"Your Highness, Dayu has a strong army and strong horses. Our people..."
"General Ye, rest assured. I have my own way. General Ye, just follow my instructions."
Ye Pengcheng nodded, and then took Ye Rong to make arrangements.
Although the soldiers were puzzled, they were still very happy to be able to rest for an afternoon.
So, except for the generals in charge of guarding the city gate, all other soldiers returned to the barracks.
It soon got dark, and Ye Pengcheng and Ye Rong immediately ordered the cook to prepare dinner.
After the people from Daxia had eaten and drunk their fill, they dispersed to designated places in high spirits.
At midnight, Dayu's generals estimated that everyone in Daxia had fallen asleep, so they suddenly attacked Daxia.
They marched straight ahead and broke open the gates of Daxia with almost no resistance.
General Dayu shouted with some contempt, "A bunch of useless people! Soldiers, charge!"
"Take away everything you can. If you can't take away, just burn it."
"I want to see what's so great about Daxia that they dare to kill my general Dayu."
Upon hearing this, Dayu's soldiers immediately rushed into the city of Dayu excitedly.
But they didn't notice that as soon as they entered the city, the city gate behind them had been quietly closed.
Just after General Dayu finished shouting, the originally dark city of Daxia was instantly brightly lit by torches.
Shangguan Lingyun stood on the high city wall and shouted to the soldiers below.
"I am happy tonight. Everyone listen up. Today I am offering a reward for killing someone."
"Killing a soldier is rewarded with one tael of silver, killing a deputy general is rewarded with one hundred taels and a promotion of one rank, and killing a general is rewarded with one thousand taels and a promotion of two ranks."
The soldiers of Daxia were excited when they heard this, and General Dayu was furious.
Shangguan Lingyun curled his lips, "What are you waiting for? If you wait any longer, the silver will run away."
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