Under Prince Dan's insistence, the Yan state once again launched an attack on Lin Tian's Yanmen.
This time, they did not use their warhorses, but were entirely composed of infantry.
Their arrival nearly caught Lin Tian completely off guard.
However, Lin Tian had arranged scouts midway, so as soon as Prince Dan made his move, Lin Tian was informed.
"Reporting to the General, the Yan state's army is heading towards our Yanmen!"
"Oh? Are they riding warhorses?"
"No, they are all in infantry armor, and they don't have many siege weapons in their hands!"
"Heh heh! It seems these Yan people have gone all out!"
Lin Tian immediately saw through the Yan people's intentions.
Their current state clearly indicated a lack of provisions and no retreat, intending to fight to the death.
While this attitude surprised Lin Tian, their actions did not.
"Since the Yan state's army wants to fight us to the death, we will grant their wish!"
"They want to attack the city, so let them attack it slowly!"
"Order the soldiers in the army to prepare more arrows and catapults! Also, bring out the fire ox formation!"
With cavalry present, it was not difficult to resist the fire ox formation.
As long as their cavalry moved fast enough and dispersed quickly enough, they could evade the attacks of the fire oxen.
Coupled with the Yan state's army being on guard, Lin Tian had not arranged for the fire ox formation before.
But now, their cavalry had changed to infantry, and the situation was different.
Even if they detected something unusual about the fire ox formation, they would be unable to evade it.
The movement speed of infantry was too slow; they could not escape the stampeding oxen.
Therefore, once the Yan state's army charged, the fire ox formation would surely be a massive blow to them.
Unaware of this, Yan Prince Dan was still encouraging the Yan soldiers.
"Soldiers, Yanmen is the main camp of Qin's Lin Tian, filled with abundant provisions. As long as we take Yanmen, we will not worry about food!"
"And once we take Yanmen, I, this Prince, will certainly petition the King for merit, and each of you will receive generous rewards!"
"After taking Yanmen, we can advance further, capture Zhao state's cities, conquer territories, and achieve great deeds. You all have the potential to be enfeoffed as Marquises and appointed as Prime Ministers!"
At this moment, the morale of the Yan state's army was low.
They all knew that their provisions had been burned to ashes by the Qin people, and even their supplies had been intercepted by the Qin people.
Moreover, their warhorses had been frightened and were rendered incapable of fighting.
Under such circumstances, Prince Dan still ordered them to attack Yanmen.
Recalling the formidable soldiers of Yanmen and the invincible figure of Lin Tian, their hearts were filled with exhaustion.
Even the encouraging words from Prince Dan did not significantly boost their morale.
But Prince Dan, as the commanding general, had already issued the order. No matter how unwilling they were, they had to follow Prince Dan's command.
In many cases, they would have to risk their lives.
The generals naturally knew that their soldiers had little fighting power at this moment.
Even if they were willing, they did not have much fighting spirit.
Their hearts were filled with bitterness.
Soon, they arrived before Yanmen. As many of them had anticipated, Lin Tian's army was not caught unprepared but was standing ready.
Their hope of exploiting a weakness at this moment was simply impossible.
Seeing this situation, Prince Dan's expression turned grim.
But the arrow was already on the string and had to be shot.
"Order the attack!"
"Yes!"
As Prince Dan's command was issued, a messenger immediately went down to relay it.
Soon, a dense mass of Yan state soldiers began to advance towards Yanmen to attack.
However, although the number of attackers was not small this time, their morale was far inferior to when they attacked last time.
Many of them were slacking off and hesitant, appearing to be attacking, but in reality, lacking much fighting capacity.
Lin Tian, with just a glance at this situation, had a general assessment in his mind.
"These Yan state soldiers are finished. They have very little will to fight!"
"Yes! General, many of them are not even thinking of attacking, which is why they are so listless."
"This is actually a good thing for us. If they still had the will to fight, it would not be easy for us to deal with so many soldiers! With their lack of fighting spirit, dealing with them will be much simpler!"
"You are right, but we cannot be careless. Until we completely defeat them, we have not won!"
Lin Tian's words made everyone take the matter seriously.
They understood that the battlefield was constantly changing, and with their smaller numbers, reversals were very common.
Under such circumstances, they needed to be as careful as possible.
Therefore, when they fought, they went all out.
A large number of arrows flew towards the Yan state army, causing heavy casualties among the Yan soldiers.
The sky full of arrows made the Yan state army feel fear.
"We can't get in, we can't get in!"
"Retreat, let us retreat, we don't want to die!"
Many soldiers wanted to retreat, but at this point, their commanding general did not want them to.
"Anyone who dares to speak of retreating again will be executed!"
After executing a few people, the Yan state managed to regain some control.
The Yan army continued their assault.
This time, their casualties were even more severe.
After losing nearly twenty thousand soldiers, they finally reached the gate of Yanmen.
At this moment, Prince Dan was greatly emboldened.
"Charge! Break through their city gate! Don't fear their strange bottles; their number is limited, and we can withstand them!"
"Charge! They only have twenty thousand men, they are no match for us, kill them!"
"Kill!!"
For these Yan soldiers, they had nothing left to lose.
Since they had already attacked up to the city gate, they had no other choice.
When it was time to fight desperately, they could only fight desperately.
Therefore, they mustered all their courage and charged the city gate frantically.
Amidst their frenzy, the gate of Yanmen creaked open.
At the moment the gate opened, many revealed joy.
But when they clearly saw the scene within the city gate, many of them despaired.
"No!!"
"Ah! The fire ox formation, it's Qin's fire ox formation!"
"We were tricked, we were greatly deceived by the Qin! We are finished!!"
Previously, they had been wary of the incendiary bottles, to the extent that they had forgotten about the fire ox formation.
Now, seeing the fire oxen, their legs trembled.
The power of the fire ox formation was no less than that of the incendiary bottles, and perhaps even greater.
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