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Chapter 160: Conquer Deng Feng and conquer Laizhou

The sun sets and night rises.

There was dead silence in Zhaotong City.

Thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians were all crowded near the city gates, on the city walls, in the streets, and in front of the houses. It looked like a gathering of refugees during a famine. No one dared to go back to the house to rest, because no one knew whether the enemy troops outside the city would attack the city in advance. Everyone was extremely nervous.

Six hours!

There are only six hours left until the deadline given by Sheng Ren!

"Report!"

"General! It's bad! It's sealed—"

"The enemy troops outside the city are no longer surrounding the city from three sides and leaving one side open. Our scouts can no longer get out!"

"The enemy has also prepared a variety of large-scale siege equipment... It looks like they are really going to attack the city after daybreak!"

"Why panic?!"

Deng Feng's powerful voice echoed in the darkness: "Let them attack! Can they get here?"

Several subordinates asked.

"General, but...but didn't you say that after dawn, our reinforcements will arrive fifteen days later, that is, at dawn tomorrow?"

"..."

"Yes, that's right."

Deng Feng had to give a positive answer: "Reinforcements will arrive after daybreak! By then, your majesty's 70,000 troops, plus the 50,000 elite troops of Yongle Mansion, a total of 120,000 troops, the Sheng people will be defeated. Tonight is the last darkness before dawn!

In one word, drag!

He has been guarding the border for most of his life.

Never before have we been under such tremendous pressure as we are today.

And all this pressure comes from a young man, Chen Sanshi!

this person!
In just one month, they took over most of Laizhou!
Thousands of troops avoid white robes!
What a means!

The key is……

According to the information he got, the vast majority of cities were willing to surrender. Even if the defenders were unwilling, the common people in the city were also willing, and many even rebelled. Because wherever the Black Armor Army went, they killed corrupt officials, opened granaries, and did not harm the people. To put it bluntly, they were better than... better than the people of Daqing Kingdom treated themselves!
Deng Feng had long heard of this man's deeds of "leading the people across the river", and had always been skeptical in his heart. If it was true, it was certainly worthy of admiration, but the matter was after all announced to the world by the Emperor of Dasheng himself, and there was a strong suspicion of hype.

But now it seems to be true!
A man who, wherever he goes, the people would rather risk death under the swords of the defending army than surrender to him must be a man who treats the people sincerely. Even if he is pretending, he must keep pretending.

From this perspective, it would be great if there was such a general in the world, or if Daqing had such a general! It would be a great blessing for the country of Qing and the people!

Unfortunately, he is the enemy!
A powerful and promising enemy!

Fortunately.

They can still win!
Just wait till dawn!

Once the fight starts and blood is seen, the momentum of attack and defense will change!
It would be the best thing if we could capture Chen Sanshi alive and make him work for Daqing!

Deng Feng continued to suppress the morale of the army: "It is impossible for the eight prefectures to surrender, they are just bluffing, they are still holding on with us! The purpose is to disrupt our formation. Don't believe a word of Sheng Ren's words!"

After earnest persuasion.

The turmoil in the city was once again quelled with difficulty.

"Reinforcements..."

The subordinates and the people didn't know, but Song Hongbiao, the deputy general, knew very well that the reinforcements would not arrive tomorrow. As for whether they would really arrive five days later, who knew.

It is possible that King Li Gong of Tang, like Deng Feng, deliberately advanced the date of arrival of reinforcements in order to trick them into defending the city.

……

Yongle Mansion.

"it is good!"

After Li Gong received the information that Zhaotong Prefecture had not been lost, he felt relieved: "Five days left! It is impossible for the Sheng people to take Zhaotong Prefecture! Recovering the entire Laizhou and then spying on the Central Plains of the Sheng Dynasty is just around the corner!"

"General Deng is worthy of being the backbone of Daqing!"

The deputy general exclaimed: "Your Majesty, the situation has stabilized!"

"Yes."

Li Gong raised his hand and ordered: "Notify all soldiers in the city, especially the cavalry, to be ready day and night. Based on my understanding of Meng Quji, he will withdraw his troops within three days! When the troops outside the city withdraw, it will be the day for us to leave the city and counterattack!"

"Yes!"

