imperial psychologist

Chapter 721
The night seemed like a long, eternal night.

The peaks on the east and west sides of the two ends collapsed at the same time that night, and the overturned sand and stone sank with a loud bang, rushing towards the high wall of the town in this wilderness like a tsunami.

The huge landslide stirred up dust that covered the sky, and people were like little ants in the world, panic and howling were quickly submerged in the continuous flying sand and rocks.

Almost no one has the strength to care what happened, most people are struggling to survive in this sudden natural disaster by instinct.

The army of gold thieves was still pressing down on the border sixty miles away, but a team of nearly ten thousand people had already followed the sound and leisurely walked to the gate of the north city at dawn.

The previously indestructible city wall has been torn open by the cracked mountains.

The sun in the east rose as usual, and the sunlight reflected on the remaining snow and the sharp icicles of the city gate, shining a cold gleam.

"Your Highness, don't we rush?" The vanguard officer with the golden man stepped forward and asked, "Let the people of Zhou breathe for so long, in case they are inside—"

Aguili raised his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Listen to the military master! Wait patiently!"

A few Jin men who couldn't hold back slammed their horses around in a circle with displeasure on their faces, and shot their eyes like arrows at a carriage not far from here.

The team that came all night was loaded with firearms. Among the several chariots, a carriage covered with a thick velvet curtain stood out, and the great strategist that Aguili was talking about was sitting there.

The golden man who returned to his spot spat in the direction of the carriage.

"Stupid military commander, wait for his grandma to have a leg, I can't see Zhou people's way at all, and they still don't charge or kill at this time, damn it!"

The sun rose a little more.

There was a sound of footsteps on the official road in the east, and one or two hundred Zhou people were chased by Jin soldiers like cattle and sheep, and they moved little by little towards the north gate of the city - that was when they left the city little by little yesterday. , Zhou people who rushed to Yanzhou, including the county magistrate Shao Kuan who looked at both ends.

Several generals of the Jinbing started whispering.

Beside the thick velvet carriage, someone trotted to Aguili's side. Aguili leaned over on the horse, listened carefully for a while, and then nodded.

"Pass my order!" Aguili looked at the terrified Zhou people and said coldly, "Let them go!"

In the ice and snow, a group of golden men drew their swords and stepped forward. The captured Zhou people thought that the other party was about to kill someone, but suddenly found in horror that what was cut off was only the hemp rope that bound him.

A few ordinary people who could understand some Jin people's words whispered to the people around them with some unbelievable fear, "He...they said, let us go."

Everyone looked at the golden man's cavalry in surprise and fear. After a stalemate, several people began to run in the direction of looking in both directions.

Sure enough, the golden man didn't care, didn't shoot arrows, and didn't chase after him.

Seeing this situation, more people let go and ran towards home.

They came to the gate of the city that looked at both sides, knocked on the door with all their strength and shouted, but the gate remained motionless. When they were desperate, several people shouted and called everyone to climb up from the cracks in the city wall.

The loose blue bricks and broken walls are like a simple ladder, and the people support each other, climbing in through the cracks in the wall like a stream of water.

"Your Highness!" Someone ran up to Aguili again, and pointed his whip at the city gate, "These hundred or so people were captured by us after all our hard work, so they let them go?"

Aguili glared at the man, "What's wrong with my order...?"

The four eyes met, and the other party suppressed his anger, "When I return to Luer, my subordinates will inform the suzerain of everything that happened during this period, Your Highness...do you have any objections?"

"it's up to you."

Aguili replied casually, his eyes still looking in the direction of looking in the distance.

He looked at the shadow cast by the sun, without saying a word, and in the silence, Aguili faintly felt a certain power in his chest.

At this moment, he finally understood why his father would allow this strategist named Chen Shubai to go out with him—in fact, just two months ago, his attitude towards the Zhou people was no different from these subordinates.

However, no matter if it is a scheming or a wise plan, after really experiencing the city in this person's heart, Aguili just sighed, fortunately this person is on his side.

The shadow of the sun gradually shortened in silence.

Aguili sent a total of three groups of people to the city at both ends to persuade them to surrender, but without exception, they were all shot back by the only remaining archers on the city gate.

When the shadow of the sun disappeared and noon was approaching, Aguili gave an order, and the golden soldiers finally rushed to both sides like a tide-this should be the easiest battle he has ever fought, not so much a siege. It's more like harvesting.

Aguili was puzzled by this - did he really look both ways?

Is this the hard bone that neither grandfather nor father can gnaw on?
The entire battle process, from breaking the city to street fighting, took less than two hours.

Before entering the city in the evening, Aguili dismounted himself and went to ask the Jinbei counselor in the thick velvet carriage to enter the city with him.

"Sir, you are really good at it." Aguili held an umbrella for Lan Zhijun, and said sincerely, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, I myself would not have believed that one day I would be able to balance the two sides."

"It's right for the suzerain and the former master not to look at each other." Lan Zhijun said with lowered eyes, "There are few people here, but there are many generals, and it's easy to defend but hard to attack. There's no need to waste your energy here."

"Then why did you take the initiative to look both ways with me?" Aguili frowned, "I thought you were quite sure."

"I'm afraid there is nothing in the world that can be done with great confidence before actually doing it. This kind of rashness is unacceptable." Lan Zhijun said calmly, "However, before traveling with His Highness, I have indeed already put The siege plan has been discussed with the Suzerain...

"Looking from both sides, the terrain is steep, but the terrain it relies on is also its weakness. In winter, the vegetation is rotten and the climate is dry, which is the time when landslides are prone to occur. The only difficulty is where to point the gunpowder to detonate."

Aguili was stunned for a moment, "No wonder that after blowing up the two official roads to Zhuozhou last time, Mr. suddenly told me that I was sure...were you sure at that time?"

"Exactly." Lan Zhijun said softly.

When Aguili and Lan Zhijun entered the city together, the ashes in the city hadn't completely cleared away.

Wang Meng and Shao Kuan were bound tightly in an open space not far from the North City Gate.

"Just these two?" Lan Zhijun glanced at the bloody Wang Meng, "Where's Cao Xun, the prefect of Zhuozhou?"

"Still looking, their county government didn't find—"

"Report!" A Jinbing shouted and ran towards this side, "A fat man was found in the dry well of the county government. Some people pointed out that he is the new magistrate!"

Lan Zhijun lowered her head and laughed, and pointed to the wooden stake that tied Wang Meng and Shao Kuan to the side, "Bring it here, and tie it there first...Your Highness, I want to find someone."

"Oh? Who is the military advisor looking for?"

"They have a counselor here, Wei Songqing." Lan Zhijun said softly, "Now, he should be in the city."

(End of this chapter)