173 Escape (Part 1)
The fires in the city began to fade away, and the shouts of killing seemed to gradually decrease. The thugs wandering around the streets gradually began to lose fewer thugs, and the thugs who were not smart or too greedy and cruel were still raging 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 and has no market value. Ordinary mercenaries dare not keep it privately. Besides, this thing is Bai Min's spoils, who dares to touch it randomly!
Not long after, Balff brought back several carriages with his brothers, all of which were quite luxurious. There were two carriages and even family heraldry. I don’t know how he did it. Chen Xiansong did not ask about it. Sometimes, when he was dragged for one more second, he would be more dangerous.
The dead companion was buried in the wasteland in the backyard of the hotel. For this reason, Chen Xiansong took out more than 100 gold coins to the hotel owner. One was to compensate the hotel for the losses. The night battle damaged a lot of property. The second was to ask the store owner to help take care of the dead people buried behind, and don’t let the wild animals dig their graves. If you have the chance, he will come back to restrain the remains of the dead guards and send them back to his hometown to rest in peace.
The shop owner was not afraid to ask for it. Although compared with ordinary people, the shop owner was considered a rich man, his status was far inferior to the lowest aristocrats, let alone a soul-thinking person like Chen Xiansong. He was afraid that something would happen after he accepted it, until Chen Xiansong said, "If you don't accept it, I will demolish the place."
At this point, the shop owner finally had to bite the bullet and accept Chen Xiansong's money.
After counting the number of people, Udir slowly walked down the building. He walked very slowly, and did not look at the surrounding situation or pay attention to the situation in the city. He and the old housekeeper and the young grandson got on a horse, and Chen Xiansong and several women were also crowded in a carriage. The person who drove for him was his first student, Alex.
The other wounded were just now full of the remaining carriages.
After repeated confirmation, the convoy finally set off. Chen Xiansong sat in the carriage, stretched his waist, and relaxed for a while, he felt very sleepy. His head was resting on Xiao Min's soft thighs, which was particularly comfortable. Seeing this, the little guy took the initiative to come over to help Chen Xiansong beat his back and pinch his shoulders.
Catherine was very satisfied with this situation. It was strange that her daughter was so sensible and well-behaved, and it was strange that she was not attracted to others. Besides, he felt that Chen Xiansong was also very kind. Her 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 Xis would often match her and match her with Chen Xiansong.
Ruth realized at this time that she was a maid who was incompetent. But it was difficult for her. She had never seen blood since she was a child. There were many incidents tonight, and it was an explosion and a dead person. When she saw the body, she just felt nauseous and did not vomit on the spot.
At this time, there was already a trace of fish white in the sky, and there were no people on the street. Occasionally, teams of thugs passed by. They saw nearly a hundred people in the convoy, and were full of arms, and they did not dare to obstruct them. Instead, they avoided them far away, afraid of causing trouble. They moved on the empty streets at a very fast speed. Not long after, the carriage arrived in front of the city gate.
Chen Xiansong's carriage was in front of the convoy. Balf, who had been driving the road ahead, raised his hand and made a gesture to stop moving forward. He asked Aslan to watch, and he came to Chen Xiansong's carriage and tapped him gently.
Chen Xiansong rose from Bai Min's thigh and lifted the curtain. He immediately lowered his head and said, "Master, there is a city gate ahead, and there is an army guarding it. The number of people is unknown. It is estimated that there should be no less than two hundred people."
Chen Xiansong walked down from the carriage and saw that there was indeed an army stationed in the city wall ahead. Several huge torches were burning on the wall on the city gate, and dozens of archers were drawing bows and aiming at this place. However, because the distance was a bit far, they did not shoot arrows, but were just so alert.
Chen Xiansong's nose moved, and he suddenly smelled a strong smell of blood. He couldn't help but look around. Although there were torches on the wall, the sky was still dark. He didn't pay much attention before, but now he found that there were pools of blood on the road, which were very dense. Then there was the City Defense Force, and the armor on their bodies changed. Chen Xiansong remembered that the City Defense Force should have gray-brown leather thick armor, but now it was obviously sky blue.
Change troops?
No, the City Defense Force belongs to the local territory. For the sake of command convenience, distinguishing between enemies and us. Generally speaking, soldiers of the same lord, armor style and color should be the same. In this case, there is a force that not only kills the City Defense Force, but also replaces it.
The situation became less and less right. Chen Xiansong asked Balff to take the riot shield and handed it over to Xiao Min, who was protected by the latter. The two walked forward for a while and looked up and asked, "I am a soul-thinking person. Chen Xiansong, now there is something important to leave the city. Can you open the city gate so that it will be convenient?"
A person above the wall above the city gate replied: "We are here under the order of our master, and no one is allowed to go out until the prohibition is lifted."
"Who is your master?" Chen Xiansong asked.
