Liyin City
With the addition of the Jingbu Battalion, the battle situation on the city wall gradually became clear. Although Yan Zeng's personal battalion also rushed forward, in front of the soldiers of the Jingbu Battalion who were good at fighting alone and had undergone long-term training, Their combat power is still a little bit inferior.
If these quacks were all lone wolves before joining the Black Banner Army, then the Black Banner Army gathered them into a pack of wolves.
Perhaps very few people have seen the scene of wolves hunting on the grassland. If they have, they will definitely never forget it. It was the most primitive kind of violence and blood, a seemingly endless greed. That kind of fighting is more direct and more brutal than stabbing with a knife or stabbing with a long spear.
The soldiers of the Jingbu Battalion are a group of wolves who turned their weapons into fangs. They have learned to cooperate, but they still maintain the murderous tricks of quacks. Such a group of people, even if they are facing Yan Zeng's personal soldiers, are like a pack of wolves rushing into a herd of sheep, unstoppable.
Yan Zeng knew that the battle would be dangerous, so he ordered sandbags to block the city gate from the beginning. The city gate is more than ten meters long, and it is full of stones and sandbags. No matter how fierce the artillery fire is, it is extremely difficult to blast open. What he was guarding against was the battering ram of the Black Banner Army, and he also effectively defended against the artillery of the Black Banner Army.
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 Banner Army gradually occupied the city wall and began to charge towards the city gate. The defenders who were attacked on both sides began to panic, so that more and more black flag troops climbed up the ladder from the front. When the large-scale siege equipment came up, the offensive and defensive battle of Li Yin City seemed to be coming to an end.
The siege vehicle, this huge mobile device, does not have the ability to hit the city wall, but it can make the archers on the attacking side and the defenders on the wall equal in height. After the condescending advantage is lost, the formation of the defenders cannot be maintained. There are at least 20,000 defenders in Liyin City, but the city wall is only so wide and long, it is impossible for 20,000 people to line up.
"Let the auxiliary soldiers go up and open the city gate!"
Xiahou Baichuan ordered loudly.
Under the protection of the shield hand, the lightly armed auxiliary soldiers quickly ran outside the city gate. The thick city gate had already been smashed by artillery fire, and the stones and sandbags inside were also hollowed out for a while. The auxiliary soldiers suffered the most when they rushed over, but after reaching the bottom of the city wall, the casualties were much smaller.
But the same as the problem faced by the defenders, the city gate is only so big that it can't accommodate too many people, so the speed of clearing the city gate is not fast.
With the fall of the city wall, the defenders were forced to retreat towards the city wall. It had been more than two hours since the attack began, and the loss of troops on both sides exceeded the expectations of the generals of both sides. Yan Zeng did not expect the Black Banner Army to be so elite, nor did Xiahou Baichuan expect the defenders to be so tenacious.
The capture of the city wall does not mean that the battle in Liyin City is almost over, but the beginning of a more brutal fight. The defenders began to compete with the Black Banner Army street by street, and every street was covered with corpses. Once inside the city, the defenders could deploy their forces and the terrain was more familiar, so the Black Banner Army who attacked the city at the beginning were at an absolute disadvantage, and they couldn't advance even a step forward for a long time.
"The city gate is opened!"
With cheers coming from the auxiliary soldiers, Xiahou Baichuan could finally breathe a sigh of relief: "Andrew, let your firearms battalion go forward!"
Andrew, who couldn't bear it for a long time, agreed loudly, and then rushed in from the city gate with the Musketeer Battalion himself. With the addition of the Musketeer Battalion, the Black Banner Army gradually took the advantage. Without the Firearms Battalion, this would have been a close war. When the Black Banner Army attacked, the losses would probably be much greater than they are now!
And Yan Zeng may not lose control of the city wall.
With the influx of troops from the Black Banner Army, Li Yin City entered into street fighting.
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sunset is red
special red
But it is not as red as in Liyin City, and the color of any street is heavier than the setting sun. If the color of the setting sun is lightly dabbed with a red pen, then the red on the street is the intensity of splashed ink. The blood flowed to the low-lying places, and soon formed small bloody puddles.
The sound of the combat boots stepping on the bluestone slab is like stepping on mud, and every time the foot is dropped and lifted, blood will be brought up. After the Firearms Battalion entered Liyin City, the defeat of the defenders began to accelerate. When the light cavalry of the Black Banner Army broke in, the fierce street fighting also came to an end.
Before the sun set, the Black Banner Army finally broke through the isolated city.
With the huge advantage of the Firearms Battalion, the Black Banner Army is still fighting a very difficult battle.
Fang Jie did not intervene in Xiahou Baichuan's command, he just sent someone to tell Xiahou Baichuan that anyone with weapons in the city will be killed without mercy. This is a deterrent, a deterrent to people's hearts. No matter how elite the army is, there will be some people who are more afraid of death, and some people will collapse faster psychologically. And when one person dropped his weapon, the plague spread immediately.
"The order goes on, all the defenders who are captured or surrendered are not allowed to curse and insult, and those who resist in the corner will be happy."
When Fang Jie walked into Liyin City slowly, the sun's rays had already drawn the shadow of the city wall to the longest time of the day, and it won't be long before the sun sets and night is approaching.
"Cavalry don't chase down the enemy, occupy the granary as soon as possible."
