"I want to open the door... I want to open the city gate... I want to go out of the city to welcome friendly troops into the city!!"
"Master... you go to the City Lord's Mansion and take my City Lord's seal with you... I want to dedicate my seal to Young Master Yan!"
Song Yuan thought he had made a wise choice.
"Great!!" The dog-headed military advisor was overjoyed.
In his opinion, his city lord made the wisest choice.
Yanyun is now at its peak.
Yan Yun is no longer the same person as before.
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Thousands of meters away from Lie Sun City.
Zheng Ba rode a war horse and walked in front.
Beside him, Qin Daode, Tuoba Han, Huang Jue, and Zhao Tu were holding weapons and staring at Lie Sun City, ready for battle.
"There are only a thousand soldiers in Lieyun City, so there is no pressure on us! My army has arrived at the city. It would be great if we can persuade the soldiers and horses in the city to open the city! If you persist, the sharpshooters will crush you from a distance, and the gun and shield soldiers will climb the city with ladders! "
Zheng Ba made arrangements.
"No!" Qin Dede and others were ready for battle.
"kill……"
"Wait a minute... the gate of Lieyun City is open..."
Zheng Ba was about to issue a battle order when he saw the gate of Lie Sun City opened.
A middle-aged man, about forty years old, walked out of the city at a slow pace, holding clothes in his hands.
Behind him, four or five people also walked out.
"Is this... opening the door to surrender?" Qin Daode asked blankly.
Everyone was extremely surprised.
No one expected that the gate of Lieyun City would suddenly open.
"Let's go... Let's go and take a look first!" Zheng Bayi pulled the reins of his horse, mounted his war horse, and walked unsteadily toward the bottom of the city gate.
Ye Jiaomei's spider web came with news that there were only a thousand soldiers in Lieyun City. If the city gate could suddenly open, there shouldn't be an ambush.
soon.
Zheng Ba and his party arrived a hundred meters away from the city gate.
"I am Song Yuan, the acting city lord of Lieri City. I am very happy to hear that Third Young Master Yan holds high the banner of righteousness and leads tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to save the people of Lieri City from dire straits. I specially send you the seal of Lieri City to serve Third Young Master Yan. !”
Song Yuan took dozens of steps forward, then raised the seal with both hands and knelt down to show his sincerity.
Zheng Ba winked at Zhao Tu.
Zhao Tuxin understood and drove his horse over. Then he dismounted and took the seal covered in red silk from Song Yuan's hand.
The red silk was uncovered, revealing a white jade seal.
There are four large gilded characters written on it - Seal of the Burning Sun.
After Zhao Tu checked, he turned back and nodded to Zheng Ba.
Zheng Ba and others drove their horses to Song Yuan.
"City Lord Song, please stand up! Since City Lord Song has opened the door and surrendered, from today onwards, he is my lord's servant! I won't say anything more! Just take me into the city!"
Zheng Badao.
"No!" Song Yuan stood up.
Zheng Ba waved his hand to the back, and Qin Daode led all the soldiers and horses, followed closely, and entered Lie Sun City.
The Battle of Burning Sun City went surprisingly smoothly.
It's completely useless.
Under the leadership of Song Yuan, Zheng Ba led the army and took control of the entire Lie Sun City.
The streets of Lieyun City are extremely withered.
Zheng Ba asked in confusion: "Where are the people? Why are there no people in the city?"
Song Yuan sighed: "Lie Sun City is close to Yanhuang City! Most of the people here have gone to serve as soldiers! But because the imperial troops and horses suffered heavy losses, many people did not come back! As for other people in the city, they heard that there was a war. , are all hiding at home, staying behind closed doors!"
"So...how many people are there in Lie Sun City now?" Zheng Ba asked.
"Less than 200,000..."
"Less than 200,000? How many were there before?" Zheng Ba asked with a glare.
"420,000..."
"So...all the old, weak, women and children are left in the city??" Qin Daode was shocked.
"Alas! Why not? Even the thousands of soldiers who have been recruited so hard are old, weak and disabled..."
Song Yuan lamented: "Last year, when the imperial court couldn't recruit soldiers, it issued a forced conscription order! Anyone between the ages of 14 and 55 must be forced to join the army. Otherwise, it will be regarded as disobeying the military order and punished with the crime of deceiving the emperor! Many people have no choice but to , went to join the army!"
"Li Rui, that bastard...damn it...when I catch him, I have to cut off his limbs, make him into a human pig, soak him in the toilet, smoke him for seven or forty-nine days, and then torture him with Lingchi. Slowly hurt him to death!" Qin Daode said angrily.
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The news that Zheng Ba's army had captured Lieri City without a single blow quickly reached Qingshui City.
Early in the morning.
Yan Yun was in Qingshui City, cooperating with Chen Mu and Wang Zhao to handle government affairs, when his third wife, Guo Yiren, suddenly came to visit.
"Little uncle..."
"Third sister-in-law... what are you?" Yan Yun didn't know why Guo Yiren suddenly visited him.
"I heard that Lie Sun City was captured by General Zheng Ba!" Guo Yiren said.
After saying these words, Yan Yun knew why Guo Yiren came specifically to find him.
This is a trip back to Lie Sun City.
Before that, her father was Guo Heng, the lord of Lie Sun City. When Guo Heng died, they were still on the road of exile, and Guo Yiren had no way to express condolences to her late father.
Now that Lie Sun City has been defeated, I naturally want to go back to Lie Sun City to burn incense and kowtow to my father.
"Yes! Lieyun City has been captured!" Yan Yun said.
"I want to take Xue'er back to Lie Sun City!" Guo Yiren looked begging.
"Okay! No problem! When do you want to go back? I'll go with you!" Yan Yun replied readily.
"I...want to go now!" Guo Yiren said.
Yan Yun glanced at Guo Yiren's abdomen. She was three months pregnant. If she walked bumpily, it would affect the fetus.
"Okay! I'll arrange a carriage now! But Qingshui City is three hundred kilometers away from Lie Sun City. Let's go by carriage!" Yan Yun said.
"Yeah! Everything will be according to my uncle's arrangements!" After Guo Yiren finished speaking, he went to pack his luggage.
Yan Yun ordered Chen Mu to prepare the carriage.
Chen Mu seemed to think of something, and said with a sad expression: "I want to go there too!"
Yan Yun nodded.
His daughter Chen Bining and Guo Yiren's father Guo Heng both died in prison. Chen Mu went to Lieri City before, but because he was forced to find out whether Yan Yun was pretending to be stupid, he did not have time to send his daughter off for the last time.
Now that the opportunity has come, I naturally want to burn a stick of incense for my daughter.
Yan Yun also felt a little guilty about Chen Bining, so he had to go.
and.
Now Guo Yiren has become his woman.
It doesn't seem too much to burn a stick of incense for your father-in-law, right?
present.
Under Chen Mu's arrangement, Yan Yun, Chen Mu, Guo Yiren, and Yan Xueer all rode in a carriage and headed towards Lieri City.
Before leaving, Yan Yun brought a thousand swordsmen to accompany him.
The remaining swordsmen stayed in Qingshui City.
From Qingshui City to Lieri City, we passed by a vast prairie.
