Chapter 32 Break the City
On the official road leading to Cangzhou, a brightly-clad and energetic army appeared. He rode first, and a young general was sitting. His face was gloomy and his eyes were slightly red. He grabbed the reins with his fists tightly, without saying a word, but he waved a whip from time to time to vent his dissatisfaction. The middle-aged man riding with him sat on the horse and looked around, looking around, feeling a little excited, but more were happy.
Following behind was a huge man with an extremely burly figure. He stood on the ground, but was no shorter than the general riding a horse. What was even more strange was that he had a huge copper lion in his hands. Just looking at his unconscious appearance, most people suspected that it was just a copper-plated paper lion.
On the left of the young general are three foreigners with deep eyes and high noses. They all have a somewhat similar appearance, and you can tell at a glance that they are three brothers.
On the right are two men with a tall and straight body, one of them is carrying an extremely huge iron bow behind him. You can imagine that his arm strength is absolutely extraordinary.
Behind them was a group of heroes, proudly dressed in black armor. The armor of these people was extremely thick and made a heavy sound of gold and iron when they walked, but they were still marching like flying with such a large amount of armor. No one fell behind or complained. After a long march, everyone had no heavy breathing sounds, which showed that their endurance was unparalleled in the world. What's even more strange is that after such a long march, everyone looked straight, as if the purpose of their survival was to move forward.
Wherever this army passed, pedestrians looked at each other. They were walking in the middle of the mainland with swaggers. All the vehicles passing by on both sides were avoiding their sides. Even if someone cursed in his heart, they would not dare to show it on their faces, for fear that they would cause death.
They were Xu Haifeng and his group. Since Qin Yong arrived, Xu Haifeng could no longer hold back and immediately took his father to order everyone to develop in Cangzhou.
Although they marched quickly, their target was too big. Before they arrived in Cangzhou, they were discovered by the lookout on the tower. They shouted loudly. The soldiers below hurriedly closed the city gate and pulled up the suspension bridge. They didn't know who the visitor was, but if you were careful, you wouldn't be wrong.
Xu Haifeng stopped the horse five hundred meters away from the city wall. The army behind him stopped moving forward, just like the originally flipped black wave suddenly frozen, giving people a strange and deep feeling, and a cold chill filled the sky above Cangzhou City.
Cangzhou City is the prefecture of Cangzhou. It is stationed in it with a unit of 5,000 people. The garrison was a deputy general named Chen Xinhong. However, although this kind of deputy general who is a local garrison has a large official position, his military strength is insufficient, and only 5,000 is barely called a strong team. Whether it is equipment, morale and combat effectiveness, it is far inferior to the regular army guarding the border.
At this moment, he was standing with the prefect Zeng Zhihong on the city wall. The two looked at the iron army under the city with a worried face. With their eyesight, they could naturally see the extraordinary power of this army. Thousands of people were together, and except for the sound of the wind, they no longer felt a noise. Such military discipline made them feel numb. Look at the soldiers guarding the city, they all showed fear. These rookies who had never been on the battlefield were able to fight against such a wolf-like army.
But since they had stopped in front of me, Chen Xinhong had to bite the bullet and asked, "Who is the general? Why did he lead troops to invade my Cangzhou City?"
Xu Haifeng looked at the city coldly. He didn't have the other person's eyesight, so he naturally didn't know that the other party was already harsh and weak. But with the current strength of the Black Flag Army, he could eat Cangzhou City, so he would not be polite to him: "I am Xu Haifeng from the Black Flag Army. I want to go to the city to do business and open the door for me."
Zeng Zhihong and Chen Xinhong looked at each other. Emperor Xian of Han had long spread the deeds of the Fifth Column all over the world. The Black Flag Army's reputation for bravery is well known. The two of them should not be faked by the banner of the army outside the city, the color of the armor and the strength they showed. However, the other party was in a fierce manner and he was even more polite in his words. It was obvious that the person who came was not good. If they opened the door rashly, they would probably not even have any resistance.
Seeing that there was no news on the city for a long time, Xu Haifeng was worried about his brother and said furiously: "Bear, shoot this suspension bridge for me."
Zhebi responded, took off the Kaitian bow, and shot four arrows in a row. These four arrows were like meteors outside the sky, leaving a bright arrow mark in the eyes of everyone. After two loud "ding" sounds, the two cast iron chains that hooked the suspension bridge were broken in the waist. The suspension bridge that had lost its pulling force hit the ground hard, making a shocking roar.
"Qin Yong, smash the door open for me." Xu Haifeng ordered loudly.
"Yes." Qin Yong happily brought two copper lions to the closed iron gate. He raised the copper lion and smashed it forward.
"Dong...Dong...Dong..." After several loud noises, the gate inevitably walked towards the fate of the suspension bridge, and was actually smashed and paralyzed by Qin Yong alone.
