I, who plundered the heavens, have a hundred thousand dead

Chapter 61
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Soon, with the continuous retreat of the advance army, the nearly 8000-scale advance army finally retreated to the military camp of the Wu Dynasty, with more than half of the casualties.

That is to say, this siege by the army of the Wu Dynasty killed more than 4000 people by the sky-filled crossbow arrows before they even climbed the city wall.

Faced with such a result, Dong Daofu, the commander-in-chief, also had an extremely gloomy expression on his face.

"General, the bandits in Jiangning City now have so many heavy crossbow arrows, which is very unfavorable for us to siege the city. Right now, we can only report to the imperial court to levy a batch of armor for siege to reduce the casualties during the siege. ."

"Find a way to contact the Secret Investigation Division in Jiangning City, so that they must find out the source of those heavy crossbow arrows in Jiangning City, these thieves not only captured Jiangning City quietly, but also have so many heavy crossbow arrows, there must be someone behind them, and This person's status in my Wu Dynasty is not low."

Due to the large number of large-scale crossbows arranged in Jiangning City, Dong Daofu knew that it would be difficult for him to forcibly break through Jiangning City, which was already comparable to a copper wall and an iron wall before he had prepared enough protective equipment.

After all, in the siege battle just now, the advance army he sent had already damaged more than half of the city walls before they approached Jiangning City.

If he wanted to forcibly attack the city, even if his tens of thousands of horses could finally break through Jiangning City, I am afraid that the final casualty would be a very unacceptable number.

In Jiangning City, the news about the army of dead soldiers successfully repelling the army of the Wu Dynasty and annihilating thousands of the army of the Wu Dynasty quickly spread to every corner of Jiangning at this moment.

This news was deliberately spread by Li Yang, whose purpose was to let the people and literati clans in Jiangning City know that the army of the Wu Dynasty they were looking forward to was completely vulnerable in front of his army of dead soldiers.

This will pave the way for him to control Jiangning City smoothly in the future.

That night, a carrier pigeon quietly flew into the Kang House in Jiangning City.

"My lord, the imperial army that came to *** Ningcheng's thief army was defeated by the thief army. I heard that the imperial army did not even approach the city gate, so thousands of soldiers and horses were damaged, so that the leading General Dong did not even get close to the city gate. Dare to attack the city easily."

"In addition, General Dong outside the city asked us to investigate the source of the large bed crossbows of the City Lord's Bandit Army."

Kang Xian's brows furrowed tightly when he heard this.

"Each of these large bed crossbows is very huge. These thieves have great skills, and it is impossible to transport these crossbows to the city before they occupy Jiangning City."

"And now that the bandit army has only occupied the Jiangning urban area for a few days, they can actually deploy so many heavy crossbows. The power behind this is definitely not simple."

"How many people do we have in the city at the moment?"

"Master Hui, the thieves in the city have been investigating every part of the city very strictly in the past few days, and they can't even get close to ordinary people near the major gates. Our people lurking in the city dare not act lightly."

"In addition, our house has been stared at by the thief army, and we can only barely pass the news through flying pigeons."

"So if we want to use the power of the Secret Investigation Division in the city to investigate this matter, we can only find opportunities."

……

Wudu, the imperial study of the imperial palace.

The news of Dong Daofu's defeat in the first battle also reached the ears of Emperor Zhou Zhe that night.

After getting the news, Zhou Zhe immediately called for Taishi He.

"Master, the latest news from Jiangning, Dong Daofu has lost the first battle, and you can start preparing for the peace you proposed earlier."

"Your Majesty, I know what to do."

Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will contact Yasukuni and the thieves who occupy Jiangning and Lin'an as soon as possible to discuss and negotiate with them. "

"Well, Taishi, this important matter related to the peace of my Wu Dynasty depends entirely on Taishi."

After leaving the palace, Taishi He immediately found his cronies and told him.

"Immediately order someone to send this secret letter to Lin'an and give it to Fang Tianlei. In addition, let Fang Tianlei confirm whether it is Lin'an Qin Zhan's men who occupied Jiangning City."

"Yes, my lord!"

The next afternoon, Taishi He's secret letter from Wudu was sent to Fang Tianlei's lair deep in the mountains outside Lin'an City overnight by his subordinates.

After reading Taishi He's secret letter, Fang Tianlei asked his cronies.

"Have there been any latest news from Chen Fan and Xigua?"

