Chapter 726: The Second Set of Plans
Not only did the dragons notice these monks, but Song Li, who had entered the battlefield with the Blade Assault Regiment at this time, also noticed it. 【Reading.com】
It's just that now he doesn't need to do it himself, and he has the blade commando around him to kill the monks in his sight.
Song Li was just walking now, just like bringing a group of heroes to the imperial capital to have an armed gathering, for a moment, Song Li suddenly felt that although this feeling of being in a high position was very birdish and a bit of a pretending rhythm, it was really not very suitable for him, because he was used to charging into battle and being used to taking risks on the line of life and death.
It's just that it is impossible for him to take the lead now, because he is not only accompanied by a large group of guards, but also a Xiaoyue sent by Long Ziyan.
"Master Pony, where are you going?" asked Satsuki.
"Don't go anywhere, I ate just now, I walked around to eliminate food, how about I take you to the palace to play?" Song Li said casually.
"Of course. Xiaoyue was overjoyed, and then said: "But the princess said, let me watch you and don't let you walk around." Although Long Ziyan is the Dragon Emperor, Xiao Yue still followed the previous title and did not change her words.
I'll take it, Long Qiqi, did you send me a nanny? Song Li was very weak in his heart, as if he was wandering aimlessly, but his eyes scanned the battle situation around him from time to time.
As more and more gaps in the walls of the imperial capital were opened, and as more and more formed armies entered, the defense line of the defenders of the imperial capital was already crumbling. The reason why it has not completely collapsed is that many of the defenders did not choose to flee for their lives, but stayed behind to resist with all their might.
At the same time, they also used all the means they could use, exchanging injuries for injuries, fighting for lives were commonplace, and some even directly rushed to attack the group of soldiers with rune arrows.
The reason why they did this was only one purpose, to delay the attack of the besieging army as much as possible, and to buy more time for the defenders of the second set of defense plans formulated by Wei Qianli.
While the defenders of the first line fought to the death, the defenders of the second and third lines were rapidly retreating.
As the elite of the three major legions of the Empire, they are as fast as the wind when attacking, and they are also methodical when retreating, showing what the elite should be.
Of course, their retreat was not to leave the imperial capital directly, but after breaking away from the battle, they began to garrison on the spot, using the houses on both sides of the street, to prepare for a more tragic and equally brutal street battle.
No matter where the street fighting is, it is definitely a headache for the soldiers, because not only the terrain is complicated, but also the space that can be used is very small, which also makes it impossible for the attacker to maximize the numerical advantage, and it is more testing the skills of hand-to-hand combat.
At the same time, for Song Li's army, when the defenders retreated into the houses, their dragon comrades could no longer bombard them indiscriminately, otherwise it would be nothing to destroy the houses, but if they hurt the innocent people in the houses, it would be a great sin.
Although the two sides are fighting fiercely, neither side is a foreign invader, and when facing the ordinary people of the imperial capital, it is impossible to directly kill them as armed mobs as they do with the people of the enemy country.
Especially on Song Li's side, they are under the banner of Qingjun and Zhengchaogang, if they kill innocent people indiscriminately now, then they will definitely damage their reputation to a great extent. And Song Li's prestige in the imperial capital is undoubtedly a huge wealth for him, but now, it has become a rope that binds his hands and feet, making him throw a mouse into a trap.
From this point of view, Wei Qianli's hand was indeed quite powerful, and it directly poked at Song Li's vital point, so that he didn't dare and couldn't let the dragon bombard indiscriminately, which was equivalent to abolishing Song Li's most powerful force.
"Wei Qianli, I hope this is not your original intention, otherwise even if I try to make Qianyun hate me for the rest of my life, I will definitely destroy you. Song Li roared angrily.
Song Li has always thought that although this war is inevitable, he tries his best to reduce the harm to ordinary people.
Maybe it's because he is still a grassroots in his bones, Song Li has a natural affection for the ordinary people in the imperial capital who have always supported him, he likes them and doesn't want them to be hurt, sometimes looking at these ordinary, busy, but happy people, he will think of himself in his previous life.
For this reason, when he led the army to the outside of the imperial capital on the first day, Song Li sternly told his generals that when the city was broken, they must be strict in military discipline, and if anyone dared to set arson and burn and plunder, the soldiers would not only kill the soldiers, but also hold their superior officers responsible.
At that time, Song Li had a sentence that was quite ruthless, he said: "The emperor is the place where I was born and raised, I was forced to leave, and I came back to conform to the will of the people, I don't want this place to be destroyed by military disasters and wars, whoever dares to kill a common man in vain, I want his head, no matter who it is, pay attention to me, if you violate my rules, Lao Tzu will kill." ”
It was precisely because of Song Li's words that the soldiers besieging the city were relatively honest, even if they were not honest, the officers of the higher authorities were staring at them deadly. Whoever dares to do anything wrong, the officer will directly punish him, so as not to be found out by Song Li and implicated himself.
