"Why don't you, mother, open the city gate? Are you going to freeze me to death!" More and more soldiers gathered under the city. Seeing that the city gate was still not opening, they became irritable and began to make rude remarks.
"I haven't eaten for three days. I'm going to starve to death before I freeze to death!"
"Lin Xi, Jiang Wu and you two grandsons, have you rebelled like Murong Yumen?"
"Hurry up and open the city gate. Zhou soldiers will catch up soon!"
"Who is carrying a bow and arrow? Shoot them, we won't survive anyway, we all will die together!"
Lin Xi had three black lines on his forehead and thought to himself, Prince Duan, are you going to let me lead them to defend the city? Damn it, they are going to attack the city!
"Brothers, be patient and listen to my orders!" He couldn't ignore it, so he shouted at the top of his voice, "There are too many of you, and I don't know if there are spies from the Zhou soldiers, so it is inconvenient to open the city gate. Please Put down all weapons, take off your armor and coat, untie your belt, hold up your trousers, divide into two teams, go around both sides of the city wall, and I will send someone to meet you."
The defeated soldiers in the city were all furious after hearing this.
"Fuck you! Why are you, Lin Xi, ordering us? We are not your subordinates."
"You asked me to take off my clothes in this cold weather because you want us to freeze to death!"
"You even made us run around with our pants up to make us look embarrassed. Who do you think we are?"
"This is definitely going to be a rebellion. Let us disarm and throw away our weapons, and wait for the Zhou soldiers to catch up and kill us all without any effort."
"That's right. You can't run away even if you unbuckle your belt and hold up your pants!"
"Shoot them!"
While they were making noise, two fast horses suddenly galloped towards them, and it was the two generals Duan Qiyun and Yuan Kaishan who arrived.
"What the hell are you shouting about? Shut up! You dare to shoot General Lin? You want to rebel!" Yuan Kaishan raised his riding whip and cracked it randomly.
"General Lin, Governor Jiang, what are you two doing?" Duan Qiyun raised his head and looked at the city tower, "Brothers finally ran back. What do you mean by closing the city gate tightly? Are you not recognizing our brothers or is it Prince Duan? The king has ordered us not to enter the city? If so, we can just go elsewhere."
"General Duan, General Yuan, I apologize, there are really too many of you. Brothers, I am the city guard, so I have to be more careful... Come on, open the city gate quickly!" When I saw these two people coming, , Lin Xi naturally couldn't let them take off their pants, so he had to order someone to open the city gate and let them in.
Originally, only half of the city gates were opened, but the defeated soldiers poured in and immediately opened all the city gates, cursing and hurling insults.
Damn it, I'm killing the enemy on the front line, and then I've come all this way back, but you guys are still blocking me. This debt will always have to be settled with you.
As more soldiers and horses entered, the situation became more and more chaotic. The officer on duty at the city gate couldn't stop shouting at the top of his voice. In anger, he drew his sword and threatened that if you don't obey the order again, you will be killed!
Unexpectedly, as soon as he pulled out the knife, he was kicked to the ground. The other defeated soldiers yelled and cursed, drew out their weapons, and started fighting with the defenders' weapons.
After restraining the city gate soldiers, they swarmed to the top of the city, knocked down Lin Xi, Jiang Wu and others and tied them up.
"Lin Xi colluded with Zhou Bing and plotted to rebel. I, Duan Qiyun, and General Yuan Kaishan are ordered by Prince Duan to take over the defense of Pingliang City!" Duan Qiyun took advantage of the chaos and shouted to catch the thief, and ordered the officers at the top of the city to immediately order everyone in the city to The defenders have all gathered and are waiting for my order!
Lin Xi was captured and left leaderless. Thousands of soldiers guarding the city didn't know what was going on, so they all obeyed the order and gathered together, waiting for orders.
As a result, the order was to put down their weapons, take off their armor, untie their belts, hold up their pants and go out of the east city gate...
Seeing the Zhou soldiers coming from all over the mountains and plains like a tide, everyone finally understood that it was not General Lin Xi who rebelled, but Duan Qiyun and Yuan Kaishan who rebelled!
As for the more than 10,000 people stationed outside the city, they did not resist at all because they did not even have weapons or armor...
I saw many former comrades and familiar brothers among the Zhou soldiers. Why did you all surrender? Then we are all good at it. It’s not that we are hopeless, but we really have no weapons and can’t fight you.
So Pingliang City was captured without any bloodshed, and all the defenders were captured.
Jiang Wu issued another peace order, telling everyone that our Pingliang Mansion has returned to the embrace of the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty. Everyone should not be afraid and panic, just do whatever you need to do, everything will remain as usual.
The common people actually don't care. As long as the incoming soldiers don't cause harm to us, they don't care whose flag is on top of the city. Duan Fengnian being the prince won't bring us much benefit anyway.
There are quite a few disadvantages, including conscription, tax increases, and food requirements. You don’t care about our life or death, so who cares about your success or failure?
The soldiers of Zhou Dynasty were strictly disciplined and did not harm the people. Except for the city defense army, all other large troops were stationed outside the city.
After hearing from Jiang Wu that there was a shortage of grain in the city, Lord Xiao personally ordered a batch of military grain to be transferred to the city, which stabilized grain prices and avoided famine...
Lord Xiao? Damn it, why is he here?
This is a legendary figure, his old uncle and his third aunt, let's go and see him alive and see if he has the three heads and six arms in the legend?
I heard that there is also a prince who is going to fight personally. Which prince?
Xuanping King Li Qiu?
Stop making trouble, I've never heard of it. We only know about Fengyang King Li Feng and Jiangdong King Li Shi. Where did another prince appear from?
Then we have to go and take a look. In our remote and remote country, the mountains are so high that the emperor cannot be seen from far away, but it is okay to see the emperor and his son.
Tens of thousands of people blocked the gate of the magistrate's office, clamoring for the prince and marquis to show off!
Jiang Wu broke his voice at the door but failed to disperse the enthusiastic crowd. He had no choice but to come in and ask the prince and marquis for instructions. Otherwise, why don't you two go out and show your face?
Otherwise, these people will not leave, and they cannot be driven away, beaten, or scolded...
But Lin Feixiong and others thought it was inappropriate. As for the tens of thousands of good guys, who can guarantee that there are not one, two or two dead assassins among them?
What if something happens to the prince and the marquis?
Xiao Chen didn't take it seriously. What's there to be afraid of?
Don’t forget that the prince and I are both skilled in martial arts. How can an ordinary assassin harm us at all?
If we don't go out, people will think that we are timid or are being arrogant, which is very detrimental to future stability. We must go deep into the masses, trust the masses, and rely on the masses...
Although Li Qiu and Xiao Chen caused quite a stir when they made their debut, the overall situation was still controllable. I don’t know who took the lead in kneeling down and shouting, “Long live the emperor, long live the prince, and live a thousand lives, the prince.” !
So everyone knelt down, pulled their necks and shouted, and the atmosphere was very lively.
Seeing how enthusiastic the villagers were, Li Qiu's mood also rose. After giving a passionate speech, he publicly announced as a prince that Pingliang Mansion would be exempted from taxes for one year!
This time the cheers and kneeling are particularly sincere...
It was quite sincere just now, but it’s even more sincere this time!
