C18 Dead-end

The majority of the Yellow Scarves were made up of peasants who could not eat their fill, and local hoodlums. Apart from the few who were true believers of the Taiping Road, the rest of the army only rebelled against the army because they wanted to fight for wealth. As such, those dignified words were of no use at all. It would be better to just use some straightforward means to tempt them to put their lives on the line. Although Zhang Mancheng had no choice but to use this method to motivate the Yellow Gown Army, he knew that it was the most direct and effective method.

After hearing Zhang Mancheng's words, their eyes turned red, driving their mounts, desperately rushing forward. Their target was not the retreating soldiers, but rather the families on both sides of the street that seemed to have some money. Under the lead of these two people, the entire Nanyang City fell into chaos. Miserable screams filled the entire Nanyang City, resounding through the night sky.

It was all thanks to these greedy yellow-robed soldiers that the soldiers were able to safely return to County Governor Manor. Even Huang Zhong, who was in charge of cutting off the rear, came back unscathed. Furthermore, Chu Gong, who had received the news earlier, knew that the yellow-robed soldiers had breached the city gates. He had gathered all the soldiers and horses in County Governor Manor. Furthermore, the soldiers from the other three gates had returned as well.

Immediately, Luo Yang, who had rushed back to County Governor Manor first, immediately took Chu Gonggong's place and began setting up the County Governor Manor's defenses. Although Nanyang City had already been breached and it seemed like the situation could not be reversed, it was impossible for Luo Yang to give up and sit still and wait for death. As for Chu Gong, as the county governor of Nanyang County, if Nanyang City was destroyed, then he would be unable to escape this calamity. Naturally, he would have to make the final stand.

Very soon, when Huang Zhong came back, Luo Yang immediately ordered for the County Governor Manor's entrance to be closed. He even brought out the fake mountains in the backyard of County Governor Manor and blocked the entrance, blocking it completely. And what made Luo Yang most delighted was that the garrison troops that retreated from the east gate had brought back some special wooden frames. Although these wooden frames were much larger than the walls of County Governor Manor, they were somewhat inadequate. However, Luo Yang still had the soldiers secure the wooden frame to the wall with thick ropes, which could at least provide some form of protection.

After doing all this, seeing that the yellow-robed soldiers had yet to attack, Luo Yang was relieved for the moment. He immediately ran to Chu Gong and kowtowed, "This general has something to do!" Let the bandits invade the city! Lord, please punish me! "

With Luo Yang's bow, Huang Zhong also followed suit and shouted: "No! Lord! Zihui had already reminded this lowly general a few days ago. It was just that this lowly general didn't take it to heart at the time, which was why he lost today! The blame should be on this lowly general! If Master wants to punish, then please punish this lowly general! " Huang Zhong was willing to defend Luoyang not only because he had a good relationship with him, but more importantly, because he had just received news that Luo Yang had not forgotten to send people to bring Huang Zhong's wife and son to County Governor Manor when he retreated. If it were not for Luo Yang, Huang Zhong's wife and son would have already been viciously murdered by the Yellow Gown Army!

Although Luo Yang and Huang Zhong had begged for forgiveness, how could Chu Gong blame them at this moment? The final pass of County Governor Manor was guarded by the two of them! Chu Gong then went forward to help the two of them up, and said, "Han Sheng! Regret! Don't be like this! Thieves with great power! If it weren't for the two of you, Nanyang City would have long since fallen into the hands of the bandits! The destruction of the city today is not due to the two of you passing by.

Huang Zhong and Luo Yang stood up, but after hearing Chu Gonggong's words, Huang Zhong's face was filled with determination as he shouted: "Master! Although the bandits had succeeded today! However, this general would never let the bandits get too proud of themselves! I still have the same words, if a bandit wants to take Nanyang City, then he must first step over my, Huang Zhong's, body! "

With Huang Zhong's words, the officers and soldiers on the left and right were all excited as they shouted in unison. Even Luo Yang, who had always wanted to protect his own life, could not help but be affected by Huang Zhong's heroic spirit. As for the man standing beside Luo Yang, there was no need to talk about that. Looking at the fanatical look on his face, he was afraid that once the Yellow Gown Army arrived, he would be the first to rush out and fight with them.

It was not only the soldiers, even Chu Gong, who was a civil servant, shouted out loud. He took out a sword from his waist that had always been just an ornament and shouted, "I, the big man, have a fierce general like Han Sheng and Zi Hui! There are such strong soldiers here! Why should I not destroy the bandits? Everyone! "Even if we die today, we must at least exert the aura of warriors!"

