"The subordinates have the trust of the son, and they failed to guard the city, so they asked the son to punish the crime!"

Outside Jiangling City, in the simple camp that Liu Chan temporarily set up, a group of Jingzhou civil and military officials who had been used by Lu Meng to threaten him not long ago were all kneeling down in shame at this moment.

"Haha, you are not afraid of life and death for my Jingzhou, what a crime!"

Looking at the civil and military officials kneeling on the ground under the bright moonlight, while laughing, Liu Shen hurriedly stepped forward and helped them up one by one.

As Pang Tong expected, not long after Liu Chan put down his cruel words and left, Lü Meng released all these Jingzhou civil and military officials and expelled them from Jiangling City.

"Speaking of which, this son is a little sorry for everyone. If it weren't for the fact that this son deliberately abandoned Gangneung City in order to induce the Jiangdong rats to go deeper, you wouldn't have been disturbed by this......"

While supporting these Jingzhou officials who did not hold high positions but their loyalty had been tested, Liu Chan said that he deliberately gave up Jiangling.

"Well, according to Childe's words, that Mi ...... Isn't Mi Taishou really descending? ”

Knowing that Jiangling was deliberately abandoned by Liu Chan, everyone immediately thought of Mi Fanglai, who had surrendered the city before.

"Yes, my uncle was deceived by me. As for the reason, hehe, because this son needs a good reason to punish these Jiangdong rats who have repeatedly betrayed the alliance......"

Looking at everyone's puzzled expressions and smiling, Liu Chan roughly stated the plan to induce Jiangdong to sneak attack Jingzhou, so that he could have a legitimate reason to 'counter' Jiangdong.

"The First World War is ...... Set the world, completely sweep away the six counties and eighty-one prefectures in Jiangdong, Gongzi ...... Childe is mighty!! ”

Just like the second master and other high-level officials in Jingzhou before, after learning that Liu Chan was actually planning to annex Jiangdong in one fell swoop, these middle- and low-level civil and military officials in Jingzhou suddenly trembled with excitement.

There is no way, 'benefit' from the despicable behavior of Jiangdong's rats who have repeatedly backstabbed them, and there are few people in Jingzhou, from officials to the people, who have a good impression of Jiangdong.

Therefore, for Liu Chan's plan of 'fishing law enforcement', there is nothing that everyone does not support, and who is more frightened than before.

"You guys just rest here, and after this son takes back Jiangling, I will drink with you to suppress the shock!"

After pacifying these civil and military officials, he looked up at the bright moon that was almost in the middle of the sky, and Liu Chan also immediately looked at Jiangling City in front of him.

……

"Yifeng, still haven't found Mi Fang and Pan Jun?"

When Liu Chan outside the city pacified a group of Jingzhou civil and military officials who were expelled from Jiangling City by Lu Meng, and turned his attention to Jiangling City, Lu Meng, who was also sleepless at the north gate of Jiangling City, also looked at Zhu Ran, who had been sent by him to 'invite' Jingzhou officials, with a solemn face at this time.

"The Metropolitan Governor, the last general is ineffective, please punish the Metropolitan Governor!"

Seeing Lu Meng's solemn expression, Zhu Ran couldn't help but feel ashamed.

"That's it, Mi Fang is a fraud, and Jiangling is their old nest...... It's no wonder that this is righteous. ”

Shaking his head, Lu Meng did not waste much on the disappearance of Mi Fang and Pan Jun, but instead focused on the matter of city defense.

"Since Liu Chan dared to put us into Jiangling this time, he must have already left behind to capture the city. You need to be cautious and defensive. In particular, in all the places around the gates, you will immediately have people search carefully to see if there are any secret passages and the like......

Looking at the Jingzhou soldiers who had already lit torches outside the city and were preparing for a night attack, Lu Meng couldn't help but turn his head to look under the city wall with some concern.

……

"Boss, the time should be almost there, right?"

Just when Lü Meng was worried that Liu Chan would leave a secret passage in the city in advance, in a simple house not too far from the north gate, a young man with a fire sickle in his hand looked up at the moon overhead, and then turned his head to look at another companion who was also staring at the sky and the moon.

"Why are you in a hurry, Childe's order is in the middle of the moon, and there is still a moment left. If it's early, Childe's side is not ready, and you will be responsible for the big thing of Childe when the time comes? ”

Turning back and scolding his companion with the fire sickle in his hand, the man known as the 'head' immediately looked at the bright moon that was about to rise to the top.

"Hehe, I'm not curious, just how to break through the city gate with those few jars of black noodles......"

Not paying attention to the other party's reprimand, the young man holding the fire sickle in his hand couldn't help but touch the finger-thick rope in front of him with some curiosity.

"Hou San'er, light the fire!"

Soon, a quarter of an hour passed in a flash, and just when Mingyue had just risen to the position of Zhongtian, the man who had been staring at Mingyue immediately let out a soft shout.

"Click!"

