Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"How many troops does Zuo Hu have left?"

"About 70,000 or 80,000. With a large force like this we should be able to kill them all."

Listening to what Liu Chuang said, Chang Baishan and Wu Qingye were a little hesitant.

"Why do we have to kill them all? Why don't we just fight our way in?"

"It's not as simple as you think. These people are very useful in Zuo Hu's hands."

"Even if he fails in the battle with us, his troops will not disband. Instead, they will continue to fight with all their might."

These words made Chang Baishan on the side nod slowly.

He and Wu Qingye had fought against the imperial city guards before and knew what kind of people they were.

"That's right, we should get rid of them all. If we break in and there are still many troops blocking us, leaving a disaster like this behind us will be like laying mines for ourselves."

"General Ye also thought so, which is why he joined forces with Hei Fu to continuously attack Zuo Hu in the past few days."

"But Zuo Hu has also learned his lesson. He has hidden himself in the concrete wall and is unwilling to come out. He has been in a stalemate with us."

Zuo Hu no longer thought about how to defeat Liu Chuang, because he did not have many troops, and Qin Ming kept sending people for support.

This must have been a huge pressure for Zuo Hu after he switched from offense to defense.

He has been leading people to reinforce his concrete wall.

He wanted to isolate Liu Chuang in this way.

This guy had conducted a very thorough investigation of the intelligence on the battlefield and knew that Qin Ming had a very powerful explosive in his hands.

In order to strengthen the defense, he directly arranged his troops to carry steel bars and insert them behind the city wall, and built another concrete and steel wall.

In this way, no matter how powerful the explosives are, they cannot penetrate it.

It has to be said that Zuo Hu's policy of retreat is indeed effective.

Their troops were not short of food and clothing, and their weapons and equipment were directly supplied by the imperial court.

There is no question of not being able to defend the city.

Relying on the newly reinforced concrete city wall, Zuo Hu has been entangled with Ye Shoujiang and Hei Fu for three days.

During these three days, the two of them launched dozens of attacks.

But the city wall was not blown down every time.

The successive defeats meant that they had to stand under the city wall and be beaten.

Even bombing them with howitzers and anti-aircraft guns would not be of much use.

Zuo Hu had already padded the city wall with a layer of steel plates and dug some holes in the steel plates specifically for shooting.

"It's really a tough nut to crack. Is there no other way?"

After listening to everything Liu Chuang said, Wu Qingye sighed slowly.

He naturally knew that the current situation was a bit troublesome. After all, Zuo Hu was a famous general in the other dynasty, and he had climbed to this position with his own strength.

It is definitely impossible to solve it easily.

"Actually, I've thought before that if we kill tens of thousands of people, we might be able to swallow them all, but the loss would be too great."

Chang Baishan saw what he was thinking and added:

"The key is that we can't even save our reputation."

The reason why Liu Chuang was unwilling to use more people to fight Zuo Hu.

The first point is that their number is limited.

After all, this is an expeditionary force, and it is very difficult to get reinforcements.

The second is that their numbers far exceed the other side.

They used 300,000 men to fight against an enemy force of less than 100,000 men, and even tried to crush them with numbers.

It also cost the court so many resources and even the lives of countless troops.

If this matter were to get out, Liu Chuang would be so embarrassed.

There was no other way, Liu Chuang could only choose to try from various directions.

Let’s see if there are any loopholes that Zuo Hu can exploit.

But Zuo Hu has been famous for a long time and has rich experience.

Not to mention him, even Ye Shoujiang couldn't find any flaws of Zuo Hu.

"I was thinking that Your Majesty might have a solution, but I was too embarrassed to ask."

Liu Chuang has already lost a lot in this battle.

When Zuo Hu first arrived a few days ago, he almost beat Liu Chuang to the point of him covering his head in his hands.

Fortunately, there were troops supporting them from behind, coupled with Liu Chuang's tenacious resistance.

This is how they finally got a way out and even turned the situation around.

But even so, Liu Chuang felt very shameful.

He has been holding his breath in his heart, wanting to prove himself.

Seeing this, Wu Qingye and Chang Baishan sighed.

They naturally understood what Liu Chuang was thinking.

"Let's try the anti-aircraft artillery first and blow up their city. Our new troops should be able to do that."

Qin Ming had previously trained a group of very powerful troops.

Those troops are organized into leagues and can fight in dispersed units.

All they need to do is let them fly hot air balloons at high altitudes and fire howitzers at Zuo Hu's city from all directions.

Maybe it could pose a great threat to them.

When he thought of this, Liu Chuang also applauded.

"By the way, if His Majesty were here, he might have spread the news of Lu San's death in advance."

At this time, Chang Baishan next to him also began to offer suggestions. After hearing this, the three of them looked at each other and thought that this idea was very good.

Soon a group of soldiers ran to the front line and shouted on the top of Zuo Hu's city wall.

"Lu San is dead. You are the only one left. You can't hold on alone. Surrender immediately."

When they received this news, all the defenders in the city were stunned.

They were all guards of the imperial city, but Zuo Hu's people guarded the city, and for such a long time they did not give Liu Chuang any chance to advance.

Lu San was so bad that not only did he die, but he also killed all his own guards of the imperial city.

Now no one can stop Qin Ming's advancing troops.

The only hope is the Tiger Roar Guards recruited from all over the country by the imperial court.

However, it will take some time for them to gather together. Needless to say, Qin Ming will definitely take advantage of this period of time to advance and occupy more of their territory.

Everyone felt like the sky was falling when they thought about this.

The imperial court has already mobilized their strongest forces, but even so it still cannot pose any threat to Qin Ming.

Even Zuo Hu, who was highly expected.

At this time, they had been beaten back step by step.

Is there really no way to defeat Qin Ming?

In an instant, a feeling of powerlessness and despair overwhelmed everyone's heart.

As their general, Zuo Hu quickly noticed the change in the mentality of his subordinates.

Even now he doesn't know whether the strategy he gave to Lu San was correct.

Could it be that it was because of the letter I wrote in the past that they were all killed or injured?

He frowned and was thinking of a countermeasure when he saw several balls of fire appearing in the sky in the distance.

"There is an enemy attack!"

After he realized what was happening, cold sweat broke out on his back, and he immediately yelled at his subordinates who were in a pessimistic mood.