Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 192
When Ma Liuzhi and the others cleaned up the rear battlefield and kept up with the cavalry, they saw countless corpses lying in front of the Black Water Bridge.

The Tubo people died all over the place, and tens of thousands of remnants knelt down and begged for mercy, crying and howling.

"Your Highness, is this the end?"

Ma Liuzhi came over grumbling, and led the horse for Li Ke.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Ma Liuzhi's dissatisfied face, Li Ke said with a smile: "Could it be that we have to wait for your General Ma to come before we can start fighting?"

Ma Liuzhi put the steel knife back into the scabbard, and said brokenly: "This... this is too fast... I won't let my old horse have a good time..."

In this battle, he has been cleaning the battlefield from beginning to end, so it is no wonder that he is dissatisfied.

Li Ke smiled and pointed at him with his halberd: "Go...collect the captives, give orders to Dajian Furnace, and let them dispatch troops to guard Yupen City."

"Oh……"

Ma Liuzhi was about to turn around and leave when he turned his head abruptly: "That's not right! Hasn't this city of Yupen been taken yet?"

Li Ke looked back at the Yupen City at the end of the bridge, and said with a smile: "The main force of Tubo is here, and there are no more soldiers in the city. This Yupen City is already at your fingertips..."

As he spoke, he hit his horse again and led the cavalry across the bridge leisurely.

Ma Liuzhi looked at the back of the cavalry, and sighed silently: "I have no part in fighting, and now I don't even have part in conquest of the city..."

Yuben City is on the bank of the Heishui River, and you can see the gate of Yuben City when you walk across the Heishui Bridge.

The city gate is like a suspension bridge, it is pulled up by ropes, and when it is lowered, it happens to be connected to the Black Water Bridge.

In front of the city gate, there is also a small moat, which happens to run parallel to the Heishui River, which can be regarded as a small diversion of the Heishui River.

If the city gate was not lowered, the cavalry would still be able to cross the Heishui River, but they would not be able to enter the city, so they could only walk around along the path along the river.

Now that Yu Ben City is facing foreign enemies, the city gate will naturally not be let down.

Li Ke drove his horse to the side of the moat, looked up at the tower, and said loudly:
"The guards in front of the city, I am the commander-in-chief of the Shu army, Li Ke, the king of Shu in the Tang Dynasty, quickly open the city and surrender..."

There were many defenders on the tower, but none of them responded to him. They all raised their bows and arrows to aim at Li Ke.

Li Ke sighed: "Your army guarding the city has surrendered, if you don't surrender, you will only die..."

Still no one answered him.

Li Ke looked at the top of the city tower. Although the Tubo defenders bent their bows and set arrows, none of them dared to shoot at the Shu army.

He thought for a while, the other party should know that they would never be able to defend the city, and now they were just struggling to the death.

If I want to take the city, I must give them some deterrence, let them see the fate of stubborn resistance.

He turned around and said to Gu Wu: "Bring the head of Nati Namuzhen..."

Above the city tower, the guards are still struggling, they have only [-] soldiers and horses in the city, and they are powerless to resist.

Although there is still a moat, which can resist for a while, but there are nearly [-] cavalry under the city, how can they hold it?

But now they are asked to surrender, and these people feel very unwilling.

Maybe...if we defend for a while, some cities will send reinforcements?
But... coming to the reinforcements, can they really save the siege?General Muzhen and General Yetuo had an army of nearly 30 troops, and the Yak Niu River was too dangerous to defend, and they were all killed by the cavalry.

Everyone was tangled in their hearts, and they all looked at the generals guarding the city.

This general is Ti Namuzhen's lieutenant general, he is a person who can't be the master, and he is even more entangled in the current situation.

Looking at the bottom again, Li Ke, the king of Shu, is wearing a bright armor and holding a long halberd. How mighty is he?
How brave is the Shu army behind him?

How can the five thousand defenders in this city stop them?

At this time, the deputy general saw Li Ke turning around to get something, and then took the bow and arrow from his horse.

Not long after, Li Ke drew his bow and arrow again, intending to shoot towards the tower.

The deputy general panicked, and quickly hid behind the arrow pile, covering his body.

"call out!"

A long whistle sounded, and the lieutenant only felt a strong wind blowing over his head.

Looking at the top of the head again, a sharp arrow was shot on the wooden plaque of the tower.

And under the sharp arrow, there was actually a bloody human head tied to it.

Seeing the head, the lieutenant was suddenly startled.

This head was actually Tinamuzhen, the city guard general.

This man's head was hanging straight on the city tower, and it was still dripping with black blood, which was daunting.

At this time, all the generals defending the city were not calm anymore, and looked at the bleeding head one after another, everyone was shocked.

Facing such a predicament and seeing the head of the city guard, these people were naturally terrified.

"The defenders of Yuben City, surrender quickly! I, Li Ke, have always treated the people and prisoners preferentially. If you are willing to surrender, I promise that I will never kill innocent people indiscriminately!"

Li Ke's voice came again.

The soldiers guarding the city were even more shaken. The Shu army is benevolent and righteous, and this story has long been spread.

It is said that the people who hit the arrow furnace did not receive the slaughter of the Shu army, but were distributed with the rations distributed by the Shu army!
Naturally, these soldiers did not dare to expect extravagant military rations, but if they could ensure that the people would not be harmed, if they could save their own lives...

"Your Highness, I have finally arrived..."

Li Ke was still waiting for Yuben City to surrender, but he heard Ma Liuzhi's voice.

Looking back, Ma Liuzhi was trotting towards him, throwing away the main force of the infantry behind him.

"Hey... Don't miss the opponent's surrender!"

Ma Liuzhi excitedly squeezed in front of the cavalry with an expression of watching the excitement.

Li Ke shook his head and was about to speak.

At this moment, a "squeak" sound was heard, and the gate of Yu Ben City was lowered.

The city gate was laid flat and directly connected to the side of the moat, just forming a bridge.

In the city, many city guards and soldiers walked out with their hands raised high.

"Almost..."

Ma Liuzhi patted his chest and said happily.

Li Ke was in a good mood and laughed.

"The Deputy General of Yuben City's defenders led all the soldiers in the city to surrender to the King of Shu, Li Ke! I hope that the Shu army will treat the people well, and don't start killing!"

While shouting, the leading general knelt on one knee and surrendered to Li Ke.

From behind him, all the soldiers guarding the city knelt down together.

Li Ke breathed a sigh of relief, and said to his back: "Let's go! Accept the surrender..."

Ma Liuzhi followed him and walked into the city.

He was extremely unlucky today, he missed every battle, this time he finally caught up with Shoucheng.

As he was walking, he stopped suddenly and scratched his head:
"Huh? I just remembered that I had something to report to His Highness, why did I forget it now..."

He lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally thought of one thing: "Oh! I was so busy on my way that I forgot such an important thing!"

He raised his head again: "Your Highness...then..."

But at this time, Li Ke has gone a long way.

Ma Liuzhi hurriedly followed: "Your Highness, I have something important to tell you!"

(End of this chapter)