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Lu Junyi led several hundred cavalrymen into Yanzhou City.

He did not seek credit.

Instead, he commanded his troops to defend the city gates.

To receive the main army that followed and bring them into the city.

Lang Eyan saw that Lu Junyi and Yan Qing were already leading their troops up to the city wall.

I also felt embarrassed.

He charged headlong into the three stubborn defenders.

"Be careful!"

Lang Eyan cut down two people.

Then they heard the clansmen behind them scream.

A cold glint of light shot straight toward his face.

It seemed that Lang Eyan was about to die under the guards' swords.

Suddenly, a cold star flashed by.

The guard who was wielding his sword suddenly had a crossbow bolt lodged in his throat.

He rolled over and fell to the ground.

Everyone turned to look and saw that Yan Qing had saved Lang Eyanming's life with a crossbow bolt.

Lang Eyan, who had narrowly escaped death, also breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned over, knelt down, and kowtowed.

"Thank you for saving my life, General."

Yan Qing helped Lang E to restore the name of the rock.

"Now we are both people of the Great Liang,"

"We should help each other."

Lang Eyan got up and returned the bag tied around his waist to Yan Qing.

"The garrison is small, and they didn't use divine thunder."

Firearms and mines are controlled items in the military.

Record how much was used.

Yan Qing couldn't use it to do favors.

Take the bag,

It was returned to Lu Junyi's personal guards.

The guards opened the bag.

After checking the number of fire mines, they put them away.

Lu Junyi had just directed his troops to deploy their forces both below and on the city walls.

The sound of horses' hooves grew louder as they approached.

However, the city's garrison arrived after hearing the bugle call.

"These are Liang troops. Retreat."

The Western Xia general, who was charging ahead, saw the soldiers in black armor on the city wall.

A gasp of surprise

They turned their horses around and fled.

The barbarian soldiers behind them recognized the army of the Great Liang.

Chaos erupted immediately.

The person in front immediately reined in their horse.

The people behind couldn't stop in time and crashed into it.

After a burst of horse neighing and shouts,

The garrison of Yanzhou fled in panic just over a hundred paces away.

Deng Fei, who was waiting in full battle array below the city, saw the Western Xia troops in disarray on the street ahead.

He turned and shouted towards the city wall.

"This humble general requests permission to pursue and kill the Western Xia troops."

Lu Junyi saw that the dust kicked up by the charging army outside the city was not far away.

"Alright, then you can lead your troops to drive all the soldiers out of the city."

"Order."

From afar, the garrison of Yanzhou watched as the Liang army surged in like a flood bursting its banks.

They fled for their lives.

Soon, the army outside the city also arrived.

Lu Junyi divided his troops to seize the four city gates.

Send another troop to wipe out the barbarian soldiers in the city.

In less than half an hour,

The sounds of fighting ceased in Yanzhou City.

Most of the troops fled at the first sign of trouble.

Most of the soldiers who could not escape surrendered.

Only a few people put up a stubborn resistance.

They were easily wiped out by the veteran soldiers of Liangshan.

Entering the yamen,

Lu Junyi's personal guards immediately brewed two cups of tea.

Open the tea lid,

The aroma of tea immediately rose into the air.

The tea used was the kind of tea that Lu Junyi usually drank.

But after drinking water that tasted like leather for three days in the desert,

Suddenly, fresh tea was served.

The tea seemed to smell much better than usual.

Lu Junyi drank a cup of tea.

Only then did he reluctantly put down his teacup.

"Yanzhou has been captured,"

"What's next?"

Yan Qing also put down his teacup.

"Why don't we just stay and hold out in Yanzhou?"

"Although Xue Sichang on Huanqing Road wanted to block Renzhong's troops in order to find a way to survive."

"But with 200,000 troops, he might not be able to stop them."

"Renzhong's subordinates are mostly from the Jianing Military Command and the Xiangyou Military Command,"

"They should head to Yanzhou after they return."

"We can wait in comfort and then give them a good beating."

Lu Junyi thought for a moment,

"Could they head north along the Lingzhou River to rescue Xingqing Prefecture?"

Yan Qing laughed, "Look at how the garrison of Yanzhou fled at the first sign of trouble today."

"The Western Xia troops are probably terrified."

"Renzhong's army fled all the way back,"

"They probably won't go to the Yinchuan Plain to die again."

Lu Junyi nodded and said, "That's what you saw too."

"His troops have also traveled thousands of miles,"

"Let's rest in Yanzhou."

"If military merit comes knocking on our door, we'll gladly accept it."

If not, then so be it.

Yan Qing said, "Even if the master doesn't send troops, we can still achieve some merit."

Chapter 1935 Yan Qing's Method

"Oh? What do you mean?"

When Lu Junyi heard Yan Qing say this,

They also became interested.

He placed the teacup that his personal guard had just replaced on the table and looked at Yan Qing.

Yan Qing laughed and said, "Judging from the garrison at Yanzhou just now,"

"The Western Xia people have been so badly defeated by us that they are terrified of us."

“We can try to persuade some tribes to surrender,”

"It's not like we could take several cities without lifting a single soldier."

Lu Junyi also understood immediately.

He immediately sent his personal guards to fetch Lang Eyan's name.

In the hall where Lang Eyan was named,

He bowed to the two of them.

Lu Junyi pointed to a chair on one side and said, "Sit down."

"Thank you, General."

Lang Eyan bowed again.

Then he sat down.

Lu Junyi said, "This time, we will seize Yanzhou,"

"The credit for seizing the gate belongs to your department."

"Do you want to join the military or become a civil servant?"

Lang Eyan said awkwardly, "I don't know many characters."

"I'm afraid I can't be a civil servant."

Lu Junyi laughed and said, "That's fine."

"To govern a prefecture where various tribes reside together,"

"We still need some people who are knowledgeable about the affairs of each department,"

"It is not necessary to be literate."

Lang Eyan heard Lu Junyi say this.