Chapter four hundred and ninety-ninth almost meaning
Outside Hangu Pass, Zhou Shi sent people to build a camp for five consecutive days, while Lin Ze stood on the city wall and watched for five days. The two sides maintained this balance in a tacit understanding.
After Wu Chen and others had an unpleasant incident with Zhou Shi, the relationship between the two parties dropped to a freezing point. To put it bluntly, no one looked down on the other.
The military ministers and others thought that Zhou Shi was too cautious. Since Zhao Zheng passed away, the strength of the Qin State has been reduced to less than ten percent, so there is nothing to worry about. Otherwise, how could they have succeeded in restoring the country so easily?
In addition, it has been more than five months since Chen She's rebellion began. Qin's response has only been to defend at the pass, and has never taken the initiative to send troops to quell the rebellion. This further proves that Qin's remaining strength will not be too strong.
According to their thinking, an army of millions would definitely be able to capture Hangu Pass regardless of the cost.
Zhou Shi didn't think so. Lin Ze's sword left a very deep impression on him, and he was not confident enough to capture Hangu Pass.
Capturing Hangu Pass was important to Zhou Shi, but minimizing casualties was even more important to him.
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On the city wall, Lin Ze was lying leisurely on a bamboo chair, reaching out from time to time to pick up a strange fruit full of energy and stuffing it into his mouth.
Suddenly, a group of people came up, lined up in a row, stood in front of Lin Ze, raised their hands and saluted, "Greetings to the Young Master."
Lin Ze looked up and saw that the first three people were the heirs of Meng Xibai's family, and the others were the sons of powerful men who had bought "war merit rights" from Lin Ze.
I saw Lin Ze saying a faint "Hmm" and lying lazily on the bamboo chair without moving.
Lin Ze's expression of disregard immediately stung the sensitive and proud hearts of these powerful children.
If it weren't for the fact that Lin Ze had a large number of troops, they would have gone crazy by now.
Even so, the faces of all the powerful disciples could not help but darken, and a few of them even had blue veins bulging out, showing the attitude of breaking out at the slightest disagreement.
Meng Feng quickly stretched out his hands to signal his companions to be calm. After appeasing his companions, he raised his hands to Lin Ze again and said, "Master Shaofu, I came here today to ask when will you fulfill your promise?"
Lin Ze finished the exotic fruit that looked like an apple in two or three mouthfuls, and Fang said slowly: "Promise? What promise?"
Meng Feng suppressed his anger and reminded: "Two months ago, after accepting our gift, your Excellency announced in public that in two months, troops would be sent to attack the main force of the Chen bandits to create a fighting opportunity for us. Now two months have passed.
Okay, now that the rebels are here, why does the young master want to retreat into the city?"
"Idiot" Lin Ze cursed in a low voice, but it happened to be heard by everyone present.
Meng Feng's face suddenly turned green and white, extremely ugly. Just when he was about to open his mouth to argue with Lin Ze, Lin Ze stood up, glanced at the powerful disciples present with his cold eyes and said:
"There are more than a million rebels outside the city. I am responsible for the soldiers under my command. The wisest choice is to stay at the pass. Don't think of any excuses to persuade me to send troops. Wait until it's time to send troops.
When the time comes, I will dispatch troops, so please go back."
Meng Feng was blocked and kept silent with a gloomy face. Xi Yue next to him took a step forward and said: "Master Shaofu is unwilling to send troops, and we will not force him. We only ask that Master Shaofu allow us to take our army out of the city and fight with him."
Rebels fight."
Lin Ze flatly refused: "No."
Xiyue said in astonishment: "Why is this?"
"Don't open the city gate lightly. What if there is a traitor among you and we take the opportunity to help the rebels seize the city?" Lin Ze said coldly.
When Lin Ze said these words, he immediately aroused public anger, and a group of powerful disciples made a lot of noise:
"How can I be a traitor?"
"You are timid and fearful, why do you want to hinder me?"
"Why are you so stubborn?"
