"Hold on! Hold on! Charge!"
The captain roared, his face becoming extremely ferocious. He knew that the attacking party would suffer heavy casualties, but he did not expect that his troops would be greatly reduced before they reached the city wall.
The explosion was terrifying; they had never seen such a weapon before.
"Charge forward! As long as we charge forward we can win. They don't have as many people as we do!"
The captain roared and urged the soldiers in the rear to move forward.
The soldiers of Jingzhou finally rushed to the city wall and built a ladder, but what was waiting for them were Molotov cocktails falling from the sky.
Boom boom boom!
The Molotov cocktail exploded, instantly turning the area under the city wall into a sea of fire.
Scary screams rang out one after another, and the Jingzhou soldiers who were in the front instantly turned into fire men, rolling and wailing madly, but could only watch their skin and flesh burnt and carbonized in the flames.
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
The soldiers at the back wanted to retreat in fear, but were pushed forward by their comrades who were unaware of the situation.
In the chaos of the crowds, more people were squeezed into the fire scene. The fire spread rapidly through human bodies and clothes, forming a terrifying flame barrier.
Under the double blow of bombs and Molotov cocktails, the Jingzhou soldiers couldn't even climb the city walls. Occasionally, artillery shells fell, turning the open space outside the Qianhu Suo into a living hell.
Soldiers from Jingzhou were constantly blown into the air, with broken limbs and debris everywhere.
Chang Wei and others didn't even use their muskets to prevent the Jingzhou soldiers from taking a single step beyond the line.
The captain in the rear was furious. He had never expected that the weapons of the Qianhu Suo were so powerful. Moreover, the terrain here was narrow and could not accommodate more troops to attack at the same time.
There are mountains on three sides, and a thousand people only need to defend the front to be invincible.
"retreat!"
Seeing that letting his men continue attacking the city would only lead to their deaths, the captain stopped.
The surviving soldiers of Jingzhou retreated quickly, still with lingering fear. Looking at the corpses all over the ground, everyone's face was somewhat horrified.
The siege hadn't begun for long, but they had already lost almost half of their men.
The opponent's exploding iron balls and burning bottles are too powerful. In contrast, the opponent's bows and arrows are the weakest.
Pei Yun saw that the Jingzhou soldiers had stopped attacking, and shouted, "Go back and tell Xiao Yan that he can't take down the Qianhu Suo. Either he retreats or his entire army is wiped out."
The captain really wanted to retort, saying that there are a hundred thousand soldiers at the foot of the mountain, so there is no way they cannot be defeated, and they can trap you to death. But when he saw the corpses on the ground and the terrain around him, he fell silent.
So what if we have an army of 100,000? We cannot launch an attack. With the weapons in the hands of the enemy, even if we really defeat them, there will probably be heavy casualties.
"Walk!"
The captain led the remaining Jingzhou troops and retreated. He couldn't take it down here, so whoever wanted to come could come.
…
At the foot of the mountain.
Xiao Yan was waiting for the outcome of the battle when he heard a roar coming from the mountain. He frowned slightly. This sound did not sound like a catapult hitting the city wall.
After waiting for a while, he saw the captain and his men retreating. There were 10,000 men going up, but less than 5,000 men retreating. This surprised Xiao Yan.
In just a short period of time, more than half of the people were killed?
“Your Highness, I am incompetent and failed to capture the Qianhu Suo.” The captain half-knelt on the ground and clasped his fists.
Xiao Yan said coldly: "What's going on?! Ten thousand elite soldiers can't even take down a small Qianhu Suo?!"
The captain said, "I have never seen the weapon Pei Yun used before. It exploded when it landed on the crowd. There is also a black iron monster on the city wall that can fire iron balls and destroy all our catapults."
"Pei Yun used fire attack again, setting a sea of fire under the city wall, and all the ladders were burned."
Xiao Yan's eyelids twitched. He already knew the ins and outs of Pei Yun's rebellion. It was because the emperor asked him to hand over his weapons, but he refused, so he rebelled.
It seems that this weapon is really powerful, no wonder the emperor wants to get it.
In just a short period of time, most of the 10,000 Jingzhou soldiers were killed. It was simply horrifying.
He was silent for a moment and then asked, "How many casualties did the other side suffer?"
The captain stammered, "There were no casualties."
"What? So many of your people died, but no one on the other side died?"
The captain looked embarrassed. "There's a big fire under the city wall. We can't get through at all."
The other captains also looked at each other in bewilderment. Their Jingzhou army fought bravely. When they fought against Xiao Cheng, even if Xiao Cheng occupied the natural barrier, they were able to bite off a piece of meat from the Yizhou army.
Although they suffered heavy casualties, the Yizhou army also suffered heavy losses.
Unexpectedly, this time, not a single enemy died, but more than 5,000 people on their side died. The casualty ratio of 0 to 5,000 was simply incredible.
Xiao Yan also fell silent. He originally thought that attacking a thousand households would not be too difficult, but he did not expect the situation to be somewhat unexpected.
"My Lord, what should we do now?"
A captain spoke up.
Xiao Yan looked towards Qingyan Mountain and spoke after a while: "Attack! Attack day and night without stopping, and make sure to take down Qianhu Suo."
The captains were all shocked, thinking that this was going to happen at any cost.
The defeated captain wanted to persuade Xiao Yan, but when he saw Xiao Yan's cold expression, he swallowed the words back.
Afterwards, the Jingzhou army went up the mountain to attack again.
…
"Boss, are they crazy? They know they will die, but they still keep attacking."
Chang Wei was a little confused. This was already the third wave of people, half of them died when they rushed up, and then they retreated. Did they really just give up their lives?
Lu Jingxuan said on the side: "Xiao Yan probably wants to consume our ammunition. He thinks that we, a thousand-household unit, should not have too many such highly lethal weapons."
"Ordinary siege methods won't work. We can only use human lives to fill the gap. When our weapons are gone, that's when they'll counterattack."
Chang Wei laughed and said, "Then he is too naive. We have more weapons than we can use up."
Lu Jingxuan also laughed and said, "Yes, I'm afraid no one would have thought that there are so many weapons and supplies in our Qianhu Division."
Xue Wenju said at the side: "My dear son-in-law, I have a suggestion, but I don't know if I should say it."
"Father-in-law, please speak."
"These soldiers are all innocent and were just following orders. They also have parents and relatives. I wonder how sad their families will be if they die here in vain."
"Since you have already rebelled, you should expand your power. Since you are the reincarnation of an immortal, why not come forward and ask the Jingzhou troops at the foot of the mountain to surrender. This way you can prevent them from dying in battle and also expand your own power."
Everyone nodded, thinking that what Xue Wenju said made sense. Although they were strong, they only had a thousand people. Since they were rebelling, their ultimate goal must be to sit in that position.
It would indeed be a good thing if these Jingzhou troops could be made to surrender.
Pei Yun smiled and said, "What my father-in-law said is exactly what I have in mind. Let's go down the mountain tonight, capture Xiao Yan, and subdue the Jingzhou army!"
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