Chapter 1264 - 313: Truly a Dog

Chapter 1264: Chapter 313: Truly a Dog

As an ancient zombie, Liang Cheng once said: Humans are the most adaptable beings in this world.

This statement found excellent interpretation in Lord Zheng;

Recall back in Hutou City, Lord Zheng was selected into the labor camp, Xue Three helped him carry the armor, Liang Cheng held his sword;

That night,

Liang Cheng and Xue Three pinned a barbarian knight before Lord Zheng,

Lord Zheng struck down with his blade,

and killed him!

Living two lifetimes, it was the first time Lord Zheng experienced the vivid sensation of blood pouring over him, causing significant physical discomfort.

Years have passed,

and now Lord Zheng,

can calmly order a retreat during a siege, and strike again.

As if the city of Anhuh and the wild people inside are treated as seasoned friends from the red tents, a gentle slap:

Come, let’s change positions and continue.

In Lord Zheng’s view, it’s the experiences and the trials and tribulations in this world that changed him, transforming him into who he is;

But in the view of the demons, it’s the "freedom" of this world that allowed my lord to restore his innate nature.

Overall,

under Lord Pingye’s orders, the Yan Army that has completely taken the west city wall started to retreat.

Ladders were self-carried down, the arrow towers pushed back.

The too-effective battering ram, after breaking the city gate, quietly moved back.

All troops orderly retreated.

Li Fusheng squinted and praised:

"Brother Zheng’s method of training soldiers, I respect it, my lord had taught us that while attacking fiercely like a tiger is not hard, retreating in an orderly fashion is the mark of true elites."

Although this retreat was after a successful siege, everything was done meticulously, one could say, this army is not inferior to Jin land and Beifeng’s garrisons.

Even if there is a difference, it likely lies in the individual quality of soldiers, which results from the limitations on sources when Zheng Fan recruits under his command.

But, this is merely a minor blemish, the most important thing is, Li Fusheng himself knows well, after years of wars, many of his old soldiers have either died in battle or retired due to injury. When new recruits filled in, while seemingly there was no obvious decline in combat effectiveness, he, as the general, could sense the profound changes.

After a hundred battles, the old soldiers wither.

Aside from withering, there’s decay.

The Northern Garrison once ate sand in Beifeng Prefecture, after moving to the capital, Li Fusheng distinctly felt the change in his troops, and when entering the Jin land and stationed, this change became more apparent.

Living better days, having seen the real bustling world, no longer gazing at the burly elder sisters in the red tents of Beifeng Prefecture, but turning their eyes to the delicate women of the blue houses;

Therefore, Li Fusheng strongly supports the campaign against Chu, different from the Yan Emperor’s vision, Li Fusheng worries that his force forged in Beifeng Prefecture, over the years, their sharpness will be dulled.

The best solution to this problem is never to rest, never to stop, continue waging wars, constantly instilling ferocity in his troops, letting them experience the baptism of blood and fire.

In the end, once Qian and Chu are annihilated, further decline would be of little significance.

Li Fusheng’s thoughts are straightforward.

Next, it was the south city wall chosen for assault.

The siege troops now changed to one of the battalions under Li Fusheng’s command.

At the same time,

to avoid the previous issue where the wild people’s passive slack rendered drill ineffective, Lord Zheng used two captives to convey a message into the city.

The message was straightforward:

The Yan Army can accept your surrender, but all nobles and leaders must be executed!

So, despite Li Fusheng personally commanding the second siege, the overall performance was much worse than the first.

While Lord Zheng’s Snow Sea soldiers conducted their siege fluidly, Li Fusheng’s troops truly stumbled.

Even though Lord Zheng sent people to enlighten them with "spiced" news, they still remained indifferent.

The Northern Garrison indeed is an arrogant troop.

Even during the first defeat at Wang River, it was the Left Army that was defeated, Li Bao’s Northern Garrison department served as the rear guard for the Eldest Prince, fighting quite well, beyond reproach.

Hence, they were truly overly proud.

Seeing the west city wall easily taken earlier, their assault this time was excessively careless.

Carelessness aside, astonishingly, they failed even basic siege operations.

After two rounds of catapult strikes, hearing the cry of wild people from the walls, a captain eager for merit, probably saw Lord Pingye here so wanting to stand out as captain, with no wait for shield bearers and the suppressing fire from rear arrow towers and siege crossbows, just led his men up the ladders.

But this time, the wild people’s battle intention truly surged, arrows increased suddenly, and wild people on the walls continuously replenished from below.

The ladder assault instantly stalled, yet the captain was a brave hero, clad in armor he charged forward, attempting to create a breakthrough on the wall.