After Liu Mang walked to the military tent, he immediately sent someone to call the three thugs.
Soon after, the three thugs came in hurriedly.
"What's up, Boss?"
Liu Mang said fiercely, "Those bastards of Dayan are saying one thing on the surface and doing another behind the scenes. I'm going to raise the stakes."
"Also, I've had enough of this damn life of eating dust in the wild. I'm going to the city."
The three of them were delighted. "Boss, me too. If the wind is strong enough these days, I'll be covered in dust. For someone as clean as me, I've had enough of that."
Liu Mang rolled his eyes at them. What a filthy bastard, yet he still claims to be so clean. Who would believe him if he told them that?
"Little Bear, go gather the prisoners and bring up the ladders. The Taoyuan Army will hold the line, and the prisoners will climb up the city walls."
"yes."
"Blind man, get the field artillery ready and wait for my command."
"yes."
"Um...Boss, what about me?" The monkey pointed at himself.
"You! Just make the call on my behalf later."
In just one hour, hundreds of thousands of prisoners, carrying countless ladders, lined up outside Jinzhou City.
When the soldiers on the city wall saw this scene, their eyes were bloodshot and their legs went weak.
"Quick! Go and tell the general that the Taoyuan Army is about to attack the city."
The prefectural government office.
Lao Lin and a group of officials were inside discussing something.
After hearing the soldiers' report, they all panicked. Weren't we still talking fine yesterday?
Why did I suddenly get so angry that I fell ill?
"Oh my, what should we do? Didn't this scoundrel say he was willing to wait for the court's decision?"
All the imperial envoys felt extremely aggrieved. Aren't they walking into a tiger's mouth?
But only Lao Lin had an expression that said, "As expected."
The imperial envoys all saw him like this, as if he was grabbing at a life-saving straw.
"Master Lin, do you know what's going on?"
Lao Lin was helpless, "Don't you two know?"
"Know what?"
"Alas! I once said that if I chose the second option and failed, this rogue would definitely take revenge."
Everyone was stunned.
"You mean, the assassination failed?"
Lao Lin nodded and said, "Let's go and see what Liu Mang thinks!"
"Oh! He was really hurt."
Several imperial envoys were extremely depressed, thinking that they had been tricked by His Majesty.
When they walked to the city wall and looked out, they saw the captured soldiers marching in an orderly manner. If they could see the expressions of these captured soldiers, they would definitely feel strange.
Why do their faces look so full of excitement?
Liu Mang just said, once we take Jinzhou City, they will be ours.
The temptation is indeed huge. You have to know that during this period, they were served with rice and flour every day, and had meat every one or two days. Moreover, as prisoners they could get a salary of one silver coin. This is the life that people should live.
When I was in the government army, I only had porridge every day, and occasionally a few coarse grain steamed buns. As for the military pay, I hadn't received it for several months. Is that a life for human beings?
Hundreds of thousands of captured soldiers stopped 100 meters in front of the city wall.
At this time, Monkey held a loudspeaker and shouted, "Dayan is extremely shameless. On the one hand, he is asking people to negotiate, and on the other hand, he is asking people to assassinate our city lord."
"Fortunately, our city lord, having done many good deeds, was blessed by heaven and was able to escape the disaster and even capture the assassin."
"If the court doesn't give us an explanation, then so be it."
Afterwards, the monkey pointed to a small hill not far from Jinzhou City.
Boom boom boom~~~
Hundreds of cannons roared continuously.
This time everyone saw what it means to bombard the ground with artillery shells.
In just a short while, the entire mountain was covered by artillery fire, and it was not just one round of bombing, but continuous bombing.
The artillery fire didn't stop until 10 minutes later.
The people on the city wall felt that their bodies were out of control and kept shaking.
The soldiers on the city wall were secretly regretting it.
I regretted that I ran too fast. If I had been slower, I would have been captured. Now I am in cahoots with the people below. It is really a single misstep that will lead to eternal regret.
"Our city lord said he doesn't want to be left out in the dust anymore. Do you want to open the city gates yourselves, or do you want us to blast them open? You have three minutes to choose."
Upon hearing this, all the civil and military officials had bitter expressions on their faces.
However, the soldiers in the city's eyes lit up. Had their dream come true so soon? They could finally be prisoners. Why were they suddenly so happy?
"Master Lin, we..."
Lao Lin wasn't panicking at all. He stroked his beard and said calmly, "Open the door! Otherwise, they'll come in on their own and we won't have any freedom at all."
"Ah!" Everyone looked heartbroken on the surface, but they were relieved in their hearts.
Who would want to die when they can live?
Just one minute later, all three gates of Jinzhou were opened. As for why three were opened, it was not because they were afraid that the soldiers would suddenly revolt, but to leave a gate open for themselves.
By the evening, there was no Taoyuan Army left outside Jinzhou City except the captured troops and some people from the training team.
After all, there are more than 200,000 people in the city. If they all move in, where will they find housing?
The 60,000 to 70,000 officers and soldiers in the city were also captured and driven out of the city. When they left, they were as happy as if it were New Year's Day. They threw down their weapons and armor and ran out.
After Liu Mang entered the city, he occupied a royal summer resort and his soldiers set up camp anywhere in the resort.
The government office.
Civil and military officials can be said to be relaxed.
"Lord Lin is right. We have no food left, so it would be nice to let him help feed those tens of thousands of people." An imperial envoy said with a smile.
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