After hearing Taira Nobu's words, most of the twenty Taira warriors' eyes flashed with excitement, and they shouted yes.

A few people are afraid of death and dare not show it.

Fuso people follow the crowd, not to mention they are also warriors.

Talk about face.

"Master Harunobu, there are currently many ronin gathered outside the city, requesting to serve the Taira family. What do you think?" A samurai asked with his head lowered.

Ping Qingxin said without hesitation: "Recruit them as many as you want."

"Promise them. If they survive, we will give them generous rewards. Those who perform well can be hired as retainers of the Taira family."

Retainers were hereditary and their number was almost fixed.

A ronin who has lost his master is very poor. It is also very difficult for him to become an official again.

Taira Harinobu's promise is like rain to the ronin. Even if they know that the chance of victory is slim, the ronin will join the battlefield.

"Yes." The warrior responded, turned around and went down.

Immediately, most of the samurai went down, leaving only three people. They discussed defense with Taira Harunobu.

"No matter how many ronin are recruited, with our strength, it is impossible to defend Sanfang City. But I have sent people to Kyoto for help."

"It will take at least three days for reinforcements to arrive. That means we need to hold on for three days."

"The castle is too big. So I plan to abandon the Third Pill and retreat to the Second Pill. I will move all the personnel, food, and supplies from the Third Pill to the Second Pill."

Ping Qingxin said in a deep voice.

"Yes." The three warriors looked at each other and responded without hesitation.

Under the approach of the giant Han army, the Taira clan samurai did not flinch, and took action under the leadership of Taira Harunobu. Soon after, Taira Harunobu and all the samurai and the ronin put on armor, and the soldiers all held weapons and abandoned their weapons.

Go to the third pill and guard the wall of the second pill.

At the same time, some people in the castle town fled, and some closed their doors and windows and hid in their homes, praying that the Han army would not kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Amid the imminent storm, Lu Liuliang led three thousand troops, carrying ladders and some military rations, to Sanfang City.

Lu Liuliang was riding on his horse, looking at the layout of the city with a look of confusion on his face.

Why doesn’t this city have an outer city?

Castle towns do not have walls.

"It's just short and capable. The castle is small, but its defense power is also doubled." Lu Liuliang raised his head and looked at Sanfang City in front of him, and then a smile appeared on his face.

"However, no matter how strong the defense is, it cannot withstand the Han army without sufficient troops."

Lu Liuliang looked at the sky, and then said to the messenger: "Find a bold person to go to the city to persuade them to surrender. The King of Han has an order. As long as they can open the city and surrender, their personal and property safety will be guaranteed."

"Yes." The ordering soldier responded and immediately went down. Soon after, a man from the Han army who understood Fusang language and was very courageous went to Sanfang City.

Not long after, a small flag officer in the front rushed to Lu Liuliang's horse with an ugly face, bent down and reported: "General, the person we sent to the city to persuade him to surrender has been killed."

Lu Liuliang was furious, raised his sword and said: "If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished by drinking wine."

He took three deep breaths, calmed down the anger in his heart, and ordered: "Let Chen Yong lead five hundred households to attack from the east."

"Zhang He, Li Chen, and Zong Xiao led their troops to attack from other directions."

"The remaining one thousand households stay here as a reserve team."

"Tell everyone not to embarrass the Han army. We must attack the city before dark."

"Yes." The messenger agreed, turned around and went down to deliver the order. The Han army quickly dispersed according to the order and launched an attack on Sanfang City from four directions.

The Han army was temporarily and hastily organized, but they were all professional soldiers, which did not affect their cooperation.

"kill!!!!!!!!!"

Chen Yong's five Baihu Han troops, led by Baihu, entered the vacant Sanwan. Then they set up a formation in Sanwan.

The armored swordsmen were in front carrying ladders, and the archers were either behind the bunker or under the protection of shield soldiers, shooting arrows at the Taira army on Nimaru.

“Whoosh whoosh!!!!”

Countless arrows flew towards the Heike army. The samurai and soldiers of the Heike army hid behind the parapet. While avoiding the arrows, they would also poke their heads from time to time, bend their bows and shoot arrows at the Han army.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The armored soldiers of the Han army were not afraid and moved forward despite the arrows. Some people were hit by arrows and gritted their teeth and continued to move forward.

Someone fell into a pool of blood without saying a word.

After arriving at the city wall, they quickly erected the ladder and leaned against the city wall. Then, some of them held down the ladder, while others used their hands and feet to climb the ladder.

The city wall of Nimaru was not very high, and the materials for defending the city were not prepared. The samurai and soldiers of the Taira army did not even have stones to hit the Han army, but could only push the ladder with their bare hands.

However, the ladder was pressed down by Han soldiers and could not be pushed easily.

The arrows of the Han army fell like raindrops, and the samurai of the Heike army who leaned out of the parapet and pushed the ladder. After the soldiers were hit by the arrows, they screamed like raindrops, falling from the sky.

Lu Liuliang didn't brag.

With the elite of the Han army, the Ping family is currently empty.

It is not difficult to break into Sanfang City before dark.

After only a quarter of an hour, the Taira army was unable to defend Nimaru. Under the command of Taira Harunobu, they retreated to Honmaru.

But even the last stronghold, the strongest Honmaru, could not stop the Han army's attack, and it soon began to collapse.

Inside the castle tower.

Ping Qingxin wore a red armor and an oni mask on his face, with only a pair of eyes exposed.

He sat calmly on the small bench, looking like a sculpture.

In front of him stood two attendants.

"Master Harunobu. Master Suzuki died in battle."

"Lord Jingxin and Lord Gao Hu died in battle."

A servant barged in from outside, bringing no good news. The Taira family samurai fell one by one like meteors.

"Master Harunobu, I can no longer defend Honmaru." Finally, the attendant broke in from outside and said in a panic.

"I didn't expect the Han army to be so strong. I want to hold on for three days. It's just a fool's dream." Ping Qingxin under the ghost mask sighed, then raised his right hand to take off the mask, raised his head and said to the two attendants: "Why?

I take off my armor."

"I want to commit seppuku."

"Yes." The two attendants responded tremblingly, and then stepped forward together to untie Taira Harunobu's armor.

After Taira Harunobu took off his armor, he put on a blue yukata, knelt on the tatami, held his wakizaki with both hands, and stabbed it calmly and heavily into his belly.

and made a cross-shaped wound.

The process is very painful.

One of his attendants cut off his head, ending his suffering.

It didn't take long for the Han army to attack the main pill of Sanfang City.

The officers kept giving orders.

"The king has an order not to burn, kill or loot. Gather the people in the city and deal with them in a unified way."

"Take inventory and protect the granary."

In the castle town, Lu Liuliang had a smile on his face when he learned that the city had been destroyed. Then he ordered: "Investigate the grain and oil store in the castle town immediately."

"Collect food and cooking oil"

"Remember, buy with copper coins. No robbing is allowed."
Chapter completed!