"Huh? Let me go..." Xiao Liu's face turned pale.
"Go!" Meng Tian patted him on the shoulder. "If you can complete the mission, I'll recommend you for centurion!"
"Well... alright then." Xiao Liu gritted his teeth and secretly slipped out with a few of his brothers.
At this moment, the reinforcements were gradually approaching. Just as General Zhao was about to order a charge, he suddenly noticed several dark figures on the ground, sneaking around doing something.
"Who are those people?" Zhao Jiang squinted for a long time, then suddenly slapped his horse's back. "Haha! These Qin dogs want to dig a tunnel? Brothers, follow me and charge! Crush them all into mincemeat!"
"General is wise!" the guards echoed.
Five thousand cavalrymen charged forward amidst the deafening roar of their hooves.
As soon as Xiao Liuzi and the others finished their work, they ran away. Looking at their disheveled appearance, they really looked like tunnel soldiers who had been discovered.
"Chase them!" Zhao's general roared, "Crush these Qin dogs!"
The cavalrymen shouted and gave chase, but when they were halfway there, the ground suddenly exploded with a "boom"!
The horse was astonishingly beautiful, and the scene was chaotic.
Some horses were blown off their feet, while others had their tails set on fire and ran wildly around. Cavalrymen fell off their horses and became infantry.
"General, this...this..." The guard stammered, unable to speak.
Standing on the city wall, Zheng Ping witnessed the tragedy firsthand. He could hardly believe his eyes. Five thousand elite cavalrymen had been blown to pieces by just a few landmines.
"General, what do we do now?" The lieutenant was so anxious he was stamping his feet.
"What else can we do?" Zheng Ping gave a bitter smile. "The Qin army's gunpowder is truly bizarre; it can even explode underground. I think we can't hold out..."
Before the words were finished, Wang Ben's voice came from below the city: "General Zheng, surrender the city! Continuing to fight is just a pointless death!"
Zheng Ping sighed deeply, "Very well, surrender. I've fought a lifetime of battles, and I've never seen such a bizarre weapon. Continuing to resist is simply leading you to your deaths."
The city gates opened, and the Qin army swarmed in, but they did not engage in widespread slaughter.
After all, Wang Ben wasn't a wicked man, and his methods weren't that ruthless. Besides, Zheng Ping and the city's garrison didn't put up much resistance; they even put on a show for them to amuse themselves...
"Come, come, come!" Meng Tian greeted Zheng Ping with a grin. "You're quite an interesting old man. Let's drink and chat, and I'll show you what real gunpowder is all about!"
In this way, Mingzhou fell into the hands of the Qin army without losing a single soldier.
The next day, however, a strange rumor spread through the city: Zheng Ping was still hungover, apparently from being plied with too much alcohol by Qin general Meng Tian...
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