We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

dong dong dong-

As the war drums sounded, countless Fengtian troops swarmed out of the camp like ants, gathering into a black mass.

With Qiu Bai's help, Li Che put on a layer of soft armor, then a layer of leather armor over the soft armor, and finally put on the dragon-patterned armor and tied a small round shield on his arm.

Standing behind him were Wang Sanchun, Yang Tian, ​​Chen Gui and others, all with worried looks on their faces.

Wang Sanchun couldn't help but said, "Your Highness, let me lead my brothers to attack the city. Attacking a city is not like fighting on plain ground. Swords and guns are indiscriminate."

"You are a precious person, how can you put yourself in danger? If something unexpected happens, what will happen to the Feng Kingdom?"

Upon hearing this, Li Che grinned, took off the sword at his waist and replaced it with a knife.

As a prince, there is no need for him to take the lead in charging into battle.

Ordinary princes can do this, but Prince Feng must take the lead in the charge.

Li Che said slowly: "The country was founded by force, and I have never missed a battle. If I don't go into battle in person today, the soldiers will think I have forgotten my roots."

The thing people fear most is not knowing where they are.

In the eyes of the soldiers, Li Che is a monarch who can fight alongside them.

Whenever there is a war, his royal flag will appear on the battlefield without exception.

The character collapses and the cohesion is gone.

Even someone as strong as Li Erfeng, when he was the King of Qin, personally led the cavalry to charge.

Is he more powerful than Li Erfeng? How can he retreat behind the army just after achieving some success?

After Li Che was dressed, he came to the front of the battle under the escort of his personal guards.

The Fengtian Army behind him lined up in a row, forming a vast and endless force.

The Goryeo defenders in the city were filled with panic, and had no idea why the Fengtian Army, which had just been playing, suddenly arrived at the city.

Jin Yihuan stood on the city wall, his eyes full of determination.

The deputy general beside him looked at the murderous atmosphere below the city, swallowed his saliva, and whispered: "General, the Fengtian Army is going to get serious."

Jin Yihuan looked at him and said nothing.

"General, with the troops in the city, we can't stop the Fengtian Army. Why do we have to fight to the death? Why not..."

Jin Yihuan's eyes instantly became sharp: "Are you going to surrender to the enemy?!"

The deputy general quickly lowered his head and said, "I have absolutely no such intention!"

"Hmph!" Jin Yihuan snorted coldly, "Tell the soldiers to prepare rockets, boiling oil, and wooden planks. I will personally guard the front lines. Anyone who retreats without permission will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes." The deputy general bowed slightly, with an unnatural look in his eyes.

At this moment, Li Che gave the order to attack.

The charge sounded.

During this period, this unique melody had penetrated into the minds of Goryeo soldiers, and every time they heard it, terrifying shells would fall from the sky.

Hearing it again now, the soldiers couldn't help but feel a deep fear in their hearts.

However, this time no shells fell.

After this period of bombing, the defenses of Andong City were in tatters, and the surviving Goryeo soldiers had rich experience in dodging artillery shells.

There is no point in another wave of bombing, after all, artillery shells cost money.

The sound of the charge horn faded away, as if a beast had taken its last breath, leaving behind a suffocating feeling of oppression.

"Attack the city!" Li Che gave the order.

The shield soldiers in the front row surged like a black tide, their heavy iron shields like the scales of a giant steel beast, reflecting a cold light in the sunlight.

Several soldiers carried huge wooden shields together, like a moving city wall, and slowly advanced, clearing the way for the siege equipment behind them.

Under Li Che's planning, the Fengtian Army did pay more attention to the development of gunpowder, but traditional siege weapons were not abandoned.

The engineering camp formed by carpenters "invited" from all over the place is specifically responsible for making large-scale equipment.

On the walls of Goryeo, the defenders were sparse and their morale was low.

Their eyes were empty and the weapons in their hands hung limply, as if they were just guarding the city that was about to fall as a routine.

Looking at the slowly approaching Fengtian Army, the Korean soldiers were filled with fear.

