Chapter 32

South Asia, Niuhou Man.

The army, ready for battle, was assembling.

With a long saber at his waist, Zhang Cheng was observing the city in the distance with binoculars.

Standing beside Zhang Cheng, Niu Er stepped forward and said: "Master, the garrison army has finished assembling!"

"Then attack, take down Niuhou Man, and take the silver home!"

Turning around to speak, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but reveal a smile.

"Take down Niuhou Man, take the silver home!"

Letting out a roar, Niu Er roared at the garrison army at the foot of the mountain.

"Take the silver home!"

Letting out hysterical sounds, the garrison soldiers roared with blood-red eyes.

Because the battle of Li Chao had completely opened up everyone's desires.

Facing these backward "countries," they didn't even need to dodge the rain of arrows; they just had to charge forward and swing their sabers.

Watching the army attack like a long dragon, Zhang Cheng also leaped onto his horse and drew the long saber at his waist.

Although he didn't have the talent of a commander, he understood one thing: shouting "charge" is never as effective as "follow me"!

In the somewhat narrow mountain cliff, the Niuhou Man general looked at this group of well-equipped troops and immediately roared: "Release arrows, release arrows!"

"Clatter!"

The rain of arrows fell like a downpour, but when they hit the armor, they made crisp clanging sounds.

Lowering his body, Zhang Cheng was the first to charge forward, holding his long saber and slashing down.

"Pfft!"

Blood sprayed, and the armor was instantly dyed red.

Facing the fallen soldiers, Zhang Cheng's eyes remained unchanged.

Because Niuhou Man was an important link connecting Dali; if they couldn't take it down, they couldn't use it as a springboard to attack Dali at all.

And Dali was an important strategic link for the future.

Taking Niuhou Man and occupying Dali would allow them to directly attack the various tribes of Tubo, and then Western Xia, Gaochang Uyghur, the Liao Kingdom...

Although every country along this road needed to be fought, Zhang Cheng believed that no one could stop a sharp blade forged from threaded steel!

"Kill!"

Standing on the hill and turning to roar, Situ Yaozu roared while gripping his long sword tightly.

"Kill!"

Charging up like a tide, the garrison soldiers scrambled to move forward.

An hour later, the battle ended.

Sitting in a temporarily erected tent, Zhang Cheng wiped the blood from his face.

"Cousin, Niuhou Man has sent an envoy, intending to negotiate!"

Coming before Zhang Cheng, Situ Yaozu immediately spoke up.

"Refuse them!"

Shaking his hands dry, Zhang Cheng spat out a breath of turbid air.

"I understand!"

Hearing that Zhang Cheng had no intention of negotiating, Situ Yaozu hurriedly walked out.

And just at this moment, Niu Er ran over and said: "Master, a letter from Bianliang!"

Opening the envelope, Zhang Cheng looked at the handwriting on it, a smile appearing in his eyes.

Because Imperial Consort Pang had indeed lived up to expectations and given birth to an imperial prince!

Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but laugh loudly.

Because if there were no imperial prince, how could he be the regent in the future!

"Send a message to Chai Wenyi, send the things I prepared into the palace; remember, you must have him arrange for two 'trustworthy' people to protect the prince!"

Looking at Niu Er, Zhang Cheng turned serious.

"Understood, Master!"

Nodding, Niu Er spoke again: "However, there are still quite a few rebellions in Li Chao..."

"Register the households, implement the system of collective responsibility; if one person rebels, the whole village becomes slaves. I want to see if their bones are hard, or if my saber is hard!"

Speaking with a face full of coldness, Zhang Cheng turned and left the main tent.

He didn't have time to play guerrilla warfare with those monkeys in Li Chao; since they wanted to rebel, then go to the Great Song and be slaves.

Anyway, Chai Wenyi was complaining that the human trafficking business was not easy to do, so let him get busy.

These South Asians were white-eyed wolves to begin with; if you are good to them, they will treat you like a fool instead.

His benevolence was not meant to be used on barbarians!

Zhang Cheng: We are envoys of the Celestial Empire, and you don't even call me 'Father'; aren't you just asking for a beating?

