The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Those placed timbers were shot out like arrows.

2 Chapter Ninety Breaks the City!

After the previous rounds of continuous bombardment by trebuchets, the city wall of Xianglin City has become ruins at this time. Not only the city gate has been piled up with rubble, but the pavilions on the city gate have been dilapidated, and even the battlements on the city wall, etc. A series of buildings have all turned into ruins.

Although the city gate below is still strong and has not collapsed, it is already an old man who is as old as a dying candle and is on the verge of falling.

At this time, the wooden arrows fired by Liu Zheng's catapults flew to the gate of the city, making a loud bang bang bang.

The city gate couldn't take it anymore, the continuous wooden shots.

Finally, when the last wooden pole was shot at the gate, the gate of Xianglin City collapsed at this moment, with a bang, the gate was broken.

Xu Huang opened his eyes, watching the city gate being smashed open by Liu Zheng, with surprise on his face, and at the same time incomparable surprise, the power of those trebuchets made by Liu Zheng was obviously already beyond his reach. beyond his imagination.

"Broken, the city gate is broken!"

Wenpin, who was standing at the front, stared at Xianglin City and the fallen city gate, and exclaimed.

Following Wenpin's loud shout, even the soldiers under Liu Zheng's command behind him also exclaimed immediately.

"Soldiers, the gate of the city has been broken, follow me into the city, destroy Linyi Kingdom, and avenge our dead people and brothers!"

The city gate was broken, and the catapults were of little use, so Liu Zheng did not continue to let those catapults launch at the city gate, but immediately began to organize manpower and equipment to attack the city.

Now the towers of Xianglin City are full of desolation. The people who were in charge of guarding the city walls before, after the continuous bombardment of the catapults, have already been frightened and walked down the towers, especially those who broke the city gate. At that moment, the defenders knew clearly that Xianglin City couldn't hold it anymore.

Some timid people, after seeing the strength of the soldiers and horses of the Han court, did not fight against Liu Zheng's men at all, but turned their heads and left, trying to escape through other city gates.

King Fan Xiong was sitting paralyzed in his palace. He already knew the news that the city gate was broken open. At this time, all his high spirits and confidence were gone, even though there were still [-] soldiers in the city. , perhaps relying on [-] soldiers and horses to fight against Liu Zheng's army outside the city.

But the siege of the city for several days has already wiped out the little morale of the defenders in the city, and now only the desire to survive is left.

Some of the soldiers and horses gathered from the southern county had already thought of fleeing when they were about to fight, not to mention the critical moment when the city gate was broken. I am afraid that there were not half of them who could really lead the soldiers and horses to fight against the big man.

In this way, Fan Xiong has no half confidence in being able to stop Liu Zheng, especially after hearing his son Fan Yi talk about how powerful Liu Zheng and others are.

Fan Xiong knew that there was no possibility of victory in this battle.

"Father!"

Fan Yi hurried over from outside the palace.

"My son is here."

Fan Xiong raised his head and glanced at Fan Yi, his eyes had lost the brilliance they should have. Fan Xiong, who is in his 50s, is now an old man in his dying years, unable to withstand the setbacks of the years.

Under the ups and downs, Fan Xiong no longer has the will to fight.

"Father, I heard from the generals that Xianglin City was captured by those troops from the Han court?"

"Well, those generals will not be able to resist for long."

As soon as Fan Yi came in, he immediately asked his father, and Fan Xiong nodded his head as an answer to Fan Yi.

"Then what are you waiting for, father, let's run away quickly. Those big Han officers and soldiers are very powerful, especially that guy Liu Zheng. Even Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhou, died in his hands. If he caught him, We're afraid we won't be able to survive!"

As soon as Fan Yi heard that the city gate was actually breached, his complexion immediately became ugly. Originally, he had hoped that the tall city wall of Xianglin City might be able to block Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, but now this The situation was also something he was extremely unwilling to see.

