Daming talker

Chapter 603: One shot, one kill!

Although Lin Tailai went to the West Camp, General Li Rusong still kept a close eye on Lin Tailai and kept reporting all about Lin Tailai's movements.

"Judge Lin made a suit of armor weighing eighty kilograms!"

"General Lin never takes off his armor!"

"Military Supervisor Lin selected two strong men to carry the two weapons for him!"

Upon hearing the news, General Li couldn't help but start to wonder, Lin Tailai made such careful preparations, could he really be sure of something?
No, he must be just trying to show off, as he is a military inspector and not a military commander.

Tonight, when Li Rusong was looking at a map, he suddenly heard an urgent report: "There really is a fire in the city tower!"

"Which direction?" Li Rusong asked hurriedly.

The spy reported clearly: "West!"

Shit! Li Rusong rushed out of the tent, climbed on the cloud car and looked around. Sure enough, he saw the fire in the west!

At this moment, General Li just wanted to ask God, why is it in the west again? Is Lin Tailai really a celestial being?

No, this is only the result of the military supervisor's planning. I, the commander-in-chief, am the decision maker!
After taking down Ningxia City, he, the main general, still enjoyed glory. On the battlefield where soldiers fought directly, they were the protagonists!

Without time to think further, General Li could only follow the plan and launch feint attacks in other directions to tie down the rebel forces.

But within half an hour, new news came: "General Lin has reached the West City first!"

Li Rusong: "."

He guessed that Lin Tailai might use force to show off his martial arts skills in order to attract attention and under the premise of safety.

But no one expected that Lin Tailai would dare to take such a risk and be the first to climb the city wall.

The spy continued to report: "General Lin used his iron spear to knock two people away at the same time, intimidating the rebels and defending the city!"

Li Rusong: "."

Is this the difference between ordinary mortals and banished immortals?

Why did I think that I was the protagonist before?

When General Li was in self-doubt, Lin Tailai walked along the inner wall of the city wall. When he heard the sounds of fighting and killing, he ordered the troops to pause.

Then he and several guards took a few steps forward to observe the situation ahead in person.

There is a melee going on at the west city gate. It seems that the internal commander Zhao Chengxian is still resisting the rebel encirclement.

However, I could only see vaguely in the moonlight, and could not tell how many people there were, nor who was the enemy or ourselves.

Lin Tailai did not know the traitor Zhao Chengxian, nor did he know the characteristics of the traitorous government troops, so it was extremely difficult for him to rush into the battlefield to rescue people.

But there is also a horse path at the city gate, and a group of people are sitting on the slope of the horse path, observing the battle inside the city gate.

Lin Tailai estimated that the group of people standing on the slope of the horse path were probably the rebel generals and their personal guards.

This position allows one to command the battle below while taking into account the defense of the city walls above.

So Lin Tailai had an idea in his mind, and rushing directly into the melee where he didn't know the depth of the fight was obviously very unwise and inefficient.

Only by assaulting the city gate and the horse road and directly attacking the opposing generals can we maximize the advantages of cutting-edge combat power. As the saying goes, to capture a thief, you must first capture the king.

After making up his mind, Lin Tailai reunited with the team and continued walking along the wall towards the horse trail.

But it was not so easy for a team of 300 people to hide, and they were discovered even from a distance.

Lin Tailai could only shout "The government troops have entered the city" and then rush towards the horse path under cover.

The general's personal guards immediately came down the slope of the horse path and guarded the entrance to the path tightly.

A part of the rebels who were fighting at the city gate also returned to the horse path and attacked the government troops from the side.

Lin Tailai asked Dayun to lead a hundred men to cover the flank, while he himself concentrated on attacking upwards along the slope of the horse path.

At this time, the weapon in Lin Tailai's hand had been replaced with a special weapon - a long-handled mace.

This is not because the poor student has too many stationery. Lin Tailai has made a lot of preparations for today's siege. The mace is specially used to break through dense defenses.

Compared with the traditional mace whose head is only the size of a fist, the mace in Lin Tailai's hand has a longer head and more iron spikes.

When the distance got closer, the rebels saw clearly that there was a tower-like figure holding a strangely shaped mace, and they all gasped.

In all the years they have been in the border town, they have never seen anyone use a mace!

Like a hammer, this "top-heavy" weapon is difficult to swing quickly due to its center of gravity, and the frequency of attacks is very low.

If you hit someone with this kind of weapon once, before you can pull it back, it will be enough for others to stab you three or four times or cut you two or three times with the knife.

If you don't have enough strength, you won't be able to control such a cost-effective weapon.

This is why many of the powerful warriors in storytelling use hammers.

The rebels guarding the horse crossing couldn't help but wonder, is this giant holding a mace really capable, or is he just showing off?

