Chapter 9 Death's Claws

"He, he really did it..." Including Ling Rui, all the representatives of local forces were stunned.

Of course, if Ling Rui and others knew that Lin Dao had washed all the anti-aristocrats in Nanming City, they would certainly not be surprised, but would be ecstatic. Lin Dao's move has pushed him to the forefront of the storm. Although Lin Dao's behavior may gain the support and support of civilians, in Kyushu, it is the nobles and scholars who hold all the dominant power. Civilians and slaves can only live under their shadow and never turn over.

An ordinary nobleman, or even a lord, can kill any civilian because of a charge of contradicting himself. The so-called official word can be easily solved with money. Of course, there is money and power. Although the status of merchants is relatively higher than that of ordinary people, in the eyes of scholars and nobles, merchants are no different from ordinary people.

After a short period of silence, Ling Rui finally burst into a shocking shout, and then the siege began!

Lin Dao stood on the wall. The master who guarded the city was Lv Dai. Lin Dao didn't need to intervene at all. He just stood on the pile and regarded himself as an eye-catching target. Lin Dao stood, and Ren Hongchang did not appear beside him surprisingly. There was only one heavy shield in his hand, which was used to resist the arrow rain like rain.

The outer wall of Nanming City is very high, about 30 meters. That's why the enemy carefully prepared the well. Under the slow propulsion of the heavily loaded infantry, five wells of the same height as the city wall appeared in front of the forest road.

"Your Majesty! It's dangerous here. You'd better retreat!" A deputy general rushed behind Lin Dao in the rain of arrows. Judging from the current situation, whether it is an ordinary soldier or a general, Lin Dao's move is no different from death. Even if the king wants to show his bravery, he can't stand on the shackle and look for death.

Lin Dao ignored the deputy general. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and a smile suddenly appeared from his face. At this time, Lin Dao actually threw away the heavy shield in his hand, and then a big fireball suddenly appeared between his hands. The volume of the fireball became sharp. When it was big enough to swallow Lin Dao's whole body, the big fireball sprayed. It shot out and crashed directly into the well 100 meters away.

As an important tool for attacking the city, it has a very obvious disadvantage, that is, the movement speed is too slow. In Lin Dao's eyes, these big guys are a giant target that can be hit with their eyes closed.

"Boom!" The fire ball hit the well without mistake, and soon the flame burned the whole well, and the archers who were going to shoot the wall in the well were burned to death!

Lin Dao made it in the same way. Five big fireballs flew out in a row, and the five wells carefully prepared by Ling Rui were destroyed one after another.

"It's impossible!" Seeing this, Ling Rui jumped up. He didn't know how many times he rubbed his eyes. He couldn't even believe the fact that happened in front of him, "When did that waste become such a powerful martial art!"

"Heaven and earth's extreme yang power!" Mr. Zhou had a calm face and spit it out coldly.

"He really practiced it?" As an orthodox descendant of the Ling family, Ling Rui has been coveted for this Jiyang Gong of heaven and earth for a long time, but this skill has always been taken care of by Ling Zhong. Except for Lin Dao, no one can easily do it. However, what makes Ling Rui most unhappy is that Lin Dao is so proficient in using it. It was seen that Lin Dao was still standing on the city stack after shooting five big fireballs in a row. At this time, few bows and arrows could affect Lin Dao's safety. Lin Dao stood proudly on the top of the city, with his hands behind his backs, and he was unrestrained.

After the well was destroyed, the attack speed of Ling Rui's side slowed down significantly. After all, this is the first day of the siege. They don't have to and will never fight with Lin Dao at this time. Moreover, the reinforcements of Langxie County have been unable to reach in time. Ling Rui has sent 5,000 elite soldiers to ambush on the road, trying to delay their journey and disrupt their marching routes. It is absolutely impossible for the reinforcements of Langxie County to arrive in a short time.

On the first day of the siege, Ling Rui threw the bodies of more than 2,000 soldiers under the high walls of Nanming City. Most of these soldiers died by the moat. Judging from their equipment, the leader is not a regular and strictly trained elite soldier, but a group of slaves who have just been driven out of the farmland.

After the other party retreated, Lin Dao still sat on the city stack, and his eyes kept scanning the corpse under the city.

"Your Majesty, the enemy has retreated. You'd better go back and have a rest." A young deputy general quietly walked behind Lin Dao. Lin Dao turned his head to look at him and smiled, "So it's Ma Zhong. How about it? Are you afraid?"

Ma Zhong's superb archery was revealed when the enemy attacked the city just now. Ma Zhong is a deputy general under Lv Dai, who is in charge of a thousand archers. It can be said that most of the arrows inserted on the corpses in the city were shot by them.

"Told back to the king, I'm not afraid!" Judging from Ma Zhong's appearance, he is just a teenager; on earth, he is an ordinary high school student, living a three-point and one-line life, but I don't know how many people have been shot in this world.

