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Chapter 236 Entering South County
The sheriff of Henan County also prepared a speech. He believed that as long as he moved out of the two countries behind him, Tianlu, who had always insisted on the golden mean, would definitely retreat after weighing the pros and cons.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

On the other side, Qing Quan and the others, who were sweating profusely after working in the big tent of the military camp for a long time, saw that Ye Wenxuan could not wake up, and finally gave up their plan to take him away by force.

Although they were warlords sent by His Majesty out of vigilance to monitor Ye Wenxuan, if Ye Wenxuan died of an accident because of them, Emperor Donglin would not let them go.

Only Emperor Donglin can decide Ye Wenxuan's fate.

Half an hour later, when they arrived outside the camp, they found that the army had already disappeared.

Qingquan was shocked, he didn't expect Ye Zhengping to lead the generals one step ahead, he didn't care about Ye Wenxuan's absence at all.

Only then did he realize that something was wrong. Could it be that this matter was colluded in advance?
But Ye Wenxuan's appearance of being seriously ill just now does not seem to be fake.

Half a day later, the army arrived outside the Sheriff's Mansion in Southwest County.

Ye Zhaoyan was riding on the horse, looking at the county government office not far away, "This is the residence of the sheriff of the southwestern county of Hexi!"

Several lieutenants cheered up one after another, preparing for a big battle.

Ye Zhaoyan kept thinking. She turned her head to look at the Beiliang army mixed in the crowd, with a dignified expression.

The intention of this Beiliang army goes without saying. The Beiliang envoys have already informed Ye Wenxuan, and asked the Ye family army to take the lead. When the results are harvested, they will come out to "take advantage".

There were not many of them, no more than [-] people.

If they threatened each other when the Ye family's army was seriously injured, it would definitely be very deterrent.

It was precisely because of this situation that Ye Zhaoyan had a tricky plan.

After Ye Zhaoyan and several lieutenants finalized their strategy, the group galloped to the city of Nanjun.

At this time, the city gate of Nanjun was closed tightly, and the few people guarding the city gate rushed to report when they saw this. After a while, a group of people came out from the side road that was only for one person.

In addition to Xie Chengren, the governor of the county, this group of people also included Hu De'an, the magistrate of Southwest County, as well as several minor officials and guards.

Seeing Ye Zhaoyan and his party, Xie Chengren frowned slightly: "May I ask your Excellency, which general are you from?"

Ye Zhaoyan whipped his horse, and said loudly: "I am a descendant of the Ye family, a major general of the Ye family army."

Xie Chengren looked at the dazzling snow-white face under the sun, "General Ye Shen, I don't know why you came here with a mighty army?"

"I was ordered to go north to take the land of Hexi and take over the defense of Hexi. I also hope that Mr. Xie will make it easier."

Ye Zhaoyan's tone was quite polite, expressing his intention to take down Hexinan County without bloodshed.

But Xie Chengren obviously didn't want to buy it, and immediately became angry, "It's true that your Ye family army obeyed Emperor Tianlu's orders, but this action is extremely unreasonable! The defense of our Nanbei County in Hebei Province has long been under the joint control of Nanzhao Kingdom and the Western Regions." Already!"

Ye Zhaoyan smiled, and said, "I would have known what Mr. Xie said from other people. It's just that what your Majesty meant was that since ancient times this Hexinan County has been under the jurisdiction of Tianlu, it should be returned to its original owner."

"Nine years ago, Tianlu made an oath to give up the land of Hexi. How can you intervene now!"

"Thank you, sir, please be careful!" Ye Zhaoyan said sternly, "Nine years ago was nine years ago, and today is now. What's more, the oath back then was just a verbal agreement, and there is no real evidence at all. If today's fortune is strong, how can your majesty still do it?" Is it okay to let you occupy Hexi?"

"Are you forcing the Nanzhao Kingdom and the Western Regions to become your Tianlu's enemies?" Xie Chengren's face was uncertain.

Ye Zhaoyan said indifferently: "Tianlu must take Hexi, there is no room for negotiation. Please thank you sir to open the city gate and surrender!"

"You want to take Nanjun by force?!" Xie Chengren's face darkened, extremely annoyed, "Bastards! How dare you..."

Ye Zhaoyan shook his head, "I came here according to the order, as long as Mr. Xie is willing to let me go, the people in the city will be safe and sound, so why is there such a robbery?"

Xie Chengren pursed his lips, still unwilling to let go.

Ye Zhaoyan shook his head and sighed, "Master Xie, I'll give you a stick of incense time to think about it! If you don't hand over the city to us, the Ye family army will have to kill it!"

Wang Zhiyuan was silent for a long time, and said firmly: "If Tianlu is so unreasonable, just wait for the anger of the two countries!"

He didn't believe that Emperor Donglin was so bold and dared to provoke public anger.

Ye Zhaoyan stopped talking nonsense with him, and said decisively: "Come on, attack the city gate!"

More than a dozen elite soldiers flew across the moat, and quickly lowered the suspension bridge. Ye Zhaoyan rode his horse into the border of Hexinan County. Outside the suspension bridge, Wang Zhiyuan's face gradually became distorted, and finally gritted his teeth and cursed: "Damn Tianlu! Thief!"

Before he finished speaking, an arrow pierced through the night and shot at Xie Chengren, and the tip of the arrow hit his throat.

"Bam—"

Blood spattered, Xie Chengren's body collapsed and hit the ground.

The surrounding soldiers were taken aback, and looked up in a panic, only to see a soldier wearing an ordinary battle suit standing in the crowd, with his right arm resting on the bowstring, and a pair of eagle-like eyes staring straight ahead, cold and bloodthirsty. Like a ferocious beast.

The scene when he shot Wang Zhiyuan with a long arrow just now was so relaxed and casual, as if he was just crushing an ant to death.

"You... who are you?!" The magistrate Hu De'an asked tremblingly, beads of sweat dripping from his forehead.

Ye Zhaoyan, who had already crossed the moat at this time, did not notice the movement behind him, and still commanded the troops to advance, "Advance three feet!"

"boom!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The crossbowmen on the city wall shot wildly, and the dense iron objects hit the shield and sparks shot out, and a thick smoke filled the air.

All the soldiers withstood the pressure and advanced step by step holding their shields.

At the same time, the crossbowmen of the Ye family army continued to shoot arrows with fireballs to attack the defenders on the city wall.

The crossbowmen on the city tower were shooting desperately, but the city wall was not spacious, and Ye Zhaoyan had done enough homework in advance. Under the attack of the fire arrows, there were fewer and fewer crossbowmen, and it was impossible to form an effective block at all.

Seeing the crossbowmen on the city wall retreating steadily, they gradually couldn't hold on, and suddenly countless black shadows jumped down from the slide at the corner of the city tower.

They are all masked men in black with superb martial arts skills and fierce faces, and there are nearly a thousand of them.

After landing, the man in black quickly drew his knife and chopped down several shields, and then rushed towards the Ye family army, trying to stop the army's advance.

Obviously, these people had been ambushing nearby for a long time, just waiting for the Ye family army to get close to the city wall, so as to wait for the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

"Fire arrows!"

Ye Zhaoyan's complexion changed drastically. She never expected that there were so many highly skilled assassins hidden in the Sheriff's Mansion. These assassins were obviously well-trained and waited for this opportunity to ambush.

Because the suspension bridge was narrow and the load-bearing capacity was limited, she did not let the cavalry team cross the moat, but chose the most dexterous archers and a defense team to attack first.

(End of this chapter)