Chapter 1567
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"Kacha …."
"Hualala …."
“.....”
The south wall of Ye City was still collapsing. Yang Rui's troops were unable to attack the city. This situation lasted for more than two hours. The sound of the ice wall melting and collapsing only gradually stopped after the hour had passed.
It wasn't because the temperature dropped but because the entire south wall of Ye City had collapsed. All the reinforced parts of the wall had collapsed and only the foundation of the wall remained.
"Kill …."
“.....”
At this moment, Yang Rui tried to command the army to charge. However, the collapsed and melted part of the wall was a pile of mud and couldn't be attacked normally.
Originally, Yang Rui wanted to take down one wall and take down Ye City. Once the wall collapsed, it would be easy. However, the reality didn't seem to be the case.
When Yang Rui saw that almost all of his troops had sunk into the mud, he stopped his attack. Luckily, the south wall of Ye City was unable to defend against Yuan Shao's troops. Thus, they didn't suffer any losses in this attack. However, many of the soldiers were covered in mud and had dirt all over their faces.
"My Lord, you don't have to go through so much trouble. You can order the flying pet troops to assist in the attack at Ganling County City. When night falls and the temperature drops again, the melted ice sand and mud will freeze again. Then, you can order the troops to charge directly into the city …"
Faced with such a situation, Yang Rui was about to command the flying pet unit to simply push down the reinforced parts of the other three walls. However, he was stopped by Guo Jia. After some analysis, Yang Rui felt that it was reasonable and followed Guo Jia's instructions to arrange the troops.
Yuan Shao's troops inside Ye City saw that the attacking troops didn't succeed in their first attack. They all went back into their tents and didn't make much noise.
"Kacha …."
"Hualala …."
“.....”
However, even though the siege troops outside the southern city wall had stopped, the situation on the other city walls did not stop. From time to time, small areas of the city wall would collapse. Although it was not as bad as the situation on the southern city wall, it was still very dangerous.
At the same time, the great fire at the southern city wall still hadn't been extinguished. Large amounts of wood were flame resistant materials. Yuan Shao's subordinates only prepared water and cleared the barricades to prevent the fire from spreading into the city. After that, they were no longer willing to approach the southern city wall. The tragedy caused by the collapse of the city wall was too shocking.
Most of the Yuan Shao's troops were busy cleaning up the other parts of the city wall. Most of the soldiers inside the ice wall had already left and only a small number of soldiers were left on patrol to prevent the attacking troops from attacking.
Even so, the other parts of the city walls were already in danger. In fact, even if the enemies outside the city didn't launch an attack, it would still be very troublesome. Yuan Shao's army wanted to take the initiative to clear out the hidden dangers of the walls, but they could only wait for the walls to collapse on their own or be attacked.
Time slowly passed. When the sun was setting in the west, the Yuan Shao's troops still didn't notice any strange movements from the attacking troops outside. What they didn't know was that the same thing was happening in Ganling City.
Under the command of Yang Rui's doppelgänger and the others, they used the heavy trebuchets to send wood into Ganling City. They also cooperated with the flying pet units to launch fire attacks. Before evening arrived, they had also 'baked' and collapsed the western city wall of Ganling City.
After that, Yang Rui's clone ordered the troops to rest and conserve and recover their energy for the attack at night.
As the temperature had just increased, when night fell, the ice wall that was in a melted state quickly froze up again. Both Ganling City and Ye City were in the same situation.
Moreover, due to the fire within the collapsed walls, the remaining heat caused the outside to freeze while the inside was still in a melted state. The speed of freezing was much slower.
As such, when Yang Rui's troops attacked, the Yuan Shao's troops inside the two cities couldn't even climb up the walls to defend. Although Yang Rui's troops couldn't break into the city immediately, they easily occupied the entire city wall.
After waiting for a while, the ice inside the city once again froze up. Yang Rui's troops continuously charged down from the city wall and taking over the city was only a matter of time.
"Kill!"
"Kill …"
"Those who surrender will be spared …"
“.....”
When it was close to midnight, Ye City and Ganling City were completely controlled by Yang Rui's troops. During this period of time, Yang Rui's troops suffered some losses. However, under the situation of taking in captives, they avoided a large number of casualties.
Yang Rui's policy on how to deal with Cao Cao's captives had already spread. This kind of news spread the fastest when the two armies were fighting. All the soldiers who participated in the battle cared about their own life and death. Hence, they understood the habits of their opponents better.
Hence, the policies that Yang Rui set for the captives spread quickly throughout the three kingdoms. Especially in Ganling City and Ye City that had been besieged for ten to twenty days, the most talked about topic among the Yuan Shao's troops was Yang Rui's captive policy.
Knowing that they couldn't do it, and with the reminder from Yang Rui's troops, the majority of Yuan Shao's troops chose to disarm themselves.
Ye City had close to 50000 Yuan Shao's troops as captives. The remaining casualties didn't exceed 10000. Ganling City had close to 40000 Yuan Shao's troops as captives. The remaining casualties didn't exceed 10000.
From the situation after the two cities were taken over, the rations stored in the cities were enough to last them for a while. From this, it could be seen that Yuan Shao's strategy of using nodes to defend wasn't a spur of the moment decision. It should have been prepared long ago.
It wasn't hard to imagine that Ye City and Ganling City at the southernmost part of Ji Province had prepared a lot of rations. The other eight nodes further north should have prepared even more.
However, the ice sand fortification of these nodes' city walls was unnecessary. From the situation of the two cities that Yang Rui took over, even if Yang Rui didn't use fire to attack, it would be troublesome to deal with the city walls when they melted.
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