Raise an army for a thousand days and use it for a while.
After Long Ruijun launched the offensive, he was completely desperate.
Except for the cavalry, which was still waiting in full formation, infantry from almost all types of arms rushed forward.
The shield soldiers, archers, and toad soldiers were the main force in attacking the city, while the spear soldiers and swordsmen followed behind, waiting to fill in the road on the moat and attack immediately.
The slingers kept using stone bombs to cover the advancement of their companions' projects.
A man who is a warrior will make great efforts at one moment, then weaken again, and finally be exhausted three times.
Qin Xiao and Gu Baiyi both knew the reason behind this.
We must go all out in the first round of offensive. Although there will inevitably be considerable losses, we must grit our teeth and persevere to the end.
The Huolei Battalion had already opened a gap at the base of the city wall. All the infantry had to do was to fill in the road and fight to the bottom of the city.
As long as you can attack the city in one go, you can use the gap to rush into the city, and you will completely take the initiative in this war.
Qin Xiao knew that no matter how difficult this round of offensive was, he could not withdraw his troops easily.
As long as they withdraw, their morale will definitely be hit, and the next offensive will definitely not have as high a morale as the first attack on the city.
The most important thing is that once it is withdrawn and renovated, it will give the enemy time to repair the gap.
Although the damage caused by Huolei Camp to the city wall is not small, and it is impossible for the defenders to repair it in a short time, the more holes are repaired, the more difficult it will be to break into the city. Therefore, it is naturally impossible for Long Ruijun to attack the city wall.
Opportunity for the enemy to repair the breach.
Although the Liaodong garrison had excellent combat skills in daily training, and many of them had participated in suppressing bandits, most of them had never experienced such a scene.
Seeing nothing
Countless dragon soldiers rushed over, and some of the defenders actually felt fear in their hearts.
It is said that Long Ruijun is a bunch of rabble, but the facts speak louder than words. The Long Ruijun in front of me is like tigers and wolves. How can it be the least bit unbearable like a rabble?
Some defenders even felt that if they did not rely on city defense, the Liaodong Army would be like facing tigers and wolves naked in the wilderness in front of their opponents.
Although the defenders, under the command of Wang Xingchao, fought hard, the enemy's advance was still unstoppable. Before noon, several roads were finally filled in on the moat, and the numerous corpses in Hanoi were the price paid.
Every inch of the road is exchanged for life.
The Long Rui soldiers in the rear group did not hesitate and rushed straight to the bottom of the city along the stone path on the moat like a tide.
While Long Rui's army was filling in the moat, the defenders had already transferred hundreds of reserve troops from the city and deployed them at the gap under the city wall.
In fact, the Liaodong generals also knew in their hearts that this was just a desperate struggle.
There are more than a dozen gaps, which cannot be blocked with this small amount of troops.
Moreover, they are all new recruits who have not experienced combat. If they really fight, they will be like a group of sheep meeting tigers and wolves. They are vulnerable.
The defenders couldn't even send troops from the top of the city for reinforcements.
If the defenders on the city were transferred down, Long Rui's army would not be blocked by the attacks of the defenders at the top of the city, and would be able to attack the city unimpeded.
The Liaodong defenders originally made various preparations to defend the city, but the Huolei Camp blew up the city wall and such a fatal change occurred on the battlefield, completely disrupting all the defenders' plans.
Spearmen, axemen, and shieldmen, under the cover of archers, responded in front and behind, sweeping in like a wave.
Under the city wall.
A large number of Long Rui soldiers swarmed at several of the most severely bombed gaps.
There are many people but not chaotic.
The soldiers of Long Rui Army still maintained their intact formation.
Whether it is Gu Baiyi or Yuwen Chengchao, iron-blooded discipline is always their top priority when training troops.
No matter what the environment is, chaos means defeat!
Zhou Yuanbao was the most powerful general of the Black Mountain Army, and now he has become an unparalleled warrior in the Long Rui Army.
Holding an eight-edged mace in his hand and making a sound like thunder, he was directing more than 300 people to advance towards the largest gap under the city wall.
The shield bearers were at the front to cover the advance, while a small number of archers followed behind the shield bearers, firing their arrows into the gap.
The defenders on the top of the city naturally saw that the enemy troops after crossing the river divided into groups and advanced towards the gap.
Someone had previously set up an iron pot at the top of the city and boiled tung oil. Waiting for Long Rui's soldiers to advance to the city, they poured the boiling tung oil down to injure the enemy.
But of course Long Rui's slingers also saw the defender's intention. Before their troops could advance to the city, they aimed at the gap in the city wall, and stone bullets roared one after another.
, some directly jumped over the city wall and fell into the city, but there were still many stone bullets hitting the city head directly. Several iron pots were hit by the stone bullets and overturned immediately. The tung oil splashed out, and the defenders had no time to dodge.
He screamed miserably when boiling tung oil splashed on his body.
Both sides use their own abilities and use all available instruments and tools to attack and defend.
The entire battlefield is like purgatory on earth.
Zhou Yuanbao commanded hundreds of people to rush to the gap first, but there were also fifty or sixty people defending inside.
Only the gap was opened by fire and thunder,
The ruins and walls are in a mess, the ground is also piled with rubble, and the area is rugged and uneven.
