"By the way! General Li, how many of the people in the city are the general's confidants?"
This is what Wang Cheng is most concerned about. Although Li Lin has decided to surrender, the soldiers under his command are not sure.
Li Lin said: "Except for the six thousand natives of the Xia Kingdom, the other nine thousand people turned out to be people of the Zhou Dynasty. They were completely obedient to Li Lin's orders."
Zhangzhou was originally the hometown of Zhang County and Li County. After it was captured by the Xia Kingdom, it was renamed Zhangzhou. Therefore, 90% of the people in Zhangzhou are the original people of Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, the majority of the defenders in Zhangzhou were naturally composed of the original Zhou people, and these defenders were also the targets of Li Lin's wooing. After all, they had a common language.
There are only 6,000 soldiers in the Xia Kingdom, but these 6,000 people hold important positions in the army, such as captains, lieutenants, and military lords, all of whom are from Xia.
"We can't keep these people!" Wang Cheng said in a cold tone.
Li Lin's expression changed and he said, "The general is talking about those Liuqianxia people?"
"good!"
Wang Cheng nodded and said: "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts. They will not have the same heart as us!"
"But... that's a total of six thousand people! Will the general kill them all?" Li Lin looked ugly.
Wang Cheng thought for a while and said: "Ignore the others for now. None of the three Xia captains and fifteen deputy lieutenants can be retained. Kill them now!"
At this point, he added: "If you can't do it, I will!"
"It's not that we can't do it, it's just that these people are now distributed in various places in Zhangzhou, and it will be difficult to get rid of them in a short time." Li Lin said.
Wang Cheng glanced at Wen Zhezhu, whose breathing had stabilized, and said with a smile: "You don't need to worry about this matter. You only need to tell us their identity and location. You don't need to worry about other things. You only need to stabilize the situation in the city. "
Li Lin walked out of the room, and when he came back, he had a thick stack of documents in his hand.
He took out the top roster and handed it to Wang Cheng, saying: "Here are all the lists of officers from centurion and above in the Zhangzhou garrison."
Then he handed over a pamphlet and said, "This is the military defense map of Zhangzhou City."
Wang Cheng opened the roster, combined with the military defense map, looked at it for a while, nodded and said: "General Li has the style of a famous general. No wonder even important military places like Xia Kingdom are handed over to the general."
This military defense map clearly depicts the entire military defense of Zhangzhou. There are camps in the northeast and southeast of Zhangzhou City a few miles away.
Each camp has three thousand defenders, all of whom are elite, and it is his captain who is responsible for the defense of the camp.
These two camps and Zhangzhou City are at odds with each other. If one side is attacked, the other two camps can rescue them in the shortest possible time.
It has been nearly twenty days since Wang Cheng took over Nanli. He actually knew the location of the two camps and even went to check them out personally, but he did not know the specific situation inside the camps.
Just like there were many checkpoints set up near the camp in the southeast of Zhangzhou City, all the way to the southernmost Nanli Mountains, if Wang Cheng hadn't mastered a secret passage directly to Liuzhou, his every move would not have been hidden from Li Lin. eyes.
Wang Cheng handed the roster and military defense plan to Wen Zhezhu, and said: "Mr. Wen, the camp in the southeast of Zhangzhou City will be left to you. The captain in the city bothered General Li to do it himself, and the remaining camp in the northeast is left to you. I will handle the camp myself!"
Neither Li Lin nor Wen Zhezhu had any objections.
Wang Cheng said: "Okay! Without further ado, let's split up now and try to deal with them before dawn!"
Just before leaving, he said to Li Lin: "By the way! Before dawn, a group of people will enter the city, and General Li is requested to cooperate as much as possible."
Li Lin was shocked. Has he finally reached this point?
Of course he knew what Wang Cheng meant. Those people were the direct descendants that Wang Cheng used to take over Zhangzhou.
Although this day would come sooner or later, it came so quickly that he was not mentally prepared.
He responded bitterly: "Yes!"
It was still dark outside the house, and the night was like a piece of charcoal that could not be melted.
There was some restlessness in the city before, but after Li Lin ordered the city to be sealed off, it gradually became calm again.
Although the common people had heard about the previous turmoil, how could they dare to cause trouble when the city was full of soldiers?
Besides, what does the death of an adult from Liuzhou have to do with the people from Zhangzhou?
Even if Master He was killed, they would not shed a tear, but would celebrate with each other.
That Mr. He was not a good bird. He had been an official here for many years and had plundered so many people's wealth and killed so many women from good families. It was just right for him to die.
It was the soldiers who were really agitated, but because Li Lin blocked the news relatively early, and the scope of the impact was very limited, only a small number of people knew the truth of the matter.
Those soldiers who were curious and wanted to know gradually lost interest as the news was blocked.
Who wants to get out of bed and ask about something that might cost them their heads?
Silence is always the theme of the night.
Wang Cheng left the city alone. For Qing Lei, who had transformed into a dragon scale horse, the distance of several miles was too close, and it would only take a few minutes.
