noffsinger Chapter 786 Arrival at Huangzhou County
Chapter 786 Arrival at Huangzhou County
Five days later, Huangzhou border.
Jiang Chen came here with his cavalry.
Looking at Huangzhou County visible on the horizon, Jiang Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems that Dakang's soldiers haven't attacked yet!"
"We... have the upper hand!"
"Sir, we have rushed all the way here at top speed and arrived three days earlier than expected!"
"The enemy is definitely not as fast as us!"
"Let's...let's go! Enter Huangzhou County City!"
Yan Youling spoke breathlessly.
Yan Youling was almost exhausted from the journey.
She had never tried such a high-intensity journey before!
This is so tiring!
"Okay! Let's enter Huangzhou County City!"
Jiang Chen nodded, then took the lead and rushed towards Huangzhou County City!
At the same time, on the city wall of Huangzhou County, the soldiers guarding the city also saw Jiang Chen’s army!
"General! Sir, reinforcements are coming!"
"Reinforcements!?"
The Huangzhou County Magistrate and the city defense general were extremely excited when they heard this!
The two of them hurriedly looked into the distance!
When the two saw the 20,000 cavalrymen, their eyes were filled with shock and disbelief!
"Jiang...Jiang flag!?"
"Is it Lord Jiang!?"
"No way! Lord Jiang is coming to support us!?"
“Hahahaha! Huangzhou County is saved!”
"Lord Jiang!"
"Lord Jiang!!!"
The prefect of Huangzhou and the soldiers on the city wall all shouted excitedly!
Jiang Chen, he is the legend of Dajing now!
Dajing officials, who doesn't know Jiang Chen?
In the battle with the grassland, he was made a marquis in one battle!
With only less than 5,000 casualties, he defeated the rebels of the Eighth Wise King!
Jiang Chen...is simply a legend!
……
"Quick! Open the city gates and come with me to the city to welcome Lord Jiang back!"
The Huangzhou County Magistrate shouted excitedly!
Then he brought Huangzhou’s city defense general and a group of officials to the city gate!
"Shut up!"
When Jiang Chen saw the people from Huangzhou County City, he hurriedly stopped his horse!
He dismounted from his horse and walked towards the crowd!
"We respectfully welcome Lord Jiang!"
"Welcome Lord Jiang!"
As the Huangzhou County Magistrate shouted, all the officials and soldiers of Huangzhou shouted!
"No need to be so polite, everyone! Please stand up quickly!"
Jiang Chen hurried forward and helped up the Huangzhou County Magistrate who was bowing to salute!
"You are the governor of Huangzhou, right?"
"Your Excellency, I am Liu Shuwen, the prefect of Huangzhou!"
The Huangzhou prefect said respectfully.
"It's the governor Xu. What a honor!"
"I wonder what the situation is like in Huangzhou now? Have you found any traces of the enemy?"
Jiang Chen asked with a frown.
"Your Majesty, there are no enemy troops in Huangzhou County at the moment. It is estimated that... the enemy troops will take another three to five days to arrive!" County Magistrate Liu said respectfully.
"Three to five days?"
"How do you know this time? Have you sent out scouts?" Jiang Chen frowned.
This time, County Magistrate Liu did not speak, but looked at the city defense general beside him!
"Meet the Sir!"
The city defense general hurried to Jiang Chen.
"Well, no need to be polite. You are the city defense general of Huangzhou, right?" Jiang Chen asked indifferently.
"I am Li, the city defense general of Huangzhou!" General Yu said respectfully.
"Okay, then tell me about the situation in Huangzhou County!"
"Yes! Please come into the city, sir. We can talk while we walk!"
General Yu invited Jiang Chen into the city and talked about the current situation in Huangzhou County on the way.
……
Now, no enemies have arrived in Huangzhou County.
After receiving intelligence that the enemy was going to attack Huangzhou County, General Yu immediately sent scouts out to check the situation!
According to the scouts' reports, Dakang's army is still three to five days away from Huangzhou County.
Moreover, the situation of the enemy's army was also ascertained: there were a total of 50,000 men, including 10,000 cavalry!
"Well, you did a good job. General Yu is a talented general. When I return to the court, I will tell His Majesty about your achievements!"
Jiang Chen patted General Yu's shoulder with satisfaction.
"Thank you, sir!"
General Yu was extremely excited when he heard Jiang Chen's words!
He was actually praised by Lord Jiang! ?
If Lord Jiang could say a few good words for him in front of His Majesty, he would surely be able to rise to great heights!
Now, who in the court doesn’t know the status of Jiang Chen in the heart of Emperor Dajing!
"Is there enough food and grass in the city now?" Jiang Chen asked General Yu and Magistrate Liu.
"My Lord, there is plenty of food and grass!"
"After learning that the enemy was going to attack Huangzhou County, the aristocratic families in Huangzhou County donated a lot of money!"
"Enough for us!"
Governor Liu said proudly.
"Good! Well done! Huangzhou County is blessed to have you!"
Jiang Chen did not hesitate to praise them and continued to praise them!
After arriving at the Huangzhou County Government Office, Jiang Chen took out the trebuchet blueprints and ordered the Huangzhou County Magistrate to find someone to make the trebuchet!
Although they also brought catapults, they were all in the team at the back and they did not have them on hand now.
And Jiang Chen just learned from General Yu’s report that the Dakang army has catapults!
……
"Damn it! Where did Dakang get the catapult?!"
"Didn't we in Dajing invent the trebuchet?"
Han Peng was extremely angry when he learned that Dakang had a catapult!
"Haha, General Han, Dajing gave the catapult drawings to Caoyuan. Do you think... Caoyuan will keep the secret for Dajing?" Yan Youling laughed coldly.
In Yan Youling's heart, Emperor Dajing is just a fool!
The only thing this idiot did right was to reuse Jiang Chen!
"you……!?"
Han Peng was extremely angry when he heard what Yan Youling said!
Han Peng naturally heard that Yan Youling was not hiding anything from Emperor Dajing!
As a member of the Imperial Guard, how could Han Peng not be angry! ?
But no matter how angry he was, Han Peng had nothing to refute Yan Youling.
After all, many of the things that Emperor Dajing did were indeed... very foolish...
"Okay, don't dwell on this anymore."
"Now that we know the enemy has trebuchets, we must find a way to deal with them!"
Jiang Chen saw the two people fighting with each other and spoke coldly.
"Forgive me, sir!"
Han Peng and the others saw that Jiang Chen had a bad tone and quickly apologized!
"No matter what time it is, we must focus on internal unity!"
Jiang Chen said coldly.
Yan Youling and Han Peng looked ashamed when they heard Jiang Chen's words.
At this time, Xu Meng asked Jiang Chen: "My Lord, you invented the trebuchet. Do you have a way to deal with it?"
"Um!?"
When Yan Youling and Han Peng heard this, they hurriedly looked at Jiang Chen!
Yup!
How could they forget!
Jiang Chen, who invented the catapult, is right here!
But when Jiang Chen heard Xu Meng's words, he shook his head: "The catapult is a siege weapon, it's not easy to deal with!"