The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 265 Expanding the Landing Scope

Suddenly, the attacking line infantry stopped, and a dozen soldiers rushed out from behind the line infantry ranks, charging toward the city wall under the cover of fire from the infantry company behind them.

"Not good!" Han Wu, who was risking being hit to observe the enemy situation, immediately noticed the difference in the soldiers rushing out: "They're demolition experts! They're demolition soldiers! Fire! Stop them!"

Han Wu's idea was good, and his reaction was quick, but he overlooked the soldiers under his command. The new recruits had already broken down, and the remaining veterans were not only unable to lead the new recruits in battle, but they themselves were also greatly affected by the new recruits' random running around.

Han Wu's actions were destined to be ineffective. For those elite soldiers, the distance of thirty meters was less than a few seconds to cover. They had already placed more than a dozen explosive charges, and one soldier took out a tinderbox and lit the fuse.

Boom! Boom! Several explosions rang out in succession, immediately blasting several gaps in the Jincheng city wall. Although the wall was not completely collapsed, these gaps provided the infantry with a breakthrough opportunity. They could easily climb over the wall through these openings and seize a larger landing area.

The moment the city wall was breached, the last thread of hope in the hearts of the soldiers still fighting on the wall snapped. All the soldiers lost their will to continue fighting. Seeing that the battle force had completely collapsed, Han Wu glanced at the battlefield with a dejected look.

Then, with only a few remaining confidants, he hastily gathered twenty or thirty soldiers and ran towards the west of the city. Han Wu had already given up; Jincheng had fallen, and he had failed his uncle's trust.

However, he still planned to break out before the three organizations completely surrounded Jincheng and go to find his uncle, after all, he was his family. Unfortunately, he did not know that what Shen Wansan said in his letter was true. Han Sui was already a traitor, but Han Wu did not believe it, so there was nothing he could do.

"Attack!" The division commander at the front immediately ordered the attack. The infantry companies closest to the breach rushed forward at the first opportunity, aiming to capture the breach as quickly as possible and expand the landing area.

"Second Division, push forward! Third Division and cavalry regiment, flank and block the enemy's escape route!" Seeing that his infantry had successfully stormed the city wall, Shen Wansan immediately gave the order.

The three organizations launched a general offensive. Under the attack of superior forces and firepower, the Jincheng garrison was defeated after only half an hour. The garrison that was caught up laid down their weapons and surrendered.

Most of them were soldiers recently conscripted by Han Sui. They didn't want to fight on the battlefield in the first place, and now that their side had suffered a major defeat, what else was there to do but surrender?

Han Wu ultimately failed to escape. Although he led two thousand guards from the West City out of the city gate, the three cavalry regiments had been waiting for a long time.

Just five or six hundred meters from the city gate, the cavalry regiment launched an attack on Han Wu's remaining troops. The more than two thousand men, already on edge, were scattered in less than a minute by the sudden attack of the cavalry. Han Wu was also killed in the first wave of attacks.

With Han Wu dead, the remaining people saw no reason to continue resisting and surrendered.

When Zhao Yun led the main force of the Allied Organization to Jincheng, the blood-red golden dragon flag of the self-governing land organization had already been raised on the city wall. Looking at the three city walls that were completely undamaged, Zhao Yun knew that taking Jincheng should be very easy.

When Zhao Yun asked Shen Wansan, it was indeed the case. In the entire battle, the three organizations suffered fewer casualties than two infantry companies, which was extremely rare.

"The Jincheng defense force was stunned by the first two rounds of shelling. Not to mention the newly recruited soldiers, even my team of veteran soldiers couldn't have lasted long when facing the fire of dozens of heavy general-level cannons. After all, people are made of flesh and blood and they will be afraid."

Shen Wansan said to Zhao Yun, "Of course, the spies' propaganda attack also played a crucial role. The fact that we did not encounter the expected street fighting when we entered Jincheng fully proves that many families still have goodwill towards our organization."

"We can't let our guard down. You need to keep a close eye on those families. They are the most ruthless people in the world. You must be very careful when dealing with them."

Zhao Yun said to Shen Wansan: However, it is obvious that Shen Wansan did not take Zhao Yun's reminder to heart. Zhao Yun did not take it seriously either. He was just reminding him out of good intentions. In any case, it was Shen Wansan and his three organizations who would ultimately guard Liangzhou. It was better to suffer a little loss.

In fact, Shen Wansan knew that Zhao Yun meant well in reminding him, but he didn't take it to heart. In his opinion, although Zhao Yun was an excellent cavalry commander, he was not qualified to be the commander of a large group.

If it weren't for the fact that the lord favored Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun would never have been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, which is higher than the rank of this veteran.

Yes, that's right. Shen Wansan was somewhat jealous. He was jealous of Zhao Yun's achievements. After all, Shen Wansan was one of the earliest followers of Chen Er, and he was somewhat dissatisfied with Zhao Yun, a newcomer.

In addition, the Third Organization had always been stationed on the northeastern border and had limited knowledge of what was happening on the grasslands. Although Shen Wansan knew some of Zhao Yun's deeds, he always thought that it was because his lord favored Zhao Yun. He believed that if he were in Zhao Yun's position, he could have done even better.

However, that's a story for later. Right now, Zhao Yun is actively arranging the plan for the battle team to split up and attack. According to Zhao Yun's plan, the three organizations will leave one division as a temporary force to defend Jincheng and the surrounding areas.

The remaining teams were all deployed to occupy the towns and counties controlled by Han Sui. Before the news of Han Sui's defeat and death could be fully spread, Zhao Yun had to take control of the situation as quickly as possible.

Since Ma Chao didn't get a single thing when the main force of Han Sui was annihilated, Zhao Yun specially authorized him to lead an infantry brigade of the Anxi Independent Division plus 5,000 cavalry from the Ma family organization to clear out the enemy organization south of Jincheng, if he was confident of success.

We can move towards Longxi. Ma Teng stayed in Longxi for a period of time, and the Ma family has some connections there. If Ma Chao can take over Longxi at a very low cost, that would be ideal.

Before leaving, Pang De specifically sought out Ma Chao and instructed him to be extremely careful and not to let his guard down, as things were different now than before: "We will soon be self-governing district commanders, Mengqi, you must be mindful of your behavior, understand?"