The city gate was breached, Fan Yi had no other thoughts, his only thought was to run for his life, he knew too well how powerful Liu Zheng was.

But King Fan Xiong shook his head when he heard his son's words.

"No, it's too late. If you escape early, you may still have a chance. If you want to escape now, you can't escape. My son, you immediately take the treasures in the palace and leave from the south gate. I will let the deputy general cover you."

Fan Xiong is unwilling to leave, but he still hopes that his son can leave. ,

But Fan Yi was unwilling to abandon Fan Xiong.

"No, father, let's go together!"

"Silly boy, don't be stupid. If we go together, we won't be able to go at all. Someone must stay to protect you."

If everyone in Xianglin City fled, Liu Zheng, who had entered the city, would naturally lead his troops to pursue them immediately.

In this way, the probability of being chased by Liu Zheng's men and horses is too high, but if someone stays to cover, even if Liu Zheng still sends men to chase after him in the end, it will be delayed because of someone covering, and let the escaped people, have a better chance of surviving.

And Fan Xiong, who was in his dying years, was unwilling to leave. He wanted to stay by himself to protect his son's survival.

Although Fan Yi was a playboy, he still had some filial piety towards his father, and when he heard that his father wanted to stay to protect him, he immediately refused to leave.

"No! I won't go, father, I want to be with you!"

Although Fan Yi's face was tense, at this moment, he still showed a look of resignation to death.

"Go, if you don't go, it's too late. After you leave, go to the south to gather the rest of the troops. Maybe there is still a way out. Don't let the incense of our Fan family die!"

"No! I'm not leaving!"

"Vice general, I order you to take the prince with you immediately, no, from today onwards he is not the prince of Lin Yi, he is the new king, remember, go all the way south, to Funan, even if you are a big man there, it is impossible to do anything to you of."

After Fan Xiong finished explaining, the deputy general immediately pulled Prince Fan Yi away from the palace.

Although the crown prince Fan Yi was unwilling, he was dragged by the lieutenant at this moment and walked towards the outside.

After Liu Zheng broke Xianglin City, unlike what he expected, the soldiers and horses did not encounter too many obstacles. I thought there were still many soldiers and horses blocking them, but when they entered the city, they did not see any soldiers and horses , all the way to the central imperial city with ease.

Chapter 291 The Kingdom's Sunset

The walls on this side of the imperial city are different from those outside.

The soldiers and horses of Linyi Kingdom who retreated from the city wall retreated to defend the imperial city here.

Thousands of soldiers and horses guarding the surroundings of the imperial city put some pressure on Liu Zheng and the others, but these soldiers and horses were still not enough under the leadership of Xu Huang and others.

Half an hour later, the gate of the imperial city was breached. Liu Zheng led a group of soldiers and horses into the imperial city and arrived at the palace hall.

Liu Zheng is a person who has been to Luoyang and seen the magnificent Han Palace in Luoyang City. When he saw the palace of Linyi Kingdom here, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised at the shabbyness of Linyi Kingdom.

But thinking about it, it's just a small Nanman country, and the level of the palace built is naturally not very strong.

It is already good to be able to build a decent palace, so why expect them to build a place that surprised even Liu Zheng.

Although the main hall is somewhat similar to the Luoyang Imperial Palace, but overall, it is still far from it. It is a copycat version of the Luoyang Imperial Palace.

Entering the inner hall, King Fan Xiong half-lyed on a golden dragon chair, his face was cold and lifeless.

Seeing Liu Zheng coming in, he didn't seem to be surprised at all, but just glanced at Liu Zheng indifferently, and then said a word.

"You finally came."

"Here we come, the time is just right, the ninth day, how about it, I said that I will definitely break the city within ten days. I didn't break my promise!"

When Liu Zheng and Fan Xiong met, it was as if they were two old friends, making an agreement with each other, which was not as easy as overdue.

