The Return of the Demon

Kang Xiao and Zhang Tianlun were completely panicked, no, it should be said that they were scared.

They were completely blocked in the city.

Now, the two of them could no longer laugh, looking at each other, as if they had lost their parents.

Especially Zhang Tianlun, he was about to cry.

He knew very well that if he fell into Ning Chen's hands this time, he would definitely die.

He looked at Kang Xiao with hope, "Sir, do you have any solution?"

Kang Xiao: "......."

"The situation is over, now you and I can only pray for good luck."

He glanced at Zhang Tianlun, then silently retracted his gaze, and couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.

He no longer had the intention of robbing the imperial seal and the gold and silver treasures in the dozen carriages.

Now, he just wanted to live, compared with life, those things were not so important.

He turned his horse's head and said in a deep voice: "Let's retreat!"

Zhang Tianlun led his men out of the city lord's mansion.

He looked at the more than 2,000 soldiers and said in a deep voice: "Soldiers, if there are too many people, the target will be too big. Now listen to my order, disband on the spot, lie dormant, and find a chance to leave the city.

Outside the city, there are still 20,000 troops from South Vietnam. As long as you find a chance to escape the city, you will have a way to survive. I will wait for you outside the city."

In the city lord's mansion, Zhang Tianlun didn't care about any gold and silver treasures.

He made the same decision as Kang Xiao, letting the guards disband on the spot and lie dormant... He took Zhou Xing and several other confidants and quietly left the city lord's mansion from the back door.

No one noticed that in the corner in the distance, a pair of eyes stared at them.

This person was none other than Yunniang.

Yunniang was dead, but she didn't expect that there was a sound of artillery fire in the south city, and then there was news that the south city gate had fallen...She took advantage of the chaos to escape, and Zhang Tianlun and Kang Xiao didn't care about her.

......

West city gate, on the tower.

Ning Chen stood with a sword.

He had just summoned the generals of the 30,000 garrisons at the West Gate.

In fact, the summons were fake, but the seizure of power was real.

He transferred these people away, and then let the reserve generals take over the 30,000 troops.

"Report..."

The scout ran up to the top of the city wall and knelt on one knee, "Your Highness, General Yue and General Mu have successfully controlled the East Gate. The enemy has a total of 10,000 people, and more than 9,800 prisoners have been captured. Please decide how to deal with these people."

Ning Chen's mouth twitched slightly.

A total of 10,000 people, more than 9,800 prisoners were captured, which means that there were no more than 100 casualties.

This is equivalent to the other party surrendering directly.

Ning Chen said in a deep voice: "Confiscate their armor and weapons, and keep them under strict supervision first.

In addition, there should be 20,000 Nanyue garrisons outside the East Gate. Let General Yue send someone to investigate clearly. This king allows her to act at her discretion."

The scout took the order, "Yes!" Immediately, he got up and ran away.

"Report..."

The scouts on this side hadn't even left the tower when another scout ran up to the tower.

"Your Highness, General Lei encountered the Nanyue army in the city and won a great victory. He killed more than 5,000 enemies, captured more than 12,000 prisoners, and seized 1 million stones of grain and grass."

Ning Chen looked happy, "Send a message to Lei An, leaving 10,000 troops to guard the grain and prisoners, and let him and Wu Tiezhu lead 5,000 Ning An troops to go straight to the city lord's mansion and capture Kang Xiao and Zhang Tianlun alive."

"Yes!"

The scout ran away.

"Report...Your Highness, General Yuan has successfully controlled the north gate."

"Report...Your Highness, Zhang Tianlun and Kang Xiao are not in the city lord's mansion, and General Lei is searching for them all the way."

"Report...General Yue has issued a military order and has led his troops out of the city. He will swallow up the 20,000 Nanyue troops before dark tomorrow."

The scout ran frantically.

Ning Chen stood on the top of the city all night.

Until the sky was white, the whole Xiangzhou was completely controlled by Ning Chen.

The four city gates were blocked, and there was a guard every ten steps and a sentry every five steps under the four city walls, with strict defense.

Even if Kang Xiao was a super master, he couldn't leave Xiangzhou alive this time.

Yuan Long, Lei An and others led the captives to clean up the battlefield.

Ning Chen gave a death order that every corpse transported out of the city must be identified.

In addition, the soldiers and captives who transported the corpses out of the city must be strictly checked.

He was worried that Kang Xiao and Zhang Tianlun would pretend to be corpses, or the soldiers and captives who cleaned the battlefield would sneak out of the city.

Ning Chen brought Xiao Yanxi to the city lord's mansion under the escort of hundreds of Ning An soldiers and Mo Dao soldiers.

When King Rui rebelled, he broke into Xiangzhou once.

So, he was very familiar with this city lord's mansion.

Wu Tiezhu led people to meet them.

He and Lei An received the order and brought people to the city lord's mansion, but did not find Kang Xiao and Zhang Tianlun.

The two discussed and acted separately.

Lei An led people to search the whole city for Kang Xiao and Zhang Tianlun.

Wu Tiezhu led people to thoroughly check the City Lord's Mansion to ensure that there were no safety hazards, because Ning Chen would definitely stay here temporarily.

"Your Highness, I have led people to carefully check here to ensure that there is no danger. Your Highness can stay here with peace of mind."

Ning Chen smiled and nodded slightly.

Wu Tiezhu said: "Your Highness, more than a dozen carriages of gold and silver treasures were found in the inner courtyard."

Ning Chen hummed, "All registered... By the way, when you checked, did you find the imperial seal?"

Although Emperor An was the emperor, he had never passed on the imperial seal, so the emperor's work was incomplete.

He must find the imperial seal.

Wu Tiezhu shook his head, "I didn't find it... I will lead people to search again."

Ning Chen waved his hand and said, "No need. Since it has not been found, it must have been taken away by Zhang Tianlun... As long as we find him, we will definitely find the imperial seal."

Ning Chen came all the way to the Golden Palace.

When King Rui rebelled, he turned this city lord's mansion into a small palace.

After Ning Chen was rehabilitated, he destroyed the so-called Golden Palace.

After Zhang Tianlun occupied Xiangzhou, he followed King Rui's example and changed this hall into the Golden Palace.

Ning Chen walked in. Although it was a little small and not as large as the real Golden Palace, the layout inside was more luxurious than the real Golden Palace.

There is no way, who let Zhang Tianlun have money.

The family business that Emperor Xuan had worked hard for a lifetime was directly emptied by his grandson Zhang Tianlun.

He looked at the dragon throne on the high level, pulled the corner of his mouth, and then walked over and sat down on the soft couch next to it.

It is late autumn now, and the temperature is very low at night.

Fortunately, it is not so cold here by the sea.

However, after standing on the top of the city all night, being blown by the cold wind, and with his injuries not completely healed, he was really a little tired... Ning Chen sat on the couch and dozed off, and finally fell asleep completely.

Until Xiao Yanxi woke him up.

Ning Chen realized that he had slept for two hours without realizing it.

"Ning Lang, General Yuan and the others are outside."

Ning Chen rubbed his eyes, "Let them in quickly."

Xiao Yanxi nodded lightly, walked to the door, and called Yuan Long and others in.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Several people bowed and saluted.

Ning Chen waved his hand, "No need to be polite, sit down and talk... Come on, bring tea!"

Yuan Long said, "Your Majesty, let's stand."

Everyone was tired all night and didn't dare to sit down at all. Once they sat down, they couldn't get up.

Ning Chen pressed his hand, "Sit down and talk, rest for a while, at least you can recover some strength."