Chapter 969 Where did I lose?

Liyin City

As the Jingbu Battalion joined the city wall, the battle situation gradually became clear. Although Yan Zeng's personal military camp also pounced on him, their combat power was still slightly inferior in front of those soldiers of Jingbu Battalion who were already good at fighting alone and had been training for a long time.

If these tourists from the world were all lonely wolves before joining the Black Flag Army, then the Black Flag Army brought them together into a pack of wolves.

Perhaps few people have seen the scene of wolves hunting on the grassland. If you have seen it, you will definitely be unforgettable for your life. It is the most primitive violent blood, a kind of seemingly endless greed. That kind of fighting is more direct and tragic than stabbing with a knife and a spear.

The soldiers of the Jingbu Camp were a group of wolves who turned the weapons in their hands into wolf teeth. They learned to cooperate, but they still maintained the way of killing people in the martial arts world. Such a group of people, even when facing Yan Zeng's personal soldiers, was as unstoppable as wolves pounced into the flock of sheep.

Yan Zeng knew that this battle was in danger, so he ordered the city gate to be blocked with sandbags from the beginning. The city gate was more than ten meters long and was filled with stones and sandbags. No matter how fierce the artillery fire was, it was extremely difficult to blow it open. He was guarding against the Black Flag Army's siege hammers, and effectively defended the Black Flag Army's artillery.

but

There is nothing truly perfect in this world.

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

The Black Flag Army gradually occupied the city wall and began to attack towards the city gate. The enemy defenders on both sides began to panic, so that more and more Black Flag Army climbed up from the front along the ladder. When large siege equipment came up, the offensive and defensive battle in Liyin City seemed to be at the end.

Siege cars, such huge moving equipment, does not have the ability to hit the city wall, but can make the archers on the attacking side and the defenders archers on the city wall lose their condescending advantage, the formation of the defenders begins to be unable to maintain. There are at least 20,000 defenders in Liyin City, but the city wall is only so wide and long, and it is impossible for 20,000 people to line up in a row.

"Let the auxiliary soldiers go up and open the city gate!"

Xiahou Baichuan ordered loudly.

Under the protection of the shield player, the auxiliary soldiers who were lightly equipped to battle quickly ran outside the city gate. The heavy city gate had been smashed by artillery fire, and the stones and sandbags inside were also hollowed out. The auxiliary soldiers suffered the greatest losses when they rushed over, but after reaching the bottom of the city wall, they suffered a lot of casualties.

But the same problems faced by the defenders, the city gate is only so big that it cannot accommodate too many people, so the speed of cleaning the city gate is not fast.

With the loss of the city wall, the defenders forced them to retreat to the city wall. It has been more than two hours since the attack began. The huge loss of troops on both sides exceeded the expectations of the main generals of both sides. Yan Zeng did not expect that the Black Flag Army was so elite, and Xiahou Baichuan did not expect that the defenders were so tenacious.

The capture of the city wall does not mean that the war in Liyin City is almost over, but the beginning of a more violent battle. The defenders began to compete with the Black Flag Army in one street and one street, and each street was covered with corpses. When they arrived in the city, the defenders could expand their forces and the terrain was more familiar, so the Black Flag Army that first attacked the city was at an absolute disadvantage and could not advance even a step forward for a long time.

"The city gate is opened!"

With a cheer from the auxiliary soldiers, Xiahou Baichuan finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Andrew, let your firearm battalion push forward!"

Andrew, who had been unable to hold back, agreed loudly, and then rushed in from the city gate with the musket battalion. With the addition of the musket battalion, the Black Flag Army gradually took the advantage. If there were no firearms battalion, it would have been a even war. When the Black Flag Army attacked, the losses were probably 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 street fighting.

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The sunset is red

Special red

However, the red color in Liyin City is not as red as the color on any street, and the color on any street is heavier than the sunset. If the color of the sunset is lightly smeared with red pens, then the red on the street is the fierceness of ink. Blood flows to the low-lying areas, and small blood pots are soon formed.

The sound of the battle boots stepping on the bluestone pavement is like stepping on the mud. Every step is falling and lifting it up will bring blood. After the firearm battalion enters Liyin City, the defeat of the defenders begins to accelerate. When the light cavalry of the Black Flag Army breaks in, the fierce street fighting is equivalent to an end.

Before the sun sets, the Black Flag Army finally defeated the lonely city.

With the huge advantage of the firearm battalion, the Black Flag Army is still very difficult to fight this battle.

Fang Jie did not interfere with Xiahou Baichuan's command. He just sent someone to tell Xiahou Baichuan that those who hold weapons in the city will be killed without mercy. This is a kind of deterrence, a deterrence to people's hearts. No matter how elite the army is, some people will be more afraid of death, and some will collapse psychologically faster. And when a person throws his weapon, the plague will spread immediately.

"If the order is passed, all captured or surrendered defenders shall not be allowed to curse and insult, and those who resist stubbornly will be happy."

When Fang Jie walked slowly into Liyin City, the sun's light had already pulled the shadow of the city wall to the longest time of the day. It won't take long for the sun to set and the night is coming.

"Cabinets should not chase the enemy, occupy the granary as soon as possible."