……

Outside the city, there is a large military camp.

"Nanxu's army of 100,000 is heading straight for Hulao Pass!"

"Deng Feng in Zhaotong Prefecture still hasn't surrendered. This time, we really don't have time!"

Meng Quji sighed and handed the intelligence to the others: "General Fang, we really have to retreat. If we don't retreat now, it will be too late!"

He had never been defeated in his life.

If it drags on, the risk of defeat will exceed 60%, and he will definitely not take this risk.

"hold on."

Fang Qingyun said the same thing: "Commander-in-Chief Chen made it very clear that Zhaotong Prefecture must surrender within 15 days. One night less, even one hour less, is not the 15th day, so why not wait until daybreak?"

Zhan Taiming then advised: "Marshal, now that things have come to this, why not wait a little longer!"

"Yongle Prefecture is very close to Zhaotong Prefecture. The communication time is about six hours. So we have to wait until tomorrow evening. This is... the final deadline!"

Meng Quji already felt that he was taking the biggest risk of his life. "I also agree with Sha Wenlong and Cui Congyi's suggestions. If the people in Zhaotong City still don't leave the city to surrender after daybreak, then we will take back Chen Sanshi's power of the fake Jieyue. We must not let him attack the city. There is no time! Then, order Sha Wenlong and others to bring him back for punishment. Our army will immediately retreat back to Dasheng and garrison the border to use static tactics to control dynamics!"

In his opinion, it was impossible for Chen Sanshi to complete the military order.

However, Chen Sanshi could not be blamed for this matter. The fact that twenty-seven prefectures surrendered was shocking. It was normal that Zhaotong Prefecture could not be taken down. However, there was no joking in the army. They had to be brought back first, and then we could see how to deal with them.

……

Outside the city of Zhaotong, there was a large military camp.

"The Marshal agreed."

Sha Wenlong stood up and ordered: "Generals of the four divisions, listen up. Keep an eye on Chen Sanshi. After daybreak, take him down immediately, and then we will retreat quickly!"

"Yes!"

Several lieutenant generals took the order and left.

"No! Send him back, he will definitely not die!"

Cui Congyi said: "Look at what Marshal Meng said, he clearly thinks that it is not his fault. I guess at that time he will be sentenced to death at most, but he cannot escape punishment alive. It is nothing more than making up for his crime and making meritorious contributions. It is useless!"

"Then we have to take him back first!"

Sha Wenlong snorted coldly: "It would be best if he disobeys orders and continues to attack the city by force. In this way, you and I will have a reason to take his life!"

……

The main tent of the Black Armor Army.

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As the final hour drew closer, Chen Sanshi was still practicing shooting calmly.

"grown ups!"

Xia Cong came over and whispered in his ear, "Sha Wenlong and his lieutenant generals came to our camp. I don't know what they are doing."

"Ignore it."

Chen Sanshi said calmly: "The original plan will be carried out. Let Cui Congyi, Sha Wenlong and the others do what they are supposed to do. If they fail to do their job before dawn, I can still chop off their heads."

"Yes!"

Xia Cong left.

"grown ups."

Zhao Kang took advantage of the fact that no one was around and whispered, "This Sha Wenlong really deserves to die. He has not come to support us since that time in Yuyang Sect, and has been targeting us in Mingzhou. If it weren't for my incompetence, I would go chop off his head right now!"

"You go and do your thing."

Chen Sanshi didn't respond.

Pei Tiannan is still here.

Two people from the Xianghuo Shen Sect were also there.

On the surface, they appear to be two great Xuan Xiang generals, but in fact, there is also a Martial Saint secretly, plus two believers who practice the Tao of Incense and Fire.

They are guarding here, I'm afraid they have some intention.

There is also a big temple in Laizhou City, but if it is just to collect incense, there will definitely not be so many people staying here.

But, they always have to separate.

Sooner or later, the bald man will have the opportunity to take action.

"grown ups."

Lu Shuhua hurried over: "It's almost time."

"Keng!"

Chen Sanshi stopped what he was doing and used his spear handle to thrust the spear upside down into the yellow mud: "Let's get started."

……

Inside the city.

At midnight, the night is quiet.

