The 30,000 troops who had been searching for traces of Su Qi'an in the rear were still searching bit by bit according to their previous route.
However, Liu Shengming led a team of elite soldiers and quietly reached the vicinity of Taning City.
From a distance, there were still soldiers patrolling Taning City, as if nothing happened.
These hundreds of elites walked toward the city in a swaggering manner.
Stopping less than a hundred meters away from Taning City, one of the officers who looked like a captain came out on horseback and shouted towards the wall of Taning City.
"Open the city gate quickly. I am a member of the search army. I have been busy with the military for the past few days and I am too exhausted. I came to Taning City to rest and recuperate. I asked you, the city lord, to welcome you as soon as possible."
The closed city gate was quickly opened. An honorable soldier came forward, checked his identity information with the leading captain, waved to the city head, and the security on the city wall was removed.
Hundreds of honorable soldiers entered the city one after another in a swaggering manner.
Border fortresses such as Tanin City are responsible for ensuring frontline logistics, as well as being responsible for the wounded soldiers on the frontline, and for retreating to rest and recuperate.
Compared with the specifications of the cities in Da Rong, they are not even close to each other, and the captains and captains fighting on the front line are also one level higher than the officers in the border city.
That's why the captain dared to call the Lord of Taning City to come and respond.
This was also done deliberately by Liu Shengming. He clearly knew the situation in Taning City, but he was still so arrogant.
On the one hand, it was to paralyze Su Qi'an in the city, and on the other hand, after meeting the Lord of Taning City and letting him lead the way, everything would be easier to handle.
Just when everyone entered the city, the Lord of Tanning City came running over.
Facing the leader, the captain, he said flatteringly, "It's a blessing for this city that your captain is here. I have prepared a place to live, and I ask you all to come with me."
As he said that, he took the captain's horse rope and led the way. As he walked, Solmu looked behind him from time to time.
Solmu's thoughts could not be deceived by the captain. The captain said coldly, "Don't look at it. Our team is the only one who has withdrawn to rest this time. The others have arrangements in each city."
Solmu nodded repeatedly, with a little regret on his face. At this time, the captain's deep voice sounded in Solmu's ears.
"Don't feel sorry, don't worry, our team is enough to help you settle this matter, you just need to cooperate obediently."
Solmu's face was startled, and he nodded heavily, with an expression of relief on his face.
Liu Shengming, who was hiding in the middle of the team, glanced back and forth, looking at the disheveled slaves on both sides of the street and the soldiers patrolling back and forth from time to time.
He sneered inwardly. Fortunately, he had received the news from Solmu in advance and had a good idea. If it were anyone else, this scene on the street would definitely be blinded.
As long as he enters the city lord's palace and follows his orders, he is confident that within half an hour, Tanning City will be under his control.
Only by controlling the highest commanding heights of the City Lord's Mansion can one be able to control the entire city.
This time he led an elite force of thirty thousand, all of whom were rich in combat experience. Not to mention one against a hundred, but at least one against ten would be absolutely no problem.
Even if these so-called slaves are armed, how effective are they?
An army's war does not rely on large numbers of people, but on veterans with rich combat experience and powerful enough weapons. If the two are superimposed, no matter how many slaves rush forward, they will only become a corpse in the end.
After walking to the end of the street, the city lord's mansion appeared in front of everyone.
The city lord's palace is built on a city wall. If you want to go up, you have to walk through narrow steps on both sides.
Everyone dismounted and walked quickly towards the steps. However, Solmu, who was responsible for leading the way, directed the slaves and was responsible for leading everyone's horses away, which delayed them for a while.
The leading captain, including Liu Shengming, didn't care. Solmu had completed his mission, and it was up to them to do the next step.
As he walked through the narrow steps step by step, he was about to enter the city lord's palace.
Suddenly, the experience accumulated from many years of fighting told the leading captain that there was a great danger ahead.
Although the captain was aware of it, he had already stepped halfway out.
Whoosh!
In an instant, with almost no hesitation, a sharp arrow arrived instantly.
In one fell swoop, the captain's thigh was penetrated. The captain wailed, his body became unstable, and he instantly rolled down.
He knew that he had fallen into a trap! This is what Captain Zhongjian was able to think of before he lost consciousness. Unfortunately, even if he thought of it, it was too late.
The numerous soldiers lined up behind him were like dominoes, tumbling and falling one after another.
Immediately afterwards, countless figures rushed out from above the steps and near the street.
Each of them held a long bow and fired volleys at the Daei soldiers blocking the narrow path.
The overwhelming arrows came in dense numbers. The soldiers on the steps had no chance to resist with their swords. They were turned into a hornet's nest by countless arrows.
Those soldiers who had not yet ascended the steps were caught off guard by the sudden attack.
