Inside the capital, Li Qin looked at the intelligence reports sent back by the soldiers who had stormed the city.
"Are you saying that there is another tall earthen wall inside the capital?"
"Yes, young marshal, after we passed through that gap and entered the capital, the remaining Wu troops all retreated to the top of that earthen wall."
According to the information we obtained from the prisoners, during this period, Yu Gan mobilized a million people in the capital to dismantle houses for raw materials, dig trenches to extract soil, and build a simple inner city by ramming earth into walls inside the capital and raising them with wooden planks and rafts.
General Peng Jiahu is leading his army in a fierce attack on the inner city built of earthen walls.
According to General Peng Jiahu's report, he should be able to breach the makeshift earthen wall before nightfall.
At this moment, a soldier was reporting the progress of the inner capital city to Li Qin in detail.
After hearing the soldier's report, Li Qin's expression also turned serious.
Then he asked him:
"Where are the artillery pieces?"
What happened to the artillery that Wu's army used to bombard ours?
How much did you seize?
Upon hearing Li Qin inquire about the powerful cannon from before, the soldier lowered his head and replied:
"Reporting to the young marshal, during the retreat, Wu's army destroyed all those cannons."
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Upon hearing this report, Li Qin immediately addressed him, saying:
"Okay, I'll remember that. If you encounter a craftsman, you must not harm him."
Since Wu's army possessed cannons, they must have had artisans capable of manufacturing them.
"Yes, young marshal."
Upon hearing Li Qin's order, the soldier immediately retreated.
Then Li Qin looked at Qi Duchen and said:
"Take your personal guards and come with me into the city."
"yes."
Upon hearing Li Qin's order, Qi Duchen immediately organized thousands of elite personal guards to escort Li Qin into the capital.
Upon entering the capital, Li Qin immediately climbed onto the original city wall, which was now under control.
Standing on the city wall, Li Qin held a telescope and looked into the city, gazing at the simple inner city enclosed by earthen walls.
Standing on high ground, Li Qin saw that many of the houses inside the earthen walls had been demolished, indicating that Yu Gan had made quite a few preparations during this period.
At that moment, beneath that makeshift earthen wall, Peng Jiahu was leading his elite Liaodong troops in a fierce attack using simple ladders.
On the earthen wall, countless Wu soldiers, along with men dressed as civilians, fought together against the attack of his army below.
What surprised Li Qin the most was that many officials actually brought their families to climb the earthen wall to resist Peng Jiahu's attack from below.
Just as Li Qin was scanning the earthen wall with his binoculars, he saw that when Peng Jiahu's army was about to breach the wall, the Wu soldiers and civilians on the wall suddenly displayed amazing morale and repelled Peng Jiahu's attack.
Li Qin scanned the earthen wall through his binoculars and was surprised to see a man dressed in a yellow dragon robe climbing the wall and standing beside Yu Gan, braving a hail of arrows from his army, directing the battle together.
Li Qin recognized him immediately after seeing the yellow dragon robe he was wearing.
The new emperor of the Great Wu, Zhu Qiyu.
Through his telescope, he saw Zhu Qiyu standing on the capital, braving a hail of arrows, commanding alongside Yu Gan.
Although I really wanted to kill him, I still had to sigh.
He certainly has backbone and courage.
Especially compared to his older brother, Zhu Qizhen.
But he had to die.
Because he not only threatened Zhu Qizhen, the card in Li Qin's hand.
Most importantly, Li Qin wanted an emperor like Zhu Qizhen, a spineless puppet.
We don't need someone like Zhu Qiyu.
Zhu Qizhen, I can bully him however I want without any consequences.
However, Zhu Qiyu was a puppet, and when pushed to the limit, Li Qin was really afraid. One day, Zhu Qiyu shouted something that made Li Qin's intentions known to everyone, and then led his men to kill him.
An emperor with backbone is not a good puppet.
Li Qin looked at the simple earthen wall, and then followed Emperor Zhu Qiyu up the wall to fight alongside the Wu army.
Wu Jun immediately displayed astonishing morale and actually fought desperately to repel his attack.
However, it seems that they are already running out of steam and won't be able to keep going for much longer.
Many of his soldiers had already climbed the earthen wall.
Li Qin observed the situation in the capital through his binoculars, but he immediately noticed something was amiss.
Why did Yu Gan only demolish the houses inside the earthen walls?
If he's going to demolish something, shouldn't he demolish the houses outside the earthen wall first?
Why did he only demolish the houses surrounding the earthen wall?
Li Qin immediately realized something was wrong, and then he looked up at the houses.
They discovered that the area was already covered with dry grass for starting a fire.
After recalling that most houses in the capital city were built using a large amount of wood.
He immediately realized what was going on.
"Quickly, tell Peng Jiahu to stop the attack and retreat from the capital."
"Ah? Yes, yes."
Although surprised that Li Qin had suddenly given the order, he still immediately went to convey it.
Upon receiving Li Qin's order, Peng Jiahu was taken aback, as he was about to break through the simple earthen wall.
However, he dared not disobey Li Qin's orders and finally ordered the army to stop the attack and then began to withdraw from the capital.
Upon seeing that the enemy soldiers were actually retreating, Yu Gan, standing on the earthen wall, immediately gave the order:
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