Mo Chao, with three hundred elite soldiers, headed straight to Cangyi City under the cover of night.

Because Cangyi City rarely experiences wars, its daily guards are not very strict. However, these days, the county magistrate Ducang felt that the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty might change, so he specially sent several extra shifts to become the army.

Therefore, before Mo Chao and his men arrived at the city, they were immediately discovered by the soldiers on the city tower.

Looking at the army outside the city that didn't even light torches and deliberately concealed their traces, the soldiers on the city tower were shocked. While shooting arrows to warn Mo Chao and others, they sent out a signal of enemy attacks in the city.

"Swoosh!"

An arrow was nailed directly to Mo Chao and the others with a sharp sound of breaking the wind. The soldiers guarding the city poked their heads and shouted to the bottom: "Stop the visitor, the gate of Cangyi City has been closed. If you dare to get closer, you will be killed without any hesitation."

Mo Chao looked at the noisy soldiers on the city tower and frowned. In his impression, the soldiers in Cangyi City were all wine bags, and they shouldn't be so conscientious.

If he had known this, then there would be no need for him to cover up his trace just now, so he would have just come over with a swagger. Now he deliberately covers up his traces, which is a bit suspicious.

But since you have come, you have to give it a try, no matter whether you succeed or not.

He asked his soldiers to light the torch, and then signaled his confidant to come forward and shout.

"Your dog eyes are blind. The second young master of Prince Yu's mansion is here. Do you dare to shoot arrows, don't you want your head?"

Mo Chao's confidant stepped forward and began to curse at the city tower: "Why are you doing while standing there? Why don't you open the city gate quickly? Is it delaying the second young master's affairs? Are you responsible?"

"The Second Prince Yu?"

When he heard that the city gate official was the second son of Prince Yu, who was pulled out of the quilt, couldn't help but feel slightly sank. At this critical moment, Prince Yu's second son had so many people in his hand and quietly touched the city in the middle of the night. He thought to himself that he had no good intentions.

But the Prince Yu Mansion was not something he could have offended, so he hesitated for a moment and immediately called a confidant, "Hurry up and ask the county magistrate, and say that the second son of Prince Yu Mansion would enter the city with his men. I will delay the time here and let the Lord come quickly."

After his confidant left, the city gate official stepped forward and said to the following: "It is really important to open the city gate. Why not, why not give the token of Prince Yu's mansion to the emperor first and let the lower officials see it?"

"Okay, put down the hanging basket."

It is also a normal process to verify identity, so the people on Mo Chao did not think much. After the hanging basket on the city wall was swaying down, Mo Chao threw in a token from Prince Yu's Mansion.

"Okay, I've put it in, please."

"Okay."

The city gate official heard the following and started pulling the hanging basket upwards. It took him a little while to move upwards for a while, and his blood pressure was raised to see Mo Chao's confidant.

"Didn't you guys eat?"

It seemed that I had been pulling it for a long time, and the hanging basket was only more than two meters high. I wish I could pull it down again with just reaching out. Mo Chao's confidant could no longer hold it back and roared at the top: "It's just an empty basket. Are you going to pull it until tomorrow morning?"

"I'm really sorry, the second young master."

The city gate official didn't mind being scolded at all, and still pulled the hanging basket upwards at a snail speed, and then explained to the following: "It's not that we don't want to pull it, but there is really something wrong with the slide rod these two days. You can't use it. Once you try it, it can't pull it at all."

"Don't worry, I will definitely bring you up in half an hour at most."

"Half an hour?!!"

Mo Chao's confidant's eyebrows were beating, and it took half an hour to pull a hanging basket. Are you fooling the fool here?

If he hadn't been worried about being shot down, he really wanted to climb up directly along the rope of the hanging basket and twist off the head of the person who was talking on it.

Just thinking about the big thing about the young master, he suppressed the anger in his heart and gritted his teeth and said, "Don't use the hanging basket. Put the hanging basket down for me, and I will throw the token directly on you."

"Oh, that's good. You are so smart. I'll put the hanging basket down for you."

As he said that, the city gate official pulled up the hanging basket hard. After the hanging basket was raised to a certain height, he placed the hanging basket down at a speed similar to the speed that had just been pulled up the hanging basket.

"you……"

Mo Chao's confidant clenched his fists hard, and he swore that when the young master hit Cangyi City, he would definitely chop the guy's head on the city tower with his own hands!

After waiting for a while, the hanging basket finally slowly dropped a little. Mo Chao's confidant reached out and flipped the hanging basket out of it without waiting for the hanging basket to land, and then took out the token from it.

"On the upper floor, I've seen it!"

Mo Chao's confidant took a few steps back, then used his strength to throw the token directly onto the city gate.

"Dang ~"

The metal token fell on the bricks and stones of the city gate tower, making a crisp sound, and then the confused voice of the city gate official sounded from the city gate tower, "Hey, Zun Jia, where did you throw the token? Why didn't I see it?"

"You are deliberately looking for trouble, aren't you?"

Mo Chao's confidant suddenly became angry, "Can you open this city gate?"

"If you are from Prince Yu's Mansion, I will definitely open it."

The city gate official heard the innocent voice from the city gate tower, "But you can't prove your identity, why should I open it for you?"