The Qing defenders, who had been trapped in the city for nearly three months, gradually became exhausted, but their bodies were still tense. At most, they maintained a half-asleep and half-awake state, and no one could really fall asleep.

"Goo~"

The sounds of hungry stomachs could be heard one after another, and everyone was waiting listlessly for today's food distribution.

"General, food and fodder..."

"Gone!"

Song Hongbiao said: "Even if we reduce the supply, it will only be enough for the last two days. Should we stop supplying food to the people and take care of our brothers first..."

As the second largest granary in Laizhou, Zhaotong Prefecture had sufficient grain and grass. However, there were too many people in the city. With more than 100,000 people, it was unknown how much food and grass they consumed in a day.

But everyone was needed to defend the city, and even though the rations were reduced every day, the granary was gradually running out.

"Don't make any noise!"

Deng Feng sat cross-legged on the ground and made a quick decision: "Don't reduce the supply. Take out all the food so that everyone can eat their fill. It won't be a problem to survive tonight!"

When the battle breaks out, even if we are hungry, we can hold out for a few days until reinforcements arrive.

"Yes, I understand!"

Song Hongbiao took the order and left.

Soon, buckets of steamed corn rice began to be distributed in order.

"time to eat!"

"Huh~"

"It's not porridge today."

"The general even killed a horse! There's a big piece of meat in everyone's bowl!"

"General Deng is truly a benevolent and righteous general!"

"Yeah, but I heard that Chen Sanshi is also like this."

"is it?"

"Really? I heard that if there wasn't enough food in the city, he would transfer food from the Dasheng army to the people. There were many places suffering from famine, and people who were about to starve to death were saved."

"Ugh……"

"Two good people, why do you have to fight to the death?"

"Yes!"

"Forget it. Tomorrow morning, reinforcements will arrive and we will be saved anyway. Let's just hold on a little longer!"

"Yes, hold on a little longer, General Deng has been very kind to us!"

"When you wake up from sleep, you will be saved!"

"..."

After the common people and soldiers had eaten and drunk their fill, they could no longer suppress their sleepiness and gradually fell asleep, snuggling together. Only a small number of people were left to continue patrolling and keeping watch.

In dreamland.

It seemed like they had waited for reinforcements and won the battle. The soldiers returned to their hometowns one after another, and the local people lived exactly the same life as before. In a few days it would be the Daqing Song Festival, and every family would reunite and sing their songs.

"Pick the vetch, pick the vetch, the vetch will stop. Go home, go home, the year will never stop."

"I have no house or home, because of the Xianyun. I have no time to live, because of the Xianyun..."

At this moment, it was as if they had returned to their hometown, or returned to their daily life, working from sunrise to sunset and resting from sunset to sunrise. Their lives were poor, but at least they had their family by their side.

wrong……

It seems like someone is really singing!

"Who's singing?"

"It seems to be outside the city!"

“So many people were singing, it sounded like thousands of people!”

"..."

Amid the rustling noise, hundreds of thousands of people woke up one after another.

"The king's affairs are too busy to rest. I am so worried and guilty that I can't go on—"

The singing is not loud.

But it spread in all directions, covering the entire city of Zhaotong, and it was vague and vague, echoing in the minds of every citizen and every soldier, with its lingering sound deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The name of this song is Cai Wei, which happens to be a song that is widely circulated in the territory of Qing State. The content of this song just happens to express the soldiers' longing for their hometown at the beginning of the war. It is a perfect match with the situation at this moment.

In addition, the lyrics are sung in the pure Qingguoshan dialect, which is very infectious. Gradually, city dwellers began to hum along involuntarily.

"When I went there, the willow trees were swaying. When I come back, it is raining and snowing!"

The singing became louder and louder, until finally hundreds of thousands of people sang along in unison, the sound piercing the night sky and echoing throughout the entire city of Zhaotong.

Under the city wall, in the tent.

Deng Feng, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and his expression became more serious than ever before.

"Oops!"

……

outside the city.

Dasheng military camp.

"What's going on?!"

Sha Wenlong, who had been waiting to bring someone to justice after daybreak, was taking a nap in the big tent when he was suddenly awakened by earth-shaking singing. At first he thought there was an enemy attack, but after listening carefully, he realized that someone was singing.

