Chapter Ninety-Seven, Breakthrough
Liu Feng and Bai Jian hurried to hurry, but they were still a step late, and when they arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord's Mansion was already heavily armored and ready for battle.
Because he was busy for most of the night, he was already a tired teacher, and seeing that the City Lord's Mansion was ready, looking at the outer wall of the City Lord's Mansion, which was higher than the city wall, Liu Feng had no choice but to order to camp and wait for dawn.
And the city lord's mansion, who did not know the enemy's situation, did not dare to act rashly, so he only ordered a strict defense, summoned the generals who were still there, and thought hard about countermeasures.
The second half of the night in Aoshan City passed in this shouting and killing.
For this night attack, Liu Feng asked the soldiers to stay on their clothes and stay on their shoulders in the past few days, in order to cooperate in time. Of course, the soldiers of Yunshui Town were asked together, but they were passively executed, so when the army of Baizhen received the news and set off into the city in time, the army of Yunshui Town was still dragging and dragging behind, until they received the exact news of the breakthrough of the city, they hurried over, and they were busy without a head.
The civilians were timid, and they hid at home carefully when they knew that the soldiers were in chaos, and did not dare to show their heads, which also facilitated the military operations of White Town and minimized the loss of the population.
After defeating the defenders of the south gate and holding the position, Bai Zhen immediately divided his troops, Wei Ran took part of his men straight to the east gate, and Ke Jin took part of his men to the north gate to seize control of the city. By the time they arrived, the siege had already arrived, the gates were wide open, and the recruits scattered in a hurry, running around inside and outside the city. The veterans have experience and know that they can't do anything, and many of them are dissatisfied with the city lord, except for the city lord's diehard loyalists who rushed to the city lord's mansion and fled from the city if they were unwilling to surrender, the rest stayed in the barracks honestly. When Baizhen's army arrived, they immediately closed the city gates and beheaded more than a dozen chaotic recruits before they quieted down.
The military discipline in Yunshui Town is worse in the end, there is no rule after entering the city, and some people even kill prisoners and even break into people's houses to loot and kill people in order to vent their anger during the siege of the city in the past few days. It wasn't until Ning Tianfeng came forward that it took a lot of effort to restrain people.
After stabilizing the most chaotic south gate, Shan Rong and Ning Tianfeng, who were responsible for quelling the battle at the south gate, received Liu Feng's order: guard the city, allow you to enter but not leave, and then send a large army to the city lord's mansion to support.
Liu Feng had a full view of the ineffective performance of the Yunshui Town army in this war, and also received its chaotic situation at the south gate, although he also knew that this was the reason why the two sides had just merged, but he couldn't suppress the anger in his chest, fortunately, he understood that Aoshan City had not been completely taken, so he would not act immediately.
Liu Feng was still unconscious, his heart had gradually become stronger, and he was no longer the novice who felt sick to his stomach when he saw the corpse.
When dawn came, the army gathered around the city lord's mansion had reached more than 8,000 people, and firmly controlled the four city gates, blocking Aoshan City.
When the morning dawned, they found thousands of troops besieging the city outside, and the people in the city lord's mansion were all pale, and they were in chaos for a while, and they were panicked. It wasn't until the city lord came up and came out with his troops that he finally settled down.
The city guards still have the most complete army, that is, the elite army that guards the city lord's mansion at all times, and there are still hundreds of people, even if Liu Feng has besieged the city with a large army, the city lord did not transfer them to defend, but always guarded himself. Coupled with the guards in the mansion, there are only a thousand people in the entire city lord's mansion, and there are two third-order generals.
The city lord climbed the city wall and looked at the continuous banners outside, his heart trembled, but he pretended to be calm on the surface. Although he likes to have fun, he is also a first-order general. After looking outside, he noticed that the enemy had begun to move and prepare for the siege, so he came down.
"Well, what is the best way to retreat from the enemy?" Back in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord asked the middle-aged scribe beside him.
"The city has been lost, and the manpower, weapons, materials, grain and grass in the city lord's mansion are insufficient. Otherwise, we won't be able to support it for a few days under the strong attack of the other side. The middle-aged scribe said with a frown.
"What, abandon the city?" After hearing this, the city lord jumped up in surprise and said angrily, "No, Aoshan City is the inheritance of my ancestors, it is mine, I am the city lord, no one wants to take it away, you quickly find a way to drive them out of the city." The lord yelled at the middle-aged scribe and a majestic general.
"City Lord, calm down first, now that it's time for life and death, don't think about those unrealistic things anymore, hurry up and make up your mind!" The majestic general, that is, the third-order commander of the elite army of Aoshan City, said loudly to the city lord.
The city lord was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect this person to talk to him in such a tone, but fortunately, he also knew that the other party was for his own good, and coupled with the current situation, he didn't have the heart to pay attention to his disrespect, and looked at the middle-aged scribe with hope and asked, "Is there really no way?" ”
Seeing the middle-aged scribe shaking his head, the city lord suddenly slumped on his chair. The middle-aged scribe and the military general looked at each other, and their expressions were very synchronous: I knew today, why bother in the first place.