"you……"

Mo Chao's confidant wanted to say something, but was interrupted directly by Mo Chao, "Okay, Xu Liang."

After scolding his confidant, Mo Chao took a step forward and said in a plain tone: "You know very well whether we are from Prince Yu's Mansion."

"I will only ask you one thing now, whether you let us enter in Cangyi City or not?"

Hearing the main master's words, the city gate official carefully poked his head out and said, "I'm really sorry, Second Young Master, I can't verify your identity here, so I dare not let you in rashly."

"But don't worry, I've already informed the county magistrate, and he will definitely give you an accurate answer."

"County magistrate? Duanchang?"

After hearing what the city gate official said, Mo Chao immediately understood the city gate official's plan. He did not dare to offend him, so he pretended to be stupid here and delayed time.

"Hmph~"

Mo Chao snorted coldly, knowing that his plan to cheat the city was 80% dead, but he did not rush to retreat, and stood quietly outside the city gate waiting for Ducang to arrive.

He wanted to see what was different about this Ducan, which was highly praised by his elder brother.

Mo Chao was not allowed to wait for long. After receiving the news from the city gate official, Du Cang almost didn't even have time to wear his shoes, so he led a horse and headed straight to the city gate.

"How is the situation?"

After arriving at the city gate, Ducang saw the calmness of the city wall, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and asked the city gate official about the specific situation.

The city gate official reported truthfully: "Sir Hui, the people below call themselves the second son of Prince Yu's mansion, and quietly touched outside our city walls. They stopped until they were discovered by our people."

"Now they ask us to open the city gate and let them come in. The officials dare not make decisions without authorization, so they can only let the adults decide."

“You did a great job.”

Du Cang guessed the city gate official's plan just after a little bit of thought, but he did not expose it. After all, although he threw the problem to himself, it was much better than letting Mo Chao and the others in directly.

Moreover, compared to the thoughts of the city gate officials, Ducang is now more curious about Mo Chao and their purpose.

Thinking of the confrontation with Mo Tai during this period, coupled with the current situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Du Cang couldn't help but suddenly sank, "Is there something wrong with you? King Yu is going to rebel?"

Mo Chao led his troops to touch the city in the middle of the night, which was obviously the rhythm of seizing the city.

Thinking of this, Du Cang looked up at the distance. Although Mo Chao was cautious and kept his troops far away, he found nothing, but he was very sure that there must be people behind Ma Chao. After all, there were thousands of troops in Cangyi City. It was unrealistic to want to use 300 people to capture the city.

"No, it seems that it's not nearby."

Ducang looked at the only three hundred people outside the city gate, and couldn't help but feel a little moved. He spoke to the city gate official: "Lu Fang, go and drop all the people from the Shengong Camp and lie outside the city gate."

"ambush?"

After hearing Du Cang's order, Lu Fang looked a little ugly, "Sir, he is the legitimate son of King Yu after all. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to do this?"

“Nothing is inappropriate.”

Ducang looked indifferent. If he confirmed that King Yu rebelled, what if he killed his legitimate son? He was the county magistrate of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not the county magistrate of King Yu. If he dared to rebel, he would dare to kill him.

But he also knew Lu Fang's concerns, so he comforted him: "I gave the order and it has nothing to do with you. Just go and execute it."

How can this have nothing to do with me?

Lu Fang felt helpless. If King Yu's son died under his command, no matter who ordered him, King Yu would not let him go.

But now looking at Ducang's attitude, it is obvious that there is no room for change. If he dares to refuse again, he will be in trouble before King Yu settles the score with him. Therefore, he had to nod helplessly and say, "Yes, sir, let's make arrangements for this."

After Lu Fang left, Ducang picked up the token of Prince Yu's Mansion from the city gate tower, looked at it for a while, walked to the gap in the city wall, and shouted to the bottom: "I am Ducang, can Mr. Mo Chao be there?"

"I am here."

Mo Chao raised his head, looked at Ducang, and asked lightly: "Mr. Du, I want to enter the city now, what do you say?"

"Young Master Mo Chao, the wise man will not say secret words. In front of my official position, don't go around in circles."

Ducang had no intention of fighting with Mo Chao at all, and asked straight to the point: "I want to know what King Yu is about? His prince had tried to make things difficult in public and secretly. Now Mr. Mo Chao led his troops to attack Cangyi City at night. Could it be that he really planned to rebel?"

Mo Chao felt that Du Cang's tone seemed not so firm, and he couldn't help but move in his heart and asked, "So what? So what if it's not?"

"If not, the young master will come back wherever he will come tonight. The gate of Cangyi City will definitely not be open to you."

Ducang first said a harsh word, then his tone eased a little, and continued: "If so, I want to know how King Yu is going to deal with Cangyi City and how to deal with this official?"

"Um?"

Mo Chao was slightly stunned, then looked at Du Cang with some doubt, "What does Lord Du want?"

Hearing that Mo Chao did not deny him, Du Cang couldn't help but feel sank in his heart. It seemed that King Yu was indeed going to rebel.

After confirming this, Ducang no longer hesitated. He looked at Mo Chao and said in a sincere tone: "I want it very simple, that is the autonomy of Cangyi City."

"I have been in Cangyi City for many years. If I were transferred from Cangyi City, my efforts in the past few years would be in vain, so I want Cangyi City's autonomy."
To be continued...