Not only him, but also Cui Congyi and Cao Fan from next door came over after hearing the noise.

"General!"

"They are surrendered soldiers! Surrendered soldiers from Qing Kingdom!"

"Didn't General Chen bring in more than 2,000 surrendered soldiers? They are the ones singing right now."

"Surrendered soldiers? We don't need them to be shields. We can call them over to sing?!"

Cui Congyi followed the sound and came to where the surrendered soldiers were gathered near them.

These surrendered soldiers from the Qing Kingdom sang harder and harder than each other, and were very devoted to the song; some even cried while singing.

Cui Congyi grabbed a thin surrendered soldier like a chicken and asked, "What are you singing?"

"General Chen said that as long as we sing hard until dawn, he will let us go home!"

The surrendered soldier cried, "We want to go home..."

These people sang from the heart.

After all, of the 20,000 surrendered soldiers, only 2,000 were left and had not yet left. They were eager to return home and were unstoppable.

"Child's play!"

Sha Wenlong couldn't understand the purpose of such an arrangement at all. He sneered, "General Cui, Chen is desperate and has resorted to such a playful trick. I think he really has no other options!"

"Yes."

Cui Congyi curled his lips and said, "The donkey from Guizhou has run out of tricks. Can he still sing the city gate open?"

"Sing, let them sing!"

Sha Wen snorted coldly: "Singing until dawn can be considered as a farewell to Mr. Chen!"

Cao Fan was silent, he just felt uneasy.

……

Zhaotong Prefecture City, inside the city.

"enough!"

Deng Feng rushed out of the tent in a rage, his blood boiling, and his voice, like a huge bell from heaven, drowned out the singing: "What are you singing?! Stop singing!"

even so.

It still took a full cup of tea, and everyone gradually stopped singing after they were tired of singing.

"Reinforcements!"

"Are reinforcements coming?"

"Yes, they are all authentic Qing dialects, they must be our own people!"

"Everywhere is ours!"

"Yes, yes!"

"Let's go and have a look!"

"What are you doing?! Stop!"

Can't stop it.

Tens of thousands of people rushed to the city walls in all directions, squeezing their heads to look outside, but soon... they were disappointed, because there was no reinforcement at all. In the four directions of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest, the Dasheng military camp was still extremely solid. Soldiers in exquisite armor held torches and patrolled in an orderly manner. Nothing had changed.

As for the singing...

It came from the Dasheng military camp.

Due to the distance and the fact that it was night, they couldn't see clearly how many people there were. They only knew that there were people in almost every military camp. In other words, their own people from the Qing Kingdom were helping the Sheng people to surround them!

"This……"

"Where did so many of our brothers come from?"

"No doubt about it! Their voices and singing styles are 100% our compatriots!"

“Even if there are one or two people who can imitate the singing style, there is absolutely no way there can be so many people!”

"Five thousand people?"

"No, at least ten thousand or twenty thousand!"

"fifty thousand!"

"Where did so many people come from? Weren't all the surrendered soldiers released?"

"The Black Armor Army just came back yesterday. They brought back these people from the eight prefectures. They are new surrendered soldiers!"

"That is to say, the Eight Prefectures have really surrendered!"

"..."

"nonsense--"

"The Eight Prefectures cannot possibly surrender!"

Deng Feng rushed to the city wall: "Fake! It's all fake!"

Just at this time.

In the dark night, escorted by two torches, a general in a white robe and riding a white horse came to within three hundred steps of the city gate.

"Who is this person?"

"White horse and white robe, Chen Sanshi!"

"Who else could it be?!"

"Come and see! That's Chen Sanshi!"

“Show up!”

"..."

Chen Sanshi clasped his fists and bowed to Deng Feng on the city wall: "General Huaiyuan Chen Sanshi, I am honored to meet General Deng here!"

"Chen Sanshi!"

Deng Feng was furious, pointing at him and yelling, "What kind of tricks are you playing? Do you think a mere folk song can shake the morale of our army?!"

"General Deng misunderstood Chen!"

Chen Sanshi said politely: "I am here to save General Deng and the hundreds of thousands of people in this city." "Ridiculous!"

