Chapter 145 The heroine Di Ji who died for her country (twenty-four)
Although he complained about it, Lin Zhen was actually quite satisfied with the result: neither side started a fight, but just talked a little bit, and Zamul honestly led the Xiongnu army out of Yucheng.
This is a large city with high walls and deep trenches, the gateway to the capital, and it was captured without even using a single soldier.
What's the difference between picking up such a big bargain without any effort and pie-in-the-sky!
As for whether the Xiongnu would be furious after hearing the news...that was none of her business.
Lin Zhen watched the Xiongnu army leave with satisfaction. It was not until the last Xiongnu soldier left Yucheng that she reorganized her team, and while riding her horse forward, she said to Li Mo, "Let's go. After passing Yucheng,
You can see Kyoto.”
The gate of Yucheng was opened quietly like that.
The army passed through the city gates silently, walked through the silent streets, and then saw this chaotic and desolate city.
After being occupied by the Xiongnu, Yucheng was quite quiet. Only the hurried footsteps of the army and the clatter of horse hooves could be clearly heard echoing in the empty streets.
Walking in the city, you can't see many pedestrians. Occasionally, a figure flashes past the corner. Even if he walks very fast, you can see his tattered clothes, which can barely cover his body, and his skinny figure.
The body and ribs almost pierced the skin.
The streets that were supposed to be bustling and bustling were empty, except for some broken and broken objects that the Huns army had not had time to take away, scattered on the ground, looking a bit messy.
Lin Zhen sighed and put the account on the Xiongnu's head for the time being, along with Jiang Xing's share, and would settle the accounts with them later in the year when he has time.
She galloped down the street on horseback.
Although Yucheng is in a dangerous location, it is not particularly big. It is only five or six miles from the north gate to the south gate. Lin Zhen led the army through Yucheng quickly, and then followed the avenue outside the south gate of Yucheng.
Keep walking forward, there are no obstacles along the way, and everyone soon arrived at the foot of the capital of the Chu Dynasty.
The walls of the capital city are very high, and the moat outside the city is deep and fast, making it look impregnable and solid.
No wonder Zamul lingered there after he captured Yucheng. It seems that no reinforcements came from Mobei. It would be thankless to attack the city by force, so he could only wait in the city for a while. After all, if a city as strong as Beijing is, if
If there is no one in the city to take over, it will still take a lot of effort to capture the capital.
Lin Zhen looked at the closed city gate in front of him and sighed with some joking: "At least the defenders in the capital still know how to close the city gate to resist the enemy. With Jiang Xing's behavior, he didn't directly order people to open the door and surrender. It was very difficult for him to open the door and surrender.
It’s rare.”
It is indeed rare for this kind of behavior to appear in Jiang Xing.
Li Mo felt that compared with Jiang Xing's past behavior, he was able to defend the capital this time when the Huns were about to attack the city. This was already a very praiseworthy thing: "No matter how mediocre Jiang Xing is, he would never dare to betray his ancestors."
Throw Sheji aside, right? It’s rare to do something that’s not so stupid.”
Of course, ceding land is ceding land, and seeking peace is all for the sake of being able to continue to live in a corner and sit on the throne. There is a big difference between ceding land and directly subjugating the country. I think Jiang Xing is not that outrageous.
They were all beaten right at the door of their house, why should they stand up and resist?
Just as he was thinking this, Lin Zhen looked up at the city wall again, and was surprised to find: "Hey, there's no one on the wall?"
There were only a few flags stuck on the wall, floating feebly in mid-air, and a few humanoid objects under the flags stood motionless.
After taking a closer look, I realized that they were actually a few straw men with straw stuffed in their armor. If it hadn't been for a ball of straw emerging from the gap in the armor, it would have been hard to see that they were standing blankly on the city wall.
The defenders turned out to be fake.
Other than that, there was not a single soul on the wall.
Li Mo also rode his horse forward, head-to-head with Lin Zhen. When he saw clearly the situation on the city wall, he couldn't help but frowned and said: "Your Highness, there is no one defending this city, but they are using straw men's bluff...
"
Why are straw men used in place of the defenders on the city? Is it possible that there is such a shortage of soldiers in the capital?
Lin Zhen also felt a little confused. She could only attribute this kind of weird thing to Jiang Xing acting like a monster again: "Could it be that Jiang Xing did something else?"
Judging from Jiang Xing's behavior, it is possible for him to do anything outrageous. If there are no defenders on the walls of the capital and the placement of the scarecrow has something to do with him, then it sounds very reasonable.
But the problem is that the scarecrow cannot move or speak, and can only stand there blankly. In this case, how are they going to contact several internal agents in the city?
After watching for a long time, there was still no movement on the city wall. So Lin Zhen rode across the white stone bridge outside the city gate, stepped forward and tentatively knocked on the gold-iron city gate with the handle of the spear in his hand: "Hey,
anyone there?"
The knocking sound of iron sheets could be heard from the city gate, but other than that, no other sound was heard.
Come to think of it, there are no defenders on the city wall, so how could there be one behind the city gate?
Li Mo felt a little worried about this: "Your Highness, what should we do..."
It's really a headache to not know exactly what the situation is in the city.
Lin Zhen raised his head and looked at the tall and strong walls of the capital city, smiled shyly, and said, "Let's go in first and then we'll talk."
Is it not easy to sneak into an unguarded city wall?
Even without Lin Zhen personally taking action, Li Mo immediately understood and sent one of his soldiers to climb up the city wall on a bamboo ladder. He was like an ape climbing a tree, his movements were agile and dexterous, and he quickly rushed up to the city wall.
Take out a big chunk.
After only waiting for about a few dozen breaths, he had climbed to the top of the bamboo ladder, jumped towards the opposite side of the city tower, and landed lightly on the city wall.
After the soldier went up skillfully, he pulled off the head of a scarecrow and looked around. He found that there was no mystery, it was just an ordinary scarecrow stuffed with straw.
He threw the helmet stuffed with straw on the ground with a bang without interest, then poked his head to identify the direction and confirmed that there was no one around, then he quickly ran towards the city gate and opened the city gate of the capital.
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Seeing the city gate open, Lin Zhen and Li Mo quickly led the troops behind them and rushed forward: "Drive!"
