Chapter 158 Occupy Zhenyan City! Kill chickens to scare monkeys!
Chapter 158 Occupy Zhenyan City! Kill the chicken to scare the monkey!
Surrendered?
Hear what Nie Lie said.
Qin Yuan looked surprised.
This seems different from what was expected!
This is also the first NPC general Qin Yuan has encountered who surrendered on his own initiative!
When he was planning and even when he entered the city, he had thought that the enemy would resist desperately, and the chance of active or passive surrender would be very low!
At least half of the defenders must be killed before the enemy may be defeated and surrender.
What surprised him even more was that the enemy soldiers were still resisting tenaciously, but the enemy generals were the first to surrender.
According to the previous information, Nie Lie is not a weak person.
I never expected that!
"Assuming you know the truth, I accept your surrender!"
Qin Yuan waved his hand, telling Qinglong Yulin and Black Wolf Emperor Cavalry to stop killing.
Nie Lie also promptly ordered the defenders to put down their weapons and stop resisting!
The battle ended with the defenders surrendering after paying a heavy price.
[Ding, you have gained the allegiance of the general Nie Lie!]
[Ding, you have gained the loyalty of 5431 soldiers! 】
[Ding, you have occupied Zhenyan City and obtained 3,000 taels of gold, 250,000 taels of silver, 90,000 units of grain, and 10,000 units of iron ore. 】
System prompts came one after another.
Qin Yuan received the allegiance of Nie Lie and a group of soldiers.
However, this loyalty is not that high.
If there was an attack from the government, these people would probably rebel on the spot.
As for the supplies obtained by occupying Zhenyan City, they are acceptable.
These are just the supplies in the city's treasury.
If the entire city's money and resources were plundered like the Baihua Palace, this number would have to increase at least ten to twenty times.
But if we do that, the people will have no money or food, and the city will be destroyed.
Qin Yuan did not intend to do this.
Even if he wanted to rob wealth, he would not do anything to ordinary people.
Because in the feudal era, most of the money was in the hands of wealthy businessmen.
Ordinary people only have a little money in their hands.
What's more, with such a small force under Qin Yuan's command, it would be a waste of time to plunder hundreds of thousands of people's money.
"Inform the wealthy merchants, wealthy households, nobles, etc. in the city and ask them to come see me immediately!"
Qin Yuan said to Nie Lie.
He still followed Yuncheng's tactics and only targeted wealthy people.
This is the fastest and most effective way.
At the same time, avoid causing real riots in the city.
If you ask these big families for money, as long as you don't push them too hard, they will naturally take their lives without asking for money. But if you oppress ordinary people too much, it may really lead to popular rebellion.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion in history, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the best example!
"OK!"
Nie Lie took a deep look at Qin Yuan and left with his seriously injured body.
Although the injury was serious, at least it was not fatal. After serving in the army for decades, Nie Lie had suffered more serious injuries than this.
Wan Rongchao led a dozen Black Wolf Emperor Cavalry and followed Nie Lie.
"Call all the soldiers here!"
Qin Yuan ordered.
Many soldiers, driven by the Black Wolf Emperor Cavalry, gathered towards the city gate.
He looked around and saw a dense mass of soldiers.
The soldiers' eyes were filled with anger, sharpness, fear, and panic.
If it hadn't been for Nie Lie's order to surrender, many soldiers would have fought to the death.
Qin Yuan naturally admires such soldiers from the bottom of his heart.
However, he did not dare to let these soldiers take over the city just like that.
Maybe as soon as the front foot left, Yancheng, the back foot, would be lost.
"Junior brother, although you have captured this city, it is a bit difficult to actually control it!"
Tang Zhou came to Qin Yuan and said worriedly.
This is the flaw of our serious shortage of personnel.
As for the Yun family and the Yellow Turban Army in the city, they suffered heavy losses in this battle, with only two to three hundred people left.
There is simply no way to manage and control soldiers that are more than ten times their number.
"It's okay, I have a solution!"
Qin Yuan smiled and said, "The magic that senior brother used just now is really powerful!"
"This is not magic, it's just a little trick!"
Tang Zhou shook his head and said earnestly, "These are all taught by Master. If you understand that skill thoroughly, you should also be able to understand this kind of skill!"
"When I have time, I will slowly understand it!"
Qin Yuan was stunned and sighed softly.
Originally, he wanted Tang Zhou to teach him, but Tang Zhou said that this skill should not be taught.
Although he understood the Taiping Yaoshuren Scroll, the problem was that he was either fighting or on the way to fight, and had no time to calm down and practice.
Kung Fu is different from fighting monsters and upgrading. It requires meditation to improve.
Whether it is the Qinglong Heart Technique or the Taiping Essential Technique, it requires a lot of time and energy.
What he lacks now is these two things.
After all the soldiers were gathered, the Black Wolf Emperor Cavalry soldiers also moved all the supplies from the city's treasury.
He wanted to turn these soldiers who were loyal to the court and obeyed Nie Lie's orders into his own!
After some job changes, he obtained 600 Black Wolf Emperor Cavalry members, including 500 at the third level and 100 at the fourth level.
400 White Dragon Spear Kings (Level 3)
1,431 black shield warriors (second level)
2000 Eagle Eye Shooters (Level 2)
1,000 horse-killing swordsmen (second level)
I have to say that the quality of these more than 5,000 soldiers is quite high.
There are a thousand soldiers of the third and fourth levels alone.
It's just that the military types are a bit different, and most of the soldiers are ordinary soldiers.
It's just that the level of soldiers is relatively high and they should train and fight frequently.
If these thousands of soldiers were advanced or elite soldiers, Qin Yuan would not be able to win this battle so easily.
But now, they are all Qin Yuan’s people!
Moreover, after changing jobs, the strength of these soldiers has made a qualitative leap, and their combat effectiveness has increased by at least five to six times!
After Nie Lie arrived with the wealthy families in the city, a look of surprise and shock suddenly appeared on his face.
He looked at the rows of fully armed black shield warriors, saber swordsmen, and white dragon spear kings.
The army's momentum is overwhelming and murderous intent is rising!
He thought it was Qin Yuan's army arriving at Zhenyan City!
This is indeed a very powerful army, at least much more powerful than the soldiers under his command.
But when I looked closer, I found that there were many familiar faces in the army, and their faces were full of surprise and confusion.
What on earth did Qin Yuan do?
Why did his soldiers completely change their appearance after not seeing him for such a while?
All members put on new equipment, and their strength became more powerful, but at the same time, they also became a little unfamiliar.
"I'm Qin Yuan, I won't say any more!"
"Now Zhenyan City has been captured by me!"
"If you want to survive, just do as I say!"
Qin Yuan repeated what he had said to the merchants of the Yun family to the leaders of the powerful noble clans in front of him.
It's just that the conditions have become higher, and all kinds of money and materials are two or three times that of Yuncheng.
Fifty thousand taels of gold, one hundred thousand units of grain, and at least double the amount of other supplies.
In addition to handing over supplies, each family will also mobilize a group of private security troops to join the city defense army.
"Qin Yuan, is this request too much? We don't have that much money!"
A fat, well-dressed wealthy businessman said with some dissatisfaction, "You are not trying to kill us!"
Poof!
Before the rich businessman finished speaking, a flash of green sword light flashed, and the rich businessman's head fell to the ground and rolled several times. His eyes, with a hint of shock and confusion, were facing the crowd.
Then the headless body fell to the ground, blood splattering on everyone.
