As for the siege... the eight hundred guards' battalion were all cavalry, and the siege equipment of the Selenium Copper Commandery was reduced to ashes in the light of the camp's towering flames, making it impossible to attack the city.
Unless Lin Yi personally took action and went into the city to massacre the soldiers of the Selenium Copper County - of course Lin Yi would not do such a boring thing.
"Why don't you dare?"
Song Shaopeng was high-spirited and gave Lin Yi a strong fist. Then he urged the black spirit horse under his crotch and trotted to the foot of the Fire Scythe City.
When something happened to the camp before, it took a while for the city wall of Huoyan City to react. The city gate was opened once, but it was closed immediately. In the end, the city's general did not lead any troops to come out to rescue.
Lin Yi looked down upon such people. If two thousand soldiers decisively abandoned the city and attacked, they might be able to influence the situation of the battle.
After all, Lin Yi only had 800 cavalry here. As long as the soldiers in the city did not fall into the chaos of the main camp and contain the guards camp, the situation would be very different.
That's right, they are not required to defeat Lin Yi's personal guard camp, they only need to contain it, and the chaos in the camp may slowly subside!
It is not impossible for these enemy soldiers to regroup and counterattack the 800 Guards Battalion.
Unfortunately, all this can only remain in the hypothetical stage!
Song Shaopeng did not have Lin Yi's spiritual awareness and did not know much about the reality in the city.
But since he is a general, this situation can still be seen clearly.
"Listen to the people on the city wall. This is the grandson of the king of Hongshang County, the general who conquered the captives, and the commander Song Shaopeng under the command of Marshal Sima Zhongda who led the Northern Xinjiang war. He has kindly come to persuade you to surrender. Open the city gate quickly. Marshal Sima will let bygones be bygones.
If you resist, you will be killed without mercy!"
Song Shaopeng was full of energy and majesty. He pointed the long knife in his hand at the burning Selenium Copper County camp: "Your army outside the city has been completely destroyed. Don't be stubborn anymore. You are not enough for us."
Gap between teeth!”
The commander-in-chief of Selenite County on the city wall just doesn’t know what is true and what is true, otherwise he would really spit on Song Shaopeng’s face!
You only have 800 people, how dare you despise me for having 2,000 people?
What do you think?
Well, the general on the city wall doesn't know this.
He didn't dare to ask. He could only hide behind the wall and tremble, wondering what to do.
It only took an hour or two for the main army to be destroyed. What use could he have with the few troops he had?
Hold on to the city? Stop joking!
That's right! Hostages!
At this time, about seven to eight thousand of the original defenders in Fire Scythe City were still alive!
Because the city was captured by internal and external cooperation, the defenders still resisted in the early stage, and many people died. However, in the later stage, the situation was over, and those who survived surrendered or were captured alive.
These imprisoned former defenders were originally prepared to threaten the army of Hongshang County in case of emergency, but now they are just in case!
"Commander Song, don't mess around. I still have more than 10,000 prisoners from your Hongshang Commandery in my hands. If you retreat now, I can keep them safe. If..."
The general of Selenite County behind the wall seemed to feel that he had some confidence to negotiate, so he stuck his head out and shouted to Song Shaopeng from a distance, hoping to threaten Song Shaopeng with prisoners.
A sneer appeared at the corner of Song Shaopeng's mouth. The commander was watching from behind. Who do you think you are? You actually want to threaten me?
The commander-in-chief's order is to persuade you to surrender, not to negotiate!
How could Song Shaopeng have the patience to listen to that idiot beeping blindly on the city wall?
Suddenly, his palm loosened and the long knife fell. At the same time, a long bow hanging on the side of the black spirit horse was hooked by his toe, and instantly jumped up and fell into the palm of his right hand.
At the same time, he also drew out a carved feather arrow in his left hand, opened his bow and set the arrow!
The bow is like the full moon, and when it is released, the arrow is like a shooting star!
All Song Shaopeng's movements were done in one go, like flowing clouds and flowing water, and the whole process didn't even take half a blink of an eye.
Before the Lord of Selenium Copper County on the city wall finished speaking, his pupils shrank instantly!
The carved feather arrow seemed to have penetrated the space. Before he could fully react, it had already arrived!
Before he could even think of evading, the eagle-feather arrow had already shot into his brain!
The head of the Selenium Copper County Lord was thrown back violently by the arrow. His empty eyes reflected the slightly trembling eagle feather, which quickly disintegrated into the endless darkness of the sky!
Song Shaopeng flicked his right hand, and the long bow returned to its original bow bag. Only a small part of the long sword that had not reached the ground returned to his hand.
"Let someone else speak!"
Song Shaopeng made two false cuts with his long sword, and then pointed the tip of the sword towards the city wall, saying with great domineering force, "You are not qualified to negotiate in front of Marshal Sima! Surrender or die!"
captive?
The city was destroyed. In Song Shaopeng's heart, even if the soldiers guarding the city were not dead, they were not worth taking seriously.
At other times, we might be able to discuss prisoner exchange with Selenium Copper County, but now it’s about recapturing Fire Scythe City, so we mustn’t be even a little soft-hearted!
The soldiers of the Selenite County on the city wall suddenly fell into silence.
Their general was not a weakling either. A warrior at the peak of the late Golden Core stage was actually killed with one arrow?
The enemies below...are really cruel!
Lin Yi was quite satisfied with Song Shaopeng's performance. In order to save time, he decided to help him. He looked around, called one of Song Shaopeng's guards over and whispered a few words.
The guard listened attentively, then clasped his fists, bowed, and galloped towards the captives of Selenium Copper County.
Soon, the group of despairing prisoners from Selenium Copper County began to shout loudly in twos and threes.
"Brothers in the city, surrender!"
"We have been defeated. The marshal of Hongshang County is too powerful and cannot be defeated. If the marshal does not kill the prisoners... please surrender!"
"It's meaningless to die here. Think about your wife, children, and children at home!" "Brother, I'm not dead yet, so you should surrender too!"
After a short time, the chaotic shouts gradually gathered together and turned into a vigorous "Let's surrender!"
The main general in the city was dead, so the deputy general was naturally unwilling to take responsibility and pretended not to notice.
Without a leader, some familiar people secretly exchanged glances, quietly gathered together, and then sneaked to the city gate. The soldiers who were preparing to attack the city gate opened the city gate and surrendered to Lin Yi.
Unexpectedly, before they took action, they saw the soldiers guarding the city gate quietly opening the city gate...
Like-minded!
The gatekeepers, who were guilty of thieves, were frightened when they saw someone coming, thinking that their behavior was exposed, so they picked up their weapons and prepared to attack.
Then... after checking their eyes, they were all the same people...
No need to say anything, everyone just nodded in agreement and worked together to open the city gate!
When the city gate opened, a smile appeared on Song Shaopeng's lips.
The overall situation is decided!
While Lin Yi was recapturing Huo Lian City, Liu Ziyu had a dusty journey and caught up with the Royal Capital garrison who were still marching normally.