I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 286 If you don’t surrender, I will kill you until you surrender!

The sky was slightly bright, and a large number of Han troops entered the city through the gap.

In the front row are the infantrymen, holding shields.

As soon as they entered, they were ambushed by the Wei army.

"Defense! Defend quickly!" the commander shouted loudly.

The infantrymen raised their shields and quickly formed a formation. Their bows and arrows made a clanking sound as they cut across the armor.

"Push forward!"

The infantry in the front row held shields and pushed towards the Wei army. After the distance between the two sides was close, the Wei army gave up the bow and arrow attack, and the infantry in the back held halberds and stepped forward, ready to fight.

The Han army was organized into a group of ten, each wearing foot armor and holding blunt weapons. The attack line showed a multi-layered form.

In the blink of an eye, both sides charged together.

The fighting quickly entered the most brutal situation.

The two sides fought in the narrow streets, and more Wei troops arrived from the front and joined in.

People are crowded together, in the narrow streets, in the forest of swords and guns.

When the Han army advanced, dense bows and arrows suddenly shot out from both sides, impacting the Han army's armor, making a dense sound of metal impact.

But most of them were defended by armor and shields. After the Wei army ran out of bows and arrows, they found that the Han army had very few casualties, and the Wei army officers were stunned.

After the Wei army's front line near the gap in Nancheng was cleared, more Han troops quickly entered the city.

Some arrows penetrated into the gaps in the armor and hit flesh and blood.

The remaining Wei troops were already waiting in the city, with narrow streets and houses on both sides of the road.

Half an hour later, the street was stained red with blood.

After a while of killing, the Han army's battle lines began to distance themselves in an organized manner.

About half an hour later, the resistance of the Wei army was gradually suppressed by the Han army wearing infantry armor.

People on both sides died in battle.

Crossbowmen, especially, entered the city in large numbers.

About five crossbowmen were assigned to five infantrymen, and then a team of fifty men began to advance forward.

This place has completely become a Shura field for harvesting lives.

The people who were still alive after being hit by several arrows were crawling towards the north among the piles of corpses with difficulty, shouting as they crawled: "Little dog, when my father comes back, my father will definitely come back..."

More Han crossbowmen entered the battlefield. They stepped over the piles of corpses, and the dense arrows were like a violent storm, smashing the militiamen who were not wearing armor into pieces.

The militiamen in the city were forced into hiding by the oppression and fear brought about by the war, and some bravely joined in this ruthless killing.

The cautious fight was soon staged again. The Wei army held a long halberd and rushed out, impacting the Han army and knocking the Han soldiers into the air.

The Han army counterattacked with blunt weapons. They raised the iron bone flower and hit the Wei army on the head.

"Kill these Shu dogs! Kill, kill, kill..." Wei Jun roared crazily, waving the knife in his hand.

A large number of Han troops passed by him, and no one paid him any attention.

He climbed like this, climbing over one hill after another where people were piled up, and finally stopped and rolled down.

Just like countless people who died in battle here, he became the most ordinary person among them.

The corpses were piled up like harvested straw in autumn.

Soon, they will blend into the dust, and will not even be counted as a grain of sand in the long river of history.

At noon, there was still fighting in the city.

Many Wei troops or militiamen have been retreating steadily.

As resistance continues, death continues.

The deaths include those of the Han army.

They fell in a pool of blood like the Wei army. If they took off their armor, there would be no difference between them and the Wei army. Even like in peaceful times, they may say hello when they meet on the road, or if fate comes, they drink together.

But this era has made them enemies who must kill each other.

They themselves cannot control this era and can only drown in the torrent.

The war destroyed the prosperous city of Xiangyang, blood gathered in low-lying areas, and heads floated up.

The brutal killings did not break the Wei army's strong resistance for the time being.

Mobilized by Li Heng, more Han troops entered Xiangyang City through the gap and separated quickly, like rivers flowing in.

Arrows were everywhere on the streets, the doors of every house were closed, and the people inside were so scared that they hid in corners.

The children who were supposed to be enjoying the joy of childhood were crying desperately.

Others call for their father.

The beggar wandering in the corner of the street laughed crazily: "Kill, kill! Kill everyone, everyone deserves to die!"

By the end of the afternoon, the Wei army's resistance had been completely destroyed by the Han army's powerful crossbows and infantry armor.

"Uncle Xuan, you can rush out from the North City Gate with a team of troops and go back to Luoyang to inform His Majesty of several important things!" Hu Zhi said in a decisive tone.

"Wende, let's walk together, we can walk!"

"I'm not leaving! I promised to guard Xiangyang City with the soldiers and civilians in the city, and I will die here today."

"Wende..."

"Listen to me and tell your majesty that the Shu army has weapons that can knock down the city wall in half a day. Li Jian also wants to use commerce to disintegrate the Wei Dynasty, divide local noble families, and mobilize the people through equalizing land! You must tell your majesty! must……"

Speaking of this, Hu Zhi's eyes were filled with tears.

"Li Jian's method has never been seen in history books. If the Wei Dynasty does not make changes to this overbearing method, the country will be in danger of subjugation! If I die in battle, I can touch the princes of Luoyang and make your majesty no longer greedy for Shu products. I deserved to die!"

"Wende..."

"I am deeply grateful to Emperor Taizu Wu for knowing me. Thanks to your majesty for not giving up and appointing me as the governor of Jingzhou. At this time, the city of Xiangyang is destroyed. I should not be content. You hurry up! If you die here too, it won't be worth it. !”

Chen Tai bowed deeply to Hu Zhi: "I can't compare to the righteousness of literature and morality! Take care!"

"Take care of yourself!"

Hu Zhi gave Chen Tai the last batch of his most elite troops, including a cavalry unit.

He himself led the remaining people into the cruel battlefield ahead.

After another half an hour, the scout came and reported: "General, a Wei army rushed out of the North City, but our army failed to intercept it."

"No problem." Li Heng waved his hand.

He did not bring many soldiers and horses, but Hu Zhi's resistance was so fierce that the main force of the Han army was marched to Nancheng and entered the city through the gap in Nancheng.

There are not many soldiers and horses at other city gates.

"Report! General, Xiangyang guard Hu Zhi is fighting with our army in the north of the city."

"Send the order, don't kill, keep alive." Li Heng said.

"Here!"

Xia Houru suddenly thought and said quickly: "General, that Hu Zhi is a fool. He will not surrender. I will take his head."

"There is a melee in the city now. Isn't General Xiahou afraid of being shot in the butt with an arrow?"

Xia Houru immediately shrank back in fright.

Around dusk, the fighting in the city slowly ended.

"Hu Zhi was surrounded by our troops. General Guan asked how to deal with it?"

"I want to meet this man myself."

(End of this chapter)