Chapter 969: Where Did I Fail?

Liyin City

With the addition of the Jingbu Battalion, the battle situation on the city wall gradually became clearer, although Yan Zeng's pro-battalion also pounced, but in front of those Jingbu Battalion soldiers who were already good at fighting alone and had been trained for a long time, their combat power was still slightly inferior.

If these quacks were all lone wolves before they joined the Black Flag Army, then the Black Flag Army gathered them into a wolf pack.

Perhaps few people have ever seen the scene of wolves hunting on the grassland, but if they do, they will definitely remember it for the rest of their lives. It was the most primitive violence and blood, a kind of greed that seemed endless. That kind of fight is more direct and more tragic than slashing with a knife and stabbing with a spear.

The soldiers of the Jingbu Battalion are a group of wolves who have turned their weapons into wolf teeth. They learned to cooperate, but they still maintained the methods of killing people. Such a group of people, even if they faced Yan Zeng's own soldiers, they were like wolves pounced on the sheep, unstoppable.

Yan Zeng knew that there was a lot of luck in the battle, so he ordered the city gate to be blocked with sandbags at the beginning. The gate hole is more than ten meters long, full of stones and sandbags, and it is extremely difficult to open no matter how fierce the artillery fire is. He was guarding against the battering ram of the Black Flag Army, and he also effectively defended against the artillery of the Black Flag Army.

but

There is no such thing as a truly perfect thing.

Even Chang'an City has weaknesses, but this weakness is not in Chang'an City itself.

The Black Flag Army gradually occupied the city walls and began to storm in the direction of the city gates. The defenders on both sides began to panic, so much so that more and more Black Flag troops climbed up the ladder from the front. When the large siege equipment came up, it seemed that the offensive and defensive battle of Liyin City had come to an end.

Siege engines, a huge mobile device that does not have the ability to storm the city walls, but can keep the archers of the attacking side at the same height as the archers of the defenders on the walls, and after the loss of the condescending advantage, the formation of the defenders begins to be untenable. There were at least 20,000 defenders in Liyin City, but the city walls were only so wide and long that 20,000 people could not be lined up.

"Let the auxiliaries go up and open the gates!"

Xiahou Baichuan ordered loudly.

Under the protection of the shield-bearers, the lightly armed auxiliaries quickly ran to the outside of the city gate. The heavy gate had already been shattered by artillery fire, and some of the stones and sandbags inside had been hollowed out. The auxiliaries suffered the greatest losses when they rushed over, but when they reached the bottom of the city walls, the casualties were much smaller.

However, the problem faced by the defenders was the same, the gate hole was only so big that it could not accommodate too many people, so the speed of clearing the gate was not fast.

With the loss of the city wall, the defenders were forced to retreat to the city wall, and it had been more than two hours since the attack began, and the losses of both sides were more than the commanders of the two sides had expected. Yan Zeng didn't expect the Black Flag Army to be so elite, and Xiahou Baichuan didn't expect the defenders to be so tenacious.

The capture of the city wall did not mean that the battle in Liyin City was almost over, but the beginning of a more tragic battle. The defenders began to fight the Black Flag Army street by street, each street covered with corpses. When they arrived in the city, the defenders could spread out, and the terrain was more familiar, so the Black Flag army that attacked the city at the beginning was at an absolute disadvantage, and it was not able to advance even a single step forward for a long time.

"The gates are opened!"

With a burst of cheers from the auxiliaries, Xiahou Baichuan could finally breathe a sigh of relief: "Andrew, let your firearms battalion go forward!" ”

Andrew, who had long been impatient, agreed loudly, and then personally rushed in from the city gate with the musket battalion. With the addition of the musket battalion, the Black Flag Army gradually seized the advantage. Without the presence of the firearms battalion, it would have been a close war. When the Black Flag Army attacked, the losses were much greater than now!

And Yan Zeng may not lose control of the city wall.

With the influx of the Black Flag Army, Liyin City entered a street battle.

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The sunset is red

Special red

But it is not as red as the color in Liyin City, and the color on any street is heavier than the sunset. If the color of the sunset is a red brush, then the red on the street is the intensity of splashing ink. The blood flowed to the low-lying areas, and soon small puddles of blood were formed.

The sound of the boots stepping on the bluestone pavement is like stepping on the mud, and each time the foot falls and lifts up, it will bring up the blood. After the firearms battalion entered Liyin City, the rout of the defenders began to accelerate, and when the light cavalry of the Black Flag Army broke in, the fierce street fighting was also over.

Before the sun set, the Black Flag Army finally breached the lonely city.

With the huge advantage of the firearms battalion, the battle of the Black Flag Army was still very difficult.

Fang Xie did not interfere with Xiahou Baichuan's command, he just sent someone to tell Xiahou Baichuan a word, those with weapons in the city will not be killed. It's a deterrent, a deterrent to the human heart. No matter how elite the army is, there will be people who are more afraid of death, and there will be people who will break down psychologically faster. And when one man dropped his weapon, the plague spread.

"The order goes down, all the soldiers of the garrison who have been captured or surrendered are not allowed to scold and insult, and those who resist stubbornly will be given a good time."

When Fang Xie slowly walked into Liyin City, the sun's rays had already pulled the shadow of the city wall to the longest time of the day, and it would not be long before the sun would set, and the night was coming.

"Do not chase the enemy, the cavalry occupies the granary as soon as possible."

Fang Xie Xie corpses on both sides of the road couldn't help but sigh slightly. The losses in this attack were indeed beyond expectations, and at least fifteen hundred Black Flag soldiers died here, most of them in white-knuckle battles. After the firearms battalion entered the city, the losses of the Black Flag Army basically eased.

