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

"What...what should we do?" Song Mingxuan looked at Zhao Shun with a face full of horror.

After witnessing several fully armored soldiers being blown to pieces in front of him, who could still harbor the desire to resist?

Zhao Shun seemed to have suddenly realized something and quickly waved his hand to call a few scouts over: "Quick! Go and see if the other three city gates are blocked!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Go quickly!" Song Mingxuan said anxiously.

Once the city gates were blocked, they would have no way out.

A moment later, when several scouts ran back with pale faces, Song Mingxuan and the other man seemed to have lost their minds, looking at the sky helplessly.

"It's over, it's all over!"

Zhao Shun muttered to himself.

After a while, the two men looked at each other, stood up with difficulty, and then took back their weapons from the followers behind them without saying a word.

Zhao Shun held a broadsword in his hand. On the battlefield, broadswords and spears were the most common weapons.

Song Mingxuan, who was standing by, tied three long swords tightly behind his back, then drew out two sharp swords with his backhand: "Pass on my military orders!"

"Everyone assemble immediately!"

Even though they were inside the city and it was not the time Jiang Yuan mentioned, many soldiers still kept their necks hunched, fearing that they would be killed by sudden artillery shells.

Song Mingxuan looked quietly at the people in front of him. Some looked terrified, some wanted to run away, and some were trembling all over, but there was no trace of the bloodiness of a warrior in them.

Song Mingxuan sighed and turned around and stopped looking at these soldiers who could no longer be called soldiers.

"Everyone listen up! The enemy army is at the gates of our city today, and we are powerless to resist!"

After saying this, Song Mingxuan paused, as if he had come to his senses in an instant, and continued in a sonorous and powerful voice: "However, I have followed General Ning since I joined the army. For more than ten years, General Ning has treated me like a brother."

"Therefore, you can surrender, but I cannot!"

"That's right!" Zhao Shun spoke in the same decisive tone.

"You can surrender, but we two cannot!"

"After the two of us die in battle, you can open the city gates."

After saying that, Song Mingxuan and Zhao Shun walked down the city wall side by side.

On the city wall, many soldiers had relieved expressions on their faces. Finally, they didn't have to fight for their lives.

At this time, under the city wall, Jiang Yuan looked at the hourglass beside him.

"It's almost time."

As soon as Jiang Yuan finished speaking, Li Hu suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the city gate: "Sir, the city gate is open!"

Jiang Yuan looked up and saw two riders rushing out quickly.

"Jiang Yuan! I, Song Mingxuan, would rather die than surrender!"

"Haha! I just want to die!" Zhao Shun also laughed and spoke.

Jiang Yuan frowned slightly, then gave up the idea of ​​using the musket battalion. These two people can be regarded as rare loyal and righteous people.

"I'll give you a chance. Who wants to go?"

"I!"

"My Lord, I'll go!"

"grown ups!"

"..."

In a blink of an eye, all the generals in Taiping County spoke out immediately, saying that beheading a general was one of the four great military merits on the battlefield!

Have you seen Qin Tianzhu? Although that guy is recuperating in Luoyun City now, once the war is over, he will at least be able to get a title of nobility or a prime minister.

Who doesn’t want such an identity?

Jiang Yuan's eyes swept over several people and finally locked onto Kong Xuan and Wang Gang.

"These two are both at the peak of the fourth realm. If you guys go up there, Kunpeng, you'll probably have to fight to the death. If you get injured, you won't be able to participate in the subsequent battles."

"Wang Gang, Kong Xuan, you two are both at the peak of the fourth realm. Aren't you struggling to break through?"

"Well then, these two whetstones are before you. Whether you can succeed or not depends on your luck."

Kong Xuan unscrupulously drew the long sword from his back and said, "The one with the two swords is mine!"

After saying that, Kong Xuan spurred his horse and whipped it.

Wang Gang jumped off his horse without saying a word. In his hand was a Mo Dao. Among the millions of soldiers in Taiping County, only a thousand could use this weapon.

The Modao Battalion is the most valuable in the entire army. They are heavy infantrymen with flesh and blood bodies and full armor. They hold Modao weighing dozens of pounds, but they can wield it with great vigor. With one blow, both men and horses can be shattered.

This kind of terrifying combat power is destined to result in a limited number of people.

The four people in the center of the battlefield had already been fighting.

When Song Mingxuan faced Wang Gang, his expression changed drastically as soon as they started fighting.

This terrifying force had already cracked his knuckles when the weapons of both sides collided for the first time.

"Come again!" Song Mingxuan said angrily. He had practiced martial arts for half his life and absolutely could not bear to be defeated by a guy younger than him.

After the two sides collided one after another, Song Mingxuan was more and more shocked. The guy in front of him seemed to have endless power.

It gave him the illusion that he was facing Ning Fei.

Compared with the reckless duel between these two men, Kong Xuan and Zhao Shun on the other side used their skills to the extreme, and the flashes of swords and shadows became concrete at this moment.

Both of them are at the peak of the fourth realm, and they have already used all their strength in the duel. Only the afterimage of Kong Xuan's long sword can be seen. From time to time, he forces the true energy out of the long sword, slashing out a burst of sword light.

