Ji Tang

Outside the new city, thousands of troops were ready, and siege equipment such as ladders and wells were gathered. On the city wall, the head of the Chen family looked solemn. He was not a fool, otherwise he would not have led the Chen family to become the overlord of this big island in a short period of time.

Although his eagerness for success led to his failure, he was not discouraged because he still had a chance!

As long as the imperial court sends troops, the Chen family's crisis will be resolved. As long as the people are still there and the foundation is still there, the Chen family will have a chance to rise again. He is one of the few people who can clearly see the current situation. Now the imperial court has entered a stage of recuperation. After the war in the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty is invincible, and it is unlikely that the new emperor will launch a major war after he succeeds to the throne.

Therefore, it is very likely to improve people's livelihood and completely control the existing land. Just like the previous Jizhou Prefecture, with the immigration, border areas began to transform into prefectures and counties, as evidenced by the sudden appearance of hundreds of counties in the Western Regions.

What's more, it is now during the period of major disarmament, and the elite clans that have been disbanded will inevitably enter the major territories. With the addition of these people, the strength of the territories will inevitably increase greatly, and conflicts will be inevitable!

He had already made a plan to open up the Chen family's second territory, and planned to personally lead the team to execute it. But who would have thought that the situation would completely change because of that incident.

He had already thought of the place. Due to an unexpected storm at sea, a fleet of the Chen family lost its direction and somehow ended up on a continent thousands of miles away. When they saw people who were the same as the Yin people in Chang'an, Everyone was dumbfounded.

Yinzhou, that continent together is said to be larger than the entire Tang Dynasty. The northern and southern continents are both treasures.

It took the fleet a year to return to the family. Who knows how he felt when he learned the news? Is that the place where the Tang Dynasty's ocean-going fleet was led by the disciples of Duke Xi? Is it the origin of those three high-yielding grains?

He clearly knew that as the imperial court's control over the South China Sea increased, they had little room for tact. Anyone who wants to develop and grow here is simply wishful thinking.

Unless there is chaos in the Central Plains, don't even think about it.

How much tax revenue does Nanhai contribute to the court every year? That is simply an astronomical figure. As long as the imperial court is not stupid, it will never give up the South China Sea easily. The status of the South China Sea has even surpassed many places in the Central Plains.

Under such circumstances, if you want the Chen family to get out of their prison and completely make their own decisions, they must get out of here and develop in places that are beyond the reach of the Tang Dynasty.

but now.

Looking at the army outside the city, he smiled bitterly. If he couldn't escape this disaster, it would be useless to say anything.

"Have they sent the eldest son away?"

The butler whispered: "I have already sent him to the territory where I have good relations with the Chen family. Once there are changes here, I will go to the Central Plains immediately."

"Well, that's fine. Even if I die, the Chen family cannot die. I have handed over most of the Chen family's heritage to the eldest son. Now that the world is turbulent and there are many opportunities, it may not be impossible to revitalize the Chen family in the future."

"I just hope that he will learn from his father's lesson, act steadily, don't rush for success, and develop well step by step."

"Kill!"

Before he finished speaking, shouts of killing rang out from outside the city. The head of the Chen family snorted coldly: "Everyone is on his way. Even if I die, I won't let them have an easy time!"

"promise!"

Outside the city, more than ten people on horseback were watching the city wall and the soldiers attacking the city. Since ancient times, siege warfare has been the most difficult thing to fight. Unless it is absolutely necessary, no large-scale siege will be carried out.

They did not have telescopes that were prohibited from being exported by the imperial court, so they could only observe with the naked eye.

"This battle with the Chen family is over!" one of them sighed.

"Yes, I have said before that the natives cannot be trusted. Now it's better. The overlord with a great reputation was overthrown in a blink of an eye. He, the Chen family, has suffered the consequences for himself. No one else can blame him!"

Some people hesitated: "Are we really going to do that? Isn't it too much?"

that matter? Of course everyone understood what he was talking about. Some people said disdainfully: "What can't be done? The Tang Dynasty is far away, how can those big men have time to care about us? Just do it!"

"But have you noticed something is wrong with Lu?"

Lu's?

Everyone was stunned for a moment, but then they knew what he was talking about.

"Are you talking about Mrs. Lu's angry rebuke to our invitation?"

"Yes, have you noticed that their attitude towards us used to be decent anyway, but now they don't even care about this. They kicked out all the people we sent, and they angrily accused us of being traitors and traitors?"

"Tch, why are you pretending to be noble? Does he dare to say that he has no ideas?"

