Chapter 87 I Choose Her
Aquarius City’s final resistance was extremely weak.
When the heads of Yan Sheng and Yan Dong were sent to the city and hung high on the flagpole, chaos began in the city.
Ordinary soldiers were panicked and afraid.
The idle warriors recruited by the Yan family over the years were confused, and strange thoughts popped up.
By this time, even a fool can see that the Yan family is doomed.
Yansheng and Yandong, the pillars of the Yan clan, both died. Tens of thousands of troops no longer exist. What is the use of the few remaining troops in the city?
So when the horn of attack sounded, and when Xia Zhi took the lead and took the lead in climbing onto the city with a saber in hand, the city started fighting internally.
In less than half an hour, Aquarius City, which originally seemed impregnable, fell into the hands of Xia Zhi.
The irony is that the most brutal battle happened between the Yan clan and his former subordinates.
Those who had relied on the Yan family and were Yan's minions launched the fiercest attack on them on the eve of the Yan family's collapse.
The purpose is naturally to get the heads of the remaining core figures of the Yan family, so as to flatter and favor the new masters, as a step for their own promotion or as a way to save their lives.
The head of a core figure of the Yan family is worth one thousand taels.
Li Dachui's subordinates did not say how old this person was, so basically all the direct descendants of the Yan family died cleanly, from the eighty-year-old man to the infant baby.
This lineage basically died in Yan's mansion.
Yan Xu led them in the final resistance.
The other branches of the Yan family received much smaller attacks, but their fate was no different.
The only difference is that the direct descendants of the Yan family died at the hands of their former subordinates.
These side branches of the Yan family died at the hands of the Diziying tribe commanded by Xia Zhi.
On the way to the breakout, several people were lying dead.
No matter Li Dachui, or his subordinates Xiaoman, Mao Mao or Xia Zhi, no one is a good man or woman. In this land outside the pass, if you lose, you will die.
What's more, for a long-established family like the Yan family that has been entrenched in the local area for hundreds of years, as long as there is a little bit of root left, it may not be able to sprout again, sprout branches, and finally slowly develop into a crown-like structure. A big tree with clouds.
To cut the grass, you must remove the root.
If the Yan family is not killed, how can Xiao Changche and Li Dachui start their governance smoothly on this newly occupied land?
Under the overturned nest, there are no eggs left!
Xia Zhi held a knife and stood on the high steps in front of the gate of Yan's mansion. Below, people were coming to her with their heads in a steady stream.
Put your head down and explain the identity of the head to Xia Zhi, and then someone will go down to verify the identity. As long as you confirm, the reward will be honored immediately.
Those who come to ask for rewards are basically the wanderers recruited by the Yan family.
Actually, the Yan family's governance of Aquarius State is quite good. They really operate this land as their own land, so although the taxes are also very heavy, compared with the outside world, their lives are actually better. It's pretty good, at least it's not as precarious as other places.
Although not as good as Tai'an City, compared to the people under Linghuye's rule, the people in Aquarius State are happy. If compared with the people in Heiyu, they are simply in heaven and earth. There is a difference.
So now, the Yan family has collapsed. Although the ordinary people living in Aquarius City are not willing to follow them to the death and share the honor and disgrace, they still can't do things like adding insult to injury and taking advantage of the situation.
Xia Zhi glanced over, and most of the captured ordinary soldiers showed unbearable looks in their eyes.
The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Xia Zhi's eyes fell on the corpses or heads that were piled higher and higher, but there was not much joy in his heart, but more of vigilance.
Failure, this is the fate!
"Commander Xia, these are Yan Dong's son and daughter. They were hidden in the cellar of his home by a servant, but they couldn't escape my grasp. Now they are presented to Commander Xia!" A nine-foot-tall hidden man The big man came to Xia Zhi, carrying a seven or eight-year-old baby in one hand like a chicken, as if offering a treasure.
The two children huddled together in fear, their bodies trembling.
Behind the big man, there were several other people holding down a thin man, who was struggling and yelling: "Yang Changgui, you are a conscience-less scumbag, without the head of the family, how can you survive to this day? Madam I entrusted the child to you before leaving. Is this how you repay the family master’s life-saving grace?” The trembling child's brows furrowed slightly.
Yang Changgui seemed to suddenly realize something. Under the gaze of countless people, he suddenly exerted force on his hand. With two clicks, the slender heads of the two children suddenly dropped.
There were exclamations of surprise from all around.
When they saw this burly man killing two children in front of them like he was killing chickens, most people couldn't bear it.
Although everyone knew that these two children were definitely going to die.
The surname is Yan, and she is Yan Dong’s legitimate son and daughter. This is the original sin.
Xia Zhi stood up, turned around and walked towards the house.
"Commander Xia, I would like to ask for a flag!" Yang Changgui's voice came from behind.
Xia Zhi turned around, his face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, "There is no such thing in the reward list. Yan Dong's legitimate son and daughter are worth ten thousand taels. I will give you a lot of it, but there is nothing extra for you."
“Without this flag, I’m afraid I won’t be able to reach Tai’an City!” Yang Changgui looked around and said with cupped hands.
"That's your business, not mine!" Xia Zhi sneered.
