Regarding the negotiation proposal put forward by Li Zhang, the generals of the Zhenjiang Army had a surprisingly unanimous response: they scoffed.
What did you do early?
Now that we have beaten you to your old home, and you are looking at the end of everything, you know how to talk about it, so what does the bloody fight ahead mean?
It's okay to negotiate. The whole army will disarm and surrender.
When Li Zhang's envoy heard this, his face turned green. Surrender? What's the point of talking about it? He hesitated for a long time and asked weakly: "Then His Highness Prince Jin..."
Du Jian glared: "What is it, Your Highness? The traitor Li Zheng!"
Xiong Yunjie followed up with a cold snort: "What on earth do you want to ask? Come on!"
The envoy still can't figure out why, as an information envoy serving the King of Jin, he has to face so many vicious generals.
He was stunned for a moment, then stammered in response: "Your Highness...oh no, General Li, our General Li does not want to surrender, but wants to cooperate..."
"Cooperation?" Jigriz couldn't help laughing: "Don't you think it's funny? We came all the way from the ghost desert in Western Xinjiang to get here just because you traitors are the sworn enemies of the Xinjiang Army. , and Li Zhang was the murderer behind the murder of Commander He Jingming. Is he crazy for cooperation? "
The envoy was also a man of great eloquence. Although he was terribly panicked, he still had the courage to defend himself at this time: "This general's words are wrong. As the saying goes, those who understand the current affairs are heroes. Nowadays, the world is in chaos for a long time, and the court has changed. The life and death of the emperor are unknown, and the queen Si Chen is a rooster, which is a precursor to the abyss of the Holy Tang Dynasty. Our General Li has a heart for the country and is willing to put aside the past grudges with the governor and join forces to deal with the Demon Queen Cheng Wen. This is not beneficial to the country and the people. Action?"
"Bullshit!" Du Jian said coldly: "That fellow Li Zheng still cares about the country? He is only thinking about the throne of the emperor! Don't talk nonsense anymore, go back and tell Li Zheng to wash his neck. Why? He cannot escape the hatred of the commander-in-chief! Even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, I will kill him!"
Seeing Du Jian's cannibalistic look, the envoy asked with a grimace: "General, when I come here, I have to meet with the general to protect you. If the old man says something, I can go back and do business." .”
Xiong Yunjie shouted: "With your defeated army, you still want to meet our Lord? Didn't General Du make it very clear just now? Li Zhang must be severely punished, and there is no room for negotiation!"
The envoy struggled and said: "Generals, everyone knows that the Queen is at odds with Dadu. If she takes power, she will definitely let the imperial army deal with you. Why waste precious combat power on us? ?”
Du Jian waved his hand: "I won't bother you anymore. Instead of worrying about the safety of our Xinjiang Army, it's better to take care of yourselves first. Go back and tell the rebels that our army will start a full-scale attack on the city early tomorrow morning. , the chance to surrender is only before dawn. If you don’t want to die with Li Zhang, just tie him up and leave the city to surrender!"
Hearing this, the envoy could not help but turn pale with shock, and said with a pale face: "General Du, please think twice! Once you and I start a war, it will definitely be a fight to the death. For your army, it is completely There is no benefit..."
At this moment, a loud voice suddenly came from outside the tent: "The complete elimination of the rebels is the greatest benefit of the Suppressing Army!"
Following these words, the generals in the tent stood up one after another and responded in unison: "See the Great Protector!"
The envoy was startled and turned around quickly, just in time to see Li Jiangyao, dressed in armor and military uniform, striding into the tent.
Before he could say hello, Li Jiangyao said lightly: "You'd better leave quickly. Our army's action plan has changed. We will attack the city in half an hour. Please bring a message to Li Yan for me. Please He must not commit suicide, and must leave the dog's life to my own hands."
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"Prepare—release!"
Following the commander's order, huge fireballs rose up all over the sky, crashing down like stars in the night sky, and flew towards the city of Hangzhou.
For the first time, the Zhenjiang Army organized more than 3,160 trebuchets and launched fierce shooting around the city. Like a heavy rain, kerosene bombs and boulder bombs came one after another, one after another, continuously, smashing the city defenses of Hangzhou into pieces and sending flames into the sky.
This momentum alone has already made the rebels defending the city feel terrified.
More than half an hour of trebuchet strikes almost completely destroyed the solid and tight city defense line. Nearly 4,000 defenders were killed or injured, and the rebels were almost unable to gain a foothold on the city.
Ye Rongcheng took the initiative and decided to send out the few remaining Xuanjia elites to venture out of the city to raid the trebuchet troops of the Zhenjiang Army, trying to win the battle and kill these terrible long-range killers.
Unexpectedly, his plan had been anticipated by Li Jiangyao. As soon as the rebel cavalry responsible for attacking the trebuchet left the city, they ran into an iron wall defense line composed of heavy infantry.
A giant oar shield stands on the ground, and countless spears are like a dense forest, piercing diagonally from behind the shield wall, which makes people shudder. In addition, the giant crossbows and bow and arrow phalanx were fully fired, taking the lead in launching a fierce offensive against the rebels leaving the city from a distance of several hundred steps.