"No, I still feel something is wrong. Since that time, all those big families have cut off contact with us. This is very wrong. Should we take it easy?"

"No, the arrow is on the string and must be fired!"

Everyone discussed for a long time but nothing came out. The last person interrupted: "Okay, let's talk about this later. The most important thing now is to destroy the Chen family. Who makes them arrogant? They think they can fight back, so they are ominous. The imperial court is asking for help. We dare to kill him before the imperial court can react. Even if the imperial court knows about it, there will be nothing we can do!"

Everyone looked at each other and nodded, agreeing with their thoughts.

If Gu Yan were here, he would probably laugh to death hearing their conversation. Why do they still want to establish a country? What a huge joke. Why did those aristocratic families cut off their ties? It's not because their actions are too dangerous. If they don't clear up the relationship now, they may be liquidated when the imperial army arrives.

I don’t blame them for being stupid, I can only blame them for their shallow background. The reason why aristocratic families are aristocratic families is because of their monopoly of knowledge and some unspoken rules that the upper class know well but do not disclose to others.

Why has it been that for thousands of years, no emperor has changed these things despite changes in dynasties?

Do you really not want to be scolded? No, they thought, but they didn't dare to do it. Whoever deserves it will die.

After all, this world is still ruled by scholars and aristocratic families. Even if they want to enlighten the people's wisdom in the Tang Dynasty, the influence of aristocratic families is still everywhere, but they no longer have the ability to change dynasties!

What is the basis of imperial rule? It's those things that are not worth mentioning in the end, namely words and customs. They want to eliminate the Tang Dynasty's influence on their territory, and the best way is to change these. But will the court tolerate them?

No, not only will it not happen, but it will also destroy them with the power of thunder.

The basis for the existence of aristocratic families is the classics passed down from generation to generation by their ancestors, and these classics are written in Chinese characters. What is the difference between changing Chinese characters and digging up their ancestral graves?

From this we can see where the hatred of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms towards Qin Shihuang came from!

Needless to say, all the major aristocratic families now want to kill these nouveau riche immediately. They dare to do this without knowing anything. This is no different from seeking death. Do they really think that those people in Chang'an are dead?

The siege is still continuing, but it is obvious that the resistance in the city has weakened a lot. After all, this is the gap. There are only less than a thousand defenders in the new city. How can they withstand the attack of thousands of people?

Seeing the enemy troops attacking the city wall, the Chen family leader was filled with despair. Is this really what he wanted to do today?

woohoo~

Suddenly, a deep horn sounded. The head of the Chen family, who was about to commit suicide, was stunned and looked towards the sea in disbelief.

The new city was built along the sea. This was the place where they first landed. In commemoration, it was named New City. At this time, on the sea outside the new city, a battle flag appeared on the horizon. When everyone saw clearly, the faces of the more than ten territorial owners outside the city suddenly turned pale, but the head of the Chen family on the city wall laughed loudly and said: "Hahahaha~ God will not destroy me Chen family, God will not destroy me Chen family!"

Sonorous~

Pointing his sword high, he said loudly: "My sons, the imperial army has arrived, we are saved!"

Wow ~

Suddenly someone burst into tears. From being a high-ranking regional hegemon to being reduced to a bereaved dog, you can imagine how they felt. Under the ups and downs, it was already on the verge of collapse.

From the moment they saw the imperial warship, all their emotions finally burst out. Some people are shouting, some are crying loudly, and all living beings are different!

The coalition forces outside the city were dumbfounded at this time. They never thought that they were just attacking a small territory and actually attracted the Tang garrison. What should they do now?

Shen Zhen didn't know what they thought, and even if they did, it didn't matter. Their fate was already doomed when they decided to abandon the Chinese clothes.

If they no longer want to be human beings, then why does the Tang Dynasty still keep them?

"Somebody come!"

"General!"

Shen Zhen pointed at the coalition forces in the distance and said, "Can our cannon hit them?"

The soldier made a visual inspection and said, "Okay!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Beat me hard!"

"promise!"

Soon, the still-moving Zhan stopped, and began to slowly turn the bow, leaning sideways on the sea. The people on the shore were puzzled. Just when they were confused, they heard a thunder, and then saw a black thing coming towards them.

"Here. Run quickly!"

Not everyone is a fool. A lord who once stayed in Nancheng suddenly remembered the scene of naval training he saw in Nancheng. The earth-shattering weapons made him tremble every time he thought about it.

