"Ancheng is already under my nephew's control", Zhao Hongrun did not say this casually.
In fact, seven days ago, he had secretly asked the Green Crows and the Black Crows to sneak into An City in disguise, and they cooperated inside and outside to seize the city gate, making it easy.
No, when Zhao Hongrun led 30,000 merchant navy troops to Ancheng around Zishi, the Green Crows and Black Crows in the city were already impatient.
Under the cover of night, hundreds of Green Crows and Black Crows launched sneak attacks on the four gates of An City around midnight, leaving the Longxi Wei army and generals guarding the city no chance to sound the alarm.
"Huh, boring."
The leader of the black crows, Sangyao, complained in low spirits, and ordered the black crows under his command to open the southern city gate and let in the Shang Shui army who had been waiting outside the city.
This is the first time the Black Crowes have collaborated with the military.
In fact, Zhao Hongrun's original definition of the Black Crows was an assassin force that cooperated with the army to capture the city. It was different from the Green Crows, who were mainly hidden thieves who collected intelligence: the Green Crows could be understood as scouts and agents, so
They need to master a lot of knowledge in gathering intelligence; while the Black Crows are pure killers, they only need assassination training.
In fact, during the crusade against Chu, Zhao Hongrun began to try to get the Black Crows to cooperate with the army to attack the enemy. For a time, the Chu army was completely defeated. Unfortunately, the Black Crows and the army had not yet gotten along, and King Lu Xi of Qi came to the rescue.
As a result, Zhao Hongrun lost the opportunity to continue to train the Black Crows, a rare force.
This crusade against the Wei family in Longxi also happened to be an opportunity to train the Black Crows, so Zhao Hongrun sent the Black Crows over.
However, due to the poor vigilance of the guards at various gates in An City, the Black Crows were more or less unsatisfied - before they even exerted any force, all the guards died.
What kind of exercise?
What makes the Black Crows even more displeased is that the Green Crows, who are the evaluators, are also taunting them and pointing out the various oversights they have made.
In the end, one of the captains of the Blue Crows, Duan Shiyi, concluded: If we, the Green Crows, were present in Ancheng, it would be impossible for the Black Crows to seize the city gate.
"Hey hey hey hey..."
Faced with Duan Shiyi's slander, Mangya Jiejie smiled strangely. Suddenly, he raised his right hand, and with a whoosh sound, he shot a sleeve arrow from his sleeve, and without even looking, he knocked out a sneaky figure.
The Wei soldiers in Longxi who sounded the alarm were shot to death.
Seeing this, Duan Shiyi's expression became even weirder, and he muttered sourly: "What's there to be proud of? It's just...it's just the second generation sleeve arrows, we also have the first generation sleeve arrows..."
However, his words were almost unconvincing. After all, both the Green Crows and the Black Crows knew that the second generation sleeve arrows made by the Smelting Bureau were much more powerful than the first generation, because the Smelting Bureau finally developed a
A mechanical part called a spring replaced the original tendons.
This is the real reason why the Green Crows ridicule and slander the Black Crows - the Black Crows are an assassination force. Their equipment is the latest developed by the Manufacturing Bureau, and the Blue Crows are very jealous.
"Don't worry about it, don't care about it." A Black Crow came out and said with a bad smile: "You Green Crows are mainly responsible for inquiring about information. Why do you need so many murderous weapons? In fact, we are not used to using this kind of weapons.
Weapons kill people, there is no feeling at all, but this thing is pretty good..." As he said that, he pulled out a special weapon from his waist and licked the blade with his tongue.
It was a three-edged, thorn-shaped weapon.
The faces of the nearby Green Crows were even more ugly, because this kind of weapon had much stronger penetrating power on leather armor than previous daggers. It could pierce the enemy's heart almost in one stroke, quickly inflicting death on the enemy.
It will kill you faster than cutting your throat.
However, currently, only the Black Crows are equipped with such weapons, not even the Green Crows.
"...Unqualified! In short, it is unqualified!"
Seeing the squawking of the black crows, the green crows felt angry.
At this time, another leader of the black crows, "Bait", came here wearing black night clothes. Seeing the black crows and the green crows staring at each other, he said in a deep voice: "Stop making trouble, His Highness King Su has entered the city.
Okay, everyone does his or her job!"
"Tsk!"
The nearby Green Crows and Black Crows curled their lips, and then left one after another, leaving only the Mourning Crow standing there, looking at more and more torches in the city.
That was actually the Shang Shui Army. Each torch represented a Shang Shui soldier.
"Your Highness is quite high-profile this time..."
Bai came over and said calmly: "Let us control the city gate quickly. It is just an assessment of our Black Crows... I don't think His Highness Prince Su has any intention of killing all the Wei clan in Longxi. He is just trying to scare the other party."
, by the way, let the Shang Shui Army get familiar with the new tactics... Cooperate with my Black Crows to seize the enemy city."
When the mourning crow heard this, Jie Jie smiled strangely and said: "I really miss the time when I was killing people in Chu State. It was so... fufu fufu, it was such an unforgettable pleasure..." Then his tone suddenly changed and he became furious.
He scolded: "But this time, too weak, too weak, a bunch of trash, I wasted all my energy before..."
Bait rolled his eyes, he had long been used to it - they had a lot of black crows, and most of them were mentally ill murderers.
At the same time, the merchant navy was rapidly attacking Ancheng.
Bai's guess was correct. This time the merchant navy adopted a new tactic, that is, the army cooperated with the Black Crows, an assassination force, to fight. This was very different from the conventional method of warfare.