After several of their companions were shot to death, they quickly reacted and quickly leaned behind the shield hand, hoping to find an opportunity for the opponent to rush in and kill them.
These hundreds of people were worthy of being elites. They quickly stabilized their formation by relying on their shield bearers. Although they were blocked in a corner, it was a bit difficult to capture them in a short while.
Listening to the jeers gradually coming from outside, the Da Rong veterans who were trapped in the corner understood that the time to break out was coming.
Sure enough, after a while, the sound of arrows disappeared, and the veterans rushed out without any fear, holding broadswords.
But within a few steps of rushing out, they were dumbfounded by the scene in front of them.
There were indeed no arrow attacks in front of them, but there were shield bearers appearing out of nowhere.
These shield-bearers are different from other shield-bearers. The surface of their shields is actually welded with iron thorns, which reflect little bits of cold light under the sunlight.
They held iron thorn shields and blocked every escape route, and gradually narrowed the encirclement.
At the same time, at the top of the steps and on the city tower, huge logs and boulders were thrown at the Dai Rong veterans below.
boom! boom! boom!
A dull crash sounded, accompanied by the wails of Daei veterans.
For a time, this small area under the city wall became a bloody battlefield.
In this almost iron-clad situation, there is no possibility of escape at all.
The veterans of Da Rong, despite losing 70% to 80% of their manpower, were forced out by them.
Su Qi'an, who was standing on the tower, looked at this scene from a distance with a little sigh on his face.
This kind of combat effectiveness is far from comparable to that of the Daliang frontier army.
It was a sigh, but Su Qi'an would not be kind enough to let them escape.
In order to lure the enemy into the city, Su Qi'an made a bold decision.
The news of his occupation of Tanin City was deliberately spread to Thormu.
The purpose is to attract Liu Shengming's army.
Liu Shengming knew him, and he naturally also knew this superior counselor beside Ku Shu.
Liu Shengming was a man who relied on his talent and was arrogant. When he met an opponent like Su Qi'an, he could take note of him.
Killing the opponent is something a counselor only does as a last resort. The real best option is to capture the opponent alive, see through all the opponent's intentions, and defeat the opponent from physical to mental.
This is what counselors like Liu Shengming want to do.
It was because he caught Liu Shengming's mentality that Su Qi'an dared to give it a try.
If it had been anyone else, the moment they learned the news, they would have led an army straight to Taning City.
Just use the simplest violent method to wipe out Ta Ning City first.
Fortunately, the person in charge this time was Liu Shengming, who was thoughtful and had a high self-esteem. This layout was specially created for him.
Since Liu Shengming dared to go deep into Ningcheng with hundreds of people and capture him alive, he would have to pay the price for such an adventure.
The faces of the twenty or thirty Da Rong veterans who had temporarily escaped the disaster were tense.
It was impossible to see that their faces were relaxed at all. Everyone was covered in blood, and even if they were scarred, it did not hinder their escape speed in the slightest.
Escaping from the corner of the city wall, they were lucky enough not to encounter heavy soldiers blocking them along the way. They could leave the city with less than 500 meters ahead.
As long as they get through the last five hundred meters and let them escape from the city, and then gather the army, they will die.
Five hundred meters, four hundred meters, three hundred meters...
As the distance narrowed little by little, the faces of these veterans showed a desire for survival.
As the distance got closer, the companions around them fell down one by one, but everyone seemed to turn a blind eye and kept running towards the city gate.
Just when the distance was reduced to a hundred meters, there were only two or three Daiei veterans left.
They actually stopped at this moment, turned around indifferently, and looked at the arrows aimed at them in the distance.
The next moment, the three of them had ferocious looks on their faces, holding broadswords in their hands, and rushed toward the archers behind them without fear of death.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three arrows were fired in a volley, and the only three remaining people were shot dead on the spot.
Soon, someone came forward to check. After confirming that he was dead, he made a gesture to the distance.
Su Qi'an nodded slowly and said to Suolmu beside him, "Suormu, you did a very good job this time. I have written down the credit for this battle."
Suolmu nodded repeatedly and said, "Everything is still the adult's plan. The smaller one is just the execution, it doesn't mean anything."
Su Qian didn't say anything, and gave Solmu a satisfied look. Solmu had indeed done a good job in this matter.
At least one thing is certain now, Solmu can be regarded as half of his own people.
After doing this, even if Solmu wants to rebel in the future, there will be no turning back. This is what Su Qian wants.
Whether you can use someone like Suo Mu depends on whether he can do it beautifully or not.
Just as everyone was starting to clean up the mess, Tong Zhan suddenly walked over quickly with a gloomy face and spoke.
"Sir, unfortunately, Liu Shengming's body was not found among these people."
As soon as these words came out, Solmu, who had been flattering just now, changed his face in fear.
