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The army on the top of the city watched uneasily as the Han army set up a camp outside the field. The spectacular camp stretched for more than ten miles. This was the first time they had seen such a large-scale officer and soldier in decades.

In the past few decades, many officers and soldiers have come to encircle and suppress, but at most more than 10,000 people, or even only a few thousand people, which is not as large and imposing as today.

This is just the memory of a few older soldiers. The imperial court has not sent troops to clear them out for twenty years. For the younger generation of soldiers, I don’t even know how to fight the war.

Many soldiers were so scared that they squatted down and covered their faces with their palms. Song Jian looked at the camp outside the city with a pale face. He also realized that this time was different from before, but he had no choice.

Yang Qianwan's family was executed, and that was his fate. He knew it was not about surrendering or not, but about Liu Jing's failure to tolerate a second snoring person beside the bed. Yang Qianwan was one, and undoubtedly Song Jian was the same.

"Give me a boost"

Song Jian waved his sword and shouted: "The enemy has no weapons to attack the city, and they cannot defeat our city."

No one followed him and shouted, and there was still silence on the city.

As night gradually came, the Han army did not attack the city, and the soldiers began to withdraw back to the barracks in the city to rest. There were only five thousand soldiers left on the city, but at this moment, huge black shadows emerged from the barracks of the Han army, like giant beasts moving forward slowly.

This is a heavy trench machine that can smash a 50-pound huge stone from outside the foot to the city. The Han army took an afternoon to assemble such a trench machine.

Ten strong cows pulled a catapult to move forward in the wilderness, getting closer and closer to the city. The soldiers on the city also noticed something abnormal. They shouted loudly and sounded the alarm bell. The harsh alarm bells spread throughout the city. The soldiers who had just fallen asleep stood up one after another, grabbed their weapons and ran towards the city.

At this time, the soldiers on the top of the city were all looking nervously at the heavy catapult outside the city. There was no such defensive weapon in the city of Kuohan, and many soldiers had seen it for the first time.

A heavy trench squeaking open, and the huge tinned oil pot was loaded into an iron pocket. With a dull drum sound, the trench trolled the long rod at the same time and shot the tinned oil pot that was only filled with tincture oil towards the top of the city.

The sound of clanging sounds, the pottery jars shattered, and a large amount of tinder oil flowed over the city. The air was filled with a pungent smell, which made the soldiers on the city frightened and uneasy. They didn't know what these liquids were.

In a row of rounds of shooting, a can of tincture oil had already hit the city, and the tincture oil covered the east city. At this time, dozens of lit tincture oil balls rose into the air, and dazzling flames were drawn in the air, hitting the city, and the tincture oil was ignited, and the flames spread rapidly in the terrified screams of the defenders. Gradually, the entire city was engulfed by the fire.

Many soldiers were unable to escape and were swallowed by the flames. Countless firemen were screaming and running. Soon, they fell to the ground. However, the Han army's catapult still ruthlessly threw the turbulent pots onto the city, making the fire even more fierce. Half an hour later, the entire city wall that was several miles long was engulfed by the flames.

Song Jian stood on the top of the palace and stared at the scene in a daze. He could not believe his eyes. This was the fire of hell, which came to swallow them. He stumbled back to the palace with his sword. The crying sounds in the palace shook the sky. His wives, concubines and children fled in all directions. Song Jian seemed to be unable to see anything, walked into his room and closed the door with a bang.

The Han army's attack outside the city has entered the second stage. The city of Kuohan is not by the river and has no moat, but it still dug a dry ditch, which is covered with spikes and deer antlers, and a high suspension bridge is pulled up.

At this time, dozens of Eagle Strike soldiers had already crossed the drought ditch. They climbed up the suspension bridge and chopped the iron chains of the suspension bridge with a giant axe. The flames flew everywhere. In just a moment, the iron chains broke and the huge suspension bridge fell down with a bang, stirring up a piece of dust.

Not far away, a burly man was holding a thick siege ram, made of a thousand-year-old giant wood, with a diameter of six feet and a length of ten feet. He was wrapped in cast iron in front and was extremely hard.

The fire was rolling on his head and the smoke was soaring into the sky. They didn't have to worry about soldiers shooting arrows from the city. Amid Wei Yan's call, the famous man ran forward with the attacking hammer in his arms. They roared, and the huge hammer head hit the city gate. There was only a dull sound that shocked the earth. The city gate shook violently, and the sand and stones on it fell down, and a curved crack appeared on the city wall.

The soldiers retreated, and they shouted again, hugged the attacking ram and rushed forward, and hit the city gate again. The impact sound seemed to make people's hearts shattered. The city gate had been deformed, revealing a large gap. You can see the soldiers in the city gate tunnel running for life.

"Come again"

The soldiers retreated again, and the attacking ram hit the gate for the first time like a storm. The gate could no longer withstand the impact of 10,000 kilograms. The gate was knocked open, revealing a huge black hole. In the distance, Liu Jing sneered, and it was so simple to capture the seemingly solid stone city. He waved his sword and ordered: "Kill into the city."

Five thousand cavalrymen were rushing up under the leadership of Ma Dai, rushing like a tide, waving spears and swords into the city, and then 20,000 spearmen also entered the city. The defenders in the city were scared by the fire and knelt down and surrendered one after another. The Han army did not encounter any resistance. Ma Dai took the lead and led more than a thousand cavalry into the palace.