It is precisely because of the soldiers who besieged the city that those people who thought they were going to be unlucky found that the soldiers under Song Li were very well-behaved, and invisibly transferred their good feelings towards Song Li to them.
There were even many ordinary people who were originally fanatical supporters of Song Li, and even turned into a leading party and began to help the siege soldiers fight the defenders.
Although before the siege, Song Li had ordered people to send out a topographical map of the imperial capital, and asked the soldiers to remember, because they were not familiar with the terrain and were likely to lose their lives in battle.
But no matter how familiar the topographic map looks, it is far less familiar than the common people who have lived in the imperial capital for half their lives, especially some small alleys or something, which will not be recorded on the topographic map. Now that the people have turned into the leading party, the besieging soldiers have greatly increased the speed of their attacks, and the casualties have been much smaller.
Naturally, someone reported this matter to Song Li.
This made Song Li both moved and ashamed, because no matter what, it was he who brought this war with his own hands and involved these people. For them to support him like this, Song Li was even more reluctant to let them be hurt when he was grateful.
But now Wei Qianli let the defenders into the houses and prepared to fight in the streets, which almost kidnapped the innocent people of the imperial capital and involved them in the war.
This has already touched Song Li's most sensitive and unforgivable bottom line. At this moment, when he shouted at Wei Qianli, every word was full of fierce murderous intent, his intention was indeed to kill Wei Qianli, if this matter was indeed Wei Qianli's idea, even if it was a falling out with Wei Qianli, Song Li would definitely kill him.
At this time, Wei Qianli was in a private house, and it was not far away from Song Li, so he naturally heard Song Li's roar, and even felt the anger and killing intent in his words.
In this regard, Wei Qianli could only smile helplessly.
He didn't know that he was despicable in doing so, and after this battle, whether he could win this battle or not, he would be notorious and the target of Wanfu.
It's just that the Holy Emperor has an order, so how can he not obey.
Song Li's words when he persuaded him to surrender had already made the Holy Emperor suspicious of him, so now he has two more overseers by his side, and this holy decree is also used to test him, if it is implemented in this way, then Wei Qianli will carry a big black cauldron for the Holy Emperor, and from then on he will be infamous, and there is no other way to go except to take refuge in the Holy Emperor, which also makes him can only loyally follow the Holy Emperor all the way to the black.
However, if he resisted, the two Overseers would not necessarily kill him, but they would certainly directly deprive him of his military power, and then issue this military order under his banner. When the time comes, whether he wants it or not, the black pot will still have to be carried.
Wei Qianli is not stupid, of course he knows how to choose at this time.
Just listening to Song Li's roar and remembering his sister's current identity, Wei Qianli's heart became more and more bitter.
For the first time in his life, he began to wonder whether it was right or wrong for him to be so painstakingly loyal to the Holy Emperor? Even if he could really win this battle, would he be able to get what he really wanted? If not, what was the point of his efforts.
Even if he could, if he won Song Li, he would definitely be killed for the crime of rebellion, according to the law, he would be connected to the nine clans, and his sister would not escape death.
Even if her sister can escape the catastrophe, Song Li is dead, she will definitely hate herself for the rest of her life.
Thinking that his only relative was likely to become his enemy, Wei Qianli's heart was not a good feeling.
Just when Wei Qianli was extremely entangled, the first line of defense of the defenders completely collapsed, and all the defenders who stayed to try to block the attack of the siege soldiers were almost completely wiped out, and the number of people who were lucky enough to save a life was counted less than a thousand afterwards.
It sounds like a lot, but don't forget that the number of defenders on the city walls was 100,000 at the time, and in the end only a thousand survived, which is definitely a pitiful few.
Not only did Song Li's side open the channel for attacking, but at the same time, the war dragon's side also opened a gap in the city wall with the help of the dragon, and then led his troops into the imperial capital.
As early as when they first met, Song Li had exchanged opinions with Zhan Long, telling him to be sure to watch over his soldiers, if anyone dared to harm the people, he would not be soft.
At that time, the war dragon didn't speak, but he was quite unimpressed in his heart.
In his opinion, he and Song Li are purely cooperative relations, and he is not inferior to him in terms of status, so there is no need to listen to him at all. What's more, his soldiers followed him all the way from the south, just to make a fortune? If he broke the city and did not allow it to be plundered, it was like not allowing a tiger to eat meat, what kind of joke was it?