"It's not good! It's not good! Your Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, the north wall has fallen!"
Needless to say, as the main entrance to Delxi City, Anaro always paid attention to the situation on the north city wall. He was still able to remain calm when the north city wall encountered explosives.
At worst, don't send people up, just wait until they finish blowing up.
But the collapse of the city wall was beyond his expectation.
The reason why he dared to resist and defend the city in front of these terrifying Tianyun people with 130,000 troops was because he had confidence in Delxi's city wall.
The entire Delxi city wall had been added to after he arrived. It was eight meters high and a huge wall two feet wide, which gave him plenty of confidence.
But he didn't expect these Tianyun people to be so powerful.
Their terrifying weapons actually destroyed the northern wall of Delxi!
It collapsed!
Now that a city wall has collapsed, this means that Delcy City is like a naked beauty, ready to be slaughtered!
There is no point in defending the city anymore!
After understanding the key to the matter, Anaro did not hesitate and immediately ordered to summon back all the soldiers originally stationed on other city walls.
Now that things have reached this point, he can only rely on the number of people in his hands and his familiarity with the city to engage in a war of attrition with the opponent!
He has 130,000 men, but the opposite side only has 50,000 men. The 10,000 men are still cavalry, which cannot be used in a place like the city.
On his side, he might seize the opportunity and be able to counterattack the opponent.
After he himself arranged a policy of constant resistance in street fighting, he was escorted by the guard battalion to the safe rear.
As soon as the north city wall collapsed, Guan Ning understood that the opportunity had come. Without hesitation, except for the 10,000 cavalry who allowed them to stay outside the city, the other 40,000 infantry immediately moved into Delxi City.
As the army approached, the smoke in the sky caused by the collapse of the city wall gradually dissipated.
The scene in the city clearly appeared before everyone's eyes. What was different from Guan Ning's imagination was that Analuo, the fourth prince of Shendu, did not gather a large army here to fight them as soon as the city wall collapsed.
On the contrary, there was no one behind the collapsed city wall except for the corpses crushed to death by the city wall.
Looking at this scene, Guan Ning's brows immediately frowned, and he understood why this happened.
There is only one possibility!
The other party did not want to fight them head-on and chose to engage in street fighting with them.
And this is undoubtedly a very smart choice. Whether it is in terms of weapons or personnel quality, the expeditionary force far exceeds Anaro's army. He has no chance at all in frontal combat. He just delays the time of death.
On the contrary, if they choose to fight in the streets, with their familiarity with the city of Delxi and the fact that their numbers far exceed the expeditionary force, they might be able to turn defeat into victory. Even if not, they can still cause damage to Guan Ning's expeditionary force. Huge casualties.
Leaving the city defenders to engage in street fighting is the last thing the attackers want to encounter. In such a situation, there is almost no other way but to fight hard!
Guan Ning frowned deeply. Looking at the scene in front of him, he hadn't issued an order for the army to attack for a long time. He knew that once the order was given, the 40,000 infantry under him would have to fight in this narrow alley with the enemy who was most familiar with the terrain. The most bloody battles are going on inside, and even if they are fully armed, they will not be able to come back if they are not careful.
This was not a scene he wanted to see, nor did he want such casualties.
But what should he do?
While he was hesitating, the adjutant saw that he had not given an order for a long time. After a moment's thought, he understood the concerns of his general and also frowned.
But when he looked at the soldiers behind him, and then at the houses in Delxi City that were mostly thatched huts and wooden buildings, an idea that could be said to be extremely vicious in the eyes of the Song Dynasty appeared in his mind. among.
At first, he hesitated whether to do this?
But then he thought that this was not the territory of the Song Dynasty anyway, let alone any force under King Yun.
This is the territory of an enemy country, and all they have to do is help King Poison eliminate this rebel army. As for the methods used to eliminate this rebel army, that is not important, and it is not something they need to consider.
The only thing they need to consider is how to bring back the brothers behind them more completely.
Instead of letting them make unnecessary sacrifices for outsiders here!
After making the decision, adjutant Wu Yan immediately came to Guan Ning, who was still frowning in thought. He glanced at the observation group and then whispered his thoughts into Guan Ning's ear.
Guan Ning, who was worried at first, was shocked when he heard Wu Yan's suggestion. He looked at his adjutant in disbelief, wondering why he would come up with such a vicious plan.
But then he looked at the soldiers behind him, and the balance in his heart gradually tilted towards the soldiers.
He is a Song Dynasty person, and he is a person under the command of King Yun Mian.
