Chapter 42: Besieged on All Sides
Qian Xiaoxing looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but beat his chest and cried. Ma Hua helped him many times, but he didn't say anything about it, but he forced him to death on the battlefield. Qian Xiaoxing felt that Ma Hua's death was caused by him, and he felt even more heartbroken...
"Save people, save people quickly!" Qian Xiaoxing hurriedly ordered the medical soldiers to save Ma Hua.
The wound on Ma Hua's neck was extremely deep, and even modern medical technology was difficult to save, let alone in ancient times, the medical soldier worked hard and could only shake his head helplessly.
A tear fell in Qian Xiaoxing's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel aggrieved. If a war was fought, he would force his benefactor to death. Qian Xiaoxing really hoped that this war would not continue.
Another thunder sounded across the sky, but the battlefield was silent. All the soldiers had stopped and stood quietly, their eyes gathered on Ma Hua's corpse. Qian Xiaoxing slowly took off his hat and saluted seriously. The other soldiers, whether from Si State or Lin State, also took off their hats and saluted.
Qian Xiaoxing sighed, sorted out his mood, looked at the battlefield, and shouted loudly: "General Ma Hua's last words on his deathbed, let me let Lin Jun go, I agree, do you still want to fight?"
After hearing the weapons, Lin army cavalry fell to the ground one after another and signaled not to fight again. Qian Xiaoxing waved his hand and said, "This time, for General Ma Hua's sake, I will let you go back. If you continue to be enemies with our country in the future, I will be polite. You all go!"
The Lin army cavalry did not expect that there would be such a good thing. Seeing that they were about to die, they were actually going to let themselves go. After hearing this, everyone turned their horses' heads, but they did not forget to look back at Ma Hua's corpse and evacuated from the battlefield in a deep mood.
Sima Yiqing saw that the Lin army that could have been completely wiped out, and she was unwilling to let Qian Xiaoxing go, but she could do nothing. After all, Qian Xiaoxing's idea of repaying kindness is understandable. When the Lin army's cavalry was evacuated, Sima Yiqing estimated that he could let more than 20,000 people go.
Qian Xiaoxing asked someone to carry Ma Hua's body away and prepare to bury him with a grand funeral. He also ordered Hu Suoyuan to inquire about Ma Hua's family and make good arrangements in the future to repay Ma Hua's kindness.
Qian Xiaoxing returned to the battlefield at the South Gate of Qidu, and the cannons continued to sound without stopping. The Lin army on the city wall was already bombed to no resistance. The south gate had collapsed because it had been bombed too many times.
From the telescope, Qian Xiaoxing saw the city wall in a mess, with the broken city wall emitting blue smoke, and the bombed cannons pressed against the corpses all over the ground. Occasionally, several wounded soldiers in Lin army were squirming.
The south gate had already collapsed, and Lin Jun could not come out and Si Jun could not enter. Qian Xiaoxing had to order: "Get the ladder up the city wall!"
The Si army infantry carried out the long ladder, ran quickly under the city wall and set up a ladder. There was no resistance on the city wall. After a while, the Si army occupied the south gate.
The news of the fall of the South Gate quickly reached King Lin's ears. King Lin said in disbelief: "How is it possible? This is too fast!"
In Qidu City, although many troops are strong, they cannot use their strength. The troops want to break through the South Gate. The South Gate was blocked by artillery fire, and then they were simply blown up. They detoured from the East Gate and the West Gate. Before they could get around, they heard the news that the South Gate was lost. The last line of the opportunity to break the enemy and win was lost. King Lin was very reluctant to believe that these were all facts.
Learning from the pain, King Lin regained his spirits and secretly encouraged himself in his heart that he could not be defeated by such a little setback. He immediately ordered Lin Jun, who had originally gone out from the East Gate and the West Gate, to come back and gather in Qidu City, to prepare to resist the Si Jun to the end.
At present, the Lin army still has more than 200,000 troops in Qidu City, and is fully capable of fighting with the Si army. Moreover, in street battles in the city, the Si army's divine cannon cannot be used, and even the powerful Dark Knights cannot exert their power. Therefore, street fighting is a head-on battle, and there is no way to take advantage of it.
King Lin arranged the troops to garrison in Qidu, and said gritting his teeth: "Qian Xiaoxing, you are a kind of person, but it is not that easy to defeat me. Even if we two fight for you alone, we will fight all your troops!"
The 200,000 Lin army was scattered everywhere in Qidu City, waiting for the Si army soldiers to enter and fight to the death.
Qian Xiaoxing watched the troops successfully seize the South Gate, and climbed from the ladder to the city wall. Looking at Qi Capital, this century-old ancient capital is indeed very large and there is no sign of the edge at first sight.
Although he occupied the South Gate, he did not kill many Lin troops, so Qian Xiaoxing also knew that there were still many Lin troops, but Lin troops did not launch a counterattack to try to retake the South Gate, which made Qian Xiaoxing very puzzled.
Sima Yiqing also followed, observed for a while and said, "King Lin hid his troops among the city and wanted to fight a street battle with us."
"Street fighting?" Qian Xiaoxing remembered that in modern times, the United States attacked Iraq. Although the United States had advanced weapons, what he was afraid of was Iraqi soldiers fighting street fighting. Now he had no experience in street fighting, so he couldn't help asking: "Father-in-law, is there any way to fight street fighting?"
Sima Yiqing touched his beard and said, "Not before, but now, as long as you put the cannon on the city wall and bombard the city, you can kill and injure the Lin army on a large scale."
"This..." Qian Xiaoxing shook his head and said, "Isn't this random bombing blowing all the civilians to death?"
Sima Yiqing nodded and replied, "This is inevitable. These people are all from Lin State, so just die."
Qian Xiaoxing shook his hand firmly and said, "No, you can't implicate innocent people. I'll forget about the cannon bombing method."
Sima Yiqing said anxiously: "A son-in-law, if you want to accomplish great things, you must not be kind to a woman, otherwise, the one who dies will be our own soldiers!"
"I will come up with other ways. I will definitely not agree to killing innocent people indiscriminately." Qian Xiaoxing said firmly.
Seeing that Qian Xiaoxing was tough, Sima Yiqing had no choice but to say, "Then take the other city gates while the rain has not stopped. There are still many cannons on the other city gates. If the Lin army does not snatch them back, it will be a big problem."
"Well, my father-in-law is right, I will order it immediately!" Qian Xiaoxing replied.
The artillery of the Si army scattered to other city gates in Qidu. Like occupying the south gate, they used some cannons to block the city gates, and other shots the Lin army on the city wall. After a while, they bombed the Lin army on the city wall, and then took the ladder and occupied the city gates, snatching all the divine cannons stolen by the Lin army.
After hearing the battle report of successfully seizing the city gate, Sima Yiqing felt uneasy finally disappeared because the Divine Power Cannon was lost from him. If something happened to this cannon, he had to bear the consequences himself, and the responsibility would be too great.
The formation of the Si army and Lin army is very strange now. It has never happened on the battlefield before. The Lin army gathered 200,000 troops in the middle of the city, while the Si army's 120,000 troops stationed at various gates of Qidu and locked Lin army in Qidu.
The key is that the Si army has fewer troops than the Lin army, and it can even surround the Lin army. This phenomenon has never happened before. Even Sima Yiqing found it funny when he saw it, as if an adult was surrounded by four children but could not get out.
Of course, the prerequisite for being able to defend the city gate is of course the divine cannon on the city wall. As long as the Si army turns the guns originally on the city wall, they can suppress Lin Jun.
Chapter completed!