155: Chapter 155 Attacking Zacheng

"The other group, follow me and strike straight for Kang Bo's residence!"

"I'm going to drag that old boy out of his bed and personally ask him how it feels to be a surrendered general of the former dynasty!"

As Su Bai finished laying out his meticulous and logical plan, the Killing Intent in the secret chamber instantly thickened to the extreme.

This plan was perfectly interlinked.

A sharp blade would break through from the inside, illusions would distract from the outside, and the main force would strike directly for the head.

Never mind that Ze City only had a thousand old, weak, and disabled soldiers; even if there were three thousand elites, they wouldn't last a single night against Su Bai's tactics!

With the plan finalized,

Su Bai wasted no time and issued military orders overnight.

Three thousand elites assembled silently on the drill grounds. No torches were lit, and even the horses' mouths were fitted with muzzles.

...

Meanwhile,

Ze City, the Garrison General's residence.

The situation here was diametrically opposed to the solemn and murderous atmosphere of the Yunzhou Army.

At this moment, the residence in Ze City was brightly lit, and the sounds of string and wind instruments were constant.

The air was thick with the scent of rouge and alcohol.

In the center of the hall, several scantily clad dancers were swaying their hips.

And at the seat of honor,

An oily-faced old man was hugging two charming concubines, one on each side. He held a wine goblet made of pure gold, his face flushed red from drinking.

This man was none other than the garrison general of Ze City, Kang Bo.

Kang Bo let out an alcoholic burp, his hands wandering shamelessly over the bodies of the concubines beside him, drawing fits of coquettish protests.

He narrowed his small, lecherous eyes, listening to the flattery of the sycophantic officers below, feeling immensely satisfied.

"Come, come, come! Everyone, drink your fill!"

Kang Bo raised his wine goblet, shouting with a slurred tongue.

"This damn world, this bullshit Great Zhou court—it's finally going to hell!"

He recalled all the indignities he had suffered over the past decades.

Resentment and arrogance were intertwined within him.

As a surrendered general of the former dynasty, he had been treated like a dog in the Great Zhou court.

Anyone could step on him, and every miserable chore was pushed onto his head.

Even his military pay was half of what others received.

He had wallowed in this remote Ze City for twenty whole years!

But now?

The tables have turned!

Upon hearing the news of the Saint being captured by the Yao Race and the court being shaken, Kang Bo had almost laughed out loud in his bed.

"Serves them right! Truly serves them right!"

Kang Bo drained his cup in one gulp and slammed the goblet onto the table, cursing loudly.

"Back then, how did your high-and-mighty old Emperor treat me? He guarded against me like I was a thief!"

"Look at you now! Captured by the Yao Race to be a snack! Hahaha!"

A sharp-featured lieutenant below quickly picked up the wine pot to refill Kang Bo's cup, saying flatteringly:

"The General is absolutely right! The Great Zhou's destiny has run out. Now that the world is in chaos, everyone is seizing power for themselves. Although our Ze City isn't large, we have grain!"

"He who has grain is a king!"

"Now the sky is high and the Emperor is far away; no one can control us. General, in this Ze City, you are a local emperor in every sense of the word!"

"From now on, we brothers will follow you to live the high life here, and let the outside world fight to the death for all we care!"

Kang Bo found these words extremely pleasing, his eyes crinkling into slits as he laughed.

His logic was perfect.

He had grain in his hands, and though he didn't have many troops, Ze City was in a remote location.

The main forces of the Yao Race wouldn't care for this backwater place.

As for Yunzhou City?

Kang Bo curled his lip in disdain.

Those guys in Yunzhou City couldn't even clean up their own mess right now.

He heard that even that old fogey Chang Feng had disappeared to who-knows-where, replaced by some green youth named Su Bai as general.

A green youth who had just taken the position and hadn't even stabilized his footing would surely be busy fighting for power within Yunzhou City. How could he have the time or troops to attack Ze City?

Even if that Su Bai were ten times bolder,

Would he dare to attack the city of a court-appointed official for no reason?

Therefore, Kang Bo felt he was sitting pretty, with no one to threaten him.

"Well said! A local emperor! I've endured twenty years of mistreatment; now it's my turn to enjoy myself!"

Kang Bo pulled the sharp-featured lieutenant over and waved his hand grandly.

"Pass down my order: tomorrow, make those peasants in the city pay the 'City Defense Tax' again. If anyone dares not to pay, smash their house and bring their women here to settle the debt!"

"In this Ze City, I'm going to live as happy as an immortal!"

Just as Kang Bo and his officers were getting dead drunk,

Dreaming of their beautiful future as local lords,

He had no realization at all

That the Grim Reaper's scythe was already quietly pressed against his neck.

That night,

At the hour of midnight,

The sky was obscured by thick dark clouds, without a sliver of moonlight.

The entirety of Ze City was plunged into a deathly silence, with only a few flickering torches on the city walls swaying in the wind.

Suddenly,

"BOOM—RUMBLE—!!!"

An earth-shattering roar, like a sudden clap of thunder on level ground, instantly tore through the tranquility of Ze City's night sky.

Immediately after, soaring flames erupted from the direction of Ze City's East Gate,

Illuminating half the sky as bright as day!

"Kill!!!"

"Break Ze City! Capture Kang Bo alive!!"

Deafening battle cries, accompanied by the dense sound of war drums, swept in like a tidal wave from ten miles outside the East Gate!

That was Su Xing activating the Illusion Formation Plate.

The terrifying momentum of an "army" of ten thousand attacking the city!

This sudden turn of events instantly scared the Ze City defenders, who had been dozing or gambling on the walls, out of their wits.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"

"Quick, sound the alarm! A massive army is attacking the city!"

The alarm bells rang frantically throughout the city.

Inside the Garrison General's residence,

Kang Bo, who was on top of a dancer, was so startled by the sudden explosion and alarm bells that his whole body shuddered, and he rolled right off the bed.

"What happened?! Where is that cannon fire coming from?!"

Kang Bo didn't even have time to dress; he just threw on a thin robe and scrambled out the door, looking in terror at the soaring flames toward the East Gate.

The sharp-featured lieutenant, whose helmet was on backward, ran in panic-stricken and fell to his knees before Kang Bo, crying out in a sobbing voice:

"General! This is bad! This is terrible!"

"Outside the East Gate... an army of ten thousand has suddenly appeared! They're flying the banner of the Yunzhou Army and are furiously attacking the city!"

"What?!"

Kang Bo felt a buzzing in his head.

He was instantly stunned!

The Yunzhou Army?

An army of ten thousand?!

How is this possible!

Is that green youth Su Bai crazy?!

How does he dare to lead troops to attack me?

Besides, where would Yunzhou get an army of ten thousand?

A series of questions instantly filled Kang Bo's mind.

He, who was dreaming of being a local emperor just moments ago, now felt his hands and feet go cold.

"Quick! Get my horse ready! Fetch my armor!"

Kang Bo roared at the top of his lungs as he sprinted down the corridor.