"Your Highness, Simingfu City is ahead. There are 20,000 people stationed there. Should we attack by force this time, or use some means?"
Xu Ming looked at Siming Fucheng in front of him and said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan rode on his horse and looked at the city in the distance. As the city of Simingfu was at the junction with the Annan Kingdom, the city walls were relatively thick.
However, after the Annan Kingdom occupied this place, it never reinforced it. Therefore, the walls of Simingfu City already had many damages.
"First send people to shout low. As long as they are willing to leave the city and surrender, everyone will be spared. If they refuse to surrender, they will be killed without mercy!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Yes! Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Xu Ming took the order and went directly to make a speech himself.
Under the city wall of Siming Mansion, Xu Ming was riding on a war horse and said in a cold voice: "Soldiers above, listen, I am here on the orders of His Highness the Prince of Ming Dynasty. Anyone who surrenders will not die!"
Whoosh!
An arrow flew over and was nailed to Xu Ming's feet.
On top of the city wall, a general said coldly: "Hmph! You people actually dare to invade our Annan territory. Even if I die, I will fight with you again!"
"Haha! I am not saying this to you alone, but to all the soldiers. There are 150,000 of us here. Can you withstand it?"
The soldiers on the city wall said coldly: "Humph! There are hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in our city. If you want to attack, hurry up!"
"I want to see how much advantage you can take when our two armies fight!"
After the general said this, Xu Ming laughed wildly and said: "Haha! Not to mention your Siming City, what will happen to your entire Annan Kingdom?
Can there be 100,000 people?”
After that, Xu Ming rode back. Lin Fan heard Xu Ming's report and directly ordered the attack on the city.
However, this siege does not mean attacking one wall, but attacking from all sides.
After all, with so many of them showing up, the soldiers guarding the city must have panicked and transferred all their people here to defend the city. The rest of the city must be empty.
Frontally, they only need to feint.
Kill!
When the siege began, it was just as Lin Fan had guessed. The frontal resistance was the most fierce, but the soldiers on the other three sides easily defeated the city.
Less than half an hour after the army entered the city, the entire city of Simingfu was completely controlled, and the soldiers guarding the city were all captured alive and brought to the square.
Lin Fan led his army into the city. The soldier who was guarding the city had a knife held to his neck. His face was full of anger. He said coldly: "Lin Fan! If you have the guts, kill me. But,
Don’t kill these brothers of mine, they are all innocent!”
"Hmph! What?
Do you want to be a good person before you die?
When I asked you to surrender, why did you not surrender?
Instead, are you going to surrender now?"
Lin Fan said coldly.
"You! All this is my decision. As the general of Annan, I naturally have to be loyal to our emperor of Annan and guard this city for him!"
The general said solemnly.
"In this case, you should also know that I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty. What I want to do is to regain the territory of the Ming Dynasty and make the enemy country pay the price!"
"You people are all going to die because they resisted!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
"You! If they pick up weapons, they are soldiers. If they throw away their weapons, how are they different from civilians?
Why are you so cruel and insist on killing them too?"
The general said angrily.
"Haha! What you said makes me want to laugh. They threw away their weapons and became civilians. That's right, but they are not my subjects of the Ming Dynasty!"
"When they return to the Annan Kingdom, they only need to get weapons to fight to the death with our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. By then, if our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty suffer losses, who will be responsible?"
Lin Fan said with a sneer.
"You! Don't you have any compassion?"
The general roared angrily.
"Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, come on! Cut them all off and let this person see how many people will be killed by his own wrong decision!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
Clang!
puff!
The soldiers drew their long swords and marched directly under their command. All the enemy soldiers defending the city were beheaded. The general roared angrily. When he looked at Lin Fan again, there was only fear in his eyes.
"You! Haha! You! You are really cruel. I can imagine that you will definitely be a tyrant in the future!"
The general said with a sneer.
"What's wrong with being a tyrant?
At least the people can live and work in peace and contentment without being bullied by other countries!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
Then, he cut off the general's head with a sword, and the people in the city were frightened and ordered martial law. During this period, no one was allowed to leave their houses.
Lin Fan asked people to take money and go from house to house to give them money and comfort them. Then, he went to the grain merchant and bought enough grain.
"Your Highness, according to your estimate, we have prepared food for a month now!"
Xu Ming said in a deep voice.
Along the way, Lin Fan bought whatever he saw, and he managed to collect enough food to feed 150,000 people for a month. This was really a miracle.
Lin Fan's eyes were deep and he said: "This is definitely the territory of Annan Kingdom. A month's worth of food may not be enough for our soldiers!"
"You go and inform me that the next battle will no longer be the same as before, but will become very cruel!"
The people of Annan are stubborn and have no manners. If you want to conquer them, you must use strong methods, and killing is the best way to suppress them!
"Yes! Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Xu Ming took the order and said.
"Brother! When we attack Annan Kingdom, are we going to massacre them?"
Zhu Cijiong had a vague premonition.
"Brother, this is not called massacre, this is called preparation for a rainy day. If this battle cannot completely solve the Annan Kingdom, it will make the people of Annan Kingdom even more resentful towards the Ming Dynasty!"
"If a race hates us, it is a powerful enemy. They will always want to take revenge on us in their lifetime!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Yeah! I understand!"
Zhu Cijiong said in a deep voice.
His little face was full of solemnity. Lin Fan touched his head. This child was still young, but he had to experience such a thing!
However, this is also beneficial. The future Zhu Cijiong will definitely be the God of War of the Ming Dynasty!
On the second day, the soldiers set out. Lin Fan put the Xuanjia Army in command and led 50,000 people as the vanguard to attack the cities of Annan Kingdom.
These 50,000 people are all cavalry and are extremely well-equipped. If nothing unexpected happens, when the two armies meet again, they will capture at least two cities.
In the capital of Annan, Moor Hong was sitting on pins and needles. He had received the news from the front line. 150,000 people were marching towards them. How could he resist!