"Ahh!" All the soldiers cheered in unison as their morale rose to the peak. And at the same time, the yellow-robed soldiers that had already rushed into the city had finally arrived outside County Governor Manor. Sun Xia and Han Zhong knew that they could not go overboard. However, the two of them had already mentally prepared themselves. After annihilating these soldiers, they must properly plunder Nanyang City!

Sun Xia and Han Zhong arrived outside County Governor Manor at almost the same time. When they saw that the soldiers were already on alert, although the two had hundreds of thousands of soldiers in their hands, they simultaneously retreated. After all, the capture of Nanyang City was already a foregone conclusion. If they were to suffer any losses in order to attack the tiny County Governor Manor at the final moment, it would be too bad.

Just like this, the two people with evil intentions looked at each other. Yet, neither of them was willing to take the initiative to give the order to attack. The two commanders did not have any military orders, so the yellow-robed soldiers under them could only stand there in a daze as they stared at County Governor Manor. As for Luo Yang and company who were in County Governor Manor, although they did not understand what those yellow-robed soldiers were up to, it was still good to be able to delay them for a moment!

Just like this, under such a weird atmosphere, the two armies actually dragged it out for more than two hours. Zhang Mancheng, who had rushed over in a hurry, almost vomited blood due to the anger of Sun Xia and Han Zhong when he saw this situation. This time, Zhang Mancheng could no longer endure and directly dragged down the two useless trash, Sun Xia and Han Zhong, with a single order. In a short moment, two bloody heads appeared. It was likely that Sun Xia and Han Zhong already felt extremely regretful before they died. Just this little bit of greed had caused them to lose their lives just like that.

Zhang Mancheng's strict orders had thoroughly intimidated the yellow-clothed soldiers. They didn't dare to have any other thoughts. It was good to be able to get the money, but to be rich, one had to have a life to enjoy it!

If he had known earlier that killing Sun Xia and Han Zhong would have such a good effect, perhaps a month ago, when he had just arrived outside of South Sun City, Zhang Mancheng would have killed these two people and established his prestige. Zhang Mancheng was in no hurry to give the order to attack County Governor Manor. After all, it had already been delayed for so long, so he did not mind wasting more time.

Immediately, Zhang Mancheng spurred his horse forward and shouted as he arrived in front of County Governor Manor's entrance, "Soldiers, listen up! I am Zhang Mancheng, the disciple of the Great Sage Teacher! Now, the heavens were dead! Huang Tian stood up! My master, the virtuous and virtuous Master Huang Tianyi, commanded the army to attack! The imperial government was decaying! We are all good men, there is no need to risk our lives for this rotten imperial court! Now that Nanyang City has been destroyed, if you surrender early, I can spare your lives! "In the future, you will be able to overthrow the imperial government and establish a new dynasty. You are all future meritorious officials, enjoying endless wealth and glory. It's better than losing your lives early!"

Although Zhang Mancheng's words were very tempting, if it was when they had just taken down Nanyang City, they might have been able to persuade a lot of the soldiers to back down. But thanks to the delay of Sun Xia and Han Zhong, Chu Gong, Huang Zhong, and the others had already raised the morale of the officers and soldiers completely. Now, the morale of these officers and soldiers had been twisted into a rope, but Zhang Mancheng's words couldn't shake them at all.

The employee quickly jumped onto the wall, leaned on the wooden frame, and shouted to Zhang Mancheng, "You perverted thief! Don't say such flowery words! We are all warriors of the big men, why would we rely on you, bandits, to harm the big man's people! He had already given up on that idea! If you want to take down this place, then exchange it with your heads! Grandfather would like to see how many heads his own life can be exchanged for! "

After saying that, Wen Fu could not help but loudly shout out. He waved the saber in his hand a few times in the air. It was obvious that he was trying to demonstrate his strength to Zhang Mancheng and the other soldiers of the Yellow Gown Army! On the other hand, Zhang Mancheng's expression became even more unsightly as soon as Wen Fu said the two words "Demonic Way". Now, his face was even more ashen as he coldly shouted and pointed his horsewhip at Wen Ju on the wall. He shouted, "Take his life!"

"Here!" After a yellow-robed soldier behind Zhang Mancheng received the order, he immediately retrieved a set of bows and arrows from his back. Although the Yellow Gown Army didn't have any formed archers, it didn't mean that the army didn't have any archers. Under Zhang Mancheng's command, there were still dozens of archers, but these archers usually didn't participate in battles and were only responsible for Zhang Mancheng's safety. As for the archer who received the order, he was the best archer around Zhang Mancheng. After receiving the order, he immediately nocked an arrow to his bow, aimed at the still ignorant Wen Hou, and shot an arrow directly at him.

It was only at this moment that Wen Hou noticed the arrow shooting towards his throat. However, the arrow was so fast that even if he wanted to dodge it, he couldn't. He could only close his eyes and wait for death to come.