Chapter 996: Don't Accept Defeat
There are many holes in the walls of this warehouse, and the crossbowmen are from where they release arrows, so the Shu Han army simply doesn't do anything and directly collapses this warehouse!
After all, this gap is still too small, so only the foot soldiers rushed in, and the Saimen knife car is one of the most effective means to deal with the foot soldiers after all, so the Shu Han soldiers want to break through this line of defense. The only way is to pile up flesh and blood, so that the blade of the Saimen knife cart will be curled, so that the Saimen knife cart can no longer take a step forward.
"Push hard!" The Nan Chen Battlemaster behind the Saimen knife car had red eyes, and his voice was a little sharp. At this time, backwards are a dead word!
The Symen knife cart barely moved forward, but soon stopped again, and everyone knew why, the heavy vehicle could not climb over the piles of corpses in front of it, and the wheels were slipping because they were stained with flesh and blood.
"Bang!" With a muffled sound, a Saimen knife car was forced to be pushed away by the Shu Han soldiers holding shields, and the two Nanchen soldiers behind the car fell to the ground screaming, and soon they themselves were also crushed by the wheels.
The scream stimulated everyone's eardrums, and the surrounding Nan Chen soldiers didn't have time to step forward to rescue their companions, and the sword and shield men were anxious to plug the gap.
"Rush in!" Of course, the soldiers of Shu Han knew what the price they had paid to push away this Saimen knife car, and immediately rushed inside like crazy.
But soon a dense burst of arrows roared, this small gap was too easy to aim, and the Shu Han soldiers who had just rushed in fell almost at the same time. Of course, with them were the Nanchen Sword and Shield Men who rushed over to seal the gap.
Obviously, the Nan Chen generals in charge of the command did not expect their own people to be able to stop the enemy, so they simply used this most cruel but also the easiest way to make a decision.
Looking at the pieces of corpses that fell at the gap, Tang Xiao, the main general of Shu Han who led the team, couldn't help but secretly speak, these guys are really a difficult bone to gnaw. Although he knew that Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian were watching from behind, Tang Xiao also had to order to prepare to retreat. The damage of the army has reached a certain level, and if you retire to rest, it will certainly damage morale, but if you don't retire and rest, I am afraid that all these soldiers will die here.
Although the order to retreat is difficult to say, now there is no choice.
At this time, a roar interrupted Tang Xiao's thoughts, and he saw a battle master struggling to get up from the corpse of the fallen soldier, although his body was covered with blood, although the flag in his hand was broken, and although he even had to rely on the flagpole to stand up, his voice was extremely loud:
"We never give up!"
The entire battlefield was surprisingly calm, and it seemed that everyone in the city, inside and outside the warehouse, was frightened by the scene in front of them.
An arrow whistled and pierced through his chest, but the Lord remained facing forward, his roar echoing in everyone's ears.
"King Han is behind us, we don't accept defeat!" Inside and outside the trench, countless Shu Han soldiers erupted in angry roars almost at the same time.
So many of their companions have fallen, and they have no reason to retreat; His Royal Highness the King of Han is watching from behind, and it is a shame to retreat!
The Shu Han army does not accept such a retreat!
This army, along the way, never retreated and did not accept defeat!
"Kill!" The battle lord and the generals burst out with a roar and continued to rush towards the gap that was almost filled with corpses, "Long live the King of Han!" β
"Long live King Han!" Tang Xiao only felt that a rush of blood rushed to his head at once, all reason and all order had been left behind, he carried a knife, picked up a shield, and launched an attack towards that gap with his personal guards.
The arrows fired by the Nan Chen crossbowmen kept passing by, but no one stopped, they ran forward like this, just like that, they stepped on the corpses of their companions, crossed the Saimen knife cart that had been knocked open by flesh, and continued to move forward!
This is a proud army that never gives up.
Standing on the small building not far away, Xiao Shilian looked at the tide-like Shu Han soldiers and shouted "Long live" and poured into the warehouse. In fact, the armies of both sides have reached this point at the end of their crossbows, and while the Shu Han army is suffering huge losses, the Nanchen army is not under the pressure of their comrades dying in battle or even dying together.
When the Shu Han army once again launched a desperate charge, the Nanchen army finally couldn't support it, after all, they did not follow a commander to fight in the north and south without tasting a sense of honor, on the contrary, at this time they were in a city that had been breached and resisted stubbornly, which in itself was a big impact on morale.
"Uncle Chen's calculations are good, but after all, he still didn't count the hearts of the people. Now the warehouse has been taken down. Xiao Shilian sighed, "But there is another inner city, what are you going to do?" Our losses were so great that at least seven or eight hundred people fell in this warehouse alone. β
Li Xinchen said in a deep voice: "Let's negotiate." β
"Negotiations?" Xiao Shilian was stunned for a moment.
"This battle is almost over now," Li Xinchen waved his hand, "It's useless for Uncle Chen to stay in the lonely city, send someone to tell him that as long as they withdraw from the inner city, we will not pursue them." β
"Can Uncle Chen agree?" Xiao Shilian raised his eyebrows, the fortification of the inner city is even higher than that of the outer city, if the trebuchet and the sailor warship are launched, although it takes a long time, it is not impossible to break through, but the casualties are definitely higher than today, and it is not a good thing if the war can be avoided.
"He will agree," Li Xinchen said with a smile, "Xiangzhou is far from Jiankang MansionΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· There is still some distance. β
Xiao Shilian suddenly didn't understand what Li Xinchen meant, but looking at Li Xinchen's confident appearance, it seemed as if Chen Shujian had agreed.
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"Soldiers first, then salute," Chen Shujian stood on the inner city wall, looking at the warehouse under the city where the flames had not yet dissipated, he stood on the city wall and saw the whole process of the battle, and naturally knew that the soldiers guarding the warehouse had done their best.
Li Xinchen's army has obviously become a climate, and the soldiers of Nan Chen, who have been defeated repeatedly and retreated one after another, have not defected to the battle, and they can hold to this point, in fact, Chen Shujian is already very grateful to them.
Unexpectedly, for the inner city, the last line of defense in Xiangzhou, Li Xinchen did not directly order an attack, but sent an envoy to negotiate peace.
The footsteps behind him had already sounded, and Chen Shushen walked up to the city with a middle-aged man. This middle-aged man looked quite haggard and a little pale, and when he saw Chen Shujian, he finally couldn't help it, and fell to his knees with a "plop":
"The minister is humiliated by the enemy, and the crime deserves death, please punish His Highness!"