"White Victory! Ugh..." The county magistrate was about to speak again when White Victory's subordinates carelessly stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth.

  "Let's get down to business, Governor. Looking at them is annoying, listening to them is even more annoying. This group of people are always making a ruckus in the county, now they can finally be quiet for once." Bai Sheng tapped his leg and sat down in the county magistrate's chair, occasionally fiddling with the objects on the desk, glancing at the wooden bucket holding the official seal and playing with it.

  "Third Brother! Is it not unwise of us to proceed without inquiring about the old man's intentions? What if we were to enter and be met with a indiscriminate slaughter, regardless of our allegiance?" A younger brother approached, asking with some concern.

  "Alright, you little kid's guts are too small. Look at the Tujia people on the other side of Shui Xi, they've all surrendered to the Ming dynasty. What do we have to worry about? We're the ones who should be rewarded for our loyalty. How could they kill us? And what do those old fogies in my family know? They just want peace and stability, but this is a great opportunity that's been wasted." Bai Sheng threw down his signboard and stood up with a slap on his buttocks.

  "The brothers have left, this place is boring, let's go and take the city gate, I don't know if big brother and second brother have taken down the city gate or not."

  At this time, the city gate of Qujing, although the White family was a big household in Qujing, they didn't have the ability to take down all four city gates at the same time. However, the generals guarding each gate were not paying attention, and there were also many soldiers who had retreated from the front line into the city. Therefore, the White family only chose one city gate to attack, which was the city gate facing the direction of Baishi River.

  Long before Bai Sheng led his men into the county government office, the eldest and second sons of the Bai family had already made their move at the city gate. They used the pretext of treating the soldiers to bring wine and meat onto the city wall. The generals who were usually treated by the wealthy Bai family didn't think much of it, and the soldiers naturally ate and drank as they should, without being on guard.

  But after eating the wine and meat, things went wrong. With the sudden vomiting of blood by the first soldier, one after another, the Mongolian defenders fell to their deaths. The only general who did not eat or drink was also killed by Bai's eldest son with a single knife, and the city fell into their hands without any effort.

  At this time, no one knew that the two strongholds of Qujing County had already fallen, and the defeated soldiers were only concerned with escaping into the city to rest well, who would care about the soldiers changing shifts at the city gate, the pursuing Ming army was almost in front of them, but survival was more important.

  "Close the gate! Close the gate! The Ming army is killing their way over here! Which general is defending the city on top?! How can he still not give the order to close the city gate?!" A Yuan army commander who had arrived earlier shouted loudly.

  He didn't understand why the city gate was still open even though they had seen the Ming army's flags, so he could only bring a few of his men who were still able to move and hastily come over to close the city gate.

  "Whoosh!" Accompanied by the sound of curved blades slicing through the air, the White family's guards began to slaughter these Yuan soldiers. The Yuan general couldn't believe his eyes as he watched people wearing Yuan army uniforms hacking away at their own comrades, but he could only helplessly meet his end at the hands of Bai Sheng's blade.

  "Pshaw! And this is still a commander of a thousand households? At a time like this, he's still distracted and absent-minded."

  "Old Three! Don't stay down there anymore, hurry up and push the door open for me! Then you all hide to one side and change your clothes, lest you be mistakenly killed by the Ming army!" The eldest of the White family on the city wall hastily shouted.

  Bai Sheng hastily opened the city gate and ran away with his men, if they were late, they might be mistaken for Yuan soldiers by the Ming army and killed, that would be unlucky, and it would be impossible to explain.

  The troops of Mu Ying arrived at the foot of Qujing City in a majestic and powerful manner, casually shooting and killing several Yuan soldiers who were still fleeing outside the city, and then stood still in front of the city.

  Mu Ying was puzzled, why did this Qujing City have its city gate wide open? You said you wanted to surrender, but why didn't anyone come out to surrender? You said you wanted to resist, what does the open city gate mean? Are we going to let our 50,000 soldiers rise up?

  At the moment of great doubt, a large flag suddenly stood up on the city gate tower. A white flag fluttered in the wind, which meant surrender at this time.

  "Lord Hou, this is suspicious. Why are we only seeing white flags and not the people surrendering? Could it be a ruse to lure our troops into letting our guard down?"

  "This small county town of Qujing? Don't even mention how many troops they have defending it, even if we add those scattered soldiers, I think highly of them if they can gather 10,000 men. My army has 50,000 elite troops, what's there to fear? Pass down my order, let the army advance into the city!" Mu Ying disdainfully curled his lip, he didn't think that many Yuan soldiers would be left in Qujing County town after being frightened out of their wits.

  It was indeed the case that, apart from two or three thousand Yuan soldiers who were too exhausted to run away, all the other defeated soldiers fled through the city gates at the back, and even the officers guarding the gates were killed by the crazed defeated soldiers in order to open the gates and escape with their lives; anyone who dared to block their way would be met with death.

  At this time, the defeated soldiers were very ruthless. No matter what official position or rank you held, if you blocked their way, you would die. It wasn't that there weren't any high-ranking officials who rallied the remaining troops, but none of them succeeded, and they could only continue to flee with the crowd.

  "General Ming's army! We are the Bai family from inside the city. At present, we have taken down this gate and the county government office, but as for the other gates and the scattered remaining soldiers within the city, we are powerless to do anything about them."

  Bai Jia Lao Da had been waiting in the city for a long time, and when he saw him, he knelt down to plead his case, but didn't mention his own merit of surrendering the city.

  "Alright! White family! I remember! Now Ben Hou wants you, the White family, to do something. I don't know if you'll agree!" Mu Ying said slowly, rubbing his chin.

  "The adults have given their orders, and the common people dare not disobey!" The eldest of the White family loudly responded as soon as he heard that the general on horseback was still a marquis.

  "Since your White family is a prominent household in this area, you must be familiar with every nook and cranny of the city. I plan to have you lead my Ming soldiers to search each household for rebels. Are you willing?"

  "Alright! The White family will send someone to take all of you generals to search for the traitorous Yuan thief!"

  "Get up, don't kneel down. Take me to the government office and let's take a look." Mu Ying jumped off her horse and pulled up the kneeling Bai family elder.

  "What's your name?"

  "Your humble servant, White Wei. Lord Hou, please come this way. We have apprehended all the corrupt officials and are waiting for your instructions." White Wei bowed respectfully and led the way forward.

  Mu Ying waved her hand and let the guards handle the hidden defeated soldiers in the city, and then followed Bai Wei to Qujing County Government.

  Looking at the four big characters "Qujing County Government" written on the lintel above, Mu Ying couldn't help but smile. He thought he would still have to use some tricks to take down Qujing County City, but unexpectedly, because of the White family's patriarch in the city who actively surrendered, this merit of capturing the city fell into his hands so easily.

  None of his subordinates were lost, and it is unknown what Lan Yu would think after knowing this, whether he regretted the decision to exchange for taking Kunming first.

  Muying burst out laughing and strode into the county yamen, patting Bai Wei's shoulder repeatedly.

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