The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1012 Abandoning the Outer City
"The Yuan thief has retreated!"

"The Yuan thief has retreated!"

There was a wave of cheers from above and below the city.

This battle was not easy, and many people even thought that they would not be able to defend the outer city wall.And they will be buried here forever.

Because the Yuan army has [-] people, and has broken countless gaps, there is really great hope of breaking the city.No, it can't even be said to be possible, but it must be able to break through the city.

At this time, the Yuan army retreated, which was a fluke for the soldiers of the Song army and the people in the city.

It was their tenacious fighting spirit that made the Yuan army timid.

The soldiers of the Deyuan Army did not dare to rush into the city regardless of their own safety.

If this were not the case, the Yuan army would not have been able to retreat.

Only at the top of the city, Huang Hua and the others still looked solemn.

Although the city wall of Nan was held for the time being, it was already riddled with holes.If the fight continues like this, the outer city will eventually be destroyed.

What is even more worrying is that the east and west city walls do not know whether they can stop the Yuan army.

After all, at this time, at the east and west walls, there were no more than [-] guards, but the Yuan army had more than [-].

Especially the soldiers led by Ashu to the west of the city may even exceed [-].Even if there is less, there will never be less.

His army did not suffer much damage outside Changle County.

The people in the city don't say anything.Most of the righteous men from the rivers and lakes also gathered under the south city wall. At this time, it is inevitable that they will be beyond their reach to support the east and west city walls.

Gao Tianzong hurried to the top of the city with his injuries, and asked Huang Hua, "Pacifier, shall we immediately go to the east and west sides to help?"

Huang Hua looked at the bloody wound on his arm, and sighed softly, "The soldiers have fought hard until now, do they still have the strength to continue fighting?"

Gao Tian lowered his head slightly and did not speak.

There is a limit to human physical strength.

Even though he really wants to lead his troops to the east and west to resist the Yuan army, he also understands that it is difficult for the soldiers to continue fighting.

They fought against the Yuan army at the southern city wall for such a long time, and it was not easy to kill the Yuan army.

Armor, knives and guns are made of iron.But the bodies of soldiers are not made of iron after all.

Even if he led the army over at this time, it would be difficult for the soldiers to regain their previous bravery.

Huang Hua looked back into the depths of the city, sighed deeply again, and said: "Send the order, let the soldiers retreat to the inner city!"

After all, he planned to abandon the outer city.

Those who attacked the city walls on both sides of the east and west were the new forces of the Yuan army, and the hope of being able to hold the city walls was really slim.

Gao Tianzong hesitated, "Pacifier, if you abandon the outer city, then..."

Huang Hua murmured: "If the homeland is gone, it can still be rebuilt. But if the soldiers are gone, then the people of Fuzhou City will also be gone. Fuzhou City...will cease to exist."

Just as Ashu didn't want to pay too much to capture Changle County, Huang Hua actually didn't want soldiers to die in vain on the outer city wall.

As hard as he could, he did it.If you can't hold it, you can't hold it. If you continue to hold on, it will only ruin this Changle County in vain.

He has no way to continue to protect those people who are not willing to take refuge in the inner city temporarily.

As a pacifier, he must put the overall situation first.

The overall situation at this time is the vast majority of Changle County people in the inner city.

Gao Tian heard Huang Hua's whispers, stopped talking, gritted his teeth, and finally ran away to pass on the order.

There is a green arrow on the top of the city, and then explodes in the air.

The soldiers at the head of the city walked towards the bottom of the city.

There was such a cry, "Withdraw to the inner city! Withdraw to the inner city!"

Fuzhou soldiers and people from all over the place gathered on the two main streets and headed towards the inner city.

There are many soldiers carrying Pao Ze's body on their backs.

They were unwilling to leave the bodies of these brothers outside.

Fallen leaves return to their roots.

If it is not forced, the soldiers of Song Dynasty will not leave any brothers behind.Even if it is a brother who has died in battle.

The south wall gradually became empty.

And at the east and west walls.The battle is still going on.

The two Yuan armies attacked the city together.

In the absence of thunder from the two cities, it was only a matter of time before they broke through.

The hot air balloons of the Song Dynasty on the east and west walls were only struggling to support the hot air balloons of the Yuan Army.

Zhi Yongshou, Kui Yinghao and others were on the top of the wall, their faces were extremely dignified.

The dense Yuan army under the city and the continuous thunder and explosions made them feel extremely oppressive.

