bayedsolid Chapter 545 The luxurious city lord’s mansion
Chapter 545 The luxurious city lord’s mansion
Xun Qie led the way, and Lin Xiaofan and Xiao Tiansheng followed all the way to the City Lord's Mansion in the center of the city.
Walking into the mansion, a spacious stone road leads directly to the main hall. It is already night, and the mansion is quiet, except for the occasional patrolling guard.
Xun Qie placed the two of them in a large courtyard. The house is spacious and the high roofs are beautifully painted, giving it a majestic atmosphere.
There is a large, beautifully carved mahogany bed in the center of the room. The bed is covered with soft silk quilts. The screen at the head of the bed is embroidered with flower and bird patterns. On the table beside the bed, there are exquisite porcelain tea sets and copper tea sets. Incense burner, burning elegant incense.
Various antiques and artworks are placed around the room, including blue and white porcelain vases, jade carvings, and famous calligraphy and paintings. In short, after the two stepped into the house, their first impression was of luxury and light incense.
"You two, I wonder if you are satisfied with this room? If you are not satisfied, I will show you a few more rooms. In my city lord's mansion, I will make room for you whichever room you like."
Xun Qie opened his mouth and said.
"Just this one."
Lin Xiaofan said calmly, but in his heart he couldn't help but sigh at Xun Qie's corruption. The level of luxury in this city lord's mansion is more than ten times higher than that of his Lin mansion.
If he was a high-ranking official, he would definitely write to Kang Hong to investigate. But this was the Tang Dynasty, and he had no intention of interfering.
"Humph."
Xiao Tiansheng snorted coldly.
This cold snort immediately startled Xun Qie, and he asked humbly:
"General Xiao, I wonder what you are dissatisfied with?"
If you offend this tiger minister, I'm afraid your life will be difficult in the future.
"City Lord Xun is living a good life."
Xiao Tiansheng spoke yin and yang. To be honest, although Xun Qie was the lord of a city and had a very high salary, it was more than enough to buy a few courtyards in the city and raise a dozen or so concubines over the years, but it was far from such luxury.
After so many years, it is estimated that Xun Qie has become corrupt.
"Haha, General Xiao is joking. This City Lord's Mansion was left over from the previous dynasty, I just changed some styles on it."
Xun Qie's words are false and true. This city lord's palace was indeed left over from the previous dynasty, but he made hundreds of millions of changes.
The main reason is that he is here, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and no one can control him, so he is a little more arrogant on weekdays.
However, Xun Qie's help was still needed now, so Xiao Tiansheng didn't care too much and just spoke:
"City Lord Xun should be more careful."
"sure!"
Xun Qie hurriedly responded.
"Do you two want something to eat? A few days ago, my friend came to my place to play and brought me good wine..."
"No need, let's talk about the fine wine and other things after the battle is over."
Lin Xiaofan interrupted.
It could be seen that the two of them were physically and mentally exhausted after traveling all the way, and now they just wanted to rest, so Xun Qi stopped disturbing them:
"Okay, you two, have a good rest. My house is next door. If you have any requirements, just call and I will come over."
After saying that, Xun Qie turned around and left in a hurry, not forgetting to carefully close the door before leaving.
"General Xiao, I'll go guard."
The two guards walked around the house and after confirming that there was no danger, they went to wait outside the house. Even though it is within the city lord's palace, absolute safety cannot be guaranteed.
Xiao Tiansheng nodded slightly. Even though he was in the city lord's palace, he could not completely let go.
Lin Xiaofan suddenly lay down on the soft bed, feeling comfortable all over his body, and fatigue swept over his entire body, giving him the urge to fall asleep.
Xiao Tiansheng put out the light, lay on the bed, and whispered:
"Brother Lin, the construction of Guangling City is pretty good, but the soldiers don't seem to be good at fighting."
"Indeed, soldiers' training is lax and military discipline is lax."
Lin Xiaofan said in a tired voice. Each and every one of the elite troops coming from the Sirius Kingdom seemed to be unafraid of death. Their crazy momentum would probably frighten the defenders of Guangling City out of fear.
"A rough estimate is that the Sirius Kingdom has 6,000 troops this time. After the last raid, there are about 5,000 people who can still fight."
"What do you think Brother Lin should do?"
Lin Xiaofan thought for a while and then said:
"If the Sirius army comes in a hurry, they will definitely have to repair it for another day. In other words, we still have at least two days of repair time. Tomorrow, we will mobilize the people in the city to strengthen the city wall and collect rolling wood and stone from nearby. Saltpeter, Strategic resources such as sulfur and charcoal are also handed over to the people and will be compensated afterwards. "
"Okay, let Xun Qie do this tomorrow. I will go to the city guards and clarify the rewards and punishments. If you do all these things, you will definitely not be able to defeat them, but you can still do it if you stay hunkered down for half a month. Half a month. Within a month, the defenders from the surrounding cities will be able to support us.”
Xiao Tiansheng said.
Half a month is enough to mobilize the army.
With the arrangement of the two of them, this seemingly fatal situation can be easily reversed.
"Brother Xiao, I'm still a little worried. The Heavenly Wolf elites are indeed fierce in combat, but they are easy to block. What I'm afraid of is the enemy general's dirty tricks."
When both of them were about to fall asleep, Lin Xiaofan said again.
Because of his many years of experience, he was always worried, feeling that this battle was not that simple.
If the Tianlang Kingdom could capture Guangling City, it would be equivalent to leaving a non-lethal poison in the Tang Kingdom. When the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, it would not threaten its life or death, but it would still have to allocate some energy to fight against it.
If the Tang Dynasty shows signs of decline one day, or if its national power becomes empty, this non-fatal poison can kill the Tang Dynasty at any time.
For such an important matter, would the Sirius Kingdom really have no backup plan at all?
"Brother Lin, I can't sleep either. I always feel that this matter is not that simple."
He has also read many military books and experienced many wars, so he naturally knows the importance of this battle to Tianlang and Datang. The incident happened suddenly, and Datang had no backup plans, but the Sirius Kingdom didn't have any backup plans at all, right?
And Tianlang's elite generals are definitely not just ordinary people. After experiencing Lei Zhenzi's explosion, it took him a day or two to recover.
However, the other party only repaired on the spot for a few hours, and then led the army to venture through the Tianshu Road and attack Guangling City along the shortest route. He couldn't help but praise his judgment and courage.
Moreover, he had never faced Sirius's army before, and he always had some fear in his heart for unknown things.
"Let's deduce that if we successfully mobilize all the people in the city to participate in defending the city, we will also clarify rewards, punishments, military discipline, and set up a reward of twenty taels of silver for each person who kills the enemy."
"In this case, if you are the leader of the Sirius Kingdom and lead those five thousand elites, how can you capture Guangling City?"
Lin Xiaofan opened his mouth and tried to use reverse thinking to reason about the problem.