Lin Ze's face turned cold, and he let go of his momentum and scolded: "Shut up and go back to me. If anyone dares to raise the issue of the city again, I will treat him as a traitor."
Meng Feng and others exchanged glances, and the five gray-clothed old men quickly stepped forward and surrounded Lin Ze. Their auras at the peak of the sixth grade were intertwined and they headed toward Lin Ze.
The powerful disciples outside the circle can vaguely feel the pressure brought by the five old men. It is a kind of natural pressure exerted by the strong martial arts on the weak.
I saw this group of powerful men and women showing cheerful expressions in unison, and a thought came to my mind: Let me drive you crazy, let’s see how you end up doing this?
One of the old men said dryly: "Young man, if you have something to discuss carefully, why are you so unkind?"
Lin Ze had a look of surprise on his face and asked with a very puzzled look: "Are you threatening me? Have you ever thought about the consequences?"
A young man from a powerful family interjected: "Your Majesty, your words are wrong. How can this be considered a threat? Aren't we discussing it with you? I hope you will consider it carefully."
However, the look of contentment on his face could not be concealed no matter what.
Lin Ze stretched, stood up, and said calmly: "Looking at the generous ransom given by your family, I will give you one more chance. Get out of here before I get angry.
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The old man laughed angrily: "Your Excellency, you are too arrogant..."
However, before he finished speaking, Lin Ze's entire body transformed into countless afterimages, and he lightly slapped five palms in all directions.
Just hearing five consecutive "bang bang bang bang bang" sounds in the air, the five old men who were originally vigorous were like leaves in the wind, turned into five gray figures, flew out in all directions quickly, and then fell heavily.
Fall to the ground.
After the five people were severely injured, they didn't even have time to say anything. They only had time to spit out a mouthful of blood and then passed out.
All the powerful disciples couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and subconsciously took a step back, but they were shouting in their hearts: "How is it possible? Isn't this guy just a bastard in his twenties? How can he be so strong?"
After disposing of the five old men in an understatement, Lin Ze waved his hand to the Fang Xiandao disciples not far away and said: "Catch them all and inform their elders to come and redeem them. There is no price this time. If anyone gives you something that is not to my liking, my legs may be broken."
The most important thing is to abandon martial arts."
After receiving Lin Ze's order, the Fang Xiandao disciples immediately rushed forward like wolves and tigers.
The powerful disciples subconsciously wanted to resist, but were frightened by Lin Ze's look and did not dare to move.
The punishment of abolishing martial arts is too severe and they cannot bear it.
Not long after, the heads of the major families who had been notified came to the city wall with their guards. When they saw their nephew or son being struck by a sword, their expressions changed again and again.
However, what shocked them even more was the five old men lying on the ground.
These five old men are well-known in the circles of the powerful.
Because these five people once teamed up to face Ye Teng and Zhao Tuofang, who had just been promoted to Grand Master, and became invincible within a quarter of an hour.
Now he is lying here unconscious, how can it not be surprising?
Lin Ze did not hesitate, and asked someone to tell him what had just happened, and then made his request.
The heads of each family looked at their nephews or young masters with hatred. Others didn't know it, but they didn't know it. There were millions of rebels outside the city. If they were to lead the troops out of the city, how could they still be alive?
return?
Now when he heard that Lin Ze had stopped him, instead of being angry, he felt lucky that he had been stopped. He accepted Lin Ze's blackmail and honestly paid a ransom.
When each family paid the ransom and was about to take the people back, Lin Ze said coldly: "I would like to remind you for the last time that the words coming out of my mouth are not discussions with you, but orders. If you
If you really want to seek death, think carefully about whether your family has the ability to avenge you?"
The dignitaries from each family remained silent and left in a hurry.
After everyone left, a sneer appeared on Lin Ze's face: "It's funny, do you think that this can break the alliance between me and the powerful people? It's a pity that I never expected these powerful people to be counted as
Help."
It was clear to Lin Ze who was behind this incident. He could say that when it came to playing tricks, Li You was a little less interesting than him.