The rise of the prince

Chapter 490
"It's okay, they don't care much about warriors, and besides, I control the new army, even the two Tiger Talismans, so I have the final say." Li Xingzhou patted his chest.

Indeed, this is a power that the emperor has never given to others. Having both halves of the Tiger Talisman in his hands means that he manages the new army and mobilizes the new army without the emperor's nod.Thinking about it this way, it's rare for him, this cheap grandfather, to be generous.

"Since the lord said so, then I will naturally go through fire and water, and I will do my best to repay the lord's kindness." Wei Yubai said resolutely.

"Don't, don't, you don't have to be so formal, it's not a matter of kindness."

"Then what's the matter?" Wei Yubai raised his head, his eyes were shining, and he was fixed on looking at him.

"Guan broth is getting cold, hurry up and eat." He panicked, quickly picked up the bowl, drank the soup, almost choked himself to death, Wei Yubai quickly patted his back.

For some reason, seeing Wei Yubai's eyes made him flustered.

At the same time, I also understand the truth that people may really be choked to death by themselves.

That night, the Black Mountain bandits took advantage of the darkness to make a surprise attack. This time they seemed to have carefully discussed how to deal with firearms, so when they were discovered that night, a large number of people resolutely faced the bullets and rushed to the inside of the one-foot-high rammed earth wall at the entrance of the village. .

Li Xing also admired this. The Black Mountain bandits are quite smart. They probably found that the guns and cannons almost hit them in a straight line. The rammed earth wall with a height of more than one foot was used as a cover, and the guns could not hit them.

Li Xingzhou shook his head and said: "It's a pity, I'm smarter!" Then he ordered loudly: "Shenji Camp, prepare the grenade! Throw it freely!"

With an order, the sergeant of the Shenji Battalion took down the grenade hanging from his waist, opened the safety, pulled off the lead wire, and threw it over the wall. With a loud bang, the flames lit up the night sky, and behind the wall, ghosts and wolves howled.
The siege until dawn, the corpses and broken limbs inside the earth wall have piled up into a hill. Last night, some were killed by the grenade, and more were wounded and maimed, but they couldn’t climb back. They wailed all night and froze to death. outside.

The accompanying people were already stunned at the fighting power of the new army. There were only a few hundred people, and more than 2000 people were surrounded and fought inside!What kind of siege is this?

Next, Li Xingzhou besieged Zhaizikou for several days without attacking or accepting any surrender. At the same time, under the identification of the black leopards, the artillerymen demolished the buildings and caves where the grain was stored, and buried the grain in the soil.

As long as someone dares to show their heads or wants to rescue food, they will immediately bombard them indiscriminately. More than 100 mules that can carry them and ammunition carried by dozens of pack horses also ensure the continuous firepower.

In the next few days after the fight, many Montenegrin bandits cried directly, and some even came out with their hands tied, crying and begging him to spare their lives.

Li Xingzhou knew that this had not reached their psychological limit at all.

These people are not wolves like black panthers who kill to survive, they are lunatics, wild dogs, psychopaths, who enjoy bloodthirsty killing for fun, if they are not hit, they are afraid and desperate, leaving an indelible psychological shadow on them, they Never know fear.

Shen Lin was ordered to count the number of casualties as accurately as possible every day. When more than 700 people were killed, the Black Mountain bandits finally collapsed on a large scale for the first time. Many people rushed to the village entrance crying for their lives.

However, after a short and intense firepower suppression, as long as they rushed in, they basically turned into corpses.

After a few more days of siege, the black mountain bandits inside were almost driven crazy.

Some are really crazy, chanting crazy words, hypnotizing themselves invulnerable and rushing over, only to be killed in one fell swoop.

They were even so desperate that they could kill each other, each of them was skinny and not human-like.

At this time, Li Xingzhou asked Shen Lin to lead people to the top of the city to announce that those who offer the heads of the three Xiongzhai brothers and the jade-faced fox will not die.

In an instant, the fight broke out again, people from Yumianhu, people from Xiongzhai, and people who wanted to survive, God tm Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Li Xingzhou also knew that it was almost time to close the net.

At noon the next day, Li Xingzhou made everyone eat and drink enough, and then formally launched a general attack on Fox Mountain City.

As a result, they fought all the way from the entrance of the village below to the "palace" of Yumianhu at the head of the village. The "Han" flag with gold characters and black background was in tatters and swayed in the wind. They hardly encountered any resistance. There were corpses everywhere in the village. The corpses outside the stockade had been burned by them, but no one in the stockade disposed of them.

In the end, there were only more than 900 skinny men, women and children holding the heads of the three leaders of Xiongzhai, and the bound jade-faced fox knelt and surrendered.

Yumianhu was a middle-aged woman whose left arm was interrupted by the first round of artillery during the first day of combat. Fortunately, the weather was cold and the wound was not very inflamed.

But she is also dying now, with excessive blood loss, severe suppuration of the wound, necrosis of the surrounding muscle tissue, and large pieces of festering flesh falling off. Even if she is not killed, she will not live for long.

Li Xingzhou was too lazy to show off his power to a dying man.

"Give him a good time, after all, she has helped me a lot by gathering these bandits together." Li Xingzhou said coldly.

Shen Lin arched his hands and went up with the knife.

Fox Mountain City, which claims to be unbreakable, is completely destroyed, and there are nearly [-] black mountain bandits gathered in it, only about a thousand people are shivering with fear in front of them.

All the soldiers cheered, presumably they couldn't believe that the battle would go so smoothly after going deep into the enemy's rear.

On their side, 26 wounded soldiers who were injured due to frostbite, bruises, colds and other reasons were removed, and the rest had no casualties. Great victory!

He Zhao, Fu'an, and Tang Zhou accompanied the emperor in simple clothes and visited various places in Jiangzhou. They were all orderly, prosperous and peaceful.

In restaurants and teahouses, storytellers can be heard everywhere telling the story of King Pingnan, or how thousands of people broke through [-], and the South was settled in March, or sweeping the land to rule Jiangzhou, fighting corrupt officials with wits, etc., are everywhere, and the people love to listen and tell stories I also like to talk.

Even when walking on the street, I often hear people mention it. At this time, the emperor would stop and listen for a while. Fuan quickly seized the opportunity to praise King Pingnan for being loved by the people, but the emperor's face was neither happy nor worried, which made people feel sad. Elusive.

"King Pingnan is indeed capable of governing the world." Even the serious He Zhao had to express this emotion after traveling all over Jiangzhou.

The emperor didn't speak, but asked abruptly: "What day is today?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's the 25th of the twelfth lunar month." Fu'an said.

"Is King Pingnan back?"

"No, at noon at this time, there is still no news from the northern station."

"He is resisting the will and disrespecting my will!" The emperor was not happy.

At this moment, not far from them, a red sedan chair fell from the snow. Wang Tong came out in a hurry, took a playbook, and knelt in the snow: "The emperor's report from the north!"

The emperor took a look, he was stunned, and then handed it to He Zhao.

He Zhao looked at it and was dumbfounded: "This, this, it's so powerful!"

Tang Zhouwei looked puzzled, took the booklet from He Zhao's hand, looked at it, and jumped up instantly.
(End of this chapter)