I don't know how long it took before Ivan's voice sounded: "Faced with enemies on both sides, does the Celestial Empire army really have such a strong strength?" ”

"Hey. The second prince can think about it, if Zhang Chao, the emperor of the Celestial Empire, does not have such confidence, then where does he have the confidence to start a war with you and your brother? So I conclude that Adan City will not be able to hold on for long, and may even be in danger now. When the national teacher Feradimir said this, there was also a hint of lamentation in his tone, with his wisdom, he would obviously only see further, and he could see Zhang Chao's ambition from his bones.

For the Celestial Empire, Feradimir must admit that he did underestimate the other party, so much so that they found a gap and marched into the Rus' border in a righteous and bright way. And the reason for the wrong judgment is based on the dispute between the Rus and the Celestial Empire a long time ago.

At the beginning, the momentum of the Celestial Empire was very strong, and after capturing Haibaolan, they came to the front of Adan City, but then they did stop advancing, and even if they finally won the battle, they still shook hands and made peace, and did not ask for any excessive conditions to retreat.

It was precisely because of this incident that Feladimir and the powerful Emperor Yaxiongfu, who was still alive at the time, thought that the Celestial Empire was not terrible, and their strength was still too small. It's like an ant trying to swallow a giant elephant, it's something that can't happen.

But the current reality does tell them that the Celestial Empire has such strength, at least they have such self-confidence.

Thinking that Zhang Chao, the emperor of the Celestial Empire, actually started to lay out at that time, even if Feladimir has always prided himself on being smart, but now he has to be willing to lose.

Prince Ivan really didn't think about these things at this time, what he thought was that if the national teacher said that Adan City was in danger, should he immediately withdraw the 500,000 defenders there and defend the city of Pahan together? After all, the more people defend the city, the greater the faith. So what he said was, "National teacher, then withdraw Mikhail now, I don't know if it's too late." ”

"I'm afraid it's too late, but the second prince can also give it a try. Maybe the Emperor of the Celestial Empire was a reckless man. When Fera Dimir said these words himself, he was a little unconvinced, even if the Celestial Empire dared to make a move, how could he turn his face without a certain degree of certainty? Therefore, the result seems to be predestined, and his so-called try is just a word of comfort.

Ivan really didn't think of this, he just heard that there was hope, and immediately said to his confidant Terekin: "Quick, immediately upload the order of the prince to let Mikhail and Utkin abandon the defense of the city and retreat to the city of Pahan." ”

Ivan thinks that he has done things very decisively, but the current city of Adan has long been full of smoke and war.

Huang Zhong, the commander of the Second Army, sent Pei Yuanshao to use 30,000 Rus prisoners as bait, which triggered the Rus army to take the lead in tearing up the agreement of the alliance, so that the Celestial Empire army no longer had to be tied up and could be completely let go.

Soon after, the commander of the vanguard corps, Lu Bu, arrived, and the two sides converged in one place, with an army of millions of people. There are also 10 black-coated artillery pieces, and nearly 100 bundles of bundles of powerful explosives.

These are the foundations of their siege.

In a huge mansion in the city of Adan, General Mikhail was still holding a welcome banquet for Utkin's arrival.

At the beginning of the banquet, General Mikhail first focused on the matter of severely damaging the Celestial Empire army, which caused the wealthy merchants in the city who came to attend the party to be very excited. "Everyone, please rest assured, with General Ben and Lord Wu here, let the army of the Celestial Empire attack, they will just be sent to death."

Mikhail dared to say this, and he did have his confidence. Since the last time Zhang Chao led the Celestial Empire army to attack Adan City, the city here has been re-strengthened. It can be said that it is more than twice as strong as before.

There were 500,000 soldiers in the city, and with such a strong city, General Mikhail had the confidence to say these words.

Mikhail looked proud and confident, and held this welcome banquet. But it was only at the beginning that soldiers from outside came to report that the army of the Celestial Empire, which was under the city and oppressed, had arrived, and it seemed that it might attack the city at any time.

In this regard, Mikhail still didn't care, but waved his hand indifferently and said: "It's okay, let them attack, I want to see if there are people who are really not afraid of death, and wait for them to be hit hard under the city to know how stupid it is to regret what they have done." ”

But as soon as Mikhail had said these words, he almost lost his footing and fell to the ground. At this moment, there was a great feeling of agitation under his feet, including in the entire assembly hall, as if God was angry.

The strong tremor made Mikhail shocked, and he suddenly had a feeling that he had underestimated the strength of the Celestial Empire's army.

