"Attack the city!" Xu Shu shouted from the front.
Yesterday, the 40,000 soldiers of the Divine Martial Army took turns to feint attacks, causing the defenders to be exhausted. The feint attack troops had only retreated for an hour when the attack began again.
The war drums were beating loudly. Su Yi's troops were already prepared to enter the city.
The three hundred catapults were the first to unleash their might, aiming at the defenders on the city walls. The ballistae followed suit, and the five hundred ballistae were quite powerful.
Pushed by the soldiers, the siege vehicles and ladders slowly moved toward the city wall, while the siege vehicles moved toward the city gate. More than a hundred weapons pushed forward, directly reducing the morale of the defenders by a large margin.
Under Xu Sheng's command, the infantrymen began to follow behind the weapons, ready to enter the city at any time.
As Xu Shu was the first to attack, a portion of the enemy's weapons on the city walls were destroyed. The enemies on the city walls also began to counterattack, but under Xu Shu's command, they could not raise their heads at all. Instead, they suffered even greater losses.
The moat had been filled up by the Divine Martial Army three days ago. The siege vehicles and ladders were quickly pushed to the city.
The catapults and ballistae on their side stopped firing, and if they continued firing, they would accidentally injure their own people.
The siege engines lowered the stepping bridge and the ladder engines were placed on the city wall.
The most tragic moment had arrived.
"Ascend the city!" Xu Sheng shouted and took the lead, rushing to the ladder car.
The benefits of a day and night of feint attacks were shown. The defenders 'counterattack was weak.
The soldiers in the siege vehicles rushed to the city wall through the bridge, and the other soldiers also boarded the ladder vehicles.
"Ha!" When he was five meters away from the city wall, Xu Sheng jumped onto the city wall.
Xu Sheng brandished his spear and used Army Obliteration to clear out an empty area in the surroundings. It created excellent conditions for the soldiers who followed behind to ascend the city.
The fifty points on the city wall were broken through almost at the same time, and more and more Divine Martial Army soldiers climbed up the city wall.
Even Xu Sheng himself could not believe that the siege was going so smoothly. Only a few places on the western wall were still resisting.
However, Xu Sheng soon met an opponent, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties.
At first, Xu Sheng had underestimated his opponent, but after exchanging blows, he realized that his opponent's strength was not much different from his.
This person was Wang Jing's cousin, Wang Wei. He was at the Emperor Realm. He had a good saber technique.
When Xu Sheng and Wang Wei were in the midst of a fierce battle, Xu Shu saw that the west wall was already under his control and immediately sent another 20,000 people to support and expand the victory.
Not long after, the west gate was taken down. Of course, this was taken from the inside by the vanguard led by Xu Sheng. The power of the small charging chariots before was not enough to break through the gate.
Once the city gates were opened, it was even more convenient to attack the city. Xu Shu immediately sent out two cavalry guards to attack.
The battle results were expanding, and the city walls in the north and south were quickly breached. The east gate relied on Feng Sanbao's personal strength to climb the city wall and kill an emperor level general. This way, the road to attack the city was unimpeded.
"You traitors, how dare you!" Wang Wei shouted, but it was useless. He was suppressed by Xu Sheng from the beginning to the end.
"Lin Hou is a traitor. I, Xu Sheng, will get rid of you for my lord!”Xu Sheng's expression was serious. He used all his strength to force Wang Wei into a desperate situation.
Immediately after, Xu Sheng severely injured Wang Wei. In the end, he bled out and was stabbed in the heart by Xu Sheng.
As Su Yi's army continued to advance, Xu Shu sent out more and more soldiers. Soon, they controlled the outer city of Linhai City and were clearing out the remaining resistance soldiers.
The inner city, which was also the palace of the neighboring country, was the last of the Marquis's stubborn resistance.
The ladders and siege vehicles were quickly transported over, and Xu Shu immediately organized the attack.
