Chapter 563: The Slave's Choice

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Lime bombs exploded one after another on the city wall, the dust drifting into the eyes of the Northern Di soldiers; before long, they were letting out bursts of miserable screams.

Because they had not anticipated at all that the Yanzhou soldiers would suddenly appear at Ning City, there were only a small number of Northern Di soldiers patrolling the city walls at this moment.

Most of the Northern Di soldiers were still fast asleep in their barracks.

Under the bombardment of the mortars, these Northern Di soldiers suffered heavy casualties in an instant, unable to form an effective defense against the attacking Wangfu Army.

On the front city wall, there were gaps everywhere without Northern Di soldiers defending them.

"Crack!" Scaling ladders were leaned against the city wall, and the Wangfu Army soldiers climbed up along them.

Soldiers who had not boarded the scaling ladders held up their rifled muskets and fired at the Northern Di soldiers on the wall, covering the others as they ascended the city.

The sound of "bang, bang, bang" gunfire was incessant.

At the same time, the loud noise at Nanmen startled the Northern Di generals defending the other three city gates.

To them, the thunderous sound of artillery was no longer unfamiliar.

Clearly, something had happened at Nanmen.

Consequently, they immediately dispatched soldiers to head toward Nanmen.

It was just that the artillery had not only attracted the attention of the Northern Di soldiers, but also the attention of the Song People within the city.

During this period, the leaflets that had fallen from the sky had long since spread among them.

They all clearly understood one thing: Yan Wang was coming to take back Ningjin Dusi and rescue them.

For over ten years, this was the first time the garrison of Ning City had been in such a panic.

They could almost conclude that Ning City was under attack.

"Is it the troops of His Highness Yan Wang?" in a slave barrack in Ning City.

The slaves all sat up, their ears listening intently to the commotion outside.

The sound of artillery and rumbling, along with a sound much lighter than the artillery, rang out continuously.

"Who else could it be besides Yan Wang?"

"Exactly,

that paper said Yan Wang was coming to save us, and now he has really come."

"..."

In the darkness, the slaves could not see each other's faces, but one excited voice after another rang out in succession.

Over these years, they had suffered enough of the Northern Di people's enslavement.

It was just that they knew resistance meant only death, so they had no choice but to endure it.

But now, Yan Wang's soldiers might be right outside Ning City; as long as they broke into the city, the slaves would be free.

"What do we do now? Are we just going to wait here?"

"Besides waiting, what else can we do? And this is the safest way. If Yan Wang's troops win, we are saved; if Yan Wang's troops lose, we just act as if nothing happened."

"Coward! What if Yan Wang's troops are just a hair's breadth away from winning? We absolutely cannot stand by and watch. Even killing one Northern Di dog is helping Yan Wang's troops," one person said loudly.

At this moment, their conversation attracted the attention of the Northern Di soldiers on guard.

The tent flap was lifted, and a Northern Di soldier barked: "Shut up, all of you! Whoever dares to say another word, I'll kill him..."

His words stopped abruptly, as if his throat had been gripped by someone, and he kept making "ugh, ugh" sounds.

Before long, the sound disappeared completely.

"I killed the Northern Di soldier. You all decide what to do: either come out with me tonight, or wait to be beheaded by the Northern Di soldiers tomorrow," a crisp and decisive voice rang out in the darkness.

"Yan Wang, you damn bastard, you're really going to get us killed! Brothers, what are we waiting for? Let's revolt together!" The Northern Di people had always been extremely cold toward them, the Song People slaves.

If one person killed a Northern Di soldier, everyone in the entire barrack would be implicated.

Now, even if he didn't want to revolt, he had to.

Having said that, the slaves rushed out of the barracks one after another.

There were not many Northern Di soldiers usually guarding the slave barracks.

After all, in Ning City, for slaves to revolt was equivalent to seeking death.

At this moment, a large group of slaves rushed out from the barracks; how could the dozen or so Northern Di soldiers hold them off?

After hacking and wounding a few slaves with their blades, they were overwhelmed by the slaves.

Having killed the guarding Northern Di soldiers and seized their weapons, Yan Wang shouted to the other barracks, "What are you still waiting for? Yan Wang's troops are right outside the city gate! Are you prepared to be cowards for the rest of your lives and continue being enslaved by the Northern Di people?"

"Stand and die or kneel and live—choose for yourselves! I, Yan Wang, have had enough and don't want to miss this opportunity. Those of you with guts, follow me!"

Having said that, Yan Wang charged toward Nan Cheng first.

Yan Wang's words carried far into the dark night, and commotion continued to erupt from the slave barracks.

They scrambled to find anything that could serve as a weapon and followed after Yan Wang.

With someone taking the lead, most of the slaves summoned their courage and caught up with the group.

There were also malicious slaves who feigned rushing out of the barracks only to sneak off and report to the Northern Di people.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

"Bang, bang, bang..."

"..."

Just as the slaves were rioting, Qin Shan and the soldiers had already charged into Ning City.

The small number of Northern Di soldiers at Nan Cheng were no match for them at all.

They quickly took control of the entire Nanmen and the nearby city walls.

It was just that Qin Shan understood this was only the beginning; the Northern Di soldiers within the city would soon arrive to contest the Nanmen with them.

However, he was not worried about this at all.

Having taken Nanmen, he was already in an invincible position.

Now, he ordered the soldiers to place the Mortars on the city wall.

He also ordered the Rifled Musket troops to form three lines on the city wall.

With the high ground of Nanmen in his hands, and his Prince's Personal Army holding Rifled Muskets, how could his eight thousand soldiers possibly lose to over ten thousand Northern Di soldiers armed with swords and bows?

Moreover, sixty thousand of the Prince's Personal Army were arriving in succession; his reinforcements were plentiful.

"Anda!"

Sure enough, before long, the Northern Di soldiers rushed over from the other city gates.

As the roars grew closer, Qin Shan ordered the Artillerymen to fire a Cannonball into the distance.

The moment the Cannonball exploded, it was like thunder illuminating the entire sky.

The figures of the Northern Di soldiers were also reflected in the eyes of the Wangfu Army soldiers.

"Fire!"

Seeing the Northern Di soldiers enter within the two-hundred-meter range, Qin Shan gave the order.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Dense gunfire rang out instantly, and the Mortars also launched Cannonballs into the air one after another.

However, at this moment, the illumination effect of the Cannonballs was greater than their lethality.

"Ah, ah, ah..."

As the guns and cannons rang out, the screams of the Northern Di soldiers filled the dark night.

Although the night prevented Qin Shan from seeing the entire battlefield, he could imagine that within a two-hundred-meter radius, there were corpses of Northern Di soldiers everywhere.

"Qin Shan, I have arrived."

As the fierce battle was in full swing, a voice suddenly rang out; Guan Tong had arrived leading his troops.

Now, they also held the advantage in numbers.

Qin Shan laughed and said, "You are too late; Ning City has already been taken by me."

"Bullshit, until all four city gates are taken, it cannot be called taken." Guan Tong chuckled and said to the soldiers behind him, "What are you waiting for? Follow me to the other city gates."

Having said that, he led his troops around the city wall toward the East Gate.

Qin Shan shook his head, then suddenly heard waves of battle cries coming from the air.

These battle cries did not sound as resonant and powerful as those of the Wangfu Army soldiers; they seemed somewhat chaotic.

At the same time, some houses in the north of the city seemed to have been set on fire.

The red glow of the fire illuminated the sky.