It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Zhou Shu was so angry that he fell backwards. In his heart, he cursed all eighteen generations of Prefect Kang's ancestors.

Then he scolded Magistrate Kang for being short-sighted.

After Lu Xingchen took Wanxian, his next target would definitely be Jizhou City.

But even though he cursed, he had to find a way to solve Lu Xingchen's problem.

However, Lu Xingchen did not harass him during this period.

Zhou Shu regarded himself as an ostrich with its head buried in the sand.

Just praying that Lu Xingchen would not think of him again.

It was a pity that his beautiful dream only lasted for more than a month before Lu Xingchen came.

But Zhou Shu still made some preparations.

He thought that if Lu Xingchen used force against him, he couldn't just surrender without doing anything.

That's too embarrassing.

During this time, he was also preparing for war. He posted some secret guards outside the city, and he would patrol the soldiers on the city wall from time to time. If there were any slacking off, he would punish them severely.

In addition, he also placed rolling logs and stones on the city wall, and also placed a large pot and firewood, ready to burn hot oil when Lu Xingchen attacked the city.

He felt that he could not hand over Wanxian to Lu Xingchen in a humiliating way like Jia Wanhe did.

Therefore, when Lu Xingchen's troops were approaching, Zhou Shu got the news.

When he first heard the news, he was so scared that he trembled all over and could hardly stand up from his chair.

Later, he stood up with the help of Liu Pan and another yamen runner.

"Let's go up to the city wall and take a look." Zhou Shu said after taking a breath.

So, Zhou Shu, with the help of two yamen runners, got on the carriage, and then rode the carriage to the city gate.

As he walked along the way, his fear lessened a little.

After the carriage stopped, he jumped off swiftly and climbed up the stairs of the city wall.

Standing on the city wall, he looked around and saw flags waving, troops marching in neat formations, and a murderous aura not far below the city wall.

Lu Xingchen and his team held torches in their hands, lighting up the area below the city wall as bright as day.

On the flag, he saw a big word "Xing" and also a big word "Lu".

Lu Xingchen has already deployed his troops. If Zhou Shu puts down his weapon and surrenders immediately, there will be no need to mobilize troops.

But if Zhou Shu is stubborn and insists on resisting, she will have to carefully check the effectiveness of the military training during this period.

"Commander, Zhou Shu seems to have come out. The one on the city wall is him." Ling Xiao rode up to Lu Xingchen and said.

Lu Feng also rode over and echoed, "Commander, that should be Zhou Shu."

Lu Xingchen gently clamped his legs around the horse's belly. The warhorse slowly moved forward.

Ling Xiao and several personal guards followed closely behind.

Lu Xingchen came to the city wall and looked up at Zhou Shu.

"County Magistrate Zhou, Miss Zhou Er and Mr. Liu are now serving in Xing County. They are both doing a good job."

"We are a family now."

"Open the gate and let us in."

"Stop talking nonsense." Zhou Shu originally wanted to control his emotions and not let his voice tremble, but he failed.

"Why don't I lead my troops into your Xing County?"

"Lu Xingchen, you have evil ambitions and want to seize my county. There is no way."

"Song County and Teng County are now in my hands."

"You Wanxian are already surrounded by me. There is no way out."

"I advise you to surrender as soon as possible."

"Who are you trying to scare, you greenhorn?" Zhou Shu roared with gritted teeth.

"I wasn't brought up to be scared."

"Come here, get ready to shoot!" Zhou Shu suddenly called out and gave an order.

In an instant, bows and arrows were shot down from the city wall of Wanxian.

Lu Xingchen used her silver spear to block the arrow shot at her.

"County Magistrate Zhou, don't blame me for being rude." Lu Xingchen turned his horse around and retreated to a position where Wanxian's arrows could not reach.

Lu Xingchen didn't expect Zhou Shu to shoot an arrow directly at him.

"Master, you asked me to climb up the wall and kill him myself, but you dared to let people shoot arrows at you." Ling Xiao was furious.

"We are at war and we are going to attack their county town. Isn't it normal for him to shoot arrows at us?" Lu Xingchen said.

"I was worried that he would surrender directly, and then I would not have the opportunity to test the army."

“This gives me a good opportunity.”

"Since the other party has already taken action, let's let them see the results of our training during this period."

Lu Xingchen called two heralds.

Soon the herald waved the flag in his hand.

The team quickly transformed, and then the soldiers responsible for throwing stones slowly moved forward.

This is a simple slingshot they made.

Previously it could be used to hurl rocks as big as heads.

But whether the stone can hit the enemy depends entirely on luck.

A stone as big as a head might kill an enemy soldier if it hits his head, but it would not kill anyone if it hits his shoulder or other places. The killing power is actually not that strong.

But what Lu Xingchen threw was not a stone, but gunpowder.

She did not use all of the slings, only fifteen.

Two soldiers can easily carry such a slingshot during a march, and it weighs about 60 kilograms.

This weight is not even heavier than the Qinglong Yanyue Sword held by Guan Yu.