Chapter 879: The Fall

The scorching sun baked the earth.

The rainwater that had flowed from the sky during the Battle of Miancheng had long since evaporated completely.

Even the trenches that had been filled were now dried up.

Miancheng North Gate.

Commander Tiemuta arrived here with his main force.

Looking at the trench positions riddled with massive craters, a chill ran down his spine.

He could not help but imagine the tragic scene of soldiers being blown to pieces in the trenches.

Once upon a time, they, the Northern Di, were the nightmare of the Great Song.

At the mere mention of the Northern Di Iron Cavalry, the generals of the Great Song's Imperial Guards would tremble.

Yet, despite such a massive advantage, everything changed after Yan Wang arrived in Yanzhou.

In several major battles, they were thoroughly defeated, to the point that their vitality was damaged.

After recuperating for these few years, they had finally managed to recover, but Yan Wang seemed even more powerful than before.

Under such a huge disparity, not only he, but even his Great Khan felt a heavy sense of frustration.

"Yan Wang!" Tiemuta could not help but call out bitterly.

Now, he only hoped to defeat Yan Wang with the help of the Westerners.

Thinking this, he led his troops into Miancheng.

Just as the scouts had said, the entire Miancheng was deathly silent.

There was only dust being stirred up by the wind on the streets.

However, for the sake of caution, he sent out a large number of cavalry to patrol the entire city.

After the cavalry still found nothing unusual, his courage grew.

He ordered all cavalry and infantry to enter the city.

This Miancheng had high walls and thick ramparts, and there were ready-made trenches on all four sides.

It was easy for Yan Wang to lose it, but it would not be so easy to take it back.

"Uncle Ashuer, you must hold on." Having gone straight to the Miancheng Government Office,

Tiemuta looked toward Songyang and muttered.

Over the next afternoon, three Royal Tent Army units entered Miancheng one after another.

And as they entered the city, pairs of eyes were watching them from hidden corners in every part of Miancheng.

"General, they have fallen for the trap."

Inside a section of the city wall three hundred meters east of the North Gate, a general said to Ma Han beside him.

This was precisely a section of the city wall that had been hollowed out, with over a hundred soldiers hidden inside.

Ma Han was also among them.

Through tiny gaps in the wall bricks, they could see outside.

But looking inward from the outside, it was pitch black.

"Let them be comfortable for one more night; at dawn, send them on their way," Ma Han said.

The time they had set for the generals was the next day at dawn.

Every general had synchronized their Pocket Watch at the time.

Of course, he could choose to launch the attack now, but the effect would certainly not be as good as tomorrow morning when they were completely off guard.

However, if any soldiers were exposed, he would have to act early to prevent the Northern Di from escaping.

Having settled this, Ma Han and the Qin Army soldiers hid in the Hidden Soldier Cave for another night.

Fortunately, after dark, the corners where they were hiding were even harder to discover.

The night passed peacefully.

The next morning, the sky was neither bright nor dark.

Apart from the generals and soldiers patrolling on the city walls, all other Northern Di were still fast asleep.

Just at this moment, the Qin Army soldiers crawled out from every corner.

To avoid alerting the Northern Di soldiers, they were as careful as possible while walking.

Tiptoeing toward the houses where the Northern Di soldiers were staying, they untied the Hand Grenades from their waists.

Since the Northern Di soldiers had entered the city, they naturally would not sleep on the streets, but had stayed in abandoned civilian houses.

That night, basically, the Northern Di soldiers were sleeping above, while the Qin Army soldiers were sleeping below.

Therefore, once they exited the Hidden Soldier Cave, it was equivalent to sneaking directly in front of the enemy.

"Attack!"

Just then, inside the Hidden Soldier Cave within the North Gate wall, Ma Han checked the time by the red glow of a Fire Tinder.

Seeing that the time had come, he issued the order.

"Yes, General!" The general at Ma Han's side was Dian Zhang.

They responded and turned to kick the city wall.

The wall in front of him collapsed with a crash, making a "Bang!" sound.

This section of the city wall was only two meters high and twenty meters wide, and because it had just been built, it was naturally very fragile.

Dian Zhang's strength was not inferior to Lv Chang's, so it naturally collapsed with one kick.

"Who goes there!" On the city wall, Northern Di soldiers were patrolling back and forth.

Hearing the sound, they immediately looked down.

They saw a group of people running out from inside the city wall, throwing black, round objects at them.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Hand Grenades exploded on the city wall, and a patrol squad of Beidi soldiers was instantly blown to death.

The sound of the Hand Grenade explosions immediately spread throughout the entire Miancheng in the quiet early morning.

The Beidi generals and soldiers in their sleep were startled awake.

But before they could even climb out of bed, they saw an object thrown inside.

Before they could react, a loud bang erupted in the room, and a ball of Flame burst out.

It was not just here.

At the same time, the entire Miancheng was filled with explosive sounds, just like a night during the New Year festival.

The Government Office.

Tiemuta rushed out without even having time to put on his clothes.

"How could this be? How could this be?" he muttered to himself, his face pale.

This Miancheng was clearly an empty city; where did the Yan Wang soldiers pop out from?

However, he clearly had no time to ponder this question now.

The most important thing at present was to defeat this Yan King Army or escape the city.

Thinking of this, he immediately sent his personal guards to notify the Langlu to lead their troops in a counterattack.

The personal guards responsible for protecting him hurriedly rode off on horseback.

But before they had run a hundred meters, a burst of "bang, bang, bang" gunfire suddenly rang out, and these personal guards fell from their horses, collapsing in a pool of blood.

Then, Tiemuta saw Yan Wang soldiers rushing out from every alley entrance.

Taken aback, Tiemuta immediately hid inside the Government Office and ordered the remaining personal guards to defend it to the death.

Over a hundred Beidi soldiers immediately closed the main gate, stood together, and aimed the Flintlocks in their hands at the main gate.

As soon as the enemy charged in, they would turn the Yan Wang soldiers into sieves.

Tiemuta also stared at the cracks in the main gate.

Although it was the height of summer, he felt icy cold all over.

He knew it was over; everything was over.

After entering the city, the generals and soldiers under his command were scattered throughout the entire Miancheng.

Explosions had just rung out all over the city, and many generals and soldiers must have been blown to death.

This meant that he was currently unable to organize a counterattack at all.

And the only fate for a chaotic army in front of the Yan Wang soldiers was to be slaughtered.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard a few "clinking" sounds, as if something had dropped at his feet.

Looking down, Tiemuta saw an object that was emitting smoke.

Turning his head, he looked behind him and discovered that at a distance of less than forty meters, there stood more than twenty Yan Wang soldiers.

The smoking object was exactly what they had thrown over.

The Beidi soldiers aiming at the front gate were also startled.

But before they could even turn around, the Hand Grenade on the ground suddenly exploded.

Tiemuta only felt himself flying up, and then everything went black before his eyes.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Another burst of gunfire rang out, and the Beidi soldiers who had luckily survived also fell one after another.

At this time, the Wangfu Army arrived in front of the blown-to-death Tiemuta.

One person said, "This seems to be a big shot, with quite a few personal guards protecting him."

They had been hiding in the Hidden Soldier Cave inside the Government Office.

Because there were soldiers patrolling the courtyard, they waited a while before coming out, just in time to encounter these personal guards being distracted by the Wangfu Army outside.

"Forget it, dead is dead. Let's go, get out there and continue slaughtering the other Beidi people," another soldier said.

Having said that, they rushed out of the Government Office, arrived on the main street, and joined other soldiers in searching the whole city for Beidi soldiers.