Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 522 A good show

An hour later.

In the Shunzhou City Government Office, Su Chen saw Quan Zhisheng and others surrounded.

The faces of Jin Yong, Cao Yuan and others were filled with guilt.

"Your Majesty."

"We failed in our duty and failed to capture them before the defenders could react. Please punish us, Your Majesty."

Su Chen waved his hand.

Jin Yong and his companions, along with dozens of other people, caused chaos in Shunzhou City and stopped Quan Zhisheng who was trying to escape, which was already a great feat.

Still want to catch Quan Zhisheng?
It's really difficult for them alone.

“You have done an excellent job.”

Su Chen smiled and said, "If you hadn't stopped them, I'm afraid they would have escaped from the city by now."

Done.

Su Chen looked towards the heavily guarded government office and shouted, "Quan Zhisheng, you can't escape. Now come out and surrender obediently. I will consider giving you a decent death."

"If not..."

"I will let this government office go to hell with you!"

Hearing Su Chen's voice, Quan Zhisheng stood up, covering his arm.

The wound on his arm was caused by the sudden attack by Jin Yong and others. If he had not reacted quickly, he would have died here.

"Don't think about it!"

"Su Chen, if you have the ability, just blow up my government office!"

"When the time comes, Sun Sheng's entire family, young and old, will be buried with me!"

Hearing Quan Zhisheng's words, Su Chen couldn't help but laugh, "No, no, no, you are wrong. It's not Sun Sheng's family that will be buried with you, but everyone in the government office will be buried with you!"

"None of your assistants can escape. Let them accompany you to the underworld to discuss establishing yourself as king."

"Su Chen!"

"You are so vicious!"

At this moment, an angry curse rang out.

A figure pushed aside the soldiers blocking his way, holding a knife in his hand, and shouted angrily: "My lords, I will go first!"

"Master Wu, you can't do that!"

"Master Wu, you can't hurt him..."

Seeing that Wu Mingzhao actually drew his sword and pushed away the soldiers in front of him, rushing towards Su Chen, wanting to kill Su Chen here, Quan Zhisheng and others were shocked and unbelievable.

He is just a civil servant, but he has such bloodiness and courage. He is truly a role model for us.

"Su Chen!"

Wu Mingzhao roared and rushed towards Su Chen with a knife. Zhou Jinlan was about to raise her hand to order people to shoot him on the spot, but Su Chen waved his hand to refuse.

He is just a civil servant. So what if he has some martial arts skills?
See this.

Qi Hu stepped forward with a knife, "Why don't you surrender?"

Wu Mingzhao seemed not to hear Qi Hu's words, nor did he care about Qi Hu's threat. Instead, he ran faster and faster. When Qi Hu's face turned cold and he was ready to kill him with a knife, Wu Mingzhao threw the long knife in his hand behind him.

Under the astonished gaze of everyone, Wu Mingzhao slid down and knelt down to appear in front of Su Chen.

Everyone: "...?"

What's the situation?
Everyone was stunned by Wu Mingzhao's actions.

He scolded angrily, ran wildly with a knife, and then dropped the knife and slid to his knees...

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It is really that Quan Zhisheng is not a good man. He actually forced me to work for him!"

Wu Mingzhao raised his hand and pointed at the stunned Quan Zhisheng in the crowd behind him and said, "I have said it before, the Tang Dynasty is the destiny of heaven. To be an enemy of the Tang Dynasty is to seek death."

"However, Quan Zhisheng and his men refused to listen and forced me to work for them."

"Now that the prince is here, I finally have the opportunity to turn from evil to good and serve the Tang Dynasty!"

After saying this, Wu Mingzhao prostrated himself on the ground, motionless.

Ah this...

Zhou Jinlan looked at Su Chen with a twitching face, with a hint of inquiry in her eyes.

Could it be that he was arranged by you, Your Majesty?

however.

Su Chen also did not expect that there was such a genius like Wu Mingzhao in this small government office!

It's so shocking.

Su Chen smiled and helped Wu Mingzhao up: "Master Wu was coerced by Quan Zhisheng and had to do something against his will, which caused me to almost misunderstand Master Wu and hurt your life."

"No no no."

"Your Majesty, you are too serious. You are too serious."

Wu Mingzhao was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes. "My Lord, this is not your fault. It's Quan Zhisheng's fault. If Quan Zhisheng hadn't been so greedy that he wanted to establish himself as king, how could the people of Shunzhou have suffered such a great blow?"