An hour later, Liu Jing, under the escort of several cavalry, slowly entered the city of Kuanghan. The Han army was already in full control. Teams of dejected prisoners of war were escorted to the military camp by the Han army. There were Han soldiers who were investigating everywhere. They smashed the doors of the mansions and took them out of the mansions, and began to thoroughly investigate the mansion. This was Liu Jing's order, and some of the money and goods found would be used to reward the army.

Liu Jing walked into the palace. The palace had been occupied by thousands of soldiers. All Song Jian's wives, concubines and children were driven into a big house. At this time, Ma Dai stepped forward and bowed: "Report to Your Highness, we have found the entrance to the underground palace."

"Where is Song Jian?" Liu Jing asked. This was the culprit and he must not let this person go.

"Song Jian was in the underground palace and had already committed suicide by taking poison. Please follow his highness to go to the underground palace."

Liu Jing nodded and followed Ma Dai toward the underground palace. The entrance to the underground palace was under the bed of Song Jian's bedroom, covered with a large iron plate of ten feet in radius, with an exquisite blanket on it. This was Song Jian's favorite concubine who led the soldiers to find the entrance.

The iron plate was opened and soldiers stood guard on both sides. Liu Jing followed Ma Dai into the underground palace. The underground palace was about one meter above the ground. It was a wide underground palace consisting of seven or eight large houses, each of which was filled with wealth, gold, jewelry, and precious fur, which was dazzling.

Song Jian's body was found in a treasure house filled with large boxes. These boxes were full of gold ingots, and the area around Kuanghan was rich in gold. Song Jian had collected almost half of the gold in the past ten years and piled it in the underground palace, with tens of thousands of pounds. It was one of the biggest gains of the Han army's western expedition.

At this time, Song Jian's body was lifted out by two soldiers, and his face turned black. He was obviously killed by poison. Liu Jing looked at the person and couldn't help but shake his head, "Dig him a pit to bury him."

"Your Highness, how to deal with his children, wives and concubines?" Ma Dai asked in a low voice.

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and said, "He will be executed for all his children, leaving no future troubles. Women will pay the fee to let them go home. Those who have nowhere to go can be given a wife to the officer."

Ma Dai was even more concerned about these 10,000 prisoners of war. Most of these prisoners of war were Han people in the Hehuang area. Their ancestors moved from Guanlong area two years ago and made a living by farming. However, because they lived with the Qiang and Di people all year round, many people were good at riding horses and could choose the elite of them to form cavalry.

He also suggested: "There are many Han people who are good at riding horses among these ten thousand people. Your Highness, they are precious resources."

Liu Jing nodded, and he also thought so, and said with a smile: "Ten thousand prisoners of war can be exempted from punishment, let them go home to continue farming. If there is no land, the Xiping County government will allocate land to the land. They must become self-cultivated farmers. In addition, among these ten thousand people, 10,000 elite troops who are good at riding horses can be selected to form new cavalry."

Ma Dai was overjoyed and bowed quickly and said, "I understand, so I'll go and handle it now."

Liu Jing turned around and said to Wang Ping: "Transfer all the property of Qinghan City back to the camp and hand it over to the French military advisor for handling, and then transform Qinghan City into a military city and station thousands of troops."

Wang Ping quickly agreed. After Liu Jing finished his order, he turned around and went out of the city. When he met Ma Chao at the city gate, Liu Jing immediately said to him: "Meng Qi can arrange a team of cavalry and take my orders to go to various places. Whether it is Di people or Tuyuhun, summon all the chiefs to come and see me immediately."

"Abide by the orders of humble duties"

Ma Chao immediately turned his horse's head and returned to the camp. Half an hour later, the team of cavalry left the Han army camp and rushed to various places like lightning, summoning chiefs of various tribes to come and meet His Highness the King of Han.

The queen of heaven, several chiefs came from Longxi and Hehuang. Yang Qianwan was destroyed and Song Jian died, which shocked these chiefs. In addition, Agui had sent envoys to various places to promote the kindness of the Han king. The Di people all came to meet the Han king with hope.

In a huge round tent, several chiefs gathered together to accept Liu Jing's banquet. Liu Jing raised his glass and whispered to everyone: "Everyone is a citizen of the Han Dynasty and surrendered to heaven. Now the court has transformed Guanlong into the territory of the Han Kingdom. So you are also a subject of the Han Kingdom. I, Liu Jing, will not drive everyone away from my hometown. I, Liu Jing, will not drive everyone away from my hometown like the Han people. I, can live and work in peace and prosperity, and live in harmony and equality from generation to generation. I will also be protected by the Han army and bear the obligations I deserve. For today's oath, we drank this cup."

All the chiefs heard the difference between their words and before. In the past, they were just nominal subjects of the Han Dynasty and did not have to pay taxes and taxes. They only symbolically gave the government a few sheepskins every year. Even if they were subjects of the Han Dynasty, Liu Jing had another sentence in his words today, "being protected by the Han army and taking on the obligations they deserved, which means that they would pay taxes and taxes to the government from today. This is not something they can refuse. The chiefs had no choice but to raise their glasses together, shout long live the King of Han, and drink this slightly bitter wine of subjects together.
Chapter completed!