Tang Dynasty: Taking the Empress Dowager to a brothel, Father Emperor, what a coincidence!

Night fell.

Cheng Chumo had been cursing outside the city for a whole day, and he didn't feel tired at all; the more he cursed, the more energetic he became.

"Wang Chong, you old coward! Stop hiding behind the city walls like a coward. Your wife is calling you home for dinner."

Oh, I forgot, your wife ran off with the stable boy. And your son isn't your biological son. You're a complete bastard.

He always took his ancestors for eighteen generations as the center and began to expand outwards.

The main theme is "No one is spared".

On the city wall, Wang Chong looked down at Cheng Chumo with a livid face.

He had lived for over sixty years and had never suffered such a humiliation.

At this moment, he wished he could rush out and tear Cheng Chumo to pieces.

"Sir, don't listen to that rogue's nonsense. He just wants to provoke you out of the city."

The adjutant beside him cautiously offered his advice.

"I know!"

Wang Chong snorted coldly.

"Pass down the order! Everyone, plug your ears! Anyone who dares to whisper will be dealt with according to military law!"

……

Meanwhile, behind the Crown Prince's camp, inside a huge tent heavily guarded by soldiers.

Above ground is the entrance to a bottomless tunnel.

Li Chengqian, holding a blueprint, said in a deep voice to Xue Rengui beside him:

"Wang Chong has focused all his attention on the city gate, which is our opportunity."

Behind him stood a hundred carefully selected refugees.

These people were all previously engaged in manual labor, and were temporarily organized into a tunneling team by Li Chengqian.

Moreover, this tunneling team arrived here earlier than Li Chengqian's main force.

They have been digging outside the city for several days.

"Set off!"

At Li Chengqian's command, the group, gagged, hurried into the tunnel.

The tunnel was pitch black, with only the faint light from the tinderbox in the leader's hand.

After an incense stick has burned, the tunnel ends.

Fang Yi'ai excitedly explored the wall.

"Your Highness, we've found it. This is it."

He pressed down on an inconspicuous blue brick and pushed it hard.

"Creak!"

The wall in front of them slowly slid open to the sides, revealing a hidden door.

Behind the hidden door lies a huge underground space.

The torchlight illuminated the area, where countless gold and silver treasures were piled up like small mountains.

The walls were covered with various valuable calligraphy and paintings, and bronze and jade artifacts were casually placed in the corners.

"My goodness..."

Fang Yi'ai's eyes widened in disbelief. He grabbed a box of newly opened gold bars and buried his face in it.

"I'm rich! It's all mine."

Xue Rengui walked forward expressionlessly, pulled him out of the pile of gold bars with one hand, and ruthlessly threw him aside.

Li Chengqian ignored Fang Yi'ai, who had a hair loss, and went deeper into the area.

There was a whole wall of bookshelves, filled with account books and letters sealed with sealing wax.

Xiao Shunzi picked up a book at random.

The title page reads "Accounts for Salt and Iron Transportation in Hedong".

"Your Highness, it's all here."

"Make rubbings, seal them away, leave not a single copy."

Li Chengqian glanced at it and then gave the order.

"Xiao Shunzi, you take men and guard this place, cutting off all of the Wang family's sources of income and escape routes."

"yes!"

After doing all this, Li Chengqian turned to look at Xue Rengui and several trusted confidants behind him.

"Let's go, let's get down to business."

The group continued deeper into the tunnel along another fork in the road.

……

Fifteen minutes later.

Xue Rengui dug several grooves under the most critical load-bearing structures of the city wall and carefully placed the palm-sized thunderbolts inside.

The lead wire was stretched very long, extending deep into the tunnel.

Everything is ready.

Li Chengqian returned to the ground, took out a signal flare from his pocket, and pulled the fuse towards the city gate.

"Whoosh! Bang!!"

A dazzling red firework exploded in the night sky.

Cheng Chumo, who was cursing until his throat was dry below the city, saw the signal and his spirits lifted.

He snatched a huge war drum from his personal guard and pounded it down with all his might.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

The earth-shaking sound of drums resounded through the sky.

"All troops, attack the city!"

Countless soldiers, carrying ladders and battering rams, surged toward the gates of Jiangzhou like a tidal wave.

On the city wall, Wang Chong, who had been on edge the whole time, breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this scene.

"It's finally here."

A sinister smile flashed in his eyes; this was the kind of warfare he was familiar with.

"Give the order! Archers, prepare! Logs and boulders, prepare! Have everyone hold the line for me. No matter how many come, I will kill them all."

In an instant, all the defensive forces of Jiangzhou City were drawn to the city gate directly in front of them by this sudden all-out attack.

Just as the city's forces were highly concentrated, preparing for a bloody battle.

"BOOM!!!"

A deafening roar came from the west of the city.

The entire earth was trembling violently, as if an earth dragon were turning over.

Wang Chong, who was on the city wall, stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

He turned his head in horror toward the direction from which the loud noise came.

The section of Jiangzhou city wall that he was so proud of had been blasted open, creating a huge gap several meters wide.

Everyone inside and outside the city was stunned by this miraculous scene.

The city wall collapsed?

The soldiers guarding the city stared in disbelief at the breach that looked as if it had been smashed open by a hammer of God, their weapons clattering to the ground.

"Heavens... divine punishment!"

"Divine soldiers descend from the heavens! Divine soldiers descend from the heavens!"

Panic spread like wildfire, and the will of the defenders completely collapsed at that moment.

Outside the smoke-filled breach, Li Chengqian raised the Emperor's Sword high, its blade pointing directly into the city.

"To avenge your parents, wives, and children."

Li Chengqian let out a roar.

"Follow me! Kill!!!"

Inside the city, the long-oppressed people erupted after a brief moment of shock.

They opened their doors, grabbed kitchen knives and sticks, and charged at the officials and servants of the wealthy families who had once oppressed them.

Jiangzhou City was instantly engulfed in flames and chaos.

Wang Chong stared blankly at the collapsed city walls and the defecting soldiers and civilians within the city, his face ashen.

The tide is gone.