"Nothing to tell." The person on the wall shouted: "Your Excellency, you are also a member of the association. I will not make things difficult for you. Go back quickly. If you stay here for a long time, don't blame us for being rude."
Hearing this, Chen Xiansong turned straight. When he returned to the carriage, he called Balph and Aslan to come over and said, "The officer on the city wall has a problem with his mind. I asked him who the master was. He didn't answer, but said, 'You are also a member of the association'. Humph, with this sentence, I know who is dealing with us. There is no one else in the association who can afford so many elite soldiers except that guy. No wonder Xiao Min was targeted before and specially formulated a suppression tactic. He wanted to get something from Xiao Min."
"Master, since we know who the enemy is, why don't we kill us? Strike while they are fighting happily." Balff suggested.
"That's asking for death." Chen Xiansong snorted: "One city gate alone has two hundred people stationed, so the number of people on the main battlefield will definitely not be less than thousands. Although Xiao Min is powerful, her strength cannot be fully utilized in the absence of exclusive equipment, and you are tired, and it is absolutely impossible to break through the enemy's defense."
"When he takes over the city lord's mansion, he can just divide some troops and surround us and kill us." Chen Xiansong slapped the shaft of the carriage: "We must leave now, the more we stay, the more I feel uneasy I will be. We will forcefully rush to the level, Xiao Min will do this later... In this way, Balf, you will take people..."
Chen Xiansong talked about his thoughts. During this period, Bai Min made some corrections. Then he raised the riot shield, walked to the carriage behind him, opened the window and climbed up. Inside was Udir, the old housekeeper and the little grandson. He expressed his guesses and plans. After hearing this, Udir just nodded without any other statement.
Then he handed over the riot shield and said, "Teacher, it may be a little dangerous later. Please take this shield and try to protect yourself."
Udir just smiled slightly. There was no big expression. But the old housekeeper and the young grandson were surprised. They all knew the price of the magic crystal shield, and they knew that it was a very precious thing, which could completely resist elemental attacks, and the defense against swords was amazing. It was a good protective treasure. Chen Xiansong did not blink and sent this thing over. From this, it can be seen that he really took the safety of his teacher to heart.
"You go and do it, don't worry too much about me, this old man." Udir glanced at the riot shield and continued, "You will be on the front line later. It's better for you to take this thing."
"Xiao Min will protect me." Chen Xiansong shook his head. The riot shield is indeed good, but now he has a complete set of Odin's sacred clothing. In terms of defense, it is much better than the riot shield. He also believes that if he really encounters danger, Xiao Min will definitely come to save him.
After getting off the carriage, Balff came over and said, "Master, I have already ordered you as you ask, and I believe they will come back soon."
Sure enough, not long after, more than 50 people sent by Balff walked back one after another with jars of large and small sizes. The jars contained tincture oil, which was very easy to ignite, had a pungent smell when burned, and black smoke was also produced. They were usually used by poor families to use lighting at night, while wealthy people thought it tasted bad and never used it.
Near the city wall is the outer circle of a city. Generally, people living nearby are poor families, so the guards collected a lot of tincture oil without much time. The jars were sealed with wax lids and would not flow out easily. Collected with the tincture oil, there were more than a dozen large hemp rope bags.
Chen Xiansong made an appointment and estimated that there were about 200 people guarding the city gate. If Xiao Min helps, if you want to rush hard, you will definitely be able to pass, which will lose some people. But Chen Xiansong didn't want anyone else to die in his team, so if you want to pass here safely, you must think of some other solutions.
Chen Xiansong asked someone to put the tincture oil can into a hemp rope bag. When it was about one-third of it, he called to stop and asked the people around him to retreat a little. Then Bai Min walked over and picked up the bag with both hands, and ran it in place like throwing a shot put. After turning for more than ten rounds, he felt that the centrifugal force was strong enough. He suddenly let go and the bag flew forward in a parabola, and then right above the city gate.
The bag hit the city gate and made a "pop" sound. The city defense forces on the wall burst into laughter. The city gate was one meter thick, and even rushing to the car could block it. They thought that throwing a few bags of stones over could smash the city gate?
The officer was also on the wall. He heard the cloth bag hitting the city gate, and the sound seemed to be something wrong, as if there was some sound of pottery shattering. He intuition told himself that something was wrong, but he couldn't guess the reason. In this short period of time that he felt strange, Bai Min had thrown out five bags, all of which were in the city gate.
At this time, the officer felt that the smell of the air around him was a little wrong, as if it was a pungent smell. He looked down and found that a few bags falling on the city gate were flowing out a lot of yellow-brown liquid. The city gate was so greasy that it was obvious that there was almost no place to settle on the ground... This is tinea oil... not good!
He suddenly woke up and looked up and was about to speak when he saw someone in the convoy opposite him pulling a longbow. A cluster of orange flames suddenly burned on its arrows.
Chapter completed!