Deng Feng said coldly: "This general still has 8,000 elite soldiers, the city has sufficient food and grass, and reinforcements will arrive soon. Do I need you to come to the rescue?!"

“Is there really enough food?”

Chen Sanshi sat on the horse, his facial features did not show any obvious fluctuations, but his voice was sonorous and powerful: "I have been walking along the way and have seen that most places in Laizhou are suffering from famine. Since the war broke out in November last year, there have been continuous conquests. All the food and grass in each city were requisitioned from the people. The people are suffering terribly!

"Zhaotong Prefecture, as Laizhou's second largest granary, should have sufficient food and fodder to at least feed 8,000 defenders for a year or so.

“But General Deng loves his people like his own children, so he will definitely distribute the food and grass in the city to the people!

"With hundreds of thousands of people, even the food and grass in Zhaotong Prefecture wouldn't be enough, right?"

"Nonsense, stop flattering me!"

Deng Feng retorted: "There is plenty of food and grass in the city! The brothers in the city have just had a full meal. Mr. Chen, don't spread rumors here to confuse the people!"

"As for the food and grass, we only need to check the granary to find out. Even if there is some, there may not be much left! Even if General Deng insists on deceiving himself, we can put aside the food and grass issue and talk about the military strength!"

Chen Sanshi continued, "Not only have all eight prefectures surrendered, but just two hours ago, Yongle Prefecture was also captured, and Tang Wang Li Gong's head is now hanging on the wall of Yongle Prefecture!
"That is to say, your Zhaotong Prefecture has completely become an isolated city!
"The people singing in the military camp are the surrendered soldiers from the Eight Prefectures and Yongle Prefecture. They don't want to kill each other, so they use songs to persuade them! Do you really want to kill each other with them? Some of you may not only know each other, but you may even be fellow villagers!"

This statement came out.

Everyone immediately fell into panic.

"No more food?"

"The granary in the city is empty?!"

"No wonder everyone's food suddenly became better at night! This is to give us one last good meal!"

"Yongle Mansion was also breached?"

"Even the Tang King is dead!"

"Doesn't that mean we are the only ones left in Laizhou? A 150,000-man army is about to turn around and attack us!"

"..."

Chen Sanshi added: "General Deng! You should know what I said, but why did you hide it from the brothers and the people in the city? Do you have to wait until Dasheng mobilizes more troops to destroy the city and kill people, with corpses everywhere, before you surrender?"

"You know it all? What do I know all?!"

Deng Feng could no longer care about his image and shouted loudly: "Don't listen to his nonsense, I don't know anything about this. No, what I mean is that not a single word he said is true!"

"General Deng!"

Chen Sanshi raised his voice: "I also know that General Deng is loyal, but you can't drag the whole city to be buried with you just because of your loyalty!

"I just received a military order. Marshal Meng ordered me to attack the city after daybreak!

“So, you don’t have much time left to think about it!

“That’s all I have to say!
"I also hope that the brothers and fellow villagers in the city can persuade General Deng!

"Farewell!"

Finished speaking.

He reined in his horse and turned back, disappearing into the military camp.

On top of the city wall.

The people and soldiers were in an uproar.

"General!"

"We can't see the Eight Prefectures or anything like that, but what about the granary?"

Everyone asked, "Is it really empty?!"

"Can we take a look at the granary?"

"It's empty, the granary is really empty!"

Some people who were looking for trouble had sneaked away when they heard this, and now they came back and announced loudly: "Before, stealing from the granary was prohibited, but you could go through it. Now there are many soldiers guarding the granary, and you are not even allowed to take a look."

Doesn't this prove something?

"The granary is empty!"

Deng Feng had to admit, "But what if it's empty? Except for the granary, everything else he said is false! I don't know where the people singing the celebratory songs outside came from, but I swear on my life that the eight prefectures have definitely not surrendered yet! If you don't believe it, you can try to send someone out to check the situation!"

"General!"

"It takes two days to go back and forth to the nearest city, but... but didn't you say that reinforcements would arrive tomorrow? Even if the eight prefectures really surrender, there is no need for us to ask, after all, reinforcements will arrive after daybreak!"

"Are you lying to us?!"

"..."

"Boom——"

Everyone seized on the flaws in Deng Feng's words and asked him frantically.

