Volume 10, Chapter 741

Chapter 741

Tang Yin did not take the fact that the rangers from all over the country gathered in Anguo to heart. Now his mind was on attacking Yuzhen. .

The next day, the Feng army began to attack the city again. However, because the Feng army had consumed too many stone bullets and crossbows in the first day of the siege, the long-range attack of catapults and city-breaking crossbows lasted less than two quarters of an hour in today's siege, and the infantry advance of the Feng army began.

The following battle was almost a copy of the previous day. One side defended and the other side attacked fiercely. Both sides entered an endless tug-of-war, and casualties rose sharply.

This battle lasted from morning to evening. Hundreds of thousands of Feng troops still failed to break through the defense of Yuzhen. When it got dark, the Feng army sounded the horn and withdrew their troops back to the camp.

On the third day, the Feng army's strong attack came as expected. The battle between the two sides was still fierce and bloody, and countless soldiers were killed and wounded.

After three consecutive days of siege, the soldiers of the Feng army were exhausted, and the An army in Yuzhen was no exception.

Up to now, the battle has not only been about the combat power of both sides, but also about the willpower of both sides, which is exactly what the Feng Army is good at.

The An Army was not clear about the casualties of the Feng Army, but the An Army's own casualties had exceeded 50,000. The original 200,000 troops were now less than 150,000, but the battle had only lasted for three days.

For the next battle to defend the city, the soldiers of the An Army could hardly see any hope, and the morale of the whole army was getting lower and lower.

As Tang Yin judged, the An Army was not suitable for a war of attrition. With the continuous pressure of the Feng Army and the uninterrupted siege, the casualties of the An Army became more and more serious, and the morale of the An Army became more and more chaotic. The fear of war and resistance to war began to spread throughout the army.

Now the An Army can still persist in fighting, relying on the will to survive.

The An Guo court has been promoting the brutality of the Feng Army and its inhumanity. Once the Feng Army is allowed to enter the city, not only will all the soldiers defending the city be killed, but also the people in the city will be slaughtered, and even the imperial town will be burned down by the Feng people.

However, the next move of the Feng army shattered the slogan of the Anguo court. The Feng army found Bai Qing, who had turned against the Anguo court, and asked Bai Qing to persuade the defenders inside the city to surrender outside the city.

According to the Anguo court's consistent statement, those soldiers who surrendered to Fengguo had been killed by the Feng people. Now with the appearance of Bai Qing, the lies of the Anguo court naturally collapsed, and the Anguo army, which was already lacking in fighting spirit, completely lost the will to resist.

Fighting is a dead end, but surrendering can save lives. This makes it easy for the An people, who have a weak sense of country and nation, to make a choice. Moreover, in the minds of most Anjun soldiers, it is not worth risking their lives for a tyrant like Yue Ze.

In the following siege, the resistance of the Anjun has changed significantly, and the counterattack has weakened. The weaker the Anjun is, the stronger the fighting spirit of the Fengjun is, and the more fierce the attack is.

It can be said that the more fiercely the Feng army fought, the weaker the An army's resistance became. In this way, the Feng army became more fierce and the An army became weaker. This was a vicious cycle. In the fifth day of the siege, the city defense of Yuzhen finally fell on the verge of collapse. With the Feng army's rounds of strong attacks, the four defense lines of Yuzhen in the east, south, west and north were torn apart one after another.

When a large number of Feng army attacked the top of the city and fought face to face with the defenders, the city defense of Yuzhen had not completely fallen, but the psychological defense line of the defenders had collapsed first.

Countless An army soldiers gave up resistance, threw away their weapons, and surrendered to the Feng army. The Feng army that attacked the top of the city took advantage of the situation to kill into the city, opened the city gate, and let their own soldiers outside the city into the city.

The next battle was no suspense, and there was no battle at all. The Feng army outside the city poured into the city like a tide, and the An army in the city either knelt down to surrender or fled towards the center of the city. No one resisted or blocked the Feng army.

As the number of Feng troops entering the city increased, the four cities in the southeast, northwest and northeast of Yuzhen were all controlled by the Feng troops. Next, the Feng troops began to enter the city in batches, encircling and suppressing the remaining An troops while seizing key points such as the treasury and granary.

Who could have imagined that the An army, which had a total force of 200,000 and had been struggling for five days, was so vulnerable at this moment. The entire army was like a pile of loose sand, not only unable to organize an effective counterattack, but everyone was running for their lives.

When the news of the loss of the four cities was successively transmitted to the An Kingdom Palace, the court filled with ministers suddenly became silent. I don’t know who sobbed first, and then the ministers bowed their heads and choked, and the crying became one.

Yue Ze, who was sitting on the throne, sighed softly. He stood up slowly, waved to everyone, and said, "My dear ministers, go back. At this time, everyone should stay at home, not in the palace."

