Even though Ju Chengzhen was put in a difficult position and felt that Du Qi was despicable, he had no room to retreat. He took a deep breath and shouted again, "Du Qi, it's impossible for you to bewitch people. I'm on the city gate tower. Attack if you have the ability. Let me tell you, Gaochang City's city walls are sturdy. It's impossible for you to break them. "
However, Du Qi no longer spoke to Ju Chengzhen. Instead, he turned around and shouted, "Children and fellow villagers on the city gate tower, listen up. Now that Gaochang's King, Ju Wentai, has pledged allegiance to me, I'm unwilling to commit a massacre in Gaochang City. "
"I'll tell you that the State of Gaochang is now under my rule and has changed its name to Gaochang Province. Within Gaochang Province, I'll exempt all citizens from taxes and corvee labor for three years, allowing you to enjoy the same treatment. "
"This also exists in Yi Province."
"Gaochang Province is the same."
"Furthermore, many of my properties will also enter Gaochang Province, allowing countless citizens to earn money to support their families. I didn't come to Gaochang Province to commit a massacre, but to allow thousands of people to live a good life. "
Du Qi said, "Ju Chengzhen didn't know the fates and insisted on resisting to the end for his own selfish reasons. I'll reward anyone who can kill Ju Chengzhen with thirty thousand strings of string of coins and three ranks of promotion. "
This was targeted at Ju Chengzhen's soldiers.
Ju Chengzhen's strength was weak. Even if Du Qi used a forceful attack strategy, he could still be taken down. The reason why Du Qi didn't do so was because when attacking the city, be it Du Qi's soldiers or the people on the city gate tower, there would be casualties.
This could be avoided, so Du Qi chose to instigate.
He believed that there would be brave men with great rewards!
With Du Qi's generous rewards, he believed that someone would stand up and control the situation.
As soon as Ju Wentai heard Du Qi's words, he dropped to his knees next to Du Qi and said: "Your Highness, this unfilial son, Ju Chengzhen, deserves to die, but he is still my son. I implore Your Highness to spare his life and give him a way out. Your Highness, please be at ease. This subject will definitely take good care of him and make sure that he won't cause any more trouble. Your Highness, please show mercy. "
No matter what, Ju Chengzhen was his son. He could not sit by and do nothing.
Even if his son looked down on him.
Even if his son wanted to resist Du Qi.
Du Qi looked at Ju Wentai, who was kneeling on the ground, and thought for a moment before asking again, "Ju Chengzhen, have you seen your father? For the sake of your life, he was willing to kneel down and beg for mercy. "
"Men have gold under their knees. They kneel, lick, and kneel to their parents. But for you, he knelt down directly."
"As for you, you only think about your own selfish desires."
"If you had the slightest bit of compassion and conscience, you wouldn't have acted like this."
Du Qi said, "Forget it. On account of your father's pleading and his meritorious service in governing Gaochang Province, I will change the conditions. Men on the city gate tower, anyone who can capture Ju Chengzhen alive will be rewarded with fifty thousand strings of coins and be promoted by three ranks. "
Money was a small matter to Du Qi.
If he could use a bit of money to get rid of Ju Chengzhen and win the hearts of the people of Gaochang, it would be worth it. Without Ju Wentai, Du Qi would definitely choose to attack by force. Because of Ju Wentai, Du Qi had the foundation to recruit people to surrender. This way, he could enter Gaochang without expending a single soldier. It was definitely his first choice.
Ju Chengzhen's expression changed again and again.
Du Qi's conditions were very difficult for him. When he looked around, he felt that the soldiers who were looking at him had gradually turned fierce. It was as though they were greedy for money and power. They were already restless.
Ju Chengzhen panicked and immediately shouted, "Don't believe Du Qi. He's a liar. He's deliberately deceiving you. If you believe Du Qi, you've been fooled. "
"Your Highness, sorry for the offense."
At that moment, a junior colonel in armor rushed out from the crowd.
His name was Ma Mou.
He was a junior colonel in the military. He had already been moved by Du Qi's conditions. He quickly rushed forward and pounced on Ju Chengzhen. However, the moment he rushed forward, a few people around him also rushed out and pounced on Ju Chengzhen.
They wanted to snatch Ju Chengzhen.
Right now, Ju Chengzhen had become a highly sought after person. Ju Chengzhen could be promoted by three ranks and be rewarded with fifty thousand strings of coins. No matter what, it was worth it.
When Ju Chengzhen saw this, he retreated and dodged. However, Ju Chengzhen himself only knew a little about martial arts. His ability was nothing in front of the soldiers in the army.
In the next moment, Ma Mou rushed in front of Ju Chengzhen. He raised his hand and struck Ju Chengzhen's neck with a karate chop. In an instant, Ju Chengzhen's eyes rolled back and he fell to the ground.
Ma Mou unsheathed his saber and looked around. "I'll kill whoever dares to come. Ju Chengzhen, that's mine. "
The people around him surrounded Ma Mou.
Because Ju Chengzhen was worth fifty thousand strings of coins. Ma Mou frowned when he saw people coming at him one by one. He couldn't resist them alone. Ma Mou could only transfer his subordinates over and rope in a few of his brothers in the army. With the reason of dividing the fifty thousand strings of coins, he gathered a force to resist the people around him. Only then did he stabilize the situation.
Ma Mou ordered to open the city gates and surrender.
The soldiers in the city no longer resisted.
After all, even Ju Chengzhen had been taken down. Moreover, Du Qi was very strong. No one was a match for Du Qi. Therefore, after the soldiers in the army gave up resisting, the city gates opened.
Du Qi waved his hand. Ma Yuan led the army into the city and quickly took Ju Chengzhen from Ma Mou. Then, he arranged for the soldiers to empty the city gates and detain all the soldiers who resisted.
Du Qi only entered the city at this time.
The army entered the city in a mighty manner.
Du Qi led the army into the city and had someone take Ju Chengzhen down and hand him over to Ju Wentai. Then, Du Qi had someone leave Ma Mou in the army for reward. After everything was arranged, he went straight into the city.
He went straight to the palace.
The army was stationed outside the palace, and there were also troops in charge of maintaining law and order. With Du Qi's entry, Ju Wentai's concubines all withdrew. The people in the palace were all dismissed and replaced by soldiers.
Du Qi didn't need the people in the palace at all.
When the people from Pacifying West Mansion all entered Gaochang and rushed into the palace, everything would be ready. There was no one in the palace at the moment, but Liu Jian was enough.
In the main hall, the guests and the host took their seats.
Du Qi sat on the seat of honor. Below him were Ju Wentai, Jiang Changzong, Wang Wen, Xue Rengui, and the others.
Du Qi said, "The army's entry into the city announces the end of Gaochang Kingdom. Wang Wen, you are in charge of drafting a notice to inform me that I didn't commit any crimes when I entered the city, and that I will be exempted from three years of corvee labor and agricultural taxes in Gaochang. In short, your mission is to appease the people through the notice and change the mentality of the people of Gaochang Kingdom. "
When Wang Wen heard his mission, he immediately said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will arrange it well. I guarantee that the people of Gaochang Kingdom and everywhere will know of Your Highness' benevolence and will be rewarded by Your Highness. "
Du Qi said, "I believe you."
Wang Wen sat down excitedly. He was thinking about how to mobilize his many years of experience in Gaochang Kingdom to spread the news quickly throughout the entire Gaochang Kingdom.
Du Qi arranged for Wang Wen to publicize the notice and gave a lot of orders for everyone to follow.
After everything was arranged, Du Qi dismissed everyone.
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