Chapter 710: Conquering Xianyang City
It was too late for Cao Peng to regret now. Xie Liancheng's three-pointed, double-edged sword pierced through his chest and directly pierced his heart. His body fell to the ground with a "thump".
The sound made countless soldiers' hearts skip a beat.
One of the archers on the opposite side subconsciously drew his bow and shot an arrow.
Zhou Chongshan, who had seen the other party's movements, moved even faster. He bent his bow and drew his arrow. His movements were as smooth as flowing water. He didn't even seem to aim, but he shot the archer to the ground with one arrow! It was so smooth! [Wow! Awesome!]
Zhou Chongshan's archery skills made Jie Liancheng's eyes light up.
Even though the opponent moved first, Zhou Chongshan was able to strike back and arrive first. He shot the man down before the opponent even fired his arrow. This move was of great value.
Now it seems that if I only compete with archery, I may not be able to defeat this guy.
While these thoughts flashed through his mind, Xie Liancheng himself was not idle either. He quickly untied the package hanging on the saddle, revealing the head covered with a layer of lime inside.
"Here is the head of the tyrant Yan Sheng! This general has already abandoned the dark and joined the light, and has surrendered to the Great Zhou! Put down your weapons, kneel down and surrender! Those who resist will die!!"
Instantly, there was an uproar at the scene! Although Xie Liancheng had no talent for commanding troops, it was an indisputable fact that the army worshipped the strong. In addition, Cao Peng died so easily, and Yan Sheng's head was held in his hand. Now that Xie Liancheng shouted like this, none of the remaining soldiers dared to move.
Then no one knew who dropped his weapon first, and the soldiers on the opposite side soon fell to their knees.
There was no need for Jie Liancheng to say more after that. The Xianzhen Camp led by Zhou Chongshan quickly stepped forward to take away their weapons and put the surrendered soldiers under custody.
Xie Liancheng led a team of people and rushed straight to his mansion as quickly as possible.
He has not been home for almost half a year since he left for the expedition in the summer. He is worried about the safety of his wife and children, and now he can be said to be eager to return home.
During this period, the teams of soldiers who had been hiding near the mansion and waiting for the signal had undoubtedly discovered Liancheng's existence.
"Oh my god, it's the general! What should we do now?"
"What should we do? There's no signal! Let's just pretend we were never here. Let's go! Hurry!"
The several teams of soldiers who withdrew in a low-key manner did not dare to show their heads throughout the process and quickly returned to the camp to report.
They obviously didn't know that the camp had been changed. As soon as they arrived at the camp, they were immediately captured without even the slightest power to resist.
Xie Liancheng obviously didn't know about this incident. He pushed the door open and walked into the mansion. When he saw the servants in the mansion, he hurriedly asked...
"Where are the Madam and the Master?"
Just as he asked this question, he heard the excited voice of a young child in the distance.
“Dad!”
This shout instantly relaxed Jie Liancheng's frown.
The next second, I looked in the direction of the voice and saw a chubby child wearing a tiger-head cotton hat running towards me.
Xie Liancheng's face instantly lit up with joy. He squatted down, picked up the child and spun him around several times.
The child laughed out loud under the pull of centrifugal force and found it extremely fun.
During this time, there was a noise and a capable woman walked out of the house.
Then, he looked at the fool who had not been home for half a year and who held his son and spun around wildly as soon as he came back. He rolled his eyes in annoyance, but he couldn't hide a smile on his face.
"That's enough. Do you want to make your son dizzy?"
Hearing this, Xie Liancheng laughed twice and put his son on the ground.
"Go play by yourself, Dad will talk to your mom for a while."
Xie Liancheng's son was quite obedient and went to play nearby.
Walking into the house, the woman asked, looking at her husband whom she had not seen for almost half a year.
"Is the war over? You can finally rest at home for a few years this time, right?"
Xie Liancheng did not hide the fact that Yan Sheng was suspicious of him from his wife, so his wife knew that when Yan Sheng was in need, she transferred her husband to the front line, and when he was safe, she immediately stripped him of his military power and sent him back to the capital.
As a wife, rather than letting her husband guard the border all year round, she would rather Jie Liancheng be left idle in the capital's mansion. At least it is safe, and their family can be reunited.
However, the emperor's suspicion also made her very worried.
Looking at his wife's worried face, Xie Liancheng felt filled with guilt.
"Aju, listen to me."
As he spoke, Xie Liancheng closed the door and informed the other party that Yan Sheng was dead and that he had surrendered to the Great Zhou.
This shocking news made Aju's mind go blank. It took her a long time to calm down.
"Is the Emperor of the Great Zhou reliable? Will he..."
Aju was worried that the emperor of the Great Zhou would be just like Yan Sheng and would be suspicious of her husband. If that was the case, her husband, as a surrendered general, would probably not have a good life there.
Seeing this, Xie Liancheng quickly shook his head, and then spoke in a firm tone...
"No, the King of the Great Zhou is my childhood friend. He and I grew up together. To me, there is no one more trustworthy than him here."
Although she didn't know where her husband's childhood friend came from, Aju knew in her heart that because of Yan Sheng's suspicion, her husband pretended to be a rough guy on the surface, but in fact, he had a plan in mind when doing things.
Since the other party had already said this, as her wife, Aju naturally chose to believe and support her.
"So are we going to leave now?"
"Need not."
Xie Liancheng shook his head.
"Now I have taken over Xianyang City with the Great Zhou army. My brother will come over later. I will just guard Xianyang City and wait."
As the other two remaining forces on this side, Liu De and Long Aotian, who was stationed in Feiyan City at the moment, probably would not have thought that Lulin City and Xianyang City would fall one after another in such a short period of time.
At this moment, there has been no news from either side.
One day later, in the Green Forest City Lord's Mansion, Zhou Xu's eyes lit up when he saw a pigeon caught by one of his subordinates.
“Is this a carrier pigeon?”
As he spoke, Zhou Xu looked down and saw a small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's leg.
When Zhou Xu saw it, he couldn't wait to take off the bamboo tube, pour out the secret letter inside and start reading it.
There was not much content in it, just one sentence, "The city of Xianyang has been taken", and the signature was the word "解".
"Of course, these carrier pigeons are very efficient. Old Jie told me before that it would take about five days to get from Green Forest City to Xianyang City by riding a poor horse and traveling light. These carrier pigeons can arrive in a day and a half at most."
After Xie Liancheng formally surrendered, the other side's method of sending messages by carrier pigeons was officially revealed to him. Now some of the carrier pigeons placed in the city can be used by him.
It is no exaggeration to say that the emergence of carrier pigeons will greatly improve the communication efficiency of this era!
(End of this chapter)
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