Jinan Prefecture, Zichuan City.
On the east wall, hundreds of soldiers were patrolling.
The days of peace had been long.
As usual, they were just very lax in their routine work, and their vigilance was not high.
"General, look!"
At this moment, one of the guards suddenly pointed outside the city and exclaimed,""What…what is that?"
The general hurriedly stopped and looked over, and his hair stood on end!
Ten miles away, an army was surging over like a black tide.
Even from afar, the general could feel the killing intent of this army.
"Not good…this…this…this is…King Qi's Qingzhou Army!”
The guard general had a face full of shock, and his words were extremely clumsy.
"What?"
"What should we do?"
"King Qi's Qingzhou Army…actually attacked my Zichuan?”
"It's over, it's over. Looking at this formation, there are no less than 20,000 Qingzhou soldiers.”
Looking at the countless troops outside the city, the guards were scared out of their wits.
"Quickly…quickly report to Magistrate Huang. Tell him…tell him that King Qi has rebelled!”
The general tried his best to calm his emotions and hurriedly ordered the guard beside him.
"Yes, General!"
The guard responded and immediately ran down the city.
"Pass down my order, quickly close the city gates and have all the soldiers guarding Zichuan rush to the eastern city!”
"This subordinate will obey!"
"In addition…prepare rolling wood thunder stones, crossbow bolts, and hot oil in case the Qingzhou Army attacks Zichuan!”
"Yes, sir!"
“……”
Under the repeated orders of the general.
All the guards in the eastern city started to run around nervously.
As the news of the Qing Prefecture Army's attack spread throughout Zichuan City, the city was filled with people.
The people in the city were terrified and hid in their homes.
Outside Zichuan City.
The 20,000 Qingzhou troops had advanced to 500 paces away from the eastern city.
The leader rode on.
Li Xian looked at the guards on the city wall and could not help but sneer.
As the vanguard general appointed by Zhu Xianfeng.
When he followed Zhu Rong to the north to attack Meng Yuan, he had already shown his talent.
Battles were known for their bravery and ruthlessness.
He had once led over 500 cavalry, alone, into the depths of the Mongol Highlands for over 1,000 miles, slaughtering the tribes of the Mengyuan and causing blood to flow like rivers!
Now that he saw the Zichuan guards trying to defend the city, they actually tried to stop him from attacking the city.
This made him feel like he was using a sledgehammer to kill a chicken.
"General, the Zichuan garrison is still preparing for battle. Why don't we take advantage of their lack of preparation and immediately attack Zichuan?”
A deputy general urged his horse forward and said to Li Xian.
"Hmm, that makes sense!"
Li Xian nodded and ordered," Pass down my order. Have the 3,000 soldiers of the Black Wind Camp attack the city. We must take down Zichuan within two hours!"”
"This general receives the order!"
The deputy general cupped his hands and bowed, then rode his horse to the Black Wind Camp to convey the military order.
About fifteen minutes later.
In the midst of the earth-shattering shouts and killing.
Three thousand Black Wind Camp soldiers carried cloud chariots, scaling ladders, and other siege weapons as they rushed towards the eastern city wall of Zichuan.
"Kill the rebels and purge the side of the monarch!"
"Take down Zichuan for Lang Qing Ming, charge!”
"For the sake of His Highness the Regional King, kill him!”
"Kill, kill, kill!"
The earth rumbled, and the sound of killing was like thunder!
A moment later.
The 3,000 soldiers were like a black wave, rushing to the east wall.
On the city wall.
" Arrows!" The general shouted," Quick! Release the arrows! Stop the Qingzhou Army from attacking the city!"”
More than a thousand archers were already prepared.
Hearing the order, they all shot their arrows at the Black Wind soldiers.
"Whoosh!"
A rain of arrows instantly covered the sky.
Black Wind soldiers also fell from time to time.
But it didn't matter.
When the comrades in front fell, the soldiers behind followed suit.
Very quickly.
Blood dyed the battlefield outside the city red.
At the same time, it dyed the eyes of the Black Wind soldiers red.
In a siege, there is no retreat.
The Black Wind soldiers roared like thunder and charged into the rain of arrows without hesitation.
When the guards on the city wall saw this scene, they could not help but feel their scalps go numb. The hands holding the bows and arrows also trembled slightly.
They could investigate thieves and catch bandits.
However, they had never seen such a scene where flesh and blood were used to pave the way.
Just as he was in a daze.
Some of the Black Wind soldiers who were the first to bear the brunt of the attack finally managed to survive the rain of arrows.
Then…
Ten, a hundred, a thousand!
In the blink of an eye.
Most of the Black Wind soldiers had already reached the city wall.
"Hurry…Hurry up and throw the Rolling Wood Thunder Stone…Hurry up and pour the hot oil!”
The general on the city wall roared in panic.
But it was useless.
Zichuan City originally only had a thousand guards.
In addition, they had fought in a hurry.
In the midst of the chaos, there was no way for all the city defense weapons to be in place.
How could they defend against the Black Wind Camp that had been on the battlefield?
Along with the scaling ladders, the city wall was built.
The Black Wind soldiers quickly climbed up the city wall and began a face-to-face battle with the soldiers guarding the city.
This time, the situation was completely one-sided.
Under the terrifying slaughter of the Black Wind soldiers, the soldiers guarding the city no longer had the courage and morale to fight.
After resisting for a while, they all abandoned their weapons and surrendered!
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Zichuan's general had to tie himself up and surrender.
Li Xian immediately took over the defense of Zichuan and sent scouts to report to Zhu Xianfeng.
Soon after.
He led the 20,000 vanguard and continued to attack the hinterland of Jinan Prefecture.
……
Zichuan is fifty miles away.
Zhu Xianfeng was leading an army of 50,000.
"Report!"
At this moment, a fast horse rushed straight to the front of the central army carriage.
One of the scouts dismounted and bowed to Zhu Xianfeng,""Reporting to Your Highness, the vanguard general Li Xian has taken down Zichuan City!”
Zhu Xianfeng heard this and said happily," Hehe, General Li is indeed fast. He took Zichuan so quickly. Is he still in Zichuan?"”
"Your Highness, General Li did not stop after taking Zichuan. He immediately led his army to the hinterland of Jinan!”
"Alright, report back to General Li. Tell him to focus on attacking the city without any scruples!”
"Yes, sir!"
The scout immediately left.
After dealing with the military report.
Zhu Xianfeng immediately asked the manager of the Imperial Residence beside him,""Jie Pu, can you manage the political affairs of Zichuan for this king and protect Zichuan?”
Chen Jiepu's heart shook and he hurriedly replied,""This subordinate will definitely die to manage the military and political affairs of Zichuan for Your Highness!”
Zhu Xianfeng nodded.”
Zhu Xianfeng acknowledged Chen Jiepu's ability.
After all, this manager of the Imperial Residence was the grandson of Chen Youliang, a formidable figure at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
Two months ago.
Zhu Xianfeng will Chen Jiepu into the palace when the master.
During this period, he managed the military and political affairs in an orderly manner. Sometimes, Zhu Xianfeng talked with him and found that Chen Jiepu actually had a vision that surpassed the era.
Therefore, Zhu Xianfeng believed that Chen Jiepu was a talent.
It was just that because he was Chen Youliang's grandson, he was buried in the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Highness, I can't repay your kindness even if I die ten thousand times!" Chen Jiepu bowed sincerely.”
"Pass on this king's order. Have the army advance at high speed and strive to reach Zichuan before sunset!”
"Yes, sir!"
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