Chapter 64 Others conquer a city in a year, but he only needs one night.

This is an incredibly fortified city!

The rebels fortified the area for nearly two months, making it 42 meters high and five or six meters thick.

There is enough food to last a year, and more than 10,000 soldiers to defend the city. Even if the God of War descends to the mortal world to personally besiege it, he probably won't be able to break through the city overnight.

Zhou Zhenguo looked at Liu Fu with disbelief in his eyes, and for a moment he even stammered with excitement:

"Your Highness...Your Highness, last night you said that you would be able to break through the city after a good night's sleep, and now the city has really...really broken through."

"You...you knew in advance that this city would fall overnight?"

Liu Fu simply smiled and remained silent.

The more Liu Fu remained silent, the more Zhou Zhenguo wanted to know.

“I know, this was definitely His Highness’s doing. Although I, Old Zhou, don’t know what methods His Highness used, the city has actually fallen. I’ll go prepare a whole roasted lamb right now. I’ve lost again.”

As he spoke, Zhou Zhenguo knelt down in front of Liu Fu, sticking his head up high:

"As I said before, if Your Highness were to capture this city within five months, I would gladly offer my head as a chamber pot. Now that Your Highness has breached the city in a single night, I am astonished by your extraordinary skill. I am willing to fulfill my promise. Please, Your Highness, take my head!"

Liu Fu was speechless.

"With your head that looks like a black bear come to life, how could I possibly pee in it if I used it as a chamber pot?"

Liu Fu could only wave his hand:

"Alright, alright, you can keep your head on your neck for now. When it's your turn to fight and make meritorious contributions in the future, just do your best for the country."

Zhou Zhenguo was overjoyed upon hearing this and hurriedly got up from the ground; he had successfully secured the horse.

"Hehehe, I knew Your Highness wouldn't be willing to kill me. Even this human-headed dog of mine would be too embarrassed to bite, let alone use me as a chamber pot for Your Highness."

Liu Fu then assigned Zhou Zhenguo a task:

"Alright, stop joking. Take five thousand men into the city, capture the surviving rebels, and send them all north to build the Great Wall."

After sending Zhou Zhenguo away, Liu Fu personally led his troops to the undamaged treasuries. He wanted to see just how rich these wealthy merchants really were.

Liu Fu quelled the rebellion in one night.

Even as early as yesterday when he launched his siege of the city, news of the victory had already reached the capital of the Later Han Dynasty.

"Good news!"

"Great news! Your Majesty! The Eighth Prince has achieved a great victory in Dongjun, suppressing Ouyang Fang's 140,000-strong rebel army! A resounding triumph!"

At the time, Liu Laowu was attending court. When he suddenly heard the words "good news," especially the news that Liu Fu had quelled the rebellion of 140,000 rebels in one fell swoop, he could hardly believe it. He almost rolled off the dragon throne.

"Suppressed 140,000 rebels in one fell swoop? This was done by our eighth son?"

Although the second prince, Fu Wang, had returned to ask for help, Liu Jia had given the seventh prince, Liu Jia, 70,000 troops to rescue Liu Fu. At that time, Liu Jia had also reported that Liu Fu had defeated the rebel army and killed more than 30,000 people, and that a great victory was imminent.

However, no matter what, Liu Laowu never expected that Liu Fu would be able to quell the 140,000-strong rebel army so quickly.

"Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince has killed more than 60,000 rebels and captured more than 70,000 rebel soldiers. They are already on their way to the north to be sent to build the Great Wall. The Eighth Prince has now raised an army to attack and conquer Chizhou City."

Liu Laowu was overjoyed and waved his hand, saying:

"Chizhou City has high walls and deep fortifications. It is the stronghold of the wealthy families who support the rebels. It is the rebels' base camp. It will take at least a year or two to break through the city."

"Someone, issue an imperial edict to bestow upon our eighth son a suit of golden armor, so that he may return in triumph wearing it. We will bestow upon him the title of king."

At this point, Liu Laowu pointed to Xu Bi, the Grand General in the imperial court:

“Old Xu, you’ve been fighting alongside us for nearly twenty years. You’re a brilliant military commander. Go to the front lines and take Old Eight’s place in besieging Chizhou City. Old Eight has suffered for several months. It’s time for him to come back and enjoy his retirement.”

Xu Bi dared not disobey the Emperor's request.

Moreover, such a fortified city doesn't need to be besieged in a short time. Just surround it with 20,000 to 30,000 troops for a year, and then train the troops and cultivate the land every day during that year. They can be self-sufficient. When the city of Chizhou runs out of food, the rebels will naturally come out to fight.

At that time, relying on advantageous fortifications, they could directly shoot and kill the enemy, and then the main army could rush in to quell the rebellion. For Xu Bi, the emperor was essentially giving him credit.

Xu Bi accepted the imperial decree and expressed his gratitude on the spot. However, Liu Laowu was still shocked by Liu Fu's strategy of annihilating 140,000 rebel troops without losing a single soldier.

He actually pulled out a map of Dongjun on the spot and started a fierce debate with a group of old generals who had fought with him for decades, right in front of the map.

Originally, they were all old brothers who had fought side by side on the battlefield. When they argued until their faces turned red, they disregarded their status and even cursed at each other. For a time, the court of the Later Han Dynasty was unusually lively.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for quelling the 140,000-strong rebel army without losing a single soldier. This has greatly shocked the entire Later Han court and astonished all the officials. You are hereby rewarded with 300,000 reputation points!"

The reputation points given for shocking the court and the people are actually not many.

But here we must commend Zhao Kang's competence.

After the rebellion in Dongjun was quelled, Zhao Kang posted notices everywhere and used the grain left to him by Liu Fu to set up soup kitchens, which immediately brought back the displaced people of Dongjun.

These refugees had personally experienced the rebels' tyranny and extortion, and now that they were finally able to return to their hometowns in peace, their gratitude towards Liu Fu earned him a huge reputation reward!

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for bringing blessings to millions of refugees in Dongjun, pacifying the people, and allowing them to return to a peaceful and stable life. Your merits are immeasurable. The host is hereby rewarded with 3 million reputation points!"

Liu Fu was stunned when he heard the system's message.

How many?

3 million points?

Upon opening his personal panel and seeing his current attributes, Liu Fu was extremely happy.

Liu Fu

[Position]: Prince (First Rank)

[Reputation Value]: Points

[Mall Points]: Points

Number of breeding troughs: 24 (6)

[Number of beasts in the army]: 5360

With so much reputation points, it's time to do something more. But what should we do with those reputation points next?

While Liu Fu was still thinking, at the same time, the gold and silver treasures in the treasuries of several prefectures in Chizhou had been counted.

"Your Highness, we have seized 13.2 million taels of gold and silver from the Chizhou treasury, along with 13 chests of jade, agate and gemstones, 800,000 shi of grain, 400,000 shi of fodder for warhorses and livestock, 10,000 swords and spears, 5,000 powerful bows and 300,000 arrows!"

Good heavens! Liu Fu exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

This is a huge harvest!

It has to be said that these wealthy families are really rich. They are eager to help me make weapons and send me silver. With these resources and equipment, it is definitely enough to solve the crisis of the Later Han Dynasty.

Liu Fu had just finished inventorying the treasury and was preparing to transport supplies back to the Han capital.

On the other side, Liu Fu's second brother, Prince Fu Liu Dai, and seventh brother, Prince Ping Liu Jia, carrying the imperial edict and the golden armor bestowed by the emperor, had already ridden over to reward him.

But when they arrived, they were dumbfounded...

"Holy crap, what earth-shattering thing has Lao Ba done this time? Where did Chizhou City go?"