Chapter 667 Wuan County was captured!
The dull sound of arrows piercing flesh, the wailing and screaming on the battlefield, the buzzing sound of arrows piercing the air...
The extremely noisy sounds merged into a symphony of death.
"Get out of the way! Don't block the road!" The soldier, with blood all over his head, was about to push away his comrade who was blocking his way when an arrow pierced his chest.
Upon seeing this, the county lieutenant instinctively wanted to run away, but when he thought about his more than ten years of mediocrity, he thought that if he could stop Duke Yun for even a few days, he would definitely go down in history!
His face showed a mixture of fear and ambition. He roared at the top of his lungs and pushed others to the front.
"Don't run! Anyone who escapes will be killed!"
His words were drowned out by the soldiers' screams of fear.
The county magistrate fell to the ground, his eyes blank: "It's over, we are all finished!"
Before the battle began, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant made full preparations for the siege.
Generally, climbing ladders are needed to attack a city, so the county lieutenant prepared a large number of stones.
Today, these stones block the soldiers' escape route and make the road under the city wall even more congested.
The war drums sounded like thunder, and the powerful drumbeats resounded through the sky, stirring the blood in people's chests and making them surge.
But to the soldiers defending Anwu County, these drum sounds were like the horns of the King of Hell. They all wished they could stretch out four pairs of hands and eight legs on the spot and get as far away from the Jade-faced King of Hell as possible!
Gu Nanxi rode on a white horse, and his silver armor was particularly conspicuous in the sunlight.
She was dozens of meters ahead of the army behind her, and was guarded by only an old man named Geng.
"Whoa!"
The moment the white horse crossed the city gate, Gu Nanxi pulled the reins, and the white horse's front hooves hung in the air, neighing.
Although there is only one man and one horse, he has the aura of a man standing against ten thousand!
Many soldiers in Anwu County who escaped from the city wall were still holding long swords and spears in their hands.
When they met Gu Nanxi's cold gaze, they froze in place, not having the courage to resist at all.
After a few breaths, Old Man Geng finally caught up. The pipe in his hand turned into a sharp sword, emitting a cold light.
Old man Geng looked warily at the soldiers defending the city who were in a stalemate on the opposite side. If anyone dared to attack Duke Yun, the sharp sword in his hand would take his life!
Gu Nanxi glanced around coldly. The group of soldiers defending the city looked pale and thin, with fear and collapse in their eyes. They were completely stunned!
The white horse snorted, and its dark eyes showed disdain for these two-legged beasts.
The air was frozen and the atmosphere was like a fully drawn bow, ready to explode at any moment.
Gu Nanxi said loudly: "Those who surrender will not be killed!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers defending the city, who had been frozen in place, stared with their eyes wide in disbelief, as if they were robots with a switch turned off.
The first soldier decisively dropped his spear, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed timidly: "I surrender, Duke Yun, please don't kill me!"
The others then came to their senses and hurriedly threw away their weapons, fearing that if they threw them away too late, they would die on the spot.
Even though only Gu Nanxi and the old man beside her had arrived at the city gate, no one doubted Gu Nanxi's words, and no one dared to challenge whether their neck was hard enough.
Some people even took the initiative to lead the way and told Gu Nanxi where the county lieutenant was hiding. Without Gu Nanxi having to do anything, they kidnapped the county lieutenant themselves.
Gu Nanxi expressed her delight at this.
The eyes of the tied-up county lieutenant revealed endless regret and unwillingness.
"If my soldiers were like the soldiers of Yunzhou, I wouldn't necessarily fail! If our arrows were as inexhaustible as those of Yunzhou, I would definitely be able to defend Anwu County!"
When Old Man Geng heard this, he rolled his eyes.
Everyone thinks that he is the Duke of Yun, and that if they were in the Duke of Yun’s position, they would definitely do better than the Duke of Yun.
Little did people know that Yunzhou was originally a barren land, a place ravaged by the Tartars. It was the hard work of Duke Yun that turned Yunzhou into what it is today.
Gu Nanxi didn't take the county lieutenant's words of dissatisfaction to heart.
In Gu Nanxi's eyes, if one can cover the battlefield with weapons and reduce the death rate of soldiers, isn't this something to be proud of?
As for the county lieutenant's accusation that the soldiers of Anwu County were not as brave as the soldiers of Yunzhou, Gu Nanxi did not agree with it.
The Yunzhou soldiers fought against the Tartars because of national hatred and family feuds, and also in order to survive.
The soldiers defending Anwu County only regarded military service as a job and did not have any belief in defending their country.
In their eyes, whether it was the Great Zhou or the Duke of Yun, they all had the same ancestors, and no matter who was the owner of the land, they had to pay taxes normally.
So why should they fight to the death?
By the time Li Mingde and his large army entered the city, almost all the soldiers at the city gate and on the city wall surrendered voluntarily.
Because there were only Gu Nanxi and Old Man Geng, the surrendered soldiers held their heads with their hands and squatted on the ground. They were not even tied up with ropes. They just squatted there obediently.
Li Mingde felt extremely ashamed. He was of no use at all and everything was solved by his godmother alone!
So he focused all his attention on cleaning up the battlefield, and secretly swore in his heart that he would never let his godmother worry about this anymore.
The casualties in this war were not great.
Three people from Yunzhou were injured. They all stepped on the icy road while running, lost their balance and sprained their feet.
The number of casualties in Anwu County was slightly higher. Some were hit by flying stones when the rocket launcher exploded, while others were trampled in a stampede while fleeing. Some were pushed off the city wall by someone, or stabbed in the back by their companions.
Li Mingde was responsible for settling the wounded, dealing with the bodies of soldiers killed in battle and the captured prisoners of war.
Gu Nanxi sat in the county government office, holding a cup of hot tea, spreading out a map, and thinking deeply.
Which county should be attacked next?
"Godmother! Something big happened!"
Li Mingde was so busy that he finally got everything done. Just as he was about to wash up, he received a piece of important news and hurried to find Gu Nanxi.
Gu Nanxi looked at Li Mingde's hair that was still dripping with water and frowned: "Why did you come out with wet hair? Young man, don't be reckless."
Li Mingde was anxious, but still obedient. He took the cotton cloth handed to him by the servant and wiped his hair.
"Godmother, the latest news is that the court sent Li Aotian to lead the Kyoto camp to Guangde Prefecture. Xiangzhou Tongpan Xie Yunzhang went to Henan County to quell the rebellion! Godmother, what should we do?"
Li Mingde stared at Gu Nanxi eagerly. Should he proceed step by step or continue with a lightning attack?
Gu Nanxi decisively ordered: "Take a short break! Send someone to tell Yuanniang the news and ask her to seize Xinzheng County and build a defense line as soon as possible!"
"Yes, sir!"
As for what to do next, Gu Nanxi already had a plan in mind.
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