The life of a poisonous person is not an issue that he should consider. He only needs to take care of the 50,000 brothers under his command.
Let others talk about the rest, even if it is just to bring more soldiers back to Yunzhou County, let him bear the bad reputation!
Guan Ning is not an indecisive person. Now that he has made a decision, he will not waste any more time.
Immediately, people were sent to prepare oil and fire starters.
Before long, a large amount of wood and straw were recovered by the soldiers sent out.
A batch of oil was even found in a nearby house.
Under Guan Ning's order, the soldiers piled the wood and straw evenly on the houses in the front row of Delxi City.
Then he poured oil on it.
Finally, after Guan Ning took two deep breaths, he gave an order to light all the igniting things that had been poured with oil!
Tinders that are already easy to catch fire are even more likely to ignite after being poured with oil.
In the blink of an eye, the raging fire burned violently!
Under the shocked eyes of the spectators, the entire city of Delcy began to be set on fire!
Only then did everyone realize that Guan Ning actually decided to set fire to the city in order to reduce his own casualties!
The entire city of Delcy is almost entirely made of wooden buildings!
This fire cannot be extinguished easily!
Maybe the whole Delsey will be burned to the ground!
The officers of the observation group were anxious. They rushed to Guan Ning angrily and asked angrily:
"General Guan! What are you doing? Don't you know the consequences of doing this?
The whole of Delxi will be burned to the ground by your fire!
You are simply acting like a devil!
You will be punished by the gods!
Get someone to put out the fire quickly. We must not let the fire spread! "
However, in the face of their questioning and their request to let Guan Ning put out the fire, Guan Ning just looked at them expressionlessly, half-squinting his eyes and saying nothing.
After a long time, when the voices of these people reached their highest pitch, Guan Ning finally replied coldly.
"so what?"
The officers in the observation group were like chickens that had their necks strangled. They immediately silenced themselves and looked at Guan Ning in disbelief.
Guan Ning continued: "The only blame for all this is the rebels. It was they who insisted on continuing to resist, which led to this general's helpless decision.
If he was willing to fight us head-on or surrender, none of this would happen.
But he chose the stupidest way.
Because of his choice, I can only do this. "
"But you could obviously send troops in to hunt down the rebels, so why did you set fire to the city?!"
Immediately, a poisonous officer from the observation group asked.
"Why should I do this?"
Guan Ning asked with a sneer.
"You obviously promised to help us defeat the rebels." The officer replied.
Guan Ning nodded: "Yes, we promised, aren't we defeating them?
It’s just that we don’t use your method, but our method. "
After a pause, Guan Ning's face suddenly turned gloomy, and she said coldly:
"Although we have promised you to help you defeat the rebels, this does not mean that you can instruct us. You must understand!
You are the losers!
Helping you clean up the rebels is a favor we give you, but it is not our obligation!
We have no obligation to pay for you the huge casualties that will inevitably result from such a battle!
So please shut up now! Just wait until I finish this battle and you can take Delsi back!
As for the rest, you don’t have any right to choose now, understand! ? "
Guan Ning's words immediately woke up everyone in the viewing group, and they finally reacted.
That's right, how dare they question the general of the Tianyun Kingdom? They were the defeated side, and they even reluctantly signed an armistice agreement with the other side at a huge cost.
If the other party tears up the armistice agreement due to the impulse of himself and others, then the eldest prince will definitely tear them alive, and they will become the sinners of the entire body.
Today's Delxi City is under the power of the Fourth Prince. Since the Fourth Prince chose this method of resistance, the other party chose to set fire to the city.
Then just leave everything to the fourth prince.
There is absolutely no need for them to be at odds with each other because of this.
Anyway, the only ones who died were the rebels and the dispensable low-level gyros. It was no big deal, as long as we got back the city of Delcy.
After thinking about this, all the officers in the observation group retreated honestly, not daring to say anything more in front of Guan Ning.
And Guan Ning ignored them and continued to command the army to burn the city!
Endless flames burned in Delxi, and soon the entire northern city was ignited, forming a sea of fire!
The Shendu soldiers hiding in the alleys and the Shendu civilians hiding in their homes all escaped because of the fire.
However, when they escaped, they discovered that they were actually in a sea of fire. Not only their home, but the entire Beicheng District was set on fire!
They can't even escape!
In the raging fire, there were countless wails and screams, and they were the wails of people with poisonous bodies! That was the last echo of a poisonous person in the fire!
However, all this will eventually be completely annihilated by the fire!
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(End of chapter)
