I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

After Jiang Yuan shouted, everyone was stunned, regardless of whether they were Ding Yin or Long Guangxian.

What do you mean?

Is this surrender?

"Sir Jiang, you absolutely cannot do this. Our city is high and our soldiers are numerous. Sir Jiang, you must not be confused!" Long Guangxian said quickly.

Jiang Yuan waved at him calmly but did not explain.

Ding Yin on the opposite side subconsciously raised a hand to stop the troops from advancing.

"Jiang Yuan! What do you mean? Have you decided to surrender the city?"

Jiang Yuan helplessly spread his hands and said, "General Ding, look at what you said. I never said I wanted to surrender!"

"Then what the hell do you mean?" Ding Yin's eyes seemed to be spitting fire, again and again, what on earth did this kid want to do?

Jiang Yuan raised his megaphone again and shouted, "General Ding, I definitely don't want to see you and me fighting like this, but I don't want to surrender either. How about this, you and I each take a step back?"

Ding Yin frowned. "Let's each take a step back? What do you mean?"

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but smile. "It's very simple, General Ding. I won't surrender either, and you won't attack. Put down your swords and armor, and then line up. I'll open the city gates and let you in."

"In this way, I haven't surrendered, and you have entered the city. Doesn't this perfectly achieve what both sides want?"

"It would be great if we could just get along. What do you think, General Ding?"

Ding Yin's hand holding the long sword couldn't stop shaking. How the hell was this considered taking a step back?

You mean to tell me to lay down my sword and surrender? I've not just retreated a step, I've retreated to my grandma's house!

"Jiang Yuan! When the city is breached, that will be your death!"

"storm!"

"If anyone is afraid of fighting, the supervisory team will kill them without mercy!"

As Ding Yin spoke angrily again, more than a thousand people pushed the siege equipment forward again.

"Hey, hey, hey! Stop! General Ding, if you are not satisfied, we can still discuss it!" Jiang Yuan spoke quickly, but this time Ding Yin pretended not to hear him at all.

Jiang Yuan sighed helplessly: "Alas, people's hearts have changed. It's not easy to deceive them anymore."

Long Guangxian, who had already seen what was going on, twitched his mouth violently. Just as he was about to speak, Kong Xuan asked with a squint.

"General Long, what do you call this move that the Lord used?"

Long Guangxian nodded and explained, "When two armies fight, they always insist on fighting once, twice, then the attack will weaken, and the third time, the enemy will be exhausted."

"Sir, if you interrupt the enemy's first charge, it will have a great impact on the enemy's morale. However, using this method will cost you some face."

Zhao Kai waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's okay, I'll go to the Bai family later and touch Miss Bai's little hand, and then I can get my face back."

"What do you mean?" Long Guangxian asked in confusion.

Kong Xuan, standing by, immediately explained with a chuckle, "General Long, you don't know, but my Lord and Miss Bai are only engaged, not married yet. Every time you take advantage of her, you'll be scolded for being shameless."

Long Guangxian suppressed his smile and began waving his hands to direct the battle.

Even though there were less than 2,000 soldiers on the four walls of Taiping County combined, Long Guangxian knew that Jiang Yuan had mobilized a reserve force of 5,000 soldiers to stand under the walls.

But what Long Guangxian didn't know was that in addition to these 5,000 troops, there were a dozen or so barbarian tribes with a total of 20,000 barbarian warriors waiting in the barracks.

This war was over before it even began.

If Ding Yin knew that Jiang Yuan could gather so many troops, he would not dare to attack Taiping County even if he had 50,000 men under his command.

Soon, as the rebels rushed to a distance of one hundred steps, Jiang Yuan slowly raised his hand.

Wang Gang immediately roared, "Archers, release your arrows!"

Ding Yin's side was equally unwilling to be outdone. Nearly a thousand archers immediately launched a round of projectiles. When the two sides exchanged fire, the advantage of the defenders was revealed.

All everyone needs to do is stick to the city wall and hold up their shields to protect themselves from harm.

Zhao Kai and his companions didn't even think of hiding, and they deflected the arrows with a few casual strokes.

Taking advantage of this critical moment, Ding Yin's vanguard finally rushed to the wall of Taiping County, set up siege ladders and began to climb up.

"Archers, keep shooting! Release the falling rocks!"

As Wang Gang continued to convey Jiang Yuan's orders, many soldiers began to leave the bunkers, pick up the stones that had been prepared long ago and throw them down.

Since the two sides were already entangled, the archers on Ding Yin's side could only stare blankly.

At this moment, Jiang Yuan calmly picked up an intact arrow from the ground and handed it to Wang Gang.

"Well, take it."

"Master, what are you doing with this?" Wang Gang looked at Jiang Yuan curiously.

"Stop talking nonsense. Just take it if I tell you to. Don't ask any questions." Jiang Yuan said unhappily.

Wang Gang said "oh" and immediately grabbed the arrow in his hand. At this moment, Jiang Yuan suddenly shouted loudly:

"The thief intended to assassinate me, but fortunately Wang Gang saved me!"

"Wang Gang has been rewarded with the title of Centurion for his service in rescuing the emperor!"

When Jiang Yuan shouted this, many soldiers in Taiping County seemed to go crazy. Damn it! Some time ago, there was a man named Zhao Kai who was promoted three levels in a row, and today there was Wang Gang who was promoted directly to centurion.

This is a living example right in front of us. Getting promoted, getting rich and bringing honor to your family is no longer a dream!

On the other side, the guys who were responsible for recording military achievements on the battlefield were also throwing stones down with all their might. It seemed like they were picking up military achievements for free. Who wouldn't be tempted?

"Wang Ergou kills an enemy, and his combat merit points increase by one!"

"Mei Nao Po killed three enemies! He was promoted to sergeant!"

"Zhao Kai shot and killed..."

The sounds continued to ring out one after another, and soon, even the worst soldiers on the city wall received reward points.

Jiang Yuan was quite happy to see this happen. Although the current promotion speed was ridiculously fast, it was exactly what Jiang Yuan wanted.

There are only a few people holding official positions in Taiping County now, and they are basically all civil officials. As for the military commanders, let alone generals, there is not even a captain of a thousand men.

No matter how outrageous it is now, first ask for these titles from the higher-ups, and then strictly control promotions.

As for the Ding Yin side that was attacking the city, we were so angry that we wanted to grit our teeth. We were risking our lives attacking the city, while the guys who killed our comrades were all promoted and made rich. Who could stand such polarized treatment?

As more and more guys climbed the mountain and the ladder, there was always a lucky guy who climbed up the city wall.

But this is of no use at all. As soon as Taiping County loses a few people, the reserves below will be replenished immediately.

Ding Yin, who was watching the battle from a distance, felt very disappointed. He had more than a thousand men, but he had lost hundreds of them before he even reached the top of the city wall.

"Supervisory team, charge! Central army, get ready!" Ding Yin roared again.

However, just as Ding Yin finished speaking, the vanguard army that was originally attacking suddenly collapsed after Taiping County took out kerosene, and ran back screaming.

"Run! This is really weird! Why are there more and more soldiers from Taiping County being killed?"

"Retreat! Retreat!"

In the blink of an eye, Ding Yin's vanguard army ran back to the camp, leaving behind hundreds of corpses.

"Ahhh! Whoever shouted, run! I'm going to kill him!" Ding Yin waved the sword in his hand angrily.

At this moment, a bland voice came from Taiping County.

"General Ding, your front troops are not doing well. How about using the central army to whet your appetite?"