There were many smart people in the world, many in number and of good quality, but there were even more stupid people in the world, many in number and of good quality.
There were always people who felt that they could play with everything by themselves, but in fact, the earth would not stop spinning without anyone, and the human race would not perish immediately without anyone.
Her letter of surrender was delivered into Qi Dayong's hands. Qi Dayong was still annoyed that the army had been attacking the Western Pass for a long time without success. Seeing this nuisance letter of surrender, he was even more enraged, and tore the letter of surrender in front of the messenger.
"I'll be a fool if I believe you! Tell Yang Yinglong and this Tian woman, the Emperor has ordered that the Yang Clan will not be pardoned! Tell them to wash their necks and wait for the army to chop them! Get out of here, or I'll chop you! "
Qi Dayong's extremely arrogant and domineering attitude scared the messenger, and he immediately went back to report to Tian Xiufeng.
Tian Xiufeng was in a trance at first, but then she thought that the Qin generals at the frontline were eager to take credit and deliberately stopped her from surrendering. She wanted someone to go down from the fortress and directly hand the letter of surrender to the Qin Army's commander-in-chief, so that the Qin Army could stop the siege.
She did so, and the messenger also sent the letter of surrender away. But when the letter was delivered to Zheng Ying, Zheng Ying sneered a few times and directly burned the letter on the candle.
"You think this can stop us from continuing the siege? You think too much. His Majesty has already ordered that the Yang Clan will not accept any surrender. Tell your masters to wash their necks and wait for the army to chop them! "
These words were exactly the same. When Tian Xiufeng heard them, she felt like dying. She had never imagined that the Qin army, from top to bottom, were all warmongers who were eager to gain merit. Even the commander-in-chief was the same. She even had the thought of sending someone to Beijing to beg for mercy. But on second thought, she suddenly felt that this method was not feasible.
But now, what else could she do? She had no idea at all. Apart from doing this, she had no other way to delay the time.
The Qin Army's offensive was still fierce, and soon there was bad news. This time, it was not the rear that was lost, but the front that was lost.
The front of the fortress was also broken, and the Miao soldiers in Bozhou suffered heavy losses and began to disperse. They could not resist the fierce attack of the Qin Army and began to retreat to Feilong Pass, planning to use the thirty-six stairs to stop the advance of the Qin Army.
The news that both the front and back of the fortress had been lost quickly spread throughout the palace. Everyone in the palace was on tenterhooks. If it weren't for the bodyguards holding the line, the servants would have started to seek their own way. However, the servants didn't know that the bodyguards didn't seem to care, but they were panicking inside.
But people with weapons in their hands were always more reliable than people without weapons, so they could temporarily show their power.
However, Tian Xiufeng couldn't bear it anymore. The huge psychological pressure hit her. Only then did she realize what Yang Yinglong had been enduring.
He was the Lord of Bozhou, enjoying glory, splendor, wealth, and rank. But when it came down to it, his pressure was greater than anyone else's, and his responsibility was greater than anyone else's.
Now that things had happened, others could escape with their lives, but he would definitely die.
Tian Xiufeng began to gradually understand the various kinds of pressure this man had been under.
But now, it was all too late. It was useless. The defeat of the Bozhou soldiers had already become an established fact. It could not be stopped.
Qi Dayong's troops attacked the western gate for six hours, bombarding it indiscriminately and besieging it with a large number of soldiers. Unfortunately, the western gate was very sturdy, and he still could not take it down. He could only reluctantly retreat and leave the rest of the battle to Liu Gu.
After a fierce battle, Liu Gu's troops had taken down the rear pass and were extremely excited. Now, they were ready to gather all their energy to take down another city and make a name for themselves in this battle. They wanted to obtain even more benefits and merits in the future. However, things were not as easy as he had imagined.
Although Xi Guan seemed to be in a precarious situation, the defense was very active. The soldiers on the city walls were also fighting with all their might, not retreating at all. Their ferocious fighting strength was almost equal to that of the Qin Army. The Qin Army's siege of the city was once again blocked.
These elites of Bozhou were indeed not easy to deal with. They were completely incomparable to the miscellaneous troops that were easily defeated. Their fighting strength and fighting spirit were also very high. Liu Gu was deeply shocked by the fighting strength of this army.
"Even in such a difficult situation, they can still continue to fight. Yang Yinglong has not been a devil incarnate for more than a decade in vain. If his subordinates did not have a trump card, it would not be good for them to be so arrogant. Now, my army has attacked in turns, but still can't do anything to him.
This is really impressive. "Liu Gu evaluated the elites of Bozhou.
"Yes, the elites of Azure Dragon Camp can do nothing to them. They can only bombard them indiscriminately and then attack fiercely. Now, we can only do this. The key is that we can't find anyone to coordinate with us from the inside and outside. We can only attack by force.
The casualties are naturally not small, "the chief of staff said.
"How many of our brothers have died in battle?"
Liu Gu asked.
The chief of staff recalled for a moment. "We have already lost 369 people. There are still 1,131 people who are injured and recuperating. They have not joined the battle."
Liu Gu nodded his head and took a deep breath.
"Damn, just a few checkpoints have caused 1,500 casualties. Yang Yinglong's elites of Bozhou are really not to be underestimated. Pass the order, after this wave of attack, the whole army will retreat and continue to bombard them indiscriminately. Don't give them a chance to breathe. We have to use our advantages. Don't wait until we are badly wounded before regretting it!"
"Yes!"
Liu Gu gave the order for the siege troops to retreat and the artillery troops to move forward.
He intended to carry forward the advantages of the Qin Army in firearms to the greatest extent possible, and use the advantages of firearms to reduce casualties as much as possible, instead of blindly watching the army rush up the city wall and then fall back down.
Every soldier here was trained to eat and drink well. None of them were ordinary. They were not bandits. They were all from good families.
The Daqin had spent a lot of energy and money to train and reform them. They also had the military clerks to teach them how to read. All of these were trained to become elites.
The death of one soldier in battle would make these generals feel heartache for a long time, let alone three to five hundred of them.
Liu Gu could not accept this. He did not intend to attack by force. He planned to use the firearms. After all, the cannons had no life and could not be used. If they were blown up and destroyed, they could just be melted and recast.
Besides, the quality of the Daqin cannons was much better than before. After so many times of use, they had not exploded. Every artillery soldier had been trained on how to use the cannons. They would not let the cannons explode and harm their own people. Liu Gu had confidence in them.
The war drums sounded briefly, and the order for a strategic retreat appeared. The army began to cover the retreat of the siege troops. The cannoneers pushed the cannons forward again. After a while, dozens of French guns sounded again.
The top of the western city wall once again fell into chaos caused by the bombardment. From time to time, corpses would be blown up into the sky and fall to the bottom of the wall into a pile of meat paste.
Further away, the Red Barbarian Cannons sounded again. Deadly iron bullets fell from the sky again, bringing great deterrence to the defending soldiers.
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