Chapter 105: The Secret Weapon
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Twenty miles north of Qingzhou City.
This was the location of the Wang family estate. At this moment, the fortress walls were lined with the Wang family’s private soldiers.
The fortress was constructed entirely of compacted earth, with walls twelve meters high and five meters thick. At each corner of the walls stood a watchtower, each manned by over a dozen archers aiming their bows at the Qingzhou army outside.
Inside the fortress, the Wang family’s retainers and private soldiers were busy preparing defensive materials.
In the Great Yu Empire, local powerful families typically maintained their own private armies. Strictly speaking, these private soldiers were essentially the family’s servants.
Because powerful families had large numbers of servants, they often trained some of them and equipped them with simple weapons and armor to resolve disputes between families. These trained servants became private soldiers, known as “部曲” (bù qū).
Following Xiao Ming’s orders, Lu Fei and Ouyang Mu had surrounded the fortress and relayed Xiao Ming’s message to those inside.
However, the response was an even tighter defense of the fortress.
“Captain Lu, it seems these bandits are determined to fight to the death. What should we do now?” Ouyang Mu asked with a hint of schadenfreude.
Lu Fei glanced at Ouyang Mu. This fortress outside Qingzhou City was the largest of the Wang family’s fortresses across the six states. If they could take this one, the others would be of little concern.
Currently inside the fortress was Wang Chengheng, Wang Chengchou’s younger brother. Upon learning that his brother and nephew had been captured, he immediately entered the fortress and rallied the Wang family members to defend it at all costs.