Some soldiers even secretly cast their eyes towards the city, where the Fengtian Army promised them a way out.

"Shoot!" Jin Yihuan waved his sword and gave the order.

Whoosh whoosh—

A sparse rain of arrows fell from the top of the city wall, weakly hitting the shields.

Although a few arrows occasionally penetrated the shield, only a small part of the tip was exposed and they were unable to go any further.

Seeing this, Jin Yihuan glared at the archers and asked, "What are you doing? Why don't you use rockets?"

The captain in charge of the archers looked troubled: "General... our brothers simply cannot bring themselves to do it."

Only then did Jin Yihuan notice that the archers were all listless and the arrows they shot were weak and powerless.

Some people even shot arrows into the open space in front of the Fengtian Army, whether due to trembling hands or intentionally.

Jin Yihuan suddenly felt a cold sweat on his back.

We have been besieged for so long and have eaten the Fengtian Army’s food. We should feel guilty about eating the food that was given to us.

In addition, King Feng had been spreading words of surrender, causing his own soldiers to lose their will to fight.

After all, they were also afraid that killing too many Fengtian troops would displease King Feng and lead to liquidation after the city was captured.

Before Jin Yihuan could utter an angry cry, the ladder had already been placed on the city wall under the cover of the shield soldiers.

The battering ram at the rear also drove to the city gate and rammed it again and again.

With every collision, the Goryeo soldiers' hearts trembled.

The archer captain looked at Jin Yihuan with a trembling voice and a face full of desire: "General, let's surrender!"

"What did you say? You want to rebel?!" Jin Yihuan shouted angrily, "Believe it or not, I will kill you first!"

At this moment, Jin Yihuan saw in disbelief that all the archers put down their bows and crossbows.

"you......"

Li Che's roar came from the city:

"The first one to reach the summit will be rewarded handsomely!"

Li Che led the way, holding the ladder with one hand and holding a shield with the other, and was the first to climb up.

He held the shield high in his hand, but he never felt the arrow fall.

Li Che looked up in confusion, but saw that the Goryeo defenders were all standing there stupidly. No one was trying to cut the ladders, and no one was throwing down logs or boulders.

Only Jin Yihuan was furious and helpless:

"It's reversed! It's all reversed!"

He stepped forward and grabbed a soldier, angrily asking, "Why don't you release the wooden plank?"

The Goryeo soldier knelt on the ground, his eyes full of pleading: "General, I want to go home. I don't want to die here. Let's surrender."

After saying that, the soldier threw the spear in his hand to the ground.

Jin Yihuan's eyes widened with anger: "Pick it up, I told you to pick it up!"

The soldier gritted his teeth and remained silent.

"Okay, you won't pick it up, right?" Jin Yihuan drew his sword, "Traitors must be executed!"

A gust of sword wind came down and the soldier closed his eyes tightly.

However, the sword did not fall on the neck.

The soldier opened his eyes and looked, only to see Jin Yihuan being held tightly by seven or eight Goryeo soldiers behind him, all shouting:

"General, surrender!"

"General, there's no chance of winning this battle!"

"His Royal Highness said that those who surrender will not be killed, so why should we seek death?"

"We surrender! We surrender!"

Once the idea of ​​surrender came out, it spread quickly among the Goryeo defenders like a virus.

Someone took the lead, and the herd mentality quickly dispersed their already limited fighting spirit, and all kinds of weapons were thrown to the ground.

When Li Che and his personal guards climbed up the city wall, the Goryeo soldiers knelt on the ground.

Only Jin Yihuan was left on the city wall, and a few soldiers who were holding on to him were still standing.

Jin Yihuan knew that the situation was hopeless, and a look of sadness appeared in his eyes: "Forget it, forget it."

"If you want to surrender and seek a way to live, I won't stop you."

Jin Yihuan shook off the people around him and put his sword on his neck: "My Jin family has been favored by the country. How can we surrender to the enemy? The only way to repay them is to die!"

After saying this, he swung his sword and committed suicide.