The elites of the elites of the neighboring country, the palace guards, 900 grade-8 soldiers and 100 grade-9 soldiers.
The last army of the neighboring country launched a counterattack under the leadership of Lin Hou.
"Archers, release your arrows!" Xu Shu would not joke around with the soldiers under him. Although the Divine Martial Army was also an elite army, and the lowest grade of soldiers was a grade-7 soldier, and there were quite a few grade-9 soldiers, wouldn't it be better if one less person died?
Soon, Shen Wu had formed a spear formation of 3,000 men. The 2,000 cavalrymen split into two groups and surrounded them from both sides.
When the melee began, someone immediately fell.
Lin Hou had the strength of a king level general, but it would be troublesome for him to stay, and Xu Shu had no intention of sparing his life from the start.
" China Region Plot Announcement: Feng Sanbao killed the king of the neighboring country. The neighboring country's capital, Linhai, was breached. The neighboring country has officially withdrawn from the stage of history.”
The moment this announcement was released, the entire server was in an uproar, especially the players in the Huaxia region. Many people remembered the name Feng Sanbao.
Very soon, someone uploaded a video of the siege of Linhai. The video was extremely clear, and there was a scene of Feng Sanbao killing a general. Of course, this was not a scene of killing a king. After all, players could not enter the palace during the siege.
It hadn't even been fourteen days since the start of the dukedom war, and a country had already been destroyed.
Of course, no one would have thought that it was the players who destroyed the country. This was a chaotic battle between the princes. However, what made many people very unhappy was that the announcement did not announce who the force that destroyed the neighboring country was.
Back at Su Yi's side, Su Yi had heard this announcement when Xu Shu occupied Linhai City. At the same time, he had also received three system notifications.
" System Notification: Congratulations to Descender Su Yi's subordinate, Xu Shu, for successfully occupying the First Class City, Linhai City.”
" System Notification: Congratulations to Descender Su Yi for successfully destroying the neighboring country. The existing territory of the neighboring country has become your territory.”
" System Notification: Congratulations to Descender Su Yi for completing the hidden mission, Destroy the Nation. Reward: 10,000 Grade 8 Infantry Summoning Talismans x5, 10,000 Grade 8 Cavalry Summoning Talismans x5.”
"Haha, not bad." Su Yi was extremely happy. A mission to destroy A country was worth 100,000 grade-8 soldiers. Since they were grade-8 soldiers, their aptitude would definitely not be lower than A. They would definitely be A or above.
Most importantly, even if the summoned soldiers were infantrymen, they would all be able to ride horses. It would be much faster if they were trained into cavalry.
Hidden quests were unique. As long as someone had completed it, no one else would be able to complete it.
Hidden quests had rich rewards, so they were also a way for players to develop. However, hidden quests were not so easy to complete. The most important thing was that you did not know what hidden quests were.
Not long after Su Yi was happy, another system announcement came.
" System Announcement: Hero's Altar Plot has ended. The Altar has gone into seclusion.”
" System Announcement: Hero's Altar Plot has ended. The Altar has gone into seclusion.”
" System Announcement: Hero's Altar Plot has ended. The Altar has gone into seclusion.”
The announcement was repeated three times, and everyone online heard it. Then, the guiding light of the altar that had not been occupied dissipated, and the altar disappeared.
"General Feng, what should we do next?”Xu Shu asked Feng Sanbao after clearing out the palace guards.
"You are the commander of this battle. You decide!”Feng Sanbao said.
"My suggestion is to eliminate the root of the problem." Xu Shu revealed a hesitant expression, but if he did not do this, it would easily threaten Su Yi's rule.
"Forget about those women and children!" Feng Sanbao sighed.
"Yes!" Xu Shu nodded.
"Xu Sheng!" Xu Shu shouted.
"General!" Xu Sheng quickly arrived in front of Xu Shu.
"I'll give you four guards. I hope that I don't see anyone in the palace except for women. You know the military rules, do you understand?”Xu Shu said sternly.
