Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Eve of War
In the military tent, Patch Chunfeng smugly looked at Bais, who was sitting across from him, while Jingling stood aside to avoid Bais's direct gaze, and the guards on both sides pressed their hands on the hilt of their swords, and the atmosphere was tense from the beginning. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Baiss grimaced, and his angry gaze fell on Jing Ling's body, like a lion about to attack. If it weren't for Jing Ling's choice to defect to the Black Land, there would not be a situation where Carl City would be surrounded by an army of 170,000 at this moment, and the thought of this land being covered with corpses in the future made Baith's tooth groove rattle.
Seeing this, Pache on the side laughed and said, "Bais, now I give you two choices, either surrender or be slaughtered!" ā
Bys suddenly got up and roared, "Come on, do you think Nolan will be afraid of you rabble!" ā
In an instant, a sword flickered in the tent, and Patch waved his hand to signal his guards to withdraw their weapons, and then said, "This is the real meaning of our meeting. ā
After saying that, Patch turned his gaze to Jing Ling and asked, "Do you have anything to say?" ā
Jing Ling didn't speak, but shook his head, and his gaze didn't dare to turn to Bais, which seemed to others to agree that he felt guilty about Bais, so he didn't dare to look directly at the other party.
Satisfied with Byth's anger, Patch patted him on the shoulder, and then stepped out of the tent, his actions had already shown that war was inevitable, and after the meeting, the Blackland Eastern Army set up camp in the fields two kilometers away from Karl City......
In the military tent of the king's division, a group of black land lords were discussing around the sand table, and Pache held a sandalwood stick in his hand, pointed to the west wall of Karl City and said: "The southeast and north are all feints, and the West City will be the breakthrough entrance for us to break through the Karl City in one fell swoop, now tell me, who wants to be in charge of the West City?" ā
Lords, you look at me, I look at you again, no one spoke first, you must know that the war has just begun, if you consume your strength in Karl City, then the battle after that will have nothing to do with yourself. Everyone thought carefully, once the Nolan City was broken, the rest of the city-states would surrender without a fight, and then it would be a good opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the fisherman, and the lords present were all old fritters, and everyone understood this truth.
Seeing that no one made a sound, Paqi couldn't help frowning, and at this moment Jing Ling spoke: "Leave Xicheng to me, I will definitely live up to my mission!" ā
All the lords have set their eyes on Jing Ling, for this new lord who got up from a slave, everyone's feelings are different, some people regard Jing Ling as an idol, some regard him as an enemy, and some remain neutral, neither want to offend him, nor want to have anything to do with him, for the gang and faction thing, Pache is the most taboo, so most lords don't want to touch this mold.
Pache glanced deeply at Jing Ling and asked, "Give me a reason why you're in charge of Xicheng?" ā
Jing Ling put on an inexplicable look: "I can take the lead in attacking Carl City and get the first military merit, it's as simple as that, do you need any other reasons?" ā
All the lords were stunned when they heard this, thinking that this rising star named Jing Ling was not simple at all, he was not shocked by honor and disgrace, he spoke in an orderly manner, and he was still holding an army of more than 10,000 people in his hands, thinking that he was still drinking and fighting artillery at his age, they felt ashamed, and they looked at Jing Ling with more admiration in their eyes.
Patch looked at Jing Ling approvingly, "Okay, since you have that heart, I will hand over Xicheng to you, but I want you to make a military order, if you can't break Xicheng, you can't retreat, are you willing?" ā
Jing Ling's expression shrank, he knew that this was Patch testing his loyalty, Patch had never trusted him from beginning to end, and now their relationship was not so much allegiance to the object as it was to use the object.
Jing Ling didn't want to be conscripted by the Black Land army, and Pache didn't want to clash with an armed force that was almost all yellow people gradually, because it would give the real enemy a breather, but he was also always on guard against Jing Ling, even if the military assistance was just to send some cold weapons such as iron spears and crossbows, and he wouldn't kill Jing Ling with hot weapons like firearms, which was also a trick for him to prevent Jing Ling from defecting again.
Now he wants Jing Ling to make a military order, that is, to hold up the banner of righteousness, as long as Jing Ling signs the military order, he can stand on the moral high ground and ask Jing Ling to attack Xicheng with all his might, even if Jing Ling ends up with the whole army being wiped out and becoming the commander of the light pole, he can also push the responsibility away, who told you to say that you were going to attack Xicheng and also set up a military order?
Jing Ling is also an old and sophisticated person, he thought for a moment and knew that Patch wanted to seize his own power, as long as he made a military order, he couldn't help but weaken his own strength, and he could also let his army be cannon fodder, this move was simply killing two birds with one stone, and it was a miraculous skill!
But Jing Ling is not a fool, every word he said was well thought out, and he actually said that he was responsible for attacking Xicheng, then there must be his reason, I saw him say to Pache Zhengse: "I am willing to make a military order, I will not retreat if I do not attack Xicheng!" ā
Boldness!!
All the lords were shocked by Jing Ling's words, and no one would laugh at Jing Ling's arrogance, because they had all heard about Jing Ling's series of reforms in Ice City before, especially the monetary policy was the most amazing.
For this young man with majestic strategy, they didn't think that the other party would say words that were not filtered by the brain, since he was willing to make a military order, then there must be a way to retain his strength under the premise of attacking Xicheng.
Patch glanced at Jing Ling in surprise, and his guard against him deepened a lot, this person is not something I can control, I must kill him as soon as I run out! Although he thought so in his heart, Packy's expression did not reveal a trace of killing intent, and he said to Jing Ling with a smile: "Young man is a hero, since you are so ambitious, then let's wait and see." ā
After speaking, he asked the guards to bring pen and paper, and then asked Jing Ling to set up a military order in public, thinking that so many people testified, if he wanted to retreat from the battle at that time, he would use the military order to abolish his status, cut off his head with military law, and snatch his army by the way.
All those present had different thoughts, and they spent the whole afternoon planning the method of attacking the city, and finally decided to launch a general attack tomorrow morning, and it was expected that the city of Karl would be taken in three days.
At night, thousands of artillery pieces occupied high points to bombard the city of Karl, and tens of thousands of black shells were fired, reflecting the whole night as if it were day.