Outside Xiling City, Lin Han deployed his troops and looked at the top of the city from afar.

Liu Xun, a general under Yuan Shu, was on the top of the city wall. When he saw Lin Han leading the troops, his heart sank. The reputation of the Champion Marquis was extremely terrifying, and he had no confidence to fight against the main force of the God and Demon Guards under the Champion Marquis.

The people of Xiling City are now extremely welcoming to the Marquis of Champion. If it weren't for the soldiers guarding the city, I'm afraid the people of Xiling City would open the city gates to welcome the Marquis of Champion.

While Liu Xun was thinking, he saw Guanjun Hou riding his horse forward with a strange thing.

It was the loudspeaker passed down from Lin Han’s ancestors.

"Listen up, soldiers of Xiling City! I'm here to defeat the traitor Yuan Shu, and it has nothing to do with the rest of you. You don't need to risk your lives for a thief who stole the heavens."

"If you surrender and leave the city, you will be under my command. I promise to treat you well. Every citizen under my rule has land and no worries about food or clothing. Why would you risk your life for a scoundrel who dreams of becoming emperor?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the soldiers in the city were shaken and looked around. However, the city wall was very high, otherwise they would definitely jump down and surrender.

Liu Xun knew what his soldiers were thinking and his expression turned extremely dark.

"Liu Xun, Yuan Shu is trying to steal the sky and will definitely fail. Why are you so stubborn?" Lin Han shouted.

Liu Xun remained silent, and his thoughts could not be seen.

Suddenly, a soldier hurried up and whispered a few words in Liu Xun's ear. Liu Xun's face changed drastically and he hurried to the other end of the city.

Under the city wall, the people of Xiling gathered and confronted the Xiling defenders on the street.

"Open the city gates and welcome the Marquis."

"Open the city gates and welcome the Marquis."

"Open the city gates and welcome the Marquis."

“…”

This scene shocked not only the generals and soldiers, but also Liu Xun himself. The people spontaneously took to the streets, confronted the soldiers, and demanded that the enemy be allowed into the city.

The prestige of the Champion Marquis has reached such a terrifying level.

The soldiers around him all looked at Liu Xun, waiting for his response.

"Disperse, disperse them." Liu Xun was furious.

Upon receiving the order, the soldiers under his command used sticks to drive away the people who came to march.

Lin Han, a private soldier outside the city, and the God and Demon Guards all heard the slogans shouted in the city, and their morale was high and they were very excited.

Such a scene is rarely seen in the world.

After dispersing the marching civilians, Liu Xun returned to the top of the city wall and looked at Lin Han from afar.

"Liu Xun, the people support you. Open the city and I will grant you the position of prefect of Jiangxia." Lin Han said.

Liu Xun looked extremely unhappy and ignored him.

"If you don't accept my toast, you will be punished. In that case, don't blame me. Prepare the siege vehicles and ladders." Lin Han ordered.

Three giant siege vehicles were slowly pushed out from the team.

An improved siege vehicle invented by Gongshu Ban in the Jixia Academy, it was specially prepared for sieges and was not afraid of rockets.

This is the first appearance on the battlefield.

Seeing the siege vehicle slowly pushed out level with the city wall, Liu Xun's expression changed drastically. The Marquis of Guanjun actually had such siege equipment under his command.

At this moment, he even felt a little regretful for refusing the surrender of the Champion Marquis.

Boom boom boom!

The spear and shield soldiers formed up at the beginning, started to march forward step by step. The sound of their footsteps was like the sound of drums beating in everyone's hearts, making people feel terrified involuntarily.

The neat military appearance moved the people on the city walls of Xiling City.

They could not find a single flaw in the shield formation of the spear and shield soldiers, and the arrows fell on the shields like drizzle, without any effect.

This is the battle-hardened army under Lin Han’s command.

"Archer, shoot again."

Liu Xun suddenly became nervous.

But on the top of the city wall, they could only watch the siege vehicles being protected and advanced.

"Commander Yang, lead a team of cavalry out of the city and destroy those three siege vehicles." Liu Xun said angrily.

The city gates were opened, and five hundred cavalrymen came out of the city and rushed back towards the shield formation, attempting to break through the shield formation and destroy the siege vehicles.

At Bai Qi's command, the shield formation changed dramatically, forming a circular formation, leaving a gap in the middle for the cavalry to move in. The shield formation stopped, standing on the ground, and long spears peeked out from the gaps, flashing coldly.

"kill!"

Bai Qi shouted.

"kill."

The cavalry in the formation were thrown to the ground with all the long spears thrusting at once.

After just a few rounds, all five hundred cavalrymen were wiped out, leaving only their ownerless horses standing there.

"go ahead."

With a military order, the formation changed again.

The orders were strictly enforced and extremely terrifying.

The team protected the siege vehicle and moved slowly again, directly to the bottom of the city wall.

"kill."

The God and Demon Guards climbed up from the siege vehicle and jumped onto the city wall. There was chaos on the top of the city, and the sound of killing followed.

"withdraw."

Seeing his soldiers helpless, Liu Xun was terrified and immediately ordered a retreat. The Marquis of Guanjun had such siege equipment that he was unmatched.

Half an hour later, the city gates were wide open.

Liu Xun led his troops to break out of the siege, and 20,000 soldiers in the city surrendered.

When Lin Han led his troops in, he saw the people in the city lining the streets to welcome him, and they were very excited.

Xiling City, the capital of Jiangxia County, fell into the hands of Lin Han.

Ten days later, Lin Han took advantage of the victory and easily captured the three cities of Anlu, Lixiangju and Xiyang. Jiangxia fell into Lin Han's hands and was unstoppable.

In less than half a month, Jiangxia fell into Lin Han's hands.

"Zhicai, Wenhe, Jiangxia has fallen into our hands. What should we do next? Enter Nanyang or go to Runan?" Lin Han asked Xi Zhicai and Jia Xu.

During this campaign to attack Yuan Shu, Xun Yu and Tian Feng were on duty at Yangzhou, while Xi Zhicai and Jia Xu accompanied them to offer advice.

"Don't attack." The two said in unison.

"Why?" Lin Han asked in surprise.

"Liu Biao has entered Nanyang. Sun Jian's former subordinates will surely defeat Yuan Shu's garrison. Yuan Shu's whereabouts are uncertain, so we don't need to worry about the gains and losses of a single city or a single pond. Otherwise, if we lead our troops deep into the enemy territory and Liu Biao orders a counterattack on Jiangxia, our efforts will be in vain."

Xi Zhicai pointed to one of the routes on the map.

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