"I understand!" Xu Sheng immediately took action upon receiving the order. 20,000 people surrounded the palace and separated the women and non-women. After a series of screams, the entire palace fell silent.
Xu Shu and Feng Sanbao discussed for a while, and then they started the operation of seizing the house.
The two of them led their men and launched an attack on the great clans loyal to the neighboring country. On this day, Linhai City was filled with people, except for women and babies.
Then, Xu Shu sent someone to inform the remaining aristocratic families to hand over their private soldiers and bear the consequences.
Some people chose to agree, while others chose to resist. Of course, those who resisted disappeared, and the wealth and women of these great clans became the spoils of war for the victors.
The gathered private soldiers were disarmed, the aristocratic children were removed from the ranks, the surrendered private soldiers were disarmed, and the aristocratic children were beheaded.
This time, the siege only took less than half a day, but it took a day to eliminate the threat of the aristocratic families. It lasted until late at night.
At night, soldiers patrolled every street to prevent any trouble. At the same time, many captives were still cleaning up the battlefield.
In the military camp of Linhai City, the main generals of General Xu Shu had gathered together. The generals were all jubilant. No one was unhappy about winning the battle.
"General Feng, you go first!" Xu Shu said.
"Good!" Feng Sanbao glanced at the scholars and generals present.
"Today, the Vanguard Selection Army is responsible for attacking the east, south, and north gates until the end of the battle. Four thousand died, two thousand were heavily injured, and ten thousand were lightly injured. We beheaded 20,000 and captured 30,000." Feng Sanbao said.
"Today, the Divine Martial Army will be in charge of attacking the west gate until the end of the battle. 6,000 soldiers died, 5,000 were heavily injured, 15,000 were lightly injured, 30,000 were beheaded, and 30,000 were captured.”Xu Shu said.
As soon as the commanders of the two armies spoke, everyone present immediately understood the situation. Overall, their side had won.
"After a day of rest, the Vanguard Selection Army and the Divine Martial Army will each leave thirty thousand men, Shen Qiu's fifty thousand men and the one hundred and forty thousand surrendered soldiers. Shen Quan, Wang Can, Sha Lin, Ge Ge and the Deng brothers will temporarily command them to defend Linhai County and Ling Yang County, to guard against Ling Country and Hai Country.”Xu Shu said. Of course, Xu Shu had already discussed these arrangements with Feng Sanbao.
"General, what about the captives?”Deng Xuan asked immediately.
"All the cities and houses need to be repaired.”Xu Shu immediately said.
"I understand!" Deng Xuan replied.
"I have already reported the results of the battle to my lord. The messenger is already on the way.”Xu Shu said.
Everyone was overjoyed. They had contributed a lot in the war to destroy the country. They could get a good job and a generous reward in the army.
On this trip back to the ling grains, Xu Shu decided to bring the spoils of war back to the ling grains. The wealth from destroying the neighboring countries was not small, enough for Su Yi to feed a million soldiers for five years.
The amount of wealth seized from the palace was relatively small. On the contrary, a lot of it was seized from the aristocratic families. If he seized all the aristocratic families in Linhai City, the amount of wealth seized would double. However, Xu Shu could not do such a thing.
There wasn't much grain, only enough for the entire territory to use for a year. However, spring plowing was coming soon. As long as the territory resumed agricultural production, they wouldn't starve next year.
There were many women and babies among the spoils of war this time. Dozens of them were the consorts of the king of the neighboring country. The queen had already hanged herself, and the king's only child was an eighteen-year-old daughter. Two hundred of them were palace maids, while the other two thousand and seven hundred were wives, daughters, and maids from the great clans.
He had obtained so many people after merely raiding over 30 houses. Wealth was in the hands of a few.
As for the babies, there were about a dozen of them. Of course, they were the descendants of those aristocratic families. The oldest was not more than a year old. Xu Shu didn't know what to do, so he let those women take him first.
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