There is no time to think about it, the two sides have already started fighting!
The width of the bridleway was limited, and dozens of people in the front row of both sides were instantly crowded together.

Lin Tailai's appearance is so eye-catching that it attracted strong soldiers from the opposite side.

A long spear suddenly stabbed at Lin Tailai, but Lin Tailai dodged it flexibly, then took two steps closer and swung it down with a fierce and powerful stick.

The person opposite also dodged quickly, but did not completely dodge, and then his entire shoulder took all the responsibility.

With a scream, the man's shoulders and shoulder armor were rotted away, and he fell to the ground, unable to get up, completely disabled.

The guards on both sides immediately stepped forward with shields to protect Lin Tailai as he took back the mace.

Then Lin Tailai took advantage of the fact that there were no enemies in front of him for the time being, and suddenly swept through the enemy with a powerful force and sharp spikes, killing two or three people on the side!

The advantage of using this heavy weapon is that it does not require much skill, and strength is above all else.

The moment the two sides came into contact and engaged in battle, Lin Tailai smashed a huge hole in the rebel defense line.

Seeing the humanoid weapon covered in iron armor and holding a mace rushing towards them violently, the rebel soldiers in the front row were filled with fear!

No one thought that a mortal body like theirs could withstand such a human-shaped weapon!
Standing in front of a humanoid weapon is like seeking death, and it is a meaningless death!

When everyone had this mentality, the rebel front row collapsed directly!
In Lin Tailai's hands, although the mace's attack frequency was not as fast as the spear, he could still wield it.

Moreover, its advantage lies in the huge destructive power of a single blow. The opponents are crowded on the horse track and their positions are very dense. One blow from the stick will always kill or injure them. It is truly a magic weapon for breaking dense defenses.

The rebel generals on the horse path looked extremely unhappy at this moment. Their defense line collapsed in the blink of an eye.

In fact, as long as they temporarily guard the entrance to the horse path for a short while, their own soldiers will come down from the city wall to support them, and troops will also be sent from the city gate to form a pincer attack on this suddenly appearing government army.

But this general had never expected that he couldn't even hold on to this short buffer time.

The guards who went down to defend were defeated at the first encounter. It was so fast that they could hardly react before the defeated soldiers had already retreated to their side!

Several bodyguards pulled the general and shouted, "Retreat! Retreat! Retreat to the city wall!" The general subconsciously turned around and ran along the slope of the horse path, trying to run to the city wall.

But with hundreds of defeated soldiers crowding around him, the rebel general couldn't run away at all.

Lin Tailai rushed over, swinging his mace continuously, pushing away all those who were in the way.

There were also some assassins who desperately stood between the rebel generals and Lin Tailai, blocking the mace with their flesh and blood.

You have a mace, and I have a skull!
Lin Tai, who was in a murderous mood, saw that the rebel general was trying to escape, so he dropped his mace, grabbed the rebel's body with both hands, and smashed it hard at the rebel general.

The horse trail was made of stones and the surface was uneven, making it unstable to run on.

When the huge impact force hit his back, the rebel general fell directly to the ground.

Lin Tailai was too lazy to capture them alive, so he picked up the mace again, rushed forward and hit the rebel general with it, sending him to his death.

Then he ordered his men: "Cut off the head immediately and shout to the rebels!"

A guide came over to take a look and shouted, "It's actually Hai Hongda, one of Haibai's adopted sons!"

Lin Tailai said casually: "That's even better!"

Although this Hao Hongda is not among the top five rebel generals, his greatest value is his surname Hao.

When the rebels fighting at the city gate saw that Hai Hongda was dead, they immediately lost their will to fight and fled.

There were only one or two hundred soldiers left at the city gate, most of them were the accomplices in the rebellion.

However, there were still hundreds of rebels on the city wall. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, they immediately shouted for surrender.

In just a moment, the battle was over.

Lin Tailai went down to the city gate again and greeted Zhao Chengxian, the military officer who assisted in the rebellion.

Then I saw that the city gate was blocked by a large number of stones. No wonder the fighting just now took place near the city gate and no one entered or exited the city gate.

In any case, this can be considered a successful capture of the city gate, right?

Be the first to climb the ladder, kill the general, and seize the gate. Tonight is a complete success.

However, since the rebels have lost the west gate, they will definitely mobilize troops and horses to launch a counterattack.

Lin Tailai then gave an order, ordering all the government troops that had entered the city to gather at the west gate to prepare to resist the rebel counterattack.

Then he notified Li Xu outside the West City to quickly clear the city gate from the outside and completely open up the entrance to the city.

That night, Lin Tailai relied on the horse paths and city walls to command more and more government troops to repel the three attacks of the rebels.

When the stones blocking the west gate were cleared away and the doorway was unblocked, the rebels in West City were no longer able to turn the tide, so they stopped their counterattack and retreated.

