"Surrender just like that?"
At the foot of Cangwu City, Xiao Ling was a little speechless when he saw the city gates open and the officials slowly leaving the city with white flags.
She had originally planned to test the power of the new weapons in the army.
However, she did not expect that the officials of Cangwu City would really surrender after her threats.
"Boring, I'm still preparing for a battle.”
Xiao Ling pouted and said unhappily.
At this moment, Li Qing, who had come with her, whispered,"
" Chief, that's enough. We still have battles to fight later. Let's do what His Highness ordered us to do first. Our scouts have reported that King Jingjiang has already led an army of 100,000 to Cangwu. We have to hurry."”
Xiao Ling snorted and said,
"Do I need you to talk too much?"
Li Qing smiled and said,"
"I was just afraid that the Chief would forget about His Highness.”
Xiao Ling waved his hand and said,
"Alright, I can't forget. Pass down the order for the army to enter the city.”
Li Qing said solemnly,"
"Yes, sir!"
Following that, the 20,000-strong army entered the city. They did not even look at the officials outside the city who were holding white flags.
After the 20,000-strong army entered the city, Li Qing came before the officials and said to them,"
"Who is the Wuzhou Prefecture Magistrate?"
The Wuzhou magistrate quivered. Just as he wanted to hide himself, he saw all the officials looking at him in unison.
The Wuzhou magistrate's face darkened, but he had no choice but to stand up and say with a smile,"
"I am Chen Lun, the prefect of Wuzhou. Greetings, General. King Jingjiang has entered Wuzhou. I represent all the officials in Wuzhou to warmly welcome him.”
Li Qing glanced at Chen Lun, the magistrate of Wuzhou, and sneered,"
"You are the Wuzhou Prefecture Magistrate? Alright, come with me. Our chief wants to see you!”
Chen Lun was shocked, but he pretended to be calm and said,
"I wonder which general manager of King Jingjiang has arrived? Why are you looking for me?"
Li Qing said impatiently,"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? You'll naturally know when we get there.”
As he spoke, he picked up Chen Lun and placed him on the horse's back. Then, without another word, he headed into the city.
Only the officials were left, looking at each other.
They all stood outside the city in fear, not knowing what to do.
After the army entered Cangwu City, they occupied all the important places in the city.
At the same time, a group of soldiers were sent out to knock on the doors of every house, forcing the citizens out of their homes.
Faced with the weapons, the commoners of Cangwu City did not dare to resist and were all gathered together.
When Li Qing and Chen Lun arrived in front of Xiao Ling, the entire Cangwu City was in chaos.
Xiao Ling ignored the people who were crying for their parents and looked at Chen Lun.
"As the magistrate of Wuzhou, you must know where the warehouse of Wuzhou Prefecture is, right?”
Chen Lun looked at the expressionless Xiao Ling with fear in his heart. He nodded and bowed.
"Yes, I know. Does Mr. Chief want to marry the warehouse?”
Xiao Ling nodded slightly and did not say anything.
Chen Lun quickly led the way and came to the front of the Wuzhou Prefecture's warehouse.
"This is the Wuzhou warehouse."
Chen Lun pointed at the three huge houses in front of him.
"The one on the left is the granary, the one on the right is the armory, and the one in the middle is the treasury.”
Xiao Ling nodded in satisfaction and said,
"Very good! Men! Go in and count the supplies inside!”
With Xiao Ling's order, more than 2,000 people stepped out and rushed into the three warehouses like wolves and tigers.
Chen Lun watched as a group of soldiers rushed into the warehouse like wolves and tigers, but he did not dare to make a sound.
After half a day, the items in the three warehouses were all counted.
Looking at the resources in front of him, Xiao Ling frowned slightly.
"Why is it so little?"
Because the resources that were moved out of the three warehouses were not much.
At this moment, Li Qing walked over and said with an ugly expression,"
"Chief, this is the list of supplies."
As he spoke, he handed Xiao Ling a paper list.