The camp was built next to a mound, which was both hidden and highly secure.
Sentries were set up on the fences on both sides of the main entrance of the stockade, with bonfires lit and guarded by soldiers.
Wang Cheng did not try to hide his identity, he rode Qing Lei towards the village gate.
When the soldiers on the sentry post heard the sound of horse hooves, they immediately looked out and saw that someone was attacking the camp. They quickly bent their bows and drew arrows.
"This is an important military area, stop anyone coming!"
"If you dare to take another step forward, you will be killed without mercy!"
Wang Cheng's speed did not slow down at all, and Qing Lei was like a gust of wind, spanning more than ten meters in an instant.
The soldiers on the sentry post had their bows and arrows fully drawn, but they couldn't lock on to the target at all.
"boom!!"
The next moment, a deafening sound sounded, and the gate of the camp was shattered into pieces.
Wang Cheng rode Qing Lei and rushed into the camp. He saw a brazier on a wooden stand in front of him, and he hit the brazier with a tiger-headed gold gun.
"clang!"
The brazier was shattered, and the fire oil mixed with wood flew everywhere.
Several balls of fire fell on the tent and soon ignited the tent. The flames grew bigger and bigger.
"Oops! Someone is rushing into the camp!"
"Stop him! Stop him quickly!"
Several soldiers standing on the sentry post shouted loudly while bending their bows and shooting arrows.
"Boohoo!"
The arrows were shot out, but none of them hit Wang Cheng because Qing Lei was too fast.
The huge commotion quickly attracted the patrolling soldiers in the camp and surrounded Wang Cheng's route.
Wang Cheng held a tiger-headed golden gun and fired it with one shot. The soldiers who rushed from the left, right and front were beaten until they vomited blood and flew backwards, and their bones and flesh were separated.
When the other soldiers saw this, their faces showed fear and they did not dare to rush forward.
So cruel!
A dozen or twenty people were killed together, but in the end they couldn't even catch a single blow.
Who is he?
Wang Cheng did not get entangled with these people any longer. He clamped his legs tightly on the horse's belly. Qing Lei carried him like a gust of wind and continued to rush towards the depths of the camp.
His goal is very clear, which is the Chinese army's big tent!
Because he already had a military defense map in his mind, he knew the location of the Chinese army's tent, and also knew how many checkpoints he had to pass from the village gate to the Chinese army's tent.
If he didn't know this, even if he entered the camp, he would most likely not even be able to see the captain in the end. If he was not careful, he would even be trapped in the camp and unable to get out.
No matter how strong one's personal force is, the enemy's camp is no better than other places. Even a peerless general cannot attack the enemy's military stronghold casually, otherwise his life is likely to be spared.
Now the biggest problem is no longer a problem. Wang Cheng knows all the defenses in the camp very well.
When he reached the Chinese army's tent, Captain He Ming got up from the tent without even putting on his clothes.
Wang Cheng rode Qing Lei and leapt to the front of the tent, and stabbed He Ming with the tiger-headed golden spear.
A golden light flashed, and He Ming closed his eyes subconsciously. When he opened his eyes, the gun tip stopped in front of him, only a few centimeters away from his neck.
He Ming was so angry that he didn't dare to breathe, and the clothes on his back were soaked with cold sweat at some point.
He pretended to be calm and said: "Who are you?"
Wang Cheng said coldly: "Beat the drums! Gather the troops!"
As he spoke, the tiger-headed golden gun in his hand was gently moved forward, and the tip of the gun touched He Ming's neck.
Red blood flowed down his neck, but He Ming felt no pain at all, and there was only fear in his heart.
Like a robot, he only responded and shouted down: "Quick! Beat the drums and gather the troops!"
The halberd man under the tent responded and quickly ran to the big drum not far away to swing the mallet.
"Boom!!"
"Boom!!"
…
The sound of the drum was thick and deep, and quickly spread throughout the camp.
Most of the soldiers who were unaware of the situation and were still sleeping quickly ran out of the tents. Many of them didn't even wear coats.
Soon, nearly three thousand troops gathered neatly in the center of the camp.
He Ming stood in front of the big tent, his body stiffened, but he still didn't dare to move.
However, he had gotten over his initial panic and gradually calmed down.
He secretly looked at Wang Cheng, secretly guessing in his heart, who is this person in front of him?
A divine horse, a spear, a suit of armor, young, brave and fearless... by no means an unknown person!
Such a person breaks into the camp single-handedly, what does he want to do?
"Your Mightiness……"
He Ming tried his best to put on a smile, but as soon as he said two words, his neck hurt and his head flew into the air.
Blood spurted out from the broken neck, which was so dazzling under the firelight.
Everyone was silent and didn't dare to breathe.
Their captain was actually beheaded in his own camp, right in front of their eyes.
Wang Cheng raised He Ming's head with a shot, and while riding Qing Lei, he scanned the crowd and said loudly: "I am Wang Cheng of Great Zhou, General Polu of Great Zhou, don't be afraid!"
That's what he said, but none of the people below were not afraid, because they had all heard of this name.