Fang Jie couldn't help sighing slightly as he solved the corpses on both sides of the road. The losses in this attack did exceed expectations. At least 1,500 Black Banner Army soldiers died here, most of them died in hand-to-hand combat. After the Firearms Battalion entered the city, the losses of the Black Banner Army basically slowed down.
"Where is Yan Zeng, the guard?"
Fang asked.
"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 people to retreat to the granary on the hillside, but our Qingqi took the back road .If the cavalry were slower, the defenders would retreat to the granary."
"The strange thing is that Yan Zeng didn't burn the food."
Chen Xiaoru said.
Fang Jie nodded: "He is giving himself a way out and a reason not to die. If he burns the food, he knows very well that he will definitely die after losing the battle."
Only then did Chen Xiaoru suddenly understand, 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.
"Relocate the wounded soldiers as soon as possible."
After Fang Xie gave his orders, he didn't speak any more, and rode his horse towards General Yan Zeng's mansion.
Xiahou Baichuan and his troops are besieging the last fortress of the defenders. This general's mansion is also the last dignity of the defenders. The artillery has not yet been brought up, so breaking the door is not easy. As Yan Zeng's retreating generals were all his cronies, most of the defenders in the city finally chose to surrender after being surrounded.
About 1,600 to 700 defenders are trapped here, and each of them knows very well that it is meaningless to fight any further. 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 Banner Army shouted loudly: "Mr. Zhen's military order, after the city is broken, no one who throws down his weapons will be insulted and killed. Anyone who holds a weapon will be shot to death! You also have family members, your parents, wives and children Waiting for you to go home! Why do you need to struggle again, isn’t it worthwhile to die like this?”
The voice of the soldier shouting was already a little hoarse, but his persuasive tone seemed more sincere.
"I want to see Duke Zhen!"
A voice came from the general's mansion, very clear.
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"There are more generals in the Yan family in Eastern Xinjiang. I have heard it before, and I am even more convinced today."
Fang Jie glanced at the man standing in front of him. He was about thirty-five or sixteen years old. Those two sword-shaped eyebrows still seemed to have a murderous look and courage that hadn't faded away.
"You want to see me, here I come."
Fang Jie sat down on the stone lion pedestal at the gate of the General's Mansion.
"Since Lord Zhen Guo is here, I won't talk nonsense anymore. Although there are not many fighters under my command, I can be sure that the rest of them are willing to die with me. Even... even Lord Zhen With such a sharp and powerful weapon in your hand, all my men will fight to the death one by one. The reason why I want to meet Lord Zhen is because I don’t want all the soldiers closest to me to die tragically.”
"Whoever lays down their weapons will not die."
Fang Jie said.
"None of them will die? What about me?"
Yan Zeng asked a question.
"you?"
Fang Xie was silent for a while and then replied: "Our military order has been very clear. Anyone who puts down his weapon will not be killed."
"Thank you Lord Zhen Guo, I have long heard that Lord Zhen Guo will do what he says, especially on the battlefield, he will do what he says. I have no doubts about this, because I believe that Lord Zhen Guo can get to where he is today. Relying on one step is definitely not going back on your word. If you do this today, then there will be no more one of the hundreds of thousands of sons under the command of General Gao Kaitai surrendering."
"Thanks."
Fang Jie said softly: "But you forgot, you can only surrender if I allow you to surrender. Gao Kaitai has hundreds of thousands of people in his hands, but no more than 30% of the people under your command are as good at fighting. I just need If you kill 10% of the 30% of you, then the remaining hundreds of thousands of horses will quickly surrender or flee."
"I want to know, if I hadn't surrendered, would the Zhenguo Guild have killed all of the 1,600 or 700 soldiers in the mansion?"
"meeting."
Fang Jie nodded: "If the order is given, it must be done."
"I have nothing else to say. As long as Lord Zhen agrees to my request and don't make things difficult for my subordinates, they won't make trouble. Because they are soldiers and have their own minimum pride."
"One last thing, I want to ask Duke Zhen. I know you have been to Dongjiang and met Mu Guangling, but have you ever met a man named Yan Li?"
Yan Zeng asked.
"I've seen it."
Fang Jie hummed: "The stubbornness and courage in his temperament seem to be stronger than yours."
"Still stronger than me?"
Yan Zeng couldn't help but sneer: "How is he better than me?"
"he died."
Fang Jie said slowly: "Maybe you don't know about Dongjiang, let me tell you, Dongjiang is now facing a foreign enemy invasion, that is an extremely powerful enemy, from the other side of the sea. Maybe a million troops have already landed Dongjiang, the firearms you just mentioned are their weapons. Unlike our Black Banner Army, the soldiers of those foreign enemies are all musketeers."
"Dead... dead?!"
Yan Zeng was obviously taken aback for a moment: "How did you die?"
"Fight to death."
Fang Jie replied: "Stay trapped on an isolated island, fight hard and die."
"Killed by foreign enemies... Yan Li, it turns out that your responsibility has always been there."
Yan Zeng smiled bitterly: "I have been fighting with him for so many years, and I still lost in the end. He died in the battle, and I was still alive during the battle... Yan Li, you bastard , so many years have passed... why are you still better than me?"
"I lost to him again..."
Yan Zeng sat down on the ground dejectedly: "Where did I lose?"