Vsevolod II was not near the walls at all, nor were the other princes, even their high nobles.

The lessons of the city of Bolgar, the lessons of the other princely cities, are shocking.

Although the Chinese did not have artillery, their stone artillery was also better than the trebuchets of the Rus. Even if it is not frequented, it is just a simple arson bomb and a solid stone/mud bomb, and the bombardment on the city wall is still a 'landslide and ground crack'.

They won't go to death.

It took about 200 meters to feel safe from the "wall", where there was a wall that had been built urgently.

Standing on the second city wall, the princes and nobles looked at the city head with blazing eyes, watching the defenders of the city scream as they were smashed by the artillery shells from outside the city.

Then, only three days later, the collapse happened, and Kyiv, one of the most fortified cities in the entire Rus's territory, collapsed with a bang after only three days.

Vsevolod II looked at the second line of defense that had already been erected in the city, and did not know whether to be glad that he had foresight and used the time deliberately set aside by the Chinese to build the current city wall, or should he be frustrated!

The outer walls were so strong and inadequate, and the inner second line of defense, though it was time-consuming and laborious—he had the thickest logs found, two rows of logs stuffed with dirt and stones, and dirt bags piled up behind them—really no comparison with the former. Naturally, it is even more inappropriate.

The flowering of the "wall" is only a matter of time, like its predecessors. Therefore, this war will ultimately be decided by swords and guns.

At the point when the Rus' army withdrew from the outer city wall and retreated inward, the Lu Qi army naturally would not give up this great opportunity. Two thousand elite armor soldiers, holding large shields, wielding swords and spears, and carrying long ladders, rushed towards the city.

The panicked defenders were crushed at the touch of a blow in the face of this fierce attack. Fortunately, they also had the hoplites that Vsevolod II had prepared behind them.

The roar of "Great Qi Might" appeared at the front of the city of Kiev, and the shouts of the two armies shook the sky loudly.

Lu Qijun, who was draped in simple plate armor, pushed all the way. The resistance of the Rus' is not without care, but the gap in armaments really needs too much blood to make up for it. The hoplites prepared by the princes of Rus are also the elite forces in their hands, which can be compared with the Lu Qi army that broke through, but it is so unbearable.

The whole battle did not last more than two hours, and the hoplites arranged in advance by the Rus' were completely crushed. The armor of the Lu Qi army was embellished with the defeated soldiers and went straight to the second city wall. That's when we stopped!

The city of Kyiv has not fallen, but the whole of Kyiv is already in a state of panic.

From top to bottom, with the fall of the outer city, everyone felt the breath of slaughter.

The prince and the prince outside the city, Yang Zaixing, Li Yanxian and other generals are not idiots, even if they have not achieved the position of commander of a war zone, but looking at the current war is enough, it is natural to know that this war has been stabilized.

Don't look at the Rus' gathering so many men, but just by looking at the fact that they didn't even dare to go out of the city to face the battle, you can know how cowardly they are in their hearts. Moreover, the source of soldiers is complex, and the quality of individual soldiers is uneven. There were also defeated troops from Pereyaslavar and Nornowgorod, who had long been frightened by the Qi army.

Even with the hoarse yelling of the metropolitan and the generous rewards promised by the princes and nobles, the overall morale was not high.

Now that the outer city has been lost, the elite infantry has suffered heavy losses, and the morale is even lower.

And people's hearts are in turmoil, and no matter how many people there are, they should not be used.

Lu Yu, Lu Yun, Li Yanxian, Yang Zaixing, etc., although they do not have an exact leader in name, fortunately, everyone is not stupid and idiot, and it is very clear that the current enemy of Kiev is already a frightened bird.

Lu Qi's army has stepped through the prestige of Tianzhu and Tianfang, and has successfully spread fear into the hearts of the enemy.

In a word, these Rus' people have already positioned themselves as 'weakling' at the beginning of the war, and only if the war can be won, there will be ghosts.

Emperor Lu likes to fight the most righteous battles, and his sons have also developed a similar character, and no one prefers the sword to go sideways.

But no matter how upright they are, they will not forget what war is! Assessing and judging the situation in advance, guessing the most likely situation, and making targeted arrangements are the necessary qualities of a general.

Because the Rus' confidence was low, and because the Rus' people were not very popular, they never thought of destroying the city. It is inevitable that the three will be missing.

It is also because of the special political significance of Kiev that there is still a controversy among Lu Yu and other princes and generals Li Yanxian!

- Do you want to burn the whole of Kyiv with a fire?

This would not only quickly resolve the current war, but also cause the Rus' to suffer heavy losses.

Each of them is well aware that they are on the side of the absolute advantage. Because of the arson bombs and incendiary bombs of the Lu Qi army, because of the wooden houses in the city of Kyiv one after another.

Now the reason why the Rus' people are still fighting is only because they are not "mad".

But once this killer move is used, the Rus will not be able to fight back at all.

Lu Yue was a supporter of this view, and was the first to make such a suggestion, but Lao Continent Yu resolutely disagreed. "The majesty of the empire has long been established in the war, and we don't need to come and use the city of Kyiv as a raft again."

Others are for and against, and others remain silent for the time being.

Lu Chuan also disagreed in his heart, "Just like the eldest brother said, the majesty of my dynasty has already been established in the war, and there is really no need to use the Rus people to establish authority." Leave hidden dangers for the future. But going to take it slowly like this is not what this king wants.

Don't forget the east side. According to the news from China, General Shi Wengong Shi led the army to leave the Western Regions. After the Western Regions is in the river, Kangju is also there in the blink of an eye, and the Aral Sea will be far from the Caspian Sea? How many days will there be left from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea?

Time is running out.

The king does not want to spend too much time in Kyiv. The great Rus', as well as the Novgorod Republic in the northwest and the Vladimir principalities in the northeast, did not intervene in the war at all, and even Smolensk and Polotsk, as well as Pinsk and Volyn, maintained good strength.

Even if all the more than 50,000 troops here in Kyiv were to be destroyed, the Rus' would still have at least half of their strength.

Even Vsevolod II, the reigning Grand Duke of Rus', still had a lot of power in his old nest of Chernihiv. ”

Therefore, he immediately proposed:

"In my opinion, if we return a few captives to the city, and tell everyone inside through their mouths that they should leave the city quickly, we will set the city on fire."

"With the leaderless power structure of the Rus', as well as the low morale and countless wooden houses in the city, they are not afraid to have ghosts if they don't mess up on their own!"

The water and fire are ruthless, and Lu Chuan can even think of what the whole Kiev looks like after the riots. It would be a great meal for them. It was easy to capture this city, which was not small in size and population, and which had a special political symbolism in Rus'.

Compared with the simple burning of the city, or the honest siege of the city, Lu Chuan's proposal made everyone present laugh. It doesn't matter if there is a stiffness in these smiles.

……

"Eighth brother, don't thank you for your kindness, the third brother has written it down!"

The strategy has been set, and the crowd is scattered. Privately, the two figures walked into a dark corner that no one else could see, and in a moment a voice came out.