empire wars

Chapter 57
Outside the barracks, Zhuge Mo and Zhuge Chen stood with their hands behind their backs. When they heard the news from the Great Qin Huwei, they looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

"I have watched Qin Yuan, and his luck is indeed not strong. However, during this month, I felt that the luck of the entire Mingwu City gathered at an extremely fast speed, comparable to a state city with hundreds of thousands of people. The luck gathered by thousands of people."

Zhuge Mo looked at the barracks, and there were bursts of shouts from soldiers, "Especially this barracks has gathered more than [-]% of luck. If these luck were put on one person, he would definitely be a prince who sealed off a state. .”

"Compared to the Nanjing King in Nanjiang, how is it?" Zhuge Chen asked after being silent for a while.

"It's hard to say."

Zhuge Mo hesitated and said, these days, he has been caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, he has not found the real Qianlong, and Qin Yuan doesn't feel like him, which makes him unable to make a decision.

On the other hand, although Mingwu City is in a state of closure and there are powerful enemies outside, it shows a scene of prosperity and prosperity, which is quite a sign of a hidden dragon coming out of the abyss.

"Could it be that he has a treasure that conceals luck?" Zhuge Chen asked. "Or, he is just a pawn on the bright side, secretly supported by a hidden dragon."

"Maybe, now is the time for us to make a choice, otherwise, if Qin Yuan wins this battle and Qianlong ascends to heaven, we will miss a good opportunity."

"Now, isn't it the same?" Zhuge Chen smiled wryly, "Qin Yuan has no intention of relying on the strength of our Zhuge family at all."

These days, they are seeing the development of Mingwu City, as well as the war with the Northern Qiang enemy.

After every battle, the guards in the city did not see sorrow and fear in their eyes, but a kind of perseverance and faith, and the military spirit was as strong as iron.

Once the morale and beliefs of the army are indestructible, this kind of army is the most terrifying, and it can only be killed and annihilated, but cannot be defeated.

Even when the battle continues to be victorious, the belief in victory feeds back on itself, allowing the soldiers to exert [-]% combat effectiveness.

"Let's go, right or wrong, you have to make a choice."

Zhuge said silently.

This time, they miscalculated. Even if they seek refuge with Qin Yuan at this time, it is only icing on the cake, not a gift in the snow.

In other words, from the moment they arrived in Mingwu City, although Qin Yuan's power was weak, it was growing crazily.

Whether facing the Tiandao Army or the Northern Qiang people, even if they were besieged for a month, they did not encounter any real crisis.

Even if they want to perform and play an important role, they have no chance at all.

It was night, in a certain hidden corner of the street, several people covered in black clothes quickly entered the deepest room.

Here, the place where the people and refugees of Beilin City were resettled was one of the more chaotic places in Mingwu City.

In the dark room, more than ten people gathered at this time, and most of them covered their faces.

The two leaders did not hide anything. One of them had a middle-aged face with grassland characteristics. People could tell that he was from the Northern Qiang at a glance.

Another young man was a little handsome with a smile on his face.

"Everyone, calling you here today is the time for you to contribute. Once this battle is won, all the previous promises will be doubled. At the same time, the political management of Mingwu City will be handed over to you, and the post of county magistrate and county magistrate will also It's up to each of you."

Said the middle-aged man from Northern Qiang.

Northern Qiang has been besieging the city for a month. Originally, they wanted to consume Mingwu City. As long as Mingwu City ran out of ammunition and food, it would definitely collapse without attack.

But for a whole month, the Northern Qiang people had brought in a lot of food and grass from all over the country. The war of attrition has been fought until now, but now they have run out of ammunition and food, and they can't hold on anymore.

As for the people in the city, not to mention running out of food, they can even eat meat for three to five days.

It is even rumored that in the military camp, every soldier can enjoy fairy rice and meat, which makes them frightened by the background of Mingwu City.

The Northern Qiang people were afraid. They were afraid that if they continued to procrastinate, they would be dragged down. The Northern Qiang barracks outside the city had run out of food and had to make a general attack.

A huge price must be paid to attack a city, but Ma Qingbiao has no choice but to do so, unless he is willing to retreat in defeat, lose his prestige, and give up the throne to Ma Feiteng.

With the coming of autumn, the weather is getting colder and colder. If the war is not ended soon, the Northern Qiang will undoubtedly lose. They can't delay it any longer, nor can they afford it.

This time, it was the only general mobilization and the last time. They contacted all the forces in the city and played an important role in the siege battle.

"I come from Qian Yusheng of the Qian family in Wuwei City, and I guarantee that everything he said is true."

The handsome young man said.

"The Qian family? The Qian family of the prefect of Wuwei?"

One said in surprise.

After the northern Qiang people occupied Wuwei City, the head of the Qian family came to power and served as the prefect of Wuwei, nominally controlling Wuwei County.

In Wuwei County now, there are two prefects, one is supported by the Northern Qiang people, and it was the internal support of the Qian family that allowed them to capture Wuwei City smoothly.

