Chapter 217: Breaking the City

"Look, look!"

"Why is the boat flying in the air?"

"That's a spell!"

"What fell? That's a lot!"

"Come back, don't pick it up!"

"Come back soon, don't go outside!"

"Daddy, there are so many words on it!

......

The snowflake-like proclamation fell from the sky, and was thrown down all the way along the trajectory of the hot air balloon, because the war was hiding in the homes of the people, although most of them were honest, and many men, women and children could not help but be curious, and opened the door to pick up the fallen paper.

......The patrol soldiers who came on order kept ringing the gong and shouting all the way: "Don't go out! The enemy has cast a demon spell, don't pick up what has fallen! Don't go out ......."

The patrolmen on horseback quickly picked up the proclamation along the way, and at the same time dispersed the people who had gone out to pick up the proclamation out of curiosity.

It's just that there are still many people who take the proclamation and hide in their homes, and there is no way to stop them all.

After all, the hot air balloon was flying at high altitude, the surrender proclamation was flying around in the wind, and the number of patrol soldiers was limited, so there was no way to control the situation in a short time.

In addition to the common people, there were also some officials and generals, and even the patrol soldiers who were responsible for recovering the proclamation of surrender secretly checked the contents out of curiosity. The reward is clearly marked in the text, such as those who raised troops to help break the city and made meritorious contributions, those who killed the generals who defended the city, and those who helped to publicize or win over the rebels, all of which were clearly marked, and the heavy rewards were particularly attractive.

The people who saw the content secretly discussed at home, and some of the illiterate people held back their curiosity, while others managed to go next door to find the literate person and ask what was written.

Some officials and generals are well aware of the current situation and know that there is little chance of repelling Ning Ze's army, and no matter how long they hold it, they will be broken sooner or later. What's more, Ning Ze can make the wooden boat fly into the air, and if he really uses the rumored spell to summon thunder, he will break the city faster. Most people wavered, after all, the Sun family had not been operating in Liangzhou for a long time, and the people's hearts were not so stable.

The second is that the bounty is rich, not to mention the ordinary people, the officials and generals do not receive so many salaries, and the corrupt ones say that those who assist in breaking the city will be rewarded with a few hundred silver, even if you just help shout, take the head of the guard, according to the grade, the Taishou can be exchanged for a thousand gold, and the following are tens to hundreds of gold. If you lead troops or organize militia to take refuge, according to the number of soldiers and the merit of assisting in breaking the city, the official positions in each city in Liangzhou from large to small have opportunities. In other words, even if you are a homeless man or even a beggar, as long as you can gather people and help Ning Ze take Ning An, you can soar into the sky and become a great official, and you can also get countless gold and silver.

No one doubts the authenticity of the proclamation of persuasion, Ning Ze controls the land of Jin, Han, and Cheng, and there is a lot of gold.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Ning Ze will write a blank check and will not cash it. It's just that no matter what, if he wants to take Liangzhou, he will definitely have to have a large number of officials fill the various counties and cities, and this alone will make many people invincible to temptation.

Sure enough, Huang Xia's strategy of sending people to stop Ning Ze's attack on the heart had little effect, and there was still a situation of word of mouth in the city, and even many people left their homes despite the ban, calling friends to gather and discuss.

In the era of war, most of the people in the states were poor, and the bounty was too attractive to them!

Even if they are wealthy, there are also those who are attracted by official positions, and some families are thinking about taking all the family slaves out to see if they can fight for a future.

In addition, some officials and generals who were not loyal in the first place, or who were not satisfactory, were attracted by the conditions of the persuasion proclamation, and the other may be dissatisfied with the current treatment, and they also had different intentions.

As a result, chaos broke out in the city, and groups began to appear continuously, some set fire to the streets to create chaos, some shouted everywhere to call for more people to join, and some directly attacked the patrol soldiers and even the soldiers and horses defending the city.

And in the defenders of the four city gates, there were also some rebels who wanted to seize the city gates.

On the hot air balloon, the scouts all saw it, and after throwing down all the persuasion notices, they slowly flew back to the Ningze camp to report.

The chaos in the city Ning Ze had long known that through the virtual map, he could see that soldiers from the neutral camp appeared in Ning'an City one after another, moving around, or attacking the soldiers and horses defending the city.

However, the combat effectiveness of these neutral camp soldiers is obviously not strong, and the soldiers and horses who encountered Huang Xia were suppressed one after another.

It is basically impossible to expect them to open the gates. For this reason, Ning Ze sent an order to let the soldiers push catapults and ballistas to launch a long-range attack on the defenders of the city to exert pressure, so that Huang Xia could not allocate too much strength to suppress those neutral soldiers.

There is Han Guan desperately attacking the city in the rear, and the pressure of outflanking the front and rear is even greater.

Huang Xia was anxious in the city, if he only defended Ning Ze and Han Guan's two strong attacks, he would have a way to hold it for at least half a month. However, rebels attracted by bounties appeared in the city one after another, and more popped up after suppressing a group, which was difficult to prevent. Ning Ze intensified his offensive, forcing him to concentrate most of his forces at the city gates, and he lost control of the rebels in the city.

If Liangzhou was still in charge of Sun Wei, this should not happen. It's all to blame on his sons, who fought back and forth for power, and broke people's hearts!

There is no way to unite in the city, how can you defend against foreign enemies?

No matter how powerful Huang Xia defends the city, he can't stop internal and external troubles.

