Chapter 861: Chaotic Battle

"Your Highness!"

At the North Gate of Changcheng, Bai Shang bowed to Zhao Xu.

With the main army having arrived, he could not help but feel invigorated.

Now, they could finally launch an attack on Changcheng.

After this battle, the army of Wu would be all but wiped out by them.

Only one hundred thousand troops would remain, cowering in Ba City.

"How is the situation?" Zhao Xu looked toward Changcheng.

In truth, regarding the war in Jiangnan, he had always held the mindset of subduing the enemy without fighting.

However, the influential clans had the Westerners to assist them, giving them the illusion that they could contend with him, so they had been locked in a struggle until now.

Now, in the Battle of Jiangxia, six hundred thousand Wu troops had been buried by him.

Some of them should be able to wake up completely now.

"Liang Tong's head does not seem to have affected them." Bai Shang shook his head.

Zhao Xu smiled, "Sometimes, if you don't push a crumbling wall in a house, it won't fall. Prepare for the bombardment!"

"Yes, Your Highness." Bai Shang acknowledged the order and immediately went back to make preparations.

Chang Wei also ordered Qin Shan and Guan Tong to lead the soldiers, preparing to launch an attack on Changcheng.

The movements of the Prince's Personal Army naturally could not be hidden from the influential clan generals and soldiers on the city walls.

Seeing that the Prince's Personal Army was about to launch an attack on Changcheng, their hearts rose into their throats.

"The Granary is on fire!"

Yet at this very moment, a sound more despairing to them than the sound of cannons reached their ears.

Looking back, they saw billowing thick smoke rising from the center of Changcheng.

They knew well that there was little grain left in the city, and now that it was being consumed by fire, they feared they would have nothing to eat by tonight.

In an instant, their will collapsed.

However, they were still unclear about the intelligence regarding the grain being burned.

Therefore, they still held a glimmer of hope.

But within half an hour, the news had spread.

The fire was too large; the Granary could not be saved.

This caused the last string in the hearts of the generals and soldiers to snap completely.

At this moment, Xie An was right in front of the Granary.

The moment the Granary caught fire, he had rushed over.

But everything was to no avail.

He knew very well that this was definitely done by the generals under his command.

Yet now, he had no heart to investigate who exactly had done it.

The Yan Prince Army had already arrived, and he wanted to resist to the end.

But he feared that more generals were only thinking of surviving.

Even ants cling to life, let alone humans.

Just as he was thinking this, a cavalryman suddenly rushed over, dismounted, and said urgently, "General, something terrible has happened! The North Gate commander Wang Jie has opened the city gates and surrendered to the Yan Prince."

Before the cavalryman's voice had faded, another cavalryman arrived, "General, Captain Xie Guang has led his troops in rebellion and is attacking the East Gate."

"General, Han Bin has led his troops in a mutiny."

"..."

In an instant,

Urgent reports arrived one after another.

Inside Changcheng, the sounds of battle cries were everywhere.

Xie An's face turned pale, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and he sat down dejectedly, "It's over, everything is over..."

The hearts of the people were already in chaos; Changcheng was broken without being attacked.

At the same time.

Outside the North Gate, the influential clan soldiers scrambled to exit through the city gate.

Under the command of their officers, they arrived before the positions of the Prince's Personal Army, threw their muskets on the ground, and then, under the orders of the Prince's Personal Army, went to the designated area to squat.

Zhao Xu, Chang Wei, and even Qin Shan and the other generals were all rendered speechless with amusement.

They had not yet begun their bombardment when they saw thick smoke filling the sky over Changcheng.

Immediately, they realized something had happened inside Changcheng.

Afterward, it indeed confirmed their suspicions.

Bursts of battle cries rang out within the city.

The North Gate was wide open, and an influential clan general led his soldiers out in a steady stream to surrender to them.

Following them, the influential clan soldiers poured out of Changcheng like running water.

Some were led by their officers, while others ran out on their own.

But their goal was the same: to surrender and save their lives.

In a short time, two or three tens of thousands of people had surrendered, and this was only the beginning.

"Your Highness, shall we charge in and make things even livelier inside the city?" Chang Wei said.

Zhao Xu shook his head, "No need. It is too chaotic inside the city now; it is impossible to tell who is who. It won't be long before those who want to surrender will all come out. We can clear out the holdouts then."

Having said this, he simply sat down, closed his eyes to rest, and waited quietly.

Chang Wei ordered the soldiers to strengthen their vigilance, not letting a single Shizu soldier escape their encirclement.

Another hour passed.

The East Gate opened, followed by the Nanmen and the West Gate.

The battle could not be won, and there was no food left.

Neither the commanders nor the soldiers wanted to starve to death inside the city.

Since Yan Wang had always treated captives well, why should they fight to the death?

This wave of surrender lasted for two full days.

In the end, there were still eighty thousand stubborn Shizu commanders and soldiers who did not surrender.

These were basically the core descendants of the Seven Great Influential Clans and the die-hard loyalists of the Shizu.

Regarding this, Zhao Xu naturally would not show mercy.

After starving them for five days, Zhao Xu ordered Chang Wei to launch an attack.

In just one hour, the Prince's Personal Army finished off the remaining Shizu Army, who were so starved they could not even lift their muskets.

Xie An was also killed by a Hand Grenade during the battle.

Changcheng was completely liberated.

The fighting stopped, and both Zhao Xu and Chang Wei wore smiles on their faces.

With the battle of Jiangxia and the battle of Changcheng, both Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou had been taken by them.

As for Yuezhou and Guizhou, there were only a small number of Shizu troops; once the dispatched armies finished clearing them out, they could be brought under administration.

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