The soldiers of the Tiger Warriors' New Army of the Great Xin Dynasty were generally equipped with cotton armor with red as the main color, while a small number of elite soldiers were equipped with heavy armor.
On the other hand, the soldiers of the Dragon City army were generally equipped with black armor, and the elite soldiers were even equipped with a pair of bright armor each. Their equipment was far superior to that of the Tiger Legion.
All of this is thanks to Chen Huai'an, the lord of the Dragon City army, who possesses the destiny of a born emperor.
The soldiers of the Imperial Tiger Army on the battlefield, despite being inferior in weaponry and equipment to the Longcheng Army.
However, their ferocity and fighting spirit are in no way inferior to the Dragon City army.
This is all due to the generous and strict reward system in the Tiger Warriors' new army.
Even before this battle, Zhao Kui, the commander of the troops in Mozhou City, offered a sky-high reward of one hundred taels of silver to the Tiger Warriors who were sent out to fight.
Therefore, as soon as the two armies clashed, these Tiger Warriors rushed forward with howling cries to engage in close-quarters combat and bloody battle with the soldiers of the Dragon City army.
On those numb faces, greedy and longing eyes gleamed.
Completely unaware that the city gates of Mozhou behind them had been quietly closed by the guards inside.
They also failed to notice that the drawbridge that originally spanned the two sides of the moat had been secretly retracted by their comrades who remained in the city, and was now suspended high above the moat.
In the fierce battle, soldiers from both sides fought bravely, with people falling every moment and lives being taken every second.
On the battlefield, human life is as worthless as grass.
Severed limbs and broken arms are everywhere.
Mountains of corpses and seas of blood were everywhere.
Prince Chen Huai'an of Jin sat firmly on the central command observation platform, witnessing firsthand the fierce battle between armies outside Mozhou City.
When he discovered that the city gates of Mozhou City in the distance had suddenly closed and the drawbridge had been lowered, he immediately realized that the Tiger Legion inside the city had no intention of breaking out at all.
Instead, they sacrificed the lives of over 100,000 troops outside the city to give a small group of soldiers inside the city a chance to survive.
Throughout history, those who were first abandoned were always the cannon fodder at the bottom of society.
Chen Huai'an shook his head, called over Xiao Po, who had just been reassigned from his position as a groom to the commander of the Imperial Guards, and instructed him, "Xiao Po, you personally lead the Imperial Guards to the battlefield to issue a message—"
"Tell the Tiger-like new army soldiers who went out to fight that their General Wu Sanjia and Deputy General Zhao Kui have abandoned them;"
"Make them lay down their weapons and surrender to me, and they will be spared!"
"Your subordinate obeys!"
Soon, Xiao Po hurriedly accepted the order and left.
At the same time.
On the city wall of Mozhou, Zhao Kui, the deputy general of the Tiger Warriors, wearing bright armor and a ring-pommel sword at his waist, did not even glance at the soldiers under his command who were fighting bloody battles outside the city.
He immediately gave the order: "Pass down the order, 20,000 personal guards shall leave the city of Mozhou in an orderly manner from the south gate and retreat towards Yingzhou at the fastest possible marching speed!"
"Your subordinate obeys!"
Before long, Zhao Kui's 20,000 trusted personal guards, who were already fully prepared, marched out of the south gate of Mozhou City in a long, single-file formation and headed straight for Yingzhou.
Zhao Kui and several hundred personal guards charged ahead on horseback, leaving the 20,000 infantrymen behind them far behind.
Gradually, the so-called orderly evacuation turned into a chaotic rout.
The official road leading to Yingzhou City was littered with abandoned weapons and supplies.
The 20,000 fleeing Tiger Warriors soldiers only wished their parents had given them two more legs.
Back on the battlefield, the Longcheng army, with its overwhelming numerical superiority, has gradually taken control of the battlefield, dividing and encircling the 100,000 Tiger Warriors who came out of the city to fight.
At this moment, a troop of cavalry clad in golden armor suddenly appeared on the battlefield, waving scarlet Jin King banners and shouting in unison to the Tiger Warriors in the battle zone:
"Brothers of the Tiger-like New Army—"
"You have been abandoned by Wu Sanjia. Sending you out of the city to fight is just to send you to your deaths!"
"If you don't believe me, turn around and look. Are there still any of your troops on the walls of Mozhou City?"
"Lay down your weapons, surrender to His Highness Prince Jin, and you will be spared!"
"Brothers of the Tiger-like New Army—"
"You have already..."
A small squad of a few hundred Golden Guardsmen does indeed seem insignificant on a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
But their repeated roars were enough to echo throughout every corner of the battlefield.
On the battlefield, the other soldiers of the Dragon City army immediately understood and fought fiercely while brandishing their swords, spears, and halberds.
He called out to the Tiger Warriors who were fighting against him, urging them to lay down their weapons and surrender to the Prince of Jin.
At first, the Tiger Warriors, who were eager to behead the soldiers of Longcheng in exchange for huge military rewards, did not believe it and thought it was a psychological warfare tactic by the Longcheng army.
But as the battle deepened, and as that troop of golden-armored cavalry continued to traverse the perimeter of the battlefield, their shouts echoing repeatedly, the battle raging on.
Finally, some of the Tiger Warriors, whose eyes were not yet bloodthirsty, couldn't help but turn back and look towards the direction of Mozhou City.
With just one glance, morale and belief collapsed instantly!
Because the walls of Mozhou City were already deserted.
Not only that, but before leaving, the defenders also retracted the drawbridge spanning the moat and closed the city gates tightly.
This completely cut off the last escape route for those who went out of the city to fight.
Besides laying down their arms and surrendering, there is only one way out: death!
"No--"
Suddenly, a commander of the elite Tiger Warriors, amidst the fierce battle, roared to the sky: "This humble general is ready to fight to the death, to kill the enemy and serve the country. Why has the general abandoned the city and fled?"
"Why...why is this happening?!"
On the battlefield, morale and belief can collapse in an instant.
As more and more Tiger Warriors discovered that they had long been abandoned by Zhao Kui, the deputy general in the city, and Wu Sanjia, the general they admired;
The beliefs and rewards that had sustained them in their fight against the enemy vanished in an instant, like a river bursting its banks.
Countless officers and commanders of the elite new army, filled with patriotic fervor, roared to the heavens or knelt and sighed, shouting with all their might:
"This humble general is ready to fight to the death to serve his country, why does the general abandon me and flee?"
"This humble general is ready to fight to the death to serve his country, why does the general abandon me and flee?"
"This humble general is ready to fight to the death to serve his country, why does the general abandon me and flee?"
In an instant, the vast battlefield outside Mozhou City was filled only with the mournful cries of countless Tiger Warriors' new army commanders.
Immediately afterwards, the surviving Tiger Warriors laid down their weapons and knelt down to surrender to the Dragon City army soldiers around them.
Seeing this, Liu Ziyu, the deputy general of the Longcheng Southern Expeditionary Army who had personally donned armor and led the charge into battle, hurriedly ordered his soldiers to stop the killing and spare the lives of these captured soldiers.
It can be considered as a way of honoring Liu Ziyu's past as a member of the Tiger Army of the Great Xin Dynasty!
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