Having witnessed the whole thing, Black Rat and the archers exchanged a tearful glance, each seeing in the other's eyes a willingness to go through fire and water and die for their cause!
At that moment,
In their hearts, Zhou Cheng seemed to grow even more grand and dazzling.
Just as Zhou Cheng gathered his men and led Zhou Shiying, Cheng Xianyi, the wounded Black Sheep, and all the members of the Zhou family out of the inn, they began to sweep and harvest the surrounding warehouses, with Wangcheng as the center.
Prefect Xia hadn't even had time to grieve for his missing daughter!
Before they could even order a city-wide search for Lin'er's whereabouts!
He then received a bolt from the blue, a message that left him completely stunned and shocked, to the point that his very soul seemed to leave his body!
—Zhou Cheng, he actually burned down the granary and robbed the treasury!!!
—The promised future son-in-law has flown away, and they've gone to Wangcheng to reap the financial benefits!
"Bang bang bang!"
"Boom!"
"Ah!! My leg, my leg is gone... It's a weapon, this is the weapon that's been rumored in the capital! Run! Didn't they say Zhou Cheng only took about a hundred men with him when he left Jiangling City?"
"Why did four or five hundred people suddenly appear?! Where did so many people come from?!"
"Where are the reinforcements? Where are our reinforcements from Lincheng?"
"His Majesty has transferred all the reserve troops to the capital. Just yesterday, another three thousand elite soldiers were transferred to the capital from various places. Originally, there were three to five hundred people guarding the granary, but nearly half of them have been transferred away. How can we fight?"
"And the Zhou family possesses world-destroying weapons! I don't want to die! I don't want to die! Run!"
Lincheng, a hundred miles away.
In just one hour, the granary was seized by Zhou's trusted confidants!
Another hour passed, and the treasury was once again seized by Zhou's trusted confidants!
Black Snake, who led the team, still finds it hard to believe. Before setting off, he was prepared for the possibility of serious injury or a fierce battle, but he never expected to complete the mission so easily!
The number of guards at the city gate of Lincheng was expected to be close to a thousand, but it turned out to be six hundred?
Black Snake led the way, and a few grenades sent the guards scattering in all directions.
That's not all!
Such important places as granaries, treasuries, and armories should have at least four or five hundred guards, right? But to my surprise, there were half as many guards again, only two or three hundred.
"Where are the guards of Lincheng?"
"Are we going to take over the warehouse now?"
"I just heard the guards say that... His Majesty... oh no, Emperor Yan, Emperor Yan initially transferred 10,000 reserve troops from the eight cities, and yesterday morning, he transferred another 3,000 elite troops. Those 3,000 were drawn from various important locations."
"Has Emperor Yan gone mad?"
The more than four hundred soldiers from Pingyang City who had been assigned there were all discussing the matter in astonishment.
One of them looked up, glanced at the leader, Black Snake, and said in a low voice, "To be honest, brothers, before we came here, I was prepared to charge into battle and die. I didn't expect it to be so easy."
"Of our more than four hundred soldiers, more than a dozen were wounded by arrows, but apart from that, not a single one died in battle."
"When the soldiers in Lincheng saw the weapons coming, they all shrank back and dared not show their faces... It seems that what Young Master Zhou said is true. Lincheng is short-handed. With the weapons in hand, no one dares to risk their lives."
"Do you think... Young Master Zhou will really let us go?"
This last sentence,
It reached the black snake's ear.
Black Snake held a rifle and had a small cloth bag wrapped around his back containing bullets and supplies distributed by Zhou Cheng.
He glanced at the young soldier who had spoken, chuckled with amusement, and said nothing. But his scrutinizing eyes made the young soldier very uncomfortable, and he wanted to crawl into a hole to escape.
"Everyone, stay put and rest, and wait for Young Master to come and take over the warehouse!"
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