"Take your people and go back to rest first. There will be a hard battle tomorrow."

"Yes!" Ma Zhong saluted Lin Dao and turned around and left.

"This boy is good." Looking at Ma Zhong's back, Lin Dao said this.

"He is one of the most effective assistants of the last general." When did Lv Dai stand behind Lin Dao?

"Has the number of people been taken out? How many people are injured on our side?"

"Three hundred people were injured and seventy-eight people died." Lu Dai replied in a low voice.

"Do it! There have been losses in the first wave, and the enemy's leading troops are all composed of slaves, but some archers with slightly higher archery are mixed among the slaves. Lin Dao scolded hatefully, and then said, "We need to give an explanation to their families to settle the martyrs who died in the war."

"Yes!" Lu Dai stood up to Lin Dao's words.

"Go and have a rest, too. I'll sit here for a while and investigate the enemy by the way."

"Your Majesty, this should have been the duty of the last general..."

"Stop talking nonsense, I'll let you go!" Lin Dao stared at Lv Dai. Lv Dai lowered his head and walked away silently. However, Lv Dai did not mean like Lin Dao. He just stood about ten meters away from Lin Dao, standing still, looking like a tall wooden stake from a distance.

Although Lin Dao has won this battle, every time he sees so many people dying in front of his eyes, the feeling is still extremely painful. After all, Lindao has fully integrated himself in the role of the king he is playing now. As a king, watching the people die in front of him, that kind of sadness is beyond words. What Lin Dao can do now is to end the battle as soon as possible. Speaking of which, Lin Dao's real enemy is not the tens of thousands of troops in front of him, but more than a hundred local aristocratic representatives and the Ling Rui family near the Shuai tent.

Night is slowly falling, and in the darkness, a claw from death is slowly stretching out to the tent of the noble representative!

The next day, Ling Rui and others discussed the siege of the city in Shuai's tent. Compared with yesterday, it was obvious that several local aristocratic representatives were absent. At first, Ling Rui and others thought it was the evil habits of these noble masters. It was not until the people sent to call entered the handsome tent in panic that they realized a fact that made them unacceptable.

"What!? They were assassinated by the enemy under the protection of 80,000 troops? Moreover, it was not discovered until this morning!" Ling Rui got up and angrily scolded his men for being incompetent.

"Marquis, is this too ghosty? How can the enemy break through our tight guards? This is not in my own home, but in the barracks, where thousands of guards patrol in turn day and night!" Mr. Zhou was obviously also furious.

"Do you suspect that this is done by our own people?" Ling Rui looked at Mr. Zhou coldly.

"Of course I don't mean that. I mean, since Ling Dao has such a team that is so good at assassination, we must strengthen our defense forces next, otherwise, let alone capture Nanming City, don't let our head really be taken into a wineware by Ling Dao at that time." Mr. Zhou sneered and did not face the conflict with Ling Rui.

"You don't need to say too much about this. Naturally, I will strengthen the precautions. However, what should we do with the elite soldiers brought by the nobles at the present? Although they are soldiers, they are also domestic slaves and only listen to the orders of the owner.

"Father, I think we should block the news for the time being and don't let more people know, so as not to cause panic. To be on the safe, let the troops brought by the nobles attack the city today.

"My son is smart, and this is a good plan!"

The siege on the second day was obviously much more fierce than yesterday. The siege soldiers were very well equipped, all armed to their teeth, and ordinary bows and arrows could not even cause substantial damage to them. Fortunately, Lindao's fireball destroyed all the siege equipment. No matter how well equipped they were, they could only carry the ladder to climb the 30-meter-high wall.

The battle soon entered the gelatinous form.

At this time, in the forest a few hundred meters behind the rebel camp, Jiang Qin and others were planning the next action.

"Master, although we killed their leader, those generals didn't seem to know that their master was dead, but they tried harder to attack the city. What should we do?" A bloody team member sneaked back from the front and reported the situation in front to Jiang Qin.

Jiang Qin looked at Zhen Yi. He knew that Zhen Yi's brain was better than him: "Second, what do you think?"

Zhen Yi's eyes turned slightly, squinted and said, "It's okay. There is a master, and those shrimps can't jump. Let's not mess around and continue to assassinate those noble masters according to the master's instructions. The enemy will definitely be more vigilance tonight. We should be careful. After we get our hands in the middle of the night, we should deliberately make some noises, and then let the enemy know that their master was killed.

"But will this irritate those soldiers?" A blood-killing team member asked.

"If your noble master dies, will you still work for him?" Zhen Yi glanced at him.

"Yes, yes. Except for the master, how can those nobles treat us as human beings? In this way, it's strange that those soldiers don't run away!"

"Okay, then we'll get ready and wait until it gets dark!"

PS: There should be another chapter today.

By the way, there are still some hands, and I'm not used to describing war scenes.