Situ Yaozu: Cousin, they hadn't even opened their mouths before you chopped them!

"Yes, Master!"

Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Niu Er turned and went down.

A few days later, Niuhou Man capital.

Looking at the soldiers stationed on the city wall, Zhang Cheng, who rode out, grabbed a slave and said: "Tell them to surrender!"

"Listen, people inside the city wall, my General orders you to surrender; otherwise, after the city is broken, not even a chicken or dog will be left!"

Roaring loudly, the slave shouted.

And facing Zhang Cheng's persuasion to surrender, the sky suddenly turned gloomy.

"Clatter!"

The rain of arrows fell, directly covering the sky.

"Clang, clang, clang!"

Just after a crisp sound came from the armor, Zhang Cheng was unscathed, but the slave beside him was unlucky and was directly finished.

Looking at the slave who had been pierced by ten thousand arrows, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but draw his saber and roar: "Attack the city, attack the city!"

"Which slave is this now?"

"Speaking of which, the casualty rate for being a slave in our legion is quite high!"

"One persuasion to surrender, one death; this is almost catching up to the envoys of the Great Han!"

"Stop talking nonsense, organize the army, organize the army; no sheathing the sabers upon entering the city!"

"Kill..."

Roars erupted, and thousands of soldiers roared.

The whole Great Song says the garrison army can't fight, but here, the combat effectiveness of the garrison army is simply jaw-dropping!

Zhang Cheng: The Far East doesn't pay enough; if paid in full, they'll fight the whole earth!

Situ Yaozu: They are purely robbing!

"Niu Er, bring the explosives, shake open this gate for me!"

Arriving under the city gate, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but wave his hand and shout.

"Coming, Master!"

Lighting the special explosive package in his hand, Niu Er hid to the side in fear.

And looking at the thing Niu Er threw out, the surrounding garrison soldiers also hurriedly covered their heads and ran for their lives.

Because everyone had witnessed the fierceness of this thing.

The city gate of Shenglong is thick enough, right? This thing goes off, and the city wall collapses; you tell me if it's fierce or not!

And when the Song dynasty used explosives as weapons, Zhang Cheng had already completed the technological revolution!

"Boom!"

A violent explosion sounded, and the city gate before them shattered, and even the city wall began to shake.

"Retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"

Waving his hand and running backward, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but shout: "Damn it, Niu Er, why did you add more again!"

"Sorry, Master!"

Apologizing beside Zhang Cheng, Niu Er was also full of grievances.

Because when making the explosive package, Zhang Cheng was pointing at the materials and telling him to add more.

Now that there's a problem, he's become the scapegoat again!

"Clatter!"

The city wall collapsed, and the kingdom of Niuhou Man was revealed to everyone.

Looking at this jaw-dropping scene, the Niuhou Man soldiers were completely dumbfounded.

But just at this moment, Zhang Cheng raised his long saber and roared: "Kill for me, no sheathing the sabers!"

"Kill!"

Hysterical roars, and the garrison soldiers who were running wildly behind him immediately turned around.

Facing the garrison soldiers who were like fierce tigers before them, the Niuhou Man soldiers had no strength left to resist at all.

Two days later, various units began to subdue Niuhou Man, and Zhang Cheng also began to mobilize the "auxiliary army" of Li Chao to enter.

Using barbarians to control barbarians, he believed that as an "auxiliary army," Li Chao would return the torture they had suffered twofold!

Sitting on the "throne" in the palace, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but stand up and say: "A barbarian state is a barbarian state; this broken chair isn't even as comfortable as a sofa?"

"Cousin, Dali has sent troops to station at the border!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng, Situ Yaozu turned serious.

Because the current Dali is not something their mere few thousand garrison soldiers can afford to provoke.

Hearing Situ Yaozu's words, Zhang Cheng stroked his chin and said: "No need to pay attention, we need time now!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng looked at the map behind him and said: "No rush, no rush, there's still plenty of time!"

The lithotripsy was very successful, but it was "a billion" times painful. I can manage three updates today, but it's really difficult! Back to the daily five updates tomorrow!

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