"Your Highness, I feel that the officials in the government office are not wholeheartedly following Quan Zhisheng, but because Quan Zhisheng holds so much power, we are unable to resist!"

"It's not that we are afraid of death, but we are worried about bringing trouble to our relatives!"

"If the prince trusts me, I will go and talk to my colleagues. They will definitely join the light like me."

Su Chen nodded with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Master Wu."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wu Mingzhao breathed a sigh of relief.

This decision seems very funny, absurd and ridiculous, but it is enough to ensure his life and property!

Wu Mingzhao turned around and looked towards the government office, where he saw pairs of astonished eyes staring at him!

"My lords!"

"You all saw it. The prince forgave me regardless of the past. Why can't you do the same?"

"We were all forced by Quan Zhisheng. It is not our true intention to be the enemy of the Tang Dynasty. Now that the prince is here and the heavenly soldiers and generals are coming, it is time for you and me to show our hearts!"

"Everyone, don't be stubborn anymore. Quan Zhisheng will never achieve anything great."

"Now you have to turn from evil to good and pledge allegiance to the Tang Dynasty. I don't say whether your official positions can be guaranteed, but at least your whole family will not die here with Quan Zhisheng and will not be buried with him!"

"..."

Wu Mingzhao's words were so sincere and heartfelt that Quan Zhisheng wanted to skin him alive and stuff him with straw!

I thought he was still full of passion and was willing to attack Su Chen in a suicidal manner, but who could have imagined that he would slide to his knees so quickly and surrender so smoothly?

One second he was a loyal minister who vowed to kill Su Chen for Goryeo, and the next second he became a running dog of the Tang Dynasty!

"nausea!"

"Wu Mingzhao, you make me feel sick!"

"Someone, give me a knife. I want to chop this bastard off!"

"Give me the knife!"

"Calm down, sir!"

Quan Zhisheng glanced coldly at the officials who were about to kill Wu Mingzhao with knives.

he thinks.

It is very likely that these people, holding knives in their hands, could slide to their knees much more smoothly than Wu Mingzhao.

"Wu Mingzhao, you see, my colleagues are not as cowardly as you are!"

Quan Zhisheng sneered, "We can't wait to kill you right now, so how can we surrender to Su Chen?"

"why?"

Wu Mingzhao didn't understand and asked loudly, "Do you really want to be buried with Quan Zhisheng?"

"How much benefit did he give you?"

"no!"

"He will only make your entire family, young and old, die with him!"

"Why are you so stubborn?"

"Wu Mingzhao, stop talking. We cannot work together if we do not share the same ideals!" An official shouted, "You want to live in disgrace, but we will not. Even if we die here, we are still loyal subjects of Goryeo!"

"That's it!"

"Master Wang said it well!"

"We would rather die than surrender!"

"Come over here if you can!"

Many officials clamored.

Quan Zhisheng laughed and said, "Come on, Su Chen, let me see if you still have any bombs!"

Pfft!

The sudden sound of breaking body made the smile on Quan Zhisheng's face gradually disappear.

Looking down, he saw a foot-long bloody knife tip sticking out of his chest.

pain!
It hurts so much!
Quan Zhisheng slowly turned his head and saw Liu Zaisheng looking at him with a smile. He suddenly drew out his long sword and slashed it horizontally.

Jeon Ji-seung felt like he was flying.

The smile on Liu Zaisheng’s face kept spinning, spinning, and spinning again!
"Sir, if you want to die, just go ahead and die. Don't drag us all down with you."

After chopping off Quan Zhisheng's head with a single blow, Liu Zaisheng glanced coldly at his colleagues who were looking at him in fear, and said calmly: "Everyone, the traitor Quan Zhisheng has surrendered, do you want to die with him?"

Ah this...

Liu Zaisheng has turned against us?
"Your Highness, I, the Shunzhou Chief Clerk Liu Zaisheng, am willing to give up the dark and join the light!"

Liu Zaisheng did not give the officials time to think and directly announced his identity loudly.

The smile on Su Chen's face became more and more intense. Interesting, really interesting.

I didn't expect to see such a good show after conquering Shunzhou City.

"Liu Zaisheng has gone crazy!"

"Soldiers, kill him and avenge the whole people!"

"kill!"

There was chaos in the government office.

There was no need for Su Chen and others to take action, as these officials had already started killing each other.

At the same time, many officials took advantage of the fighting to rush out of the government office.

"My lord, please spare my life."

"We were all forced by Quan Zhisheng. It was not our intention."

