A lowly soldier becomes king, I slaughter my way through the late Tang Dynasty!

"I am Li Rui, the vanguard of the Righteous Army! Your commanders have been slain by me! Surrender now!?"

Li Rui's shout wasn't as loud as Niu Ben's.

But the shock it brought was a hundred times greater than that of Niu Ben!

The hastily assembled garrison had just donned their armor, picked up their weapons, and prepared to defend themselves against the enemy.

Just then, a cavalry general suddenly appeared from behind him!

Holding a flag aloft with a severed head, he shouted that his lord had been beheaded!

This is absolutely absurd!

The defenders' first reaction was simple.

Do not believe!

Our commander is staying in the county government office in the center of the city. How could he possibly be beheaded so easily?

A Khitan general loudly retorted.

"Impossible! Lord Mora is right behind us! Charge forward and kill them all!"

However, he had barely finished speaking.

Li Rui then held up the flag and shoved the severed head directly into his face, demanding an explanation.

"Look closely! Who is this?"

The Khitan man glanced at it and was immediately terrified!

"May the Eternal Heaven protect us, may the Bodhisattva protect us, Lord Mora... he's really dead?"

The Khitans originally practiced shamanism, but later Yelü Abaoji introduced Buddhism.

That's why he uttered the nonsense that the Eternal Heaven and the Bodhisattva would protect him together.

However, no matter what he says, Chief Mora, who has already been beheaded, will certainly not receive any blessings.

Upon hearing this, the surrounding guards realized that their commander had indeed been beheaded by this spearhead!

In an instant, their will to fight vanished.

They were all bewildered and fled in panic, causing chaos.

Niu Ben stared blankly at Li Rui, finding it utterly unbelievable!

Of course, there was no time to ask any more questions now, so he hurriedly gave the order.

"Everyone shouted, 'Mora is dead! Surrender and you will not be killed!'"

The soldiers of the Trapped Camp, who had just rushed into the city and hadn't even spilled blood, were startled!

They looked at Li Rui with adoration and shouted in unison.

"Mora is dead. Surrender and you will not be killed!"

The three hundred people split into two teams and ran into the city while shouting.

The chaotic defenders, seeing their comrades fleeing in panic and hearing that their commander was dead, had no will to resist whatsoever.

They lost a pile of weapons and armor and knelt down to surrender.

Niu Ben was overjoyed, but at the same time felt it was a dream come true!

He led 290 men and hadn't even done anything yet, how did he win?!

At most, he just rushed into the city gate, killed one unlucky guy, and let out a couple of howls.

The other soldiers won without even touching the enemy!

This easy victory was all thanks to one person.

Li Rui!

Niu Ben, itching to get his hands on the prisoners, had just finished dealing with them in the city when he grabbed Li Rui and pressed him for an answer.

"How did you kill Mora?"

Li Rui tossed the head to Niu Ben and said calmly.

"I climbed over into his yard. He was sleeping. I chopped him down with a knife, then set fire to the stables and notified Zhang Yaozu to open the city gates."

Niu Ben stood there dumbfounded for a long time before finally exclaiming in astonishment.

"It's that simple?"

Li Rui nodded as a matter of course.

"It's that simple."

It really is that simple!

After saying goodbye to Zhang Yaozu and the others, he made his way towards the center of the city.

They caught a night patrolman on the road, asked him where Mora lived, and then climbed over the wall.

Mo La never expected that the Jin army would abandon Taizhou City and instead launch a surprise attack on his small city of Mancheng.

Moreover, recently we've only heard news that the Jin army is going to launch a counterattack; we haven't even seen a single hair of the Jin army yet!

He never expected that someone would be so audacious as to sneak into the city alone and reach his bedside!

Even after the blade was chopped off, Mora did not wake up from his sleep.

Then, Li Rui burned the hay in the stable to signal Zhang Yaozu.

Then, using the banner of the Mora, wearing the head of the Mora, he rode away on horseback.

It's that simple.

When Niu Ben and the other soldiers of the Trapped Camp heard Li Rui calmly recount what had happened, they were all amazed!

It can't be that simple!

If it were them, they probably wouldn't even be able to quietly approach Mora's residence!

"Li Fengshi is too modest!"

"Exactly, that's a feat of unparalleled skill!"

"Li Fengshi truly deserves to be called the top spearhead in the battle, personally selected by the commander!"

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Wang Digou chuckled dryly while gritting his teeth in hatred.

