"Turn the helm and crash into it!" Jiang Qin shouted.
Bang…
The ironclad ship once again succeeded in sinking the enemy ship.
"Quickly turn the helm, target the enemy ship on the left front.”Jiang Qin ordered.
"Yes, Admiral."
……
"Order the ships to block the river and force the enemy ships back into the camp.”Jiang Qin gave another order.
The problem could not be solved with just the three ironclads ramming around. After another hour, only one-third of them had been killed.
The patrol hunting ships and frigates had no armor and were made of wood. They couldn't crash around like ironclads. At most, they would suffer some damage after crashing into two or three ships. Jiang Qin wouldn't do such a losing trade, and Su Yi definitely wouldn't allow it either.
The construction of these battleships had already consumed more than half of the territory's shipbuilding materials. If they wanted to continue building, they would have to collect more materials.
Jiang Qin didn't want to see the warship being damaged. This would slow down the formation of the fleet. It could be said that these warships were used to train new recruits. When the new warships were built, they could be directly equipped with the fleet.
The order was relayed to the various warships through flag signals, and the twelve warships began to move.
It was inconceivable for twelve battleships to chase away twenty battleships, but Jiang Qin did it. Other than the suppression of his own battleships in terms of level, there were also the ironclads, three battleships that could ignore the enemy's ballista bolts, chasing after the enemy's battleships.
Hard work paid off. Fifteen minutes passed, and the warships that had not been driven back to the Water Army camp were all destroyed by the ironclads.
The enemy closed the gate of the navy camp, but Jiang Qin ignored it. It was just an ordinary wooden gate, and it could not stop the ironclads.
Jiang Qin immediately ordered the ironclads to destroy the gate. The two frigates prevented the enemy ships from escaping and brought the other ten warships into the navy camp.
The military camp was much smaller than the river, and the ironclad ships were more convenient.
The place was small, the enemy's warships had nowhere to hide, and their speed was not as fast as ironclads, so they could only be hit.
Su Yi looked at Xinpu City's ten-meter-tall city wall. Just surrounding it was not a problem. In addition to the previous setback in the attack, if this continued, morale would definitely fall.
Jiang Qin had already attacked the navy camp for more than two hours. Su Yi immediately sent out the third guard of the Vanguard Selection Army to attack the navy camp from the land.
There were only 1,000 soldiers in the navy camp, and they could not defend against the attack of 10,000 soldiers. In addition, when Jiang Qin saw his army attack the camp, he immediately sent out four warships to cooperate.
However, the 1,000-man garrison ended the battle in 10 minutes. The last few warships of the navy that resisted stubbornly were also destroyed by Jiang Qin.
Xinpu City was 500 meters away from the Spirit River. The range of the warships was not enough, so Su Yi immediately ordered them to be dismantled.
It took another hour to dismantle the equipment before they finally brought it ashore.
There were also some small ballistae on the city walls, which posed a significant threat to Su Yi's army. Su Yi had the shieldmen cover him as he pushed the catapults forward.
The stone bullets could only be made from local materials, so they sent 3,000 people to move the stones around.
"Attack!" Su Yi ordered.
With Su Yi's order, the army got into an offensive formation and the ladder trucks slowly pushed forward.
"Catapults, launch!"
More than twenty catapults unleashed their might at the same time, suppressing the defenders on the city wall. Most of them did not dare to show their heads.
"Ballistas, fire!"
The number of ballistae was twice as many as the catapults, and because they were attacking from the top, their deterrence was not as great as the catapults. However, it also caused considerable damage to the enemy and disrupted the enemy's defense.
"Charge!"
The south gate was the main attack direction, and the siege weapons were mainly arranged here. The soldiers pushed the two ladders closer to the city wall. Xinpu City did not have a moat, which made Su Yi's attack much easier.
"Catapults and ballistae, suppress the defenders on the city walls and cover the infantrymen.”Feng Sanbao shouted.
Although the attacking troops were brave, they only had three ladder trucks and could not attack more.
"Fang Rui, Fang Xu, lead the Iron Eagle Guards to attack and take the south gate.”Su Yi ordered.
"I accept your orders!"
9,000 Iron Eagle Guard soldiers held shields and spears, mounted the ladder, and blocked the enemy's attack with their shields.
Losses were inevitable. The enemy's logs and boulders that rolled down from the city wall had caused some losses to the soldiers of the Iron Eagle Guard.
Fang Rui, who was still two meters away from the city wall after climbing the ladder, suddenly jumped up and landed on the city wall, becoming the first soldier to reach the city wall.
Fang Rui brandished his spear, creating a vacuum on the wall. At the same time, Fang Xu also jumped onto the wall, reducing the pressure on Fang Rui.
The two of them cleared an empty area on the city wall at the same time. Soon, the Iron Eagle soldiers climbed up the city wall one after another. Under the suppression of their high martial strength, the enemy army retreated one after another.
