This thing must not be allowed into the city to aid the battle. Wherever it passes, buildings collapse and many civilians are affected, even friendly forces are accidentally injured.
With this interference, the rebels were finally trapped like fish in a barrel, and their fighting spirit dropped considerably. I stood at a high vantage point, overlooking the battlefield, searching for their leader. After a long search, I finally found him. He was a middle-aged man with a handlebar mustache. Although he was disguised as an ordinary soldier, wearing armor no different from those around him, all orders were issued from him through messengers.
I opened my handgun, took out a Desert Eagle, and fired a shot towards the outside of the city as a test. After confirming it could be fired normally, I aimed at the advancing route, activated the Gale Force Art, and blinked in front of the handlebar-mustached man, pressing the gun to his forehead.
I didn't expect its power to be so great, like a watermelon! If I had known, I would have aimed for the chest. It wouldn't have splattered everywhere!
Therefore, my original plan to behead the handlebar-mustached man and raise his head on the large banner, a cruel act intended to intimidate more rebels, could not be realized. However, one advantage was that without their decision-maker, the rebels' resistance became chaotic.
After about twenty minutes of fierce fighting, the rebels showed clear signs of decline. Coupled with the news of the handlebar-mustached man's death spreading, localized rebel forces began to surrender. Ten minutes later, all the rebels who were surrounded and divided surrendered, and the battle ended.
The casualties on both sides were not significant. Out of fifty thousand rebels, fewer than five thousand were killed. After all, this was not an open field battle but street fighting, where neither side could fully maneuver. Both were wearing heavy armor, and more importantly, they were crowded and hindered in their movements, somewhat like a game of Go. Ultimately, the rebels were surrounded and divided, symbolizing their defeat.
If they had been as stubborn as the troop deployment in Erqi City, I estimate that it would have taken at least ten hours for the Three Yin Hall army and the civilians to annihilate them. By then, Long Que's army would have already rushed back upon hearing the news!
Precisely because Long Que's army would return soon, I did not dare to directly incorporate these rebels, fearing they might mutiny. After Dongfang Jibai confiscated their weapons, they were temporarily exiled to the slopes north of the city. There were still many un-demolished barracks, and they contained military rations, enough to sustain them, so they wouldn't cause trouble. Without weapons, they couldn't attack the city, and thus wouldn't mutiny.
It was only necessary to station about two hundred Three Yin Hall soldiers at the entrance to guard it. They likely wouldn't dare to attempt a forceful charge, as the rolling logs and stones on the city walls were not to be trifled with. While armor and helmets could effectively resist sword and saber damage, they offered no defense against heavy objects thrown from the city walls, which were blunt force impacts.
After dealing with the rebels within the city, I met up with Dongfang Jibai. The snow dust kicked up by Long Que's army in the distance was already visible, and they would reach the city walls soon. I had to quickly teach Dongfang Jibai and Li Yuanba how to use the Desert Eagle.
Both of them learned quite quickly. The main difficulty with this weapon lies in controlling the recoil. However, they didn't have this problem as their internal energy was very strong and their hands were very steady. Ordinary women, when test-firing a Desert Eagle, would often have the gun fly out of their hands due to the powerful recoil. But these two could almost perfectly control the upward jump of the muzzle, as if they were using a BB gun.
As for shooting accurately, it wasn't necessary to practice. The purpose of equipping them with these guns was not for long-range shooting, but to assist in killing Long Que at close range. While fighting, they could suddenly draw this weapon from their back waist and fire at Long Que. Even if it didn't kill him, such a powerful weapon could at least weaken Long Que's combat effectiveness.
After each person fired two magazines, they had already mastered the operation of the Desert Eagle. They turned off the safety, hid them in their belts, and covered them with a shirt to conceal them.
Meanwhile, all the Three Yin Hall soldiers had lined up on the south city wall, preparing to resist the attack of Long Que's army. The civilians in the city, having obtained weapons from the rebels, had also been armed, serving as a reserve force.