Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 1173 On the Brink of Collapse

Atsumi Akiyama didn't move, but his heart skipped a beat.

"Where is Hashimoto?"

"General, General Hashimoto has returned to the military camp south of Funing City."

"How's the battle damage?"

The pirate scout hesitated for a moment, then whispered his report.

"General, only General Hashimoto and his horse have returned..."

Atsumi Akiyama suddenly opened his eyes and glared fiercely at the scout kneeling on the ground.

"what?"

"General, so far only General Hashimoto has returned."

Atsumi Akiyama had already stood up, but then felt a sudden darkness before his eyes. What was wrong with him?

How could I be controlled at every turn, with my Achilles' heel being exploited at every turn?

What went wrong?

Atsumi Akiyama was completely baffled. He had Fukunei Castle completely besieged, and it seemed the Zhenxi Army within the castle was on the verge of collapse and abandoning the city. Who knew that this Zhenxi cavalry would appear, and then...

She tried to suppress her dizziness and calm herself down.

If things continue like this, the consequences will be dire. She knows that her personality is too rigid and easily broken.

"Who is the leader of this Zhenxi cavalry team?"

"Reporting to the General, it is said that they are several close guards of Lin Feng, the former leader of the Zhenxi Army."

Atsumi Akiyama slowly sat down, his mind racing as he pondered.

The three county towns surrounding Fuzhou were captured, the warships were burned, and the soldiers were killed.

What’s next?

Clearly, with Yingjian Gorge behind their main camp, they probably wouldn't risk attacking this county town.

As long as this cavalry doesn't enter the city, it will be difficult for his own army to surround them in the open field; they are too agile and move too fast.

Setting a trap is ineffective with too few people, and too many people will make too much noise and be easily discovered.

There was only one option left: to wait for them to come knocking on our door.

That would be too passive, and the possibility of losing another game would be very high.

Atsumi Akiyama sat there silently, his brow furrowed in worry.

After a while.

"Someone, pass on my order: gather all the warhorses, patrol around the city, and stand by as needed."

Someone immediately ran out of the central command tent to relay the order.

Of the entire pirate force of 30,000, they could muster around 1,500 cavalry.

After much deliberation, Atsumi Akiyama concluded that the only way to balance the fighting power of both sides was to use war cavalry against war cavalry.

All the cavalry of the 30,000-strong pirate force were mobilized and assembled at the main camp overnight, and the formation was completed in one night.

The 1,500 cavalrymen were led by Atsumi Akiyama's guard captain, Atsumi Yasushi, who was Atsumi Akiyama's distant cousin.

Atsumi Yasushi had been involved in the activities of the Zhenxi cavalry from the moment they appeared until now, so he had some strategies in mind on how to deal with them.

After a whole night of work, Atsumi Akiyama and Atsumi Yasushi did not sleep. After the formation was completed, the two of them went to the central command tent to formulate a detailed plan to deal with the Zhenxi cavalry.

Then Atsumi Yasushi was left to lead the cavalry unit, while Atsumi Akiyama continued to oversee the army's siege.

After all, taking over Fuling City is her primary goal right now.

As dawn broke, a large number of pirate soldiers began preparations to attack the city.

Various siege weapons were pushed to the front lines, and the four sides of Fu Ning City mobilized almost simultaneously, putting immense pressure on the Zhenxi Army on the city walls.

Hu Jincai, the leader in particular, did not sleep all night, staring intently at the pirate soldiers below the city with his two bloodshot eyes.

He sensed that today's defensive battle would be extremely difficult, as there was no food left in the city, and the soldiers from last night had nothing to eat.

He glanced at the soldiers on the city wall; they looked dejected, all hungry, and were forcing themselves to stay awake.

Hu Jincai nervously pondered whether, if they really couldn't hold out any longer, they should lead their troops to break out from the west of the city and evacuate from Funing City.

Because if the pirates were to breach the city, street fighting was not the Zhenxi Army's forte. Perhaps a way out would be to deploy the troops and fight as they marched through the open fields.

Although the losses are likely to be huge, it is still better than being besieged in the city and annihilated.

There was no time to think about these issues. The pirates had already begun using ladders to cross the moat and were swarming towards the city.

Hu Jincai and his two deputy generals divided their tasks, each guarding one side, while Hu Jincai himself was responsible for both directions.

Seeing that the pirates had begun their attack, he shouted loudly to boost the morale of his soldiers and ordered the archers to go forward and fire at the city walls.

The logs were then carried to the base of the wall, awaiting the next round of throwing them down from the city.

Boiling water was being boiled in large pots, mixed with feces and other filth, emitting a strong stench that made it hard to open one's eyes.

The archers first dipped their arrowheads in foul water, then bent down and fired at the city below.

Arrows contaminated with sewage, once they hit the body, will cause the wound to fester and become inflamed, no matter where it is, making it difficult to treat unless the individual has special abilities.

The logs were then carried and smashed off the city wall.

After yesterday's punishment, the pirates went berserk, braving a hail of arrows, desperately climbing the city walls.

In just a short while, the two sides engaged in a fierce offensive and defensive battle.

Although the pirate soldiers were knocked down from the city walls in large numbers, it still couldn't stop their overwhelming numbers. Ladders were also placed on the walls, and strings of pirate soldiers stepped onto the ladders, their bodies exceptionally agile, dodging arrows and rolling logs, and quickly approaching the city walls.

Within an hour, pirates scaled the city walls and began fighting the Zhenxi Army soldiers on the walls.

Hu Jincai led a dozen guards, patrolling from one side of the city wall to the other. Wherever there were pirates scaling the wall, they rushed up, cut them down, and suppressed them.

Countless corpses lay strewn both on and below the city walls, with significant casualties on both sides.

Hu Jincai watched as the pirate soldiers, like ants, clung to the high city wall, constantly wriggling upwards.

He frowned, shook his head, and said he couldn't take it anymore.

Seeing that the soldiers, engineers, and laborers on the city walls were fighting back with all their might, they could not stop the pirates from scaling the walls one by one.

And there are more and more of them; if we don't leave now, we might really never be able to escape.

Hu Jincai sighed. In the end, he still failed to defend Funing City, which made him feel very ashamed.

Sometimes he really wanted to fight to the death on the city wall.

However, his soldiers in the Zhenxi Army could not be without a leader. If he died in battle, these nearly 10,000 soldiers would probably perish along with him.

He waved for his guards to disperse, each searching for an opening and determined to fight back against the pirates' attack.

Otherwise, no one can leave.

Without time to think, more and more pirates climbed over the wall. Hu Jincai swung his sword forward, slashing fiercely, trying to relieve the pressure on the defending soldiers.

The battle raged on so fiercely that the sky darkened and everyone lost their bearings.

Despite the fierce counterattack from the Zhenxi Army, the pirates did not retreat and continued to climb the city walls aggressively.

Hu Jincai gave up on retreating. He was now pinned down by the pirates and had no way to retreat. He could only fight desperately.

Such battle scenes were unfolding on all four sides of the city walls, and the entire city of Funing was in grave danger.

In the pirate camp west of Fuzhou, almost all of the 5,000 men had been pushed under the city walls, leaving only a few hundred logistics soldiers in the camp, who were busy supplying the front lines with materials and equipment.

The pirate leader immediately stood by the moat, personally wielding his sword to urge his troops to scale the city walls and engage in battle.

Everything was under control, and as many soldiers rushed onto the city wall, the leader finally showed a long-lost smile.