"My lord, Your Highness told you to stop the attack, and immediately send an envoy to contact the enemy to have a look, maybe the other party will surrender."

After a short while, the herald conveyed Zhao Hongyu's order to the commander of the Imperial Praetorian Guard, who had already occupied the various defense facilities of the third layer.

"What, stop the attack? What is this for? ”

The commander who suddenly heard this order was still a little puzzled by this.

"How can this order of His Highness be like this? We're attacking very well, and if we stop now and give the enemy a chance to reorganize their line, we'll be in a passive position if we start attacking again. ”

The commander's face was a little unpleasant, because he felt that Zhao Hongyu's order was a disorderly order.

After all, this commander is a genetic person with an independent thinking and intelligent personality, so he has the right to think independently.

He is not like those grassroots soldiers, who just obey Zhao Hongyu's orders and do not think about right and wrong.

Therefore, in an instant, this commander with an independent command mind, his sense of Zhao Hongyu decreased a lot. In turn, his loyalty to Zhao Hongyu has also decreased a little, this is the difference between genetic people who have independent thinking and thinking patterns and those genetic people who are cultivated in batches.

This is also the reason why Zhao Hongyu will be very cautious when cultivating genetic people.

Because although these genetic people are very useful, if they do something wrong, it will make these genetic people less loyal to themselves.

In the end, if you just know how to eat, drink and have fun, then these genetic people will rebel against you.

Compared with the people of this era, if these genes are breakfast, their destructive power is much greater.

If you don't do it, you will really be overthrown.

Therefore, Zhao Hongyu always reminds himself in his heart. You must be cautious and careful not to do wrong things, because doing wrong things will have a great impact.

Faced with the commander's confusion, the herald who knew the reason explained: "Your Highness has sent the Iga people to assassinate the generals of the enemy army in Shira Castle, and now the enemy army in Shira Castle has fallen into a state of leaderlessness, and after the encouragement of some of the people hidden by the Iga people, the enemy is now unstable, and many people are planning to surrender. At such a time, stopping the attack and making contact with them will also allow us to settle the fighting here as soon as possible, and reduce some of the casualties we may have. ”

Not! That's what happened.

After listening to the herald's explanation. The commander finally understood Zhao Hongyu.

Loyalty, which had declined somewhat, has now risen quite a bit and surpassed the original level.

"Well, I understand now, it seems that I was thinking too much about it just now." The commander nodded and muttered to himself. "Then does Your Highness have anything else to explain?"

"Your Highness said, let the other side surrender unconditionally, and we guarantee the safety of their lives. If they continue to resist, we will leave no chickens and dogs after the city is broken. ”

The herald quickly conveyed Zhao Hongyu's meaning clearly.

"Okay, then you can now convey this order to Viscount Roderny in front. Let them stop attacking immediately. I've chosen someone here to be my messenger, and I'll be able to make contact with the enemy. ”

At this time, Roderni was leading his Portuguese mercenaries to fight the winding mountain road with the defenders of the fourth layer.

Because the castle keeper Toyoya Saburo was assassinated. In addition, there was chaos behind them, so the resistance here also seemed a little chaotic.

But even so, the defenders of Shiliang Castle who were still fighting brought a lot of pressure to Rodernny.

The two sides are going back and forth on the circling city road. Compete with each other for every ladder.

And Roderni will pay a big price for every step they take forward.

At this time of hand-to-hand combat, the mercenaries were super physical and tall. and their sturdy European-style armor highlighted the formidable advantage.

Often, these mercenaries are so strong that they are always able to force the defenders backwards.

And the defenders of Shiliang City, who are much less powerful, have no way to deal with it.

At the same time, the weapons of the defenders of Shiliang Castle could not cause much damage to the mercenaries in front of them. Unless you stab them in the face, or in the gap in their armor, so that you can inflict trauma on them.

But the problem is that the mercenaries are not stupid, they will raise the shields in their hands to defend the vital points on their bodies, and they will not give the soldiers of Shiliang Castle a chance at all.

In addition to these mercenaries, they are tall and strong, and they all use heavy weapons. These heavy weapons in such hand-to-hand combat made the defenders of Shiliang Castle suffer a lot.

Often the kind of chain hammer swings at you, and even if you raise your hand to block, you can't avoid the barbed chain hammer hitting them in the head. And the nail head cone will also break their arms, and then the sharp vertebrae will fall on their heavenly spirits.