Deng Feng was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.

He cursed Chen Sanshi in his heart, thinking he was a despicable and shameless villain!

First, he used the surrendered soldiers to sing celebratory songs to shake the morale of the army, and then he pushed everything onto his own shoulders, trying to sow discord between him and his subordinates, the people, and leading to his current predicament where he has no way of defending himself!

"I just want to prove to you that the eight prefectures have not surrendered. I didn't say that the reinforcements won't come back!"

Deng Feng gritted his teeth and said, "Tomorrow morning, the reinforcements will arrive on time..."

"In this case, we will trust the general once again."

"Brothers, hold on until tomorrow morning!"

"..."

The crowd gradually dispersed, but the commotion never subsided.

Deputy General Song Hongbiao said worriedly: "General, you know that reinforcements will not arrive after daybreak, why do you still say this?"

"After daybreak, once the fight begins, there will be no chance for surrender. Both brothers and civilians must fight to the death!" Deng Feng said, "So, just hold out until daybreak!"

He has no choice.

Now admit it.

The city will immediately fall into chaos!
"General!"

Song Hongbiao frowned and said hesitantly, "But if that's the case, doesn't it mean that the brothers in the city have no way out?"

"What do you mean?"

Deng Feng noticed something was wrong: "You want to surrender too? Didn't I tell you that in about five days, His Majesty will lead the army to arrive?"

"really?"

Song Hongbiao bravely said, "General, just tell me the truth. Can you really come in five days?"

In his eyes, the eight prefectures have already surrendered, and the matter of food and fodder has been concealed. In this case, could the reinforcements be... also fake?
After all, this information only came into his hands after the general had read it.

"You, you don't believe in this general either?!"

Deng Feng argued: "Song Hongbiao, let me ask you, do you think His Majesty will give up Laizhou while Yongle Prefecture still exists?!"

"Can……"

Song Hongbiao said worriedly: "Mr. Sheng just said that Yongle Mansion has also been broken into!"

"Even you were deceived?!"

Deng Feng cursed in his heart again.

The man named Chen is too despicable. He seized the "fifteenth day" deadline. At this juncture, no information can be verified!

Deng Feng is confident and doesn’t believe these nonsense, but it doesn’t matter!

Because other people will believe it!

"Shameless, shameless bastard!!!"

Deng Feng had never felt so depressed.

The celebrations continued on all sides.

"I walk slowly, thirsty and hungry. My heart is sad, but no one understands my sorrow!"

Throughout the night, Qi Qi Ai Ai's singing was faintly heard, like a drizzle, constantly pouring on people's bodies and hearts.

The grief and sorrow in the hearts of the hundreds of thousands of people in the city, especially the 8,000 defenders, became more and more intense as time went by. They had no will to fight and were just waiting for rescue after daybreak.

I was in a daze all night.

at last.

The stars move and the universe changes day and night.

Its daybreak.

The bright jade that had been hanging all night gradually fell down, and a red-glowing moon began to rise. Hundreds of thousands of people climbed onto the city wall, looking forward to a large flag with the word "Celebration" appearing in their sight.

however……

Not only is there no Daqing military flag.

Instead, more Dasheng military flags appeared in all directions. Their shadows were so dim that it was unclear how many people and horses there were. They were rapidly approaching the city in the dust.

"General, where are the reinforcements?"

"Where are the reinforcements you promised me?!"

"Actually, this morning is already the sixteenth day!"

"The reinforcements haven't arrived yet!"

"General, let's leave the city and surrender!"

"That's too late!"

"..."

In full view.

Deng Feng walked up to the platform and said with a guilty tone: "Actually... the reinforcements will take another five days to arrive!"

"Five more days?!"

"..."

"Everyone listen to me!"

Deng Feng raised his sword: "Before, I said the fifteenth day just to boost everyone's morale, but this time it's true. In five days at most, His Majesty the Emperor will come to Green Ridge Mountain in person. By then, the Tiger Guards and Black Armor Army outside the city will definitely retreat together!"

"General, I dare to say that you said something similar last time."

"And there are provisions..."

"General, you have deceived us many times..."

"General, I'm afraid there will be five more days after five days!"

"There is no reinforcement at all!"

"..."