At this time, in the south city, the middle officer excitedly reported to Li Rusong: "The rebels guarding the south gate seem to have withdrawn! The government troops can take it down in one go!"

Li Rusong sighed, "It is foreseeable that Lin Jianjun has definitely taken over the West Gate completely."

In the layout of Ningxia City, military institutions and Haibai Palace are both in the northeast area.

Once a city gate is breached, the rebels will definitely retreat to the northeast corner and continue to resist.

That's why there are signs that the rebels are actively retreating from the South City. This place is no longer of defensive value.

After dawn, Li Rusong led a large army and entered the city from the south gate.

The south gate leads directly to the Ningxia Qingwang Mansion. After Haobai rebelled, the Qingwang Mansion suffered from war and was looted by the rebels.

At the gate of Prince Qing's mansion, the military supervisor Lin Tailai was sitting on the steps to rest and was seen by Li Rusong.

The new iron armor on General Lin should have been shiny, but it was covered with a layer of blood, and many of the plum blossom-shaped armor pieces also turned from white plum to red plum.

He had an iron spear and a mace in his hands, both of which were stained with blood.

"I, the military inspector, am exhausted and want to return to the military camp outside the city to rest. I'll leave the rest to you." Lin Tailai said with a smile.

Li Rusong replied expressionlessly: "We don't need this last step, you just stay here and supervise the battle."

Lin Tailai opened his eyes wide again and said, "The city has been breached, why aren't you smiling? You're not going to blame me for stealing your limelight, are you?"

Li Rusong replied from the bottom of his heart: "You are a top scholar with a promising future, and you dare to take the lead in entering the imperial court. I have nothing but admiration for you."

When anything is taken to the extreme, quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

As the top scholar in the imperial examination, he actually dared to risk his life and made the feat of being the first to reach the gate. It is impossible to deny his loyalty.

Not only Li Rusong, but all the generals who participated in the siege were shocked after hearing about General Lin's heroic feat!
Civil servants' tricks on the battlefield have always been regarded as a show by them, but can it still be called a show when it goes to this extent?
These generals who have already held high positions no longer have the courage to climb the city walls and risk their lives.

Lin Tailai pointed to the Prince Qing's Mansion behind him and said, "The old Prince Qing has a son who has been hiding in the cellar inside the mansion. Go and rescue him. This credit goes to you."

Li Rusong didn't care about the affairs of Prince Qing's Mansion, but looked to the northeast and asked: "Haibai has gathered all the soldiers in the northeast, and there are also some heavy artillery and muskets. How can we defeat the enemy by relying on the courtyard walls and streets to resist stubbornly?"

It is certainly possible to conquer the enemy, but at this point, we should reduce the cost as much as possible. It is not worth it to suffer heavy casualties.

Lin Tailai pointed out: "The top four rebels, Hao Bai, Hao Cheng'en, Xu Chao, and Liu Dongyang, are still alive. You can continue to persuade them to surrender, but you must make contributions before you can accept their surrender.

Everyone has a sense of luck. Being persuaded to surrender is their only chance, so they can't help but be tempted.

In order to gain merit, they would probably kill each other and surrender with the heads of others.”

Li Rusong said in astonishment: "If someone in the rebel army kills other rebel generals, should we really accept their surrender?"

Lin Tailai replied: "If anyone comes to surrender, let him come here to negotiate with me!"

So Li Rusong commanded the army to surround the northeast corner of Ningxia City.

In the afternoon, the rebels had internal strife and countless rebel soldiers escaped and surrendered.

Later, the second rebel general, Haibai's eldest son Haichengen, brought the heads of the third rebel general Xu Chao and the fourth rebel general Liu Dongyang, and sought surrender to Li Rusong on behalf of Haibai.

Li Rusong informed him that the terms of surrender would be decided by the military supervisor, and asked Hai Chengen to go to the gate of Prince Qing's mansion to negotiate with Military Supervisor Lin.

But when they arrived at the gate of Prince Qing's mansion, Lin Jianjun said, "It was Li Rusong who tried to persuade you to surrender. What does it have to do with me, Lin Tailai?"

Then Hai Cheng'en was captured on the spot, and all the one hundred guards who followed Hai Cheng'en out for the negotiation were also eliminated.

At the same time, Li Rusong launched a general offensive. After the civil strife, the rebels completely lost their will to resist.

The rebel leader Haibai saw that the situation was irreversible and knew he had no chance of survival, so he set fire to his mansion and committed suicide.

Haibai's second son Chengchong, the rebel general Tu Wende, He Yingshi, Chen Lei, Bai Luan, Chen Jiwu and others were captured alive one after another.

Apart from the aftermath, the war came to an end.

Two days ago, Li Rusong would never have imagined that the war would end so quickly.

(End of this chapter)