Chapter 21: Crisis

Unlike Nado, Lu Jingzhi fights with his head. First, the master carpenter used thin planks to build a swordsman-shaped dummy, and put together more than twenty in one go, all of which were used as deterrence tactics. Two or three of the dummies are also equipped with extremely elastic mechanisms, which will quickly stand up and flip to the other side when stepped on. Considering that frightened undead soldiers would pounce and dodge, sharpened ice fruit thorns were planted in places where they might be dodging. It's a pity that the attacking undead soldiers only stepped on and triggered a dummy with a mechanism, and when they saw the swordsman rushing with a giant sword, he disappeared in a blink of an eye, and actually threw himself on the ground. Because it is assembled with wooden planks, it is still a flat piece after reaching the ground, and the sky is dark, so I can't see the difference with the ground at all, so I naturally think it's gone.

The master charcoal maker and his son were not idle, and at the risk of their lives poisoning, they filled the wooden barrels with charcoal gas, sealed them with cement, and greased the outside. If you light a fire and throw it out, if you can break the barrel, it will cause the charcoal gas in the barrel to turn into a carbon monoxide grenade. This is what Silly Da just threw out to burn the Ados Undead Army.

The rest of the village helped to wrap the bark and cloth into ropes and weave them into nets. Ice fruit wood fibers were used in the net, which was used by the master carpenter to process the wheels the night before, so that the undead soldier's sword would not easily cut through the net, and it would take at least two or three strokes to cut a rope.

Even the very small and cramped cloth armor made of Sugar Candy was worn on his body.

Organizing these things into a defensive system became the key to the success of this operation.

Lu Jingzhi also thought about what to do if the other party was not fooled. At that time, he can only pretend to be a knight to negotiate with the other party to see if he can sit at the negotiating table and solve the problem.

Seeing that Nado was about to charge on horseback, Lu Jingzhi hurriedly walked around to the negotiating table at the entrance of the village and raised another wooden barrel. The barrel was a genuinely empty barrel, and even if it wasn't lit, he couldn't throw it out himself. Even when the fool saw his master hiding behind the table with an empty bucket, trying to resist the knight's charge, he felt that it was unlikely that he could block it. Everyone knew it was an empty bucket, but Nadeau didn't.

Nado was blown out of his mind by the large fireballs contained in the two barrels, and when he saw the barrels, he was stunned, and unconsciously stopped his horse, trying to see where the human boy would throw this spell.

Of course Lu Jingzhi will not throw it out, the barrel in his hand is a deterrent, and if he throws it out, it will be exposed. This empty barrel can't hit the knight, at most it will startle him, what else can he do? So Lu Jingzhi held the barrel to his chest and shouted loudly in the ghost language: "Lord Knight, as the tax collector of the Duke of Wensha, I want to negotiate with you. I think now we have reciprocal negotiating power. ”

If Lu Jingyi asked for negotiations from the beginning, Nado would refuse without even thinking about it, and the difference in strength was twice as much, so why should he negotiate? But now it is different, nine human slaves have been captured, six lightly armored infantry have lost three, and twelve lightly armed auxiliaries have lost seven. He is an undead knight, with more combat power than all the enemy soldiers here, but that human boy seems to be a sorcerer, and his strength is not necessarily worse than his own. If you refuse to negotiate and force yourself, I am afraid that I will really not be able to please you.

Nado also had a thought in his heart, he was a knight, and both strength and speed were far superior to that of a wizard. Once you close the distance, you have an absolute advantage, so of course you have to talk. Is it just that the other party has the qualifications to talk to him?

"You're not a knight!" Nado roared on his horse, "I only negotiate with knights, are you a human slave?" In his opinion, humans can only be slaves, and then they must be undead, even if they are only civilians.

"Oh, of course I'm a knight!" Lu Jingzhi feigned anger, "I have two undead infantry under my command, and four undead auxiliaries, all of whom are serious castle residents. ”

Nado looked at the human boy suspiciously, and exclaimed, "What about your horse, where is your spear, where is your spear, where is your plate, you say you are a knight, then prove it to me." ”

Lu Jingzhi picked up a diamond-shaped long wooden board from the ground, which looked like a kite-shaped long shield in the dark, and said to Nado: "Look, Your Excellency, this is my knight's shield." I didn't bring the equipment you mentioned, I only came to this village to collect taxes. And my mounts are them. As he spoke, he pointed his hand at Silly Eryi, grinned widely, and nodded in acknowledgement.

It is almost impossible to use humans as mounts, and the strongest humans will not overtake the weakest horses in the sprint. But Nado thought about it again, if the mount could help him launch sorcery, then it made sense to be weaker.

"Well, I accept your request for negotiation. Nado shouted, "In ten minutes, we'll negotiate." ”

"As you wish, Your Excellency. Lu Jingzhi replied. He put the barrel at his feet, indicating that he would not throw it again, and Nado turned his horse's head and returned to his soldiers.