"Oh no, everyone, look!"

"The Sheng people are preparing to attack the city!"

"There's only one last cup of tea left, and it's almost time!"

The celebratory songs outside the city came to an abrupt end, replaced by earth-shaking war drums, majestic trumpets, and military flags fluttering in the wind, with military formations forming one after another.

There are also chariots, ladders, carts, battering rams and other large machines pushed forward!
"what to do?!"

"If we don't surrender now, it will be too late!"

"..."

"General! Since there is no reinforcement, just surrender--"

"No surrender, no surrender!!! I swear to God, reinforcements will really arrive in five days!"

Deng Feng shouted with all his might, but no one was willing to listen to him. After his lies were exposed again and again, his prestige was greatly reduced, and everything he said seemed pale and powerless.

"General!"

"Oh no!"

"The guard at the East Gate just tried to open the gate!"

"court death!"

"boom--"

Deng Feng rushed down the city wall like a tiger, and reached the East Gate as fast as he could. He killed the guard with one blow of his sword. Just as he put down his sword, he heard another report from his subordinates.

"The South Gate Guard is setting fire to the gate!"

"Suffer death——"

Deng Feng repeated what he had done before and killed everyone on the spot.

"General!"

"Not good"

"Captain Wang Linan..."

"And President Zhao Qian..."

"Something terrible is happening. There is a group of people who..."

"..."

However, no matter what Deng Feng did, he could not stop the crowd's actions. He developed a deep sense of powerlessness, as if he was facing a mountain torrent and tsunami. Even at the highest level of martial arts, he was still just a mortal after all and could not stop the power of heaven and earth!
This general trend.

It has existed for a long time!

Moreover, they were coming down from the northern border, and he had once briefly blocked them by himself.

But finally, the trend was unstoppable!

Under Chen's step-by-step psychological attack, the sun that rose today became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

So far!

The trend of surrender was like an unstoppable plague that spread throughout the city.

Defend the city!

It's not a one-person thing.

Let alone that he had reached the Great Perfection of the Mysterious Realm, even if he immediately broke through to the Martial Saint Realm, what could he do when people from all directions demanded his surrender?
Could it be possible that he could kill all 100,000 people in the city?

"Rumble--"

In the end, he was unable to cope with all the tasks, and the southern city gate burst open.

The first group of officials and generals led the way out of the city to welcome the man in white robe and white horse who had been waiting for a long time.

"General Chen! Don't attack the city! Don't attack the city!"

"We surrender!"

"Let's surrender!!"

"..."

The city fell into complete chaos.

Countless soldiers from the Qing State ran past Deng Feng, fearing that they would miss the time to surrender if they were to leave the city too late.

Only his most trusted general Song Hongbiao and a few other generals were still hesitating, but their eyes were also wandering.

"Hahahahaha!"

At this moment, Deng Feng suddenly laughed at himself, looking up to the sky. He laughed until his breath ran out, then he shouted to the sky with a trembling voice:

"I, am defeated!!!"

He looked at the crowd passing by him like a tide. He had all the martial arts skills but nowhere to display them. He was completely enveloped by a feeling of hopelessness and despair, almost suffocating.

He closed his eyes, and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. Then, he drew the general sword from his waist and was about to chop towards his neck.

That is this move.

Instead, the chaos in the city stopped at an incredible speed.

"General!"

"No, General!"

Song Hongbiao and several of his trusted generals rushed forward and said, "General! If you want to kill yourself, kill us first!"

"Deng Qingtian?!"

The people were also stunned.

I can't understand why Deng Qingtian would rather commit suicide than surrender Kaesong.

The reason they surrendered regardless of everything was that they just wanted to save their lives, but they never thought of letting General Deng die.

After all, General Chen Sanshi had promised that if the city surrendered, no one, whether generals, civilians or soldiers, would be killed. Since no one would die, why couldn't they surrender? !

Why is this so? !
"Master Deng!"

"No, Master!"

In an instant, both the civilians and the soldiers knelt down. No one ran towards the city gate anymore, as if they had forgotten about surrendering and saving their lives.

"You guys want to surrender? Just go ahead and surrender. Why do you care about me?"

