I rode and slashed unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1057 Broken City
Late at night, at the south gate of Mulu City.

"Sir, everything is ready." Anmoti returned to Aspav's side and lowered his voice. "The centurion agreed to let us use the guard room for half an hour. What do you think?"

Aspav, unable to contain himself any longer, eagerly approached the third carriage: "Quick! Bring that beauty here!"

Anmoti's lips curled into a cold smile as he personally stepped forward and lifted the carriage curtain. Inside, a veiled woman trembled; it was Bahram's beloved concubine. Anmoti roughly dragged her out of the carriage and shoved her toward Aspav: "My lord, please enjoy yourself. I'll go arrange other matters."

Aspav grabbed the beauty and dragged her toward the duty room with a lewd grin. The woman struggled and cried out, but he slapped her unconscious: "You little slut! It's your good fortune to serve me!"

Anmoti watched Aspav carry the unconscious beauty into the guard room, the last trace of hesitation in his eyes vanishing completely. He turned and gave the centurion a wink, who understood and immediately drew his short sword, gesturing for silence to the two guards behind him.

The three men crouched low as they approached the guardhouse. The wooden door was ajar, and they could faintly hear Aspav's lewd laughter and the rustling of clothes being torn inside. The centurion took a deep breath, kicked the door open, and a glint of cold light flashed as his short knife was already thrust towards Aspav's back.

"Pfft-"

The dull thud of a blade piercing flesh was drowned out by Aspav's sudden scream. He turned around in terror, only to be met with the centurion's cold gaze. Before he could cry for help, another guard had already covered his mouth, and the dagger fell again, ending his life.

Anmoti stood at the doorway, expressionless, watching the gradually cooling corpse on the ground. The beauty who had been knocked unconscious slowly awoke, and upon seeing this, she was terrified. Just as she was about to scream, her bodyguard covered her mouth and dragged her out.

"Don't be afraid, you're alright now," Anmoti said, trying to comfort the woman who was struggling in fear.

Upon hearing this, the beauty relaxed: "I knew the general wouldn't abandon me."

Anmoti did not answer again, but waved his hand to signal the soldiers to take her to a safe place and keep her under guard.

"The troublesome problem has been resolved, and we can get started."

The centurion dared not delay and immediately led several trusted men to turn the winch. The heavy city gate creaked open slowly, revealing a gap just wide enough for two riders to pass side by side.

At the same time, accompanied by his confidants, Anmoti climbed the city wall and lit the sulfur torches that had been prepared in advance—the eerie blue-green flames were the signal agreed upon with the Han army.

The bluish-green flames were particularly striking against the night sky. He drew three circles on the wall, and soon the Han army camp outside the city responded in kind.

In less than a quarter of an hour, an elite Han army squad slipped through the gaps in the city gate like ghosts, led by Su Yao and Zhang Liao.

"This humble servant pays respects to the Holy Lord!" At the gate, Anmoti and the centurion and others bowed deeply.

"Anmoti, you've worked hard," Su Yao nodded from his horse. "How is the city's defense? Has it been discovered?"

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, the entire South Gate has been replaced with our men. We guarantee that no one will know."

Anmoti quickly replied, "Your Majesty, most of the city's garrison is concentrated at the northeast gate, with only a small number of soldiers guarding the west gate. The rest are deployed within the governor's mansion."

"There, Shapur and the Finance Minister are waiting for my news tonight, while Bahram is drinking in his own residence. His subordinates have arranged for trusted men to keep watch on them to ensure they cannot escape."

He presented a defense map, saying, "This is a detailed defense of the city, marked with granaries, armories, and key roads. Our army can act according to the map."

Su Yao took the deployment map, glanced at it, and Mu Lu's map on the system was fully lit up: "Well done."

He turned to Zhang Liao and said, "Wen Yuan, you lead a thousand elite troops to control the west gate and cut off the enemy's retreat. Yufuluo, lead the Xiongnu cavalry to block the north gate to prevent the enemy from breaking out. The rest of the soldiers, follow me straight to the governor's mansion!"

"Your subordinate obeys!" Zhang Liao and Yufuluo responded in unison and quickly split up to carry out their orders.

Seeing this, Anmoti quickly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I am willing to be your guide and lead you straight to the heart of the enemy!"

Su Yao laughed loudly: "That suits me perfectly! Let's go!"

The night was as dark as ink, and the city of Mulu was usually completely silent.

However, this silence was soon broken by the sound of horses' hooves. The Han army's iron cavalry swarmed into the city, galloping along the main streets and rapidly moving to the northwest.

The south gate was their entrance to the city, and their main camp was outside the east gate. If the northwest and southwest gates were also sealed off, the Parthians would be trapped like turtles in a jar, unable to escape. "What's going on?"

"Where did this knight come from?"

The soldiers patrolling the city stared in astonishment at the hazy figures of cavalrymen in the night, their minds momentarily blank.

He remembered that tonight only Anmoti and Aspav went out of the city to deliver gifts to the Han army, and there should be no other missions.

"It couldn't be the Han army, could it?"

The night patrol captain, holding his lantern high, was about to shout when suddenly...
"call out--"

"Shhhh-"

Su Yao drew his bow and fired an arrow. Before the ten-man team could even call the alarm, they were all killed by the arrows.

The thunderous hooves of horses galloped past, leaving behind ten corpses on the ground, their eyes wide open in death—each of them had an arrow still dangling slightly protruding from its left eye.

The group hurried through the streets and alleys, startling the dogs that occasionally barked throughout the city.

Every household kept their doors and windows tightly shut, and no one dared to peek out—the brutality of the Parthian soldiers forcibly seizing money and women during the day was still fresh in their minds, and now they all acted like ostriches, keeping their doors closed to protect themselves, for fear of getting burned.

No one reported the incident to the police along the way, and the night patrol guards were personally killed one by one by Su Yao with his divine arrows. The raid went remarkably smoothly until they rushed into the city square, where they were finally discovered by the enemy soldiers.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!!"

"Your Majesty, the Governor's Mansion is just around the corner!"

The blaring alarm and Anmoti's shouts rang out simultaneously. Su Yao looked up and saw dozens of Parthian soldiers frantically setting up barricades and gun emplacements in front of the brightly lit governor's mansion. Further away, several messengers were frantically banging on gongs, the piercing alarm instantly tearing through the night sky.

"Charge!" Su Yao commanded, his golden pestle drawing a dazzling arc in the moonlight.

"rush!"

"Kill!"

The Han cavalry surged toward the governor's mansion like a flood. Suddenly, the cavalrymen at the front row took out several hand grenades from the sides of their saddles, lit the fuses, and hurled them with all their might. The grenades drew fiery red trajectories in the air and crashed into the blocked road.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A series of explosions rang out, not only shattering the barricades, but also causing the Parthian soldiers who had just formed ranks to scatter and flee in screams.

Su Yao charged through the sea of ​​fire, his golden pestle sweeping across, knocking two guards who tried to stop him away in the waist, and crashing directly into the tightly closed gate.

"Follow me—Break!"

Su Yao stood before the gate, pointed his golden pestle, and the heavy gate of the governor's mansion collapsed with a crash under his immense power.

Amidst flying sawdust, Parthian soldiers behind the door were thrown over by the shockwave.

Su Yao charged in on his horse, followed by the Crimson Cloud Cavalry surging into the mansion like a tide. Amidst the flashing swords and glints of blades, the Parthian garrison suffered a crushing defeat.

"Monster! The monster is coming!"

"Protect your lord!"

"Run, sir!!!"

(End of this chapter)