The deputy general nodded, took out several documents from his body and laid them out.
"That's right. In the afternoon, we saw dozens of people running to the east gate in groups, saying they were leaving the city."
Zang Luotian's breathing suddenly became rapid, he raised the sword in his hand with some trembling, and hurriedly left the city lord's mansion.
He looked around for a moment, then ignored his old and frail body and climbed up to the high building of the City Lord's Mansion.
To the east of the city, where the merchant army was mainly attacking, the city gate was now in chaos. A large number of people gathered there to fight with the soldiers on the city top. If things continued like this, the merchant army would probably enter the city.
"Quickly order all the troops to go to Dongcheng!"
The deputy general's eyes widened immediately: "Old general, if all the people are transferred to the east city, the defense in other directions will be empty..."
"We can no longer control other directions. Let's find a way to block the opening on the east side."
Zang Luotian has never been so panicked, and he has never fought such a battle. Why are the people in the city starting to resist them?
In the Tubo Kingdom, the imperial power was supreme no matter what, and the common people had no choice but to obey. But now the ordinary people below have begun to resist. This is extremely bad news.
If all the people in the city rush out to join the merchant army, then Shangyuan City will be destroyed, and the millions of troops under his command will become nothing more than chickens and dogs.
Zhao Rui was riding a horse with a cunning look on his face. The situation in front of him was far beyond his imagination. He originally thought that the people in the city would resist a little, but unexpectedly they opened the city gate for him.
However, when the city gate was opened, Zhao Rui did not choose to attack. Instead, he asked the people in the city to leave the city as much as possible. At the same time, he found more than 20 soldiers from the Tubo Kingdom who had taken refuge there and kept shouting.
Attractive conditions such as military pay, food, land, and removal of slave status immediately made the Tubo soldiers who gathered at the east gate become excited.
During this time, they also saw the documents that Dashang had thrown into Shangyuan City, and they also heard about the situation of many Tubo soldiers after they surrendered. They could not even imagine such a good life.
Now that they had the opportunity, they couldn't care less and rushed out of the city gate in groups.
Zhao Rui is not in a hurry to capture Shangyuan City this time. Besides, he does not have such ability. If the follow-up army is not available, even he does not have the confidence to fight decisively. Moreover, the opponent's coach is Zangluo, who is powerful in the entire Tubo Kingdom.
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With this person around, even if the people and even the army in Shangyuan City were in turmoil, he would be able to stabilize the situation.
This sudden attack was launched to harvest barley for the people outside the city, and to frighten Shangyuan City so that they would not dare to leave the city for a while.
The people and troops who surrendered in front of him greatly exceeded Zhao Rui's expectations.
By the time the Tubo army arrived from other directions, Zhao Rui had already taken away hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians.
At the same time, it also bought a whole night for the people who went out of the city to harvest highland barley. By the next morning, not a single grain of grain could be seen on the vast plains.
Looking around, Zang Luotian was dumbfounded. The whole world was a bare place.