Beginning with the Five Animals Fist to Become a Saint

Chapter 283: Take action, the god of death in the dark night! (Please give me a monthly ticket!!)

The bright moon hangs high.

The bright moonlight covers the earth like flowing water.

At this moment, every place in the city was as bright as day under the bright moonlight, bright enough for reading and writing.

On the west wall of the inner city.

At this time, blazing torches were lit, and people were hurrying back and forth, with people constantly rushing in from all over the inner city.

There were also soldiers constantly pouring water on the outer walls of the city.

In today's cold winter, with temperatures of more than ten degrees below zero, the poured water will slide down the icy city walls and quickly freeze into ice.

In this way, the city wall can be made extremely smooth, and even a martial arts expert would find it difficult to fly up the wall by stepping on the smooth ice.

"Sir, look!" The soldier who was pouring water on the city wall suddenly saw a figure rising up at a very fast speed from the direction of the outer city. The speed was so fast that it seemed as if it was floating through the air.

He shouted out immediately.

As soon as the voice came out, everyone's attention was immediately attracted.

Xiao Chen, who was constantly patrolling on the city wall and giving instructions to the garrisons in various places, also poked his head out from the battlements.

Then he saw the figure coming to the foot of the city wall.

"Don't panic, it should be Commander Jiang!"

Just now.

There were footsteps behind him.

"Xiao Chen, what's going on?"

at the same time.

Behind Xiao Chen came the sound of respectful salutes.

"Greetings, Master General!"

"Greetings, Master Souji!!"

"Greetings, Master Souji!!!"

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I heard the three words "General Manager".

Xiao Chen immediately turned around and saw Ge Zhengyuan, the chief of the City Guards, who had just climbed up the city wall in a hurry.

The City Guard Division is in charge of all garrison forces in Luoshui County.

"Greetings, Mr. General!" Xiao Chen bowed as soon as he saw Ge Zhengyuan.

Just now.

Jiang Ning also flew onto the wall, instantly climbed over the high city wall, and landed on the city wall.

Ge Zhengyuan was about to open his mouth to continue asking questions when he saw Jiang Ning's figure rising like a roc from under the city wall. His eyes were immediately attracted to him.

As a real big shot in Luoshui County, he was a seventh-rank official and one of the few seventh-rank martial artists in Luoshui County.

Ge Zhengyuan was very clear that he could ignore the vertical angle of the city wall and climb up the wall just by relying on the extremely flat wall. It took a lot of physical skills.

Not to mention, Jiang Ning's action of flying up the wall was obviously not done by brute force alone.

"How strange! Jiang Ning just became Wang Jin's apprentice last year, but how come he looks like he has achieved great success in both internal and external cultivation? Could it be that becoming Wang Jin's apprentice is a cover, and he has another master?" Ge Zhengyuan secretly said to himself.

He still clearly remembered what happened when he attended Master Wang's apprenticeship banquet.

At the banquet, Jiang Ning's performance impressed him.

That kind of admiration was just a different look at the younger generation, but now Jiang Ning found that he could no longer understand it.

This kind of body movement is like a roc soaring into the sky.

This is not something that can be achieved by brute force.

Just like himself, seventh level in martial arts.

If he were given some foothold, he could also fly over the city wall.

Because of this, all city walls are basically extremely smooth, and every few years someone will polish the walls to make them extremely smooth.

In this way, even martial arts masters would find it difficult to climb over the city wall.

Unless one is the type of person who has a long internal breath, and can breathe down into the stomach in one breath, and be as light as a swallow, he can soar into the air and climb over a ten-zhang-high city wall.

At this moment, Jiang Ning's performance was obviously the second one.

This is also the basis for Ge Zhengyuan's judgment that Jiang Ning has achieved great success both internally and externally.

"Commander Jiang, have you just returned from the outer city?" Ge Zhengyuan asked.

Hearing this, Jiang Ning's eyes fell on Ge Zhengyuan, and he suddenly recognized Ge Zhengyuan's identity.

In Luoshui County, Ge Zhengyuan was one of the few officials whose official position was higher than his.

However, with the privileges he enjoyed as an inspector, he was able to meet an official one level higher than him.

In terms of status and power, he is no less powerful than Ge Zhengyuan.

As for strength, there is nothing to compare nowadays.

"General Ge." Jiang Ning bowed, and then said: "General Ge, you should make preparations as soon as possible! The Black Mountain Cavalry has already breached the west gate of the outer city, and is now marching straight in and heading straight here."

"Black Mountain Cavalry?" Ge Zhengyuan was stunned, and then he quickly asked, "Commander Jiang, are you sure? Did the Black Mountain Cavalry really enter the city?"

"Of course I'm not mistaken!" Jiang Ning said calmly, "A total of thirty-four Black Mountain Cavalry are riding towards us."

"Thirty-four riders." Ge Zhengyuan took a breath of cold air.

As the chief of the city guards of Luoshui County, he naturally knew about the Black Mountain Cavalry.