Xiao Ling took it and glanced at it. He was furious. He suddenly looked at Chen Lun and shouted,
"How dare you! How dare you fool me! There were only five thousand catties of grain, three hundred thousand taels of gold and silver, eight thousand sets of armor and weapons, and two thousand bows and crossbows.”
"Who would believe that there's only so little in a mansion's warehouse?”
"Men! Drag him down and chop this dog up!”
Chen Lun quivered and immediately knelt down and shouted,
"I'm innocent! I'm innocent! General Manager, this is really the only thing left in the Wuzhou warehouse. I didn't lie to you!”
Xiao Ling sneered,
"You didn't fool me? In other words, Wuzhou is a prefecture, and the entire warehouse only has this much. Who would believe your words?”
Chen Lun hurriedly pleaded with his forehead,
"But there are only so many things in the Wuzhou warehouse. Even if you kill me, you won't be able to get more!”
When Xiao Ling heard this, he sneered and said,
"Is that so? Can't it be conjured? " I don't think so. Men, raid the houses of all the officials in Cangwu City. I want to see if Wuzhou really only has this much!"”
When Chen Lun heard this, his entire body trembled. It was as if his body had been sucked dry as he fell limply to the ground.
Looking at the weak Chen Lun, Xiao Ling smiled coldly.
"You're playing tricks with me. Men, hang this person on the top of Cangwu City!”
"Yes, sir!"
……
Half a day later.
On one of the streets of Cangwu City, carriages of supplies had been loaded. Thousands of carriages lined up in a long line.
In front of the carriage, Xiao Ling sat on the horse and waited quietly.
Soon, Li Qing rushed to her side and said with a smile,"
"Chief, you will never believe how many things we have made in the homes of the officials of Cangwu.”
Xiao Ling glared at Li Qing and said,
"Cut the crap, list!"
Li Qing smiled awkwardly and handed the list to Xiao Ling. At the same time, he said,
"These old men of Cangwu are really fat sheep!”
Xiao Ling glanced at the list and could not help but widen his eyes.
"Hiss, fifty thousand catties of grain, thirty million taels of silver, one million taels of the Huang family, twenty thousand sets of armor, and seventy thousand crossbows.”
Li Qing sneered,"
"Rebellion might not be the case, but selling armaments, filling his own pockets, and corruption are certain. I also found evidence of the transaction between Chen Lun and Lin Yang of Leizhou in his room.”
Xiao Ling was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said,
"Take the evidence and hand it over to Your Highness. This Lin Yang is now considered a member of our Qiongzhou.”
"Kill them!"
Li Qing was stunned."
"Kill them all?"
Xiao Ling snorted coldly and said,
"Why keep it? Let them continue to harm the people?"
"Kill them. Someone will take the blame anyway."
Li Qing nodded."
"Understood!"
Xiao Ling asked again,
"Have the citizens of Cangwu City gathered?”
"They've all gathered. There are about 150,000 people. Chief's population is a bit too much, and they're all crying. There were also a few waves of people who wanted to resist, but they were all subdued by our people.”
"If someone were to cause trouble on the way to the south, I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with them!”
Li Qing was a little worried.
After all, they only had 20,000 people.
Xiao Ling said in a deep voice,
"Then kill the chicken as an example to the monkeys. Kill all those officials in front of these commoners and see who dares to resist!”
"As for the feelings of the people, don't worry about them. When they go to Qiongzhou, everything will be fine.”
"The development of Qiongzhou cannot be separated from the population. If we don't do this kind of thing thoroughly, it will be difficult to have such an opportunity.”
Li Qing hesitated and said,"
"But His Highness only told us to plunder the supplies and gold, he didn't say that we should plunder the people as well. If His Highness were to blame him, then it would be troublesome.”
Xiao Ling snorted softly,
"What trouble is there? I will take responsibility for it. Our wangye is soft-hearted sometimes, but for the sake of wangye's great cause, we cannot be soft-hearted.”
Li Qing thought for a moment and nodded."
"Li Qing understands!"
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