Everyone held their breath and turned their eyes to Jing Ling, who was wearing a white robe......

He took a deep breath and continued: "Listen carefully, is the sound of artillery fire faintly ringing in your ears more than ten kilometers away? I think the battle on the other side of Rock Gravel City must have been extremely miserable. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"What! Gravel City has also been attacked!? ”

"There's really the sound of artillery fire coming over there, and I always thought it was those rebels practicing artillery!"

"Damn, was it all planned!"

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Various voices rang out from the audience, but Jing Ling was not disturbed by them, and continued: "We will stifle the advance of the invaders with blood, and we will use our own civilization to merge with yours. We do not engage in racial oppression and religious cruelty, if you want to continue to live in this land, then show me some sincerity, otherwise we will define you as enemies, and we have no other way but to kill them! ”

The atmosphere became extremely solemn at this moment, a large flock of white doves on the clock tower soared above the square, the majestic ice city would soon be bombarded with cannons, and even the bleak morning breeze seemed to carry the breath of a golden iron horse.

A priest of the Light Sect wearing a blue robe was the first to speak: "Dear Master, Photon warned us not to control the words and deeds of others, those evil slave owners are all cancers attached to this world, and now that you have eradicated them in this land, the Light Envoy will definitely spread your great deeds to the mainland." And because you have given us the right to believe freely, I will take the oath here on behalf of the Pope of Ice City, and we recognize your right to rule over Ice City, and at the same time cooperate with your reasonable decrees. ”

"You made a wise choice." Jing Ling glanced appreciatively at the priest, and then he said to Wiki, "Master Wiki, the situation is urgent now, and the soldiers of the Red Army are nervous. As the most prestigious magnate in the city, I will now appoint you as the captain of the patrol, and the security of the city will be handed over to you for the time being, and if there is a riot in the city, you will be the first to be blamed. ”

Vicky's face darkened when he heard this, Jing Ling's move couldn't be higher. Everyone knew that the visitors controlled the underground world of the Ice City, and even the city guards and city lords were in awe of this organization. And now most of the Nolan military and political figures in the ice city have run away, and those who don't have time to run have been arrested by the Red Army, which means that the tourists at this moment are the second largest group in charge of the ice city in addition to the Red Army.

Now Mu Xin and Viki finally know why Jing Ling ordered the tourists to be spared, but they are afraid that he has long thought of using the tourists to consolidate the Red Army's dominance over the ice city.

But people had to bow their heads under the roof, and Wiki had no choice but to agree to Jingling's request.

Seeing that the powerful and powerful extremist bosses all recognized the dominance of the Red Army, the rest of the magnates also pretended to swear to support the dominance of the Red Army, after all, compared with losing their lives, freeing the slaves in the family was just a small matter.

Even after the abolition of slavery, they still had the money to hire servants and live a life of luxury. Besides, once the Nolan Army recaptures Ice City, they will once again become a privileged class.

Looking at the duplicity of the magnates below, Jing Ling certainly knew what they were thinking. But his goal has been achieved, as long as he stabilizes this group of magnates first, as time passes, the Red Army's dominance over Bingcheng will become deeper and deeper, and it will not be too late to use knives against these jumping clowns at that time.

Jing Ling's eyes flashed with murderous intent as he looked at those powerful people, but he quickly hid it. Then he whispered to Haji beside him, "What is the situation outside the city?" ”

Haji suddenly showed a solemn look on his face and said, "Ten minutes ago, the scout came to report that the 60,000 Nolan army in Karl City rushed to the aid of the starry night, and it was less than ten kilometers away from Ice City at this moment. And the Black Land Eastern Army on the west bank of the Li River was lit by the beacon fire of the ice city, and then crossed the river to attack Yanli City, and the two armies suffered countless casualties in the battle, and I think Yanli City will not be able to be captured for a while. ”

Jing Ling's pupils shrank, and he said worriedly: "It seems that we need to face the 60,000 Nolan army in Karl City by ourselves." ”

Haji patted his chest and said softly: "Commander, don't worry, as long as the white people in the city don't rebel, it will be absolutely no problem to hold on for a day or two with our strength." ”

"Haji, have you forgotten that there are still 30,000 of our compatriots in the deep mountains and old forests?" Jing Ling lamented.

Haji's body was shocked, and he suddenly realized that yes, before the expedition, they arranged the women and children in the deep mountains, and now the enemy army is coming, if the battle lasts for a few days and nights, they who are guarding the city can say that those women and children hiding in the mountains will definitely be starved to death.

Haji sighed at the thought of the numb-looking women and children with haggard faces.

Jing Ling pondered for a moment, and said helplessly: "As long as the Black Land Eastern Army can capture Rock Gravel City and support us in the past few days, the 30,000 women and children will definitely be able to hold on, and now we can only pray for some strength from the Black Land Eastern Army." ”

After he sighed, he glanced at the powerful people in the audience, and said in a loud voice: "Let's all go back to our respective homes, and I will come to discuss things with you when I am free." ”

Time was pressing, so Jing Ling didn't say anything more, and after he ordered the dismissal of the nobles, he followed Haji and others to the outer city wall of the East City.

A cannon was erected every twenty meters on the mottled walls, and a flag was planted on the right hand side of each cannon.

The white flag depicts the totem of the Chinese state, a blood dragon with a snake body, a crocodile head, a lizard leg, eagle claws, a snake tail, and antlers!