But it was still too late. There was a muffled sound, and an iron ball girl appeared on the battlefield, killing one person at once. However, the iron ball did not stop. It bounced and continued moving forward. Suddenly, a bloody road appeared in front of everyone. In front of you.

Many people still understood what was going on. They didn't even make a scream, there was no sound at all.

That was all, but the bloody scene made many people who were used to seeing life and death vomit. Wherever the iron ball passed by, all the soldiers blocking him were smashed to pieces, and the ground was even more bloody!

thump~

With a muffled sound, the iron ball hit the wall of the new city, and then it hit the marriage and was embedded in it!

Boom boom boom!

At this time, more than a dozen sounds came from the ship in the distance, and the army outside the city suddenly became confused. They all ran in both directions crying for their fathers and mothers, but they could not escape the shells, so there were more than ten bloody roads. Appear in front of everyone.

Stupid, everyone is stupid.

What kind of weapon is this? How come they've never met?

In such a short period of time, the 3,000-strong army attacked the city and only lost a few hundred people, but now a dozen artillery shells took away hundreds of people.

On the ship, Shen Zhen saw that the army on the opposite side was in chaos, so he asked the gunner to stop. I took a notebook from the soldier and started to memorize it.

Gu Yanzhi was a little curious, so he glanced at it and saw some data densely recorded on it, all in Arabic numerals. It should be the range and lethality of the artillery and other information!

"Why do you remember these?" Gu Yanzhi asked curiously.

"I don't know, Mr. Xi ordered that anyone who doesn't do it will have their salary deducted. I am now memorizing these data in my dreams!"

Shen Zhen wondered: "I heard it was for testing the artillery and improving things like that. Anyway, I don't understand it, but I have to do it. It's been many years and I'm used to it!"

Gu Yanzhi thoughtfully wrote down the matter. Since Mr. Xi attaches so much importance to it, it must be unusual, and he must keep it in the future, maybe it will be used when. After all, he knows how precious this thing is to the court.

The Nanhai Navy Fleet only has these things on the main ship and three frigates. There are only more than thirty doors. This was obtained through the bargaining between the Tao Kingdom and the Supreme Emperor. Otherwise, you would never even think about it.

"Let's go to the shore, don't let anyone go!"

"promise!"

The soldiers were weak and thought it was going to be a fierce battle, but they didn't expect that the army was defeated after more than a dozen rounds of artillery shells, which made them lose their spirits.

"These brats" Shen Zhen laughed angrily.

"Okay, that's fine. We are all Tang Dynasty people. Let's die as little as possible. This time we will only catch the culprits and give the others a slight punishment. They are also the victims in this matter anyway!"

It's not that Shen Zhen is soft-hearted, but that this is indeed the ambition of a small group of people, and there is no need to kill them all.

Soon the warship docked, and the Marines on board quickly docked in small boats. They thought the other side would block them, but they didn't expect to meet anyone until they landed ashore.

After landing, they quickly prepared defenses, and the officers and soldiers on the ship also came ashore one by one.

"The troops are divided into three groups, one in the south, one in the east, and one in the southeast. Your mission is to capture all those lords for me. Anyone who wants to survive will be sent back to the dark room for me! "

When everyone heard that the dark room was closed, their faces immediately turned pale. They would rather play with the plan than squat in some dark room. I don’t know which evil person thought of such a method, he is simply unworthy of a human being.

"promise!"

Watching the army leave, Shen Zhen glanced at the new city, but did not enter the city and just waited there. Soon, the city gate opened and a group of people walked out.

It's miserable, it's so miserable, everyone's hair is disheveled, and their bodies are all covered with traces of the battle.

"I'm paying homage to Marquis Jinghai. I've missed the chance to welcome you from afar. I hope Marquis Jinghai will forgive me!" The head of the Chen family kept his posture very low. The key is not to be too low. Who is this? That was someone the entire Nanhai didn't want to face.

The Nanhai Navy Fleet was the power of the Tang Dynasty to suppress the entire South China Sea. Who dares to defeat it?

"Well, Mr. Xincheng doesn't need to be polite!"

I originally wanted to ridicule this guy, but when I saw his miserable appearance, I lost my meaning and waved my hand: "You lead people to follow the army. As their guide, you must capture them all within three days."

Uncle Xincheng's eyes flashed, and he agreed without saying a word. How could he let go of such an opportunity for revenge? With a ferocious laugh, he led his clansmen in pursuit in the direction where the army was leaving, regardless of how exhausted he was. (End of Chapter)