No matter how powerful the black armor elite is, they are still flesh and blood, and they also have the feelings and judgments of normal people. Facing the opponent's dense rain of arrows and directly attacking the heavy infantry phalanx like an iron wall like this now, it is completely a waste of death.
More and more black armor knights reined in their advance and stopped in front of the Zhenjiang Army's defense line.
Despair, deep despair.
This is the only mood Ye Rongcheng in the city and the Xuanjia Army outside the city are feeling at this time.
In mid-air, kerosene bombs and boulder bombs were still roaring and flying, with no intention of stopping. On the two wings of the Zhenjiang Army, countless iron cavalry had jumped out of the formation, running around the arc to attack the flanks and rear of the rebels, intending to It was very obvious: they wanted to completely wipe out the Xuanjia Army that left the city.
If you hesitate for a little while longer, your escape route will be completely cut off!
Ye Rongcheng suddenly felt confused.
If you don't withdraw, your valuable combat power may be ruined on the spot; if you withdraw, not only will you not be able to eliminate the threat of the opponent's long-range weapons, but you may even be chased into the city by the Zhenjiang cavalry.
Ye Rongcheng, who has fought for so many years and met countless opponents, truly understands the power of Li Jiangyao. This gap in absolute strength makes the opponent appear to be at ease when arranging troops and taking the lead at every step, while he himself is always in a dilemma.
He hesitated for a moment, and finally pounded the battlements hard, and ordered the horns to be blown. Before the first gale force could rush forward, the soldiers and horses outside the city quickly retracted and returned to the safety of the city.
In this way, this elite force that stormed out of the city did not even destroy a trebuchet of the Xinjiang Army, but lost thousands of lives in vain and fled in panic.
The terrifying siege power of the Zhenjiang Army was beyond the imagination of all the rebels.
In other words, Li Jiangyao is serious this time.
Back then, facing the imperial capital city guarded by the Turks, hundreds of thousands of frontier troops were surrounded but refused to fight. They remained calm like an old monk in trance. They did not fire an arrow or throw a stone. They only relied on clever strategies and the success of the Weinan Battle. Victory forced Ashina Zhijin into a desperate situation.
Now, Li Jiangyao came to the city of Hangzhou to avenge his teacher He Jingming. He no longer hesitated and made a move with thunderous force.
After the heavy infantry and armored cavalry teamed up to drive the enemy back into the city, the trebuchet troops continued to show off their power. The kerosene bombs prepared by Lei Yu, the second son of Perak Hall, seemed to be endless, and they flew over the sky and covered the ground, causing the city of Hangzhou to suffer misery.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see at this time that this is actually a replica of the tactics used in the Weinan Battle to deal with the Turkic army: use superior forces to hold the battle line, and then use long-range output to continuously kill and injure the enemy, while at the same time consuming and disintegrating the opponent's will to fight.
To put it simply, if the rebels can't attack, they can only stay where they are and get beaten.
When the eastern sky turned white, the fierce long-range strikes finally stopped. Looking through the faint morning light, the Hangzhou city wall shrouded in the mist was full of ruins and devastation.
There were only eleven holes opened by the boulder on all four sides including the southeast, northwest and northwest. The widest part even exceeds the size of the city gate.
As soon as the trebuchet stopped, the deafening sound of war drums sounded. Thousands of warriors wearing iron armor and helmets, holding swords and axes high, lined up neatly and approached the city wall to the beat of drums.
The sun shone on the armor and weapons, making them sparkle.
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"You mean we can't hold it for even a day?" Li Zheng looked at Ye Rongcheng blankly: "My Hangzhou is so fragile?!"
Ye Rongcheng shook his head with a painful expression: "Your Highness, Li Jiangyao's methods are too cruel. Thousands of trebuchets have been bombarding continuously all night. Now there are gaps everywhere in the city defense. The civilians we prepared in advance are too late. Carry out emergency repairs. Right now, the brothers are risking their lives to block the gap, but... this is not a solution, and it cannot stop the ferocious charge of those heavy infantry."
Li Zhang slumped back in his chair and looked outside the door absently. The shouts of killing on the city wall defenses were louder and louder, and they were clearly audible.
Ye Rongcheng looked at Li Zheng who was at a loss and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, please make a decision quickly. There is still a glimmer of hope for a breakout at this time. If it is too late and the Zhenjiang Army controls all the city gates, we will We’re really at the end of our rope.”
"Breakout? Where else can I go?" Li Zhang asked disheartenedly.
"You can go to the south, or you can go to the west to meet Xie Bao." Ye Rongcheng said, "In any case, we can't wait to die here."
Li Zhang raised his head and glanced at the other party, with a hint of despair in his eyes: "We took the main force of the Jin army to guard the impregnable Hangzhou city that has been in operation for many years, but we couldn't hold it for a day and a night. What can we do if we escape to the south? ? It’s just like a lost dog, being chased all the way by Li Jiangyao. It’s even more unrealistic to go find Xie Bao. Will Murong Xue let us go? "
Ye Rongcheng said in a deep voice: "When Mr. Lao left, didn't he leave a letter to His Highness? As long as you try to persevere, he will have his own way to turn things around."
