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Chapter 128 A Clever Plan Leads to the Capture of Lanzhou

Upon receiving the news at the Prince Su's residence, Prince Su, Zhu Shihong, nearly collapsed to the ground. He was only able to sit down with the help of those around him.

"What should we do? What should we do?"

"Your Majesty, let's escape quickly!"

If we don't escape now, it will be too late.
I've heard that the People's Salvation Army loves to raid and confiscate the property of high-ranking officials and nobles, and even execute their entire families.

"Very well, very well, quickly send someone to inform the Princess Consort to pack her valuables and leave the palace."

At this moment, Zhu Shihong was completely panicked and had no idea what to do. So after being reminded, he immediately gave the order without saying a word, and he also got up and quickly went to the backyard.

Just as Geng Junjie, the prefect of Lanzhou, and Zhu Shihong, the Prince of Su, were preparing to flee the government office, the prince's residence, and even Lanzhou itself.

At the city gate of Lanzhou, a major event is also taking place.

As Wang Chao and his entourage entered the city gate, General Zhou Shaohua's face suddenly turned cold, and he shouted in a chilling voice:

"Do it!"

"kill!"

"Kill!"

With a loud shout from Zhou Shaohua, hundreds of soldiers rushed out from behind the city gate and charged towards the dynasty.

During the more than ten days that the city was besieged by the militia, Zhou Shaohua had already come up with countless countermeasures.

However, the gap in combat strength is simply too great.

When the People's Salvation Army fought them honorably, all his strategies and tactics became useless.

In the end, all he could think of was a solution that wasn't really a solution.

That is, a feigned surrender.

He planned to feign surrender outside the city, then lure the bandit leader Wang Chao into the city, and take advantage of Wang Chao's carelessness to gather his soldiers and kill him together.

When the bandit leader dies, the remaining militia will surely fall into chaos.

This is their only way to survive.

Even if the remaining militia eventually descended into madness, stormed the city, beheaded its inhabitants, or even massacred the entire city of Lanzhou, he would still feel it was all worthwhile.

At least, he eliminated a major threat to the Ming Dynasty.

However, this plan was extremely risky, and he did not even consult with the prefect Geng Junjie or Prince Su Zhu Shihong.

After all, if the plan fails, the city gates will be wide open, and the enemy will be waiting to enter.

Moreover, even if they succeed, they might still face a brutal massacre by the militia.

He has made himself, the entire city's inhabitants, Prefect Geng Junjie, and Prince Su Zhu Shihong all sacrifices.

Neither Prefect Geng Junjie nor Zhu Shihong could possibly agree to his insane plan.

However, no matter how good the plan is, it has one premise: that the dynasty is just an ordinary person, or just an extraordinary person who is slightly stronger than an ordinary person.

However, the truth is that dynasties have transcended the realm of ordinary mortals.

Therefore, he could not possibly succeed from beginning to end.

Or rather, he knew that his plan had little chance of success.

However, this was the only solution he could think of.

Upon seeing the numerous soldiers charging towards him, Wang Chao merely gave a disdainful sneer.

Wang Chao realized Zhou Shaohua's intentions when they first met.

The negative spiritual forces rising from him, such as hatred and murderous intent, along with that hint of tension and excitement, were all too obvious.

The reason why the dynasty didn't expose them immediately was simply because it wanted to take advantage of the situation and more easily storm into the city.

"Ah!"

Seeing Zhou Shaohua also pull out a dagger from his pocket and stab him, Wang Chao reached for his waist with his right hand.

"bass!"

In an instant, a bright flash of light appeared and disappeared within the dimly lit city gate passage.

A bitter smile suddenly appeared on Zhou Shaohua's face. Had he really failed?

Zhou Shaohua staggered forward two steps again, and as he opened his mouth to say something, a line of blood suddenly appeared on his neck.

The next instant, Zhou Shaohua's head rolled to the ground.

Upon witnessing this sudden turn of events, the numerous Ming soldiers who had been charging towards the dynasty were momentarily stunned, then their faces showed sorrow as they gritted their teeth and charged at him once more.

"kill!"

Wang Chao coldly uttered a single word, and then took the lead in charging forward.

"Ding Dong!"

"Pfft!"

"chichichi"

As expected, the scene was a one-sided massacre.

The moment he stepped out of the city gate, Wang Chao's internal energy surged, and he swung his long sword sharply to the right.

"bass!"

A flash of brilliant light appeared, and a crescent-shaped blade of energy slashed out.

"Pfft!"

In the next instant, a soldier holding a tinderbox, who was about to light the gunpowder fuse, was instantly cleaved in two by the sharp blade.

The tinder in his hand fell limply to the side, less than half a meter away from the gunpowder fuse.

However, he could no longer light it.

"Tsk!"

Seeing this, Wang Chao couldn't help but sigh slightly, thinking that Zhou Shaohua was indeed a ruthless person.

"Xiao Yun, you lead a squad of soldiers to occupy the city gate and clear out the remaining Ming troops in the vicinity."
The rest of you, follow me!

After glancing around, Wang Chao immediately led the rescue army into the city.

The Ming soldiers they encountered along the way had absolutely no courage to resist. Upon seeing the militia for the salvation of the people, they immediately turned tail and ran away.

If there is really no way to escape, then kneel down and surrender without any hesitation.

The dynasty and their men hadn't experienced any fighting at all; all they needed to do was receive prisoners.

Upon seeing this, the dynasty began to divide its troops to occupy key locations and three other city gates.

When they arrived at the city center, the number of the rescue army following the dynasty had dwindled to less than a thousand.

However, that was enough.

After glancing to both sides, Wang Chao hesitated for a moment before issuing the order:

"Zhao Hong, you will lead two detachments of soldiers to capture the Prince Su's residence."

