Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 111 Thousand Riders Break the City
On the official road of Xia Guo, more than a thousand cavalry soldiers roared past on their horses.

Looking at the city vaguely seen in the distance, Xiao Cheng raised his hand slightly, reined in his horse and sat down.The elite cavalry who were carefully selected by more than a thousand behind them also reacted quickly, and immediately stopped their horses, showing their superb riding skills.

A general reining in the horse came to Xiao Cheng's side, cupped his hands and said:

"Your Majesty, Fengzhou is ahead! Xia's southwestern frontier army relies mostly on the Yangtze River for supplies. And this Fengzhou is a transit point. As long as this city is taken, its supplies can be cut off."

Xiao Cheng looked around, looked at the common people and merchants hiding far above the official road, pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice:

"Go, enter the city!"

The general who spoke just now was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the thousands of cavalry behind him, showed a look of embarrassment, and lowered his voice:
"Now? Your Majesty, we only have more than 1000 people on hand now..."

Before Xiao Cheng could say anything, another general couldn't help but said:
"Diao Wenxuan, are you confused? We are wearing Xia Jun's armor!"

This general named Diao Wenxuan suddenly remembered, smiled embarrassedly, and said:
"Your Majesty, forgive me, the last general didn't react for a while!"

Xiao Cheng waved his hands, looked at the caravan of common people hiding far away from him on the official road, and said:
"I'm waiting for the big fanfare and marching on the official road. I can't hide my whereabouts at all. If I don't enter the city at this time, it will be suspicious! Taking advantage of the lack of reaction in Fengzhou City, I went in directly and burned Xia Jun's hoard here. Grain supplies!"

When several generals heard this, they immediately cupped their hands and shouted in unison:

"Yes!"

Now that they had made up their minds, everyone made some adjustments, and immediately rode their horses and galloped towards the gate of Fengzhou City.

At the gate of Fengzhou City, the guards who have been working for a long time still stick to their posts and perform their duties with great vigor.

The common people and merchants who were interrogated were also very understanding and considerate, and they didn't need to say anything more from the soldiers guarding the city. In addition to paying the poll tax for entering the city, they also consciously handed over the soldiers' tea money.

At this moment, the soldiers guarding the city looked at the billowing dust in the distance, and couldn't help being excited immediately. They ran to Dubo who was guarding the city, and said excitedly:
"My lord, my lord! Look, it seems like a big deal has come."

Du Bo squinted his eyes and saw the dust billowing in the distance, and there was a huge battle.

Fengzhou is an important place for water transportation in the northwest, where the Yangtze River leads directly to the south of the Yangtze River. It is the most prosperous state city in the northwest, and merchants and caravans are often seen.

Seeing such a big commotion at this time, everyone didn't think about other places at all, they just thought that another big caravan had come.

Although most of these caravans have backgrounds, they have always been willing to spend a small amount of money to eliminate disasters for the difficult little devils like the defenders.

In the eyes of these soldiers, isn't it just a big deal!

Du Bo rolled his eyes, he couldn't help showing joy, coughed dryly, and said:
"Ah, these caravans are a little too much! Such a big smoke and dust will choke other people! No, we have to ask the people for more money as compensation!"

When the soldiers on the side heard the words, their eyes lit up immediately, their faces were filled with joy, and they said:

"Master is wise!"

Seeing that the big business was coming, all the soldiers were unwilling to spend energy on these ordinary people who could barely squeeze out a few pennies, so they let them all go without saying a word, and emptied the city gate.

When Diao Wenxuan saw the city gate being emptied from afar, he immediately beamed with joy, and laughed loudly:

"Sure enough, God Bless Your Majesty!"

Xiao Cheng's eyes were sharp, and with a thought in his mind, in the line of sight that ordinary people could not see, dots of golden light shone, covering the thousands of cavalrymen.

A line of small characters suddenly appeared.

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The hostility of the army's slaughter and silence rose up.The sound of rattling horseshoes is shocking.

Dubo at the gate of the city suddenly had a heartbeat, squinted his eyes, looked at the billowing smoke and dust in the distance, and murmured:

"Something's wrong... I'll go, it's the cavalry!"

These words startled all the soldiers beside them, and said in a panic:
"cavalry?"

"The cavalry from Yun Kingdom have come in?"

"What? The front line was defeated, and Yunguo came in?"

"The army of Yunguo is coming to Fengzhou? Isn't it true that all the counties in the southwest have fallen!"

"Have all the counties in the southwest fallen? It's over, Xia Guo is about to perish!"

Du Bo couldn't help hissing, looking at the flustered subordinates around him who had already spread rumors, he couldn't help cursing:
"Who the hell did you learn from? It's the cavalry, but look at the armor, it's our Xia army!"

As soon as this remark came out, the defenders of the city immediately became quiet, took a breath of relief, and said:

"Hey, let's just say, didn't you say a few days ago that my Great Xia frontier army has won consecutive battles and almost occupied the northern border of Yunguo!"

"Scared me to death! Hey, why are there still cavalry coming to Fengzhou at this time?"

"Yeah, the superiors didn't tell us in advance!"

Du Bo also felt something was wrong, hesitated for a while, and said:

"No, if you let people in like this, the captain can't explain it, so let's close it first..."

The fast horse galloped fast, and before Dubo ordered his men to close the city gate, the sound of the roaring horseshoes was heard.

"Dare to ask this general..." Du Bo stepped forward and shouted.

But before he could finish speaking, a long spear shot straight at him like a dragon sailing out to sea, making an ear-piercing sound of piercing through the air.

Du Bo was startled, his eyes widened, and just as he was about to reach out and draw his knife to resist, he was pierced through his chest by a swift spear.The fierce force of the long spear did not stop, and the long spear flew backwards with Du Bo's body, and was directly nailed to the city wall behind him.

Seeing that Du Bo had died in an instant, the city guards froze for a moment, then screamed, dropped their weapons, and fled in all directions.

Diao Wenxuan took the lead. When he came to the city gate, he stretched out his right hand and took down the spear nailed to the city wall.

With iron hooves stepping together, more than a thousand cavalry rushed into the city in an instant.

Fengzhou City is so ruined!
Because everyone was wearing the armor of the Xia army at this time, even if more than a thousand cavalry invaded the city at this time, the people in the city did not realize the seriousness of the problem at all, but subconsciously stepped aside, hid aside, and looked at it curiously. Follow this group of cavalry who suddenly broke into the city.

Xiao Cheng stopped his horse, looked around the city, pointed to the bustling pier in the north of the city, and said sharply:

"Diao Wenxuan!"

"The last general is here!" Diao Wenxuan said grimly, holding a blood-stained spear.

"Lead two hundred cavalry and burn down the pier!"

"Yes! Hahaha, it's a pleasure to fight with His Majesty! I, Diao Wenxuan, have never fought such an easy battle!" Diao Wenxuan grinned, and immediately led two hundred cavalry towards the city's north pier.

(End of this chapter)