Generally speaking, the Black Crows control the city gate, snipe and kill the enemy generals, and then use the army to defeat the enemy while they are in panic.
Although this tactic seems despicable, the efficiency is staggeringly high. No, in just half an hour, the Shang Shui Army successfully controlled half of Ancheng. Poor Wei clan in Longxi did not understand what happened.
He was forced by the soldiers of the Shang Shui Army to drop their weapons with crossbows and choose to surrender.
"Report! Suppress the main street in the south of the city!"
"Report! Suppression on the Second Street in the West of the City!"
"Report! Suppress everyone in the east of the city!"
Near the south gate of Ancheng City, Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Shui Army, rubbed his chin and listened to the continuous reports, with a strange expression on his face.
"The Black Crows... are really powerful."
Wu Ji sighed secretly in his heart.
He knew very well that if the merchant navy only came to attack at night, they would not be able to capture the city gate without alerting the defenders in the city, let alone suppress the defenders in the city.
With the help of the Black Crows, this night attack on the city became extremely easy.
Fortunately, the night attack to seize the city was not the entirety of the war. Otherwise, Wu Ji was really worried that the role of the army would be outshone by the "special" assassination force of the Black Crows.
"General, your highness is here." Standing nearby, the guard seemed to have seen something and reported in a low voice.
Wu Ji turned around subconsciously, and sure enough he saw Zhao Hongrun leading five clan guards, Wei Jiao, Lu Mu, Zhou Pu, Mu Qing, and Chu Heng, riding horses slowly into the city.
"Your Highness." Wu Ji's face straightened, he quickly rode his horse forward, and saluted Zhao Hongrun with cupped fists.
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand to signal Wu Ji not to be formal, and then he asked with a chuckle: "How is the battle going?"
"There are still some people in the north city who are resisting, but the other three sides are almost suppressed." Wu Ji said with a smile.
After saying that, he realized that the Shang Shui Army was able to suppress the Longxi Wei soldiers in the city so quickly this time almost entirely thanks to the Black Crows. There was really nothing to complain about, so he stopped smiling.
Seeing Wu Ji's gloomy expression, Zhao Hongrun didn't say anything.
It has to be said that he is quite satisfied with the cooperative combat between the Shang Shui Army and the Black Crows. Unfortunately, the defenses on the Wei side in Longxi were so weak that the running-in exercise for troop training almost turned into a
A crushing crush.
If it were during a war, the enemy city's defense would not be so weak.
"Forget it, let's meet the father of the Wei family for a while first."
With a sneer, Zhao Hongrun, followed by Wu Ji and all the clan guards, slowly headed towards the Li Mansion in the city.
Although Ancheng at this time was noisy and noisy, in fact it was just the northern city. At least in the south of the city where Zhao Hongrun passed, it was controlled by the Shang Shui Army. On both sides of the street, there were soldiers of the Shang Shui Army holding torches.
Occasionally, one can see groups of Longxi Wei soldiers who had their weapons and equipment removed and were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands.
After about a cup of tea, Zhao Hongrun arrived at the mansion where the father-in-law of the Wei family in Longxi was staying. It was a mansion with a plaque that read "Ancheng Li Family".
At this time, the Longxi Wei soldiers on duty outside the Li Mansion have all been subdued by the Black Crows - this is Zhao Hongrun's request, and he will not kill anyone if he can. After all, his purpose is to make the Longxi Wei clan surrender, not
Kill them.
Under the escort of a group of Shangshui soldiers led by Wu Ji himself, Zhao Hongrun walked into the Li Mansion and went straight to the north room of the mansion.
Along the way, many Longxi Wei soldiers who had noticed something was wrong came to stop them, but they were either knocked unconscious or killed.
This kind of weak defense made Zhao Hongrun feel even more stunned.
Logically speaking, the Wei family in Longxi has been fighting Qin for so many years, so they shouldn't be so unwary, right?
"...Or do they naively think that I will lead my army to attack after sunrise?"
Zhao Hongrun thought about it and still felt that the latter guess was more reliable.
However, in fact, almost no one in the Wei family in Longxi thought that as a descendant of the Zhao family, he would really disobey the Wei family. This was the fundamental reason.
After subduing groups of Longxi Wei soldiers, Zhao Hongrun went straight to the main north room of the mansion and kicked open the door.
Immediately, the Shang Shui soldiers behind him quickly poured into the house.
On the bed in the bedroom of the house, a young woman with tender skin and tender flesh was looking at the Shangshui sergeants who came in in horror, her whole body trembling with fear.
"It's quite white...fuck!"
Zhao Hongrun glanced at the little woman casually, and then he wanted to dig out his eyes - what kind of little woman was that? She was a boy who put on rouge and powder, the so-called "hustler" (TMD company)
This is all a child."
"Then what kind of father?" Zhao Hongrun asked the young and beautiful boy with a dark face.
The boy shook his head in horror.
"Not there? It's so late at night, my clothes are here, and the doors and windows are closed. It's impossible to go far..."
Zhao Hongrun looked around for a few times, then nuzzled his lips toward a standing cabinet in the room.
Wu Ji understood, walked up and opened the standing cabinet, and immediately saw a man wearing only single clothes hiding inside, probably about fifty or sixty years old.
Eyes facing each other.
Zhao Hongrun looked at the other person with a half-smile.
As for the man who was suspected of being the father of the Wei family, his face was full of fear and anger, and his wrinkled old face was twitching.
"I heard that you are looking forward to this king coming to see you? But why are you hiding in the closet?...Did I come at the wrong time?"