"Soldiers, do you still remember your country and your home?" Lejian replaced Yan Chunjun and walked to the general stage. Looking at the soldiers below, he spoke slowly, and his voice spread throughout the countryside.
But all the soldiers' eyes were focused on Yan Chunjun, waiting for Yan Chunjun's order.
Lejian also saw the soldiers' gazes, and finally turned to look at Yan Chunjun again.
Lord Yan Chun also walked out and spoke slowly: "I will never stop the soldiers who are willing to return to the Yan Kingdom. The city gate has been opened. You can choose to stay or go. Lord Chang Guo promises that I will not hold you responsible for the past!"
Lejian also said decisively, "Your Majesty and I promise that if you are willing to return to the Yan Kingdom, let your past be forgotten. You will still be the most brave warriors of our Yan Kingdom!"
The soldiers looked at each other, waiting for someone to leave first, while others were waiting to find their companions.
However, as time passed, less than a hundred soldiers actually came out.
"My parents and family are still in Yan State and I have to go back. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" Even the hundreds of people who chose to leave saluted Lord Yan Chun with guilt and apologies.
"Go, no matter which country you serve, you must use all your strength!" Yan Chunjun taught calmly, making the soldiers even more ashamed.
However, just as the decision was made in the school field, there was suddenly the sound of rapid war drums, winter, winter, winter, winter, rapid and intensive.
Yan Chunjun looked around for a moment. None of the drums in the school grounds were beating, but the beating drums came from the north gate!
"Someone is attacking the city!" Yan Chunjun's eyes instantly turned cold and he looked at Lejian coldly, "Give me an explanation!"
King Lejian of the state of Chang came to persuade him to surrender. He opened the city gates and greeted him with courtesy. There are also unwritten rules for wars in various countries. When he persuaded to surrender, the two armies retreated thirty miles each and were not allowed to attack.
This is also to ensure the safety of the envoys who go to negotiate, otherwise Lord Yanchun will not allow the city gate to be opened.
"I don't know, it's not me, I didn't give the order to attack the city!" Le Jian hurriedly shook his head and explained that he had given the order not to attack the city before he came.
"Soldiers, take your weapons and defend!" Yan Chunjun gave the order decisively without going to the orchestra room.
All of a sudden, all the soldiers in the school stood up, took their weapons, followed their general's orders, and rushed to the city gates where they were stationed for defense.
Including the soldiers who originally planned to follow Le Jian back, they didn't care about anything else at this time. They immediately followed Lord Yan Chun's order, returned to their positions, and followed their robes to join the battle.
"Get Lord Chang Guo!" Lord Yan Chun ordered again.
Regardless of whether it was Lejian's order or not, Lejian will now be a hostage in their hands.
After issuing the military order, Yan Chunjun ignored his injuries and asked his guards to carry him to the north gate where the battle was taking place.
However, when Yan Chunjun rushed to the north gate with his army, the north gate had already fallen, and Yan troops were swarming in everywhere.
"Block them up and drive them out!" Yan Chunjun ordered again.
"Kill!" the deputy general took over the command and commanded a branch of the camp to block it, intending to drive the Yan army out of the city gate.
In the canyon outside Fangcheng, a large army is hiding in the dark, holding coins in its mouth and waiting quietly with horses wrapped in hooves. Instead of grabbing a few grain frogs and cold birds, making them make noises, people cannot know what is happening here.
There is such an army in the canyon.
"General, King Lejian of Yan Guochang has entered the city, and soon the gates of the city ahead will be opened!" Li Mu's deputy general Sima Ju came to report.
"Alas!" Li Mu sighed, "Jun Yan Chun still betrayed His Majesty's trust!"
"Then let's..." Sima Ju looked at Li Mu and understood that this battle was inevitable after all.
"Pass this general's order, everyone stand up and get ready..." Li Mu was just about to give the order to remove the disguise, and the divine soldiers descended from the sky to prevent the Yan army from entering the city to garrison.
But there was another rapid sound of horse hooves, and the messenger quickly ran to Li Mu's side. He decisively turned over and dismounted, not caring about rolling on the ground, and hurriedly said: "Attack the city, the Yan army is attacking the city!"
"What's going on?" Li Mu and Sima Ju both looked at Junhou in confusion. Didn't they say that Fang Cheng had rebelled? Why did they suddenly start fighting again?
"I don't know, half a day ago, the gate of Fang City was opened and there was no one to defend it. The Yan army also moved according to the time. But just now, the Yan army entered the north gate of Fang City and fought with the defenders of the north gate. The war drums were beating.
The rear city counterattacked with all its strength, and now the two sides are fighting fiercely, repeatedly fighting for the north gate." Junhou replied.
Li Mu frowned, having no idea what was going on in Fang Cheng.
"Follow me!" Li Mu led his personal guards, generals, and staff to carefully lurk in the valley closest to the battlefield, observing the battlefield situation outside Fangcheng.
"I don't understand, and I can't understand. If Yan Chunjun rebelled, why did he start a war with the Yan army now? If he resisted, why did he open the city gate in the first place?" Lieutenant General Sima Ju expressed everyone's confusion.
Li Mu frowned. He didn't understand the situation and couldn't understand what Yan Chunjun was doing.
"No agreement?" Li Mu said hesitantly, this was the only explanation he could think of.
"It's possible!" The staff all nodded. Other than that, it was difficult to explain Fang Cheng's situation.
"The army continues to lurk, stay still for the time being!" After thinking about it, Li Mu chose to continue to lurk until the situation became clear, or he would contact Fang Chengnei to find out the reason before making a decision.
Ji Dan, who was in charge of the army, was also at a loss. It was true that he sent Lejian to persuade him to surrender. He also believed in Lejian's ability. Even if he could not bring back the entire surrender of Zhao Zhengzong, he could at least make Fangcheng unable to defend it.
Ah, so after seeing the gate of Fangcheng open, he thought Lejian had succeeded, so he came with his army in person, entered the city, and prepared to apologize to Yan Chunjun's uncle in person and admit his mistake, and then hello, me, hello, everyone.
Who would have thought that as soon as they arrived under the North Gate, they encountered resistance from the North Gate defenders.
Therefore, Ji Dan could only take advantage of the fact that the city gate was wide open to attack Fangcheng, and finally captured the city gate. However, he suddenly encountered a full counterattack by Fangcheng's defenders.
The narrow North Gate could not accommodate so many troops entering the city at the same time, so the North Gate changed hands back and forth between the attacking and defending sides. However, the Yan army suffered the greatest losses. After all, the defenders were much faster and more effective than them in mobility.
"What are Lejian doing!" Ji Dan looked at the mountains of corpses in front of him. In just half an hour, the Yan army's losses had exceeded three thousand, and the number of people was still rising. It was no longer possible for them to withdraw if they wanted to.
Withdrawn.
Defending a city never means holding the city gates and waiting for the enemy to attack. Instead, fortifications will be built outside the city, and there will also be battles outside the city.
When the enemy actually attacks the city gate and the moat, it can only be said that the city has been surrounded by the enemy and has become an isolated city.
Therefore, Ji Dan did not dare to order a retreat, otherwise the defenders of Fangcheng would definitely take the opportunity to attack their camp, and then they would be completely defeated.