Volume 3 Fighting for the Country Chapter 108 Quelling the Chaos I

After two days of hard work, he and his 5,000-strong army finally arrived outside the fortress of Iban in the evening of the next day. At this time, the city gates have long been closed, in fact, they have not been opened these days.

"Whoever is outside the city, report your name!" Wang Zihe, the deputy general of the city guard, is Wang Haodong's cousin, and now he is only a deputy Qianhu.

"The city is Wang Qianhu, General Ma Hemosha is here, don't open the city gate quickly!" Qianhu Liu Hongzhuo shouted.

"Is there a warrant from General Wang? General Wang had instructed that no one was allowed to open the door without his warrant! The prince and shouted back.

"Bastard! General Zhennan is here, if you don't open the door, you will rebel, the prince and you have thought about it? Liu Hongzhuo rode on a horse and stood under the city gate.

"Liu Qianhu Mo... Don't talk nonsense! I'm just doing what I'm told! Wang Zihe was already timid, but his cousin repeatedly explained before leaving, and he didn't dare to open the door without permission.

"Let me ask you, are you still Boni's army?" Liu Hongzhuo shouted sternly.

"Of course it's the army of the Bo Ni Country!"

"Who is in command of this army on the southern front?"

"This ......," the prince and couldn't help but say, "anti... Anyway, I can't open the door, if you want me to open the door, you still have to come to General Wang's warrant! Wang Zihe no longer argued, but just didn't open the door.

After Wang Zihe saw that Liu Qianhu rode back to the opposite military town formation, he finally put his mind at ease. If the other party really charges him with rebellion, he really can't resist it! But as soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, his heart rose again, and Liu Qianhu went and returned again.

"Good! The soldiers in the city listened, the prince and the deputy Qianhu did not listen to the orders of the officials, and they already had the intention of rebellion, who could kill this thief, and General Zhennan promoted him to the rank of Qianhu! If you don't open this door, it will be regarded as a major crime of rebellion, and the nine clans will be punished! Think of your family! General Zhennan is waiting for your reply under the city! After speaking, Liu Qianhu did not stay anymore and returned to the military formation.

After listening to the shouting, the hairs on his back stood up, looked at the unkind eyes around him, and hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, don't listen to that Liu Qianhu's nonsense, this is all their conspiracy, that Ma He Mosha has taken refuge in the eldest prince, and he wants to kill us all!" My cousin has already sent a letter to His Highness the Fifth and the Ministry of War, as long as we hold the fortress and wait for the order of the Ministry of War! ”

"Lord Qianhu, ransom the villain and say something that shouldn't be said, now this southern line is dominated by the eldest prince and Ma Hemosha, if they insist on saying that we are rebelling, the Fifth Highness will not be able to quench his thirst far away!" One of them usually said to the prince and the hundred households.

"Fang Baihu don't want to be alarmist, if you talk nonsense, I will kill you with the heart of the cholera army!" The prince looked at this guy fiercely, knowing that he should have killed him sooner rather than later.

"Brothers, his brothers from the Wang family followed the fifth prince, and we can't get any benefits, so why bother to be buried with them! Tie up the one surnamed Wang with me to General Zhennan to receive the reward! Fang Baihu loudly agitated the officers and soldiers around him who were already ready to move, and he had already taken the lead in pounced.

"Good! I'm going to do it with Fang Baihu! Come on! Another Masha Baihu gritted his teeth and then pounced.

"Rush!" The surrounding soldiers also clamored, and they all drew their waist knives and came up.

"Don't come here! You... You are rebelling! The prince and cowered behind his guards, and kept backing away.

"It's your prince and the rebel, brother, we can't bury the thief!"

"That's right! Rush! ”

The prince and a dozen of his personal guards only resisted for a few breaths, and then they were cut down to the ground by the officers and soldiers, and the prince, who was already paralyzed, was tied up with a belt together with Fang Baihu and Ma Sha Baihu.

"General, did you say they would open the door?" Liu Hongzhuo, who had just returned to the military formation, looked at the city wall worriedly, where there was no movement.

"Definitely, I have received a request for transfer from several hundred households in the Iban Fortress before, because they are dissatisfied with the arrogance of the two brothers of the Wang family, and they have also encroached on their military exploits. At the beginning, I saw the face of the fifth prince to help them suppress this matter! Ma Hemosha said confidently.

"Hey, general, listen! The city has already begun to make noise! Haha, his prince and today I'm afraid it's hard to escape! Liu Hongzhuo said happily.

"Don't you Han people have a saying: If you are unjust, you will kill yourself! Their Wang brothers thought that they were backed by the fifth prince, and they acted too carelessly! Ma Hemosha was quite emotional.

After the tea, the commotion at the head of the city stopped, and the city gate opened slowly. Then a group of men marched towards the army with a man in tow. It wasn't until they got close that everyone saw that it was the prince who was being held.

"Hundred households Fangyuan and Ma Sha have been ordered by the general to capture the anti-thief prince and him!"

The two men who were holding the prince and the others waited until they were close before shouting loudly.

"Good! Fang 100 households, Ma Sha 100 households, I will protect you as a thousand households in front of His Highness! Congratulations to both of you for your great work! Ma Hemosha came out in a row and came to the three of them.