"Reporting to Shenggong, there has been no news from Commander Chen and Commander Liu in recent days."

"Send someone to Lin'an immediately, find Qin Zhan, and say that his previous proposal can be discussed in detail."

"Sheng Gong, if we follow Qin Zhan's proposal, then we will become vassals of the Black Tiger Battalion! Does this mean that we all have to obey Qin Zhan's orders in the future?"

"This is the end of the matter, and now there are only two paths in front of us to choose from. The first is to rely on the court."

"The second is to form an alliance with the Black Tiger Battalion to completely overthrow the Wu Dynasty's rule."

"I prefer the second option to the first option."

"Because the princes and generals are so kind, relying on the imperial court can at most get peace. It is still unknown whether they can continue to live a stable life afterwards."

"And with the Black Tiger Battalion Alliance, as long as we can completely overthrow the Wu Dynasty, then we will all be founding elders."

"Sheng Gong, I understand, I'm going to Lin'an right now."

It turned out that after Qin Zhan annihilated the army of the Wu Dynasty that encircled Lin'an not long ago, he sent someone to send a secret letter to Fang Tianlei.

The contents of this secret letter are the specific matters that Qin Zhan proposed to make an alliance with Fang Tianlei.

Because the Black Tiger Battalion achieved incomparably brilliant results in Lin'an, Fang Tianlei did not directly reject the secret letter sent by Qin Zhan.

Because the strength of the Black Tiger Camp is enough for Fang Tianlei to face it.

And now Jiangning City is facing the Wu Dynasty's army of 5 soldiers. The dead soldiers in Ningcheng also resisted the tens of thousands of Wu Dynasty's army.

This also made Fang Tianlei feel more and more that if he could follow the Black Tiger Battalion to rebel together, he would have a great chance of success in the end.

After all, the combat effectiveness of the Black Tiger Battalion is much stronger than those of the bandits under his banner.

……

In Lin'an City, in the Black Tiger Army camp.

When Qin Zhan received the news from Fang Tianlei, his whole person seemed very dull.

Because right now Tianlei's bandits are only useful to the Black Tiger Camp as a name.

After all, Li Yang has not yet planned to officially surface, so Fang Tianlei has to be the leader of this anti-thief.

As for Li Yang himself, he is planning his next plan.

A few days later, in the city of Jiangning.

Since the army of the Wu Dynasty that surrounded Jiangning had not yet prepared enough protective equipment, Dong Daofu, the commander-in-chief, did not make any moves in the past few days.

However, on this morning, the Legion of Dead Soldiers in Jiangning City issued an order to various wealthy businessmen in the city.

Jiangning Wujia.

"Father, these thieves are going too far. They actually asked us to hand over all our property within 3 days. Otherwise, they will come to pick them up in person after 3 days. Isn't this giving us no way to survive?"

"Didn't they give us another choice? To leave Jiangning, we only need to leave [-]% of the family property."

"But Dad, if we leave Jiangning, where should we go?"

"Where to go? Of course, to Wudu, where else can I go?"

At the same time, the same scene also appeared in the residences of other nobles and dignitaries in Jiangning City.

On the second day after the army of dead soldiers who occupied Jiangning City issued this ultimatum, almost all the gentry and dignitaries in the city chose to hand over [-]% of their family property and left Jiangning City. "

Among these lords, there is naturally Li Yang himself.

Because Li Yang was already a great gentry in Jiangning City.

Outside Jiangning City, Dong Daofu, who was besieging Jiangning City, also quickly learned the news.

"What on earth are the thieves in Jiangning City trying to do, to drive away all the merchants and dignitaries in Jiangning City in this way."

"The gate of General Jiangning City has opened. It should be that those rich people who chose to leave Jiangning City have already started to leave the city!"

"Carefully check the identities of all those who leave the city, and report to me in time if there is any abnormality."

"Yes, General!"

Outside a gate of Jiangning City, the carriage that Kang Xian, the consort of the Wu Dynasty, was riding at the moment also safely left the gate of Jiangning City.

"Sir, we have already left the city. I didn't expect these thieves to actually let us leave like this."

Kang Xian's subordinate said in disbelief.

"These thieves are now expelling all the merchants and dignitaries in the city. They definitely want to integrate the materials of the entire Jiangning City and fight a protracted war with the imperial court."

"Now that we have left, it will not be as easy as before to obtain information about Jiangning City in the future."

(End of this chapter)