Xu Haifeng waved his hand and said, "Go into the city." After that, he rushed into Cangzhou City first.
Under the guidance of Xu Jiaping, they walked all the way to the south of the city. The Black Flag Army was neatly divided into five people in a row, and walked forward with mighty steps. The pedestrians were afraid of avoiding it. Zeng Zhihong and Chen Xinhong led their subordinates to fall far behind, and they were angry. Although the Black Flag Army was famous all over the world, Xu Haifeng was just a general after all. Their official positions were above Xu Haifeng, but Xu Haifeng didn't sell any accounts at all. However, even if they were ten times more angry, they did not dare to send troops to intercept them. They had to follow behind and see what Xu Haifeng was going to do,"
"It's here." Xu Jiaping suddenly pointed ahead and said.
Xu Haifeng looked at the not-so-tall cell in front of him, with a smell of mold everywhere, and stains could be seen everywhere. His face turned ashen, and the nameless fire burned him even more: "Lin Changkong, send me a message."
"Yes, General."
After a few breaths, a continuous and deep voice sounded. The sound was not loud, but it was melodious and profound. Within a few miles, everyone could hear it: "General Xu of the Black Flag Army had an order, and the soldiers from the prison cells in Cangzhou would immediately come out and line up."
In the prison cell, there was a chaotic roar, and the crowds were as lively as the market. Countless pairs of eyes looked over from the gap. When they saw Xu Haifeng and his party's appearance, their screams were endless.
At this time, Lin Changkong said again: "According to the general's order, the Black Flag Army will do business, and all idle people will avoid it.
Anyone who disobeys the orders-kill,
Anyone who acts slowly - kill,
Anyone who makes noise-kills,
Anyone who is disrespectful to his words and deeds—kill,
Anyone who hides weapons - kill,
Whoever provokes right and wrong - kill."
Zeng and Chen took a breath, with a arrogant tone and domineering behavior. They looked at each other and Chen Xinhong suddenly said to his deputy: "You go and mobilize all the brothers to the playground to gather. No, we are going to fight today."
Zeng Zhihong was stunned and stopped him and said, "General Chen, don't act rashly. You have seen the skills of the two of them just now. This Black Flag Army is obviously well-known. How sure are you? It's better not to sacrifice your life by yourself."
He said this without any concern for Chen Xinhong's face, and pointed out that if he had been against the Black Flag Army, the soldiers under his command would have been killed in vain. If Zeng Zhihong, who had been struggling and crawling in the officialdom for decades, would never have said so directly, and Chen Xinhong would have been furious. But at this time, they had no intention of intrigue. Chen Xinhong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zeng, how could I not know about this? But Cangzhou is my base. If I let others bully and remain indifferent, then I will no longer have to stay in the military camp in the future."
Zeng Zhihong opened his mouth to speak, but finally sighed and stopped dissuading him.
At this time, the door of the prison cell finally opened, and more than ten men came out in a row. Xu Haifeng snatched up and identified one by one, but no one was his brother. When he saw that these people were dressed in the clothes of prison soldiers, it turned out that there was no prisoner.
He turned his head and grabbed a fat prison guard and asked loudly: "Who is the prison boss here?"
After waiting for a while, no one paid attention to him. He laughed in anger and said, "I didn't expect you to be a bunch of hard bones. Okay, the deceased souls that died under my Black Flag Army were not 50,000, and there were 40,000. Even if there were more than 20, it didn't matter."
"I...hehe...hehe...hehe...hehe...hehe...hehe...hehe...hehe...hehe...hehe...hehe...hehe...hehe."
The sudden sound scared Xu Haifeng. He looked down and found that the person who was speaking was the fat prison guard in his hand. It turned out that he was the prison guard. No wonder everyone looked at him just now with strange eyes, and a few people who wanted to answer did not dare to speak.
"Are you the prison head? OK, I'll ask you alone." Xu Haifeng let go of his hand and said as he tried to slow down his voice.
"You always ask, as long as you are in my prison, I will definitely find it." Seeing Xu Haifeng's kindness, his heart calmed down and he spoke fluently.
"Yeah," Xu Haifeng smiled with satisfaction and said, "There is a prisoner named Xu Haitian. In which cell you can take him out."
The fat man's face changed and he lost his mouth: "Xu Haitian, is the death row prisoner who killed Mr. Zhang San?"
"Yes, where is he? Lead my soldiers to take him over, otherwise..." Xu Haifeng didn't say anything, just stared at his neck and looked at him.
The fat prisoner felt a chill, as if the head on his neck had disappeared. He hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, the young man will take someone out to bring out the person you are looking for."
After a while, two soldiers came out with a stretcher made of a door panel. The person on the stretcher shrank and was unconscious. His clothes were torn, and blood whip marks could be seen everywhere. One of his right hands was swollen, and his finger bones were obviously broken.
Chapter completed!