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Chapter 749
Finally, when all the rout soldiers fled, only bloody corpses were left that were trampled all over the ground.

Niu Dali immediately ordered the whole army to speed up the clearing of the defense line and build a simple defense line.Be prepared for Dongyang to gather remnants and attack again.

At the mouth of the fjord at this time, with the defense of the peninsula on the right being breached, the Tianhua army could finally concentrate its artillery and bombard the peninsula on the left defense with all its strength. Let the remote equipment above be blasted into waste.

At this time, under the cover of the warship, the Tianhua transport ship began to slowly sail towards the inner harbor.Seeing this, the Dongyang army tried desperately to stop it, but without the restraint from the other side, their attack power dropped greatly, and they couldn't stop the Tianhua ship from avoiding their attack and heading deeper into the inner harbor.

Seeing this, Emperor Dongyang sighed in despair, and immediately ordered his guards to assemble the imperial army, which is his headquarters, to retreat immediately and rush back to the imperial capital.He had lost all hope of defending against the enemy here.

Soon, tens of thousands of imperial troops directly under Dongyang Emperor quickly left the battlefield, abandoned a large amount of supplies, and fled towards the imperial capital.When the soldiers and horses of the princes from all walks of life saw it, they lost their positions and fled in a hurry.

The Tianhua army soon arrived at the inner port, and countless transport ships docked at the pier and began to unload and land.

After Niu Dali found out that the enemy had fled away, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered the whole army to abandon their positions and go to the inner port to join the army.

Several hours later, the [-] troops finally gathered in one place and occupied the entire port.

After the army rested for two days, Lin Yifan ordered the army to set off and formally march towards the imperial capital, while the port was handed over to the navy.

At the same time, the navy was not idle. Lin Yifan asked Liang Shicheng to dispatch some troops to circle around Yingzhou Island and sweep up all the ships that could be seen so that Dongyang people could not enter the sea.

This time the army marched to the east, they only brought [-] horses, which could make up a brigade of cavalry, and this was the most powerful mobile force of the Tianhua Army.The cavalry dispatched ahead of the troops, swept across the surrounding villages and cities, and looted a large amount of food and supplies to supply the army.

At this time, the imperial capital, which is less than a hundred miles away from the port, has fallen into chaos.Now Dongyang Emperor's army strength is only about [-], how can it be the opponent of the [-] Tianhua Army.Now we can only hope that the city wall of the imperial capital can block the enemy's soldiers.

Therefore, Emperor Dongyang had no choice but to order the defenders in the surrounding cities of the imperial capital to give up their garrison and gather in the imperial capital to prepare for a decisive battle with Tianhua.At the same time, all the warriors and young men in the whole territory were recruited to join the army, and about [-] soldiers and horses were gathered to increase the chances of winning the city.

At the same time, he sent envoys to the territories of various princes to ask for help.He told the princes very bluntly that Tianhua intended to avenge Dongyang's Western Expedition this time, and all the princes who participated in the Western Expedition were within Tianhua's attack range.If the princes don't deal with Tianhua wholeheartedly, it will be the princes' turn after Dongyang Emperor is destroyed.

Within a few days, the soldiers of the Tianhua Army finally arrived at Dongyang Imperial Capital.Lin Yifan looked at the city wall full of people above, and couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, Dongyang people actually want to block us with a city wall? It's really beyond their limits."

"Hey, Your Majesty, the so-called imperial capital of Dongyang is only the size of a county. How can it survive under the bombardment of our army?" One attack, to test their strength?"

"Why, the leader has fought a battle and is already addicted?" Lin Yifan glanced at him and said with a smile, "Why don't I let you serve as the leader of the army outside?"

"Your Majesty, why do you need to bury humble ministers?" Niu Dali chuckled, "If it's about leading troops and fighting, the ministers can't compare to those generals. That is to say, Dongyang people are too weak, and the ministers can still bully them. If they are really foreign generals, those generals Complicated military affairs are enough for a minister. Forget it, the minister will just stay by His Majesty's side and keep guard. "

"You bastard, if you stay by my side, you don't have many battles to fight." Lin Yifan smiled, "You are a good material for a strong general. It's a pity to stay here. No matter how many times I persuade you, you refuse to leave. But That's right, we've been together for more than ten years, and I'm really not used to it without you."

"Hey, I'm used to staying by His Majesty's side." Niu Dali grinned. "Your Majesty, look, this siege, my minister..."

"Okay, I know you're feeling itchy, so go." Lin Yifan shook his head. After getting along with him for more than ten years, he has already regarded Niu Dali as his own family, and Niu Dali will not be like everyone else, submissive to himself, At least I can say something intimate.

After receiving the order, Niu Dali hurriedly thanked him for accepting the order, then hurried to the army and began to command the army to attack the city.Although his military position is only a commander, his military rank has reached the rank of lieutenant general, and he is fully qualified to lead an army in battle.

Niu Dali immediately ordered the army to surround the imperial capital on three sides, set up a camp, dig trenches, and build a defense line, leaving only one city gate in the north.At the same time, the engineers rushed to make siege equipment on the spot for later use.

On the second day, the army was ready, and the first to appear was a row of hundreds of cannons, which were all pushed to the front of the south gate, and began to carry out saturated bombardment.

Only the city wall the size of a county city, under the bombardment of the artillery, the rammed earth fell down rustlingly.The top of the city was beaten into a mess by shells, and the crowded defenders were killed and wounded without any defense, and the sound of wailing was endless.

Dongyang is too far away from the Central Plains, and it is too closed.Facing the artillery siege for the first time, I didn't know how to deal with it for a while.Fortunately, there were troops stationed at the mouth of the fjord. After seeing the power of artillery, they also had some experience. They immediately yelled for everyone to get down quickly and curl up at the corner of the wall to avoid the impact of shells and the lasing fire. Earth, stone and sawdust.

Under the city, the Tianhua army bombarded the city wall continuously, and the army also advanced slowly. After bringing the catapults close to the firing range, they took over from the artillery and launched a second attack.Under the double attack of artillery and stone catapults, a small gap in part of the city wall has already collapsed, and there are eye-catching cracks everywhere on the entire south wall.

At this time, the army began to accelerate forward, constantly approaching the city wall.On the city wall, a sparse rain of arrows finally fell, which was unable to cause many casualties to the Tianhua Army.After the Tianhua army approached the city wall, they immediately launched a counterattack. Arrows rained down on the wall like locusts, overwhelming the people of Dongyang.

As the army approached the walls, the artillery and catapults gradually ceased their attack.Numerous ladders quickly climbed up the city wall, and the Tianhua army swarmed up the ladders.Before the Dongyang Army could react, the Tianhua Army who climbed the ladder had a grenade in their hands, lit it, and immediately threw it on the top of the wall.

Then a huge roar was heard, and flesh and blood flew from the top of the city, and splashed on many soldiers of the Tianhua Army below.

"Kill!" Taking advantage of this gap, the Tianhua army immediately climbed up.After climbing to the top of the city, there was a bloody scene all around, broken arms and stumps were scattered all over the city, and the defenders of the entire city were empty.

(End of this chapter)