''Chapter 80: The Red Flag at the Head of the City of Kangding''
The city of Contin, a small and inconspicuous town in Esolia, in the southwestern province of the Kingdom of Tada, was part of the Earldom of Mexari. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info there is no special feature here except that there are more poor people, and it has always been dominated by agriculture, with no additional industries, and no resources such as minerals. But the position of the lord of the city here is still a hot fat gap, because the lord does not seem to care about the tax and development of this remote town at all, so there are many places to make money. The greedy city lords knew how to tear off as much flesh and blood as possible from the peasants and the poor to feed the landlords and nobles and their fat bodies, and the rich people who colluded would "share" these profits in the circle, so although they were remote, there were still many people who would snatch the position of the city lord and come here to make a fortune, and then leave the scrawny poor and a mess contented. This seems to have been the habit of successive city lords of Kangding City, but this theory seems to have something wrong in front of the current city lord Na Qilu.
The fat, pig-like lord was in a daze at this time with a box of gold coins that had made him smile, but his expression was very ugly at this time, revealing deep helplessness. "10,000 gold coins, I'll sell the entire city of Kangding with 10,000 gold coins..." A man who looked like a tax collector stood aside and cautiously approached.
''My lord, we still pay the taxes in those towns...''
''If you're like your predecessors, I won't stop you.'' Na Qi Lu confessed to the tax collector, who had only been in office for a week, and then turned his head. The tax collector thought of his predecessors who had been torn apart by the peasants, and he sweated and walked out of the room.
''Ahhhh Naqilu waved his fat palm and knocked over the box on the table, and thousands of gold coins fell to the ground with a crisp knocking sound.
The guards in the city all know that the city lord has been in a bad mood lately, and the emergence of that new force has changed the city. This is something that not only the city lord, but even they are well aware of. From a certain point on, they will no longer be able to run rampant in the countryside as unscrupulously as before. They could no longer collect "entry fees" from the convoys and attachΓ©s in the rural towns, otherwise the yellow-haired men in those ranks with arms thicker than their thighs would teach them how to behave, and they would not dare to ask for help, otherwise the unlucky ones would be a group of people, and the superiors had not dared to say anything about it. Once, it was a very beautiful thing to go out to collect taxes with the tax collectors in the city, not only for easy work, but also for quick fishing. The tax collectors at that time were so sought-after and so busy. But now, everything has changed, the tax officer has become a hot potato, and few people dare to do it. The area of taxation has also been shrinking, and the current tax collectors only dare to move around a few towns near the city, but in these towns, there are also many "revolutionary believers" (the locals regard Wang Shengzhe's revolutionism as a religion and call the clerks believers), and it is estimated that it will not be under the Kangding city management in a few days. The area around Condin now is completely the territory of those two Orientals, and as soon as the red flag is raised, the soldiers in the city will run away like rabbits. Now, even many people in the city have begun to hang some red cloth in front of their homes, hoping that "vampires" will not enter their homes.
Now the soldiers of the city have nothing to do, they stay on the walls all day and yawn, and if there are those strange mixed troops wandering around the city and handing out pamphlets with slogans, they will not care, because they can't afford it. Two-thirds of the troops in the city of Condin have been lost in the hands of those troops, and the combined forces of the three cities of Pispur have been beaten like Sun Tzu by the powerful forces on the opposite side, what can they do? Although the Oriental gave the city lord 10,000 gold coins for the loss, everyone knew that the war reparations in the three cities were more than ten times more than this! Now the "Tada Liberation Army" is the hegemon of this area, and whoever dares to touch it will not want to live. They are still young, and they do not dare to go to death.
''It's quieter today, not many people come.'' A soldier defending the city breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the open field below the city and the crowds of people coming and going. Today, without those goblins handing out leaflets and yellow-haired barbarians carrying red flags, otherwise there would have been no peace in the city, and they would have to be punished in the end. ''I'll go to the bar for a while, I'll save my money today.'' He felt glad that in the past, in order to send away those uncles, they had to spend a lot of money to buy wine and sell meat for those uncles and send them away politely. You don't have to buy it today, it can be regarded as saving a sum of money from exploiting the common people, and you can drink it yourself. But when the guards were discussing which tavern to go to, they didn't expect the horror of the calm......
The earth trembled slightly with the dull crashing sound of --- ---, and the passing caravans stopped at this time, and the guards on the city walls also turned their attention to the opposite side of the city. The sound grew louder and louder, and the ground trembled more and more, and on the other side of the horizon, under the leadership of the tall figure, both the ground and the sky appeared a widening black.