Hearing his companion's command, without hesitation, the young man holding the fire sickle only touched his hands lightly, and a puff of sparks fell to the rope in front of him skillfully and accurately.

"Boom......"

In the blink of an eye, the rope that originally seemed to be not easy to ignite was easily ignited by this spark, and then quickly rushed out with a bamboo tube that had been buried a long time ago.

"Boss, do you think this arquebus will go out halfway?"

Smelling the alternative smoke and fire brought by the burning rope in the air, Hou San, who was in charge of lighting the fire, couldn't help but stare at the direction of the city gate with a nervous face.

"Close your crow's mouth, if it goes out halfway, Lao Tzu will light you!"

glared at this Hou San fiercely, and the man who had been staring at the bright moon in the sky before immediately stared at the direction of the city gate again.

"Huh? Have you ever smelled anything unpleasant? ”

On the tower of the city gate, Lu Meng, who was originally staring at the Jingzhou soldiers outside the city, suddenly smelled a peculiar smell that seemed to be filled with fireworks.

"Well, it seems to have a strange smell, it looks like something is burning......"

Hearing Lu Meng's inquiry, he sniffled and took a few breaths, and Xu Sheng, who was in charge of the defense of the north gate, hurriedly checked around.

"It's strange, there's nothing burning, why is the smell getting stronger and stronger?"

After checking around, Xu Sheng, who smelled the increasingly strong strange smell in the air and didn't find anything unusual, couldn't help but be puzzled.

"Boom!"

Just when Xu Sheng was still puzzled by the increasingly strong strange smell, in an omen, a thunder that shook the sky suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Plop Plop Plop ......"

There was no time to react at all, and with the earth-shattering thunder, including Lu Meng and Xu Sheng, all the Jiangdong troops above the city suddenly fell to the ground as if they were drunk.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

That's not all, just when everyone fell to the ground in a daze, in the blink of an eye, three loud thunderclaps sounded in the east, west, and south directions of Gangneung City.

"Not good!"

Hearing the loud noises in the city one after another, Lu Meng, who was originally shocked by this 'thunderbolt in the sky', reacted instantly, this 'giant thunder' was a ghost caused by Liu Chan.

"Kill !!"

As expected, just when Lu Meng woke up in an instant, the earth-shattering sound of the Jingzhou army immediately sounded outside the city.

"Arise, all for the Governor to rise up to meet the enemy, meet the enemy!!"

Shaking his still dazed head, Lu Meng, who was forced to stand up by the wall battlement, suddenly shouted hoarsely.

It's just that even he, a 'meat eater', was stunned, and the physical fitness of those ordinary sergeants could not support them to recover their mobility so quickly.

Therefore, in Lu Meng's shout, although the Jiangdong Army near the city gate was struggling to stand up one by one, they did not obey the call with their hands and feet, and how could they meet any enemy.

"Big ...... Governor, ...... The gates, the gates are down! ”

Just when Lu Meng was still struggling to beckon the Jiangdong army to get up and resist the enemy, Xu Sheng, who was also struggling to stand up, looked at the collapsed gate and the falling drawbridge under the city with a frightened face and shouted.

"Kill !!"

Just as Xu Sheng was exclaiming because of the collapse of the city gate and the suspension bridge, accompanied by another loud shout, under the leadership of a young general wielding a big knife of the same style as the second master's Qinglong Yanyue knife, a red torrent also poured into the city along the collapsed suspension bridge in an instant.

And such a scene, in addition to the north gate, the other three gates are also the same.

It's just that at the west and south gates, the Wudang Fei Army led by Zhao Yun did not rush into the city, but launched a fierce attack on Zhou Taibu, who was also shocked by this 'thunderbolt in the clear sky'.

……

'Damn, I finally got some gunpowder, but the first thing to blow up was my own door, who are you going to reason with? ’

Under the bright moonlight, Liu Chan, who had entered the city on horseback, smelled the familiar smell of gunpowder in the air, but he couldn't help but feel a little pain in his heart.

Speaking of which, don't look at this sulfur dinitrate three charcoal is easy to say, but in this era, it is not so easy to really get it out, especially the purification of saltpeter.

Therefore, even after several years of preparation, he was not able to come up with much really qualified gunpowder. And this time, in order to quickly break through the city gate and recapture Jiangling, it directly consumed nearly half of it for him at once.

However, he felt distressed and distressed, and he still felt that it was worth it to be able to recapture Gangneung so quickly.

After all, what he wanted was just a 'legitimate' reason to send troops to Jiangdong, so how could he allow the Jiangdong Army to occupy Jiangling for a long time.

Therefore, long before he led his army to leave Jiangling, the gunpowder that broke the door had already been planted by him in advance.

At this point, Jiangling City was 'taken' by Lü Meng for only one day, and it was reclaimed by Liu Chan in a flash in the pan before it could be finished overnight, announcing the official failure of Jiangdong's sneak attack on Jingzhou.