Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2233 A Good Teacher Defeates Daoji, The Battle of Yanjing

At the same time, Pei Yuanqing, Feng Qianlang, and others who also climbed the city wall displayed their great prowess.

After Cheng Yaojin killed the strategist Zhu Wu with three axe blows, he casually used the back of his axe to knock out Li Jun, who was about to attack, and then tossed him to the soldiers behind him, who tied him up.

On the other side, no one survived under Pei Yuanqing's double hammers. The weight of his hammers was such that an ordinary person would likely lose half their life if struck even lightly.

Zhang Jincheng and Li Ziyong had both decided to surrender, but facing Pei Yuanqing, who was like a god of death, they didn't even have time to utter the word "surrender" before Pei Yuanqing smashed them off the city wall with a hammer each, turning them into a pile of minced meat.

With nowhere left to retreat, Zhang Tongren mustered his spirits and fought back, but Pei Yuanqing smashed his weapon away with one hammer and then smashed another hammer directly into his head.

Then, led by Di Qing, the group charged down the city wall, opened the city gate, and continued their attack into the city.

Those who tried to resist them, such as Jiang Feixiong and Gai Hong, all became victims of their blades.

From then on, the city fell completely. Zhu Wenlong, the commander-in-chief, refused to surrender to the Han and committed suicide by cutting his own throat after the defeat.

However, although Di Qing managed to break through the city with his blood and courage, after seven days of bloody fighting, the number of the three thousand daredevils he had organized was less than eight hundred.

Of these three cities, Zhang Jiao, who had the worst military capabilities, was the one who held out the longest.

Although Zhang Jiao's military ability was the weakest, his ability to mobilize the people was the strongest.

In particular, the Great Yan, which originated from the Celestial Masters sect, has the best mass base in the Tokaido region.

Therefore, Zhang Jiao stirred up a large number of people, much like the early days of the Celestial Masters sect when it was just beginning to flourish.

In addition, Bo Cai did have some talent in military affairs. In the original history of the Three Kingdoms, he just lacked the foundation and did not have the time and opportunity to grow.

But in this life, he has gained the time and opportunity, and has also been trained by Xuanyuan Huang, thus acquiring the qualities of a great general.

With Bo Cai in charge of military affairs and Zhang Jiao mobilizing the people, they did not have the kind of conflict that existed between Li Yan and Niu Jinxing.

Therefore, although it suffered heavy losses in the siege these days, it has become the one that has held out the longest among the three cities.

Even though Tan Daoji sent Huang Pao and Deng Jiugong to personally climb the city wall, they were still repeatedly thwarted.

Even after Deng Jiugong climbed the city wall, Huang Shao, carrying a kerosene can, charged directly at him.

Even Deng Jiugong felt a chill run down his spine when he saw that crazy look on her.

If he hadn't dodged quickly enough, he probably would have been dragged down with the other party and perished together.

After Deng Jiugong's incident, the Han generals, including Huang Pao, dared not venture too deep into enemy territory unless they had a large number of soldiers behind them.

Even Huang Pao and Deng Jiugong were afraid of this kind of reckless person!
Therefore, Yue Fei and Guo Ziyi's armies had both broken through the obstacles and were at the gates of Yanjing City. However, Tan Daoji, who had an army of 80,000, was stubbornly blocked by Zhang Jiao.

However, although Tan Daoji was obstructed, Yue Fei did not bother with him.

In any case, after he joined forces with Guo Ziyi, his forces numbered nearly 400,000. Even without Tan Daoji's 80,000 troops, he still had a sufficient numerical advantage over Yandu.

Furthermore, even if Tan Daoji was hindered, Zhang Jiao could only hold off Tan Daoji's troops to the limit; he had no ability to interfere in their battle of Yanjing.

...Yanjing, the Imperial Palace of the Great Yan Dynasty.

At this moment, nearly 400,000 Han soldiers were at the city gates, and the city was filled with panic.

However, inside the Great Yan Imperial Palace, the emperor and his ministers, led by Xuan Yuanhuang, Da Hong, Feng Hou, Da Chang, Da Feng, Xuan Yuanxuanxiao, Zhang Churang, and Chu Suiliang, maintained their composure.

Li Yan and Zhu Wenlong were both defeated in battle, and both even died.

These successive reports of news, while causing a pang of pain to everyone present, were also expected and not entirely unexpected.

After all, the tens of thousands of troops under these two men were among the weakest forces remaining in the Great Yan army.

The remaining elite forces of the Great Yan Dynasty are now all within the capital city of Yan.

Zhang Jiao's ability to stubbornly hold off Tan Daoji's 80,000 troops was somewhat unexpected.

"By imperial decree, General Zhu Wencheng is posthumously granted the title of Marquis of Pingyuan, and General Li Yan is posthumously granted the title of Marquis of Jinyuan."

Although those two cities were essentially abandoned, these two men still died fighting for the Great Yan. The imperial court still needs to show the appropriate attitude.

"Your Majesty is wise."

However, although they hadn't expected those two cities to truly stop the Han army, the fact that Yue Fei and Guo Ziyi had breached the cities in just three and seven days respectively still weighed heavily on their minds.

Given the sharpness of the Han army's offensive, how long could Yanjing, though fortified, hold out?

The 90,000 troops in the city, although they are indeed among the more elite troops remaining in the Great Yan army, have suffered three consecutive defeats. Given their current morale, how much fighting strength do they have left?

"Minister Zhang, how is the mobilization of the people to defend the city progressing?"

The Great Yan Dynasty, which originated from the Celestial Masters sect, had more than just Zhang Jiao who was skilled at mobilizing the people.

In the Battle of Yanjing, given the numerous disadvantages, the Great Yan court naturally had to mobilize the people.

Upon hearing Xuanyuan Huang's question, Zhang Lu stood up and replied, "The people of Yanjing are extremely supportive of His Majesty. As soon as the conscription order was issued, the entire city responded enthusiastically, and currently 60,000 able-bodied men have volunteered to join the defense of the city."

"In addition, 40,000 elderly, women and children volunteered to carry supplies for our army."

Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Huang was not surprised.

Given the foundation of the Great Yan's rule in the Tokaido region, where the dynasty originated, achieving this would not have been difficult.

In fact, many of the people in the city were originally part of the Celestial Masters sect.

However, during the process of reforming the army, Xuanyuan Huang converted some peasant soldiers into farmers, which allowed these people to leave the Great Yan army.

"Your Majesty, if you wish to defend the city, the help of the people alone is far from sufficient!"

"We must be wary of spies from the Han court. There's Wang Xiaoyao in the past, and Tetis and Koos in the future. Who knows if there are even more deeply hidden ones in our Great Yan?" Chu Suiliang said worriedly.

He utterly hated these spies, after all, his father Chu Liang's death in battle was directly related to Koos.