heavy weapon is king

Chapter 163 Leader Nie is a miser
Above the northern city defense, there was a mess of ruins, bloody and messy.

In the moat under the city wall, there are a large number of corpses floating in the moat, and the river is extremely turbid.

In the sky full of gunpowder smoke and dust, Nie Zheng led an army of four thousand dragons and tigers, and quickly rushed into the north city gate.

With the lesson just outside the city, now Niu Meng, Shi Zheng, Xu Shijie and other leaders are surrounding Nie Zheng, not daring to stay more than three feet away from him.

Nie Zheng rode on the horse expressionlessly, but his heart was surging. If it wasn't for the crippled sniper named Li Yan just now, he would have been a dead body in the wilderness by now.

That Li Yan is a talent, I must train him well in the future.

The large group of people crossed the city gate, and there was a wide road inside. School grounds and barracks were built on both sides of the road. These barracks should be the barracks of those Da Viet people before. The area of ​​the barracks is very large, and it is not a problem at all to accommodate thousands of people. .

"Government!"

"Subordinates are here!"

Hearing Nie Zheng's call, Shi Zheng strode up to the horse, bowed his hands respectfully and said, "What's the order from the lord?"

Nie Zheng reined in his horse and pointed to the camp in the Beichengfang area, saying, "Lead 800 people and clean up this place. From today onwards, you will be stationed in Beichengfang with them!"

Shi Zheng bowed his head and thought for a while, "But we haven't occupied the other three defenses of Yangzhou City yet. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to divide our forces now."

Nie Zheng glanced at him, and said calmly: "Just now I ordered a small team to go into the city to investigate ahead of time, and now all the Da Yue people in this Yangzhou city have all evacuated from the south gate."

Hearing this, Shi Zheng's body was shocked, and he said in surprise: "We haven't fought yet, and these Da Viet people have fled? It seems that they are not as fearless as the rumors say."

Nie Zheng smiled and said nothing, he knew very well that there is no army in this world that is not afraid of death, and there is no army that is absolutely stupid, especially in the face of the bombardment of his own weapons and cannons, it is no wonder that the people of Dayue in the city are not frightened.

Just now, only ten mountain cannons were used to blast the heavily guarded Beicheng defense into ruins. If the Dai Viet troops in the other city defenses did not hurry up to evacuate after hearing the news, then they would not be fearless, but stupid and ignorant.

Obviously, this group of Dai Viet people are cunning and treacherous by nature. Maybe they are brave and warlike, but they will not gather all their soldiers and horses to die when they know that they are not the enemy's opponents.

Because they've had enough dead tonight.

Besides, Annan County is the territory occupied by the Dai Viet people as invaders, not the Yue Kingdom on the north bank of the Mekong River, their home.

If Nie Zheng attacked the north bank of the Mekong River today, it is estimated that even if all the people of Da Viet were killed in battle, they would not take a step back, let alone retreat before a battle, because defending their own territory is the mission of every nation. .

After splitting out 3000 dragon and tiger troops to station in the defense of the North City, Nie Zheng led the remaining [-] men and continued to march towards the city, preparing to take over all the defenses of the entire Yangzhou City before dawn. .

It was dark and the city was quiet.

The large group of people marched forward from the camp of Beicheng Defense. Torches were lit on the guard towers on both sides of the road, illuminating the surrounding area a bit cloudy and uncertain.

With the help of the light from the top, Nie Zheng quickly left the defense of the northern city and ran towards the inner city under the protection of the leaders and experts.

Yangzhou is a very large city. Perhaps in the evening, Nie Zheng and the others could not get a glimpse of the entire city, but now that they walked into the city, they were immediately shocked by the huge size of the city.

Yangzhou City is divided into inner city and outer city.

The outer city is one mile away from the inner city, and it is an important place for military defense.In fact, there is no city wall in the inner city, but rows of houses are closely connected with each other, forming a natural "enclosed wall" separating it from the outer city.

Of course, these "walls" in the inner city are of different heights, and there are many lanes and lanes, which are arranged very irregularly, but this is the inner city. As long as you pass through this long "wall", you will find the so-called No. [-] in the Southwest. Ayutthaya has a huge city pool of hundreds of thousands of residents.

The road from the north city gate to the inner city is a main passage about five feet wide. There are four such wide main passages, which are within the four city gates in the south, east and northwest.

The large-scale Yangzhou City is integrated and penetrated by these four main passages, and then countless small streets are perfunctory, dividing the entire city with a huge area into spider webs of neighborhoods of different sizes. .

The sound of horseshoes kicking, and the sound of footsteps are calm and powerful.

A team of thousands of people passed through the huge archway leading to the inner city, and officially drove towards the core area of ​​the city.

Along the way, in the buildings on both sides of the street, from time to time, someone would open a gap in the window and look carefully.

