Chapter 298 Ji Huanan is injured
As soon as he finished speaking, weapons fell to the ground and the remaining defenders all raised their hands in surrender.
"Tie them up and put them in the government jail."
Nangong Min glanced at the firelight and saw that there were more than a thousand people surrendering. These people gave up resistance and were tied up obediently. Some of them even took the initiative to lead the way to the cell.
It's not their fault for being cowardly. It's just that the Great Zhou army's combat capability was too strong. They were disrupted by a big fire, and so many people were killed before they could react.
The few remaining people are scared out of their wits. If they don't surrender, they will die. Who wants to die when there is a way to survive?
The barracks in the city have been cleaned up, and now only the barracks outside the city are left.
Nangong Min met up with Ji Huanan to discuss countermeasures.
"If they don't come, we'll ask them to come."
Nangong Min said with narrowed eyes.
"How do you say that?"
Ji Huanan said hurriedly that he had never fought such a battle before and his mind was confused.
"Replace all the Simon flags on the city walls with the Great Zhou flags, and then bring up two small leaders from among the captives. They will definitely know how to contact the outside world."
"This is a very good plan. I will arrange it immediately."
On the city wall of Chizhou, the lights were on. In the light as bright as daylight, Simon's gray flag was taken down and replaced with the red and black pattern flag of the Great Zhou.
Two young generals were brought to the city wall. When asked, they turned out to be two deputy generals. When asked how to contact the barracks outside, the two of them rushed to answer.
"If there's an emergency in the city, the waving of torches will serve as a signal. The defenders in the barracks outside the city will see it and bring reinforcements."
"If the torches are not visible, there is another way: sound the drum to give warning."
"Okay, let's try both methods. You guys are the ones who decide how to do it, and no tricks allowed!"
"Don't worry. I heard that in Qinzhou City, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty took good care of the people after entering the city. They didn't take a single needle or thread from the people. They treated the people better than we, the people of Ximen, do."
"If you truly do this, we will willingly submit to the Great Zhou."
"Our army follows the military discipline revised by Marshal Bai Li. The troops have ironclad discipline. Violators will be dealt with severely. We will stick to our words."
After Nangong Min finished speaking, he couldn't help but admire Bai Li's foresight. When she was selecting the soldiers, she said that her army had its own military discipline, and anyone who violated it would be dealt with without mercy.
Ji Huanan is now convinced by Bai Li. The military discipline that he thought she was making a fuss about at the beginning has now played a big role.
In the past, military discipline was not so strict, and how soldiers treated civilians depended on their conscience.
Although most people sympathized with the common people and would not do anything wrong, there were a few unscrupulous people who embezzled the people's property and even raped women. However, no one reported this to the generals, and everyone turned a blind eye. The common people could only blame their fate and dared not speak out.
With the general's guarantee, the two captured lieutenants used torches as a signal and drums as a warning.
The one with the torch was holding a torch in each hand. He crossed the two torches three times, then raised them high and lowered them to the left and right, and repeated this three times.
Then it’s time to beat the drum.
Someone carried out a big drum from the corner of the city wall, and the deputy general swung the wooden hammer and beat out a strange rhythm.
After knocking for a while, he stopped and said, "Wait, they will be here soon!"
Sure enough, in less than a quarter of an hour, a team of torches arrived outside the city.
Nangong Min took out a telescope and looked, only to see a huge team of more than 20,000 people.
Ji Huanan knew the man leading the troops. "Why is he leading the troops?"
"Why, is there something extraordinary about this person?"
"This man is good at using hidden weapons and is cruel by nature. The people of Simon call him Sai Yanluo."
"Who cares about Yan Luo Yang Luo? Just fire a wave of crossbow arrows at him and send him to hell to find the real Yan Luo!"
Nangong Min held up the telescope and gave orders, telling the hundred Eight Ox Crossbows to aim at different angles.
Everything is ready, and the supporting defenders have arrived outside the city wall.
"Hey! Brothers up there, what's wrong with you? Why did you take down your own flag?"
Bai An sneered, thinking that this man must be a fool to ask such a question.
If the city walls hadn't been occupied, who would do such a boring and stupid thing!
Before Nangong Min could say anything, the two captives shouted, "We didn't pick it!"
"This is the flag of the Great Zhou. They are entering the city!"
"So you're just here to eat and do nothing? Why did you let them take down the flag?"
There is no way to deal with the two prisoners. Who is the one under him? He is so stupid!
They have no shame, but they still have some shame!
Don’t respond to them. Let them also have a taste of what it feels like to be on the chopping board and have no control over their own actions!
The people outside were still shouting, Nangong Min waved his hand and a wave of crossbow arrows shot out.
Now that the two armies are facing each other, who has the time to straighten their brains?
The people outside the city didn't expect the crossbow arrows to have such a long range. When they were still shouting and holding their guns, the crossbow arrows were in front of them. They didn't even have time to react and were directly blown away by the crossbow arrows. Only then did the people behind them realize it.
"Hide! Their crossbows can hit us!"
Unfortunately, as soon as he finished shouting, he was hit by an arrow. He covered his throat with one hand, and the arrow was still trembling slightly.
There was chaos under the city wall. A huge arrow could defeat the formation of dozens of people at once. When several huge arrows were shot, a large number of people fell down immediately.
The worst thing was that the torches in the hands of the fallen people burned their companions. In an instant, several people turned into fireballs, rolling and wailing in the crowd.
Under the city wall, people and horses were in chaos, crying for their parents, it was like hell on earth.
The two captives on the city wall saw their miserable plight and felt a chill down their spines, secretly thanking themselves for their wise choice.
Sai Yanluo saw that something was wrong, so he jumped off his horse and stepped on the soldiers' heads one by one. When he reached the middle of the city wall, he swung up an iron claw. After the claw had firmly grasped the city wall, he used the rope to soar into the air and was about to reach the top of the city wall!
Nangong Min's eyes blurred and a black spot flew in front of him!
"careful!"
Ji Huanan screamed, rushed over and pushed Nangong Min away.
"puff!"
Ji Huanan was hit on the back. Nangong Min steadied himself and realized that he was injured. Just as he was about to reach out to help him, another wave of black spots attacked. Nangong Min hurriedly used his lightness skills to avoid them, but the soldiers around him were in bad luck. More than a dozen people were hit and fell to the ground.
Sai Yanluo tore a hole in the city wall and he was about to step over the wall.
Nangong Min turned around and pulled the trigger, and a wave of twenty crossbow arrows shot out, forcing him to dodge left and right and prevent him from stepping onto the city wall.
Unfortunately, he had limited space to dodge in mid-air and was eventually hit by an arrow. His hand loosened and he fell off the city wall.
Nangong Min rushed over and pulled the trigger again.
This time, Sai Yanluo screamed and fell straight down, turning into a puddle of mud.
"Uncle Ji! How are you?"
Nangong Min dealt with the enemy and turned back to look for someone.
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