173 Escape (Part I)
The fires in the city began to die out, and the shouts of killing seemed to fade away. The mobs roaming around the streets and robbing have gradually begun to decrease, and the smart ones have begun to hide, and the unintelligent, or too greedy and cruel thugs, are still wreaking havoc everywhere.
When cleaning up the battlefield, Aslan picked up the riot shield and presented it to Chen Xiansong. This thing is now called the magic crystal shield, it is very valuable, there is no price, ordinary mercenaries dare not stay privately, besides, this thing is Bai Min's trophy, who dares to touch it!
Not long after, Balf brought back a few carriages with his brothers, all of which were quite luxurious, with two carriages and even family coats of arms, and I don't know how he did it. Chen Xiansong didn't ask, in this kind of emergency moment, sometimes an extra second is more dangerous.
For this reason, Chen Xiansong took out more than 100 gold coins to the innkeeper, one is to compensate for the loss of the inn, the night battle, damaged a lot of property, and the other is to ask the innkeeper to help take care of the dead buried in the back, don't let those wild animals dig their graves, if there is a chance, he will come back to collect the bones of the dead guards, send them back to their hometown to rest in peace.
The shopkeeper didn't dare to ask for it, although compared to ordinary people, the shopkeeper can be regarded as a rich person, but compared with the lowest nobles, his status is far behind, not to mention a soul thinker like Chen Xiansong. He was afraid that something would happen after he received it, until Chen Xiansong said: "If you don't accept it, I will demolish this place." ”
At this point, the shopkeeper finally had to accept Chen Xiansong's money.
After counting the number of people, Udir slowly walked down the stairs, he walked very slowly, not looking at his surroundings or paying attention to the situation in the city. He and the old housekeeper. The youngest grandson got on a horse, and Chen Xiansong and several women also crowded into a carriage, and the person who drove for him was his first student, Alex.
The rest of the wounded had just filled the rest of the wagon.
After repeated confirmations, the convoy finally set off. Chen Xiansong sat in the carriage, stretched his waist, and after temporarily relaxed, he felt very sleepy. The head rests on Xiao Min's soft thighs, which is extremely comfortable. The little guy saw this on the side, and took the initiative to come over to help Chen Xiansong beat his back and pinch his shoulder.
Catherine was very pleased with this. His daughter is so sensible and well-behaved, and it is strange that she does not attract pain. Moreover, he felt that Chen Xiansong was also very affectionate. The daughter became her student and made a lot of money. At this time, she felt that her daughter was well-behaved, but she forgot that Sith would often match her and match her with Chen Xiansong.
Ruth only realized at this time that she was not up to the job of a maid. But it's hard for her, she hasn't seen blood since she was a child. There was a lot of things tonight, and it was an explosion, and it was a dead man, when she saw the body. I just felt nauseous, and it was pretty good not to vomit on the spot.
At this time, there was already a touch of fish white on the horizon, there was no one on the street, and occasionally a group of thugs passed by, and saw the convoy of nearly 100 people, in a hurry, fully armed, and did not dare to obstruct it, but avoided it far away, for fear of causing trouble. The speed of the march through the empty streets was quite fast, and it was not long before the carriage came to the city gates.
Chen Xiansong's carriage was at the front of the convoy, and Balf, who had been driving the way ahead, raised his hand and made a gesture to stop moving, he asked Aslan to be on guard, and he came to Chen Xiansong's carriage and knocked lightly.
Chen Xiansong got up from Bai Min's thigh, lifted the curtain, he immediately bowed his head and said: "Master, there is the city gate in front, there is an army guarding it, the number is unknown, it is estimated that there should be no less than two hundred." ”
Chen Xiansong walked down from the carriage and saw that there was indeed an army stationed on the city wall in front of him, several huge torches were burning on the wall above the city gate, and dozens of archers were aiming at this place, but because the distance was a little far, they did not release arrows, but they were just on guard.
Chen Xiansong's nose moved, he suddenly smelled a strong smell of blood, and couldn't help but look around, although the wall was lit by torches, the sky was still dark. He hadn't paid much attention to it before, but now he noticed that there were pools of blood on the road, which were very dense. Then there was the city defense army, the armor on their bodies changed color, Chen Xiansong remembered that the city defense army was originally supposed to be gray-brown standard leather armor thick armor, but now it is obviously azure.
Changed troops?
No, the city defense army is subordinate to the local territory, and for the convenience of command, to distinguish between friend and foe, in general, soldiers of the same lord, armor style, and color should be the same. Now this situation, that is, there is a force that not only kills the city defense army, but also replaces it.
The more the situation looked, the more wrong it became, Chen Xiansong asked Balf to take the riot shield, and then handed it to Xiao Min, who protected him, the two walked forward for a while, looked up and asked: "I am a soul thinker, Chen Xiansong, now I have something important to go out of the city, can I open the city gate to make it convenient." ”
At the top of the wall above the gate, a man replied: "We are here at the behest of our master, and no one is allowed to go out until the ban is lifted." ”
"Who is your master?" Chen Xiansong asked.
