Chapter 197: Confiscating the Wang residence, daring to defy the heavens!

That night.

The fine, moist spring rain was silently weaving a layer of hazy, light gauze, shrouding the sky above Jinyang City, as if it were an invisible and transparent net.

The puddles on the bluestone-paved ground were splashed by horse hooves.

After the scattered water columns fell, they slowly gathered again.

A thin layer of water mist was also attached to the armor of Duan Yu, who was riding the Ink Jade Qilin Beast.

Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu, leading forty personal guards, followed on horseback on both sides behind Duan Yu.

Further back were five hundred Liangzhou soldiers.

Nearly six hundred people walked on the streets of Jinyang City, and apart from the sound of footsteps, breathing, and the friction and collision of armor, there was no other sound.

The distance from the county office to Wang Rou's residence was not far.

After passing through two streets, Duan Yu's group of six hundred had already arrived within a few hundred meters of the Wang residence.

"Li Jue, Guo Si." Duan Yu, riding on his horse, looked at the Wang residence with its gates tightly closed not far away.

"The end general is here."

Li Jue and Guo Si stepped forward and cupped their hands to receive orders.

"You two each lead one hundred men to surround the back courtyard of the Wang residence; without my order, no one is to be let out."

"The end general obeys."

After Li Jue and Guo Si responded, Duan Yu ordered again:

"Li Meng, Wang Fang, you two each lead one hundred men to surround the left and right sides of the Wang residence; do not even leave out the courtyard walls."

Li Meng and Wang Fang, wearing armor, stepped forward to receive orders.

"Gao Shun." Duan Yu glanced at Gao Shun, who was at the very front of the team.

At this time, Gao Shun was no longer the Gao Shun of over a month ago.

His figure was increasingly burly, but that expression, which was always stiff, had not changed at all.

Still that same deadpan look.

"The end general is here." Gao Shun stepped forward to receive orders.

"Call the gate."

After Duan Yu gave the order, Gao Shun immediately gave a look to Chen Qing'an, who was standing beside him.

Chen Qing'an, who understood, pressed one hand on the hilt of his sword and led four soldiers straight to the gate of the Wang residence.

At this time, the two vermilion-lacquered gates of Wang Rou's residence were tightly closed.

Chen Qing'an stood in front of the gate and grabbed the copper ring embedded in the door to knock.

"Who is it?"

Just as Chen Qing'an knocked on the copper ring, a voice came from inside the gate.

"Open the gate, the County Lieutenant wants to see Wang Ji," Chen Qing'an shouted.

It was quiet inside the gate for a moment, but then a man's unfriendly voice came.

"My young master has ordered that he will not see guests."

"No matter if it's the County Magistrate or the County Lieutenant, we will report the news to the young master ourselves; you all go back."

The person inside the gate replied.

Chen Qing'an turned back to look at Gao Shun and Duan Yu.

Duan Yu nodded with a cold gaze.

Following Duan Yu's nod.

Gao Shun, who had been prepared, immediately waved his hand.

Then, the Liangzhou soldiers standing behind him lifted a small battering ram from the ground.

It was a huge log, as thick as an adult's thigh and sharpened at the end.

About twenty people hugged it together and headed toward the steps of the Wang residence gate.

At this time, inside the Wang residence gate.

A dozen private soldiers of the Wang residence were standing inside the gate.

Leading them was a middle-aged man wearing armor.

The middle-aged man pressed his ear against the gate, as if listening to the movement outside.

"My lord, they wouldn't dare to charge in, would they?"

"Yes, my lord, it should be fine, right?"

"He is just a small County Lieutenant; surely he wouldn't dare to really force his way in?"

The burly middle-aged man turned back to look at the guards behind him and was about to say something when a loud noise suddenly came from outside the gate.

Before the middle-aged man could react, a large hole was smashed directly into the two gates.

Boom—Crack!

The door panels shattered.

The battering ram crashed directly into the gate, embedding itself inside.

The unlucky middle-aged man standing in front of the gate didn't even have time to react and dodge, and he was knocked out directly.

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he fell to the ground unconscious.

While the other private soldiers were still in a daze.

The battering ram was pulled out, and then several iron hooks hooked onto the smashed hole.

"Lift!"

A synchronized shout.

The iron chains tightened instantly.

The hooks embedded into the smashed hole, and the two gates, which were thicker than a palm, were instantly torn open.

"Bad news, someone is breaking into the residence!"

"Bad news, someone is breaking into the residence!"

Only then did the private soldiers who had reacted start shouting loudly.

But by this time, the Liangzhou soldiers outside had already killed their way in.

Holding shields in one hand and swords in the other, they formed a neat row and advanced into the residence.

Although Wang Ji's home also had dozens of private soldiers wearing armor.

Yet, how could these pampered private soldiers have ever seen such a scene?

Not to mention that those who came were not commandery soldiers or county office officials, but Liangzhou soldiers whose combat effectiveness was firmly ranked in the top three in the entire Great Han.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Liangzhou soldiers, who fought against the Qiang tribes all year round, were the elite of the elite.

Seeing this scene, some of the private soldiers were so scared they stood frozen in place.

Others simply threw away their weapons and surrendered.

However, there was still resistance.

More than twenty Xiongnu people wearing Xiongnu clothing and shouting in the Xiongnu language stood in the front courtyard of the mansion, holding bows and arrows and firing in volleys.

But the vast majority of the arrows were blocked by the Liangzhou soldiers holding shields.

Seeing this scene, Gao Shun, who was following behind the hundred Liangzhou soldiers, shouted loudly: "Stop!"

"Bows and arrows, fire!"

The twenty archers following behind the sword-and-shield soldiers raised their bows and arrows and fired a volley.

The twenty-something Xiongnu people had no shields to block, and five or six of them were hit by arrows in an instant. ===== CHAPTER 199 =====