It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Wei Hu stood at the foot of Yongzhou City, looked up at the tall city walls and shouted loudly.

"Listen, soldiers guarding Yongzhou City. King Chen has been killed by us."

"He wants to be crowned emperor, and your majesty knows this, so we are sending our army to suppress the rebels."

"He is a traitor to the country. If you continue to defend Yongzhou City, you will be guilty of the same crime as Xiao Yan and will suffer the same fate."

As Wei Hu spoke, he raised Xiao Yan's head high.

When Chen Wang's son Xiao Qiyuan saw his father's head being held high in the air, his legs suddenly went weak and he knelt on the ground and burst into tears.

"I will give you two hours to make a decision. If you don't open the city gates and surrender, Xiao Yan's fate today will be your fate tomorrow."

Wei Hu said this without taking off Xiao Yan’s head.

Xiao Yan's head was hung on a long pillar and swayed in the wind.

Xiao Qiyuan cried and then vomited, and then cried again after vomiting.

Finally, Xiao Qiyuan was carried back to the palace.

There was chaos in the palace.

When Princess Chen heard that Xiao Yan was dead, she fainted immediately.

After Xiao Qiyuan recovered, he convened a military meeting in Yongzhou City.

He gathered together the generals who remained in the city.

At this time, Xiao Qiyuan's face was pale, his lips were chapped, his hair was disheveled, and his body was weak and shaky.

"My father's head is now hung on a pole outside by those rebels. It is a great disgrace."

"I will definitely chop off the head of that woman Lu Xingchen and let her head be exposed to the wind and sun until the skin and flesh on her head are eaten clean by birds."

Xiao Qiyuan said the cruelest words, but there was no strength in his tone, and he kept gasping for breath.

But more than half of the generals below no longer had the will to resist.

After all, when King Chen went out of the city to fight, the 15,000 elite soldiers he took with him were the most powerful troops in Yongzhou City.

The rest were old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were less than 5,000 regular troops in the garrison.

But the enemy's troops were in good order, with flags flying, neat formations and strong momentum.

How can they resist Lu Xingchen’s attack with their current military strength?

"I know that some of you want to retreat, but I am here to tell you that anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy."

"Your Highness, we also want to resist, but there are only 10,000 soldiers in the city. However, these soldiers were eliminated by the prince and have no ability to fight at all." A general frowned and said with a sad face.

"Drag him out and behead him." Xiao Qiyuan pointed at the general and said.

"Your Highness, killing a general on the battlefield is a bad sign. General Wang is just expressing his thoughts." said another general.

"No matter what, I must stop the rebels' attack. Then wait for the rescue of the imperial troops," Xiao Qiyun said.

"I have sent people to the palace to ask His Majesty to send troops to help. My father has no intention of betraying the court. The emperor was bewitched by Lu Xingchen."

"As long as we can hold out for half a month, the imperial court will surely send troops to rescue us."

Seeing that Xiao Qiyuan had no intention of surrendering, the generals no longer dared to suggest surrendering without a fight.

So Yongzhou City began to actively prepare for war.

Wei Hu heard the news that Yongzhou City was preparing for war and came to Lu Xingchen's tent.

"Xiao Qiyuan is not going to surrender, but to resist." Wei Hu had a ruthless look on his face.

Lu Xingchen nodded, "This is within expectations."

"Since we are going to attack the city, we must know where the weak points of the enemy's deployment are."

A lot of prisoners were captured in the battle with Xiao Yan.

Lu Xingchen asked someone to bring up a mid-level general.

"If we want to attack Yongzhou City, how should we attack it?"

The new general's surname was Cao, and his name was Cao Mai.

Cao Mai glanced at Lu Xingchen and replied,

"The main city gate must be guarded by the prince. No, it must be guarded by Xiao Qiyuan."

"The East Gate and the West Gate should be the weak points of attack."

"According to the previous deployment, Wang Rulin will be the commander of the East City Gate..."

"This man's name contains the word 'Ru' (Confucianism) and he often calls himself a Confucian general, but he is actually a spineless person."

"If the commander-in-chief attacks the East City Gate fiercely, Wang Rulin will surely become weak and give up resistance..."

"In that case, let's focus on the East Gate and make a feint attack on the main gate..." Lu Xingchen had Cao Mai taken away, and then said to Wei Hu.

Wei Hu nodded, "Okay, General, I know how to fight now."

So Wei Hu asked Ma Chao to lead 3,000 men to feint an attack on the main city gate, Leng Feng to lead 2,000 men to feint an attack on the west gate, and Lu Yun to lead 1,000 men to attack the east gate.

"Lu Xingchen, this bitch, doesn't play by the rules. She said we'd have two hours, but she sent troops to attack the city in less than an hour." Xiao Qiyuan stood on the city wall and cursed angrily at the people below.

Lu Xingchen didn't come to attack the city at all. She left all the tasks of attacking the city to Wei Hu.

The attack on the main city gate was the most fierce, but Wei Hu did not place all the hurricane-throwing vehicles at the main city gate, only less than twenty.

Even so, Xiao Qiyuan at the main city gate was still stunned.

He didn't expect that Lu Xingchen had so much explosives in his hands.

The walls of Yongzhou City were high and the space above the walls was particularly wide, so even if some soldiers were injured when the explosives fell, the damage was not serious.

Three thousand soldiers attacking the city could not pose a fatal threat to Xiao Qiyuan.

Ma Chao led his men to continue attacking the city, which lasted for nearly two hours before they retreated.

At this time night falls.

Xiao Qiyuan felt that he would definitely win this battle.

The other side only has this many troops.

It is impossible for three thousand soldiers to attack Yongzhou City.

"Listen, fellow soldiers. The rebels only have 8,000 soldiers at most. There are about 3,000 soldiers attacking the city. Yongzhou City is so strong that 3,000 soldiers will be useless to us."

"And the rebels obviously have no experience in sieges. They have been focusing on attacking the main city gate."

"That's all for today's siege. You can take a good rest. We will definitely be able to stop the rebels' attack tomorrow."

"Anyone who has made contributions will be rewarded."

Today's big battle also doubled the morale of the defenders at the main city gate.

What they didn't expect was that Ma Chao led these 3,000 soldiers and horses to attack the main city gate regardless of their own lives, but it was all just a trick of Yibin.

Night falls, the darkness hangs low, the stars twinkle in the sky, and everything seems like the darkness before dawn.

At the moment when no one expected it, suddenly sparks flew in the sky and explosive packs fell on the tower of the East Gate like stars.

This time, hundreds of catapults launched simultaneously.

The entire East Gate tower was almost completely covered and razed to the ground.

At this time, Wei Hu and Ling Xiao personally led the troops to attack the city.

Pei Jun took over Lu Feng's previous task and drove the battering ram to violently ram the East City Gate.

Wang Rulin received an order from Xiao Qiyuan saying that the rebels would not attack the city tonight. At this time, he was happily lying naked at home with his concubine.

As a result, the followers rushed in directly and saw two white dogs rising and falling.

"If you don't want to live anymore, I'll kill you." Wang Rulin said angrily.

"General, this is bad. The East Gate is about to be breached."