"Fire!"
Although the troops were not affected, Yang Rui wanted to show off his side's offensive power. With a wave of his hand, the godly crossbows and godly armaments on the three ships fired simultaneously. A thick wave of crossbow bolts whistled towards the small city.
"Weng! Weng! Weng … "
"Puff! Puff! Puff … "
"… …"
The wooden walls of the small city were unable to completely block the crossbow bolts. The crossbow bolts instantly nailed the city walls to the ground. Many of them affected the soldiers on the city walls.
In particular, the Sky Piercing Cannons' arrows had completely penetrated the wall, causing it to tremble. If the bombardment continued, it was believed that a large hole would soon be carved out of the wall.
Many of the soldiers on the city walls were instantly injured or killed, including the general who had just appeared on the city walls. If he had not dodged quickly and managed to hide behind the wall, he would not have survived.
Even so, after the general fell miserably under the parapet wall, he discovered that some of the crossbow bolts had penetrated the wall and even poked out. He was so frightened that he rolled and crawled down the city walls. He did not even have the time to care about the wounds on his body.
After a round of shooting between the defending army and Yang Rui's navy, there was no need to look at who was superior.
In fact, the general who had rolled down from the top of the city wall was Li Jue himself. When he heard that his navy had been attacked by Yang Rui's navy and was almost completely wiped out, he immediately climbed up to the top of the city wall to see for himself how extraordinary his opponent was.
Li Jue also learned from the soldiers who had escaped that the Yang Rui's navy was powerful. The first round of shooting by the defending army on the city walls was Li Jue testing the methods of Yang Rui's troops. He did not expect the results to be so shocking.
Yang Rui originally wanted to show off his strength. Even if he sensed a trace of the opponent's goal, he did not care too much. Since he wanted to take over the small city as a stronghold, it was necessary to let the opponent understand his strength.
After this round of shooting, the results were obvious. Yang Rui's original plan was to launch a few more rounds of attacks and then force Li Jue to give up on the small town of Black Dock.
In a situation where it was truly impossible to achieve the desired effect, Yang Rui had also given the other party sufficient time and information. At the very least, it would allow the other party to ensure the safety of the young Emperor, Liu Xie. Yang Rui did not want to change the direction of the game because of Liu Xie's safety.
However, what Yang Rui did not expect was that Li Jue was much more decisive than Yang Rui had expected. Just as Yang Rui was about to launch another round of attacks, Li Jue had already reorganized his troops and quickly retreated by land.
Actually, it was not very appropriate to call it a retreat. Li Jue seemed to be fleeing in a panic. He only roughly packed up and ordered the soldiers to leave the city. Many of the military supplies were scattered everywhere. Li Jue did not have the time to care about them.
Logically speaking, Li Jue was a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time and should not be so disorderly. However, Li Jue had personally tested the situation and almost lost his life under the crossbow arrows of Yang Rui's troops. Anyone in his position would be somewhat flustered.
Perhaps it was because Li Jue, as a veteran, had a very accurate assessment of the strength of Yang Rui's troops, that he chose to retreat so quickly. Thinking about it from another perspective, even if he stayed to defend the city, there was almost no chance of victory.
If it was only this situation, Yang Rui's goal could be considered to have been successfully achieved.
Precisely because of this, even though the land near the Wei River was mostly exposed to the attacks of Yang Rui's ships, Yang Rui did not attack and only pretended that the river was wide and that he had not discovered this place.
However, Li Jue was clearly unwilling to hand over such a cheap place like the Black Dock City to Yang Rui so easily.
Just as most of Li Jue's troops retreated and Yang Rui was about to take over the Black Dock City, the side of the city near the water suddenly caught fire. Half of the city was quickly covered in smoke!
This situation was definitely not a sign of fire. It was almost certain that Li Jue had set the fire. Yang Rui's original plan to take over the Black Dock City was directly foiled by this move.
If it was just this, Yang Rui had nothing to say except that it was a pity. However, the following situation in the city made Yang Rui very angry.
"Ah, save me … …"
"Cough cough cough … …"
"Heavens, who can save me … …"
"… …"
The moment the fire appeared in the smoke-filled Black Dock City, clamorous cries for help and groans sounded simultaneously. Moreover, most of them were female voices!
It turned out that Li Jue had left in a hurry. It was already difficult for him to safely evacuate his troops and his family. There were many ordinary NPCs in the Black Dock City, as well as various servants, maids, and other NPCs. Li Jue did not have the time to care about them.
At the same time, Li Jue intended to destroy the Black Dock City. Li Jue naturally did not care about these NPCs who had already lost their value. Therefore, Li Jue did not even plan to evacuate them and was prepared to bury them with the Black Dock City!
These were all people who had served Li Jue and his troops. They had even been reduced to their playthings. Now, Li Jue had directly abandoned them.
"Save them!"
Although Yang Rui did not know the specific identity of the people in the Black Dock City, he could make some guesses. He immediately ordered a large number of Scaled Soldiers to enter the water and move closer to the Black Dock City.
At present, the Black Dock City's city wall on the water surface was already on fire. However, this did not stop the people in the city from risking their lives to move closer to the city wall and then jumping into the Wei River.
Without tools, Yang Rui could not extinguish the fire in the Black Dock City. However, with the Scaled Soldiers' swimming ability, it was not difficult for them to rescue the people who had fallen into the water. This was all that Yang Rui could do.
"Plop! Plop … … "
"Wu wu … …"
"Ah … … Save me … …"
"… …"
The people who had fallen into the water were quickly rescued by the Scaled Soldiers. The people who were originally hesitating and running around on the city wall also decisively jumped into the water to survive. The people in the nearby city also found an outlet and rushed towards the city wall that was close to the water surface.
However, those who were lucky enough to climb up the city wall and successfully escape by jumping into the water were only a minority. The city was already a mess. Vision was greatly limited. Most people were running around like headless flies.
As the fire spread, a large number of people in the Black Dock City were trapped in the sea of fire. Those who were lucky enough to survive were covered in wounds or directly turned into burning men. It was a scene of purgatory.
"Kacha! Kacha … … "
"Rumble … …"
"… …"
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