Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2510 The fall of Shangjing Prefecture, the destruction of the Dongyi Kingdom

On November 3rd of the seventh year of the Yuanshi era, Han Xin's nearly 300,000 troops were the first to arrive west of Shangjing Prefecture.

On the tenth of the same month, Wen Zhong's 100,000 troops also officially joined forces with Han Xin and were stationed at the northern end of Shangjing Prefecture.

Hundreds of thousands of Han troops arrived in Shangjing Prefecture one after another, which marked the official start of the war to destroy the Eastern Yi.

Having captured Shangjingfu, the capital of the Eastern Yi Kingdom, and killed Yelü Abaoji, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty of the Eastern Yi, it meant that the Eastern Yi had been initially destroyed, and all that remained was to finish the job.

The war against the barbarians, which began in May of the seventh year of the Yuan Dynasty, has only lasted for about half a year, including the time for the army to assemble and march.

In just six months, the Dongyi people were on the verge of extinction, a truly lamentable situation.

The speed at which the capital was captured was even faster than anyone had anticipated.

On the 12th day of the 11th month of the Yuanshi era, Han Xin officially began the attack on Shangjing Prefecture. While launching a strong offensive, he also employed a strategy of winning hearts and minds, taking advantage of the low morale of the Eastern Yi people after their repeated defeats, and vigorously wooing the surrender faction in the city.

The purpose of this plan was precisely to sow discord among the people of the Eastern Yi, especially between the ruler and his ministers.

This is especially devastating for the current situation in the capital.

At present, Yelü Abaoji can only barely assemble 70,000 troops, but these troops are all defeated soldiers who have suffered repeated defeats and whose morale has been almost completely lost.

Apart from these 70,000 men, the rest were merely temporary auxiliary troops, only good for defending the city. They would be of little use if they were to fight a real battle.

With soldiers deserted and morale low, even if they were united, they didn't think they could stop Han Xin's army, let alone with the fact that there were many surrender factions, leading to suspicion between the emperor and his ministers.

However, just when Yelü Abaoji thought Han Xin's trump card was to exploit the hearts and minds of his own people, and just when Yelü Abaoji was on high alert to prevent the surrender faction from taking action, Han Xin once again pulled off a feint, while secretly advancing his own forces.

Han Xin's trump card was never the surrender faction within the capital.

Not only did the Han people know that there were many surrenderers in the city, but Yelü Abaoji himself was even more aware of this, and he would do everything in his power to defend it.

On November 19th, under the continuous bombardment of a large number of catapults deployed by Han Xin, a section of the southern city wall of Shangjing Prefecture collapsed with a roar. This also meant that the defenses of this capital of the Eastern Yi Kingdom were officially opened to Han Xin.

This was Han Xin's true trump card in conquering the capital of the Eastern Yi Kingdom.

While launching a strong offensive, Han Xin also continuously sowed discord among the people of the Eastern Yi and won over the surrender faction within Shangjing Prefecture. This was merely to keep Yelü Abaoji preoccupied and prevent him from discovering the problems with the city walls.

Back then, Wang Yu had already stormed into Shangjing Prefecture once and stayed there for a period of time.

During that period, Wang Yu certainly couldn't do nothing. He would leave some backup plans in the capital, in case they came in handy someday.

In fact, Wang Yu had left more than one contingency plan within the capital city; creating problems on the city wall was just one of them.

Sure enough, years later, when the Han army attacked Shangjing Prefecture again, they used the contingency plan they had left behind in Shangjing Prefecture.

However, even if some tampering was done to the city walls back then, it couldn't have been too obvious; they only made some changes to the foundation beneath the walls. Therefore, Han Xin still mobilized a large number of catapults and bombarded the city for many days before finally opening a breach.

"Boom!"

The collapsed wall crashed to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust that shrouded everything in the vicinity in a grayish-yellow hue.

Broken bricks, rammed earth, and timber rained down in all directions, even hitting some Dongyi soldiers who were unable to dodge in time, causing a series of shrill screams.

"The city has fallen! The south wall has collapsed!"

Within the Han army ranks, someone suddenly erupted in a deafening cheer.

Immediately, like a wildfire ignited, a tremendous roar erupted from every corner of the Han army camp, soaring into the sky. War drums were beaten wildly, and horns blew out the most exciting offensive melodies.

On the high platform in the center of the Han army, Han Xin, who had been observing intently, had a glint in his eyes as the city wall collapsed, but he did not show any surprise.

"Order! The Trapped Camp will lead the charge, with Xing Tian joining the attack to seize the breach and establish a bridgehead for me!"

"Archers, cover the walls on both sides of the breach with all your might to suppress the enemy's counterattack! Ladders and battering rams, continue to attack the intact walls on both sides to tie down enemy forces! All other units, prepare for a tiered attack according to the pre-arranged plan!" Han Xin gave the order without hesitation.

"Ding! Han Xin's military genius skill effect is activated. Han Xin commands troops, the more the better. When leading troops as the main general, the leadership is increased by 1. Within an army of 300,000, for every additional 100,000 troops under his command, the leadership is increased by another 1. After an army of 300,000, for every additional 100,000 troops under his command, both intelligence and leadership are increased by 1."

Han Xin currently has +4 Command and +1 Intelligence. His base Command is 104. His current Command increases to 108, and his Intelligence increases by 1. His base Intelligence is 99. His current Intelligence increases to 100.

"Ding! Han Xin's second skill effect has been activated. When he is the main general, if the number of his own soldiers is four times or more than that of the enemy, the martial power of his entire army will increase by 3 and the command of all his generals will increase by 3."

Huang Tianhua's Command +3, Strength +3, Base Command 75, current Command 78, Base Strength 106, Equipment +2, Martial God +4, current Strength 115.

Hou Yi's Command +3, Strength +3, Base Command 81, Current Command increased to 84, Base Strength 106, Equipment +2, War God +4, Current Strength increased to 115.

Xingtian…

"Ding! Han Xin's Military God skill effect four activated. When he is the main general, if the number of his own soldiers is four times or more than that of the enemy, he can be immune to half of the negative skill effects of his entire army."

After several days of bombardment by catapults, a breach was finally blasted into the city wall in this direction.

For Han Xin, once this gap appeared, nothing unexpected would happen next.

Without the advantage of city defenses, once the enemy can break into the city, the disparity in troop strength between the two sides will gradually become apparent.

In this way, the court's planned strategy will surely be completed, and the war against the Eastern Barbarians will be completely ended before the end of this year.

Once the northeast is pacified, the Han Dynasty can then focus wholeheartedly on its path to conquering the world.

Thinking that this generation would once again witness the great achievements of the Divine Warriors, and that he would make a significant contribution to it, even Han Xin couldn't help but breathe heavily.