The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

Zhongshan said again: "My lord, if you surrender and offer the city, I will return the princess to the State of Yan!"

"If you don't surrender! I will kill her now! Make a quick decision on what to do next!"

At this time, Ji Xiang looked at Gongzi Ri with tears in her eyes and shook her head desperately, which meant, don't surrender!

Zi Ri looked at Ji Xiang with pity. What should he do? If he didn't surrender, the princess would die.

Yancheng is the last barrier in the north of Yan State.

If they surrendered, not only would the city be lost, but even the Yan State's capital, Jicheng, would be lost.

By then, wouldn't I be a traitor to my country? How could I be worthy of General Zhao?

He hardened his heart and gritted his teeth, saying, "Zhongshan old bastard!"

"It is a great honor for the princess as a child of the royal family to sacrifice her life for her country!"

"You can kill me or chop me up as you please, but you're dreaming of asking me to surrender the city!"

Zhongshan was immediately furious when he saw that Prince Ri was indifferent and did nothing to save the dying man.

He pointed at Gongzi Ri and shouted, "Gongzi Ri! Do you really not care about the princess's life or death and refuse to open the city and surrender?"

Zi Ri angrily retorted, "My words are as good as gold! I will never change them!"

Seeing that Ji Xiang had lost her usefulness, Zhongshan sneered, "Sir! You forced me to do this!"

After saying that, he drew his sword and jumped onto the chariot. He raised his sword and chopped off Ji Xiang's head.

Ah! Zi Ri was so frightened that he quickly closed his eyes.

I thought Zhongshan just wanted to use the princess as a hostage to force me to submit and scare me, but I didn't expect him to actually take action.

After killing Ji Xiang, Zhongshan waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Attack the city!"

Zi Ri looked at the dense enemy troops below and gritted his teeth, saying, "Come here! Order my guards to go into battle and kill the enemy!"

“Yes!” the messenger agreed and waved his hand.

Immediately, the one hundred guards that Zixuan assigned to his son ran to Zi Ri.

The captain clasped his fists and saluted, "Sir! I report in!"

Hmm! Zi Ri nodded: "Brothers, I didn't expect that I would not send you to the battlefield unless it was absolutely necessary!"

"But the situation is serious, and we have to change our plans! Everyone, listen up! Take out your crossbows and fire at the enemy!"

One hundred soldiers shouted in unison: "Here!"

Then, the soldiers took off the crossbows on their backs, lay down at the entrance, aimed at the enemy and pulled the trigger.

Beep beep…beep beep…beep beep beep beep beep beep beep…

Immediately, countless small black dots poured down on the heads of the Shanrong soldiers.

Ah! Ah! Ah! In an instant, the Shanrong soldiers fell down in droves.

Zhongshan and Chuxiong were horrified when they saw it. What kind of weapon was this? They hurriedly shouted, "Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

When the Shanrong soldiers heard the order to retreat, they quickly ran towards the camp.

Zi Ri was very happy to see the enemy troops retreat, and thought to himself, the weapons given by my mother are still the best!

He quickly ordered his soldiers to clean up the battlefield, first retrieve the princess's body, and then transport back the crossbows and arrows.

After Zhongshan ran back to the tent, he smashed several teacups in anger.

The subordinates were so scared that they lowered their heads and stood aside cautiously, not daring to make a sound.

They were afraid that if they said something wrong, the king would take his anger out on them.

After throwing things around, Zhongshan sat down at his desk, panting heavily, and asked, "You've all seen what happened today. What clever plan do you have to take this city?"

Everyone lowered their heads and remained silent. Zhongshan was so angry that he grabbed the bamboo slips on the table and smashed them at them.

"Damn it! He's always grumbling and angry! Why does he become a fucking coward when the moment comes?"

"If you can't come up with a good plan today, go home and take care of your children!"

After holding it in for a long time, Chu Xiong stood up timidly, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, I have an idea. I wonder if I should tell you."

Zhongshan glared at him and said, "What are you talking about? Tell me now!"

Yes! Chu Xiong said quickly: "My king, why don't we go and capture some people nearby?"

"Do you think it's a good idea to have them march in front of the team and shield us from the arrows?"

Zhongshan stroked his beard and thought for a moment: "Hmm! That's a good idea."

"Tomorrow you will bring people to arrest the common people. The more people the better."

"No matter whether they are old or young, as long as they are human, bring them all back to me!"

In the Yancheng County Magistrate's Office, Zi Ri looked at Ji Xiang's body with tears streaming down his face.

Although I don't love her, I can't help but develop some feelings for her after spending more than a year together.

It was hard for him to accept that the lively and energetic girl was gone just like that.

After feeling sad, Zi Ri ordered people to buy a good coffin in the city.

After cleaning Ji Xiang clean, they changed her into funeral clothes and carried her into the coffin.

He wrote another memorial and ordered people to transport Ji Xiang and Zhao Ben to Jicheng, the capital.

Two days later, Chuxiong arrested nearly a thousand unarmed civilians.

These people were driven into the Shanrong military camp crying and shouting. Zhongshan nodded with satisfaction after seeing them.

"Alright! General Chu! If we can capture Yancheng this time, you will be the first to receive the credit!"

Chu Xiong hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "I dare not do that. As a servant of your majesty, I should share your worries. This is my duty, and I dare not take credit for it!"

Zhongshan was very pleased that his beloved general was not only a martial arts expert and resourceful, but also a loyal minister.

He stroked his beard and said, "General Chu, the civilians have been captured. When do you think we should attack the city?"

Chu Xiong thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, we should attack the city at night this time."

"The visibility is too good during the day. Those crossbowmen can aim at us, which is very disadvantageous to our army!"

"If we attack the city at night, they will be in the light and we will be in the dark, which will significantly reduce casualties."

"Plus, with the common people walking in front, I don't think that young master would dare to shoot arrows at them!"

Zhongshan stroked his beard and nodded: "Okay! I'll do as you say, General! We'll attack the city tonight!"

At twelve o'clock in the evening, Zi Ri was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly awakened by the shouting and killing sounds outside the city.

He quickly dressed and walked out of the tent. As soon as he walked out of the tent door, a soldier ran towards him in a panic.

"Master! Master! It's bad! The Shanrong army is attacking the city again!"

Zi Ri was shocked. Why did Shanrong change its attack mode to night? Thinking of this, he quickly climbed up the city wall.

Seeing that the city was filled with a sea of ​​people, he hurriedly ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle.

At this time, Chu Xiong came to the foot of the city, looked up and shouted: "Listen up, young master!"

"These thousands of people are all citizens of Yan State. I will lead them to attack the city tonight! Come on! Light the torches!"

Immediately, countless torches were lit among the crowd of people, illuminating the people clearly.

Zixuan looked at the men, women, young and old living below the city and knew that Chu Xiong had not lied to him. These people were indeed the people of Yan State.