When the shield soldiers in the front row rushed over, the general inside shouted sharply: "Kill them, don't let anyone rush in."
Most of the Liaodong soldiers blocking this gap were new recruits, but they also arranged for more than a dozen veterans who had been transferred from the city. When the general gave the order, the recruits just held their spears tightly and looked at the wolves and tigers rushing towards them.
Long Ruibing felt unprecedented fear.
The veteran soldiers rushed forward without hesitation and engaged the enemy in close combat.
Arrows flew like locusts from the top of the city, trying their best to make the final resistance.
The defenders could not believe that the first fortified city in the Northeast they were guarding was about to be breached by the enemy's first full-scale attack.
Many Longrui soldiers under the city fell, but more soldiers came up.
In the eyes of the defenders, Long Rui's army had merged into a torrent, mixed with blood, and everything they could see seemed to be enemy troops.
The Long Rui soldiers who rushed across the moat rushed towards the dilapidated gap.
That is the gate into the city.
The wolf-headed hammer in Zhou Yuanbao's hand was indestructible. When the hammer fell, it easily smashed the enemy's head into pulp.
Wang Xingchao was already feeling cold all over.
The situation took a turn for the worse, a result he had never expected before.
Although the defenders were fighting hard, he looked at the enemy troops rushing over like a tide and knew in his heart that the situation was over.
Qin Xiao had accumulated strength for a long time and finally exploded today.
"General, they are about to enter the city." A general ran over, "They broke into the city through various gaps. We...we have too few troops to stop them."
"General, we need to send people to stop
Cut it off." Someone said.
The general shook his head and said: "No, there are too many of them, and there are more than ten entrances. Enemy troops are attacking at each entrance. Even if all the brothers at the top of the city are sent down for reinforcements, they will not be able to stop them in the end."
"Can we send troops from other sects to help?"
"In addition to the east gate, the enemy troops at the west gate and the north gate are also launching attacks." The general said: "Even if we are transferred here now, it will be too late and it will not help."
Wang Xingchao looked up at the sky.
The sun was high in the sky, bright.
But the Liaodong Army ushered in its darkest moment.
"General, the enemy troops will soon enter the city." The general said: "You can't stay any longer. There are not many enemy troops outside the east gate. You can take some people to the east gate. Meng Yi will guard the east gate with his hands.
There are nearly a thousand people down there, and the general can lead those thousand people out of the east gate to break out."
"If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood." Another general said: "The general retreated to Xuantu, and there is still a chance to make a comeback."
Wang Xingchao's expression at this moment was extremely calm. He smiled indifferently and said: "Come back? There is no chance. Maybe there was no chance as early as more than ten years ago...!"
At this moment, the loud killing sounds inside and outside the city wall did not affect his thoughts.
He thought of the day when he took the position of general.
What a sight it was that day.
All civil servants and generals from the Northeast, large and small, prostrated themselves at his feet. Even the imperial envoys who came from Kyoto to announce the imperial edict were respectful and extremely polite to him.
For many years, he has been like an emperor in the Northeast, and everyone's life and death depended on his thoughts.
Even in the dead of night, he imagined
After the four northeastern counties truly established their own country, he became the true king of the Northeast under the support of civil servants and military generals.
But everything is like a dream.
The Liaodong Army has reached its end, and his ambitions can only turn into dust.
For so many years, in order to win over the generals and generals of the Liaodong Army, I turned a blind eye to what they did.
He always believed that as long as he had the sharp blade of the Liaodong Army in his hand, his position would be unshakable.
Because of this, in less than twenty years, the Liaodong Army became terminally ill and lost all support.
If I really think about the people of the four northeastern counties and let the people sincerely support the Liaodong Army and the army and the people are united, how can Qin Xiao gain a foothold in the Northeast?
He knew that what he would leave behind would be infamy.
Perhaps history books will clearly record that the once invincible Liaodong Iron Cavalry was reduced to a ragtag group that was worse than bandits precisely because of Wang Xingchao's existence.
He looked into the distance.
The Long Rui Army's battle flag raised high was fluttering in the wind. Although the figure under the battle flag was vague, Wang Xingchao knew that it must be Qin Xiao.
Looking at the figure in Mohu, Wang Xingchao couldn't help but clenched his hands into fists, his eyes full of coldness and resentment.
"Send the order!" Wang Xingchao clenched the sword in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Except for the archers, everyone else will go down to the top of the city, block the gap, and fight the enemy to the end." He gritted his teeth and said, "Even if we fight to the last soldier.
One pawn, this general will not be able to fight against them!?
He didn't waste any time and went down first.
The generals did not hesitate, and mobilized the garrison at the top of the city to quickly descend to the city, hoping to engage in a final decisive battle with the enemy.
At this moment, Zhou Yuanbao has
Jing led the men first and rushed into the city through the gap.
Although there were dozens of sergeants trying to block the gap, after Zhou Yuanbao led his men to kill the veterans, the recruits from Liaodong saw the bloody enemy troops rushing forward. They either dropped their weapons in fright, knelt down and surrendered, or
He turned around and ran away, not having the courage to fight the enemy to the bitter end.