My diary of transcendence from the heavens

Chapter 119 117. It is unwise to love a small country rather than a big country

The good news of the sudden withdrawal of Northern Wei's troops spread throughout the capital of Southern Zhao.

They couldn't figure it out at all. How could the Northern Wei suddenly retreat in a situation where they were sure to win?

But no matter what, the retreat is a retreat after all, and this good news is enough to make everyone excited.

Unfortunately, this good news did not make them happy for a long time. Fortune played a trick on people, and Zhao Xuanqi led the elite army of the Northern Wei Dynasty to return to the city.

And this time, he wasn't going to play it safe.

What a 100% winning rate, what about clearing the level without taking any damage, fuck your bullshit.

Give it a try and break the city quickly!

Only by quickly conquering the Southern Zhao Kingdom can we return to the country and the court in the shortest possible time to see what is going on in the country.

This time, a hard attack!

Zhao Xuanqi did not hesitate to send the surrendered soldiers of Southern Zhao State as vanguards and cannon fodder for siege, and attacked the capital of Zhao with siege equipment.

There are hundreds of thousands of these surrendered soldiers, belonging to different branches of the military. They are promised huge benefits, and they can get it even if they don't!

Zhao Xuanqi led the elite soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty to supervise the battle team at the back. Any soldiers who dared to turn back would only die, and the only response to them would be sharp swords.

Only advance, no retreat!

If the city is conquered, everyone will share the benefits.

If they cannot capture the city, they will have no choice but to die.

These surrendered soldiers had only one way to go, so they rushed out of Zhao Xuanqi's military camp like crazy, and rushed towards the majestic city in front of them like an overwhelming force.

A large number of ladders have been built, and there are huge door-ramming trucks, which are bound to break open the city gate and chew down this majestic city.

The shouts of killing shook the sky.

The blood flowed everywhere and the sound was deafening.

It was as if the sky was falling and the earth was falling.

For several hours, there was a fierce fight, and the bloody scene shocked everyone's minds. By the end of the fight, it was already dark.

More than 10,000 corpses were left behind. These cannon fodder corpses were piled up in the corners of the city wall, and their blood stained the ground, looking extremely miserable and bloody.

War is always cruel.

Zhao Xuanqi's first attack was actually repelled.

The will and ability of the defenders in the city to resist were beyond his imagination.

"These cannon fodder soldiers who surrendered from the Southern Zhao Kingdom are too weak after all. It is indeed not easy to capture this big city."

"If it could be captured easily, Nan Zhao would have been destroyed hundreds or thousands of times."

"I do underestimate the soldiers defending the city, but if it doesn't work once, then let's do it the second time, the third time, and see who is stronger, you or me!"

Zhao Xuanqi then rested for most of the day and opened up the granary so that the soldiers could eat and drink enough, get enough rest and recharge their batteries.

On the next day, Zhao Xuanqi once again ordered his soldiers to attack the city, and this time the attack was more fierce.

But what was unexpected was that the second siege also failed.

Not only did they fail the second time, but even the third siege also failed and could only end in failure.

Failures one after another!

Zhao Xuanqi frowned as he looked at the big city in front of him that had not yet been captured. He finally came to a conclusion: "There are capable people in the city!"

I originally thought that the emperor of Southern Zhao was fatuous and that the capital city would be in decay, with extremely weak defenses and extremely low combat effectiveness. Unexpectedly, it was the opposite.

In this capital city, the soldiers who defended the army had the strongest combat effectiveness, and they were very good at defending the city and fighting. They relied on the high city to defend and relied on rich strategies to fight, so Zhao Xuanqi failed many times.

He came to the conclusion that there was a great talent inside.

Under the organization of this great talent, the Southern Zhao Kingdom could still defend the capital at this critical moment of national destruction, fight to the death and not retreat, and would rather die than defend the capital.

When the country is destroyed and the emperor is in despair, countless people will surrender, and countless people will march to meet the enemy, but there are also some loyal and talented people who are willing to die for the country and are willing to die with the last emperor.

The emperor of the Southern Zhao Kingdom was really lucky to have such a person under his command.

Zhao Xuanqi admitted that he had underestimated Southern Zhao.

But then, he didn't want to waste any more time.

So, he used countless means to start spreading the message, passing the message to the wealthy families who entered the city, and to the generals.

Anyone who surrenders in Kaicheng can be granted the title of Marquis, a hereditary Marquis!

As long as they are willing to cooperate with Zhao Xuanqi when Zhao Xuanqi launches an attack, and attack the defenders from both inside and outside, they will be exempted from crime, retain their family power, and receive a reward of ten thousand taels.

Otherwise, once Zhao Xuanqi breaks the city, the people responsible for defending the city, as well as the big clans in the city, will definitely destroy all the nine clans without any help!

Zhao Xuanqi used this strategy to attack the enemy's heart, intending to incite rebellion among the people in the city and cause civil strife in the other side. Attack the enemy's heart first, that's it.

Then he took out the red cannon, positioned himself, and bombed wildly at a weak point in the enemy's wall.

A large amount of artillery fire was used, and the bombing continued for several hours.

Under the high-intensity artillery fire, no matter how strong and tall the city wall was, a small gap was finally opened.

Zhao Xuanqi ordered the artillerymen to fire wildly at the gap, and finally succeeded in blasting a large gap.

Then, he ordered his elite soldiers to press forward!

This time, the entire army pressed in.

The cannon fodder soldiers who surrendered from the Southern Zhao Kingdom were too fragile and vulnerable to a single blow.

In addition to them taking the lead, the elite armored soldiers from the Northern Wei Dynasty brought by Zhao Xuanqi, veterans of many battles, also pressed forward.

The soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty finally had the time to show off their skills, and finally had a chance to perform.

Densely packed soldiers rushed from the military camp outside the city, wearing armor, carrying swords, and shield soldiers, overwhelming the sky, like a torrent rushing towards the gap in the Zhao capital.

Hundreds of thousands of troops swarmed in.

In addition, the wealthy families of the Southern Zhao Kingdom in the city were successfully instigated to rebel. Some of the big families led the army to sabotage from within at the critical moment, attacked the defenders in reverse, and successfully attacked the defenders from both inside and outside.

This time, the defenders could no longer stop them.

Even though the soldiers guarding the city were extremely capable, they had no ability to stop them. They could only be killed without leaving any trace of armor, suffered heavy damage, and were helplessly defeated.

The defeat was unstoppable, and they could no longer recover, leaving tens of thousands of corpses behind and fleeing in embarrassment!

Zhao Xuanqi successfully occupied the city wall. He led hundreds of thousands of troops to successfully land on the enemy's capital and occupied this great capital.

This is the first time in more than 200 years that soldiers from the Northern Wei Kingdom have entered this capital, and the first time they have entered the capital of the Southern Zhao Kingdom!

The garrison commander, with several thousand remaining defeated soldiers, has retreated to the palace. They can only rely on the short palace walls to continue to defend the city. Apart from the central palace, they have no danger to defend.

Zhao Xuanqi was a little surprised.

Unexpectedly, at such a defeat, these thousands of defeated soldiers still retreated in an orderly manner, without any intention of surrender, and they were extremely stubborn.