Outside the city, artillery was fired.

As the ten cannons slammed into one point, a hole in the seemingly sturdy wall was blasted open. Taking this as an opportunity, dozens of explosive bags were placed in it, and after they were detonated one by one, a hole about ten zhang wide was blown open at the city wall.

In this way, it is equivalent to creating sufficient conditions and environment for the cavalry to charge.

The courage of the soldiers, the vanguard corps, which was originally strong in combat power, was personally commanded by the Lu Bu legion, and the morale was so high that it could not be described in words.

With Lu Bu as the first, the cavalry poured into the city, this time facing a foreign enemy, and it can be said that there is no pressure at all, but if it is not their own people, they will raise the butcher knife in their hands and slash down.

For a time, as more and more cavalry of the Vanguard Legion poured into the city, the entire street was soon filled with blood. But all the Rus' soldiers and civilians who are still outside will become the imaginary enemies of the vanguard legion.

In terms of how to fight after the siege, Lu Bu had consulted Zhang Chao before he came, and obtained the Shang Fang sword that killed anyone who could see it.

Zhang Chao still had some hesitation when he gave this order. After all, for the common people, it seems that dying in war seems to mean innocence. However, considering that if you can't act with iron and blood when you enter the enemy's territory, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have any effective deterrent power.

In this way, Zhang Chao ordered the soldiers to kill the people of Ross walking on the street. Of course, if the people lived in their homes to avoid trouble, he would not allow the soldiers to enter the house and kill people at will. This is much better than the slaughter of cities by some generals at every turn.

As the commander of an army, there must not be any kindness of a woman, otherwise, the one who is sorry will be the soldier who believes in himself.

It was precisely because of this rule that the vanguard army did not have any burden when it killed people on the streets, and it didn't take long for the streets to be bloody and bloody.

The valor of the cavalry of the vanguard legion, the direct defeat of the Rus' soldiers was defeated and retreated, and without sufficient preparation, the soldiers in the city only had the power to resist, and had no ability to attack.

The battle outside soon spread to the palace, and after learning that the Celestial Empire's iron cavalry had entered the city, and his army had not yet been fully assembled and deployed, Mikhail knew that the general situation was over. He relied on nothing more than the solidity of the city, and even if this advantage was gone, how could he hold on to it, which was already inferior to men?

It can be said that General Mikhail, who did not expect things to turn out like this, was already shocked after hearing the report of his subordinates, and sat there not knowing what to do.

When it came to Utkin, who seemed to have experience in escaping, after hearing that the city had been broken, he got up and said: "Quickly, pass the order, the army breaks through, and the city cannot be defended, then we must retain the living force to the maximum, keep the number of our army, and then retreat to the city of Pahan, no matter what, we cannot sit still." ”

"Yes, yes, just do what Master Wu said." General Mikhail also stood up with a panicked face at this time, and echoed in a loud voice.

With this order to retreat, the resistance of the Rus' army in the city became weaker, and in the absence of sufficient resistance, the cavalry of the vanguard army fell into a no-man's land wherever they went, and soon the power of the city fell into their hands.

Mikhail and Utkin did not fall into the encirclement because of their timely withdrawal, but instead left the city with hundreds of thousands of troops through the north gate, but as soon as they left the city, behind them, the commander of the army Lu Bu, wearing a red cloak, led his troops to chase after them.

The advantage of cavalry is that it is faster and has a stronger charge.

Therefore, when the cavalry of the vanguard army appeared in the rear, the army of Rus, which was retreating, immediately panicked.

"Quick, hold off the cavalry attack." Mikhail was afraid that he would be caught up, and it would be difficult for him to escape, so he immediately gave an order to the two generals beside him. After that, he, Utkin, and some of the wealthy merchants in the city who had been attending the party turned around and fled, without dropping a word.

The main generals are all so flustered, let alone the soldiers below.

There is no time to do defense, when facing the surging cavalry of the Celestial Empire, they are just the target of slaughter, the only thing they can do is to delay a little more time.

Following the entry of the vanguard legion into the city, Huang Zhong also entered Adan City with the second legion.

Because Mikhail fled too quickly, he was not prepared at all, so that many things in the city were not transported away in time. In the treasury of the city alone, the Second Army captured countless military rations, ordnance and war supplies.

Originally, when the army set out, it was only a set of cotton clothes, which was because of some work done by Commander Zhao Yun in advance. was worried that it would not be enough to fight the war, and millions of sets of cotton clothes were seized in the city, Huang Zhong was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly sent someone to report to Emperor Zhang Chao about what happened here.