Chapter 996: Fall of Fanyang
Translator: ryangohsff Editor: Nora
Chapter 996 – Fall of Fanyang
The rebel army’s first day of attacks ended in failure, and the price was 30 thousand innocent civilians and 40 thousand elite troops.
Chang An City was a lot more stubborn than Di Chen and the others had predicted.
As night fell, the moonlight shone on the bloodstained walls, the old and broken city walls, the corpses stacked up like mountains, and the earth stained red by blood.
After the system update, corpses would not despawn. As such, to prevent illnesses from spreading, Ouyang Shuo ordered them to bury the bodies at night or burn them.
The rumbling black smoke spread out in the air, sending a chill down one’s spine. In the cold air, sobbing sounds could be heard; these sobs were of someone who lost their loved ones.
During this seismic battle, 20 thousand of the young men recruited had died, mostly from the arrow turrets and trebuchets. The 60 thousand newbies were even worse, as one-third of them were lost.
As expected from the men of Great Tang.
During the night, there were rumors that the rebels only wanted to wipe out the ruler and not rebel. After the army entered Chang An, they would not harm the civilians, so they hoped that the people would not make any needless sacrifices.
The spies that An Lushan had planted in Chang An had started to do their work.
The moment the rumors spread out, there were really people that believed it. Especially those people who saw their neighbors fighting to the death; these people were traumatized and were afraid that such a catastrophe would befall them as well.
The world had been peaceful for long, and the people hated wars. Naturally, it was for the best if they were able to stop the war.
Hence, the people started to feel unsettled.
Ouyang Shuo immediately sent people to send word, “The rebel army says they are rebelling because of Yang Guozhong, but he’s dead, yet they have not stopped. In the day, they used innocent civilians to siege the city, sacrificing innocent lives.”
“With the above two points, one can see that the rebel army is sprouting lies.”
The moment the notice was released, the civilians were woken up, “That’s right, the rebels would not let us off even if they enter.”
As a result, the rebel army making use of civilians during the day was them digging their own graves.
While solving the rumors, Ouyang Shuo once again used the Divine Martial Guards to capture all these mice that jumped out.
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In the following two days, the rebel army launched relentless assault after relentless assault on Chang An City. Each time, it was useless, and they left with cold corpses.
Chang An City was like a greedy beast, swallowing up fresh life.
On the third day of the siege, the rebel army’s morale fell.
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