newbobooks Chapter 204 Hu Wei
Chapter 204 Hu Wei
Hearing Zhu Ming's words, the leader of the Black Tiger Camp snorted coldly and stopped answering. He just watched his brothers attack the city with all their might.
The entire East City was filled with shouts of killing and flames shot up into the sky. The people in the city were also panicking and asking what was happening outside the city.
Zhu Ming stood on the city wall, looking at the leader of the Black Tiger Camp from afar and overlooking the entire battlefield.
An inexplicable sense of heroism arose in his heart, and his hands trembled along with the roars of the soldiers.
Not out of fear, but out of excitement.
He drew his bow and aimed his arrow at a thief who was trying to climb up the city wall.
At the sound of the bowstring, the thief fell to the ground.
Seeing people dying in front of him, the expression on Zhu Ming's face remained unchanged.
Although this was his first time killing someone, it did not shake his resolve at all.
After all, these thieves were just a group of bandits who made a living by robbing people on the road, and they had no equipment or experience in siege.
Seeing that the people they brought with them suffered heavy casualties, the bandit leaders, who were originally in high spirits, began to feel pain.
These people under his command were recruited with great difficulty.
If we fail here, once the disaster is over and the refugees go back to farming, it will be difficult to recruit people to make a comeback.
"If you don't leave now, everyone in the Black Tiger Camp will die."
A one-eyed bandit leader rode his horse up to the leader of the Black Tiger Camp and urged him in a panic.
After saying that, he waved back and said, "Brothers from Baishan, retreat."
With such heavy casualties, Baishan would not continue to accompany them.
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of thieves who were about to attack the city immediately turned around and ran back.
Looking at the more than one hundred brothers he brought with him, and now only these few are left, the one-eyed bandit leader frowned.
He opened his mouth, but then gave up and left the battlefield with his brothers.
The people in Baishan are still quite loyal, and quite a few bandit leaders even left with their men without saying a word.
As more and more people withdrew from the battlefield, the shouting and screaming outside the city gate gradually became sparse.
The leader of the Black Tiger Camp looked up at the city gate again unwillingly and gritted his teeth in hatred.
Unexpectedly, my ambition to do something big this time ended up hurting me at the hands of this guy.
"Brothers, withdraw!"
He knew that it was impossible to succeed in attacking the city now.
I don’t know what those rebels in the west of the city are doing. With such a big commotion here, they don’t even help share the pressure.
If they respond, it will not be impossible to take over Shanxi.
After hearing the order from their leader, the rebels under the city slowly retreated.
"Your Highness, good opportunity!"
The guard who was guarding Zhu Ming on the side saw that the bandits had retreated and immediately turned to look at Zhu Ming.
Now is a good time to give chase.
"Archer, release your arrows and see the guests off."
Zhu Ming was surprisingly calm at this moment. He did not send the army out of the city to pursue, but just ordered the archers to fire another volley.
"Your Highness, what are you doing?"
The defending general looked at Zhu Ming in confusion as to why he missed the opportunity to pursue.
"What's going on in the west of the city?"
Zhu Ming asked in return, there were more than 3,000 people in the west of the city watching covetously.
Jinghui also understands the art of war, although I don't know why he doesn't join forces with the bandits here to attack me.
But we must never give them the chance to attack the city.
"My grandpa's name is Hu Wei, the Hu Wei who does evil things."
Seeing that all his brothers had retreated and only half of his men were left, Hu Wei pointed at Zhu Ming and shouted viciously.
"Remember this name, I will avenge this sooner or later!"
Hearing Hu Wei's unwilling shouting, Zhu Ming snorted coldly: "I'm right here, ready to accompany you anytime."
After hearing Zhu Ming's response, Hu Wei turned around and led his men back into the forest.
He couldn't even retrieve the bodies of his brothers, and those who were still alive had all seen some blood.
"Clean up the battlefield and give the fallen soldiers a proper burial."
Watching Hu Wei retreat, leaving behind a pile of corpses.
"Where are the bodies of these thieves?"
The guard asked again.
Because they did not go out of the city to engage in close combat with the bandits, the casualties among the soldiers defending the city were not heavy. Most of the bodies under the city walls were those of the bandits.
"Drag him outside to the mountain and let those guys take him back..."
Zhu Ming looked down at the thieves coldly. He felt that no matter how they dealt with the corpses, it would be a waste of time.
It would be better to let these counterfeiters take the things back and deal with them themselves, saving you the trouble.
"Ask Wang Xing to keep a close eye on him. If Jinghui makes any move, remember to notify me."
Zhu Ming sighed again and walked down the city wall.
He had never been good at physical strength, and after this battle, he was exhausted.
"Long live Your Highness!"
Shanxi was held, and the people in the city who survived the disaster came out from their hiding places, looking at Zhu Ming walking down the city wall, and shouted loudly.
Zhu Ming walked among these people and felt a sense of pride rising spontaneously.
"Finished?"
Inside the government office, a group of officials who had no idea what was happening outside listened to the cheers of the people and looked at each other in confusion.
Only from the cheers coming from outside the wall could we guess a little clue.
"His Royal Highness is back."
Seeing Zhu Ming walking back, these people surrounded him and started asking about what was happening outside.
Zhu Ming didn't want to pay attention to them and walked straight inside.
"The enemy has retreated?"
Si Jin watched Zhu Ming walk in and turned around to ask a simple question.
"Yes, there is another group of people in the west of the city."
Zhu Ming nodded. What gave him the most trouble was the three thousand people in the west of the city.
Unlike the mob of guards, those are all armed and powerful soldiers. If they attack the city, it will not be easy to deal with them.
He wanted to take the initiative to attack, but was afraid that the soldiers in the city would suffer heavy casualties.
The safest way now is to wait for reinforcements from all over the place.
"I have a condition."
Si Jin looked at Zhu Ming who was already exhausted and spoke again.
"Give me the prison and a hundred soldiers."
Sijin's serious expression made Zhu Ming a little confused.
What does Sijin want to do with these?
“I always feel like something is wrong.”
Si Jin frowned, and there was a rare change of expression on that cold face.
"it is good."
Zhu Ming thought about it and nodded in agreement.
This prison and one hundred soldiers are not very important matters.
But now I am almost carrying the entire Shanxi province by myself, and I really can't take care of it all.
It would be nice if Sijin could share some of the pressure with me.
"Your Highness, Your Highness!"
Zhu Ming breathed a sigh of relief, went back to his room and lay down. He was so exhausted that he couldn't even lift his hands to wash himself.
I don’t know how long I lay there, when a long-lost voice suddenly came from outside the door, waking up Zhu Ming who was sleeping soundly.
"what happened?"
Zhu Ming frowned and turned to look at the burly man outside the door.