"If the prince and don't listen to the order, Anlu should be killed! Come! Kill this wingman, and hang his head on the city gate for three days! To warn those who have different intentions! ”

"Mahemosha! I am an official of the court, and you have no right to kill me! The prince shouted.

"Rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished! Kill! ”

The law enforcement team pulled the prince out of the city gate, ignoring the prince and begging for mercy, the knife fell in his hand, and a human head rolled to the ground with a gurgling.

"Into town!" Ma Hemosha gave an order, and 5,000 troops followed him into the fortress, and it was late today, just to arrange for everyone to have dinner and sleep, and tomorrow to break up the garrison and reorganize.

Speaking of the city of Naboo, which was at this time surrounded by the ten thousand troops of Datu, they had arrived the night before. Datu had already read out the order of the general of Zhenguo, but unfortunately the defenders in the city did not buy it at all, and he only ordered to attack.

Because of the urgency of coming, he left the baggage battalion behind, and without the support of the fortified artillery, he fought for a day the next day, and after paying two thousand soldiers for casualties, Datu finally calmed down.

"Brother Liu, can our baggage camp be able tomorrow?" Although Datu is already a lieutenant from the fourth grade, he is still very polite to Liu Er, the battalion commander of the twenty-second old battalion. Because no matter how high his position is, he has been one of the twenty-two old battalion commanders all his life.

"Don't worry, brother, they will definitely arrive tomorrow, if it weren't for the heavy artillery, they should have arrived today!" Liu Er said with a smile.

"That's good, it's my fault that two thousand brothers were killed and injured this time, and I'm too anxious to make meritorious contributions! Alas! As long as I can take the city of Naboo, if His Highness wants to punish him, I will bear it! "Datu is very depressed, he took refuge with Pei Xin and Haja, and now Pei Xin and Haja are already leading the army alone, but he has not made an inch, so he is in a hurry!

"What did Brother Datu say, the order to storm was decided by us together, and we underestimated the enemy! Help ...... when the time comes If Your Highness is to blame, we will carry it together! Liu Er was very righteous, and besides, it was indeed decided by the two of them before.

The next day, just after dawn, the baggage battalion appeared outside the city of Nabu with grain, grass, baggage, and artillery. Datu and Liu Er were impatient to wait, and hurriedly ordered someone to arrange the fortified artillery together.

With artillery, the siege was incredibly simple, and they could drive straight through by hitting three cannons and bombarding the gates until they blasted them open.

The first few shots were fired next to the city gate, and the entire city gate building trembled. Finally, at the beginning of the third round, the muzzle school was just right, and the city gate was broken in just one round.

"Rush in with me!" Datu rode a war horse and was the first to rush out, followed by Liu Er and several thousands of households, each leading his own team to follow.

Half of the defenders in the city had been killed yesterday, and now that the city gates had been breached, they had no heart to resist, some hurriedly dropped their weapons and fled to the other three gates, and some knelt down and surrendered.

This Datu and Liu Er are smart, they want a city, not a slaughter of soldiers, so they only attack one gate, leaving the other three for them to escape.

Soon the city was cleaned up. This siege did not affect the people, but a group of soldiers and officials in the city were cleaned up, and they were naturally replaced by Chen Zuyi's people.

On the day of entering the city, Datu issued a notice to the effect that the original city defenders colluded with some officials in the city to the Javanese people, and they have now been punished. The local people saw that it was indeed the army of the Bo Ni Kingdom that entered the city, and then they slowly returned to calm.

Luo Jingcheng, where the army gathered, was not so easy, the whole city was covered with war clouds, and the common people did not dare to take half a step out of their homes, for fear that one would be accidentally caught. It is said that a group of troops in the city have rebelled, and their own family may be implicated.

This is Lin Xian's idea as a military advisor, as a veteran general, he knows the difference between a "lone army" without the support of the local people and an army that occupies a favorable location, and he wants to weaken the opponent's combat power to the maximum!

Sure enough, as soon as this plan came out, the people in Luojing City saw them as if they were ghosts, and they hid as far away as they wanted. Ren Wang Haodong sent countless people to the city to publicize and explain, but the people had a prejudiced opinion, but they didn't believe it.

One of the most frequently asked questions by the people was: "Since it is not a rebellion, why do you refuse to allow the army of your own country outside the city to enter the city?" The interpreter was speechless when asked about this sentence, and from then on people were even more convinced that the defenders in the city were undoubtedly plotting rebellion! There were even many local soldiers who were forcibly called back by their families to become deserters.

"Don't worry, I believe that in some time, the orders of the Fifth Highness and the Ministry of War will arrive!" Wang Haodong is already anxious, he is just a military general, and he really has no experience in power struggles and local governance.

"General Wang, we gathered our troops to defend after listening to your opinion, and now we are about to be regarded as a thief!" Liekun, the Sanpin general of Nabu City, spoke dissatisfied.

"Yes, I never expected that His Highness would personally bring troops here, and it was an army of more than 50,000, could it be that he drained the forces of Wanga and Juxi? It's crazy! General Luo Jingshou said from the Sanpin General Jiang Yinhai.

"Don't panic, you two, I believe that the eldest prince won't last a few days, and he will send these soldiers back, otherwise the Javanese will come to pick up the bargain once they know that our troops are empty!" Wang Haodong was very calm.