After about another stick of incense time, the enemy troops on the city wall were finally completely defeated. Only three or four thousand people rushed down from the city wall, apparently preparing to escape.
The guards quickly seized the opportunity to occupy the top of the city wall, and then began to open the city gate with a noose.
As the city gate opened, several emperors on Ye Li's side cheered involuntarily. Opening the city gate meant that the army could march straight in. The city's defenses had been completely breached, so the battle could basically be declared a victory.
With the few remaining soldiers defending Dengtian City at this time, it is absolutely impossible for them to engage in a head-on battle with the attacking army.
The defenders also knew this, so the remaining troops on the city wall, led by their generals, began to flee.
They fled very quickly and no longer cared about their formation. They ran towards the other side of the city gate like stray dogs.
The siege army in the rear began a frantic pursuit, slaughtering people along the way. In the end, only about a thousand defenders managed to escape and left Dengtian City without looking back.
With the assistance of the Winged Regiment, the battle ended in an extremely perfect victory.
Ye Li, Feng Youling and others had already entered Dengtian City with the troops. They had begun cleaning the battlefield and arranging defenses.
After everything was cleaned up, Ye Li, Feng Youling and others gathered together again.
"Lord Ye Li, the battle here is over. We only need to leave about 10,000 people to temporarily defend the city, and the rest can evacuate.
It won’t be long before the alliance arranges for a formal defense force to come.”
Feng Youling said to Ye Li.
Ye Li nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "I captured Wei Wuyue's son, the godson of the First Fu Saint!"
When the emperors heard Ye Li suddenly say this, they were stunned and looked confused.
After being stunned for a long time, he finally reacted, staring at Ye Li with wide eyes, Feng Youling asked in surprise: "Sir... Sir... you... what did you say
You captured Wei Wuyue’s son… the godson of the First Fu Saint! ? "
Ye Li had not heard of Wei Wuyue's name, but Feng Youling and others were high-level officials after all, so they had heard of these names. The Tianxia League and Tongxin League had been fighting for quite some time, and the intelligence infiltration between the two sides had been ongoing. As the right-hand man of the First Talisman Saint, Wei Wuyue was naturally a character that would be mentioned frequently.
Ye Li nodded and said, “This guy brought 20,000 people with him along with the enemy’s support troops in order to gain military merit.
It took me a lot of effort to break up the 40,000-man army, and then captured He Wei, the leader of both armies, and this Wei Xiang Ming.
He Wei planned to rebel because he knew it was impossible for him to gain a foothold in the Tianxia Alliance.
Even if he could go back, he would definitely take the blame for Wei Xiangming, so he was willing to hand over all the information he knew to buy himself a way to survive. "
After hearing Ye Li's words, Feng Youling and the others looked at each other, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"Sir, is this Wei Xiangming the son of Wei Wuyue, the godson of the First Fu Saint?"
They had all heard of Wei Wuyue's name, but not Wei Xiangming.
Ye Li nodded and said, "This guy is just a coward, a pampered young man who is full of fantasies about the battlefield and thinks he can easily gain military merit.
The result was that he put himself in danger and became our prisoner."
Feng Youling asked, "Sir, how do you want to deal with him? Kill him or use him to threaten Wei Wuyue and the First Talisman Saint?"
Ye Li thought for a moment and said, "I haven't figured out what to do specifically yet, so let's keep both of them alive for now.
I have obtained a lot of information from them, one of which is about the garrison city.
Wei Xiangming's army was a secret guard force guarding the rear of the city.
There are 40,000 troops stationed in the garrison city. If this secret force is included, there are 60,000 troops in total, which makes it basically difficult to capture.
But now this secret force is no longer there, and according to Wei Xiangming, it is impossible to replenish it with 20,000 people for the time being, so there will only be 40,000 people in the garrison city now.
We have 60,000 people here. If we take a gamble and simply give up the defense of Dengtian City and choose to directly attack the Garrison City, we may be able to capture the city in one fell swoop.
If we can capture the garrison city, the army of the Tongxin League will be able to march straight into the interior of the Tianxia League. We can also start to cut off the opponent from the inside, divide the forces of the Tianxia League and then swallow them up.
All in all, this garrison city has great strategic significance for us."
Feng Youling and the others' eyes widened when they heard this. They had never thought of actively attacking the cities within the Tianxia Alliance. In their opinion, as long as they could hold on to their own territory and prevent the Tianxia Alliance from invading, it would already be a victory.
Ye Li looked at everyone's expressions and suddenly smiled, saying: "Have you never thought about taking the initiative to attack the opponent and choosing to attack when you are at a disadvantage?"
Feng Youling nodded unconsciously upon hearing this and said, "We really haven't thought about this. Every day we think about how to defend against the enemy's attacks.
After all, our Tongxin League has always been short of troops, and we are far behind the Tianxia League. Just like a skinny child, how can he possibly think about fighting a tall and strong adult? "
Ye Li laughed when he heard this and said, "That's right, if you all think so, then the Tianxia Alliance on the other side must have the same idea.
They probably never thought from the beginning to the end that we would dare to attack the garrison directly.
After all, in their opinion, even if we captured the garrison city, we would not be able to defend it, so they would not make any special preparations.
If we can launch a surprise attack and take the initiative, we can hit the enemy's vital points where they are not prepared.
And my other two secret legions are coming soon. As long as we can capture the garrison city, I assure you that we can definitely stop the enemy's counterattack in a short time.
By then, as long as the alliance's army comes forward, we will have dug a big hole inside the Tianxia Alliance.
Several cities around the border between the two sides will soon be captured by us, and our battle area will be directly advanced to the distance of several cities."
After hearing Ye Li's words, Feng Youling and the others showed an eager look on their faces.
Feng Youling swallowed his saliva and said, “Sir, there are 40,000 defenders in the garrison city, and we still have nearly 50,000 troops.
If your Flying Wing Group can suppress the enemy's city defenses like they did in the previous siege, then I think we should be able to find a way to break into the city."