''Close the gates!'' A rather agitated captain of the garrison shouted, and their worst fears finally appeared. Hearing this shout, all the merchants and people at the city gate flocked to the city gate, blocking the city gate for a while. The captain of the garrison kept shouting, but fortunately there were not too many people in front of the city gate, and the congestion was cleared in a short time. The people rushed into the city so fast that even the carriage was left outside.
''Quick, go and tell the lord of the city, and say they're coming!'' ββ
The city defense troops had been mentally prepared for this for a long time, but they didn't expect that the other party's troops were so terrifying, and the black oppressive troops and the fast-approaching "Warcraft" in the sky were so terrifying, and the fighting spirit that they didn't have much in the first place collapsed in an instant. The soldiers didn't know what to do, they had never been properly trained, and they were not prepared to defend at all, but they didn't dare to run away under the eyes of the captain, and they made a mess for a while.
The troops in the city were in disarray, but the troops outside the city were still approaching, and the five tall giants kept advancing, and every time they stepped down, they would cause a shock, and behind the giants were countless barbarians and one hundred militia formations one after another. Dense undead flew in the sky, wings flapping back and forth, and large undead gathered near the balloons to cover their progress.
''Don't panic, set up the ballista, archers, archers...''
''Boom!'' ββ
The officer in charge of the city's defense was trying to stabilize the situation and direct the defense, but suddenly a huge explosion was remembered under the city wall, and the entire city wall shook, and many people were frightened by this sudden shock and fell directly to the ground.
The "abandoned" carriages in front of the city gate exploded, and the ignition ropes on the carts containing "iron ingots" were burned out, and the violent explosion of a truckload of bombs directly shattered the city gate and destroyed the confidence of the soldiers defending the city.
''Rush! For the Horde! Seeing the huge flames rising, the army in the distance suddenly roared and rushed madly in the direction of the city gate. The defending troops were already frightened at this time, and only a few of them could still pick up bows and arrows to make a weak resistance, but they were quickly suppressed by the dense rain of arrows from the other side. The soldiers of the city defense force were relatively stable, and they pushed away the soldiers who were dodging in all directions, and ran directly to the ballista that could inflict heavy damage on the opponent's big guys.
''Boom!'' ββ
Unfortunately, before they could get close to the ballista, several fiery fireballs glowing orange hit the ballistas, burning them to ground or even overturning them. The stronger people rushed down the edge of the city wall with arrows, and when they saw the blue-hatted mages who were gathering flames in their palms, their backs instantly became cold, and even the flames could not be relieved.
''Formal magician, so many, how is it possible...''
In their dull eyes, the overwhelming undead had descended from the sky and threw black "water balls" at the soldiers who still dared to resist. The battle did not last long, and the regular army soldiers disguised as merchants and idle mercenaries in the city and the barbarians hiding in barrels also rushed at the overwhelmed soldiers, and under the blades, there was nothing but death but surrender.
The remnants of the gate were smashed by the giant's fist, and a large number of troops poured into the city, clearing the defenders who still dared to resist, and quickly occupied all the important areas of the city, and the clerks took pre-written notices all over the streets, and small teams of goblins and barbarians broke into the homes of the officials and minor nobles, and looted all the valuables. The undead kept flying from the sky, and under the escort of a large number of elite troops, Wang Shengzhe and Li Renjie rode into the city together.
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In the city lord's mansion, there was a mess, and the fat city lord Na Qilu was standing on the documents scattered all over the place with an earthy face at this time, and his body couldn't help trembling. Wang Shengzhe stood in front of him, holding the gold coin in his hand, and looked at him with disdain.
''I said we'll get it all back sooner or later, and lo and behold, it's a lot.'' Wang Shengzhe was ostentatiously holding the gold coin, while Li Renjie was impatient.
''Alright, just get it done, there are still several cities waiting for us to fight.'' Li Renjie said dissatisfied. ''Don't waste time on this stupid pig. ββ
''Okay. Wang Shengzhe put down the gold coin and ordered very casually: "Lock him up wherever he wants, and wait for us to take down other places and come back to dispose of them." ββ
After that, he left without looking back.
On the roof of the city lord's mansion in Canding, the flag symbolizing the count's family was brutally ripped off and thrown to the ground, and under the gaze of the clerks, a red flag slowly rose.