"No comment." The person on the wall shouted: "Your Excellency, you are also a member of the association, I will not embarrass you, go back quickly, if you stay here for a long time, don't blame us for being polite." ”
Hearing this, Chen Xiansong turned straight, and when he retreated to the carriage, he called Balf and Aslan over, and said: "The officer on the city wall has a little problem with his brain, and I asked him who his master was, but he didn't answer, but said, 'You are also a member of the association.'" Hmph, just by this sentence, I know who is dealing with us, there is no one else in the association who can afford to raise so many elite soldiers except that guy. No wonder Xiao Min was targeted before, and specially formulated suppression tactics, he wanted to get something from Xiao Min. ”
"Master, since we know who the enemy is, why don't we kill him. Sneak up while they're having a good time. Balf suggested.
"That's looking for death." Chen Xiansong snorted: "There are two hundred people stationed at one city gate alone, so the number of people on the main battlefield will definitely not be less than thousands." Although Xiao Min is powerful, in the absence of exclusive equipment, her strength cannot be fully exerted, and you are also tired, it is absolutely impossible to break through the enemy's defense. ”
"Wait until he occupies the city lord's mansion. A few more forces can besiege us. Chen Xiansong patted the carriage on the wheel: "We have to leave now, the more I stay, the more uneasy I feel." We'll rush through the level in a while, and Xiao Min will do this to you...... In this way, Balf you bring people ......"
Chen Xiansong said his thoughts, during which Bai Min made some corrections, and then he lifted the riot shield, walked to the carriage on the side of the back, pulled the window and climbed up. Sitting inside were Udil, the old butler and the little grandson, and he told his guesses and plans. After listening to this, Udir just nodded, and did not say anything else.
Then he handed over the riot shield and said, "Teacher, it may be a little dangerous for a while. Take this shield and protect yourselves as best you can. ”
Udir just smiled slightly. There is not much representation. But the old housekeeper and the little grandson were surprised. The price of the magic crystal shield, they all know it, Zhi Lu Dao This is a very precious thing, it can completely resist elemental attacks, and the defense against the sword is also amazing, it is a very good talisman treasure. Chen Xiansong didn't blink. He sent this thing over, so it can be seen that he really cares about the safety of his teacher.
"Go ahead and get busy, don't worry too much about my bad old man." Udir glanced at the riot shield and continued, "You'll be on the front line in a moment. It's better for you to hold this thing. ”
"Xiao Min will protect me." Chen Xiansong shook his head, the riot shield is really good, but he now has a full set of Odin sacred clothes, and in terms of defensive ability, it is much stronger than the riot shield, and he believes that if he is really in danger, Xiao Min will definitely be able to save himself in time.
When he got out of the carriage, Balf came over and said, "Master, I have gone down as you have asked, and I believe they will return soon." ”
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the fifty or so people sent by Balf to come back one after another, holding large and small jars. These jars are filled with fire oil, which is very easy to ignite, and there is a pungent smell when burning, and there is black smoke produced, which is generally used by poor people for lighting at night, and rich and noble people think it tastes bad and never uses it.
Near the city wall was the outer ring of a city, and the people who lived in this vicinity were generally poor, so it didn't take long for the guards to collect a lot of fire oil, and the jars were sealed with wax caps, so that they would not flow out easily. Along with the oil were collected a dozen large sacks of twine.
Chen Xiansong estimated that there were about 200 people guarding this city gate, and with Xiao Min's help, if he wanted to rush hard, he would definitely be able to pass, but he would lose some manpower. But Chen Xiansong didn't want any more dead people in his team, so if he wanted to pass through here safely, he must think of some other way.
Chen Xiansong asked people to fill the cans of fire oil and put them in the hemp rope bag, about a third of the way to the load, then shouted to stop, and asked the people around to step back, and then Bai Min walked over, picked up the bag with both hands, and spun it in place like throwing a lead ball, and after turning more than a dozen times, he felt that the centrifugal force was strong enough, and suddenly let go, and the bag flew forward in a parabola, and then directly above the city gate.
The bag hit the city gate, making a 'pop' sound, and the city guards on the wall laughed, the city gate was one meter thick, and even the rushing car could be stopped, they thought that throwing a few bags of stones would smash the city gate?
The officer was also on the wall, he heard the cloth bag smashing on the city gate, the sound seemed to be a little wrong, as if some pottery was broken, he intuitively told himself that something was wrong, but he couldn't guess what the reason was, in the short period of time that he felt strange, Bai Min had thrown out five bags, all of which were in the middle of the city gate.
At this time, the officer felt that there was something wrong with the smell of the air around him, as if there was some pungent smell. He looked down and found that several bags had fallen on the side of the city gate, and a lot of yellow-brown liquid was flowing out, and the city gate was shiny, and there was almost no place to settle on the ground...... It's kerosene...... Not good!
He suddenly came to his senses, and was about to speak, when he saw someone in the opposite convoy pulling out a longbow, and on its arrows, a cluster of small orange flames suddenly burned.
The officer's heart was broken, and he said angrily: "Hurry, hurry up and stop him." (To be continued......)