Chapter 575: Outward Expansion

Thanks to the previous arrangement, most of the information in the entire Zhao Kingdom has been mastered by Lin Feng, and he knows the towns around Chishi County City very well.

If it weren't for this, Lin Feng would not have directly let the paper army start the action. After all, knowing yourself and the enemy is the key to victory!

Although he didn't think it would be a big problem to deal with a human country, it's always right to be careful.

So he arranged the twin ghosts to conduct a detailed investigation in the Zhao Kingdom to ensure that there were no overlooked places, so as to avoid losing troops in the end.

According to the results of the twin ghosts' investigation, the highest combat power in the entire Zhao Kingdom belongs to several god-level ghost monks, most of whom are in the capital of Zhao Kingdom. As for other forces, they exist in various prefectures, but the forces that exceed the level of robbery ghosts are pitiful.

The entire Zhao Kingdom is said to be a country, but in fact it belongs to the feudal system. Each prefecture is a real local emperor. The capital emperor has only a small part of the right to recruit them, and can do nothing else.

Therefore, the changes in Chishi County City basically did not reach the ears of the real high-level officials of Zhao State. The news level of this world is still very backward even with the help of strange forces.

In short, under the influence of various reasons, Zhao State actually still knew nothing about the sudden appearance of a large army in Chishi County City.

In the evening, Jiangcheng, on the other side of the Black Wind Mountain, had closed the gate under the busy guards, and the villages around the entire city also blocked the gate.

Strange disasters occurred frequently in the Cangming Realm, and the people who lived here for generations have long had their own set of survival rules.

For example, every place would invite some "immortals" who sounded very powerful to worship, and every household would sprinkle some incense ash obtained from the temple around the eaves after nightfall, and there would be naturally stupid village guards in remote places...

Although these means cannot necessarily guarantee people's safety, it is always better to have them than not to have them. Even if it is just psychological comfort, it can make people relax and feel more peaceful in their hearts.

Otherwise, if you are worried about a sudden disaster every day, then you can't even live a good life without worrying about food and drink, let alone farming and raising livestock!

At this time, the afterglow of the setting sun still remained in the sky, and the defenders standing on the top of Jiangcheng were already yawning. They had long been accustomed to this kind of night watch life day after day.

From the initial fear to the numbness later, basically every defender went through this.

For them, they were powerless to stop any disaster that really happened. The only thing they could do was to scream at the moment before the disaster came to alert others.

"Click, click, click"

However, this evening seemed a little unusual. A defender standing on the top of the city had good eyesight and saw from a distance that there seemed to be a lot of people and horses approaching Jiangcheng in the distance of the suburbs.

"Why are there still people hanging around outside?"

Such thoughts habitually popped up in his mind. Just when he was about to complain, he suddenly saw from the corner of his eye that those people and horses were not ordinary people.

This discovery made him shudder all over, and he immediately shouted "Someone is going to attack the city" "Someone is going to attack the city"!

He didn't know if it was right to shout like this, but it was right to shout it!

"What!!"

"Where are the troops coming from!"

"Quick, quick, notify the general!"

"Hurry up and report to the city lord!"

"..."

Almost in a moment, the city defenders, who had seemed a little lazy, began to scream like a frightened cat.

"Bang, bang, bang~"

The violent drumming quickly broke the tranquility of the evening. The people in the city were instinctively stunned when they heard the drums, and then they began to flee back home as if they had woken up, closing the doors and windows, and hiding carefully and not daring to show up.

The city lord, who was entertaining a treacherous monk in the city lord's mansion, froze his flattering smile on his face, and the wine glass in his hand was crushed unconsciously, and the anger in his heart began to accumulate.

"Alas, it seems that the heavens are not fulfilling our wishes, and the banquet tonight can only end here."

"No, no, it's okay to have this banquet another day, but I want to see who dares to come here and cause trouble!"

The face of the cunning monk opposite him was also a little ugly, but as an invited guest, he naturally couldn't get angry, but said so to the other party.

"Hahaha, with the Taoist brother taking action, those villains will definitely flee!"

"..."

After the two of them simply boasted to each other, they left the table and rushed to the city gate.

Outside the city, the paper man marshal who led an army of 10,000 paper men had already seen the city ahead, but at this time he did not continue to move forward, but stopped where he was and waited silently.

The paper man army under his command arranged the formation to form a special military formation to ensure that they could respond to attacks from all sides at any time.

"Come on, go forward and challenge them, and tell them our purpose and the words of the Lord!"

"Give them a quarter of an hour to think about it. If they don't open the gate and surrender after a quarter of an hour, then we will attack the city immediately. I want to enter the city before the sun sets completely!"

The army formation was ready, and the paper marshal immediately gave the order. Suddenly, a paper general who looked extremely tall and strong walked out, and then the strange domain was directly opened, and an extremely terrifying force burst out in an instant.

The sky, which had been dark, began to change in an instant. The extremely thick dark clouds began to gather and form, and then purple lightning spread in the sky. The terrifying sense of oppression instantly enveloped the entire Jiangcheng and the surrounding villages and towns.

Then a huge face began to take shape in the sky. People on the ground could see this face formed by dark clouds and lightning as long as they raised their heads.

"According to the order of King Yuling, we lead the army here to recover the lost land!"

"King Yuling is reluctant to kill people in consideration of the old kindness, so he hereby allows you to open the gate and surrender!"

"If you don't surrender in a quarter of an hour from now, our army will start to attack the city. When the city is broken, all officials, treacherous monks, gentry, noble families, and big families in the city will be executed!"

"If you surrender, you can keep your property and be exempted from the death penalty..."

The huge face in the sky spoke like thunder, and every word made people feel trembling all over, and the meaning was extremely clear.

The faces of the city lord and the treacherous monk who had just climbed the city wall turned pale instantly. Although they still didn't know who the so-called Yuling King was, the person who could easily command the army to make such a big commotion was definitely not simple!

And now they were facing a simple choice, whether to open the city gate and surrender?

Surrendering was tantamount to handing over their lives to the other side. If they didn't surrender, if the city was broken, their families would inevitably be destroyed!