Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

At this moment, a Tang army suddenly walked out of the military formation and rushed towards them.

"Not good!"

The fat chief of Baiyan City trembled in his heart.

He quickly took a few steps forward, waved and shouted at the approaching Tang army.

"Don't kill us!"

"We surrender!"

The Tang general who led his troops to charge over was Zhang Jian. He said with a grin.

"You're still surrendering with weapons in your hands? Brothers, kill them!"

Under Zhang Jian's command, thousands of foreign troops behind him pounced on him like a group of vicious wolves.

The face of the Chief of Baiyan City changed drastically. He turned around and shouted, "Drop your weapons!"

"Clang~"

"Clang~"

As he finished speaking, these people who had no intention of fighting dropped their weapons one after another.

All the soldiers defending the city were killed. How could they resist the powerful Tang army with such a small number of people?

"Whoo~"

Seeing the people so cooperative, the Chief of Baiyan City breathed a sigh of relief.

When he turned around and prepared to continue negotiations with the Tang army, he was greeted by a spear that was getting bigger and bigger.

"Spare my life..."

Before the Chief of Baiyan City could finish his words, he was stabbed in the chest by Zhang Jian.

"If I had known... I should have surrendered!"

After saying this, his fat white body fell to the ground with a bang.

This horrifying scene frightened thousands of Baiyan City residents.

Just as they were about to pick up the weapons on the ground to resist, the Tang army had already rushed into the crowd, and screams were heard continuously for a while.

Half an hour later.

The war came to an end.

Hou Junji ordered: "Move all the gold and silver in the city to the city lord's mansion and wait for the reward to be distributed. No one is allowed to keep it privately."

"Once discovered, behead him immediately!"

A group of soldiers who were specifically responsible for collecting spoils of war said this with a serious expression and clasped their fists.

"As ordered!"

Then, under the leadership of their lieutenant general, they began to dig deep into the ground to search for spoils.

The young women in the city were also imprisoned in houses around the city lord's mansion and guarded by special soldiers.

After arranging everything, Hou Junji went to the place where the Xuanjia Army was resting and then returned to the Tang Army camp with his personal guards to report on the battle situation.

Inside the tent of the Tang army commander.

Hou Junji said with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, in this battle we have annihilated all the defenders of Baiyan City and all the resistance forces!"

"The exact casualties are still being counted, and it is estimated that the count will be completed tomorrow morning."

"I have arranged for soldiers to search for gold and silver and put them in the city lord's mansion. After the number is counted, Your Highness will reward them according to their merits."

There are many things that need to be dealt with after the war, such as sending the wounded back to the camp for treatment, counting the combat achievements of each soldier, disposing of the enemy's bodies, etc.

Even counting the gold and silver valuables would take a lot of time.

Li Chengqian nodded and asked quickly, "General Hou, what are the casualties of the Black Armor Army?"

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, the Black Armor Army suffered no casualties except for those who were exhausted!"

"How can this be!"

Li Chengqian stood up in surprise, his face full of disbelief.

Even Du He, who was sitting on the side, had a look of doubt on his face, and he asked in a low voice with a puzzled tone.

"Is the Black Armor Army so strong?"

Before opening the west gate, the Black Armor Army had to face a siege from enemies ten times or even more in number, and the subsequent melee involving tens of thousands of people was bound to result in no casualties at all!

Not to mention that the two of them didn't believe it, if Hou Junji hadn't personally counted the number of Xuanjia soldiers, he wouldn't have believed it either.

Hou Junji nodded and said, "The Black Armor Army is covered in thick heavy armor. Even if they stand still and allow the enemy to attack them, the enemy's ordinary weapons cannot penetrate their armor."

"Before I came back, I took a look at the Black Armor Army and found that their heavy armor had many scratches from weapons, which means that during the battle, the enemy's weapons hit them but did not pierce their heavy armor."

The heavy armor worn by the Black Armor Army is even heavier than that worn by these generals.

Du He suddenly said, "Fortunately, we did not stage a palace coup, otherwise, with the few men under Li Anyan, the General of the Left Guard, I'm afraid they would not be enough to fill the gaps in the Black Armor Army's teeth."

The Xuanwu Gate inheritance method is exclusive to Li Shimin and is not applicable to everyone.

Well...

The expressions on Li Chengqian and Hou Junji's faces froze.

They looked at each other, with some fear on their faces, but they were also glad that they had terminated the action in time.

Li Chengqian said with emotion.

"If our Tang Dynasty had 10 brave soldiers like the Black Armor Army and equipped them with 10 sets of heavy armor, how could these surrounding countries resist our military force!"

"When I take the throne, I will also build a cavalry like this to conquer all the surrounding countries!"

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian's face was full of ambition.

Hou Junji shook his head and said, "Your Highness, the powerful fighting capacity of the Black Armor Army is all built up with silver."

"Whether it's the heavy armor they wear, the lances in their hands, or the war horses they are equipped with, it's a huge expense."

"In addition to receiving higher salaries than ordinary soldiers, the Black Armor Army also eats meat for every meal."

"If we can support 1000 heavily armored cavalry like the Black Armor Army, we can support tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers."

Even though the Tang Dynasty is so wealthy, Your Majesty only maintains 1500 Black Armored Soldiers.

Li Chengqian, who was excited, was instantly poured with a basin of cold water.

Ideals are full, but reality is skinny!

...

The next day.

After noon.

The main palace of Baiyan City.

Li Chengqian, Du He, Hou Junji and a group of military generals sat on a huge temporary platform.

On the left side of the platform, there are piles of gold and silver treasures classified into different categories. Under the sunlight, these gold and silver reflect dazzling metallic light.

On the right side of the platform stood more than a thousand carefully selected young women.

Because they were rewards given to meritorious soldiers, and many of them were taken home as wives, the age of these women was all under 30 years old.

Moreover, at Du He's request, some ugly women were excluded.

Hou Junji even persuaded Du He at the time, saying, "You are just being pretentious. For the soldiers, what does it matter if you are older and uglier?"

"After turning off the lights, I can't see faces clearly, but it won't affect having children at all."

His persuasion was immediately rejected by Li Chengqian, who fully approved of Du He's approach.

If ugly women are given as wives to soldiers who have made meritorious services, won't the soldiers be laughed at by their fellow villagers when they return home?

It’s better to have nothing than to have something less than perfect!

On the spacious parade ground below the high platform, more than 2 Tang army soldiers sat quietly on the dirt ground.

Their eyes looked at the gold and silver on the left, and then at the graceful woman on the right.

There was an anticipation on every soldier's face.

At this moment, Su Dingfang slowly stood up with a statistical battle report.

"coming!"

All the soldiers straightened up and focused their eyes on Su Dingfang.