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Chapter 165: The Fall of Haicheng

Then, a series of transport ships of all sizes and sizes moved to the dock one after another until they reached the docking limit of the dock. Half of the transport ships behind them could not dock.

There is no way, who made too many ships and the harbor is too small. I had to ask the transport ship in front to work in order to exit the dock and let the transport ship waiting behind dock.

Fortunately, the dock and the entire harbor were under the control of the 21st Regiment of the Second Division at this time, so that there was enough time for the soldiers behind to slowly get ashore.

"Oh~!" The port of Haicheng is still too small, and there is no way to accommodate too many ships at once. Li Bao could only sigh and express his helplessness.

If it was a coastal battle without a pier and the port was fought, the transport ship would not lean directly on like this. Instead, it would put down the landing boats near the sea, and these commuting boats carried soldiers to land.

Although the commuter boat can dock without terrain, a boat can only carry up to 10 or 20 people at a time, which is far faster than the time you can get directly on the shore like now.

All the soldiers of the 21st Regiment landed within two hours and launched an attack on Shouhai City. Even after the team landed on the back, they found that there was no target to attack after they got ashore, so they could only fix it on the spot as a guard.

This harbor was originally part of Shouhai City. In other words, when the soldiers of Xia Kingdom landed, they had already attacked Shouhai City, avoided the city walls, and started street fighting directly.

It is not that there is no defensive measure outside this harbor, but that is just a fence that blocks pedestrians in front of Xia Kingdom's attack, which is not much different from having no defense.

At around 11 o'clock noon, the Xia army attacked outside the castle with great force and launched an attack on it as soon as possible. It would not take so long to attack the castle in the city if it were not for consolidating the occupied area and gathering troops.

The castle of Shouhai City is built on a hillside in the city, looking down at the entire city from a high place. Such a conspicuous target made the gunners of the warship unable to help but bombard it.

So when the army soldiers rushed outside the castle, they found that the castle had already become dilapidated and had no effect on them at all - defending against foreign enemies.

The biggest obstacle for the soldiers when attacking the castle was not the resistance of the castle guard forces, but the ruins all over the ground. Rubber and rocks fell greatly hindered the passage of soldiers, so that the soldiers had to clear a passage before launching an attack.

"Report to the general." The battle report on the battlefield came again: "The front line came to report, the city has been captured, and no enemy leader was found. The front judged that the enemy leader should have escaped."

"General Li, you heard it too." Yan Ren spread his hands helplessly at Li Bao and said, "The enemy leader has fled, and we have captured this city."

The enemy lord's escape was already as expected. Although they had launched an attack on him as soon as possible, it was not a siege after all. They also knew how difficult it was to capture the enemy leader in the chaos.

Yan Ren said this to Li Bao, the army has already captured this city, and Li Bao should do it next.

Li Bao obviously understood Yan Ren's words. Without saying a word, he ordered directly: "Order the entire army to clear the battlefield, repair the city defense, and let all the ships behind come over and deport all the troops."

Yan Ren was very prepared to treat the city as a stronghold when he listened to Li Bao's order. This made him look at Li Bao with a hint of admiration.

Li Bao didn't have the idea of ​​custody Yan Ren. He said to Yan Ren: "General Yan, the brothers of the Army have worked hard on the sea. Let's repair this city overnight tonight."

"Yes, I will obey the order." Yan Ren held his fist and accepted the order. His tone was much more sincere, and he no longer looked like he was doing business.

At night, the entire Shouhai City turned into a large barracks, and the indigenous people who originally lived in the city were completely expelled for safety and confidentiality.

The ships anchored in the harbor have filled the entire port, most of which are transport ships, but the warships did not dock in the port, but were patrolling outside and guarding.

Because the harbor is very dangerous at this time, hundreds of transport ships of all sizes are crowded in a pile without any warning. If you are not careful, a fire can ignite a large area.

So Li Bao arranged the naval fleet to be outside to prevent any non-existent situations.

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When Brady shouted "Doom quickly", he leaned over and hid under the wall until the sound of the cannon passed, and he did not feel the expected attack. After he poked his head out of confusion and looked at the sea, he realized that his originally neat fleet had disappeared.

This surprised Brady. Even though he was mentally prepared, he saw with his own eyes that his "army" at sea was so vulnerable, and he realized that the giant fleet of Xia Kingdom not only looked magnificent, but also had extremely powerful combat power even if it was actually combative.

Next, Brady saw with his own eyes that the city he was proud of was trembling under the enemy's attack. Finally, he saw that the large ship that had not moved behind Xia Kingdom began to rush up quickly and a group of soldiers rushed out from inside.

At this time, Brady knew that the city could not be defended and he had to think of a way out.

The fire outside the castle was roaring at the sky, and Brady walked back and forth alone anxiously in the room, thinking about his retreat. He said to himself: "Why don't you surrender?"

After saying this, Brady immediately shook his head repeatedly. Even if he had not rejected Xia State before, he would not dare to surrender. You should know that all the lords of the territory captured by Xia State in the past did not have a good ending, let alone he even "resisted" against Xia State.

"It seems that there is only one who can escape!" Since there is no way to surrender, there is only one who can escape. After all, you can't beat him and you have to wait for death if you don't run away.

Brady made a decision in her heart and immediately shouted to the outside of the door: "Come on, come on."

As the closest servant came in and waited for his order, Brady ordered anxiously and quickly: "Go and call the lady quickly, and ask her husband, and arrange a carriage to go out of the city with the lord."

"Yes, master, go now." The battle in the city originally made the attendant anxious. Now, when he heard that the lord was about to run away, he felt a little happy and hurriedly took the order and ran out of the door.

"Wait." When the nearby servant was about to go out, Brady thought that the Xia army's attack was very powerful, so he called the nearby servant and ordered: "Order the Knight Commander to lead the entire city's military and civilians to defend the city without any mistakes. Do you know what to do?"

When the closest servant heard Brady's order, he asked the Knight to take the entire city's military and civilians to delay his escape, but the closest servant turned around and thought that he was going to run away with the lord, so he didn't care about him for so much, so he did as he did.

Brady escaped from the city smoothly, but the soldiers and civilians in the city were in trouble. Although Brady's cavalry loyally followed the order and stubbornly defended the city, he could not defeat him. The comparison of strength between the two sides would not change because of his thoughts.

After Brady escaped from the city, he had not yet run far away, and learned from the residents who escaped from the city from behind that the city had lost, and ran faster.

Until the afternoon, Brady received news that the Xia army had just driven out the whole city and did not send troops to pursue him, so he slowed down.

In the end, I didn't know what Brady was thinking, but maybe she was still a little unwilling to accept it. He brought a team of guards to a hillside where he could view the entire Shuhai City from afar.

But after he looked over from a distance, he realized that at some point, there were large ships in the harbor, and the number was not as small as he saw in the castle this morning.

Looking at the densely packed large ships of Xia Kingdom, which could not even see the end, Brady immediately collapsed on the ground, looking at the harbor in the distance with his eyes blank, because he knew that he might never go back in the future.

In the morning's attack, the military force dispatched by Xia State was only a small part of it. Brady didn't even dare to think about what kind of scene it would be!
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