Staying in the palace will only lead to death. Staying at home and begging for mercy from Feng Jun may give you a chance of survival. There have been enough deaths in the past few days, and Yue Ze doesn't want to drag these ministers to be his burial objects.

Hearing Yue Ze's words, the ministers present cried even louder.

To be honest, in the eyes of the ministers of An Guo, if the king had not done so many absurd things because of Li Mei'er during this period, the king could be called a wise ruler. Even now, he could be called a benevolent and righteous monarch. It's a pity that An Guo is now facing the fate of extinction.

"We are willing to accompany the king to face the national crisis!" The ministers knelt down and kowtowed in unison.

"Then... why bother?" Yue Ze shook his head and smiled bitterly, waving his hand and saying, "Let's go, let's go, I have to go back to the palace to accompany my beloved concubine."

As he spoke, Yue Ze, who looked more than ten years older, staggered out of the hall, and the maids on both sides hurried forward to support him.

Watching Yue Ze's slowly leaving back, the ministers all burst into tears, kneeling on the ground one by one, and refused to stand up for a long time.

Soon, the Feng Army that entered the city approached the palace.

Now, the guards in the palace plus some scattered soldiers who fled back, there are less than 30,000 people at most. With only this amount of troops, no matter how elite and brave they are, how can they resist? When the Feng Army surrounded the palace, the horn of the large-scale attack was blown.

Outside the palace, the Feng Army set up countless cloud ladders, and the dense Feng Army climbed up the palace wall like ants.

The palace guards fought desperately, but there were too many Feng Army soldiers. If they took down one, ten would come up. They could not be killed or killed, as if there was no end.

The Feng army only had one round of strong charge, and then they tore open the defense line of the palace guards. Then, a large number of Feng army rushed into the palace of An Guo. For a while, the palace was filled with shouts and neighs, screams and cries of palace maids, and the sounds of fighting between the soldiers of both sides.

Qi Heng was the first to charge in from the main gate of the palace. He held the Nine-turn Soul-breaking Sword, rode a red-maned horse, led a group of heavy cavalry, and rushed straight into the palace. The guards behind the palace gate wanted to shoot them with arrows, but their arrow formation posed no threat to the heavy cavalry. As the cavalry launched the charge, the formation of the palace guards was torn apart. Many guards were not killed by the spears of the heavy cavalry, but were trampled to death by the iron hooves of the war horses.

After entering the palace, Qi Heng did not turn back to charge, and led his heavy cavalry to rush into the palace.

He killed his way from the palace gate to the main hall of the palace, without even getting off his horse, he directly urged his horse up the steps and rushed to the main hall gate.

He looked inside, well, the huge main hall was full of An Guo ministers. Judging from their official uniforms, they were either high-ranking officials of the first rank, second rank, or second rank.

He grinned, pointed the tip of his knife at the ministers, and shouted: "If you don't want to die, surrender now. Otherwise, hehe, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an An Guo minister suddenly roared, drew his sword, and rushed out of the hall with a shout, heading straight for Qi Heng.

This man was just a civil servant, so Qi Heng didn't take him seriously. He sat on his horse and didn't move, waiting for the other party to rush to him and raise his sword to stab him, then he swung the magic knife in his hand outward.

With a clang, the minister's sword flew out of his hand and flew far away. His knuckles were also cracked and blood dripped down. Without giving the other party a chance to beg for mercy, Qi Heng thrust forward with the spiritual sword in his hand. With a puff, the minister's chest was pierced by the spiritual sword. He screamed and fell on his back.

"Who else is looking for death? I will clean them up today. Haha——" Qi Heng shook off the blood on the spiritual sword, looked down at the many ministers of the An State in the hall, and laughed with his face up.

The ministers of the An State were so angry that their teeth itched, but they also understood that rushing up and fighting was like going to die, and dying was meaningless.

At this time, the heavy cavalry and a large number of Feng State infantry also followed up and rushed into the hall, holding steel knives and swords, and all the ministers of the An State were suppressed.

Let's talk about Yue Ze who was in the palace. He and Li Mei'er sat in the inner room, listening to the fighting and screams getting closer and closer outside. Li Mei'er whispered that Yue Ze subconsciously hugged her tightly, interrupted her, shook his head and said: "The Feng people are greedy, cruel and warlike, and our country is weak. It is only a matter of time before Feng country uses troops against our country. What does it have to do with Ai Ji?"

Li Mei'er's eyes turned red, and tears were like pearls that broke off the string. She wanted to tell Yue Ze the truth of the matter. In fact, she was a spy of Feng country, but she was afraid that Yue Ze would hate her at the last moment. When the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back.

"Ai Ji, Feng Ren wants to kill me. Now, if you dress up as a palace maid, you may have a chance to escape..."

"No, I won't go anywhere. I have said that even if I die, I will die with the king!"

At this point, she paused, raised her head, looked at Yue Ze with tears in her eyes, and murmured: "Mei'er has been controlled by others all her life... Mei'er can't decide her own origin, now... I just want to decide my own destination."