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

After hearing what He Wu said, Xin Wu still lowered his head, thinking about something.

"General, don't think about it. There's no way they can stop us!" He Wu became anxious and spoke again.

"Moreover, I saw Li Man, the deputy general under General Ding Yin, in the inner city. That bastard officer actually locked him up with dozens of prisoners of war and forced them to fight each other. These are all our comrades!" He Wu spoke again.

This time, Xin Wu could no longer remain calm.

"Li Man? Have you found any trace of Ding Yin?"

He Wu shook his head: "Not really, but since Li Man is still alive, I believe General Ding Yin is also alive."

Hearing this, Xin Wu took a deep breath. He and Ding Yin, Jia Zi, Yi Chou and others were all death warriors who grew up together. Now that the other party was in trouble, how could he not save them!

"He Wu, pass the order down. The army will march out immediately and begin the assault at noon!"

"Yes!" After He Wu saluted, he waved his hand and called several captains.

After a while, the army set off and headed towards Taiping County.

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In Taiping County, on the city wall, Jiang Yuan and his men, wearing coarse linen clothes, were lying on the wall eating melon seeds. Thousands of soldiers were squatting below the wall doing the same.

Long Guangxian looked at Jiang Yuan and the others who were eating melon seeds. Is this really reliable?

This is a war, a war involving tens of thousands of people. How could this group of people make it look like a fight between gangsters?

A moment later, several spies came over and whispered in Li Hu's ear, and Li Hu's eyes immediately lit up.

"Sir, the rebels are coming. Their army has already set out and will be here in an hour at most!"

Jiang Yuan calmly spat out a mouthful of melon seed shells and said, "Give the order. Get the catapults on the city wall into position. All the hellfires are ready to go and await orders."

According to the news, Xin Wu only had 13,000 men when he was in the central part of Yunzhou, but when he arrived here, he already had more than 20,000 soldiers.

Even if Taiping County can withstand such a lineup, it will probably suffer a lot of losses, and the Hellfire will have to be used.

"By the way, notify Mu Cangtian to bring this kid Chen Xudong to me." Jiang Yuan spoke again.

Last time, Ding Yin brought 5,000 war beasts with him, and Xin Wu might have the same with these 20,000 people. Now we have to let Chen Xudong see what type of war beasts they are.

As he spoke, Jiang Yuan slowly took out a piece of cloth, picked up the spear from the ground and began to wipe it.

"Hmph! What a war beast, what a piece of junk! If I could mass-produce this thing, I wouldn't be afraid of even 200,000, let alone 200,000!"

A moment later, Mu Cangtian carried Chen Xudong to the top of the city wall, then with a pout, he threw Chen Xudong in front of Jiang Yuan.

"Sir, I have brought the person to you."

Jiang Yuan glanced down at Chen Xudong, then looked at Mu Cangtian in surprise: "No, what did you do to him? Why are you so listless?"

Mu Cangtian blinked and looked at Jiang Yuan: "Sir, this has nothing to do with me. So you tell him to study that iron lump day and night."

"So, you really let him work day and night?" Jiang Yuan widened his eyes.

"Sir, this is what you said, but I will still give him two hours of rest every day." Mu Cangtian said.

Jiang Yuan nodded speechlessly, looking at Chen Xudong with sympathy in his eyes.

It's a miracle that he can still survive today after only sleeping two hours a day.

"Chen Xudong, how's the progress?"

Chen Xudong raised his head with lifeless eyes, smiled at Jiang Yuan, stood up suddenly, and roared at Jiang Yuan:

"Ahhh! Just kill me! The war beast took my master's family hundreds of years to develop, and you let me research it alone without even giving me the raw materials. You might as well just chop me down with your sword!"

Jiang Yuan smiled awkwardly. Actually, it was not necessary to build the war beast. He wanted to try it just in case it worked. If it didn't, there would be no loss.

"Alright, I won't let you study that thing for now. Just stand on the city wall. There might be war beasts coming over later, and you'll be responsible for identifying what kind of beasts they are."

Chen Xudong seemed to be hesitant to speak, but finally nodded.

After waiting for more than half an hour, everyone finally saw a troop rushing from the intersection, and then slowly stopped three hundred steps away from Taiping County.

After Jiang Yuan looked carefully for a while, his expression gradually became solemn.

Xin Wu obviously did not underestimate the enemy like Ding Yin did. He not only brought siege ladders, but also catapults. You know, it would be very difficult to bring catapults over on this mountain road.

"Sir, the enemy's deployment is quite complete. We must not underestimate them in this battle." Long Guangxian stepped forward and said.

"Well, General Long is right. In that case, the four city walls will be left to you to command." Jiang Yuan said softly.

Long Guangxian was stunned and subconsciously looked at Jiang Yuan: "Then what are you going to do, sir?"

Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes in annoyance and pointed to the city wall behind him: "Nonsense, of course I'll go to the back when the time comes!"

The defensive facilities of the city wall at the rear were extremely well-built, with a roof made of bluestone slabs that even a catapult could not penetrate.

Victory in the battle is certain, but if you want me to take risks, I won't be able to do that. After all, it's a battle involving tens of thousands of people, and no one can guarantee that they can take care of every aspect. For the sake of my own life, of course I have to be safe first.

Long Guangxian nodded helplessly: "It should be so."

In Xinwu's army, as all the catapults were assembled, Xinwu had already seen the deployment on the Taiping County wall clearly.

Yes, the information gathered by He Wu and his companions was quite accurate. There were only a few hundred constables on the city wall, not even soldiers. Such guys were definitely the definition of vulnerable.

"Sir, all preparations are ready. Should we start attacking the city immediately?" He Wu asked as he trotted over.

Xin Wu raised his hand calmly: "Don't be anxious. Using troops is inferior, conquering the heart is superior."

"Go and tell them that our fifty thousand soldiers are at the gates of the city. If they don't surrender, we will take the city and leave no one alive!"

"If anyone can throw out the head of this city's commander, there will be a reward of one thousand taels!"

He Wu immediately understood that there were five or six thousand civilians in the city. Last time, these people were tricked into going up to the city wall to fight, but Jiang Yuan did not do what he promised them.

One can imagine how angry these people were. The only reason they didn't riot was because they were afraid of Jiang Yuan and others.

But now, with 50,000 troops attacking the city, Taiping County is definitely not able to be defended. Even if Jiang Yuan and others are killed directly, there is no need to worry about revenge.

"Good plan, General!"

He Wu quickly called a few people and ordered them to shout.

At this moment, Jiang Yuan on the city wall, hearing these words, suddenly frowned.

"What the hell? My head is only worth one thousand taels of gold? Is this little bastard so stingy?"

"Kong Xuan, tell me, if anyone kills Xin Wu, there will be a reward of 10,000 taels!"

"Also, give me an estimate of how far our catapults can reach after being equipped with Hellfire!"