Basically, if you are hit by such a heavy weapon, the target will die instantly.

Even if you don't die, you will actually be seriously injured and not far from death.

These Portuguese attacked very darkly, and they basically aimed at the heads of the defenders of Shira Castle.

Behind the mercenaries, there are also many spearmen who take the opportunity to stab their weapons to bring damage to the defenders of Shira Castle, and many crossbowmen will also take the opportunity to pull the trigger and shoot arrows.

The weapons used by the defenders of Shira Castle were much worse than those of the mercenaries.

They also have spears, but because they are engaged at close range, it is difficult for them to exert their power.

And the longbows of the defenders, because of the crowding, there is no way to draw the bow and arrows.

Because they have no command, they can only fight with the mercenaries in a chaotic manner, which makes them unable to exert their maximum combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, although the soldiers were faced with an enemy whose strength was several times greater than their own, although they were under great pressure, and it was quite difficult to take every step forward.

However, the formation of the soldiers was not chaotic at all, and they were arranged in an orderly manner.

So, although tough. But the queue of mercenaries was slowly moving forward all the time. The defenders of Shiliang City had no way to stop their advance.

"Rush me! Break them down, these dwarf monkeys of the Wa Kingdom are no longer good. The big guys work hard, and we'll be able to defeat them. ”

Roderni had been keeping an eye on the battle in the back, and he had already seen the problem in the enemy's ranks, which was too much confusion.

Although Roderni didn't know why the enemy would make such a low-level mistake, Roderni knew very well that this was an opportunity for him.

Although Rodelni is not a genius-type figure. There is no super-talent in military affairs.

However, having studied military knowledge since he was a child, it is impossible for him not to even know this point.

The formation is chaotic, which is a big mistake for the army in battle.

But for the side that has a full queue and is not messed up at all, this is the opportunity.

"My lord! My lord! ”

"Who?"

Just as Roderni was cheering his men up, hoping that they would crush the defenders in front of them and begin to rush through the destroyed gates. Suddenly there was a call behind him.

He glanced back and saw that it was a soldier dressed in the uniform of the Song Imperial Army, running up from the winding mountain road. As he ran, he shouted to himself.

"Oh. Is there any new order? ”

Seeing that it was the herald of the Song Empire, Roderni immediately smiled.

The Song Empire is a big money lord for him, so the soldiers of the other party are not easy to offend.

So. The smile on Rodernny's face was so flattering to anyone.

"Your Highness, Your Highness orders you to stop attacking immediately. We have to engage with each other. There are indications that the enemy forces are likely to surrender. ”

The herald recounted what the genetic commander Huang Xiaoming had said to Rodrini again, and explained the reason for it at the same time.

Knowing the reason, Roderni immediately ordered the mercenaries to be evacuated to a safe distance.

For the mercenaries who take money and sell their lives, Zhao Hongyu's orders don't matter.

Anyway, they take the money, as long as Zhao Hongyu gives the money, then they will obey Zhao Hongyu for any order.

As long as they are given money, Zhao Hongyu is saying that white is black, and those of them who take money to do things will agree with him.

In terms of professional ethics, the mercenaries in Europe are pretty good.

Of course, the premise is that you don't owe money and give the money on time.

If you can't pay, that's a big deal.

Besides, if the enemy is really willing to surrender, it will be a good thing for Roderni and them.

Because it would save them from more casualties, wouldn't it?

Now the more they attack, the more pressure they will come from, and that's a very obvious thing.

And now they have only overcome three layers of defense circles, and there are still six layers of defense circles that have not been overcome.

According to the current situation, Roderni fears that the losses under his command will become bigger and more in the future.

"The enemy has retreated!"

The defenders of Shiliang Castle found that the enemy was fighting fiercely with them, and suddenly they didn't know why they were fighting, so they retreated.

This made them breathe a sigh of relief and at the same time, they were immediately overjoyed.

The attacks of these enemies are really fierce, and they are very fierce.

If this continues, they will not be able to withstand it.

The cheers of the defenders made Roderni and the other mercenaries roll their eyes.

"Everyone take a rest, Your Highness is ready to persuade you to surrender. If these monkeys don't surrender, we're going to go on the offensive. ”

Roderni shouted at his men. (To be continued......)