For Nie Zheng's men and horses entering the city, the people of Yangzhou City had curiosity, worry, panic, and joy in their eyes, but more, it was a kind of dullness close to numbness.They knew very well in their hearts that starting tonight, the city would change hands, or temporarily change hands.Who knows if the army of the Da Viet people will make a comeback again in the future. No one in the Southwest knows the fierceness and warlikeness of the Da Viet people?
Facing the prying eyes of the people in the city, Nie Zheng's troops didn't care. They still followed behind Leader Nie excitedly, preparing to take over the other three city defenses.

Nie Zheng was sitting on the horse. On the way into the city, he was very excited as he watched the houses and shops passing by on both sides of the street.

Reborn in this strange ancient time for so long, tonight, he finally occupied a real city of his own.

Starting tonight, everything in Yangzhou city will belong to him, and the life and death power of hundreds of thousands of people in the city will also be in his hands.

Wake up and take control of the world, drunk on the knees of beautiful women.

This is the ultimate dream that makes every man truly passionate.

Now, Nie Zheng has taken a big step towards this dream. After occupying Yangzhou, as long as he successfully stabilizes the situation, he will have a base for long-term development in the future.

All the people under the rule of Yangzhou City are the foundation for his future development and growth.

However, these are not the things that excite Nie Zheng the most. What excites him most is the gold and silver warehouse in Yangzhou City.

In a city as big as Yangzhou, there should be a lot of gold and silver in the warehouse, right?

Tonight they attacked the city at a ferocious speed, and it took less than two hours to break through the northern city defenses guarded by the heavy troops of Da Yue.

In such a tight time frame, these Dai Viet people had no time to take away the valuable things in the city, especially the gold and silver belongings in the warehouse, and they had no chance to move them.

You must know that Yangzhou city is huge in scale, and it takes less than half an hour to go back and forth from various city defenses to the core area of ​​the city, and it cannot be completed at all.

In such a short period of time, the people of Dayue in the city dare not take this risk lightly.

Besides, even if those Da Viet noble officials in the city took away some gold and silver property before leaving, it is estimated that the amount would not be too much. After all, everyone was running for their lives. Bringing too many things would definitely affect the speed.

Therefore, Nie Zheng is not very worried that the gold and silver in the Yangzhou warehouse will be emptied, no matter what, there will be a large part of it left.

Thinking of this, Nie Zheng made the team speed up.

Finally, half an hour later, Nie Zheng led thousands of dragon and tiger troops into the central area of ​​the city, which is a crossroad that runs through the whole city.

At this time, Nie Zheng immediately gave orders to everyone: "Xu Shijie, Xue Changsheng, and An Dehai, each of you will bring 800 troops to the south gate, west gate, and east gate respectively, and occupy all three city defenses."

After hearing the order, the three of them clasped their hands together and said, "Obey, leader!"

After a while, they each led eight hundred elite dragons and tigers, and hurriedly separated.

After the three leaders Xu Shijie, Xue Changsheng, and An Dehai led their people away, now, at the crossroads, there are only more than 700 dragon and tiger troops left, including Niu Meng and Chen Shou.

At this time, Nie Zheng took a look at Niu Meng and asked, "Where is the Yangzhou county mansion? Did you send someone to find out?"

Niu Meng chuckled, and said: "Su Houzi and the others have been sent to investigate a long time ago. The county mansion is not far ahead, and you can arrive at the most tea time. It is said that within the county mansion, dozens of officials from Yangzhou City I have already prepared the seal, waiting for the lord to go and seal it."

Hearing this, Nie Zheng was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Aren't those officials from Da Yue?"

Niu Meng said: "Of course not, the officials of Dayue fled long ago, and the rest of the officials are all Han Chinese, and they are said to work for the people of Dayue. Not to mention, the group of Dayue people who occupied Yangzhou are actually pretty smart. Know how to find some Han people who are quite famous in the local area to manage the city for them."

Nie Zheng nodded and said, "Has the warehouse in Yangzhou City been investigated?"

Niu Meng said: "It has been investigated clearly, but there is some chaos in the warehouse. It seems that the people of Dayue moved a lot of gold and silver out before leaving, but now I have asked Su Houzi to lead people to guard the warehouse."

Nie Zheng frowned, and said, "Hurry up and take me to the warehouse!"

Niu Meng was taken aback for a moment and said: "Don't we have to go to the county government to receive the seal first?"

Nie Zheng said angrily, "Don't worry about receiving the seal. Lao Tzu's gold and silver are the most important things. Compared with the gold and silver in the warehouse, Lao Shizi's Yangzhou city seal is a ghost. It's like I don't have a city seal." I am the master of this city, who dares to say no to me?"

Niu Meng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll lead the way."

After saying that, Niu Meng led seven hundred elite dragons and tigers to protect Leader Nie, and rushed straight to the street in front of him.

A group of dragons and tigers followed Leader Nie's horse swiftly. They were all in a strange mood and said to themselves: "I have heard that the leader is a miser and loves gold and silver the most in his life. Today it seems that he is right..."

(End of this chapter)