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Chapter 171 Crusade against Yuan Shu's unparalleled cannon
"Bang bang bang..."

Huge boulders fell from the sky and smashed hard on the city wall.

Every boulder is smashed down, and the force generated is as if the earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking, and the people around are trembling and trembling.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the boulders, the tall and thick city walls collapsed in a short while.

With the collapse of the city wall, countless guarding soldiers fell from the city wall, some stumbled and fell, some were crushed to death by boulders on the spot, and some were dragged off the top of the city by their companions...

A large banner with Yuan characters broke off brittlely and fell.

The flag fell, and the flag coincidentally wrapped around Chang Nu's head, causing a burst of cursing.

"General, the enemy's catapults are too fierce. If this continues, Chengde will definitely not be able to defend himself. What should we do?"

A small schoolboy squatted and walked to Chang Nu and said excitedly.

Chang Nu was the guard of Chengde. After Zhang Xun withdrew the army, only 2 people were left for Chang Nu.

It stands to reason that with these 2 people, it would have been an easy task for Chang Nu to guard Chengde, who was high in the city and deep in the city.

However, the enemy actually had a siege weapon with extremely destructive power. Chang Nu witnessed the enemy's catapult firing huge stones from a long distance, smashing through them with ease. Strong and tall walls.

Once the city wall was broken, Chengde was immediately in danger.

Although Chang Nu has 2 people in his hands, the enemy has [-] people, twice as many enemies!
What's more terrible is that the enemy's commander is Liu Gan who shocked Jiangdong!
Chang Nu had to ask Shouchun for help, but the distant water could not save the near fire. In front of those amazingly powerful catapults, Chengde's city wall was useless, just like the chicken tile dog, which was totally vulnerable.

"Pass my order, the whole army retreats into the inner city!"

Chang Nu gritted his teeth and gave the order. He has never been so useless as he is today after fighting for many years.

Outside Chengde City, Liu Gan camped.

At this moment, Liu Gan was standing on top of a chariot, wearing a golden armor and yellow robe, a red cloak, a sword at his waist, an expressionless face, and deep eyes looking straight ahead.

Behind him, Wang Yue and Zhu Gongdao stood on the left and right of Liu Gan. The former was wearing a long Tsing Yi gown, while the latter was wearing a fluttering white robe.

Among the 4 troops, only these two were unarmored.

Wang Yue thought it was unnecessary, after all his duty was to protect Liu Gan, and Zhu Gongdao simply didn't like to wear such heavy things on his body.

These two are masters with personalities.

"Report to Your Majesty, the enemy army has withdrawn the outer wall!"

A small soldier came to report the letter, and the title he called aroused Liu Gan's dissatisfaction.

"Before the battle, call me Marshal!" Liu Gan glanced at Xiaobing.

"Yes, Commander!" Xiao Bing responded well enough and shouted loudly.

"Well, yes." Liu Gan nodded lightly, and ordered with a smile: "Pass my order, the whole army will attack, and the army that first invades the inner city will be paid double this month!"

"Here!"

……

Following Liu Gan's order, the three armies moved out in unison.

Chengde's dilapidated city walls could not stop the tide-like army at all, and the Shendao Battalion and Shenfeng Battalion rushed into the city.

Chang Nu led 2 people to fight and retreat. After being severely hit in the street fighting, he led the army to retreat into the inner city.

As soon as he entered the inner city, Chang Nu immediately ordered his subordinates to distribute defense regardless of his own injuries.

At this time, someone found Chang Nu.

"General, the thieves are so powerful that this city cannot be defended. Let's withdraw our troops!"

The person who spoke was Huang Jie, a horse thief from the Yingchuan area, and it wasn't long before he surrendered to Yuan Shu.

Chang Nu glared at Huang Jie, and said coldly: "Yuan Gong trusts me, so he entrusts me to garrison this city. If I retreat without fighting, I will not live up to Yuan Gong's trust!"

Huang Yu said in a deep voice: "General, this is not a crime of war. The bandit army's catapults are so powerful that no one can defend this city. We must not do such useless efforts. It is a good strategy to withdraw our troops to preserve our strength!"

Chang Nu groaned silently.

Huang Yu persuaded: "General, don't hesitate, if you hesitate any longer, we won't be able to leave!"

Chang Nu said coldly: "If you can't leave, then you won't leave. This battle vows to live and die with Chengde!"

"General!"

"Stop talking too much, defend the city!"

……

When Liu Gan rode his horse into Chengde, most of the surrounding people were already hiding in their homes and dared not go out for half a step.

The streets and alleys were full of corpses, some belonged to Yuan Shujun, some belonged to Liu Ganjun, and most of them were ordinary people who had nothing to do with the world.

These people are innocent and unfortunate. They should never have done anything wrong. They should not have run around during the war.

When the army rushes to kill the enemy, who cares whether you are an enemy or a civilian?

The first thing Liu Gan did after he entered the city was to order his subordinates to issue a notice to the people. Liu Gan wanted to tell the people in the city that as long as they obediently accepted the Jiangdong Army into the city, no one would die. executioner.

Liu Gan's reputation and reputation are still very good in Yangzhou. After all, he is not like Sun Ce, who likes to slaughter cities and stand up every time he wins a city.

Liu Gan has never played the trick of massacring cities.

In some ways, convincing people with ferocity can certainly have an immediate deterrent effect.

But if you want to rule the people, the most popular way is to convince people with virtue.

To help the world with benevolence and compassion, and at the same time to show some sacred or majestic strength as appropriate, and to use the stick to add carrots and implement policies is the supreme foundation of long-term stability and stability.

"Marshal, the inner city is broken."

A soldier came to interrogate.

Liu Gan was a little surprised. After all, Chang Nu had [-] troops under his command, but now he won the battle without any effort.

Isn't this Chang Nu a little too good?

"Did Chang Nu escape?" Liu Gan asked casually.

"No, it was a school lieutenant who killed Chang Nu and then took the initiative to open the gate of the inner city."

"Oh, there is such a thing. What is the name of this captain? Bring it to me immediately."

"Here!"

……

After a while, Liu Gan stepped into the inner city, and two tall officers were brought in front of Liu Gan.

"Sinner Huang Juan, pay homage to King Ming!"

"Sinful General Xun Zheng, pay homage to King Ming!"

Huang Jie and Xun Zheng knelt on the ground respectfully, both of them were very polite.

Liu Gan looked at the two generals, and said with a smile: "Get up, the so-called virtuous ministers choose the master, and the two of you can turn to the light, and I am very pleased."

"Willing to die for the general!" The two said in unison.

"Well, that's a good sign of loyalty." Liu Gan smiled and said, "I heard that Chang Nu is dead. I don't know who died at the hands of him? I have seen a lot of things like murdering a superior and begging for glory against the Lord. I can do it." It's the first time I've seen such a clean and neat one."

Hearing this, Huang Jie and Xun Zheng immediately exchanged glances, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

(End of this chapter)