Chapter 97

"Kill!!"

The moment Huang Zhong and his men launched their attack, someone discovered them and rushed to the Prefecture Office to report to Zhang Mancheng.

Zhang Mancheng was instantly enraged: "Scoundrels! These imperial dogs have such audacity to sneak into the city—do they want to break the city? Wishful thinking!"

"Pass on my order: quickly go to the South Gate and East Gate to mobilize 40,000 troops to support the West Gate;"

"I will lead the 10,000 men at the Prefecture Office to support first!"

"Right! Tell Han Zhong and Sun Xia to bring my 2,000 Huang Jinlishi to me without fail."

Saying this, Zhang Mancheng began to assemble his soldiers.

However, in the middle of the night, the Yellow Turban Army was merely a rabble; one can imagine their speed of assembly.

After more than ten minutes, the soldiers gathered around Zhang Mancheng were not even a thousand.

"Boom—!!"

At this moment, the sound of thunderous hoofbeats came from the western main road.

Zhang Mancheng turned his head in a panic, his face filled with disbelief.

"Impossible! This can't be! How could the enemy army be this fast?"

"Kill!!"

But in just this short span of time, countless torchlights, like a long dragon, were charging toward him.

"Retreat! Follow me and retreat to the East Gate!!"

Facing such a reality, Zhang Mancheng no longer held any delusions, nor did he think of continuing to resist here. He immediately vaulted onto his horse and, with a roar, led his men to retreat toward the East Gate.

"Zhang Mancheng! Where are you fleeing to!!"

At this moment, Su Xuan's roar came from behind.

Su Xuan gathered the power of the military formation, added it to his bow and arrow, and fired a shot.

"Rip—!!"

The feathered arrow transformed into a blinding red streak, tearing through the sky at a terrifying speed, shooting toward Zhang Mancheng.

Zhang Mancheng felt a chill down his spine; his Transformation Realm danger perception made him subconsciously lean forward to dodge.

But could he be faster than an arrow reinforced by the power of a 2,000-man military formation?

"Puff!"

Halfway through his lean, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and a mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth.

He looked down at his chest in disbelief.

Instantly, he saw a steel arrow piercing through his chest, the arrowhead covered in blood, flickering with a cold, icy glint under the torchlight.

A blood hole the size of a bowl had been blasted into his chest by the power of Qi and blood and raw force.

If not for his heart-protecting mirror and his sternum blocking it, the arrow would likely have pierced him through completely and flown into the distance.

Furthermore, Zhang Mancheng felt a scorching force rampaging inside his body, burning his internal organs.

"What virtue or ability do I have to deserve such treatment?"

This thought flashed through Zhang Mancheng's mind.

The next moment, his vision went black, and he completely lost consciousness.

With a "thud," he fell from his still-running warhorse, rolled several meters on the ground, and stopped moving.

"Commander!!!"

"Oh no! The Commander has been hit by an arrow! The Commander has been hit by an arrow!"

"The Commander is dead! It's over!!"

"I surrender!!"

Seeing Zhang Mancheng shot dead, the surrounding Yellow Turban soldiers, already terrified and losing their wits, instantly lost all morale and fell into despair.

Some threw down their weapons and chose to kneel in surrender.

With others taking the lead, the rest followed suit, dropping their weapons and joining the ranks of those surrendering.

"Those who surrender will not be killed!!"

Only then did Su Xuan's roar arrive.

Seeing that these Yellow Turban soldiers had already taken the initiative to surrender, he was speechless.

He immediately spurred his horse forward, cut off Zhang Mancheng's head, hung it on the side of his horse, and led his army to clear out the Yellow Turban soldiers near the Prefecture Office who had not yet finished assembling or surrendering.

He accepted the surrender of those Yellow Turban soldiers.

"The Lord's archery is divine! My archery is already far inferior to the Lord's!"

Huang Zhong rode over at this time and praised with a smile.

"Huang Hansheng, you are too modest! Your archery is actually not much worse than mine!"

Su Xuan shook his head modestly, then whispered to Huang Zhong: "Quickly take men to search the western courtyard of this Prefecture Office; find the Qian Liang that Zhang Mancheng stored here, especially the gold, silver, copper coins, as well as jade and antiques!"

"The Anwei reported that Zhang Mancheng looted the wealth of the entire Wancheng and many existing clans and wealthy families in Nanyang;"

"This is not a small sum; we cannot let Qin Jie and the others see it and take it for themselves;"

"After finding it, coordinate with the Anwei to move it away as quickly as possible and hide it in the secret locations prepared in the city in advance, understand?"

This was definitely a huge sum; Su Xuan could not bear to leave it for Qin Jie and the others.

Fortunately, he had been prepared, having sent Anwei and merchant association members to set up underground treasure vaults in several places in the city months in advance to store wealth.

Then, recently, through Han Zhong and Sun Xia, he had already inquired about the approximate locations and amounts.

"Yes!"

Hearing this, Huang Zhong's expression tightened; he hurriedly cupped his hands in acknowledgment and immediately led several hundred soldiers and dozens of Anwei members to storm into the Prefecture Office.

However, it took only ten minutes to find the location of Zhang Mancheng's treasure vault in the Prefecture Office.

They began to coordinate with the Anwei to quietly transfer these treasures and wealth.

After a rough count, this treasure was worth at least several hundred million coins.

Meanwhile, Su Xuan continued to lead Dian Wei to clear out and accept the surrender of the Yellow Turban soldiers here.

He was in no rush to attack the South Gate and East Gate.

As for the East and South Gates, after Qin Jie and Xu Qiu received the news, they delayed for more than ten minutes before launching an attack on both city gates.

"Kill!!"

For a time, the East and South Gates were filled with the sounds of killing and soaring flames.

It was also at this time that Han Zhong and Sun Xia received Zhang Mancheng's order and led their respective 1,000 Huang Jinlishi and 20,000 Yellow Turban soldiers to leave the East and South Gates, rushing toward the Prefecture Office to make a show of support.

On the way, they learned from the deserters fleeing from the Prefecture Office that Zhang Mancheng had already been beheaded and the Prefecture Office had been occupied by the imperial army.