Thirty-four riders, this means that there are at least thirty-four warriors of the eighth rank, veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles, and they are well-trained cavalrymen.

This force alone is comparable to high-end combat power for Luoshui County.

Not to mention that among the thirty-four riders, there must be someone at the seventh level of martial arts.

The seventh-grade martial artists among the Black Mountain Cavalry are much more powerful than those in the county.

He started the rebellion in Daming Prefecture and now traveled thousands of miles. He can be said to have crawled out of a pile of the dead and has been through hundreds of battles. Compared with the pampered seventh-grade martial artist in the county, he is overwhelmingly defeated in terms of willpower and experience.

In this way, they are naturally much stronger than the warriors in the county.

This is still in a one-on-one situation.

Warriors in the army are best at fighting in groups.

If the number of people exceeds ten, even if their martial arts strengths are almost the same, it will still be a one-sided massacre.

After hearing the news from Jiang Ning, Ge Zhengyuan immediately knew that this matter was in big trouble.

Today's Luoshui County is at the most empty time of the year.

The most powerful inspection office in the county is composed of people who are basically from other cities. Now, due to the long New Year holiday, they have basically returned to their respective cities and homes.

This has also resulted in the overall strength of Luoshui County being at least half weaker than it was a month ago.

At this critical juncture, when the defense force was at its weakest tonight, the Black Mountain Cavalry suddenly attacked the city, and after breaking through the city, they headed straight here.

It was obviously carefully planned long ago.

Ge Zhengyuan knew very well that as the highest-ranking official in the Luoshui County Guard, he also shouldered the greatest responsibility.

If Luoshui County was completely conquered, his life would certainly be in danger.

So for him, abandoning the city and fleeing would mean a dead end.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and looked at Jiang Ning.

"Commander Jiang, do you see how many Black Mountain troops are following the Black Mountain Cavalry?"

"I don't know!" Jiang Ning looked towards the outer city area shrouded in darkness, and said calmly: "I saw thirty-four Black Mountain Riders from afar, and immediately rushed back to report the news."

"But I don't need to look to know that with the Black Mountain Cavalry here, they must have gathered a group of Black Mountain soldiers. The two together should be around a hundred people, or even more!"

Hearing Jiang Ning's words, Ge Zhengyuan nodded in agreement.

"Yes!"

"The county is now under garrisoned, and the incident happened suddenly, so many of my colleagues are still on the road."

"This Black Mountain Army has chosen a good time!!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning quietly observed the direction from which the Black Mountain Cavalry came and nodded slightly.

“It’s a good time indeed!”

suddenly.

Jiang Ning said, "Here it comes!"

"What's coming?" Ge Zhengyuan was stunned.

Jiang Ning said: "The Black Mountain Cavalry is coming!"

At the end of his sight, Jiang Ning had already seen the Black Mountain Cavalry appear in his sight.

"Where?" Ge Zhengyuan was stunned again, then he listened carefully and heard the sound of horse hooves trampling.

Immediately, his expression became serious: "He really came!"

Then he looked at Jiang Ning and said, "We will need Commander Jiang's help in defending the city later. I hope Commander Jiang can lend a hand."

Jiang Ning nodded slightly.

"Thank you!" Ge Zhengyuan bowed and went down to arrange matters concerning the defense of the city.

Tonight is very crucial for him, not only because it concerns his official hat, but also his life.

At this time, people from all over the inner city came to the city wall one after another. However, Jiang Ning was no longer interested in what was happening in the rear.

He knew very well that the next section of the journey was his best chance to attack the Black Mountain Cavalry.

the other side.

The Black Mountain Cavalry also galloped along the road that led directly from the outer city to the inner city.

They were even more aware that if they were delayed for one minute on the road, the city's defenders would have to be twice as strong.

What they are fighting for now is just the time difference.

If they wait until Luoshui County fully reacts and defends the city, how can they attack the next county with their army of barely a hundred people?
"Failure will happen in this one move!!" Seeing the towering city wall in the shadows in the distance, the leader of the Black Mountain Riders looked solemn.

The outer city is in ruins.

The inner city is hard to break.

On the one hand, the daily defense force of the inner city is several times that of the outer city.

In addition, due to the early warning from the outer city, the inner city had already made certain preparations in advance.

If you want to break into the city, you have to force your way in.

So he didn't dare to waste even a moment.

Among the entire Black Mountain Cavalry, there are only four people who can do what he did and forcibly climb up the ten-foot-high city wall.

Including the holy maiden of the church who has not shown up in secret, there are only five people who can do this.

In other words, the five of them had to quickly climb the city wall, clear away any obstacles, and then open the city gate from the inside.

Only by doing this can he lead the brothers behind him into the inner city.

With the support of the brothers behind him, he was able to gain a preliminary foothold and had the possibility of completely occupying Luoshui County.

This is just a possibility!
Because no one knows how deep the water is in a county.

Or maybe there is another powerful person in seclusion.

Something similar to this has happened before.

A county town was attacked by rebels and was about to be captured.

