will of the planet

Chapter 46: Chapter 69
The next day came quickly, and only a small group of troops outside Huangsha City were still resisting. Their actions were basically in vain. They did not cause losses to Lin Xiao's troops, but they added a lot of military merit to them.

Fighting all the way, the line infantry regiment came directly to the outskirts of Huangsha City. The walls here are much higher than those of the nearby small towns.

Zhongdi soldiers hid behind the city wall one by one, shooting arrows rain from time to time to defend.

It is difficult to break through the walls of Huangsha City with ordinary attacks, and Lin Xiao is not in such a hurry to attack Huangsha City.

As far as he knows, Muxia City, which is the closest to Huangsha City, is also hundreds of kilometers away. More importantly, the traffic between the two sides is not very good.

Muxiacheng wanted to send troops to support Huangsha City, but it would take at least a month to arrive, which was enough time for Lin Xiao to capture Huangsha City.

He directly ordered most of the artillery to be transferred over, and launched a fierce bombardment on Huangsha City, trying to wipe out as much as possible of Huangchuan City's vital forces.

After 2 full days, the soldiers in Huangsha City finally didn't have enough persistence. The bombardment for these 2 days was nothing but a nightmare for them.

The tall city walls of Huangsha City have been smashed to pieces, and no one dared to clean up the corpses on it. One can imagine how much pressure these Zhongdi soldiers were under.

Since there was no way to defend the city wall, the defenders of Huangsha City had no choice but to retreat the soldiers and start street fighting.

This is very detrimental to the line infantry regiment. They have no way to spread out their troops, and I am afraid that they will pay a high price for a forced attack.

Lin Xiao could only send out the recruited gray soldiers first, and launched an attack together with the cloned cold weapon soldiers.

Although their combat effectiveness was not as strong as that of the line infantry regiment, the soldiers in Huangsha City were on the verge of collapse, and after being bombarded for so long, their morale was low and it was difficult to display any combat effectiveness.

But it is not so easy to take them down. These soldiers are the last elite in Huangsha City. In addition, these feudal nobles have carried out demonic propaganda on Lin Xiao's troops. They basically believe that if they surrender, they will not only be executed , Even family members will be implicated.

This is also the result of the feudal nobles deliberately blocking the news. These soldiers have been stationed in Huangsha City for a long time and never left, so they are not very clear about the outside news.

If it was replaced by soldiers who went out to fight to defend Huangsha City, I am afraid they would have surrendered a few days ago.

These soldiers resisted desperately and caused considerable losses to the attacking troops, but they were still beaten back steadily.

Since the favorable terrain has been occupied, the line infantry regiment outside also participated in the battle, firing mercilessly at these enemies who are still resisting!
Even so, the battle situation was still at a stalemate. When attacking the hinterland of Huangsha City again, the line infantry regiment encountered those cronies of the feudal nobles.

The equipment of the cronies is much better than that of ordinary middle-earth soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is also much higher. The most important thing is to be very loyal.

But sending out cronies also means that these feudal nobles have reached the end of their rope.

However, this group of nearly a hundred cronies occupied an alley with many bunkers, and it was difficult for muskets to be effective.

They were sent out in close combat, but they couldn't beat these soldiers. They were repulsed several times and lost many people.

This situation did not last long, and the soldiers behind quickly brought up the 3-pound smoothbore gun and aimed it directly at the alley.

The shells flew in directly, smashing the bunker inside to pieces, several enemy soldiers were knocked into the air, and their bodies were smashed to pieces.

Such a tragic scene did not scare away these soldiers, but deepened their hatred.

Many soldiers who were hiding behind the bunkers were filled with anger when they saw their chief was crushed to death, and rushed forward with knives in hand.

"Fire!"

Another cannonball was fired, and because the distance was very close, the power of the cannonball was maximized, knocking down one piece at a time.

After several shells went down, these soldiers had lost more than half of them before they rushed over.

With great difficulty, they charged forward with cannons, wanting to snatch these cannons, but the Musketeers didn't give a chance and shot directly.

These Zhongdi soldiers fell down one after another, leaving less than 10 people, and the two sides quickly started a hand-to-hand fight.

As the last Zhongdi soldier was stabbed to death with a bayonet, the alley was finally taken down, and clone soldiers rushed up one after another.

Soon came the decisive battle in the main city, but there were not many warriors among these feudal nobles. Knowing that the defense was hopeless, they fled here with their families.

When Lin Xiao's troops attacked the main city, they didn't receive much resistance. He was not a butcher, and when he captured a city, he would kill the civilians inside.

And the clone soldiers don't have any bad habits, as long as the civilians don't attack them with a hoe like a fool, they won't bother to pay attention to each other.

What worried Lin Xiao was the gray soldiers recruited. Their military discipline was not very good, but these civilians were at least from their hometown, and nothing serious happened.

Not only that, but they also provided convenience for Lin Xiao's occupation, spontaneous propaganda, and persuaded these civilians to surrender and not to make any resistance.

Lin Xiao was very satisfied with this move. He occupied Huangsha City not only for the mineral resources, but also for the sufficient human resources here.

After all, he doesn't have so many energy points to clone, and these natives can just make up for the lack of population.

To make use of these gray people, reputation is very important, and Huangsha City can just be used as an example, which is also very beneficial to his invasion plan.

Otherwise, if he slaughtered the city like a butcher and wanted to continue to invade the Middle Kingdom in the future, he would definitely encounter tenacious resistance.

Dealing with these feudal nobles is troublesome enough, and he doesn't want to pull these commoners against himself.

There was a great price to be paid to fight nationalism, as he had seen many examples in the history books of Earth.

While the nationalism of these gray people has not yet been awakened, the kingdom in the process of declaring war is not without pressure.

You must know that the feudal nobles and the common people are generally on opposite sides. If he wants to eliminate these feudal nobles, the common people below will not be able to hinder him, and they may even join him.

It is also very easy to pull these civilians to your side. You only need to shout the slogan that everyone is equal, and you will definitely recruit a large number of idiots to fight for you.

This Lin Xiao didn't intend to do it so soon. His current foundation is not stable, and he might shoot himself in the foot with a rock.

He will not shout this slogan before he has completely controlled these gray people, but it is only a matter of time.

(End of this chapter)