Fang Rui led 2,000 warriors and charged straight for the south gate. The other 7,000 men were led by Fang Xu to clear the enemies on the city walls. Feng Sanbao took the opportunity when the elite battalion had already reached the city wall and immediately sent out 20,000 men to take over the southern wall.
Not long after, the Vanguard Selection Army occupied the south wall and attacked the other walls. At the same time, the south gate was opened by the Iron Eagle Guard.
Feng Sanbao gave the order and sent a cavalry guard to charge into the city first, followed by infantry.
After breaking through the city gate, the following battle was simple. They had to eliminate the remaining enemies and shatter the city steles.
" System Notification: Congratulations to Descender Su Yi for successfully occupying the first-class city, Xinpu City.”
"Uncle Feng, let's enter the city." Su Yi said.
"Yes!"
"Reporting, my lord. Our army has surrounded the enemy general, but the other party is unwilling to surrender. Admiral Jiang is fighting with him at the entrance of the city lord's manor.”
The soldiers who came back to report were from the Elite Battalion, probably sent by Fang Rui.
"I understand. Lead the way." Su Yi said. It just so happened that he was also about to enter the city.
"Yes!"
"I didn't expect the system notification to come. The enemy general is still alive. Looks like his level isn't low and he can fight Jiang Qin.”Su Yi thought.
The general of the Outsiders should be at the Emperor level. Su Yi wanted to take him in. Also, when did Jiang Qin enter the city? Wasn't he with the fleet?
After entering the city, he walked straight to the city lord's mansion. On the ground, he saw the corpses of the non-humankind and the soldiers of the Vanguard Selection Army who were cleaning up the battlefield.
Su Yi walked closer to the battlefield. Jiang Qin was fighting with a middle-aged general.
Jiang Qin wielded a Hengjiang Saber, while the general wielded a nine-ringed saber. The two of them went back and forth, and it was very lively.
The advantage of the Outsiders was their strength, but Jiang Qin was more agile.
Their martial strength was equal, but in the end, the one with the greatest chance of winning was still Jiang Qin. The Outsider general would eventually run out of strength and lose.
"Uncle Feng, why don't you take him down?”Su Yi said to Feng Sanbao.
"Ziyu, it's not good for me to get involved in their competition.”Feng Sanbao said with some difficulty.
"Uncle Feng, we are on the battlefield now, not in the arena. Other than our own people, everyone else is an enemy.”Su Yi said.
Then, he added," Uncle Feng, if we continue fighting, we will waste a lot of time.”
"Lord, this general accepts the order!"
Su Yi was not used to Feng Sanbao suddenly becoming serious.
"Look at the gun!" Feng Sanbao shouted in a low voice and waved his spear to join the battlefield.
First, he knocked away the weapons of the two men, then he knocked away the weapon of the non-human general, and finally, he gently tapped the throat of the enemy general.
The enemy general did not dare to move. He looked at Feng Sanbao in disbelief, his eyes flashing with unwillingness.
"Men, tie him up and press him down!”Su Yi ordered.
Su Yi was too lazy to persuade them to surrender. How could a non-humankind general surrender so easily? It would be much easier to persuade them to surrender after imprisoning them for a month.
As soon as Su Yi spoke, someone in the crowd immediately took out a rope and rushed up to tie up the alien. Obviously, Jiang Qin had prepared it when he fought the enemy general.
"Gongyi, you did a good job commanding the water army just now.”Su Yi praised.
"Thank you for your praise, my lord. It's all thanks to the soldiers 'lives that we have achieved this!”Jiang Qin replied respectfully.
"You contributed the most." Su Yi laughed.
In the end, he said half-jokingly and half-seriously,"Gong Yi, your martial strength is still not high enough. You still haven't taken down the enemy general after fighting for 25 minutes.”
"Thank you for your teachings, Lord. I will definitely remember them.”Jiang Qin revealed an enlightened look.
"Gongyi, our next target is Quluo City. I'll leave the task of guarding Xinpu City to you.”Su Yi said.
"Lord, let this general go too!”Jiang Qin said.
"Gongyi, the two fleets only have around twenty thousand people. I will send someone to inform the three armies to assist you in defending Xinpu. At the same time, we also have the task of occupying the villages on the south bank.”Su Yi said, rejecting Jiang Qin's request to follow him.
" My lord, it's better…" Jiang Qin said anxiously.
"This is a military order!" Su Yi directly interrupted him and brought out the military order.
"The Hengjiang Squadron's target is the sea. You will have more chances to make contributions than others.”Su Yi smiled." Gongyi, you have to train the Hengjiang Squadron well. Don't screw up when we need you.”
"Yes, my lord!" Jiang Qin's expression became excited." I will definitely train a powerful fleet to conquer the sea for my lord.”