An old man came out holding a branch.

The sword energy was like a river, instantly turning the rebels pouring in from the city gate into blood foam.

Then, he killed thousands of enemies easily with just one sword, and resolved the crisis of the city being broken.

As for the rebels who survived that battle, only 30% of them survived.

This is because the sword master does not want to cause more killings.

As the inner city walls became clearer and clearer, the ice on the outside of the walls reflected the cold moonlight.

The leader of the Black Mountain Riders was becoming increasingly nervous.

Today's siege plan mainly comes from the opinions of the Black Lotus Saint in the dark.

Before this, he had no such idea.

It's crazy to attack a county town with only a hundred people.

Even with the perfect timing tonight, it was still a very crazy move.

Although the Black Lotus Saint's status in the church is not as high as those others and she is a newly promoted candidate for the Saint, her status is still not comparable to that of a captain like him.

"Hope everything goes well tonight!" The leader of the Black Mountain Cavalry looked at the city wall getting closer and closer, and prayed silently in his heart.

at this time.

boom--

Suddenly, there was a loud thunder in his ears.

Look back.

A brother wearing black iron armor who had followed him for thousands of miles suddenly had his flesh and blood flying all over his body, and the black nightmare horse under his crotch was also torn into pieces.

"Tieshan!" His eyes turned red instantly.

at this time.

Less than a breath of time.

boom--

Another sound like thunder exploded in his ears.

He turned his head and saw that another brother was covered in blood and flesh, the black iron armor he was wearing was torn into pieces, and the tall black nightmare horse was also torn into large and small blood clots.

He quickly turned his head and looked towards the city wall.

Suddenly, I saw a figure standing on the city wall, with the bowstring in his hand pulled to full length again.

"Find cover, there's a sharpshooter!!!" he shouted suddenly.

And at this time.

Jiang Ning stood on the city wall.

collapse--

The arrow in his hand shot out again.

In the darkness, the arrow left the bow and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Less than a breath of time.

boom--

There was another explosion like thunder, and a Black Mountain Knight of unknown strength was suddenly hit by a cannonball and his body was torn into pieces.

An arrow was shot out, and Jiang Ning drew the bow and pulled the string again.

aside.

As the Black Mountain Cavalry approached, they appeared completely in everyone's sight. Everyone was already on full alert, waiting for the Black Mountain Cavalry to attack the city.

Ge Zhengyuan, as the chief of the City Guard, stopped his busy work, drew out the sword hanging at his waist and began to wipe the sword.

He knew that the Black Mountain Cavalry did not have any siege equipment.

When the Black Mountain Cavalry attack the city, only the strongest among them will force their way onto the city walls and open the gates from the inside.

From the front alone, these thirty-odd Black Mountain cavalrymen broke into the city gate with their own strength.

On the back side of the city wall, elite soldiers began to install armor-piercing crossbow arrows on the huge crossbows in their hands.

The Divine Crossbow is a type of weapon used to deal with powerful martial artists.

The tip of the armor-piercing arrow of this weapon is very small, only about ten centimeters.

But the arrowhead is made of fine iron that has been forged thousands of times, and under a strong impact, it can easily penetrate several centimeters of fine iron.

In front of the armor-piercing crossbow, even a sixth-rank martial artist would not dare to take it head-on with his physical body.

Only the top strong men in the fifth level of inner strength can ignore the armor-piercing crossbow arrows for a short period of time by relying on their internal energy. However, as time goes on, their internal energy is exhausted, and they still dare not take the attack head-on with their flesh and blood bodies.

This type of weapon is also controlled by Daxia.

If an ordinary family dares to keep it secretly, it will be a capital crime.

Only the imperial military can legitimately use this kind of controlled military equipment.

Just now.

Jiang Ning shot two arrows in succession, and the sound of them breaking through the air was like a sharp whistle.

The two explosions were like sudden thunder in the dark night.

The movement instantly attracted the attention of everyone on the city wall.

Only then did they realize that Jiang Ning was drawing the bow again.

collapse--

Jiang Ning released the arrow.

The arrow disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant. They heard a series of sonic booms again and saw the air explode into a ball of white mist the moment the arrow left the string.

"Silent Arrow!"

"Commander Jiang's archery skills are so strong!!"

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When everyone saw this scene, they began to whisper to each other.

Seeing this, Ge Zhengyuan, who was standing by, looked even happier.

He knew very well how useful a sharpshooter who could shoot silent arrows would be in defending a city.

In his eyes, he was simply the god of death who ruthlessly reaped lives.

Especially in the dark.

Although the moonlight is bright tonight, it is still dark.

The visibility in the dark is much worse than in the daytime. It is difficult for ordinary warriors to see the trajectory of the arrow with their eyes alone.

Coupled with the silent arrow, the arrow's speed through the air has exceeded the sound.

For those attacking the city, it is impossible for them to rely on their ears to detect the location and give early warning.

Such a situation made the archer even more terrifying.

(End of this chapter)