"Jiang Bo, come with me to the prefectural government office."

Although the Prince Su's mansion may have gained more, after all, the wealth of a Ming Dynasty prince is famous in later history.

However, the princes of the Ming Dynasty didn't concern themselves with such matters. To obtain information about Lanzhou and maintain order in the city, one still needed to go to the prefectural government office.

Upon arriving at the prefectural government office, Wang Chao and his companions were surprised to find no guards.

They arrived at the back office without any obstacles, only to find it completely empty.

When Wang Chao and his group arrived at the inner courtyard where Geng Junjie lived, they found Geng Junjie's family in a state of chaos, along with maids and servants, but Geng Junjie himself was nowhere to be seen.

Just as the family members, maids, and servants were frantically trying to escape, they bumped into Wang Chao and his group. They were immediately terrified, their faces turning pale, and they hurriedly squatted or knelt on the ground.

After questioning, Wang Chao learned that Geng Junjie had already fled with his wife and children.

Now all that remains are maids and servants, as well as unimportant concubines.

"Jiang Bo, send men to search the area. Kill anyone who resists."

"Yes!"

After ordering Jiang Bo to search for and kill him, Wang Chao went to the prefect's office.

It was merely the prefectural governor's office, so naturally it wasn't worth the dynasty's attention.

"Li Hei, summon the people from the Administrative Affairs Department."

"Yes!"

Since the dynasty wanted to completely occupy Lanzhou, how could it not have made preparations in advance?

He had already prepared a team, just waiting to take over Lanzhou so he could quickly take over the city's administration, appease the people, and investigate illegal activities.

As orders were issued, order in Lanzhou quickly began to stabilize.

Meanwhile, Zhao Hong led four hundred soldiers to the Prince of Su's residence.

The gates of the Prince Su's mansion were tightly closed, and it was quiet inside.

However, Zhao Hong's powerful hearing allowed him to hear the suppressed breathing behind the door.

"Hey!"

Zhao Hong curled his lip and gave a malicious sneer.

"Today is the day for me to display my divine power!"

"Set up the formation!"

Zhao Hong suddenly shouted.

"Yes!"

Instantly, all the soldiers obeyed the order.

To be honest, Zhao Hong did not have the ability to set up a military formation that could cover more than 400 people, let alone fully mobilize the strength of everyone for his own use.

However, he can take shortcuts.

Each squad is a small group, centered around the squad leader, gathering the strength of everyone into one body;
Immediately afterwards, two squads formed a unit, and the squad leader gathered the strength of the two squad leaders into his own body. Then, a team and a sentry were formed, layer upon layer, until finally the strength of the sentry soldiers was all gathered into the sentry leader.

Finally, Zhao Hong only needed to gather the strength of the two sentry commanders to achieve the goal of mobilizing more than 400 soldiers.

However, this was not achieved through his own true strength.

Therefore, the drawbacks are also enormous.

First, there's the preparation time. It requires mobilizing resources at each level and summarizing everything, which takes at least a dozen breaths.

If it were during a battle between two armies, how would they have time to prepare?

Secondly, at least 30% of the power will be lost in this process, and Zhao Hong may not even be able to mobilize and utilize 60% of it.

However, at this moment, Zhao Hong had no need to worry about these drawbacks at all.

At this moment, none of the people in the Prince's mansion dared to rush out and interrupt.

Moreover, they don't need to engage in prolonged large-scale battles, nor do they need to worry about losses.

As everyone responded, the corresponding official positions within their bodies began to circulate, and the iron-blooded killing intent above them immediately crashed down.

He gradually connected with everyone, and the power of the crowd began to form a mysterious connection, converging on Zhao Hong step by step.

At that moment, Zhao Hong felt a surge of powerful true energy flowing into his body, causing him to feel a throbbing pain.

However, at the same time, he could also feel that as this abundant true energy surged into his body, his body seemed to possess endless power, as if he could split the heavens and the earth with a single strike.

"Choke!"

"what!"

Zhao Hong suddenly drew his sword, shouted loudly, and slashed down with all his might. The true energy that had surged into his body, along with his own true energy, was all unleashed in one go.

"boom!"

In an instant, a sharp blade of light suddenly slashed down.

At the same time, cracks appeared on the long sword in Zhao Hong's hand.

"click"

"Boom!"

"boom!"

In the next instant, the long sword in his hand also turned into countless fragments, shooting out forward like a rain of flowers.

"whoosh whoosh"

"chichichi"

"Puff puff"

"Boom!"

As the blade flashed, countless fragments of longswords shot into the air. The gate of the Prince Su's mansion was instantly torn apart by the violent force, collapsing with a deafening roar, and bricks and stones flew everywhere.

"what!"

"Help!"

"monster!"

"Run!"

In an instant, a series of shrill screams and frantic sounds of people fleeing for their lives came from behind the door.

However, while this attack was indeed incredibly powerful, it also consumed a great deal of energy.

Everyone felt weak and limp, and it took several breaths for them to catch their breath. Looking at the mess in front of them, they couldn't help but click their tongues in amazement.

Although the power is greatly consumed by connecting forces through array formations, its power is indeed astonishing.

Unfortunately, the formation techniques employed in this way cannot be used as a regular method unless the commander-in-chief can perform them alone, covering the entire army.

Just like Wang Dahu, who dared to charge back and forth among tens of thousands of troops with only a few hundred soldiers, although he could not defeat the enemy, the enemy could not do anything to him either.

"Haha, brothers, follow me and charge in! Don't let a single one escape!"

After resting for a while and recovering his strength, Zhao Hong let out a loud roar and charged towards the Prince Su's mansion.

The People's Salvation Army behind him immediately followed and stormed into the Prince Su's mansion.

(End of this chapter)