In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 872 Those who surrender will not be killed!

Just as he froze, a cold glint appeared!

Tian Yu approached the Lu family warrior at lightning speed, thrusting out his spear like lightning!

"puff!"

The spear tip easily pierced the warrior's head, killing him instantly.

"Thank you for your help, General Tian!"

Yang Zheng clasped his hands in thanks.

Tian Yu waved his hand and said, "No need to thank me. Right now, we are outnumbered by the enemy, and this is the time when we need to help each other."

"Ok!"

Yang Zheng didn't say much and joined the team holding the position with Tian Yu.

With the addition of the two, the pressure on the defense was reduced somewhat. However, outnumbered, their own losses were still enormous, with those around them falling one after another, and the Lu family's troops steadily advancing their lines...

Fortunately, Crimson Flame One and Crimson Flame Two soon flew back and threw another 40 elite warriors onto the city wall. With the addition of fresh troops, the line of defense was stabilized again.

Meanwhile, soldiers were also climbing the city walls one after another using ladders to fight alongside the vanguard!

Initially, only a few dozen soldiers made it to the top of the city wall, but as time went on, more and more soldiers climbed up the wall...

"The time for counterattack has come! Soldiers, follow me and fight!"

Yang Zheng and Tian Yu roared and led the soldiers who had climbed the city wall to begin their advance!

At this point, the Lu family had lost all its advantages. Having lost their geographical advantage, they suffered repeated defeats under the combined advance of the Great Wall Army and the Yang Family Army.

However, the Lu family did not give up the fight, and under Lu Yueming's command, they did their best to resist the advance of the allied forces...

Unfortunately, the tide of battle had already turned. As a large number of Allied soldiers climbed onto the city walls, the defenders' defenses inevitably developed loopholes, making it easier for the attacking soldiers to scale the walls!

In just a quarter of an hour, thousands of Allied soldiers surged onto the city walls, and their numbers continued to grow!

At this point, the tide of battle turned completely. A vast number of allied soldiers climbed onto the city walls, causing many of the Lu family's serf soldiers to completely lose their will to fight!

"I surrender!"

Soon, the first serf soldier to surrender appeared.

As soon as the soldier shouted that he was surrendering, a chain reaction occurred instantly.

"I surrender too."

"I surrender, I don't want to die!"

"Sir, please spare me! I'm just a serf!"

"..."

Large numbers of serf soldiers threw their weapons on the ground and chose to squat down and surrender with their hands behind their heads!

They were merely serfs, and their participation in this war was only due to the tyranny of the Lu family; they had no intention of dying for the Lu family.

Upon seeing this, a hint of joy flashed in Yang Zheng's eyes, and he shouted loudly, "Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

The soldiers of the Allied Forces shouted along with Yang Zheng, their voices echoing throughout the entire city.

Upon hearing this voice, the vast majority of Lu family serf soldiers chose to drop their weapons and surrender, with only a few serf soldiers and Lu family retainers still putting up a stubborn resistance!

"It's over!"

Standing at the city gate tower, Lu Yueming, witnessing a large number of serf soldiers, felt utterly hopeless.

Lu Shengyan, standing beside him, angrily rebuked, "These lowly slaves dare to betray the Lu family!"

In Lu Shengyan's eyes, who was used to being high and mighty, it would be an honor for these serfs to die for the Lu family. But he never thought that although the Lu family's serfs were lowly, they were also human beings, and they had emotions and grievances.

They might have had grievances but dared not express them, having been exploited by the Lu family in ordinary times. But now, as the Lu family was about to collapse, they had no more scruples.

As the cry of "Those who surrender will not be killed" echoed throughout the city walls, as many as 80% of the serf soldiers chose to surrender.

Without these serf soldiers, the Lu family's few thousand retainers were clearly less able to stop the allied forces' offensive, and within just half an hour, more than half of them had been lost.

Seeing this, Lu Shengyan completely lost his composure and asked Lu Yueming in a panic, "Yueming, are we going to lose?"

"Yes, Father!"

Lu Yueming said dejectedly, "I think my ability to lead troops is no less than Yang Zheng's and Tian Yu's. But I never expected that Yang Zheng and Tian Yu would be able to use giant birds to send troops to the city walls!"

Without those two giant birds, and if the Lu family had more troops, Lu Yueming was confident that even if the number of troops outside the city were doubled, there would be absolutely no way they could break through the Lu family manor.

Several years ago, Lu Yueming had suggested to his father that he increase the number of retainers in the Lu family.

However, whether Lu Shengyan was overconfident or not, he thought that three thousand troops were enough and did not take his advice. As a result, when the enemy was at the city gates, the Lu family only had three thousand troops and twenty thousand serf soldiers available, and they did not have enough strength to fight against the allied forces outside the city.

but……

There's no point in saying anything more now that things have come to this!

Lu Yueming quickly calmed down and said, "Father, now that the manor has been destroyed, given Yang Zheng and Tian Yu's personalities, they will definitely not let us go. The only way for us to survive is to escape from the Lu family manor!"

"Yes! We have to escape!"

Lu Shengyan nodded vigorously, his face full of panic, and said, "Yue Ming, you must escape with your father!"

After saying this, Lu Shengyan pulled Lu Yueming along, and under the cover of a dozen or so Lu family retainers, they quickly left the city wall, intending to escape the Lu family manor.

Meanwhile, the Lu family troops who were fighting the allied forces on the city walls also completely collapsed!

As retainers of the Lu family, their loyalty to the Lu family is beyond doubt, after all, the Lu family has treated them, these retainers, very well.

But in this certain death situation, loyalty could not overcome their fear of death. When more than 70% of the Lu family retainers died, the remaining Lu family retainers immediately realized that resisting would only lead to their deaths.

So the remaining troops quickly abandoned their loyalty and chose to kneel down and surrender!

Although Yang Zheng and Tian Yu hated the Lu family's troops who had caused them great losses, they knew that accepting their surrender was the best option at present. Therefore, neither of them ordered the surrendered troops to be killed, but simply had them throw away their weapons and gather together.

With the surrender of the last remaining troops, there was no longer any force on the city walls to resist the Allied forces, who then took control of the entire section of the wall.

Where is Lu Shengyan?

Tian Yu strode to the city gate tower. He had noticed Lu Shengyan's figure at the city gate tower when they were fighting on the city wall. Now that he had won, he rushed over to capture Lu Shengyan.

But upon closer inspection, the city gate tower was completely empty; there was no sign of Lu Shengyan anywhere.

"They must have escaped!"

Without hesitation, Yang Zheng replied, "The Lu family are nothing but cowardly rats who fear death. Knowing they are doomed to defeat, how could they dare to linger on the city walls?"