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Seeing that the four of them looked rather unpleasant,

Zhao Yuan then learned about what was happening in Qingzhou City.

It should be considered a failure.

Sure enough, as soon as Guan Sheng entered the tent,

He then apologized to Zhao Yuan.

"Chief, we are incompetent,"

"Failed to capture Qingzhou City under cover of night."

"General Guan, please rise."

Zhao Yuan helped the man up.

"This is not the general's responsibility."

Liu Tang, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but speak up as well.

"Chief, you have no idea how cowardly Murong Yanda is."

"We disguised ourselves as routed soldiers and arrived at the walls of Qingzhou City,"

"Then he sent those surrendered government troops to call for the city gates."

"Who would have thought that the corrupt official was afraid we would take advantage of the situation and seize the city?"

"He immediately ordered the routed soldiers to hide outside the city,"

"They said they would wait until dawn,"

"Our identities have been verified,"

"Only then will they be willing to open the city gates."

"We only exchanged a few words outside the city walls,"

"That corrupt official then ordered his men to fire arrows,"

"How can this city gate be opened by deception?"

"Hmph, if I were here,"

Black Whirlwind boasted,

"Go straight ahead and grab these two axes,"

"Then they cleaved the city gate open!"

Liu Tang gave Li Kui an annoyed look.

“There’s also a moat outside Qingzhou City,”

"He didn't even lower the suspension bridge,"

"You black bastard, are you trying to swim across?"

Li Kui then remembered,

The moat outside Qingzhou City

He could only scratch his head and remain silent.

Zhao Yuan also frowned and said,

"This corrupt official is so cautious,"

"Since the strategy has failed, it seems we have no choice but to launch a direct assault on Qingzhou City."

"But in this way,"

"At that time, this battle,"

"The casualties are likely to be considerable."

Xu Guanzhong pondered for a moment and said,

"Chief, Qingzhou and Zizhou were the first battles we fought after leaving Liangshan,"

"This battle must be won quickly,"

"We must show the might of Liangshan!"

"Or we could use gunpowder to blow up the city walls,"

"Just like Zengtou City back then,"

"How about we take Qingzhou?"

"That's fine,"

Zhao Yuan nodded.

"Let's do as the strategist arranges."

...

On the second day,

Murong Yanda stood on the city wall,

Looking down from the city wall,

The dark mass of Liangshan soldiers

Suddenly everything went black.

You'll fall straight to the ground.

Dong Ping, who was standing nearby, quickly helped him up.

"If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have let Ji Anbang raid the camp last night,"

Murong Yanda said with a bitter face,

"Now there are less than two thousand soldiers left,"

"How are we going to defend this city?!"

Dong Ping frowned as he looked at the Liangshan army formation below.

Seeing Liangshan emerge from the formation,

Several trench-filling vehicles were deployed.

Then,

Several more Liangshan leaders rode over.

Dong Ping immediately felt something was off.

Liangshan sent out a trench bridge.

It's clearly intended to be built over the moat.

But if we want to storm the city...

They should have used battering rams to break open the city gates.

Those trench-filling vehicles were at best...

All they could do was fill in the moat.

Looking at this scene,

Dong Ping's heart skipped a beat.

Suddenly, I remembered a piece of news I had heard before.

He quickly turned to Murong Yanda and said...

"Something terrible has happened, sir..."

Chapter 1580 Escape

"what happened?"

Although Murong Yanda was puzzled,

But he himself dared not.

Let the Liangshan soldiers approach the city gate.

He hurriedly ordered the imperial guards archers in the city to draw their bows and prepare.

Below the city wall.

Zhao Yuan, accompanied by Hua Rong, Pang Wanchun, Guan Sheng, and others,

They were about to enter the range of the archers on the city wall.

They all stopped immediately.

When everyone saw Murong Yanda,

He was actually standing on the city wall wearing an official robe.

Hua Rong and Pang Wanchun exchanged a glance.

They then drew their bows and nocked their arrows.

He shot directly at Murong Yanda.

Murong Yanda on the city wall

Upon seeing two Liangshan leaders below, they retrieved bows and arrows.

He was immediately frightened and shrank behind the battlements.

"what!"

He dodged like that,

The two soldiers standing behind him

He immediately encountered great misfortune.

Each of them was pierced through the chest by a sharp arrow.

He immediately collapsed to the ground.

Murong Yanda saw that it would only take the blink of an eye.

Two soldiers died right in front of him.

He was so frightened that he trembled all over.

This fellow didn't dare to stand up.

He shouted that.

"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow quickly!"

The archers on the city wall heard his order,

They all drew their bows and fired arrows down towards the city walls.

However, Zhao Yuan and his men below the city wall

They all stood outside the archers' firing range.

They couldn't be hit at all.

Murong Yanda peeked out from behind the battlements.

Seeing that ordinary bows and arrows were ineffective against Liangshan,

He then hurriedly gave the order.

Have the guards on the city wall use the crossbow.

While the crossbow was blocking the Liangshan soldiers,

Dong Ping quickly moved closer to Murong Yanda.