Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

Chapter 156 Internal strife, cut it off!

The sky gradually brightened, red clouds appeared in the sky, and the vision became clear at this moment.

Outside Dingxiang City, in the Zhao army’s central camp, Murong Zhu looked at the city wall with a cold expression.

After a night of offensive, both sides suffered losses. Although the Zhao army suffered greater losses, the sacrifice was worth it as long as they could capture Dingxiang City.

As a newly appointed commander-in-chief, you must win the first battle and establish your prestige in the army. Otherwise, how can you command the army in the future!

Under normal circumstances, in order to capture Dingxiang City, it would require a fierce attack by 300,000 troops for ten days or half a month. But now it is different. As long as the war outside the city goes smoothly, Dingxiang City will fall into his hands within three days.

Chu Ning, just wait, I will make you pay for your blood debt with blood soon!

At this moment, a look of pride appeared on Murong Zhu's face.

For this battle, we have made all the preparations. Even if Chu Ning has 100,000 soldiers, he is no match for the enemy.

On the city wall, Chu Ning was looking at the attack outside the city with a calm face, not worrying at all that the city would be captured by the enemy.

But Liu Shouren came to report at this moment: "Your Highness, it's bad, the people in the city are in a panic, they all want to leave from the south of the city!"

Now the three city gates are under siege, and the fierce attack has frightened the people in the city so much that they dare not stay any longer. If they want to leave the city, they can only go south.

As the prefect of Dingxiang County, Liu Shouren went to appease the people as soon as he received the news, but to little avail. At this moment, a large number of people had gathered at the south gate of the city.

Chu Ning frowned: "How many people are at the south gate of the city?"

"About... thousands of people."

"so much?"

Chu Ning's face looked a little grim: "Although the people will be terrified, it is impossible for so many people to gather in such a short time. Someone must be trying to instigate them!"

Liu Shouren was shocked: "Your Highness, do you mean that there are spies from the Great Zhao in the city?"

"Definitely!"

A murderous look appeared on Chu Ning's face: "I will personally lead people there!"

"Chen An!"

"The general is here!"

"You stay here to guard the place. I will go to the south of the city and will be back soon!"

Chu Ning waved his hand and said, "The personal guards will follow me!"

At the order, Chu Ning rode his horse and led Liu Shouren and his personal guards to the south of the city.

At this moment, more than two thousand people gathered at the south gate of the city, blocking the way.

Although the guards at the city gate were trying their best to stop them, the increasing number of civilians put increasing pressure on them.

Without instructions, the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to suppress the riot on their own.

For a while, there was chaos and noise at the city gate.

Chu Ning and his men rode their horses to the street, but they couldn't get through at all!

Liu Shouren smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, do you think we should dismount and go over?"

"Not urgent!"

Chu Ning sneered and said, "Let's observe for a while and see who is organizing all this."

There were a large number of people at the scene, but most of them stood still due to the narrow streets. However, there were also some people who kept moving in and out, and would shout loudly in the crowd to express their dissatisfaction without changing their position.

The common people naturally did not notice it, but Chu Ning and others were standing on horseback behind the crowd, looking down on them, so they naturally saw every move of these people.

"Remember those people, we will catch them all later!"

Chu Ning sneered: "Tell them to make way!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Penglai has arrived!"

At a shout from the personal guards, the people around made way for them, and Chu Ning rushed in under the protection of the personal guards.

Arriving at the gate of the city wall, Chu Ning glanced at everyone.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted, "Your Highness has arrived just in time. Hurry up and open the city gate to let us out!"

"Yes, the enemy is coming, we have to leave the city!"

"Yes, now that His Highness is here, you should give the order quickly!"

"We want to get out, we want to survive, we don't want to die here!"

Under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, the emotions of the people in the city began to get agitated, and they rushed towards the city gate while shouting.

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, and a hint of coldness flashed across his face: "If you want to go out, I won't stop you, but once you leave the city gate, your life or death will have nothing to do with me!

In addition, for those who leave Dingxiang City, all your property and land will belong to the court. Do you have any objection to this?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone at the scene fell silent.

Who can guarantee that there are no Zhao troops outside the city?

If there were Zhao troops outside and the Prince of Penglai refused to send troops to protect them and instead closed the city gates, they would have no choice but to die outside.

Moreover, once leaving the city, it means giving up all the property and land in the city, which is their lifeblood. If they lose it, it will be impossible to come back in the future.

For a moment, everyone at the scene hesitated.

But at this moment, someone shouted: "I just want to go out, Your Highness, please open the city gate!"

"Yeah, I don't care, I want to survive, I want to get out!"

"Yes, I want to go out too!"

Shouts rang out in twos and threes among the crowd.

Chu Ning grinned: "Someone, come and arrest the people who just spoke!"

At the command, the personal guards who had been watching them for a long time immediately rushed into the crowd to arrest people.

"Why are you arresting me? I just want to leave the city!"

"How dare you arrest people at random? Let me go, let me go!"

"You are so bold that you dare to arrest people in public. Do you still have the law in your eyes?"

The faces of the captured people changed drastically and they kept struggling, but they were all captured by the personal guards.

Chu Ning looked at the dozen people who were captured in front of him, and a cold expression appeared on his face: "You are instigating the people in public. Do you want me to open the city gate and provide convenience for the Zhao army outside the city to attack the city?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the dozen people were greatly shocked.

Could it be that Chu Ning already knows his identity?

That's impossible. I hid it very well!

"I don't know what your Highness means by this!"

"Your Highness, if you don't want to open the city gate, then forget it. Why do you want to wrongly accuse us?"

"We are all good citizens. Your Highness cannot arbitrarily accuse us of a crime."

Everyone cried out for grievance, and the surrounding people were incited to join in the shouting.

Chu Ning sneered: "You are good citizens? Then let everyone present take a look, who knows you?"

The people who were originally making a lot of noise took a closer look at a few people and realized that something was wrong.

"Hey, these people are really unfamiliar faces."

“I don’t know these people either.”

"I have lived in the city for decades and have never seen these people. Could they really be spies of the enemy army?"

When the people realized what was happening, they were immediately in an uproar.

Chu Ning's eyes turned cold: "Since no one knows you, it means you are spies. Come on, chop them up!"

With a wave of his sword, more than a dozen spies were beheaded one after another without even a scream.

"Lord Liu, you must evacuate the people immediately. I want to open the city gates!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Shouren's face changed drastically: "This... why is your highness doing this?"

Open the city gate and the enemy will be able to rush in.

But Chu Ning smiled contemptuously: "What I want is for them to enter the city and catch them in a trap!"