The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

The Daqian soldiers occupied the city walls, looking down from a high position, while the Persian soldiers became the attacking side.

Immediately afterwards, the two sides engaged in a fierce fight.

"kill!"

"Kill!"

The two sides fought fiercely.

But this situation did not last long.

A stick of incense later, when the Daqian flintlock and heavy machine gun troops climbed onto the city wall, the outcome was already determined.

Flintlock rifles and heavy machine guns are like meat grinders.

The defenders were slaughtered in an instant.

In just half an hour, tens of thousands of Persian soldiers were shot and killed, and the city was almost full of corpses.

The remaining Persian soldiers were terrified. They had never seen such a terrifying weapon.

This is a total killing machine!

"Run away!"

Finally, someone couldn't bear the pressure anymore and turned around to flee.

"escape!"

"Escape!"

With someone taking the lead, the remaining soldiers dared not stay here and wait to die, and they immediately ran away in a swarm.

"Chase."

The Daqian soldiers pursued the enemy in victory.

On the port side, the landing troops commanded by Zhou Yu also rushed into the city.

After a fierce battle, the landing troops broke through several lines of defense in succession and then broke into the west city.

Under the pincer attack from the east and west, the defenders in the city were in complete chaos.

The soldiers were in complete disarray and were unable to organize any effective resistance.

At this time, the city gates on the east and west sides were also opened.

Following closely, more Daqian soldiers poured into the city.

After an hour of fighting, the east and west districts of the capital were completely occupied.

Then, the Daqian soldiers launched an attack on the South City and the North City.

The South City is where the imperial palace is located.

"Your Majesty, the eastern and western cities have been lost, and the enemy is charging towards the palace."

At the palace, a general of the imperial guards hurried to report.

"What, so fast?"

His Majesty the Emperor suddenly raised his head.

He didn't expect that Daqian's offensive was so fierce. In less than half a day, not only did they break through the city, but they even captured the east and west cities.

But it has no time to think about these things now, it must make a decision.

"Order all soldiers in the North City to withdraw to the South City and defend the Imperial Palace with all their strength."

"Also, notify everyone to tear down all houses and buildings outside the southern city and do everything in their power to hinder the enemy's movements."

His Majesty the Emperor gave the order decisively.

"As ordered!"

The imperial guard general responded and went down to pass on the order.

After the generals left, the emperor sat down on the dragon throne with a deathly pale face.

The defenders in the Persian city all belong to the imperial guards, are directly under the Emperor, and are also the troops most trusted by His Majesty the Emperor.

So after receiving the order from His Majesty, the soldiers strictly carried out the order even though they knew the situation was hopeless.

The remaining troops in the North City quickly retreated to the South District and joined the defenders in the South District.

The defenders then knocked down all the houses outside the southern area, blocking the roads and forming a natural line of defense.

The people in the southern district suffered the most. They were driven out of their houses and watched their houses being demolished.

But these people dared not complain.

The soldiers are now furious. Anyone who dares to disobey will only be killed endlessly.

In the end, I could only endure it silently.

On the other side, because the defenders of the North City evacuated, Daqian successfully captured the North City.

But when the army arrived at the south city and saw the scene in front of them, Huo Qubing, who was leading the attack personally, immediately frowned.

Before our eyes, half of the houses in the entire South City were knocked down, forming a natural defense line more than ten miles wide.

All that was within sight were broken walls and thick rubble, a complete garbage dump.

If the soldiers wanted to get through, they had to crawl, and they had to use their hands and feet.

How to attack?

“These Persians are quite smart.

They actually used houses as cover to block the advance of the army.

Huo Qubing couldn't help but shake his head.

"Order the entire army to suspend the attack."

"Quickly surround the southern area and wait for orders."

Although he knew the enemy's purpose, he had to order the attack to stop.

Bai Qi and Zhou Yu arrived later and frowned when they saw the scene.

I originally thought that I could easily take the capital, but I didn't expect this to happen.

"How about...we lay siege to the city and trap them inside to death?"

Huo Qubing suggested.

"Besieging the city is the ideal option, but how long should it last? One month? Or two months?"

Zhou Yu frowned.

"Yes, it's taking too long. How about we ask His Majesty for instructions?"

Bai Qi suggested.

"Ok!"

Zhou Yu and Huo Qubing nodded quickly.

Bai Qi then sent someone to report to Ning Quan.

After receiving the news, Ning Quan was also surprised and quickly came to the city on a three-wheeled motorcycle.

We need to see what the specific situation is first.

"Your Majesty?"

Seeing Ning Quan, Zhou Yu and others immediately went up to him and greeted him respectfully.

"Well, no need to be polite."

"How many houses have been demolished?"

Looking at the ruins all over the mountains, Ning Quan was surprised.

"There are at least tens of thousands of them."

Zhou Yu replied with a wry smile.

"From what you said, you want to besiege the city and trap them to death?"

"Yeah, that's right. If we attack, the losses will definitely be huge. We can't let our soldiers die in vain."

"But this isn't right either. After all, the Persian emperor is inside. If he doesn't die or surrender, then we won't be able to take over Persia, right?"

"This will affect the overall situation. We can't wait for several months."

Ning Quan pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head.

"Your Majesty is right. It was I who was inconsiderate."

"But if we want to take it quickly without a siege, we can only bombard it with all our might."

"But Your Majesty, we don't have many new shells left, and it would be a shame to waste them here."

Zhou Yu reported.

This time when going to Persia, Daqian brought all the mortars produced, including shells.

The purpose is of course to take over Persia as soon as possible.

In the battles yesterday and today, the Daqian artillery fired at full speed without hesitation, and now there are less than 3,000 rounds of ammunition left.

This amount of ammunition is simply not enough.

"Your Majesty, don't you have coastal artillery?"

At this time, Huo Qubing suddenly reminded.

"Oh, yes, how could I have forgotten about this?"

Ning Quan's eyes suddenly lit up.

He had indeed forgotten the coastal artillery.

Moreover, as Dante City is Daqian’s most important seaport in the Persian Gulf in the future, coastal defense artillery must be installed.

"Well, I'll install it later."

"But there's only one coastal defense gun, and its ammunition is limited. It's a pity to use it here."

Ning Quan frowned.

"Your Majesty, we can use naval guns!"

Bai Qi suddenly suggested.

"Using naval guns?"

Zhou Yu was immediately puzzled.

The Daqian Navy has hundreds of warships and of course plenty of cannons.

A warship has dozens of guns, and hundreds of ships together have thousands of guns, and there is plenty of ammunition.

However, the battleship's artillery had a range of only three thousand meters, which was far beyond the reach of South City.

"General Zhou, the navy ships' range is indeed short and they cannot hit Nancheng, but we can unload them." Bai Qi said with a smile.

"This is a good idea!"

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this.

If the navy's artillery is moved to the shore, wouldn't it be useful in the same way?