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Chapter 327 Sui Ye City Is Here

In the vast expanse of yellow sand in the Western Regions.

After a journey of more than four months, Zhuzi, leading a thousand Tianhuo Army soldiers, finally arrived at their destination with Abu'Akka's caravan.

Looking at the dilapidated mud fort before them.

Zhuzi stared at Abu'Akka, utterly bewildered.

Is this the Suiye City you spoke of?

Abu'Akka nodded.

Yes, General Juzi! This is Suiye City.

This person is the son of the city lord here.

After months of sharing meals and living together, Abu'Akka could now communicate with Zhuzi in Tang dialect.

Listening to Abu'Akka's rough Tang dialect, Zhuzi scratched his head.

What are you talking about? You're the son of the city lord?

Then why did you travel so far to sell the Greek fire oil?

All along the way, Abu'Akka had never mentioned his background. Through the interpreter, Abu'Akka was merely a merchant in Suiye.

But now, in the blink of an eye, he had become the son of an official?

Abu'Akka's expression suddenly turned furious.

General Juzi, I told you in broken Tang, I am the eldest son of this Suiye City.

According to the rules, I am the next city lord.

However, my mother passed away early, and my father married again, and then gave me a younger brother, my half-brother.

Then, in order to allow my younger brother to inherit the position of city lord, my stepmother schemed to get rid of me.

That's why I led the caravan to travel to other places.

I wanted to find help and bring me back to reclaim the position of city lord!

Damn it, Abu'Akka's words were very difficult to understand.

But Zhuzi understood what he meant.

It was nothing more than a story of being persecuted by a stepmother.

Zhuzi glanced at the dilapidated small city again.

Its length was no more than two or three li, with rammed earth city walls only about three meters high.

This?

Damn it, I wouldn't want it even if it was given to me for free.

So, Abu'Akka, you mean, you want this general to help you kill that stepmother?

And then help you ascend to the position of city lord?

Abu'Akka's expression was firm.

Yes! If you can help me, then the Greek fire oil mine near Suiye, I will decide, and give it to your Count!

Alright, this fellow still doesn't know that Fang Er has become a Marquis.

For the sake of prudence, Zhuzi still inquired about the situation in Suiye City.

Suiye City has a long history. Since the establishment of the Western Regions Protectorate in the Han Dynasty, it has been the intersection of the two main routes of the "Silk Road." Merchants from China and the West gathered here, and it was the necessary route for envoys from the East and West.

There are many civilians and merchants in the city, with a permanent population of about 50,000.

The city garrison is about 4,000 strong.

Hearing this, a dismissive smile appeared on Zhuzi's lips.

With so few people, how can it be difficult to take?

He waved his hand at the Tianhuo Army behind him.

Two hours to take Suiye City, enter the city and take a bath!

When the soldiers heard that they could take a bath, their eyes lit up with greed.

Damn it, the last bath was twenty days ago.

They were already stinky all over.

The Suiye City garrison had already seen this army they had never seen before. Although these people did not know where they came from, they recognized the leader, Abu'Akka.

The city lord, who received the report from the garrison, and also Abu'Akka's father, a burly man with a long saber hanging from his waist, appeared on the three-meter-high city wall.

Looking at the never-before-seen steel legion outside, and his son whom he had not seen for a long time, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.

Good son!

Are you trying to rebel?

He waved his hand at the garrison behind him.

Be on guard!

The four thousand garrison soldiers guarded the four directions. The city wall facing Zhuzi had the largest number of people, as many as two thousand.

The Tianhuo Army approached the city wall with neat steps.

This place is close to the Tianshan Mountains. The city's water supply relies on the snowmelt flowing down from the Tianshan Mountains.

There was no possibility of digging a moat, so the area outside the city was flat.

When they were two hundred paces away from the city wall, trebuchets appeared on the city wall. Following the order of Abu'Akka's father.

Countless clay pots were thrown out by the trebuchets.

They smashed into a position less than twenty meters in front of the Tianhuo Army.

Looking at the Greek fire oil splashing everywhere from the broken clay pots.

Zhuzi raised his hand, and the advancing Tianhuo Army stopped.

Damn it, if they had moved a little faster, they would have been hit directly by the Tianhuo Army!

One could imagine with their hindquarters that there would definitely be fire arrows following!

As expected, the next moment, hundreds of flaming fire arrows were shot from the city wall.

The Greek fire oil on the ground was instantly ignited.

The scorching hot weather, coupled with the blazing fire, made the Tianhuo Army soldiers at close range sweat profusely.

Retreat.

Helpless, Zhuzi had no choice but to order a retreat.

Damn it, if only I had brought a mortar, it wouldn't be like this.

Artillery?

If there is no artillery, we will make it ourselves!

After following the young master for so long, not only did I learn to mix gunpowder, but I also know why artillery can shoot shells!

It's not a problem that there are no cannons now. Dig a round pit slanted downwards on the ground.

Pour in the gunpowder, prepare the fuse, and then disassemble the explosive package and reorganize it, placing it inside with a size comparable to the pit opening.

Hehehehe!

A row of ten earth pits, with an inclined angle, were aimed directly at Suiye City from above.

The Lord of Suiye City watched the Tianhuo Army digging pits on the ground, very confused. What were these outsiders that kid found trying to do?

After the fuse was dragged far away and ignited.

With a bang, the earth pit was blown up, and the explosive package flew out spinning.

Due to the inaccurate control of the gunpowder amount, some flew into the city, some fell to the ground a distance away from the city wall, and some exploded right near the city wall.

Zhuzi inadvertently experienced the essence of the "conscienceless cannon"!

The earth pits could only be used once, but with so many Tianhuo Army soldiers, earth pit after earth pit was dug.

Explosive packages were hurled towards Suiye City in waves.

The broken porcelain shards in the explosive packages rained down on the city wall and the soldiers.

Not only were there fragments, but also the shock wave generated by the explosion of the more than ten jin explosive packages.

Even the Lord of Suiye City could not escape. A shard the size of a walnut was firmly embedded in his shoulder.

Feeling the sharp pain of the wound, and the injured soldiers lying haphazardly around him.

The Lord of Suiye City was dumbfounded.

Without even touching a single hair of the enemy, his side had already suffered heavy casualties?

Also, seeing these outsiders taking his life with such ferocity, his son was actually indifferent. Did he really want his own life?

He gritted his teeth. It seemed that defending the city was no longer an option. He didn't know what method those people outside the city were using.

They could actually throw such a large object to explode next to the city wall.

Order! Attack!

He had no idea that this order would only lead to his more thorough defeat.

Out of the four thousand garrison soldiers, excluding the hundred or so casualties, he led out a full two thousand five hundred men.

Suiye City was not far from Dayuan. Due to its location on the Silk Road, the Lord of Suiye City was also a wealthy man.

A troop of Dayuan horses galloped out of the city gate.

Zhuzi's eyes widened with greed!

Good horses! All good horses!

Form ranks!

Aim carefully! I want these horses! Hahahaha!

The Suiye City soldiers, crying out strangely, charged towards the Tianhuo Army under the command of their general!