"Then can I stay in Aquarius City temporarily and return with Xia Commander's army later?" Yang Changgui continued.
"That's also your business." Xia Zhi walked away.
In her heart, she hated such people extremely.
Even if Yan is her enemy, people like Yang Changgui, who betrays his old master as easily as he drinks water and eats, still make people dislike him from the bottom of his heart. When Xiao Dongwei, Gu Xiaoman and Fang Maomao arrived at Aquarius City, peace had returned to Aquarius City.
People in the city are being organized to clean up the traces of the war.
The purple-black blood condensed into ice cubes, which were scooped up piece by piece with a shovel, then put into a wheelbarrow and pushed away. A new broom was swept hard, and all traces disappeared.
Some shops in the city reopened their storefronts, not that they were willing to open at this time, but because the occupying forces issued an order, they had to open their doors cautiously.
However, what made them feel a little relieved was that these people, known as the strongest horse bandits outside the customs, seemed to be very well behaved in their conduct, except for the rudeness of the search for the Yan clan members at the beginning. , but for the rest of the time, they appeared to be extremely disciplined, even more disciplined than Yan's own army.
They may even nod to you and say thank you when they enter your house to search and leave.
When Xiao Dongwei's troops entered the city, the people in Aquarius City felt more at ease.
No matter how humble and polite Li Dachui's subordinates behave, they are still horse bandits after all.
Maybe at some point, he will show off his face as a human being and lose his face as a dog, and then he will turn his back on the person and not recognize the person!
But Xiao Changche’s army is different.
He is a serious third-rank cavalry general of the imperial court.
And Xiao Changche's reputation is not generally good outside the customs.
No matter how poor or miserable, this person will not exploit the people.
If Xiao Changche becomes their new owner, life might be better than before.
As Xiao Changche’s flag entered the city, the dead Aquarius City finally gained some life.
"Twenty-one warehouses. Although our army entered the city first, they never took any money!" It ruined the relationship between the two parties!"
Xiao Dongwei glared and said: "Why do we have to break up? My general has agreed with your boss that the Aquarius State will be ours, and the business will be yours. These things , naturally they are all ours.”
The sound of laughter came from the room.
Xiao Dongwei looked around, Gu Xiaoman was grinding his teeth, Fang Maomao was looking at the sky, Xia Zhi was banging his knife, and he couldn't help but feel weak for a while.
It seems that the opponent in Aquarius City is stronger now.
Our cavalry is very powerful, but in such a narrow terrain in the city, there is no chance of winning.
Thinking about Fang Xiaomao's heavy cavalry, Gu Xiaoman's light cavalry, and Xia Zhi's heavy infantry, he couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his face.
It seems to be a one-on-one contest. Including himself, none of the generals in the room can be his opponent.
"That will be in the future!" Gu Xiaoman said calmly: "It's still wartime. Tens of thousands of us are out with no income. How can we do business when we go back? General Xiao, this time we have more efforts, but the young master once said that you are poor. , I don’t want to worry about you too much, and in order to have more pleasant cooperation in the future, how about we share half of it this time?”
“Twenty-one warehouses, I don’t know what’s in them, what if you do something wrong? ? "Xiao Dongwei is not stupid either.
"Easy!" Gu Xiaoman waved his hand: "Xiao Zhi, get a box, write the number representing the warehouse and put it in it. You grab one, and I grab one, no matter whether it is gold, silver, jewelry or... The one who caught you in rags and rags belongs to you, it’s extremely fair.”
“Whose will it be if there is one more?”
People who are afraid of poverty are not willing to let go of even a copper coin.
Fang Mao Mao laughed: "General Xiao, this is easy, catch these twenty first, and with the extra one, we might as well have a martial arts competition, whoever wins gets it!"
Xiao Dongwei's mouth was almost flattened into a line!
A contest?
Only fools compete with you.
I have just broken through to the seventh level of Xuanyuan. The worst Xia Zhi here has been at the seventh level for a long time. How can I be so obsessed with it that I challenge you to a duel?
"Don't do it, change it!"
"Let's fight for wine!" Gu Xiaoman said with a smile: "How about it? We have conquered Aquarius State. From now on, our two families have opened up a new world, so we should celebrate. Today we are going to reward the three armies. Each of us will send a representative, and whoever wins will get the rest of the warehouse. How about it?"
Xiao Dongwei looked back at the generals behind him. Without waving his hand, Xiao Changche's army was strictly disciplined, and it was an iron rule not to drink alcohol. They didn't have the courage.
"Okay, I'll come!" Xiao Dongwei slapped the table: "Which one of you is coming?"
Gu Xiaoman smiled: "General Xiao, you choose one!"
"I can choose at will?" Xiao Dongwei's one eye shined brightly.
“Yes!”
One eye glanced over Gu Xiaoman’s body. Gu Xiaoman nodded and smiled, then looked at Fang Mao Mao, who straightened his chest.
"I choose her!" Xiao Dongwei pointed his finger at one person.
There was a huge uproar in the hall, and even Xiao Dongwei's generals lowered their heads with red faces.
Shameless!
General Xiao chose a woman!
Summer Solstice!
(End of this chapter)