That night, after nightfall, the Qin Army lit fires to illuminate the road ahead and continued to besiege the Earthen City. The defending troops of Bozhou on the Earthen City fought with great difficulty without rest and experienced a very painful night.
Liu Gu's troops were quite satisfied after taking down the rear pass. Although he still wanted to follow up the victory, the other side reacted quickly and resisted firmly. Exhausted, Liu Gu's troops had the intention to retreat.
Therefore, when the time came, Liu Gu's troops retreated and went back to the rear city to eat and rest, leaving the opportunity to attack to Wu Yong's troops who were recuperating.
Wu Yong, Zheng Ying's most capable general, was good at fighting hard battles and especially good at attacking. After taking over the attacking order of Liu Gu's troops, he immediately held the rear pass and launched an attack on the Earthen City. Unexpectedly, the Earthen City opened its gate at night and launched a counterattack, trying to recapture the rear pass.
At first, Wu Yong was caught off guard, but soon he stood firm. The whole army formed a battle formation and devoured more than half of the attacking Bozhou soldiers. Only a small part of them returned to the Earthen City. After the Bozhou army's counterattack failed, Wu Yong was quite angry and directly ordered to attack the Earthen City without stopping.
Throughout the first half of the night, Wu Yong led his troops to climb the walls and attack the city, killing and injuring many Bozhou soldiers. However, the Earthen City was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Wu Yong could not overcome it and really could not take it down. To reduce casualties, he directly ordered the troops to withdraw, ordered the cannoneers to fire the cannons, and ordered the troops to make noise, not allowing the Bozhou soldiers to rest.
In the second half of the night, Wu Yong immediately handed over the shift and returned to the rear city to rest.
Ma Qiancheng did not follow Wu Yong's example in attacking the city at night. He let the main troops rest in the rear pass and directly led the cannoneers to bombard the city wall and the archers to shoot at the top of the city. He often pretended to attack and beat the drums, telling the Bozhou soldiers to be tense all the time without rest.
At dawn, Ma Qiancheng launched his first attack. He mobilized the troops that had been resting in the rear pass and launched the attack in one fell swoop. The main troops pressed forward and built ladders to climb the city to attack.
The Bozhou soldiers were in so much pain that they wished they were dead. They were mentally exhausted and physically weak. Their counterattack was soft and powerless, and they could not resist the extremely sharp attacks of the Qin Army.
In this final attack, Yang Wei, the defending general, was killed. The defending army was routed, and the earthen city was breached.
As soon as Qi Dayong's troops heard the news, they immediately rushed to Earthen City to replace Ma Qiancheng's troops in attacking the second pass, the Western Pass. By the time he arrived, Ma Qiancheng's troops were already ready for the handover of the retreat, and the two armies exchanged shifts smoothly.
Ma Qiancheng showed off Yang Wei's head to Qi Dayong, which made Qi Dayong envious. He vowed to take down the Western Pass in six hours.
Thus, they set up the cannons and began to bombard.
He had also learned his lesson. If he could use cannons to greet them, he would greet them with cannons.
The news that the rear pass and the earthen city were successively breached came. Yang Wei, the general of the Bozhou Family, was beheaded. After learning the news, Yang Yinglong felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Tian Xiufeng supported Yang Yinglong.
All kinds of rumors were flying in the Sea Dragon Fort. One moment, the rear pass was breached, the next moment, the Western Pass was breached, and the next moment, the Flying Dragon Pass was breached, and the next moment, all the passes were breached. The Qin Army was about to attack the mountain. Anyway, everyone was panicking and preparing for an escape route.
At this juncture, many people really began to prepare for an escape route. Although they did not know how the Qin Army would treat them, they did not want to be captives if they could. Many people began to think of finding a path to go down the mountain.
There were also rumors that the craftsmen who built the palace had left a path for themselves to go down the mountain. Everyone should find it quickly. If they found it, they would be able to leave here alive. They would not be killed by the imperial army and die a wrongful death.
At this time, more than half of the servants in the palace began to be restless. Tian Xiufeng shouted many times for people to bring water to Yang Yinglong, but she could not find many people. Tian Xiufeng was so angry that she went out to look for people with her sword. As a result, she found a group of servants who were packing things to take away.
"You … what are you doing?!"
Tian Xiufeng was furious with her sword.
The servants lowered their heads and looked at each other. Suddenly, a bold one shouted, "We don't want to die in vain here!"
"Yes! We don't want to die in vain here! "
"Yes! We can't die in vain! We didn't commit any crime! "
Tian Xiufeng was furious. She immediately rushed forward with her sword and killed three servants with a few slashes. Then, she continued to kill.
She wasn't completely powerless. She had pretty good martial arts skills, and she wasn't a weak woman either. A few people died in front of her, and the rest of the servants fled in panic. She caught up with them and killed them all in one breath.
Then, she rushed out with her sword and bumped into Yang Shi, the general of the personal guards who had come to check on the situation.
Yang Shi looked at Tian Xiufeng who was covered in blood and was shocked. Tian Xiufeng immediately explained the situation to him. After Yang Shi understood the situation, he immediately sent out troops to kill the servants who tried to steal and escape.
The chaos lasted until noon that day. The personal guards killed more than three hundred servants who tried to steal and escape. They even dragged more than ten servants to the public square in front of the palace and executed them in front of everyone. Only then did they manage to calm the emotions of the other servants. They were afraid.
"Who dares to cause trouble again! This is the result! The army is fighting the imperial army, and you dare to cause trouble here? You dare to betray the Heavenly King? Have you forgotten how the Heavenly King treated you? Your food and clothing, which one of them was not given by the Heavenly King? Without the Heavenly King, do you think you can live to this day?! "
Tian Xiufeng raised her blood-stained sword and sternly reprimanded the servants. The servants then continued to serve in the palace under the supervision of her personal guards. Tian Xiufeng could be considered to have suppressed a moderate amount of unrest and saved the situation from danger, but the situation would only worsen further.
Yang Yinglong had not woken up yet. The western gate had been in emergency three times. The sound of the cannons never stopped. The pressure on the western gate was unimaginable.
However, if Yang Yinglong did not wake up, Tian Xiufeng had no way to send troops to support the western gate. She could only ask Yang Shi to send some silver and food, as well as some military supplies.
Tian Xiufeng suddenly felt very helpless. She was like a small sailboat in a raging sea. She could be swallowed by the raging waves at any time.
If Yang Yinglong didn't wake up, she couldn't just watch as the Western Gate was breached again. If that happened, Hai Long Quan would really be finished. Therefore, she thought of a method that wasn't really a solution.
She wanted to write a letter of surrender and hand it to the Commander-in-Chief of the Qin Army, telling him that Yang Yinglong had hanged himself. She wanted to surrender, but she needed a lot of guarantees to prove the sincerity of the Qin Army before she could surrender. Otherwise, they would definitely fight to the point of mutual destruction.
She had a good plan. If she handed over the letter of surrender, the Qin Army would definitely stop attacking and give the Bozhou soldiers time to breathe. They would need to discuss among themselves, and maybe even ask the Emperor for instructions. During this time, the Bozhou soldiers could rest and reorganize. It could also consume the morale and food of the Qin Army, greatly improving the situation of the Bozhou soldiers.
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