Of course, no one paid him any attention.

Li Rui entrusted Niu Ben with all the tasks of handling prisoners and deploying city defenses, since he was the commander-in-chief!

He found himself in a wasteland outside the city.

Zhang Yaozu knelt here, silently facing the six small mounds of earth.

They were the only six men to die in this siege; the six brave warriors who were pierced by spears at the city gate.

Li Rui stepped forward, poured a pot of wine on the ground, and knelt down as well.

Zhang Yaozu was shocked and quickly said.

"Li Fengshi, why do you have to do this? People always die in war. I knelt before them because I felt their deaths were worthwhile; they were true men! Li Fengshi, you don't need to kneel."

Li Rui shook his head.

"We're brothers who've been through thick and thin together, what's there to be unnecessary?"

Zhang Yaozu was silent for a moment, then smiled at the six small mounds.

"Look, you guys have done well. You've made a great contribution and even had to kneel before Li Feng. In your next life, you should choose a peaceful world, preferably one where there's never any war."

Li Rui also sighed.

"Yes, there must be a peaceful world."

But where does a peaceful and prosperous world come from?

Of course, it's a real fight!

……

Another day has passed.

The main force of the Jin army, numbering over 100,000, is on its way to Taizhou City.

After much deliberation, the renowned general Fu Yanqing concluded that they still had to conquer the entire city.

Although Li Rui, the commander of the Righteous Army, had already launched a surprise attack, it still comes down to this:

A mere three hundred people!

Fu Yanqing truly didn't believe they could conquer the entire city!

In his mind, the whole city was already on edge and would surely be heavily guarded.

As for Niu Ben and Li Rui's three hundred men, they are probably already dead!

Taking advantage of the dusk to set up camp, Fu Yanqing rode his horse and once again arrived at the main tent of Commander Du Chongwei.

"General, our army is approaching Taizhou, but we still haven't seen any movement from the main Khitan force. I believe we should speed up our march, launch a surprise attack on Taizhou, Mancheng, and Suicheng, and take them all in one fell swoop!"

Du Chongwei sipped from a gilded wine pot, speaking with a hint of drunkenness.

"Lord Guan, you've been saying this yesterday and again today. Why not attack the main city of Taizhou instead of dividing your forces to attack Mancheng and Suicheng? What's the point?"

Guanhou was the courtesy name of Fu Yanqing.

Only close friends and family members can address each other by their given name.

Fu Yanqing was naturally displeased that someone like Du Chongwei, who rose to power through nepotism, addressed him by his courtesy name.

But for the sake of national affairs, Fu Yanqing still forced himself to explain.

"General, although Taizhou is a large city, it is still within the territory of the Khitan, and the surrounding terrain is flat, which makes it convenient for Khitan cavalry to come and go."

If the Khitan cavalry bypasses Taizhou and cuts off our supply lines, wouldn't our army be trapped like a caged beast? Therefore, we must capture Mancheng and Suicheng simultaneously, so that they can support each other, in order to...

Before he could finish speaking, Du Chongwei interrupted him.

"Does the Marquis Guan think I know nothing about military affairs?"

Fu Yanqing suddenly looked up and was speechless!

What else could he say?

If we insist on this, it's tantamount to blaming the commander-in-chief for not understanding military affairs!

The battle hasn't even started yet. If we fall out with the commander-in-chief, wouldn't we be doomed to defeat?

Fu Yanqing had no choice but to take his leave.

Back at his own camp, Fu Yanqing stared at the map with a heavy heart. He was a renowned veteran general and naturally trusted his strategic vision.

The entire city must be occupied!

But now, Du Chongwei forbids the division of troops, and he has no other choice.

Although the city's garrison is small, it can be conquered once the main army arrives.

But why wait until a thousand people have to die to conquer a city that can be taken down with the loss of a hundred?

At this moment, Fu Yanqing seemed to have forgotten about Niu Ben and Li Rui's three hundred men.

A renowned general like him has great confidence in his own judgment.

Once it was determined that Li Rui could not possibly conquer the entire city with only three hundred men, then no unexpected events would occur!

however.

If nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected is definitely going to happen.

Just as he was deep in thought, a series of hurried footsteps approached.

Huangfu Yu and Li Yin, their faces beaming with joy, rushed into the tent, and the guards at the gate couldn't stop them.

Before Li Yin could speak, Huangfu Yu started shouting loudly.

"Great victory! Great victory! The entire city has truly fallen to Li Rui!"