is dead! Zhen Xuan glanced at the irreversible situation nearby, gritted her teeth, and said decisively.

"Yes! The last general will also fight with His Majesty until the last moment. Fighting for Baekje, before the blood was shed to the last drop, he also swore to defend Hanyang Fortress to the death!! General Baekje glanced at Zhen Xuan with a little excitement, and roared in an impassioned voice.

"Retreat!" Zhen Xuan hatefully looked at the big banner with the Tang character planted on the city tower, turned around, and retreated to the inner city of Hanyang City under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers.

"Kill! Don't let the traitor Zhen Xuan run away! Yelu Abaoji, who had just found Zhen Xuan, roared angrily, raised the Tang knife, and led more than a dozen personal soldiers around him to kill.

"Swear to protect Your Majesty!" General Baekje roared loudly, rushed forward with dozens of soldiers around him, and fought with Yelu Abaoji, buying time for Zhen Xuan to retreat.

"Your Majesty!" As soon as they came to the gate of the inner city, a cavalry rushed over, and ten more than ten soldiers hurriedly picked up their spears and aimed them at the cavalry rushing forward.

The cavalry hurriedly reined in the reins of the horse, and finally stopped before hitting the spear, but it could no longer keep up with the spear that scolded the soldiers, and reported with a pale face: "Your Majesty, the south gate has been broken, please do something about it as soon as possible!" After saying that, he quickly ran to other places to report the news, and he couldn't keep up with the honorable Baekje King Zhen Xuan.

Zhen Xuan's face turned pale, he had already foreseen that the outer city would be lost, but judging from the situation that the southern city was lost so quickly, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness of Zhou Dewei in the southern city is not trivial.

"Your Majesty, don't enter the inner city, I'm afraid you've entered, the inner city is a situation where trapped beasts are still fighting!" Zhen Xuan's guard officer couldn't help but admonish.

"Your Majesty, we are not afraid of dying in battle, but Your Majesty is concerned about the safety of Baekje, I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" A few henchmen and guards couldn't help but persuade them.

Zhen Xuan knew that if she left from here, she might not be able to set foot in this city in the future. But as the guard officer and his own soldiers said, once he entered the inner city, then Zhen Xuan was really trapped in this city. The inner city is different from the outer city, and the outer city also has a secret passage to the Han River, but the inner city does not. Not even a tunnel leading out of the city.

In other words, if he Zhen Xuan stays here, if he is unsuccessful...... It will be benevolent. This is not a verbal statement, it is a real action, which makes Zhen Xuan very hesitant.

"Your Majesty! Make a decision! The enemy is coming. The guard officer gritted his teeth, took a step forward, and spoke.

Sure enough, the words of the guard officer did not fall for long, and a shout of killing sounded nearby, and the momentum became louder and louder, and it was estimated that it was getting closer and closer to the inner city. The cheers were like an hourglass, and the soft sand kept flowing from the mouth of the hourglass, taking time away little by little, and forcing Zhen Xuan to make a final decision.

"Notify the Han River! Ready to retreat......" Zhen Xuan gritted her teeth, raised her head and took a deep look at Hanyang City, and without looking back, under the escort of all the soldiers, she hurried towards the east gate, they must step on the secretly arranged fast boat before Li Cunhuan broke through the east gate, otherwise Zhen Xuan would not want to swim across the Han River even if he was a fish.

"Yes!" The guards and their soldiers responded excitedly, and they finally didn't have to defend in this desperate Hanyang City.

Without Zhen Xuan's command and prestige, the defense of Hanyang City collapsed in an instant, like a castle built with fine sand, which was restored to its original state in a moment in the face of a downpour.

Although there was still sporadic resistance, by dusk, when Li Cunhuan set foot in this city, Hanyang City was completely under the control of Lu Longjun. In this battle, the Baekje army suffered heavy losses, except for Zhen Xuan who escaped with dozens of personal soldiers, the 40,000 Baekje army either died or surrendered, or hid in a common people's house. But Li Cunhuan was not too powerful, he had already ordered all the people in Hanyang City not to go out, and sent soldiers to start the investigation.

Soldiers can disguise civilians, but they can't change the traces of their being soldiers at all, such as calluses on their hands, calluses caused by holding side heads and farming are different from those caused by holding weapons, and that temperament.

Now all Lee needs to do is build a temporary pontoon bridge and drive the army into the hinterland of Baekje. But...... Thinking of this, Li Cunhuan couldn't help but show a touch of triumph. "I hope I can still make it!" Li Cunhuan said something that everyone didn't quite understand, as if Li Cunhuan was hiding some important plan.

ps: Finally got out of a chapter, 2,500 words, it should be worthy of everyone, right? Mu Mu is now sorting out his thoughts, and this time will fall into a period of renewal downturn. Thank you for your understanding.

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