I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

On the top of Yecheng City, the Chu army defending the city had already run down the city wall, howling. Those who ran slowly were left there forever and were crushed to pieces.

The city gate was also broken, and the commander of the Chu army ordered his troops to assemble in the north city and block the position inside the gate to resist the Yan army.

The Chu army commander had a good idea, and this tactic was feasible because the city gate was so wide that not many Yan soldiers could pass through at one time. They could always maintain a situation of outnumbering the enemy and thus resist the Yan army's attack.

However, what he could think of, Yu Huatian could also think of.

Fun fact: artillery shells are not launched in parallel, but in the form of a parabola.

Seeing that there was no one on the top of the city wall, Yu Huatian knew what the Chu army was thinking. They wanted to interrupt the cats behind the city wall to resist the Yan army.

So, Yuhuatian immediately ordered the army to move one mile south, re-set up the artillery, and bombard the city.

As the artillery of the Shenji Camp continued to roar and fire, shells fell mercilessly on the Chu army in the city, blowing them to pieces, collapsing houses, and causing wailing to rise everywhere.

The Yan army's artillery was widely distributed, and Yecheng was also a small city, like Shaanxi City, full of troops, and the people had long been relocated to the rear.

At this time, the Yan army was bombarding the inside indiscriminately, reaping the lives of the Chu army.

Yuhuatian was not in a hurry to attack, but wanted to first blow the Chu army's defense line into pieces, break through the Chu army's retreat into the city, and then launch an attack.

The lives of his Tianyu soldiers were very precious. In the previous battle with the Chu army, more than 5,000 people were killed and injured, which made him very sad.

This time it will be a close combat, and he will be the attacking side, so the casualties will be high, so he has to use it sparingly.

The Yan troops on both sides blasted the enemy's camp defenses to pieces and then rushed in.

Only Yuhuatian took a steady and cautious approach and was not in a hurry to attack.

Shen Changgong also understood him. After all, the others were attacking a camp, which only had wooden walls and tents inside, making it easier to attack. However, Yuhuatian was attacking a city, which had brick and stone walls and brick and stone buildings inside, making it difficult to attack.

The Tianyu Army's artillery bombarded for half an hour, forcing the enemy troops inside to retreat and almost razing the buildings in the north city to the ground. Only then did he order an attack.

Even so, the Tianyu Army's artillery did not stop firing, continuing to suppress the enemy and preventing them from blocking the defense line again.

"Orders are sent. The First Corps will be the vanguard and enter the city first, but they must not attack rashly. After entering the city, they must spread out and consolidate the defense line, waiting for the subsequent corps to enter before launching an attack.

The second and third corps will enter in order, and the subsequent corps will follow! "

As Yu Huatian issued one order after another, the First Corps of the Tianyu Army immediately rushed forward with weapons in hand.

The Tianyu Army has rich combat experience. When advancing, they are organized into battalions and battalions, with five rows in a column, rushing forward, and then followed by the others.

The five rows can just enter the city gate side by side.

They ran forward quickly, forming into columns, battalion after battalion, charging forward.

There is no easier way to attack a city than this. Other armies attacking a city have to climb up ladders while enduring arrows, kerosene, rolling logs and stones from the top of the city walls. Countless casualties are suffered before a few of them can climb up, and they may be pushed down again.

But when they attacked the city, they just had to run in, and there were no enemies at the gates or on the walls.

After the First Corps entered, it immediately spread out to both sides to form a defense line, and the artillery outside also stopped at this time.

The Second Corps then entered and consolidated the defense line.

When the Chu army in the city saw the Yan army coming in and the artillery stopped firing, they quickly gathered and counterattacked the Yan army.

The first and second corps of the Yan army also charged forward to gain space for the entry of subsequent corps.

Yu Huatian followed the Fourth Corps into the city. He personally took command and continuously compressed the Chu army's defense line to the south.

In the last battle, the Tianyu Army focused on defense and did not fight the Chu Army with all its strength in order to preserve its strength.

This also led to the Chu army looking down on the Tianyu army, thinking that the so-called ace troops of Yan State were nothing more than that.

However, this time, the Tianyu Army took the initiative to attack, and they were not fighting against 300,000 Chu troops, but against 100,000 Chu troops.

This time, the Tianyu Army put all their strength into it, moving across the country and giving the Chu Army a head-on blow!

This immediately confused the Chu army. Is this the Yan army? When did the Yan army become so powerful?

The Chu army commander Xiang Qu also came out of the city lord's mansion to command the battle in person, but even so, he could not save the Chu army from defeat.

The follow-up troops of the Tianyu Army had not yet fully entered the city, but the vanguard army alone had defeated the Chu Army.

The Chu army suffered repeated defeats and retreated again and again. They were forced to withdraw from the flattened area and enter the Minxiang Lane to engage in street fighting with the Yan army.

However, they are even worse at street fighting.

In this chaotic battle, the Yan army's superior individual qualities and rich combat experience were fully displayed. The Chu army lost its formation, became a mess, and suffered defeat after defeat.

"General, we can't stop them! Our frontline troops have been scattered. We can't stop the Yan army at all!"

A general covered in blood came to Xiang Qu and said loudly.

Xiang Qu's face turned pale and he shouted angrily,

"Why can't we defeat them? Didn't our army defeat the Tianyu Army the day before yesterday and prevent them from attacking? How come we can't defeat them now that we have the advantage of terrain?"

"General, the Yan army must have deliberately shown weakness in order to paralyze our army!

That's the invincible Tianyu Army of Great Yan. How could our Chu Army possibly be their opponent? We simply can't defeat them!"

"You little brat, keep disrupting the morale of the army!"

Xiang Qu drew his sword in anger!

"General! The Yan army is coming to us soon. As long as there is life, there is hope!

There are still so many troops in the east and west camps on both sides. They are also being attacked. Retreat quickly, Marshal!

We definitely cannot defeat the Yan army this time. Let’s go south to join up with the Qian army and then have a decisive battle with the Yan army!

If you die in battle, the Chu army will be finished!"

Xiang Qu gritted his teeth in hatred, but finally made up his mind to retreat.

"Go to the City Lord's Mansion and get the military order. Let's evacuate the city immediately!"

"As ordered!"

The guards immediately rushed into the city lord's mansion, quickly packed up some military orders, and then ran out.

"General, should we also burn the food and supplies stored in the city? We can't leave these things to the Yan army!"

Hearing this, Xiang Qu hesitated. These supplies and food were the foundation of the Chu army's survival. If they were burned, everything would be gone. If they were kept, they would be left to the Yan army, and they would have little hope of retaking the city.