The five generals on the side heard the word "weapon" and quickly surrounded Shen Yong, looking at him eagerly.
"Your Majesty, what weapon?"
"You'll know when you get to Menglan City." Chen Yong curled his lips and smiled.
"A weapon of great destructive power."
"Pick out 500 very reliable people. We'll be able to use them when the time comes."
When they heard this, their eyes widened with excitement, "Yes, let's go pick someone right away."
The fewer people who use it, the more lethal the weapon is.
They had seen the power of the pistols in the hands of the old lady and the six ladies.
That is much more lethal than a crossbow.
I heard from the six ladies that there is a gun with an even longer range called a sniper rifle.
However, the ladies had only heard about it from King Qianhuang and had definitely never seen it.
They all guessed that King Qianhuang must have a sniper rifle in his hand, otherwise the ladies would not have said it out of thin air.
Could it be that this time King Qianhuang asked the gods for five hundred sniper rifles and planned to set up a sniper team?
Several people looked at each other, obviously thinking of this.
Ji Guangda was very excited and shouted to Geng Tao, "Count me in among the five hundred people."
Geng Tao smiled and replied, "Of course, I'm one of them."
The others echoed, "And me, add me..."
“…”
After a busy half-hour, the expanded army, having eaten and drunk their fill, set out again.
This place is not far from Menglan City, but it is probably impossible to reach Menglan City before sunset.
According to conservative estimates, we can reach Menglan City during the hour of Xu (19:00 to 21:00).
This is a good time.
"Your Majesty, Menglan City is ahead."
Ji Guangda pointed to the city gate tower not far away and said, "The city gate is closed, and there are three or five soldiers guarding the gate tower."
Because it was dark at night, the army stopped two hundred meters away from the gate of Menglan City. The guards on the gate tower did not notice it at all and their vigilance was very poor.
The north wind was howling at night, and the hands of the people holding the reins were numb from the cold.
The defenders standing on the city gate tower will only feel colder, and it will be very difficult to endure if they don't keep warm enough.
Chen Yong looked at the pitch-black city gate tower, where not even a torch was lit, and curled his lips.
"Have Er Gouzi take a few familiar faces to the city gate guards and knock on the gates, saying that Fan Jinchang is returning with his troops."
Ji Guangda nodded and said to Er Gouzi, who was so cold that his nose was running,
"Hurry up and decide for yourself what to say and what not to say."
Er Gouzi looked at it and nodded repeatedly with his neck shrunk, "Yes, yes, yes, don't worry, Your Highness, I promise I won't say anything nonsense."
Even if he had the courage, he wouldn't dare to say anything nonsense.
The defenders of Menglan City are so weak, he doesn't believe that Menglan City can withstand hundreds of thousands of golden armored troops.
Didn’t you see that after Fan Jinchang’s soldiers were integrated into the Golden Armor Army, there were basically five or six Golden Armor Army soldiers with one Beijing Army soldier sandwiched between them, and they were all on guard against these Beijing Army soldiers causing trouble.
Er Gouzi trembled as he called a few spies and squad leaders from the capital's army, and they all walked towards the city gate with their necks hunched.
“Bang bang bang!!!”
Er Gouzi slapped the city gate vigorously and shouted with a hoarse voice,
"Open the door, open the door!!"
Er Gouzi shouted three times in a row before a head popped out from the city gate tower and shouted towards the city below,
"Who is it, knocking on the city gate in the middle of the night? Are you looking for death?"
"The city gate is closed. Come back tomorrow morning if you need anything!"
“Get out of here now!!”
Er Gouzi took a few steps back from the city gate and looked up at the gate guards.
"Open your dog eyes and see clearly, I am General Fan's man."
"General Fan is seriously ill and needs to be returned to Beijing for treatment!"
"Open the door quickly!!"
As he spoke, Er Gouzi pointed to the large group of people slowly approaching from behind.
The soldiers defending the city opened their eyes, which were blown shut by the north wind, and stretched their heads to look into the distance.
Sure enough, a group of soldiers were slowly walking towards the city gate.
Thinking of Fan Jinchang's brutality, the defenders were shocked and shouted,
"Here they come, open the city gate immediately."
Wow, General Fan led the army out yesterday afternoon, and he’s back today.
This is a serious illness.
Soon, the heavy city gate began to creak.
The city guards looked at the familiar Er Gouzi and several captains, nodded and said,
"Is General Fan okay?"
Er Gouzi looked back at the army that was getting closer and closer, and his heart was in his throat.
Hearing what the defenders said, he pursed his lips and glared at them.
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask. Everyone, get out of the way immediately and don't delay the army from entering the city."
The defenders were stunned for a moment, then nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes..."
As he spoke, the city defenders raised their hands and waved, "Everyone, get out of the way."
The defenders surrounding the city gate quickly retreated to both sides of the gate, tilting their heads to look at the large army heading towards the gate.
After Chen Yong saw the city gate open, he squeezed his horse's belly and sped up.
"Da da da~"
The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and Ergouzi was so nervous that sweat broke out on his forehead.
Glancing at the city gate guards standing on both sides of the city gate with their heads tilted to look at him, Er Gouzi swallowed his saliva.
"Everyone retreat to the city gate. There are too many people and there is no room."
As he spoke, Er Gouzi took the lead and walked towards the city.
The guards at the city gate saw Ergouzi and his companions leaving the city gate, and hurriedly followed them.
In the dark night, if a large army entered the city and squeezed them, no one would know if they were crushed to death.
It would be safer to retreat into the city.
Shen Yong didn't even glance at the guards at the city gate. After entering the city with his army, he headed straight for the prefectural government office.
Ji Guangda and several generals led tens of thousands of soldiers and captured various important checkpoints in Menglan City at night.
The guards at the city gates were also quickly replaced with golden armored soldiers.
The city gate guards who let Chen Yong into the city were tied up tightly by the golden armored soldiers with confused faces.
A quarter of an hour after the soldiers entered the city, the guards at the city gate discovered something was wrong.
There were obviously many more soldiers than those who left the city yesterday.
Unfortunately, before they could raise any questions, they were tied up tightly and their mouths were gagged.
It was not until then that the defenders realized that something serious had happened.
Unfortunately, it's too late.
......
Ning Mansion.....
"Who is riding a horse recklessly on the street in the middle of the night? It's absolutely lawless!"
Madam Ning listened to the "clatter of horse hooves" and turned over in annoyance. She raised her foot and kicked the Ning prefect lightly.
"You don't care. It's the middle of the night and you don't even let me sleep."
She hadn't been able to sleep well for a long time since the storehouse in the mansion was robbed.
At night, she had nightmares.
After taking medicine for more than a month, I finally felt better and could barely fall asleep.
How could this person be so blind that he woke her up in the middle of the night while riding a horse?
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