The expression on Fan Xiong's face changed slightly, but now that he has reached this point, he also knows that if he wants to ask for peace, it is simply a dream. Even if he asks, people like Liu Zheng will not agree.

"I'm the one who lost, kill or cut as you like."

"Actually, I don't hate you, even I don't hate you Lin Yiguo, because you really don't have any sense of existence, so weak that I haven't even heard of it. If it wasn't for this time your son led the army to attack Rinan County , The news just happened to be known by my people, maybe with the ability of the previous governors of Jiaozhou, you can really let you occupy Rinan County like this."

Liu Zheng was not in a hurry to kill Fan Xiong at this time, he finally got into the palace, so he naturally wanted to have a good chat with Fan Xiong.

Being underestimated by Liu Zheng, saying that Lin Yiguo has no sense of existence, Fan Xiong is not angry at this time.

"If you want to blame it, blame your incompetent son. He did the thing that was worse than a beast, and I am a patriot. I am quite disgusted with such things as foreign invasion, so you just hit my knife edge , I had to raise my knife and chop it down."

"It's useless to talk more, give me a happy time."

Liu Zheng was talking vigorously, but Fan Xiong didn't want Liu Zheng to continue talking, because what Liu Zheng said was nothing more than things to slander Lin Yiguo. grown up.

Being called so useless by Liu Zheng, he would naturally feel unhappy.

"Okay, since you don't want to hear it, I don't bother to talk about it. Anyway, the territory of Linyi Kingdom belonged to the Han court at the beginning. I have made a contribution to recovering the lost land for the court."

When Fan Xiong interrupted what he wanted to say, Liu Zheng lost the interest to continue talking. He put away the sword in his hand, turned around, and turned his back to Fan Xiong.

"You are also the king of a country anyway. Although it is only a small country, I, Liu Zheng, am also a person who knows etiquette. You can end it yourself. I will give you some face. To avoid being slaughtered by my people, the head is in a different place. Not pretty."

Liu Zheng glanced at Fan Xiong on the chair. This is an old man in his 50s. If he makes a move, he can only be said to be a powerless old man, and he cannot be called a qualified opponent. Liu Zheng Naturally, he was unwilling to compete with him.

Fan Xiong looked at Liu Zheng and didn't say a word. Perhaps this way of dying was the last confession for his sound.

He didn't refuse Liu Zheng's request, he stood up from the chair, and then tore it hard, tearing off a large piece of his satin robe.

Then a chair was moved, and after arranging the clothes, he hung the silks and satins on the beam in the center of the hall, and walked up step by step.

Taking a last look at the people in the hall, Fan Xiong hanged himself around his neck without a trace of nostalgia, and committed suicide.

The sun was setting to the west, and with the ray of setting sun in the distance, it shone on Fan Xiong's body. Under the sunlight, the shadow of his body was stretched very long.

Lin Yiguo's generation of heroes came to the end of his life in this way.

Liu Zheng didn't have any sympathy for him. The cruelty of this world, or the Three Kingdoms world, was much crueler than he imagined.

Either intrigues, or life-and-death fights, he may be killed sooner or later. At that time, who will come back to sympathize with him.

Once Fan Xiong died, Xianglin City would be completely ruined.

Liu Zheng didn't stay here, he immediately led the few remaining soldiers and horses, and began to clean up the remnants of the Linyi Kingdom in Xianglin City. Those people must be cleaned up before they can truly control Xianglin City in a short time In the hands of Liu Zheng.

However, the destruction of Xianglin City does not mean that the battle is over. Xianglin City is only the capital of Linyi Kingdom, which is close to the territory of the Han Dynasty. In the south, Linyi Kingdom still has more than a dozen county territories.

Those county towns are not too far away from Xianglin City, and there are still many subjects. Since Liu Zheng has broken the royal city of Linyi Kingdom, he will simply take all the territory of Linyi Kingdom into the territory of Jiaozhou and nationalize Linyi For Linyi County.

