Prefecture Overseer's Mansion.
Although Zhou Zhongyuan was sitting, he was restless.
When he thought about how Luoyang still hadn't replied, he became even more afraid.
Should I abandon the city?
At this moment, Zhou Zhongyuan already had this thought.
Or rather, he had long wanted to run, but his subordinates were all persuading him not to run, or else he would be guilty.
Zhou Zhongyuan naturally knew that he was the Prefecture Overseer of a prefecture. If he dared to abandon the city and escape, he would definitely suffer, even if his sister was the Empress.
Therefore, under the persuasion of many parties, he did not manage to run away.
However, more than 20 days had passed, and there was no news from the capital or Dongyuan City. This made Zhou Zhongyuan even more afraid.
Did the Northern Barbarians kill in other places before coming here?
What if his escape route was cut off?
How should I escape?
Thinking of all these possibilities, Zhou Zhongyuan wondered if he should abandon the city and run away.
Just as Zhou Zhongyuan was thinking about running away, a subordinate of the Prefecture Overseer's Mansion ran in and shouted,""Milord, Milord, someone's here, someone's here.”
"What people?"
Zhou Zhongyuan asked casually as he was thinking about something.
After the person bowed, he replied,"It's people from Dongyuan City!"
"Someone from Dongyuan City came?"
Zhou Zhongyuan was stunned.
But then he reacted and revealed a terrified expression."The Northern Barbarians are here?"
Someone from Dongyuan City had come. Didn't that mean that the Barbarians of the North had come?
No, I have to run away immediately.
When the subordinate officer saw this situation, he hurriedly persuaded,"No, no, no, it's the people from Dongyuan City. It's the general of Dongyuan City, General Su Mu, who said that Dongyuan City couldn't be defended, so he abandoned the city with the people.”
Zhou Zhongyuan was relieved when he heard that it was not the Northern Barbarians.
But then, he asked with a puzzled expression,"Bring the commoners? Then why were there only a few thousand people? I remember that there are more people in Dongyuan City.”
This subordinate knew about his lord's situation, so he naturally gave an explanation,""Sir, he must be lying. Just because Dongyuan City could no longer be defended, this guy fled with his people. There's no need to investigate.”
"That's right, that's it."
Zhou Zhongyuan himself had such thoughts, so he naturally felt that others would definitely do the same. He nodded in agreement with this statement.
"Come, let this guy in…" Zhou Zhongyuan ordered.
However, Zhou Zhongyuan stopped mid-sentence and frowned.""No, we can't let those thousands of people in."
"Milord, there are only a few thousand people. What are you afraid of? We have 60,000 soldiers. What can a few thousand men do?”However, this subordinate official felt that there was nothing to worry about with just a few thousand people.
"Okay, then…No, I'll go take a look first. Otherwise, I won't be at ease.”Originally, Zhou Zhongyuan wanted to ask his subordinates to do it, but after thinking about it, he decided to take a look himself.
For some reason, Zhou Zhongyuan felt uneasy. He had a feeling that something was going to happen.
Soon, Zhou Zhongyuan arrived at the city wall.
Then, he saw Su Mu and the others.
They did look like a group of defeated soldiers. Although Zhou Zhongyuan was not very capable, his eyes were fine, especially since most of these people did not even have complete armor.
It was obvious that he had thrown away his armor in order to escape as soon as possible.
It looks like there's no problem. I was overthinking it.
However, out of caution, Zhou Zhongyuan still asked,""General Su, what is going on? What about the Northern Barbarians?"
" My lord, the Northern Barbarians will arrive in less than three days. We are useless…" Su Mu naturally shed tears and acted very emotionally.
However, Zhou Zhongyuan did not fall for this trick. Anyway, he only needed to know that the other party had abandoned the city and fled. That was enough.
With this guy around, the higher-ups would blame him for not being able to deal with the situation properly and causing the northern barbarians to wreak havoc in the south…Hmm, this guy was a good scapegoat!
At this moment, Zhou Zhongyuan had already ordered his men to open the city gates, and he was ready to go down.
However, the moment the city gate opened, a figure leaped up.
In the blink of an eye, the person had already appeared above the city wall and swung his sword down.
In an instant, all the soldiers on the city wall fell.
Other than the dumbfounded Zhou Zhongyuan, no one else stood up.
The might of the Heavenly Sword was terrifying!
Xiao Ting placed his sword across Zhou Zhongyuan's neck and said calmly,""Zhou Zhongyuan, right? Please come down with me."
"Who exactly are you? What are you doing?" Zhou Zhongyuan looked at Xiao Ting and asked with a trembling voice.
However, Xiao Ting did not pay any attention to the other party. Instead, he grabbed the other party and jumped down.
At this moment, Su Mu had just brought the North Manor Army that he had summoned. Xiao Ting landed right in front of him.
"Master, Zhou Zhongyuan has been captured."
Xiao Ting put away the Heavenly Sword and pushed Zhou Zhongyuan to his knees.
Although Xiao Ting had casually pushed him, Zhou Zhongyuan was so shocked that he could not even stand properly. Instead, he fell forward and knelt on the ground.
After hearing Xiao Ting's words, he subconsciously looked up.
When he looked over, he saw Su Mu, who he had seen on the city wall just now.
Suddenly, Zhou Zhongyuan had some bad guesses and asked in panic,""You, you, you…Su Mu, what are you doing?”
"Me?"
Su Mu pointed at himself and said with a smile,"Rebellion!"
"You, you, you…rebel?"
Hearing this, Zhou Zhongyuan's vision went black and he fainted.
"No way! So useless?"
Su Mu was speechless when he saw the unconscious Zhou Zhongyuan.
"Master, we have to control the situation as soon as possible. There are still 60,000 soldiers in the city.”Xiao Ting wasn't interested in Zhou Zhongyuan, but he was more concerned about whether he could take down Liaoyang City.
"It doesn't matter. Once the North Manor Army enters, the battle will be over.”However, Su Mu waved his hand and said confidently.
In fact, he was right. The North Manor Army quickly took control of the situation. Although there were still many soldiers guarding the city gate, they chose to surrender in the end under the North Manor Army's powerful might.
Moreover, under the persuasion of these guides, they quickly took control of all the main roads, the remaining three gates, and the city.
As for the garrison camp, the North Manor Army had already surrounded it.
As long as Zhou Zhongyuan was released, the defenders of Liaoyang City would naturally lose their fighting spirit and surrender.
Even if they did not surrender, they would not be able to stop the North Manor Army.
There were some who resisted stubbornly.
However, there weren't many of them.
Moreover, compared to the elite North Manor Army, these enemies were nothing.
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