"Yes, I believe you. Continue to work hard!”Su Yi smiled.
"Uncle Feng, Gongyi, let's go and see what good things there are in this city!”Su Yi said with a smile and led everyone into the City Lord's Mansion.
As soon as they entered the city lord's manor, a young general immediately welcomed them. It was Jiang Ze's son, Jiang Yong.
"I, Jiang Yong, pay my respects to my lord."
"No need to be so polite!" Su Yi said. The ancient rites were complicated, and Su Yi couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't go against the heavens and abolish it.
"Jiang Yong, are you in charge of counting the supplies?”Su Yi asked.
"Lord, Governor Deng is in charge." Jiang Yong replied.
"Where is he?"
"My lord, Governor Deng went to the warehouse. Should I send someone to find him?”
"Are you clear about the resources in the City Lord's Estate?”Su Yi did not ask Jiang Yong to look for Yang Ji. Instead, he asked about the supplies.
"My lord, the resources in the city lord's mansion are registered by me, so I'm more familiar with them.”Jiang Yong replied.
"Take me to see what's there!”Su Yi said.
"Yes, my lord!"
Jiang Yong brought Su Yi and the other two into a room. There were dozens of boxes of various sizes inside, as well as some items that were covered with tarpaulin.
"My lord, the ten chests on the east side contain coins. If converted to gold coins, it would be three thousand gold coins!”
"Yes!" Su Yi nodded, indicating for Jiang Yong to continue his introduction.
"My lord, that big red box contains internal cultivation techniques and blueprints. Only one of the cultivation techniques, the Tidal Wave Technique, is an emperor level cultivation technique. The others are all below special grade. There are also ultimate blueprints." Jiang Yong pointed at the red box that had been sealed.
"Jiang Yong, you still lack an emperor level mental cultivation technique, right? Then, you can have the ? Tidal Wave Technique ?. As a reward for your meritorious service this time!”Su Yi laughed.
"Thank you for your reward, my lord!" Jiang Yong gave Su Yi a deep bow.
Jiang Yong was a king level general, and he was currently lacking an emperor level mental cultivation technique. He was already tempted when he first saw the Tidal Wave Technique, but he could only move it when Su Yi spoke.
Jiang Yong kept the Tidal Wave Technique and continued to introduce it to Su Yi.
"My lord, these four are altar treasure chests.”Jiang Yong flipped open a piece of tarpaulin. It was four small boxes of different colors.
Su Yi took a look. One was Normal Rank, one was Black Iron Rank, one was Bronze Rank, and one was Silver Rank.
"Jiang Yong, can't you open these boxes?”Su Yi asked.
"My lord, I really can't open this thing. Only a descender like my lord can open it.”Jiang Yong explained.
Su Yi touched it with his hand and received a system notification. The box was stored in Su Yi's inventory.
Jiang Yong was not surprised to see the box disappear, as if he thought it was a very normal thing.
"Jiang Yong, tell Fang Rui to send people to all the places to gather all the altar chests and rare items to Ling An Town.”Su Yi said. Su Yi believed that he would obtain many good things.
"Lord, this general will do it now!" Jiang Yong agreed.
"Okay, you go!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Uncle Feng, let the army rest for an hour and prepare to attack Quluo City.”
Su Yi left Jiang Qin and two other fleets to clean up the battlefield, guard the captives, and defend Xinpu.
Two thousand people had been killed or injured in this battle, and more than twelve hundred of them were injured. These people were also handed over to Jiang Qin to take care of.
Su Yi also saw the disadvantages of attacking a city without siege weapons, so he took the three ladder trucks, twenty-five trebuchets, and fifty ballistae with him.
Right now, the two fleets only had fifty ballistae left, and this was from the battle.
"Report, urgent military situation!"
A dozen scouts rode over on their horses. They were the soldiers of the Elite Warrior Battalion that Su Yi had sent out to scout.
"My lord!" The scout dismounted and bowed to Su Yi.
"Shi Hai city and Qu Luo city have joined forces, a total of 35 thousand people gathered in Qu Luo city.”The scout reported the military situation.
"Good job. Investigate the enemy's movements again. Report immediately if there is a change in the enemy's situation!”Su Yi ordered after hearing the news.
"Uncle Feng, what do you think we should do?”Su Yi asked.
"My liege, it's better for the enemy to gather together than to fight continuously. Since the enemy is in Quluo City, we'll surround him directly.”
"Send another team to attack Shi Hai City.”
"Alright, let's do that!" Su Yi said.
With a hundred thousand men against a city guarded by thirty-five thousand men, and with a powerful general leading them, there was nothing to worry about.
After making up his mind, Su Yi immediately led his troops south to Quluo City and sent out hundreds of scouts to scout for any movements on the road.
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