Chapter 969

Liyin City

With the addition of Jingbu battalion, the battle situation on the city wall gradually became clear. Although Yan Zeng's personal battalion also rushed up, their combat effectiveness was slightly inferior in front of those Jingbu Battalion soldiers who were good at fighting alone and had been trained for a long time.

If these Jianghu people were a lone wolf before they joined the black flag army, the black flag army gathered them into a pack of wolves.

Perhaps few people have seen the hunting scene of wolves on the grassland. If they have, they will never forget it. It was the most primitive violent and bloody, a seemingly endless greed. That kind of fighting is more direct and tragic than cutting with a knife and stabbing with a long gun.

The soldiers of the elite infantry battalion are a group of wolves who turn their weapons into wolf teeth. They have learned to cooperate, but they still maintain the killing technique of Jianghu people. Such a group of people, even facing Yan Zeng's own soldiers, are as unstoppable as wolves rushing into sheep.

Yan Zeng knew that the war was bad, so he ordered to block the city gate with sandbags from the beginning. The gate hole is more than ten meters long and is full of stones and sandbags. No matter how fierce the gunfire is, it is very difficult to open it. He was on guard against the siege hammer of the black flag army, and also effectively prevented the artillery of the black flag army.

but

There is nothing really perfect in this world.

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

The black flag army gradually occupied the city wall and began to attack in the direction of the city gate. The defenders on both sides of the enemy began to get a little flustered, so that more and more black flag troops climbed up the ladder from the front. When the large siege equipment came up, the attack and defense of Liyin city seemed to be over.

The siege vehicle, a huge mobile device, does not have the ability to impact the city wall, but it can make the archers on the attacking side equal to the defenders on the city wall. After the commanding advantage is lost, the defenders' formation can not be maintained. There are at least 20000 garrisons in Liyin City, but the wall is only so wide and so long that 20000 people can't be lined up.

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

Xiahou Baichuan gave a loud order.

Under the protection of the shield, the light auxiliary soldiers quickly ran outside the city gate. The heavy city gate had already been smashed by gunfire, and the stones and sandbags inside had been hollowed out for some time. When the auxiliary soldiers rushed over, they lost the most. After they got under the wall, they lost a lot of casualties.

However, the same as the problems faced by the garrison, the gate hole is only so large that it can't accommodate too many people, so the speed of cleaning the gate is not fast.

With the fall of the city wall, the defenders were forced to retreat to the city wall. It has been more than two hours since the attack, and the loss of troops on both sides exceeded the expectations of the generals of both sides. Yan Zeng didn't expect that the black flag army should be so elite, and Xiahou Baichuan didn't expect the garrison to be 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 tragic fight. The defenders began to compete with the black flag army one by one, and each street was covered with corpses. In the city, the garrison forces can be deployed, and the terrain is more familiar, so the black flag army that attacked the city at the beginning was in an absolute downwind, and failed to advance even one step for a long time.

"The gate is open!"

With the cheers from the auxiliary soldiers, Xiahou Baichuan can finally breathe a sigh of relief: "Andrew, let your firearm camp go to the top!"

Andrew, who had been impatient for a long time, promised loudly, and then rushed in from the city gate with the musket camp himself. With the addition of the fire gun camp, the black flag army gradually won the advantage. Without the firearm battalion, it would have been a close war. When the black flag army attacked, the loss was much greater than now!

Yan Zeng may not lose control of the city wall.

With the influx of the black flag army, Liyin city entered the street battle.

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The sunset is red

Special red

But not the color of Liyin city. The color of any street is heavier than the sunset. If the color of the sunset is light with a red pen, then the red on the street is the intensity of ink splashing. The blood flowed to the low-lying place and soon formed a small blood depression.

The sound of boots stepping on the green stone road is like stepping on the mud. Each foot falling and lifting will bring up the blood. After the firearm battalion entered Liyin City, the defeat of the garrison began to accelerate. When the light cavalry of the black flag army broke in, the fierce street battle was also declared over.

Before the sun set, the black flag army finally broke the lonely city.

With the great advantage of the firearm battalion, the battle of the black flag army is still very difficult.

Fang Xie did not intervene in the command of Xiahou Baichuan. He just sent someone to tell Xiahou Baichuan that there is no amnesty for those who hold weapons in the city. This is a deterrent, a deterrent to the hearts of the people. No matter how elite the army is, some people will be more afraid of death, and some will collapse faster psychologically. When a man dropped his weapon, the plague spread.

"If the order goes on, all captured or surrendered garrison soldiers shall not scold, insult or stubbornly resist, and give them a good time."

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

"The cavalry should not pursue the enemy and occupy the granary as soon as possible."