"Where is the guard Yan Zeng?"

Fang asked.

"Just now, General Xiahou sent someone back to report that Yan Zeng and the remnants of the defenders had been surrounded by the general's mansion. Yan Zeng was originally going to retreat to the granary on the hillside with people, but was copied back by our light horsemen. If the cavalry were slower, I was afraid that the defenders would retreat to the granary. ”

"The strange thing is that Yan Zeng didn't burn grain."

Chen Xiaoru said.

Fang Xie nodded: "He is leaving a way back for himself, leaving a reason not to die." If he had burned the grain, he knew that he would surely die if he was defeated. ”

Chen Xiaoru suddenly felt a little awkward in his heart.

Yan Zeng could leave a way back for himself, but the defenders on the city wall had no way back from the beginning.

"Settle the wounded soldiers as soon as possible."

After Fang Xie finished speaking, he didn't speak again, and rode his war horse to General Yan Zeng's mansion.

Xiahou Baichuan and his men and horses are besieging the defenders' most rearmost fortress, and this general's mansion is also the most rear-end dignity of the defenders. The artillery has not yet been delivered, so it will not be easy to break down. As Yan Zeng retreated, the generals were all his cronies, and most of the defenders in the city finally chose to surrender after being surrounded.

There are about 1,600 or 700 defenders trapped here, and everyone knows very well that there is no point in fighting any longer. But the general Yan Zeng still had a knife in his hand, so they had no reason to retreat.

"Surrender!"

The soldiers of the Black Flag Army were shouting loudly: "Zhenguo Gong Army order, after the city is broken, no one who throws down his weapons will be insulted or killed." Anyone who bears a weapon will be killed! You also have family members, and your parents, wives and children are still waiting for you to come home! Why bother to struggle for nothing, isn't it worth dying like this? ”

The voice of the soldier who shouted was already a little hoarse, but the tone of persuasion seemed to be more sincere.

"I want to see Zhen Guogong!"

A voice came from the general's mansion, very clear.

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"There are more generals in the Yan family in Dongjiang, I have heard of it before, and today I am even more convinced."

Fang Xie glanced at the man standing in front of him, probably thirty-five or sixteen years old, those two sword eyebrows still looked like they still had a fierce murderous aura, and there was still courage that had not faded.

"You want to see me, I'm coming."

Fang Xie sat down and was on the stone lion pedestal at the entrance of the General's Mansion.

"Since Zhenguo Gong is here, then I won't talk nonsense anymore. Although there are not many of my men who can still fight, I can be sure that the rest are willing to die with me. Even though...... Even if you have such a sharp and powerful weapon in your hand, these people under me will fight to the death. The reason why I want to see Zhen Guogong is because I don't want all the soldiers closest to me to die tragically. ”

"Whoever puts down his weapon will not die."

Fang explained.

"None of them will die? What about me? ”

Yan Zeng asked.

"You?"

Fang Xie was silent for a while and then replied: "Our military order is already very clear, whoever puts down his weapon will not be killed. ”

"First thank you and thank Zhenguogong, I have long heard that Zhenguogong will do what he says, especially on the battlefield, he will do whatever he says. I don't doubt this, because I believe that Zhenguo Gong has come to this point by no means by going back on his word. If you do this today, then not a single one of the hundreds of thousands of sons under the command of General Gao Kaitai will surrender. ”

"Thank you"

Fang Xie said in a very light tone: "But you forget, I allowed you to surrender before you can surrender." It is true that Gao Kaitai has hundreds of thousands of people in his hands, but no more than thirty percent of the people under your command are so good at fighting. I'll just kill 10 percent of you, and the remaining hundreds of thousands of horses will soon surrender or flee. ”

"I want to know that if I hadn't surrendered, would the Zhenguo Guild kill all the sixteen or seven hundred soldiers in the mansion?"

"Yes"

Fang Xie nodded: "If the order is issued, it must be done." ”

"I have nothing else to say, as long as the town of the country agrees to my request and does not embarrass my men, they will not make trouble. Because they are soldiers, they have their own minimum pride. ”

"The last thing, I want to ask Zhen Guogong. I know that you have been to Dongjiang and seen Mu Guangling, have you ever seen a person named Yan Li? ”

Yan Zeng asked.

"Seen"

Fang Xie snorted: "The stubbornness and courage in his personality seem to be stronger than yours." ”

"Or better than me?"

Yan Zeng couldn't help but sneer: "Where is he better than me?" ”

"He's dead."

Fang Xie said slowly: "Maybe you don't know about the Eastern Frontier, let me tell you, the Eastern Frontier is now facing an invasion by a foreign enemy, and it is an extremely powerful enemy, coming from the other side of the sea. Perhaps a million troops have landed in eastern Xinjiang, and the firearms you just mentioned are their weapons. Unlike our Black Flag Army, the soldiers of those foreign enemies were all musketeers. ”

"Dead ...... He's dead?! ”

Yan Zeng was obviously stunned for a moment: "How did you die?" ”

"Dead in battle"

Fang Xie replied: "Trapped on the island, fight to the death." ”

"Killed by a foreign enemy...... Yan Li, it turns out that your responsibility has always been there. ”

Yan Zeng smiled a little sadly: "I have been fighting with him for so many years, and I have lost in the end." He died in battle, and I am alive in battle...... Yan Li, you bastard, so many years have passed...... What are you doing or are you better than me? ”

"I lost to him again......"

Yan Zeng sat down on the ground dejectedly: "Where am I?" ”