Chapter 37 Untitled (Please collect, recommend, and vote for me!)

According to the confession of this Gongdu deserter, he was an ordinary soldier who followed the defeated army of Xinshuifang last night and luckily retreated into the royal city. He was incorporated into the army guarding the west gate of the royal city.
During the day, some of the Red Tiger Army soldiers who were originally guarding the west gate of the royal city with them were suddenly recalled.

Then, after about half an hour, some red armor of the Red Tiger Army was handed to these ordinary soldiers. They were asked to put on them and return to the top of the city wall of the royal city to deploy defenses. However, those recalled Red Tiger Army soldiers never appeared again. Also disappearing was Park Jingyuan, the general of the Red Tiger Army who was responsible for guarding the royal city.

There was nothing at first, but soon people in the royal city were in panic, and rumors spread that Park Kyung-won had secretly escaped with the Crown Prince through the secret passage, and those who remained in the royal city had been abandoned.

The Red Tiger Army acted quickly in response to this rumor. After killing several people and chopping off several heads, they immediately suppressed the rumor.

As for this deserter, he was afraid and secretly hanged himself from the top of the city wall, wanting to escape back home, but unfortunately, he was captured by the Zhou army as soon as he came down from the city wall.

After hearing the news from this person, Ye Mingsheng's face changed immediately. Seeing this, Ye Tie tortured the deserter twice again, until this unlucky guy was tortured half to death. However, he could not dig out any other valuable information. Then, at the instruction of Ye Mingsheng, he sent the deserter to a prisoner-of-war camp.

This deserter was not an isolated case. At night, Zhou's army captured some deserters from Gongdu who had secretly escaped from the royal city in groups of three or five. The confessions of these people were roughly the same as the first deserter. After confirming this, Ye Mingsheng's eyes gradually became firm as he looked towards the royal city.

When the sun rose and a hint of dawn appeared in the east, Ye Mingsheng, who had not slept all night, dragged his tired body and issued his first military order.
"Take all the prisoners and the defeated soldiers of Gongdu and concentrate their forces to attack the royal city."

As his order was given, the sound of war drums immediately rang out in the Zhou army camp besieging the royal city, and teams of soldiers began to assemble. This immediately attracted the attention of the palace guards on the city wall of the royal city. After layers of notifications, the palace army in the royal city was also fully armed and ready to defend the city.

After a cup of tea, the sound of Zhou army's war drums gradually became more intense. Thousands of Zhou soldiers marched towards the royal city. However, at the forefront of the siege team was a group of dejected soldiers from the palace without any weapons. They were like a group of pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered, being driven towards the direction of the royal city by the Zhou army behind them.

The morale of the palace soldiers in the royal city was already low. Seeing their former comrades-in-arms being used as meat shields by the Zhou army and rushed to the front, they were all furious and started cursing.

"You filthy bastards!"

"Asshole!"

"You bunch of Zhou people who have no balls, crawl out from behind your grandfather if you dare."

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Hearing the curses coming from the top of the royal city wall, Chen Yannian, Lin Huaiwu and others who were sitting in the rear looked at Ye Mingsheng in front of them with a hint of strangeness and fear in their eyes.

They never expected that this commander, who they had always thought to be incompetent, would actually use such a sinister trick.

Feeling the gazes of the people behind him, Ye Mingsheng watched the siege on the city without saying anything and could only shake his head helplessly.

It was not that he wanted to change his orders overnight and abandon the strategy of surrounding three sides and leaving one side empty. It was really that the battlefield situation was changing rapidly, so he had to make corresponding changes according to the changes in the situation. Although the royal city was strong, according to the confession of the captured Gongdu deserters, it was basically confirmed that most of the Red Tiger Army, which gave Ye Mingsheng the most headache, had already withdrawn from the secret passage in the royal city with their general Park Jingyuan.

In this way, the defense force in the royal city will be greatly reduced, and the difficulty of breaking through the royal city will also be greatly reduced. Ye Mingsheng will have no reason to keep them.

Although the soldiers of the palace on the top of the city had loud voices and cursed fiercely, their bodies were very honest. No one drew their bows and shot arrows at these former comrades. They just let the enemy advance step by step, not knowing what to do...

"Hurry up and shoot! I'll chop off the head of anyone who doesn't shoot!"

Li Zaiyuan, who rushed to the scene after hearing the news, saw that the Zhou army had already attacked and was within thirty steps of the city. His eyes were furious, and he was waving the jewel-inlaid sword in his hand and roaring wildly.

While he was roaring, the guards brought by Li Zaiyuan also chopped off the heads of several soldiers who disobeyed orders. Under the double pressure of their superiors' orders and threats to their lives, the soldiers of Gongdu on the top of the city no longer cared about their comrades-in-arms. They pulled the bowstrings and launched an attack. For a moment, arrows flew like rain, shooting at the Zhou army under the city and the defeated soldiers of Gongdu who were swept in.

Although the Gongdu army obeyed the orders of their elderly monarch and shot and killed a large number of defeated Gongdu soldiers who were forced to attack the city, as well as a few scattered Zhou troops.

However, their actions were already a little late at this time. The Zhou army under the city was already under the leadership of vanguard officers Gao Zuorong and Wang Xian. Holding shields and braving the rain of arrows, they set up ladders and launched a fearless charge towards the top of the royal city.

Without the command of General Park Jingyuan and the Red Tiger Army, the Gongdu army was unable to withstand the charge of the Zhou army. After the two sides engaged in close combat, the Gongdu army on the city wall, which had no intention of fighting, barely resisted for about an incense stick of time before being defeated.

If it weren't for the loyal guards around him, who would have carried Li Jae-won and retreated when they saw the situation was not good, I'm afraid that the King of Gongdu, who had already known his fate, would have died for his country on the city wall.

“Bang…Bang…”

With loud noises one after another, the gates of the royal city were slowly opened, and the generals of the Great Zhou, led by Ye Mingsheng, rode tall horses and walked into the royal city.

After glancing at the magnificent palace behind the city gate, Ye Mingsheng showed a faint smile on his face, and immediately waved his sword and ordered:
"Don't miss any room in the palace. Find that old man Li Zaiyuan for me!"

"Yes!"

Upon receiving the order, Chen Yannian, Lin Huaiwu and others immediately led their troops and rushed to the royal city.

However, what surprised Ye Mingsheng was that Liu Shilin, who was most anxious to find Li Zaiyuan, did not go to the royal city, but stayed where he was...
(End of this chapter)