In fact, no one thought they could defend the east and west walls.

You know, even the most heavily defended southern city wall was almost breached by the Yuan army.With so many yuan troops, it is not easy to deal with them.

With such a small force in Changle County, guarding the outer city is really not as good as guarding the inner city.

So after seeing the green arrow in the air, Zhi Yongshou, Kui Yinghao and others did not hesitate much.

They let the people in the city withdraw first.

Then there are the people on the top of the city, and then the righteous men in the rivers and lakes.

It was not until the end that the soldiers of the Fuzhou garrison on the top of the city finally withdrew from the top of the city.

It sounds fast, but this process actually lasted for two quarters of an hour.

The army can't be withdrawn just by withdrawing, especially when fighting.

If it weren't for the fact that there are still people helping to carry ammunition, implement artillery throwing vehicles, etc., this time will take even longer.

The Yuan army blasted a gap in the city wall more than ten minutes ago.

On the east and west walls, only soldiers of the Fuzhou garrison were fighting with the Yuan army.

It wasn't until the common people and the righteous men of the rivers and lakes who carried out the cannon carts and other ordnance gradually disappeared that the generals of the Song Army gave the order to abandon the city wall and retreat to the inner city.

Inside the city walls on the east and west sides.The soldiers of the Fuzhou garrison all fought and retreated.

They never completely gave up resistance because of their retreat, because they still had to buy time for the people to enter the inner city.

And this kind of fighting and retreating inevitably made it impossible for many Fuzhou soldiers to return to the inner city.

Of course, if this is not the case, it seems that there is no other way.

When they retreat, the Yuan army must advance. This is an inevitable thing.If you retreat in a hurry, the damage you pay may be greater than fighting and retreating.

Unless the Yuan army hadn't broken the city, the soldiers quickly withdrew into the city.Only in this way, I am afraid that those weapons will have to be left to the Yuan army.People will also suffer heavy casualties.

Fuzhou soldiers can now ignore those stubborn people in the outer city, but it is impossible to ignore these people who came to kill the enemy out of righteousness.

The situation of fighting and retreating was within the expectations of the generals.At the same time, it is also the price they are willing to pay.

This is only because the soldiers of the Song Dynasty are the patron saints of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Dongting once said that the people of Song Dynasty can kill the enemy.But before the soldiers of the Song Dynasty are completely down, I will never let the people of the Song Dynasty go to battle to kill the enemy!
The sound of killing was gradually approaching the inner city.

There are also moats outside the inner city of Fuzhou.It's just that the river is not as spacious as the moat in the outer city.

Hanoi's dazzling array of flower boats in the past are now gone.

There are only a few bridges still connected to the city.

The soldiers guarding the north city wall rushed to the city first.

Afterwards, Huang Hua, Gao Tianzong and others led the soldiers, civilians and righteous men from the rivers and lakes to rush back from the south gate.

As soon as they arrived outside the inner city, they deployed heavy defense lines on various stone bridges and city gates.

Huang Hua ordered: "Order the east, west, and north sides, blow up all the bridges immediately after returning to the city!"

Gao Tian was startled slightly, and opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say it after all.

If the bridge is blown up, those people who stay in the outer city will really have to be slaughtered by the Yuan army.

However, in order to protect the people gathered in the inner city, it is inevitable to blow up the bridge.

Those obstinate common people, to put it mildly, really deserve to be blamed.

And there seems to be no shortage of such people in any age or place.

There were scouts galloping in three directions: west, east, and north.

Bai Yuchan, the monks from Yongquan Temple, common people, and righteous men from the rivers and lakes entered the city.

Now the Yuan army in the south should not be able to attack for the time being, even if they attack, people from the rivers and lakes like them will not be of much help.

In the tug of war at the head of the city, firearms are more powerful than human power.

Time passed quietly.

The sound of gunfire was getting closer and closer to the inner city.

Although no Yuan army invaded the north city wall, the soldiers of the Fuzhou garrison still carried out the military order and blew up the bridge.

Some bridges have a history of hundreds of years and are scenic spots in Changle County.Under the flames of war, it had to be reduced to the past.

Near dusk, Kui Yinghao and other generals in the east of the city led the soldiers and civilians and finally rushed back to the inner city.

As soon as they crossed the bridge, all the soldiers began to defend at the end of the bridge.Forcibly resisting the chasing enemy troops at the other end of the bridge.

Then amidst the rumbling, the bridges on the north moat were blown up one after another.

(End of this chapter)