After a long day of attacking and defending, the defenders were exhausted.

In the evening, the west gate was broken.

Because of the continuous incursion of the rebels in the city, the defenders of the West Gate finally could not hold on, and could not face the strong attack of the rebels and the Han champion team at the same time.

The defenders were driven away, the gates were wide open, and the rebels joined up with the Han Champion team and immediately attacked several other gates.

Huang Xia and his generals were already tired, and when they heard the news, they reluctantly divided their forces to meet the battle.

Ning Ze checked the situation in the city through the virtual map and knew that Han Guan had successfully entered, so he ordered to strengthen the offensive without worrying about the ballista arrows.

The pressure on the defenders in the city was even greater, and if it weren't for Huang Xia, it would have collapsed long ago.

When Han Guan was outside the city, he actually picked up the proclamation of surrender that was blown by the wind, so after entering the city, he ordered the soldiers to call the people everywhere to publicize the content of the bounty in the proclamation, and at the same time persuade the defending officers and generals he encountered.

Many people were tempted, wanted to fight for bounties and official positions, tried to change their fate, and went out to join the team one after another.

There were also many defenders in the city who couldn't resist it, so they simply defected before the battle and led the way for Han Guan.

On the virtual map, the defenders are constantly being eaten away and weakened, and their own Han Guan's soldiers and horses are growing, as well as neutral troops.

The battle continued into the night, with both sides lighting torches and killing each other.

Finally, the south gate and the north gate were taken by Han Guan and the neutral forces. Huang Xia led the remnants of the army to guard the west gate.

Han Guan led the troops to advance to the west gate, but Ning Ze outside the city stopped the offensive, because the ballista was not effective at night, and there was no vision to hit accurately. Moreover, the situation in the city was basically stable, and the morale of the defenders fell to the bottom and they were unable to fight again, so they waited for Han Guan to win Huang Xia.

Huang Xia insisted on defense at the west gate, and the generals around him were exhausted and had no look in their eyes. The soldiers also lost confidence and had no will to fight.

Not long after, bad news came - Han Guan broke through the Taishou Mansion and captured Huang Xia's family. The officials and generals who are still resisting, and some of their family members have been arrested, and they have lost confidence in resisting.

When Han Guan led the army to Huang Xia, the overall situation was decided.

"Huang Taishou," facing Huang Xia, who was still exhausted and still persevering, Han Guan rode on his horse and shouted loudly by the light of the torches, "Don't be stubborn! Ning'an City has already fallen into the hands of our army, and the life and death of the generals' families are all in one thought! Put down your arms and surrender to our army, Ning Zhonglang is kind-hearted, and he will not be held accountable! Don't you want the whole family to be buried together, right?"

"Fuzun, I can fight again!" Several henchmen and generals gritted their teeth and said loudly to Huang Xia.

Huang Xia looked at the henchmen and generals around him, including those exhausted soldiers, and then at Han Guan, and dropped the sword in his hand with a sigh.

"Fuzun!!"

"The victory has been decided, and we can't wait until we can return to the sky!" Huang Xia sighed, "Put down your arms!"

Huang Xia spoke, and although the confidant generals around him were unwilling, they also dropped their weapons one after another. Some of them were relieved.

Han Guan ordered people to collect weapons in the past, control Huang Xia and his subordinates, and ordered the city gate to be opened.

The west gate of Ning'an City was opened, and he went out of the city directly with the captives.

Ning Ze clearly saw the change in the strength of the city, which probably represented the disappearance of the enemy's Huang Xia troops, and knew that Ning'an City had been taken, so he gave an order, and the army moved directly to the city gate.

When the two armies met, Han Guan turned over and dismounted, and bowed to Ning Ze and saluted: "The last general, Han Guan, meet Ning Zhonglang! Our army has taken Ning'an, and Huang Xia and his subordinates have all surrendered!"

Ning Ze stepped forward, stretched out his hand to help Han Guan, and said with a smile: "General Han, I have been admiring him for a long time! General is really honored to be able to join our army!"

Seeing Ning Ze holding his hand, a gesture of affection when he saw a good friend, Han Guan was happy in his heart, this is a big man! Being valued by him represents a limitless future. hurriedly said: "The last general has also heard of Ning Zhonglang for a long time, and he yearns for it in his heart. When I saw it today, it was really like a dragon and a phoenix!"

"General Han is also a general!" Ning Ze took his hand and said with a smile, "Today, the general will be rewarded for his great achievements." ”

"Thank you Ning Zhonglang!"

"Come, lead the army into the city! Immediately pacify the people, and summon all those who participated in this battle to reward their merits. ”

"Ning Zhonglang, do you really reward the helpers with the standard of persuasion to surrender?" Han Guan said in a low voice, "In this way, the cost is quite huge!"

"It's okay!" Ning Ze said with a smile, "If I lose my trust to the people, how can I serve the people? The army has sufficient materials, and meritorious service will naturally be rewarded!"

In fact, he captured several cities in Liangzhou and took a lot of supplies. Now that Ning'an County has been taken, the resources in the treasury can also be mobilized. As long as the news spreads to the surrounding areas, the success rate of the future offensive battle will be greater. Because those who have made meritorious deeds are greatly rewarded. If the contract is broken because of stinginess, it will make Ning Ze's reputation decline, and not too many people will believe it next time he uses the heart attack.

Integrity is a very important thing.