The night was like a long eternal night.

The peaks on both sides, east and west, cracked at the same time on the same night, and the overturned sand and gravel rumbled down with a loud noise, rushing like a tsunami against the high walls of the town in the wilderness.

The huge landslide stirred up an overwhelming cloud of sand and dust, and people were like small ants in the heavens and the earth, panicking and howling quickly drowning in the continuous flying sand and rocks.

Almost no one had the strength to know what was going on, and most of them were struggling to survive this sudden catastrophe on instinct.

The army of gold thieves was still pressing the border sixty miles away, but a team of nearly 10,000 people had followed the sound and walked leisurely at dawn to the two ends of the north city gate.

The walls that had been impregnable earlier had now been torn open by the cracked mountains.

The sun rose in the east as usual, shining with a cold glimmer on the remnants of snow and the sharp icicles at the gates.

"Your Highness, aren't we rushing?" The vanguard officer of the Jin people stepped forward and asked, "Let the Zhou people breathe for so long, in case they are inside-"

Aquili raised his hand and said in a deep voice, "Listen to the Great Army!" Wait patiently! ”

A few uncontrollable golden men spun their horses around in place with unhappy faces, their eyes shooting like arrows at a carriage not far from here.

The procession, which had arrived all night, was full of firearms, and among the several chariots, a carriage covered with a thick velvet curtain stood out, and where the great army division of Aquili's mouth sat out.

The golden man, who had retreated to the same place, spat in the direction of the carriage.

"Bullshit military division, wait for his grandmother's legs, Lao Tzu can't look down on Zhou Ren's set, don't rush or kill at this time, damn it!"

The sun rose a little more.

There was a sound of footsteps on the official road in the east, and the people of the Zhou people were chased by the Jin soldiers like cattle and sheep, moving towards the north gate little by little—it was the people of the Zhou people who left the city little by little yesterday and rushed to Yanzhou, including Shao Kuan, the county commander who looked at both ends.

A few of the generals of the golden soldiers whispered.

Beside the thick velvet carriage, someone trotted to Aquili's side, and Aquili leaned over his horse, listened carefully for a moment, and then nodded.

"Pass my orders!" Aquili looked at the panicked Zhou people and said coldly, "Let them go!" ”

In the ice and snow, a golden man pulled out a knife and stepped forward, and the captured Zhou people thought that the other party was going to kill, but in horror, they suddenly found that what was cut was only the hemp rope that tied them.

A few people who could understand some of the words of the Jin people whispered to the people around them with a bit of unbelievable fear, "He...... They said, "Let us go." ”

Everyone looked at the golden man's iron horse in shock and fear, and after a stalemate, several people began to run in the direction of looking at both ends.

The Jin people really didn't care, didn't release arrows, and didn't chase and kill.

Seeing this, more people spread their steps and rushed in the direction of home.

They came to the gates of the city on both sides, and slammed the doors and shouted with all their might, but the gates did not move, and in desperation, several men shouted and beckoned the people to climb up through the cracks in the walls.

The loose bricks and broken walls were like a simple ladder, and the people helped each other to climb through the cracks in the wall like a stream of water.

"Your Highness!" Someone else ran to Aquili and raised his whip to point to the city gate looking at both ends, "This hundred or so people, we also worked hard to catch them, so let them go??" ”

Aquili glared at the man, "I ordered...... What's the problem? ”

Looking at each other, the other party forcibly held back his anger, "When you return to Luer, your subordinates will inform the sect master of everything that happened during this time, Your Highness...... No comments, right? ”

"Whatever you want."

Aquili replied nonchalantly, his eyes still looking in the distance in the direction of the two ends.

He looked at the shadow cast by the sun, and without saying a word, in silence, Aquili faintly felt some kind of strength in his chest.

At this moment, he finally understood why his father would allow this advisor named Chen Shubai to go with him on the expedition - in fact, just two months ago, his attitude towards the Zhou people was no different from that of these subordinates.

However, whether it is a scheming or a scheming, after truly comprehending the city in this person's heart, Aquili only sighed, fortunately this person is on his side.

The shadow of the sun grew shorter in silence.

Aquili sent three groups of men to persuade the city to surrender, but without exception, all of them were repelled by the only remaining archers on the city gates.

As the shadow of the sun vanished, and as noon approached, Aquili gave the order, and the golden soldiers finally rushed towards both sides like a tidal wave—it was probably the easiest battle he had ever fought, not so much a siege as a harvest.

Aquili wondered about this - was he really fighting on both sides?

Is this the hard bone that neither grandfather nor father can gnaw on?

The entire battle process, from the destruction of the city to the street fighting, took less than two hours.

Before entering the city in the evening, Aquili himself dismounted and asked the golden cup counsellor in the thick velvet carriage to enter the city with him.

"Sir, what a good skill." Aquili held an umbrella for Lan Zhijun and said sincerely, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, I wouldn't have believed that one day I would be able to bulldoze both heads." ”

"It's right that the suzerain and the ancestor don't fight each other." Lan Zhijun lowered his eyes and said, "There are few people here, there will be many generals, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so there is no need to spend effort here." ”

"Then why did the gentleman take the initiative to come with me?" Aquili frowned, "I thought you were sure. ”

"I'm afraid there is nothing in the world that can be sure before you actually do it, and this kind of rashness is unacceptable." Lan Zhijun spoke quietly, "However, before traveling with His Highness, I have indeed already told the sect master about the plan to attack the city......

"The terrain is certainly steep at both ends, but the terrain it relies on is also its weakness, and the winter grass and trees are withered, and the climate is dry, which is prone to landslides, and the only difficulty is where to light the detonated gunpowder."

Aquili was stunned for a moment, "No wonder after blowing up the official road looking at Zhuozhou at both ends last time, Mr. suddenly told me that I was sure...... Were you sure at that time? ”

"Exactly." Lan Zhijun said softly.

When Aquili and Lan Zhijun entered the city together, the ashes in the city had not completely dispersed.

Wang Meng and Shao Kuan were tied to the open space not far from the north city gate.

"Just these two?" Lan Zhijun glanced at Wang Meng, who was already blurred with flesh and blood, "What about Zhuozhou Governor Cao Xun?" ”

"I'm still looking, but I haven't found it in their county office-"

"Report!" A Jin soldier shouted and ran towards this side, "A fat man was found in the dry well of the county government, and some people identified him as the new prefect!" ”

Lan Zhijun lowered her head and laughed, and pointed to the wooden stake tied to Wang Meng and Shao Kuan on the side, "Bring it here, and tie it there first...... Your Highness, I want to find someone. ”

"Oh? Who the military advisor is looking for. ”

"They have a strategist here, named Wei Songqing." Lan Zhijun said softly, "Right now, it should be in the city." ”