Deng Feng's eyes were bloodshot. "Six generations of the Deng family have been loyal to Daqing. How can I, Deng Feng, be a treacherous and shameless person? If I don't commit suicide, how can I face my ancestors?"

"boom--"

The strong energy in his body exploded, directly blowing several of his subordinates away.

Just about to attack myself.

A voice sounded.

"General Deng, why do you say that?"

A general in a white robe and riding a white horse came rushing over, accompanied by two other generals, one was Sha Wenlong, the other was Cui Congyi, who had also achieved the great success of the Xuanxiang realm. Together with the Huben Army and the Xuanjia Army, they surrounded them.

Cui Congyi and the other two still had shocked expressions on their faces.

Not that long ago.

They even took weapons and were ready to capture Chen Sanshi and withdraw their troops.

I received the news at the same time.

There was turmoil in Zhaotong City and the East Gate was opened!
After they led their troops in, they did not encounter any resistance. Thousands of armored soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered!
Mr. Chen really did it!
The city of Zhaotong, which seemed impregnable the day before, surrendered overnight. And it seemed that the commander-in-chief Deng Feng did not want to surrender. He just couldn't control himself and the city was in complete chaos!

With Deng Feng's prestige, the situation would actually develop into such a situation!
Why? !

Just because last night, Chen Sanshi sent a group of surrendered soldiers to sing all night and then shouted a lot?

But it’s obvious!
The content of their shouting was basically the same as their previous shouting. Why was it that Chen Sanshi's words were useful, but they were useless?!

Now most of the generals have been taken control, all the troops have entered the city, and the situation has basically been stabilized.

In other words, Zhaotong Prefecture was taken!
At the last moment, which was almost impossible to accomplish, surrendered!
Cao Fan was already somewhat numb. At this moment, as a member of the royal family and a grandson of the emperor, he even dared not open his eyes to look at this general who was of the same age as him.

Ashamed!

"Chen Sanshi!"

Deng Feng looked at the swarming Dasheng cavalry and couldn't help cursing: "You despicable villain! What kind of ability is it to trick the city gate open with such a despicable trick? Why don't you attack the city first, you..."

As he kept cursing, he began to feel bored.

Because he knows it in his heart.

This is not a conspiracy at all, but a trend. He has personally experienced this unstoppable trend!
This general, who was only eighteen or nineteen years old, actually knew how to use a method that had never appeared on the battlefield before!

After all, I still underestimated him.

That's it!

Anyway, the city gate has been broken and the people in the city will not be implicated. There is no point in saying more. Just die and apologize!
"General Deng!"

Chen Sanshi hurriedly ordered: "Cui Congyi, Sha Wenlong, the two of you quickly control him and don't let him commit suicide!"

"As ordered."

Since the city of Zhaotong has surrendered, the man surnamed Chen is naturally still the commander, and his orders must be obeyed.

"You two losers, you want to die?!
Deng Feng's eyes were wide open with anger. He stepped on the ground and took the Green Dragon Crescent Blade back in his hand. A series of domineering auras like a dragon burst out and he was about to attack the two men.

"Deng Feng, you are so brave!"

Cui Congyi said coldly: "Are you planning to surrender and then rebel again? Are you planning to let your subordinates die with you!?"

"you you!"

Deng Feng knew that he was alone, and even if he could defeat Cui Congyi and Sha Wenlong, he would be injured. There were thousands of troops behind him, and there was a high probability that he would end up implicated the rest of his subordinates and the people.

In other words, the result of the resistance would not be the recovery of the city, but would only lead to the massacre of the people in the city.

There is no room for hesitation in a duel between martial artists of higher levels.

It takes a few breaths.

Sha Wenlong and Cui Congyi had already rushed to the front, holding in their hands black iron chains specially designed to deal with high-level martial artists. With the help of the internal energy, they directly pierced through dozens of acupoints on Deng Feng's body, just like black pythons piercing through his body. In the end, they locked his scapula and completely controlled him.

In this state, even a warrior at the Tongmai realm can keep an eye on him.

Under the terrible pain, Deng Feng just groaned without making any scream.

"Take him down!"

Cui Congyi ordered the two lieutenant generals who had achieved minor success in Tongmai: "Keep a good look after them!"

(End of this chapter)