The Blood Dragon Banner was extremely powerful and domineering under the morning breeze, indicating that Ice City was the territory of the Chinese State.

The first thing Jing Ling saw when he climbed the city wall was that three red soldiers were manipulating a cannon, their behavior seemed to be very clumsy, and the soldiers carrying the cannonballs slipped their hands, and with a "bang", the cannonballs made of solid iron balls smashed several cracks on the ground of the city wall.

"What are you doing, I didn't eat enough just now!" The Red Soldier loaded with explosives was startled, turned his head and cursed.

Jing Ling was stunned: "The military quality of our soldiers is too poor. He was referring to the rusty movement of the red soldiers fiddling with the cannons, and at their current speed, perhaps the enemy had not fired a single cannonball when they came to the city.

Hearing this, the three red soldiers fiddling with the cannon looked at Jing Ling in unison, and after seeing the faces of the comers, they all stood in awe and said respectfully: "Division commander! ”

"What are you doing?" Jing Ling asked.

One of the Red soldiers replied, "The three of us are in charge of this cannon, and Haji has said that we can test a few shots." ”

Haji nodded, "Yes, I have placed the youngest and strongest people in the army on the battery, after all, their eyesight and judgment are much stronger than those of the old ones. However, many of them had never touched artillery before, so I asked them to practice their skills before the enemy arrived. ”

Jing Ling glanced approvingly at Haji, and suddenly, he smelled a strong smell of blood, and followed the smell, only to see that the three red soldiers had a wet rag bag tied around their waists.

"What's that?" Jing Ling asked.

"Commander...... These are the left ears of the enemy. One of the Red Soldier pinched his bag and whispered, he didn't want the division commander to think he was reminding him to honor his reward.

"Haji, what did you do after you took the Ice City?" As Jing Ling spoke, he did not look at Haji or the three red soldiers, but looked at the continuous wheat fields and residential houses outside the city, as if he wanted to see what kind of momentum those imminent enemies had.

"Division commander, after our army took control of Ice City, I issued three military orders. First: All fighters must not harass the population. Second, we will count all the materials in the city demand warehouse, and move the food in them enough to feed our army for a whole day, and then set up a logistics team, and the first thing to solve is the problem of feeding the troops. Third: 3,000 troops were deployed at each city pass, and the rest were incorporated into logistics or mobile troops. Speaking of formation, division commander, I think we should get the officer corps up before the enemy arrives. ”

Jing Ling looked at Haji and nodded slightly, obviously he also agreed with Haji's opinion. After all, in order to effectively manage the Red Army of more than 10,000 troops, it is necessary to build a highly effective officer corps, so that the orders issued by the leaders can be carried out as quickly and best as possible, otherwise they will remain a rabble.

Jing Ling ordered Lin Yan on the side: "Go find a group of people who can settle accounts, the more people the better, and write down everyone's names and achievements as quickly as possible." ”

Lin Yan answered, turned around and rushed down the city wall to gather helpers.

Jing Ling turned his gaze to Haji and said, "Now I appoint you as the deputy division commander, if my division commander dies, you will be on top." ”

"Divisional Commander!" Haji looked at a loss, although he knew that Jing Ling would give him a relatively high rank, but he had always thought that that rank was brigade commander. However, now Jing Ling has made him the deputy division commander, which is really a position under one person and above ten thousand people.

"Don't squirm me like a." Jing Ling scolded with a smile, but soon had a solemn face. "You are different from Lin Yan, he can only be a brigade commander now, and your ability is enough to be the deputy division commander. I expected that the enemy would be on the city before noon, and now we must hurry up and get the officer corps up and down. ”

Haji also knew that he should not be ambiguous when he should be decisive, so he saluted Jing Ling with a Lancelot salute, which was equivalent to acquiescing in Jing Ling's arrangement.

Jing Ling said: "Time is pressing, let's hurry up." ”

He and Haji began to assemble the officer corps of the Red Army with a group of men, who first counted 40,000 silver coins in the vault of the city treasury and filled them with ten bamboo fences with a diameter of one meter and a half a meter high. After Lin Yan's account book was handed over, Jing Ling ordered a team of red soldiers to distribute rewards according to everyone's achievements.

He had promised that if he took the ice city, each warrior would receive three silver coins, and those who died would remember it first, and then allocate the reward when their relatives were found.

Some of the red soldiers with excellent martial arts exchanged a bag full of left ears for an equally full bag of silver coins, and the crisp sound of the money bag shaking and clanging made the rest of the comrades envious. The carriage carried a frame of bamboo fence full of silver coins and kept heading towards all corners of the red soldiers' assembly, and this scene made all the red soldiers feel greatly excited.

Jing Ling built a simple shed in Clock Tower Square as a temporary office location. Those red soldiers with the highest records were all asked by Jingling to come to the Bell Tower Square for interviews, including Haji and Lin Yan.

Of course, the interview between the two of them was just a formality, and Jing Ling had already given the military positions of deputy division commander and third brigade commander to Haji and Lin Yan.

In this era, people do not have the concept of democracy, and even if there is, it is just an empty slogan. Therefore, the red soldiers did not have much complaint about Haji and Lin Yan holding important positions in the army. Not to mention that the two of them were close associates of the division commander, just before they met Jingling, it was Lin Yan and Haji who led the refugee troops to flee to the Li River. From this it can be seen that the rebel fighters, who were refugees at the time, already regarded the two of them as leaders.