"Your Majesty, I just wanted to surrender with Lord Wu, but Quan Zhisheng held a knife to us and wouldn't let us come out..."

Su Chen waved his hand, and all the officials who escaped and begged for mercy were taken away.

Qi Hu held a knife and led his men in to kill.

After a stick of incense.

The entire government office was filled with blood.

A large number of corpses were lying on the ground in all directions.

There were soldiers from the defending army, as well as many officials. What surprised Su Chen the most was that Liu Zaisheng was stabbed in the heart and lungs by a knife.

"My Lord, save me..."

Liu Zaisheng looked at Su Chen who was walking towards him, and tried hard to raise his hand to ask Su Chen for help, but when his arm was halfway raised, it dropped down weakly.

"Too much ferocity, but not enough luck."

Su Chen glanced at Liu Zaisheng.

This guy was indeed a ruthless character. He attacked suddenly and killed everyone unawares.

But a pity.

However, he was not lucky enough to ensure that he could survive the siege by others.

"Clean up Shunzhou City."

"Those who surrender will not be killed, but those who are foolishly loyal will be killed without mercy."

"Yes!"

As Su Chen's order spread, the entire Shunzhou City was under strict control.

Those defenders who had fled to the homes of ordinary people were also captured one by one. Anyone who surrendered was naturally incorporated into the army and their names were recorded.

Anyone who resists to the death will be killed without mercy, no matter who they are.

The screaming and fighting in Shunzhou City lasted for exactly three hours before gradually quieting down.

Of the guards at the four city gates, except for the guard at the west gate who was blown up and died easily, the other three were hacked to death.

The defenders in the city were also under the supervision of the army, waiting to be reorganized one by one.

The bodies in the government office have been almost cleared away.

Su Chen sat in the main seat, listening to the reports from Zhou Jinlan and others.

In this battle, the ones who suffered the greatest losses were naturally Gao Zhensheng's men.

During the siege, nearly half of Gao Zhensheng's 10,000-strong army were killed, and another one or two thousand were all injured.

In addition to Gao Zhensheng's casualties of more than 5,000 people, Zhou Jinlan's subordinates also lost more than 2,000 people.

The main reason why so many people were killed was that after they broke into the city, the city defenders and their troops took advantage of the streets and houses, which greatly reduced the power of their guns and ammunition.

When the two sides fight with real swords and guns, there will always be casualties.

But the good thing is.

Their casualties were not many. A careful count showed that the total casualties in this siege were less than 9,000. In contrast, the more than 30,000 defenders under Quan Zhisheng suffered nearly 20,000 casualties.

This was mainly due to the bombs brought by Zhou Jinlan. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to kill so many enemy defenders so easily.

"…At present, 7,000 captured garrisons have been detained and can be reorganized into an army at any time."

"good."

Although the total casualties this time were nearly 9,000 men, most of them were Goryeo soldiers brought by Gao Zhensheng.

The troops they brought from the Tang Dynasty did not suffer many casualties.

"correct."

Su Chen knocked his head, "Have Cheng Chumo and the others returned?"

"not yet."

Zhou Jinlan shook her head.

Su Chen gave the order, ordering Cheng Chumo and the other two to lead the troops to kill the 3,000 cavalrymen, and then Cheng Chumo and the other two led the troops in pursuit.

Now four hours have passed, and they still haven't returned.

Could it be that he ran into some trouble?

Su Chen thought about it in his heart, but quickly denied this guess.

Whether it was Cheng Chumo or Yuchi Baolin, both of them were experts in horse combat, and they were all equipped with muskets, bows and crossbows.

Compared with the 3,000 cavalrymen in Shunzhou City, their equipment was far superior to theirs.

If they wanted to defeat Cheng Chumo and the other two, they would only be able to do so if they had 8,000 elite cavalry.

"Have you arranged for the food and supplies in the city?"

"Your Majesty, everything has been arranged."

Zhou Jinlan said in a deep voice, "However, the soldiers under General Gao's command were a bit reckless."

"Ok?"

Su Chen looked over and Gao Zhensheng stood up and said, "Your Highness, because of this war, many soldiers were so angry that they arrested some wealthy businessmen..."

Su Chen waved his hand: "You take care of your soldiers."

"This king has only one request, and that is to ensure the stability of the city."

"If someone takes advantage of the unrest to maliciously arrest others and extort money, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Gao Zhensheng was shocked, "I promise, I will make them spit out all their money and give an explanation to the people in Shunzhou City!"

(End of this chapter)