Lu Jingzhi sat peacefully at the negotiating table, waiting for the arrival of the undead knight Nado. And Nado also adhered to the spirit of chivalry, and made it to the other side of the negotiating table without missing a minute. Lu Jingzhi brought four subordinates to stand behind him, on the left was the stupid big fool two, and on the right were two ghost pawns. Nado also brought four subordinates, all of whom were lightly armored infantry. It's just that the four lightly armored infantry are charred and dry. It looks like a refugee from Africa.

"On behalf of Lord Ados, I have come to crusade against the untrustworthy army of the Duke of Windsor. You shouldn't be stationed in our Brimhur Lake village – you call it a border village. Nadeau got to the point as soon as he came up, and even the basic greetings were waived.

"I'm sorry, Lord Nado, but this village is our border village, not some sulfur lake village. You admit that we call it a border village, and that's right. But we don't recognize it as Sulphur Lake Village, so you don't have the right to interfere with whether or not we're stationed here. Lu Jing said indifferently. This territory is not yours at all, don't be sentimental and admit that the two sides have joint ownership of this village, Lu Jingzhi directly sealed the room for Nado to negotiate.

"It seems that we have no other way than to decide its ownership by force. Nado held back his anger and stood up with grace, going back to prepare for another fight. If you can't take back this village, you can die here. If you're lucky, your soul will return to Lord Ados's territory and reunite as the undead.

"Don't worry, my dear lord. Lu Jingzhi patted the table lightly, which was dismantled and processed on the ice fruit wood table of the village chief's house, "We still have many ways to decide where the village belongs." ”

"What way?" Nado is not a high-ranking knight after all, and his intelligence is only equivalent to the juvenile stage of the average human3.

"Be reasonable. Lu Jing said sincerely.

Nadeau felt a little crying and laughing, this human boy had to reason with himself.

"What's your reasoning?" Nado didn't sit back, but leaned down, staring at Lu Jingzhi with a pair of blood-red eyes through his visor.

Lu Jingzhi made Nado's stare a little hairy, and he remembered Belgo in the castle. Bergo was also a knight, and would often stare at him when he was unhappy, but Belgo would not wear armor in front of him, and his face with half of his forehead missing could make his heart tremble every time.

"This guy doesn't have any flaws on his face. Lu Jing thought secretly in his heart, but said in his mouth: "Dear lord, I suggest that you may as well sit down, and I will explain it to you clearly." ”

Nado sat down and said, "Say, human, if you are really a knight too, don't test the patience of another knight with words. ”

The Undead Knights value their time, and this is a common rule on both Windsand and Ados.

Lu Jingzhi kept the smile on his face and said, "Dear lord, Lord Ados's castle is on the north side of the sulfur lake, and Duke Wensha's castle is on the south side of the sulfur lake. Am I right?"

Nado whispered, "Don't waste your time, human, I don't think you look like a knight anymore." Seeing that Lu Jingzhi was still looking at him with a smile on his face, he felt that it was unchivalrous to refuse to ask questions in the negotiation, so he replied: "Yes, human, you are right. Now let's talk about where the village belongs. In his opinion, as long as the words are clear, this human boy will have to admit that both sides have jurisdiction over the village.

Lu Jingzhi said: "Dear lord, you are right. Allow me to salute you. He raised his glass and gestured to Nado. Nadeau had already seen a glass of clear and mellow ice fruit wine in front of him, and when he saw that the master motioned for him to toast, he raised his glass and drank it all as he said.

"Brother village chief, help fill up the wine. This time, Lu Jing used human language. Although Nado couldn't understand it, he understood when he saw the village chief of Sulphur Lake Village come over and pour himself wine with a sneer.

"My dear lord, Lord Ados's castle should belong to Lord Ados, and Lord Windsor's castle should also belong to Lord Lord Windsor. Are you right?" Lu Jingzhi asked again.

Nado said angrily: "Do you think of me as a zombie or a gargoyle who has not yet opened his mind?" Seeing that Lu Jingzhi was still smiling, Nado suddenly felt that he was angry and undignified, so he nodded and replied: "You're right, human. ”

Lu Jingzhi raised his glass again and said, "For the safety of Lord Ados's castle." ”

Nado also raised his glass and replied, "For the safety of the Duke of Windsor's castle." He said in his heart, "It is best that you are in peace, until I follow the captain of my family to conquer your castle." Then he drank the ice wine from the cup. When the young village chief saw this, he hurriedly came up and filled the wine glass again.

Lu Jingzhi smiled again and said, "The castle on the north side of the lake belongs to Lord Ados, and the castle on the south side of the lake belongs to Lord Duke Wensha. We've agreed on that, and we've had two toasts. Now I hope that we can come to another consensus, that this small village where we live is from the south of Hunan. Right, my dear Excellency. ”

Nado nodded, "You're right, human. I thought to myself, if I drink a glass of wine with common sense, wouldn't I have made a lot of money? I didn't realize that I had fallen into Lu Jingzhi's trap.

If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.