Chapter 371: Capturing Zhu Erlang Alive
Around noon, nearly 100,000 Western Army troops successfully crossed the river and headed for the Tianxing Canyon.
Li Tianzhuo led a team of less than a thousand people and waited at the entrance of the canyon.
Seeing that he only brought such a small number of people, the Western Army seemed a little excited and wanted to capture the new Emperor Nanxin alive.
"Are you the new emperor of Nanxin?"
"Are these few shrimp soldiers and crab generals here to stop us from entering the city? Why not surrender as soon as possible?"
The person who is speaking now is the second son of the Zhu family, who is also the most profligate playboy in the Zhu family.
General Zhu sent him here, obviously he did not take Nanxin and Dongji seriously.
"I can't compare to you, you have a mother but no father to raise you!"
Li Tianzhuo said while shaking his head.
Zhu Erlang's father died of syphilis just a few years after he was born. The whole city knew about it at the time and it was extremely embarrassing.
Naturally, this incident became a thorn in the side of Zhu Erlang, his mother, and the entire Zhu family.
Li Tianzhuo's bringing up of old grievances today was nothing but a stab in Zhu Erlang's heart, and of course the best way to irritate him.
"All soldiers, listen to my order. Whoever takes the head of Emperor Nan Xin will be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"
At his command, the people in the West Camp started fighting with the soldiers led by Li Tianzhuo.
Li Tianzhuo's martial arts have now been restored, but he has only used them a few times.
He condensed his inner strength into sword energy and knocked down a group of people with one swing of the sword.
But he remembered Deng Youning's plan and did not linger in the battle. He quickly withdrew and led Zhu Erlang, who was leading an army of 100,000, into the Tianxing Canyon.
Seeing the people from Xilei coming, Han Xian gave orders and asked his subordinates to push down the fallen rocks.
In the extremely narrow canyon, huge rocks fell and the Western Army could not climb walls or run on rooftops, nor did they have wings, so they had nowhere to escape.
Even if some of them relied on the corpses of their companions to block the falling rocks and were not crushed to death, it was still difficult for them to continue advancing.
Because the road has been blocked by huge rocks.
If they want to get out, they must first move the boulder away, but Han Xian will not give them this opportunity.
"Shoot!"
He gave another order, and the archers of the Dongji Army and Nanxin Army poked their heads out from the bushes where they were lying in ambush and shot arrows at the Xilei Army at the bottom of the valley.
Just as Deng Youning had expected, the Western Army that had not been crushed to death by the boulder just now could not escape the baptism of the rain of arrows this time.
"General Han, we don't have many bows and arrows left."
After listening to the report from his men, Han Xian leaned over and looked towards the canyon. He was very satisfied to see the corpses of the Xilei people all over the ground.
Just at this time, Li Tianzhuo also arrived.
"How many people did you just wipe out in the West Fort?"
The subordinate also took a closer look and was overjoyed, "To reply to Emperor Nan Xin, I estimate that there are at least 50,000 troops!"
Han Xian and Li Tianzhuo looked at each other and nodded.
Their device was able to kill 50,000 enemies, which was already an over-achievement.
But when she arrived at the place where Deng Youning was guarding alone, she miscalculated.
Few of the Western Fort soldiers who arrived here drank the spring water.
She had no choice but to show up in person and sprinkle poison powder on them.
The soldiers of the Western Front, who had been skinned layer by layer, were almost numb.
Each level seemed to be waiting for them to complete the task.
"You are... the Princess of Dongji Zhenguo!"
Zhu Erlang is quite perceptive.
"You have good eyesight, but I will still beat you even if you have good eyesight."
Deng Youning said sorry and threw poison powder to death.
She alone was able to defeat 50,000 people.
No matter how powerful your martial arts skills are, two fists can never beat four hands.
Fortunately, when she was surrounded by the soldiers of Xilei, Li Tianzhuo and Han Xian descended from the sky, took her away quickly.
Deng Youning didn't kill many people in this level.
The rest was handed over to Lao Geng, who led nearly 10,000 soldiers.
They had a fierce battle, which lasted from the afternoon until sunset.
In the end, Lao Geng only weakened the enemy's combat power by 20,000.
It is better to let Zhu Erlang lead the soldiers from the Western Fort into the city.
General Han and Nangong waited until dark and thought they would never see any more people. It was good enough that 30,000 people finally showed up.
Cangzhou City is densely populated, and they have set up many mechanisms and traps.
With less than 20,000 men against an enemy force of 30,000, it was no problem for them with the help of mechanical formations.
"Barbarians from the West, I will make sure that you will have no place to bury your bodies today!"
As he continued to move forward, the blade of the Guandao rubbed against the sand and gravel on the ground, creating sparks. From a distance, it looked like the knife was alive, eager for blood.
He was dressed in black iron armor, looking majestic, holding a long-handled Guandao in his hand, and his eyes were sharp and determined.
Although General Han is nearly seventy years old, he is still in good health.
Dealing with these misshapen creatures is no problem at all.
When Deng Youning and others returned to the city, the fight was almost over and the ground was almost entirely covered with corpses of Western soldiers.
Seeing their leader Zhu Erlang trying to run away, Deng Youning shouted, "Stop!"
She took the lead, and Li Tianzhuo, Han Xian, and Lao Geng followed behind.
Finally he was caught.
Lao Geng grabbed him by the back of his neck and threw him in front of the crowd like a kitten.
"Zhu Lao Er, are you convinced?"
Deng Youning kicked him angrily.
"Listen up, Nanxin people. Your young master is in our hands. If you are smart enough, lay down your weapons and surrender, we will leave you with an intact body."
After these words were spoken, General Han and Nangong could put down their weapons.
General Han hasn't had enough fun yet.
"Uncle, next time we meet, you can have a good fight with that old General Zhu from Xilei."
Deng Youning coaxed General Han gently before he compromised and stopped insisting on continuing the fight.
Before the hour of Xu, they had captured nearly five thousand men from the Western Fort and Zhu Erlang.
All the soldiers were killed.
Zhu Erlang was detained and used as a threat to General Zhu.
Return to camp.
The subordinates carried over a few more corpses.
"Everyone, these people wanted to take advantage of the battle in Tianxing Canyon to burn our food supplies. Fortunately, there were many people on the scene, so they didn't succeed!"
After hearing this, everyone understood instantly.
Zhu Erlang's plan to lead his men to attack Tianxing Canyon was just a cover; his real intention was to get people to burn the food and grass.
Fortunately, they used Deng Youning's method and only released 10,000 people in Tianxing Canyon; there were only 20,000 people deployed in the city, and a large number of people were left in the camp to guard the granary.
Thinking of this, everyone should thank Deng Youning for coming up with such a perfect battle plan.
"Ningning, you are such a rare talent. It's a pity that you were not born a man, otherwise, you could have sat on the throne!" General Han said regretfully.
"In fact, I don't care about sitting on the throne. As long as I can live a peaceful life with my beloved, I will be satisfied."
As she spoke, she took Li Tianzhuo's hand and interlocked their fingers.
No matter what time it is, as long as he is by my side, I am not afraid of anything.
Aren't her words also what Li Tianzhuo really thinks?
One day of hard fighting resulted in victory.
The West Camp suffered a crushing defeat, Zhu Erlang was captured, and it was time for General Zhu and the people of the West Camp to doubt themselves.
The next day, everyone in Cangzhou City held a celebration banquet.
Roasted lamb, roasted pork, roasted fish; fruit wine, rice wine, sake...
But in the West Camp, there was complete silence.
General Zhu is very angry and no one dares to offend him.
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