The other one is Qin Yuan, who was conferred by the Liehan court. He is nominally orthodox, but if he wants to control the entire Wuwei County, he still faces the formidable enemy of the Northern Qiang people.

"That's right, so as long as Mingwucheng is captured, you will no longer be exploited by the Qin family, you can stand up and take charge, and become the true masters of Mingwucheng."

Qian Yusheng said with a smile.

"Of course, Qin Yuan and I are at odds with each other, and we are willing to do our part."

A man in a black robe said quietly, "We also understand that as long as Qin Yuan is in power for one day, we will not be able to escape his grasp. Life is better than death."

The others nodded in agreement. Since they arrived in Mingwu City, their official positions were dismissed, their military power was deprived, and even private soldiers were out of control. They had to join the city guards and were under Qin Yuan's direct jurisdiction.

Even, these days, they have to cooperate with donating money and food from the monk's family.

"As long as Qin Yuan dies, we will never get ahead!"

"To live so humiliated, it's better to fight to the death, at worst, you will die."

The crowd was furious and yelled, venting their anger.

"Ahem, everyone, let's discuss the business first."

Qian Yusheng coughed lightly, and said, "How much power is left in your hands, or how many people can be mobilized, count it, so that we can make a plan."

Finally, look at the two people in the corner. These two people are the key.

"Min Qi, Shi Chan, the two of you used to be Qu Chang, are you willing to be an ordinary city guard now? Now is the only chance to overthrow Qin Yuan's tyranny. In the future, Mingwu City's city guards will I will leave it to you two."

"The city guards have a lot of our old subordinates. After these days of bribery, they can mobilize a hundred people, but they can only open the city gate, and it takes only three minutes at most."

Min Qi said quietly.

"This is risking our lives and fortunes. Do you want us to know your identities?"

Shi Chan looked at those masked people. "I dare not give my life to someone who doesn't know the details."

"Since everyone is on the same side, it is very important to be open and honest."

Qian Yusheng frowned, and the group agreed after some discussion.

The identities of the masked people were revealed one by one. They were all members of wealthy and powerful families in the city. Many of their family members died under Qin Yuan's knife.

"Okay, the task of opening the city gate will be given to you two."

The middle-aged Northern Qiang was overjoyed, these two had spent a lot of effort to win them over, and the money spent on them was no less than a thousand taels of silver.

The reason why they would win over these two people is that they were rejected by Qin Yuan's lineage, and they had long-standing grievances in their hearts, and they were once generals of the Qin family army, even if they were demoted to soldiers, they still had a lot of foundation in their hands. The best selling object.

"I can send out 50 people. In the third part of the City Guard Corps, they were all private soldiers of my clan, absolutely loyal, but I can only contact this time. If there are too many times, they will definitely be discovered."

"I sent out 40 people in the sixth part of the city guard regiment. Tomorrow it will be their turn to guard the city gate. Most of them are the children of my clan. This time, if Qin Yuan will not die, we will surely die. .”

"I pay 30 people"

"Okay, then it's decided. Tomorrow, the leader of my tribe will lead the army to attack the city with all its strength. All the troops in the city will be sent to defend the city. Try to gather your people at the gate of the city and cooperate with Min Qi and Shichan to open the city. The gate, as long as the city gate is opened, the rest will be handed over to us."

The middle-aged Beiqiang and Qian Yusheng counted the manpower of all parties and assigned their respective tasks.

"I hope to win tomorrow, and I will bid farewell."

One person stood up and left the dark room.

More than a dozen other people also left quickly.

"Let's send an order to the chief. However, this plan will be implemented during the day, so it will be quite difficult."

Qian Yusheng said worriedly.

"It's the daytime, the enemy would not have thought about it. I have inquired a long time ago that there will be patrols at night, more frequently than during the day, and when war breaks out at night, the enemy will be more vigilant. If it is during the day, they thought it would be the same as before. Same, but a tentative attack."

The middle-aged Bei Qiang sneered, and quickly wrote a letter, writing down the plan discussed just now in detail, the two walked outside the door, a goshawk covered in pitch black, only showing a pair of dark green eyes.

"Go ahead, win or lose in one fell swoop."

The middle-aged Bei Qiang sighed, he had been lurking in Mingwu City for a long time, and he lived in fear every day, and he dared not leave the room even half a step during the day, for fear of being seen by others.

"This kind of life is too boring. I still like the freedom on the grassland."

The middle-aged Northern Qiang said reminiscently, watching the goshawk soaring into the sky.

Qian Yusheng next to him smiled, and just as he was about to answer the words, his hairs stood on end, and then his head hurt, and he passed out.

"Since you don't want to live this kind of life, I'll give you a ride."

"You..." Bei Qiang's middle-aged man was shocked, but his heart was pierced through, and the bloody blade was exposed in front of him.

"No, you are fooled."

The middle-aged Bei Qiang looked at the goshawk going away, and was about to call it back, but he couldn't make a sound from his throat.

Swish swish!
Suddenly, several black figures came again, looked at each other, and put the corpse of the middle-aged Northern Qiang man into a sack, while Qian Yusheng packed it away silently, and quickly dealt with the blood in the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)