The corpses on both sides of Fang Jie's road couldn't help but sigh slightly. The losses of this attack did exceed the expectations. At least 1,500 Black Flag Army soldiers died here, most of whom died in hand-to-hand combat. After the firearm battalion entered the city, the losses of the Black Flag Army basically gradually slowed down.

"Where is the guard general Yan Zeng?"

Fang answered the question.

"Just just now, General Xiahou sent someone back to report that Yan Zeng and the remaining defenders had been surrounded by the general's mansion. Yan Zeng was going to take his men to retreat to the granary on the hillside, but our light cavalry caught the back. If the cavalry were slower, I was afraid that the defenders would retreat to the granary."

"Strangely, Yan Zeng did not burn food."

Chen Xiaoru and Taoism.

Fang Jie nodded: "He is leaving a way out for himself and leaving a reason to never die. If he burns food, he knows very well that he will die after defeat."

Chen Xiaoru suddenly realized it, and suddenly felt a little awkward.

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

"Handle the wounded soldiers as soon as possible."

After Fang Jie finished his order, he didn't say anything and rode his war horse to General Yan Zeng's mansion.

Xiahou Baichuan and his men were besieging the last fortress of the defenders. This general's mansion was also the last dignity of the defenders. The artillery had not yet been transported, so it was not easy to break the door. As Yan Zeng retreated to the generals, his confidants were his confidants, and most of the defenders in the city finally chose to surrender after being surrounded.

There were about 1,6700 defenders trapped here. In fact, each of them knew very well that it would make no sense to continue fighting. But General Yan Zeng was still holding a knife in his hand, so they had no reason to retreat.

"Surrender!"

The soldiers of the Black Flag Army shouted loudly: "The military order of the Duke of Zhenguo, after the city is broken, no one who has left the weapons shall be insulted and killed. Anyone who holds the weapons shall be killed without any quasi-discipline! You also have family members and relatives, and your parents, wives and children are still waiting for you to go home! Why bother to struggle again? Isn't it worth dying like this?"

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

"I want to meet Duke Zhenguo!"

A sound came from the general's mansion, very clearly.

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"I have heard of the many generals of the Yan family in Dongjiang, and I have heard of them before, and I am more convinced today."

Fang Jie glanced at the man standing in front of him. He was about 35 or 36 years old. His two sword eyebrows still looked fierce and murderous intent and had the courage that had not yet faded.

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

Fang Jie sat down and was on the stone lion pedestal at the gate of the general's mansion.

"Since Duke Zhenguo has come, I won't say nonsense anymore. Although there are not many people under my command, I can be sure that the rest of them are willing to die with me. Even if... even if Duke Zhenguo has such sharp and powerful weapons in your hand, these people under my command will fight to the death one by one. The reason I want to meet Duke Zhenguo is because I don't want all the soldiers who are closest to me to die tragically."

"No one who puts down his weapons will die."

Fang explained.

"None of them will die? Where is me?"

Yan Zeng asked.

"you?"

Fang Jie was silent for a while and replied: "Our military order is already very clear. Anyone who put down his weapons will not be killed."

"Thank you, Zhenguo Duke, first. I have heard that Zhenguo Duke will do what he says, especially on the battlefield, do whatever he says. I don't doubt this, because I believe that Zhenguo Duke can get to this point today is not to go back on his word. If you do this today, then there will be no one who will surrender under the hundreds of thousands of general Gao Kaitai."

"Thanks"

Fang Jie said in a very gentle tone: "But you forgot that you can surrender only if I allow you to surrender. It is true that Gao Kaitai has hundreds of thousands of people in his hands, but no more than 30% of the troops and horses under your command are good at fighting. I only need to kill 10% of the 30% of you, and the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops will surrender or escape quickly."

"I wonder, if I had not surrendered, will the 1,6700 soldiers in the mansion be killed by the guild?

"meeting"

Fang Jie nodded: "If you order it, you must do it."

"I have nothing else to say. As long as the Duke of Zhenguo agrees to my request, don't make things difficult for my subordinates, they won't make trouble. Because they are soldiers and have their own minimum pride."

"The last thing, I want to ask Duke Zhenguo. I know you have been to Dongjiang and met Mu Guangling, have you ever met a man named Yan Li?"

Yan Zeng asked.

“Seeed”

Fang Jie nodded: "The stubbornness and courage in his nature seem to be stronger than you."

"Or better than me?"

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

"He's dead."

Fang Jie said slowly: "Maybe you don't know about Dongjiang. Let me tell you that Dongjiang is now facing foreign invasion. It is an extremely powerful enemy, from the other end of the sea. Maybe a million troops have landed in Dongjiang. The firearm you just mentioned is their weapon. Unlike our Black Flag Army, all the soldiers of the foreign enemies are musketeers."

"Die...dead?!"

Yan Zeng was obviously stunned: "How did you die?"

"Dead in battle"

Fang Jie replied: "I am trapped in an isolated island and died after fighting hard."

"I was killed by foreign enemies...Yan Li, it turns out that your responsibility is still there."

Yan Zeng smiled sadly: "I have been competing with him for so many years and then competing for so many years, but in the end I still lost. He died in the battle, and I am still alive in the battle... Yan Li, you bastard, so many years have passed... Why are you still better than me?"

"I lost to him again..."
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