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Chapter 778 Surprise attack on Yancheng
Yancheng and Dancheng, one in the south and one in the north, were like two nails driven into the border by Zheng Guo.

Although the Chinese Empire was unwilling to climb mountains and cross rivers to invade the Zheng State, the Zheng State still stationed large armies in these two cities.

Yancheng is close to Jin State. There is a small mountain road between the two countries that is passable, but it is easy to walk.

However, in order to make a surprise attack on Yancheng, Xuanyuan Lingyu chose this most difficult mountain road.

Although the horses are a bit busy, they will encounter very few civilians along the way, and their whereabouts will be kept relatively secret.

Especially the last thirty kilometers took two hours, which was basically the speed of a person walking.

However, once you arrive at Yancheng, there is a road that leads directly to the capital of Zheng from the west gate of Yancheng.

Although there are three cities in the middle, in Xuanyuan Lingyu's eyes, they are like walking on flat ground.

Let me ask you, who can stop the Chinese Empire's army in today's world, and it is the most elite first main army.

The city of Yan is not very big, but in order to prevent attacks from the eastern powers, a strong city wall was built.

This kind of city wall built on the mountain, even with stone sleepers from the top, can kill the enemies below, not to mention the defensive equipment such as bows and arrows, crossbows.

The only drawback is that there is no large trebuchet.

In fact, small countries like Zheng and Yue did not have many large-scale siege equipment. Only powerful dynasties like the Zhou Dynasty had trebuchets.

It was already dark, and Xuanyuan Lingyu led the army to the north gate of Yancheng.

"Your Majesty, do you want to launch a siege directly?"

Xuanyuan Lingyu looked at the city gate and asked in a low voice.

"Does this small city need any strategy for the First Legion? Just kill it and be done with it."

Lu Hao responded with a smile.

"Cao Ming, you lead people to go over and kill the guards at the city gate. Then I will lead the army to rush in."

Xuanyuan Lingyu ordered.

"As ordered!"

Cao Ming loudly accepted the order and left.

Now, with a dozen good men, they arrived at the city gate under the cover of night.

It's a pity that the soldiers here didn't expect that the Chinese Empire would come over so quickly, and there were only a dozen guards on duty.

"kill!"

Cao Ming ordered loudly.

He led a dozen soldiers to fight in.

bang bang bang...

Continuous gunshots rang out, and the dozen or so soldiers guarding the city had no time to react before they were shot and fell down.

"All soldiers, rush in!"

Seeing that the gate of the city had been occupied, Xuanyuan Lingyu led the army and rushed out.

Only then did the defenders of Yancheng react and rush to the city gate for reinforcements. Unfortunately, they could not stop the elite troops of the Chinese Empire at all.

The Chinese Empire's army divided into several groups to pursue the defenders. The five thousand Zheng soldiers were completely helpless and were completely wiped out.

With the current 100 troops of the First Army, each man is equipped with [-] rounds of ammunition. Even if there are [-] million people, they can withstand the enemy's offensive.

Five thousand soldiers were not even enough to fill the gap between the teeth, not to mention that no grenades and kerosene bombs were used, and even explosive bags were omitted.

The city of Yan was indeed not big, and there were not many civilians living in it. Seeing the Chinese Empire approaching, those civilians quickly closed the door.

The soldiers of the Chinese Empire had strict military discipline and had no intention of disturbing the common people.

"Dear common people of Yancheng, I am the Yongtai Emperor of the Chinese Empire. Don't panic. Our Chinese Empire's army has strict military discipline and will never kill innocent people indiscriminately, let alone rape, abuse..."

"I hereby announce that starting from today, Lincheng will be merged into the Chinese Empire. You will also be subjects of the Chinese Empire and be protected by the laws of the empire..."

Lu Hao's voice instantly covered the entire Yancheng.

What?Emperor Yongtai?
"The Emperor Yongtai who killed the God of Light is here?"

"The Chinese Empire just declared war on our country Zheng a few days ago. Didn't you expect it would come over so quickly?"

"As long as he doesn't kill people or set fire to people, we won't provoke them."

"Yes, if Zheng is really destroyed, we will really be subjects of the Chinese Empire!"

"..." Countless people in Yancheng were talking about it.

However, they were very smart, and no one stood up to cause trouble or object, lest they be bloodbathed.

"General Xuanyuan, I will stay in Yancheng tonight to let the soldiers have a rest. In addition, I will send people to guard the area to guard against enemy sneak attacks."

Lu Hao reminded with a smile.

"The Emperor isn't going to leave again, is he?"

Xuanyuan Lingyu asked.

"No, I'm going to the City Lord's Mansion to rest, so I won't accompany you to clean the battlefield."

Lu Hao laughed happily.

To be honest, killing five thousand Zheng soldiers and capturing Yancheng was just the first step in a long march of thousands of miles.

Therefore, Lu Hao was not in a hurry and let the soldiers who had traveled a long distance have a good rest.

Besides, there is plenty of food and grass in this city, which can also provide a good supplement to the physical fitness of the war horses.

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Xunyang City, the capital of the State of Zheng.

Early the next morning, General Zheng Guohua, who was mobilizing his army and preparing to rush to aid Yancheng and Dancheng, received a shocking news.

"You... what did you say?"

General Zheng lifted up the soldier who was delivering the message.

"Qi… General Qi, Lin… Lin city has been lost and occupied by the Chinese Empire."

The soldier was so frightened that his teeth chattered.

"Impossible! Didn't they go to Jin?"

General Zheng was so angry that he threw the soldiers out.

"General, what should we do now?"

A lieutenant next to him asked.

"If Yancheng is captured, it will open the door to Zheng State. The army of the Chinese Empire can march straight in and enter the capital."

General Zheng looked at the map and his face became extremely ugly.

"General, coming from Yancheng, there are still three cities. We should move our troops eastward as soon as possible and occupy the largest city of Hanzhou..."

The deputy general pointed at the map and spoke.

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and gather the army and set off. I, the general, will go to the palace to see the king, and then he will follow the army."

Zheng Guohua said loudly.

"Yes, General."

The lieutenant quickly took the order and left.

Zheng Guohua did not dare to delay and immediately rode towards the palace on his war horse.

In the palace at this time, Zheng Yuanjie also got the news and was stunned. He didn't know what to do.

We just said yesterday that we would have peace talks with the Chinese Empire, and today they opened the east gate. Isn't this a slap in the face?

To put it bluntly, the Chinese Empire has never thought about peace talks and marriage, but is determined to destroy the Zheng State.

"The lord, the lord..."

Zheng Guohua hurried in.

"General, I already know that Yancheng has been occupied."

Zheng Yuanjie seemed calm.

"The general has already sent out the vanguard army, hoping to capture Hanzhou City in advance before the Chinese Empire breaks through Hanzhou City and block the Chinese Empire's westward advance."

Zheng Guohua said loudly.

"Soldiers are extremely valuable! This sentence is absolutely true! They came so fast!"

Zheng Yuanjie sat slumped on the dragon chair and muttered to himself.

(End of this chapter)