Perhaps he couldn't bear to look at the city lord so negatively, the middle-aged scribe thought for a while, and said: "The city lord doesn't have to be discouraged, as the saying goes, 'stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood', we still have these hundreds of elite troops in our hands, and we can also gather some people who are still loyal to the city lord outside the city, with these people, we can achieve great things there." ”
"Well," the lord seemed relieved, "then tell me where we should go?" ”
"The south gate is the main force of the enemy, and there are people at the west gate who have surrendered to the enemy, which is relatively calm, and the east gate and the north gate can be selected." Overnight, the City Lord's Mansion also collected a lot of information, including He Jinshui's surrender to the enemy. "Out of the east gate, you can move in the direction of Yucheng, the enemy has just wiped out tens of thousands of troops in Yucheng, plus a series of battles, it is impossible to chase after him; In addition, it is to go out of the north gate and turn to the west, and advance to Dinghai Town, Dinghai Town is a big town, and has little contact with the enemy, and it also maintains neutrality in this war, for the sake of the past situation, it should let us enter the city, although most of the tens of thousands of troops in Dinghai Town are naval troops, but it is enough to block for a few days, enough for us to evacuate. ”
"What, still want to evacuate? Why? Where to retreat? "The city lord is strange.
The middle-aged scribe frowned again, this city lord was really unbearable, if it weren't for the fact that he brought his penniless self to the city lord's mansion as a staff member, he would have left him a long time ago, and he hadn't listened to his own opinions much over the years, but he had carried a big black cauldron for him. Thinking of this, the middle-aged scribe was even more thoughtful about leaving, but he still had to help this lord out of the sea of suffering first, otherwise he would not become an unrighteous person.
"City Lord, you must know," the middle-aged scribe's voice raised, "Aoshan City and Jade City have been fighting for decades, how can it be resolved by a constant covenant. If we go east, Yucheng is willing to accept it, not because of sympathy, nor because of common enemies, but because of the few people we have left. Once they feel a chance to control this elite force, they will definitely kill us as soon as possible. So the danger of going east is great. ”
"Then it's better not to go to Jade City, that little white-faced city lord is too insidious. But why can't Dinghai Town stay for a long time? "The city lord wanted to go to Jade City at first, relying on Jade City to make a comeback, and he was very scared when he heard these words.
"Dinghai Town is only a large town after all, and most of them are naval forces, so they can't stop Baizhen's offensive. Moreover, the navy army always has to be supplied from the shore, and it is impossible to float on the water all the time. The middle-aged scribe continued, "More importantly, judging from the performance of Dinghai Town in the past two years, they have long been different from us, and it would be good to accept us and send us away by boat, where can we stay in Dinghai Town for a long time." ”
"What if Haizhen won't accept us?" The lord of the city has saved people with himself again, thinking that if it is himself, he will never worry about outsiders coming in.
"Then forcibly break through Dinghai Town, don't forget, although we have few people, we still have hundreds of elites, enough to break through the dock of Dinghai Town, seize the ship and escape, and even break through Dinghai Town It is not impossible." The general said murderously.
"Okay, when are you leaving?" The city lord stood up and asked.
"Without further ado, let's leave tonight, and now hurry up and prepare, and don't bring anything else except weapons and equipment." The middle-aged scribe admonished.
"Alas, it's a pity, if our cavalry were still there......" the lord sighed.
The middle-aged scribe and the military general were speechless. The cavalry is gone, who can be blamed for this?
The local climate is not suitable for raising horses, and there are even fewer war horses above good horses, and the old city lord only got thousands of horses for decades to form a cavalry, and after the war there were less than two thousand left, and the new city lord launched a war, and lost hundreds, and finally left more than a thousand horses. After the war subsided, in addition to giving more than a dozen horses to the border army as scouts, the new city lord kept these cavalry in the city, and even the generals at all levels were reluctant to give them. In order to raise money for fun, the new city lord not only sells weapons of all levels in the city, but also sells war horses. In this way, over the past few years, the war horses have decreased little by little, and there is no cavalry at all, and many cavalrymen either go home directly or turn into infantry when they see this.
Although the city lord repeatedly demanded that at least 1,000 cavalry be guaranteed, he ran into a cavalry commander who was flattering and bullied, and almost sold out the war horses, leaving only a few hundred. Coupled with two expeditions to White Town, the cavalry was lost. There are still dozens of knights, because they stay in the city all the year round, have no training, and spend all day drinking, and they can no longer go to the battlefield. When the battle began, the lord of the city remembered the cavalry, only to find that his cavalry had disappeared. The furious city lord beheaded the cavalry commander and led the following dozen people, but he was still angry.
The city lord's mansion was sighing that there were no cavalry, and Liu Feng, the big tent in the army outside, was also wondering why the war had happened for so long, and he didn't see the thousands of cavalry in Aoshan City that Bai Jian said. Later, when he realized the truth of the matter, he felt that this was not only a benefit for the mastermind, but also a limit to his own strength—because without soldiers, training cavalry was not as fast as infantry.
The siege continued, without stopping all day, and the main force of the siege was still the army of Yunshui Town. This made them even more dissatisfied, but Liu Feng's words made them speechless: We used 2,000 people to take Aoshan City, which has tens of thousands of defenders, can't you more than 5,000 people still take the City Lord's Mansion with less than 1,000 people!
Some people want to say that you have an internal response, but the facts are the facts, even if you are dissatisfied, you can only suppress it and go to attack the city. It was not until midnight that the order came down to stop the attack and began to rest.
Bai Jian did not go to preside over the siege, Liu Feng did not go, and even his elite troops were resting and replenishing supplies. And Liu Feng worked with Bai Jian and others to analyze the movements of the Aoshan City Lord and prepare for the follow-up war.
The City Lord's Mansion has two gates, the front and back, and in the middle of the night, the army in the City Lord's Mansion, which had just ended the battle, gathered again and prepared to forcibly break through.
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