Zhao Shun was not to be outdone, and he swung his sword vigorously, making it difficult to tell the winner between the two.

In the distance, Jiang Yuan slowly stretched out his hand and called Li Hu.

"Watch out! If Wang Gang and Kong Xuan are in danger, shoot immediately."

Li Hu scratched his head and lowered his voice, "Sir, aren't they fighting fairly? Isn't this bad?"

Jiang Yuan slapped him in anger, "You know shit! They have no one around, so they're trying to challenge us in a one-on-one duel. If they still had hundreds of thousands of troops at their disposal, do you think they'd challenge us in a one-on-one duel?"

"Oh, I see!" Li Hu said quickly.

"Ah!"

A scream was heard, and Song Mingxuan staggered back two steps, his mouth and nose full of blood. He shook his body weakly and finally fell down unwillingly.

Wang Gang, who was also covered in blood, unceremoniously placed the Mo Dao in his hand on the ground and watched quietly as Song Mingxuan tried to get up several times, but finally fell to the ground weakly.

"Save your energy and lie down. My master might spare your life." Wang Gang smiled.

Song Mingxuan was angry but also felt a little amused. Was this guy humiliating him?

But judging by his expression and fighting style, he was clearly a reckless man and would not have uttered a word of sarcasm.

"So... I, I should thank you more!" Song Mingxuan said gritting his teeth.

Wang Gang scratched his head and said, "There's nothing to thank me for. My master is kind-hearted. As long as you behave yourself, he will definitely not kill you."

"Puff!" Song Mingxuan couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

Jiang Yuan, kind-hearted?

Do these four words have anything to do with him?

So the one who just shouted "attack" and fired wasn't your master?

The guy who killed tens of thousands of people with a wave of his hand is kind-hearted?

"Haha! No need!" Song Mingxuan said angrily, then turned to look at Zhao Shun.

"Old Zhao, go ahead!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Mingxuan raised his sword and wiped it across his neck cleanly.

Zhao Shun, who was in the middle of the battle, laughed heartily: "No problem! We'll be there soon!"

"How dare you be distracted when fighting with me?" Kong Xuan struck Zhao Shun's shoulder with a sharp sword move, and slashed at the opponent with the long sword again.

Zhao Shun said nothing, the sword in his hand flew up and down...

After a while, Zhao Shun was gasping for breath, his body covered in blood. Kong Xuan opposite him was not in much better condition either.

"Hey, you can. If we could serve under the general together, maybe we could piss in the same pot."

"Come on, I was a dragon guard in my previous life!" Kong Xuan gritted his teeth and straightened his back.

Zhao Shun's face suddenly showed sarcasm: "Haha! I take back what I said just now. A coward like you who is afraid of death and treacherous is not worthy!"

Kong Xuan calmly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said nonchalantly: "What do you know? I also wanted to kill the enemy and serve my country."

"But later I discovered that simply killing the enemy wasn't enough. The officials behind me were exploiting the people and committing corruption and abuse of power every day."

"Is a fellow like this worthy of my life and blood?"

Zhao Shun paused and looked into the distance: "Could it be that the guy behind you can do it?"

"Isn't he greedy? Doesn't he exploit the people?"

Kong Xuan slowly grasped the hilt of the knife with both hands and said coldly: "That's right! He made me realize that being an official can still be about serving the people, and it can also be about not being greedy, and it can also be about sharing the joys and sorrows with the people."

"If you could go to Taiping County, you would understand why we are fighting so hard today. Daduan may perish, but the world cannot. But if there is anyone who can restore the country and save the people, we should follow him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Xuan rushed forward with a cold look...

As the sun sets, Zhang Shun's body falls to the ground, and the battle of Jingzhou City comes to an end. Only corpses lie desolately on the ground.

Not long after Zhao Shun died, all the remaining soldiers in Jingzhou City raised their hands, took off their armor and weapons, and fell to the ground.

Jiang Yuan spurred his horse and slowly walked into Jingzhou City. Inside the city, countless people hid in their rooms, looking at Jiang Yuan in panic.

"Remember, follow the old rules. After entering the city, do not harass the people, do not rob property, and pay for food. Everything must follow the Taiping Regulations. Anyone who dares to violate them will be killed without mercy!"

After giving the instructions, Jiang Yuan immediately asked Kunpeng to take his men to collect all the armor and weapons on the ground. These were all real benefits.

Although Taiping County now has a million soldiers and horses, in fact, less than half of them are wearing armor.

This was the situation caused by Jiang Yuan forcing the defenders in each city to take off their armor before he passed through any of them.

But don't think that the others have no armor. In addition to iron armor, there are also leather armor, cloth armor, and light armor, which are the norm on the battlefield.

But now, if we capture Jingzhou City, we can seize at least 200,000 pieces of light armor. In this way, the entire army of one million soldiers will completely eliminate cloth armor, leather armor and other armors with poor defense. The worst armor in the entire army will be replaced with light armor. Such scenes are rare throughout history.

Before he knew it, Jiang Yuan had walked up to the city wall, gazing into the distance.

"Ning Fei, after passing Jingzhou City, there will be no more important cities ahead. The Taiping County army will push all the way forward."

"Are you ready for it? Are you ready to pay your debt?"