Chapter 3630 Just hit it right
The Demonic Lion specializes in using bone-penetrating nails to kill the opponent's leader. Feiyan and Shanmao also specifically targeted the commander.
Tang Xinyao's wind and thunder fan, thundering thunder hammer, and the blood mist formation flag were all attacking the soldiers in a large area.
Qiongqi also kept drawing formations out of thin air, shooting at the opponent's army, and killing a whole group of soldiers with one blast.
"Why did their sneak attack make such a big noise this time?" Song Qing was still wondering.
Du Hansong didn't react at first and launched a massive attack. Because these people who come are the ones who often come to cause trouble. But when he heard the sky-shaking shouts and the demon army suddenly attacked the mountains in full force, he realized that something was wrong.
But he didn't react until it was too late. Ye Liuyun and the others had already opened an opening, and the tiger-headed beast king behind him had followed up with the demon army, tearing apart their defense line from here, and continuously widening the gap.
When Du Hansong saw the situation outside, he knew they could no longer hold on.
"Retreat, everyone retreat into the city!"
Du Hansong let out a long sigh and let the army in front continue to resist, while part of the army behind retreated to the city of Pingyang Pass to defend.
"We retreat into the city, who will reinforce us?" Song Qing also asked a question he was concerned about. Even he is already here. Once they are surrounded, there will be no reinforcements to save them.
"Ask for help from the Central Dynasty, Pingyang Pass can no longer be defended!"
Du Hansong said nothing and led his troops to withdraw without looking back.
As the commander-in-chief, he is very aware of the situation here. Once the natural danger is broken, they will no longer be able to hold on. Sooner or later, the entire army will be destroyed.
And they can't all evacuate now. Once they all evacuate, they will be chased and killed by the demon army, and the result will be even worse. Therefore, he could only sacrifice part of the army now and let them hold on where they were, creating an opportunity for the remaining people to evacuate.
He also saw that Ye Liuyun's ability to command troops was no weaker than his, and he was more patient than him.
Some of their men have long recognized Ye Liuyun, but they have been unable to do anything to him. They all thought Ye Liuyun was taking revenge on Song Qing and Du Hansong, so they turned to the demons to attack him.
"How about we send some resources to Ye Liuyun, negotiate peace with him, and invite him back. At this critical moment, it's okay to bow to him!" Song Qing also suggested to Du Hansong.
Du Hansong frowned when he heard this, but did not object. It was considered acquiescence.
So after they withdrew into Pingyangguan City, Song Qing began to gather resources and negotiators, preparing to negotiate with Ye Liuyun. At the same time, it is also seeking help from the central dynasty.
Ye Liuyun is currently leading the demon army to encircle and suppress the remaining defenders. As soon as the opponent's army withdrew, he knew that the opponent was not prepared to defend.
The remaining defenders also knew that they had been sacrificed and could only fight to the end. There were roughly 200,000 defenders left behind, but they were once the main force of the garrison. Now there are corpses all over the mountains and plains, and blood flows along the bodies to the foot of the mountain.
The demons once again captured Pingyang Pass at a relatively small cost. And this time, the defenders had no reinforcements, and even King Song Qing was trapped in the city.
Ye Liuyun led the army and calmly cleaned the battlefield, and then led the army to station in front of the city without surrounding the city.
Then the demon army would train around 100,000 troops every day, and the other 400,000 troops would stick to their posts and not attack the city.
If Ye Liuyun surrounded the city, the soldiers in the city would definitely fight to the death. Because there is no way back. But now he does not surround or attack. He just trains his troops every day and lets the soldiers in the city watch.
The soldiers in the city were frightened every day under such high pressure. In addition, Ye Liuyun had a precedent of sneak attacks on them before, so they were fighting every day.
Some soldiers with poor psychological quality could not help but run away quickly.
After receiving the report from his subordinates, Du Hansong sent additional patrols to kill those deserters if they were caught. As a result, soldiers who wanted to escape would fight to the death every time they encountered a patrol, making the morale of the soldiers even more unstable.
Song Qing
The people sent to deliver gifts and negotiate peace were all directly killed by Ye Liuyun, but he kept all the resources without being polite at all.
His intention was also very obvious, which was to tell Song Qing that the only way to surrender was to surrender.
Ye Liuyun also pays attention to the current situation in the city every day. One night, while he was idle, he asked the army to beat the war drum. As a result, the soldiers in the city thought that Ye Liuyun was going to attack the city again, and tens of thousands of soldiers fled at once.
"Hahaha, these cowardly idiots!" Lei Ming couldn't help laughing when he saw it.
The monsters didn't know how to attack the mind, they just thought it was funny that the soldiers were timid.
Song Qing, Du Hansong and other commanders also spent a tense night in the city. The next day, the military commander reported that tens of thousands of soldiers had fled in one night.
"The situation is over. Ye Liuyun is a master at leading troops. We have no chance to make a comeback! If there are no reinforcements, we should surrender directly!" Du Hansong also sighed, not expecting that he would be defeated at the hands of a mercenary.
But the facts were right in front of him, and he couldn't accept it. It is better to surrender than to let tens of thousands of soldiers die fighting with you.
"Yes, there are reinforcements!" Song Qing said immediately, fearing that Du Hansong would surrender with his soldiers now.
"Marquis Chang Yun of the Central Dynasty will bring an army of 300,000 to reinforce us!" Song Qing said decisively.
In fact, he was just discussing conditions with Marquis Chang Yun. However, he has now decided to agree to all the conditions proposed by the other party in exchange for the other party's reinforcements.
"Then just wait and see!" Du Hansong actually wanted to say that an army of 300,000 was not enough.
But think about it, the central dynasty’s army must be stronger than them, so we will wait and see. He actually hoped that Ye Liuyun would not dare to go to war with the central dynasty, so that they would have room for maneuver.
Song Qing also immediately agreed to Chang Yunhou's conditions and handed over one-third of the entire southern tax to Chang Yunhou.
Chang Yunhou immediately asked for orders from the Zhongxing Dynasty and led 300,000 troops to reinforce Song Qing.
The Zhongxing Dynasty was also thinking about sending someone to scare Ye Liuyun to see if they could calm Ye Liuyun, so they agreed.
Marquis Chang Yun also immediately sent troops. He was also worried that Song Qing would not be paid after he was killed.
Chang Yunhou's army rushed to Pingyang Pass through the teleportation array, so they teleported all the way from major cities in the south. Ye Liuyun immediately got the news from the mercenaries.
It's just that they still have to take a battleship on the final journey to Pingyang Pass. There is no teleportation array set up here in Pingyang Pass to prevent it from being used by the demons.
"Only three hundred thousand? It seems that the Central Dynasty just wants to test it out!" Ye Liuyun immediately knew what was going on.
"We'll do it right!" He made a decision immediately.