The huge Jiaozhou is not short of this territory. Although it spans a large territory and is difficult to manage, Liu Zheng is already starting the construction of the navy. When Zulang's navy is established, Linyiguo and Hepu's Communication is also convenient.

In the next few days, Liu Zheng did not continue to go south, but stayed in Xianglin City to rectify his troops and recuperate.

After the offensive and defensive battle of Xianglin City, Liu Zheng lost more than 9000 of his 1000 troops, leaving only 8000.

When they left from Jiuzhen County, there were more than 1 people in total, but now they have lost one third.

Although the royal city of Linyi Kingdom was broken, there was still a battle to continue. The entire area of ​​Linyi Kingdom had to be brought under his command little by little, and civil servants from Jiuzhen County had to be dispatched to take charge.

A few days later, the civil servants sent by Shi Xie arrived in Xianglin City.

Chapter 292 Sweeping the South

Although the few people Shi Xie sent over were not very famous people, they were enough to deal with the current situation.

After Liu Zheng briefly described the current situation to them, he left only a few hundred soldiers and horses for them, and then led the remaining [-] soldiers and horses to continue sweeping the entire Linyi Kingdom.

At the beginning of December, [-] soldiers led by Liu Zheng entered the southern part of Linyi State, and quickly wiped out the entire Linyi State at the speed of taking down a county town in three or four days.

Although some soldiers and horses in the remaining Linyiguo county have been resisting the attacks of Liu Zheng and other soldiers and horses, the population of the entire Linyiguo is not too large, only a few hundred thousand people.

Moreover, these tens of 10 people are still scattered in various counties. On average, a county only has a population of 4 to [-].

With a population of [-] to [-], it is difficult to draw out troops to form a force of [-] to [-].

After all, Fan Xiong had already recruited a wave of soldiers nearby to support Wangcheng, so the remaining counties in the south actually didn't have many troops to defend against Liu Zheng's attack.

In this way, in a month's time, Liu Zheng had already used his several thousand troops to sweep across the entire south, in mid-January.

Liu Zheng had already led the remaining more than 5000 soldiers and horses, and began to return to Hepu City.

Although in this battle, more than 1 soldiers and horses were brought out, and only 5000 returned with him in the end, it can still be said to be a great victory.

At the cost of thousands of soldiers and horses, the entire Linyi country was occupied, and Linyi country was removed from this world. At the same time, Linyi country was included in Jiaozhou and served as a Linyi county.

185, at the end of January.

After Liu Zheng returned to Hepu City with his soldiers and horses, he immediately gave Wenpin, Xu Huang and others a few days off to let them have a good rest. This time, although it was only a few short months, But they have been fighting and fighting all the time, and they can't stop for a day.

The few of them have experienced some hardships and endured hardships.

In Jiaozhou in January, there is no heavy snow, and even the temperature is still in the [-]s, which is a comfortable time.

Liu Zheng looked at Yuan Zhou and Xu You in front of him. Both of them were not taken by Liu Zheng to directly participate in the battle against Lin Yiguo, but one was left in Hepu County to take charge of commanding the overall work instead of Liu Zheng.

The other Xu You was left by Liu Zheng in Jiuzhen County to assist Shi Xie, but now they all returned to him.

"You two, during the few months I've been away, have any major events happened in Jiaozhou or even the Central Plains?"

Although the pacification of Lin Yiguo is considered a major event, Liu Zheng is more concerned about the news from the Central Plains. After the little emperor succeeds to the throne, the court cannot be peaceful.

As soon as Liu Zheng finished asking, Xu You on the side immediately opened his mouth and talked about the court affairs to Liu Zheng.

"My lord, two months ago, General He Jin assumed the post of Prime Minister himself! On behalf of the Han Emperor, he ruled all civil and military officials."

"Prime Minister? Hasn't this official position been abolished long ago?"