Fang Xie sighed slightly at the bodies on both sides of the road. The losses of this attack were indeed greater than expected. At least 1500 black flag soldiers died here, most of them in the white-edge battle. After the firearm battalion entered the city, the losses of the black flag army basically slowed down.

"Where is general Yan Zeng?"

Fang Xie asked.

"Just now, general Xia Hou sent someone back to report that Yan Zeng and the remaining garrison had been surrounded by the general's house. Yan Zeng was supposed to take people back to the hillside granary, but our light cavalry took the back. If the cavalry were slower, I'm afraid the garrison would retreat to the granary."

"Strangely, Yan Zeng didn't burn grain."

Chen Xiaoru and Tao.

Fang Xie nodded: "he is leaving a way back for himself and a reason for not dying. If he burns food, he knows that he will die after defeat."

Chen Xiaoru suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

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

"Place the wounded as soon as possible."

After Fang Xie finished his command, he didn't speak any more. He rode on his horse and went to general Yan Zeng's house.

Xiahou Baichuan and his men are besieging the last fortress of the garrison. This general's house is also the last dignity of the garrison. The guns haven't been brought up yet, so it's not easy to break the door. As Yan Zeng retreated, the generals were all his confidants. After being surrounded, most of the defenders in the city finally chose to surrender.

There are about 16700 garrisons trapped here. In fact, everyone of them knows that there is no point in fighting again. 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: "the military order of the town Lord, after the city is broken, no one who drops weapons shall be insulted and killed. All those who hold weapons shall be killed! You also have family members, and your parents, wife and children are still waiting for you to go home! Why do you have to struggle needlessly? Isn't it worthless to die like this?"

The shouting soldier's voice was already a little hoarse, but his tone of persuasion was more sincere.

"I want to see the Duke of town!"

A voice came out of the general's house. It was very clear.

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"There are many generals in the Yan Family in eastern Xinjiang. I've heard about it before, and I'm more convinced today."

Fang Xie glanced at the man standing in front of him. He was about thirty-five or six years old. The two sword eyebrows still seemed to have the murderous spirit and the courage that had not faded.

"You want to see me. I'm coming."

Fang Xie sat down on the stone lion base at the gate of the general's house.

"Now that the Duke of town is here, I won't talk nonsense anymore. Although there aren't many people under my command who can fight, I'm sure the rest are willing to die with me. Even if... Even if you have such sharp and powerful weapons in your hand, these people under my command will fight one by one. The reason why I want to see the Duke of town is because I don't want those to fight with me The closest soldiers died miserably. "

"If you put down your weapons, none of them will die."

Fang Jiedao.

"No one will die? What about me?"

Yan Zeng asked.

"You?"

After a moment of silence, Fang Xie replied, "my military order is very clear. Whoever puts down his weapons will not be killed."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhenguo. I've heard that he does what he says, especially on the battlefield. I don't doubt this, because I believe that he can go this far by no means going back on his word. If you do so today, hundreds of thousands of children under general Gao Kaitai will not surrender."

"Thank you"

Fang Xie said in a very light tone, "but you forget that you can only surrender if I allow you to surrender. Gao Kaitai has hundreds of thousands of people, but if your men and horses are so good at fighting, no more than 30% of them. I only need to kill 10% of these 30%, then the remaining hundreds of thousands of people and horses will surrender or escape soon."

"I want to know, if I didn't surrender, would the town council kill all the 16700 soldiers in the house?"

"Yes"

Fang Xie nodded: "if you order, you must do it."

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

"The last thing, I want to ask the Duke of town. I know you've been to the East Xinjiang and met Mu Guangling. Have you ever met a man named Yan Li?"

Yan Zeng asked.

"Yes"

Fang Xie said, "his stubbornness and courage seem to be stronger than you."

"Better than me?"

Yan Zeng couldn't help sneering: "where is he better than me?"

"He's dead."

Fang Xie said slowly, "maybe you don't know about Dongjiang. Let me tell you that Dongjiang is now facing the invasion of foreign enemies. It is an extremely powerful enemy from the other end of the sea. Maybe millions of troops have landed in Dongjiang. The firearms you just mentioned are their weapons. Unlike our black flag army, all the soldiers of foreign enemies are Musketeers."

"Dead... Dead?!"

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

"Die in battle"

Fang Xie replied, "trapped on an isolated island, fight hard and die."

"Killed by foreign enemies... Yan Li, your responsibility has always been."

Yan Zeng smiled bitterly: "I fought with him for so many years, compared with him for so many years, and finally I lost. He died in the war, and I was still alive... Yan Li, you bastard, after so many years... Why are you still better than me?"

"I lost to him again..."

Yan Zeng slumped on the ground: "where did I lose?"