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Chapter 308 The King Is Dead (12)
When the common people heard that someone had gone out of the city to rescue soldiers, they finally calmed down after being terrified for several days.

In the past few days, Luo Jinxing and Xianglai also went to the city to check every day to see if there was any movement from the enemy.

They thought that Shi Yan would attack the city aggressively, but outside the city it was quiet.

This morning, he and Xianglai came to the city early, but they saw the Nanliao soldiers below the city leaving the camp in groups and dispersing in all directions.

He asked Xu Che strangely: "General Xu, what is Shi Yan up to?"

Xu Che was also confused and said, "I don't know either. They started to divide their troops before dawn today. It seems that they all went to nearby villages and towns."

Luo Jinxing said: "Could it be that the military rations are not enough, and they went out to fight the autumn wind?"

Xu Che said: "It doesn't look like it. You don't need to go to so many people to fight the autumn wind."

While the two were talking, Xianglai pointed to the distance and said, "Look quickly!"

Luo Jinxing and Xu Che looked up, but saw a group of Southern Liao soldiers coming back in the distance, and it seemed that many Northern Liao people were being escorted among them.

Xu Che said suspiciously: "They actually arrested the strong men!"

Luo Jinxing said: "Could it be that they want to use these ordinary people to attack the city?!"

Xu Che said: "This is also possible."

Luo Jinxing said: "Shi Yan is too vicious to use such a method!"

The three of them watched here. After a while, the team of people and people walked into the barracks. Xianglai put his hands in front of his eyes and said, "Why are there still people in bright clothes there? They seem to be women, and there are some who are not tall. It's children, can these people attack the city?"

Luo Jinxing also looked towards that place as hard as he could, and said suspiciously: "Sure enough, it is impossible for the old and weak, women and children to attack the city. What are they going to do with it?"

While speaking, sergeants from other city gates came to report, saying: "My lord, my concubine, General Xu, the Southern Liao soldiers from other gates are also arresting civilians, I don't know what to do."

Hearing the words, Luo Jinxing, Xianglai and Xu Che walked far away on the city wall to the next city gate, and saw that there were more people arrested here, and the people in the distance were still being detained in a steady stream.

Luo Jinxing asked inexplicably, "What are they going to do?"

Xu Che said: "This is not a confrontation on the ground, you can use the common people as human shields, and arresting them like this is of no use other than killing them in vain..."

When he said this, a thought suddenly crossed Xianglai's mind.

Xiang Lai stared in horror, and said: "Could it be, could it be that they want to use the lives of the people...to force us to open the city!"

After Xu Che finished saying that, Luo Jinxing also thought of this, but he subconsciously denied this idea, but he didn't expect that Xianglai would also say such words when he was trying to persuade himself, and he just stayed there, stunned He desperately drove away this terrifying thought, he really didn't want it to be true, if that was the case, he really didn't know how to face it.

He stood here in a daze, Xu Che slammed his fist on the wall fiercely, and said furiously, "It must be so! Shi Yan, a villain! He actually came up with such a vicious trick!"

When they were resentful here, a soldier hurried over and said: "My lord, my concubine, General Xu, Shi Yan is calling for battle in Nancheng, let the lord go to see him in person!"

Luo Jinxing's stiff body moved slightly, and he looked outside the city in a blink of an eye, and saw that the Southern Liao soldiers were taking the captured people to the south of the city.

He closed his eyes heavily, then opened them again, and strode resolutely towards the south of the city.

Xianglai hurriedly followed behind, and Xu Che also hurriedly followed.

By the time they arrived at Nancheng, thousands of people had gathered in the Nanliao military camp below the city. These people were either tied up in teams with ropes, or separated and guarded by soldiers. Although there were many people, the soldiers More, like a large pack of wolves surrounding a lamb that is powerless to resist.

Luo Jinxing stood on the crenel of the city wall and looked down. It was the first time for him to face so many people as a king, but it was under such a situation.

Seeing him appearing on the top of the city, Shi Yan rode out from the army and shouted: "Luo Xuan, I have given you enough time, today is the time for you to dedicate the city!"

Luo Jinxing stared at the bottom with burning eyes, and said word by word: "If I don't offer it!"

Shi Yanlang said: "Then there will be a consequence that neither you nor I want to happen!"

Luo Jinxing said: "What consequences?"

Shi Yan pointed behind him and said: "Did you see that these people in our army are the people of your Northern Liao Dynasty and the cornerstone of your country. If you don't surrender, I will kill them one by one. After killing these, go catch them, and kill them until you surrender!"

Luo Jinxing gritted his teeth and said, "Shi Yan! In vain of you as a famous general, you are so inhumane. Is this your means of winning?!"

Shi Yan said leisurely: "There is no way, this is also forced by you. If you surrender quickly, I will not make such a bad move. Anyway, if you don't surrender, the people of Beiliao are just Beiliao people. Instead of keeping them and If I face Liao as an enemy, it would be better to kill more and reduce the strength of your Beiliao, then you will be less of a threat to Nanliao!"

The common people didn't know what they were detaining before. They hoped that they would be strong men and coolies. There was always a chance of survival. Now that they were threatening Luo Jinxing with their lives, they were frightened out of their wits. Luo Jinxing fell to his knees and cried, "Help, my lord! Help me, my lord..."

For a moment, the wails under Nancheng were like a flood, and it was as miserable as a netherworld.

Luo Jinxing stood in front of the crenel, grasping the hard city bricks with both hands, and commanded Xu Che in a deep voice: "Go and escort Lu Hong and his family!"

Xu Che had this intention a long time ago, and hurried down to the city to personally arrest him.

Not long after, Lu Hong and his former relatives of the Lu Mansion were taken to the city and lined up by the crenel one by one.

Luo Jinxing said: "Shi Yan, you can disregard the life and death of my Bailiao people, but you can't ignore Lu Hong's life. If you kill my people, I will cut Lu Hong into pieces!"

Shi Yan sneered at the base of the city: "Humph, Luo Xuan, you are so naive, if I'm afraid of this, why should I be like this, so why not be an unrighteous person once for the sake of Nanliao Jiangshan!" He said to Lv Hong : "Old General Lu, Shi is here to accuse you, please General Lu to die bravely! After the recovery of Beiliao, I will return to the capital to report to the emperor to ask for credit for General Lu, and let him take the share of General Lu's title. The record rewards the descendants of the Lu family, so that they can enjoy the honor from generation to generation!"

Knowing that he was hopeless in Luo Jinxing's hands, Lu Hong spat out what was stuffed in his mouth, and shouted from the top of the wall: "Thank you, General Shi! I can have thousands of people buried with me, and I will die with no regrets!"

He was yelling at the soldiers behind him to punch him hard, causing his mouth and nose to bleed, and then quickly blocked his mouth again.

Shi Yan shouted from the bottom of the city: "Old General Lu is indeed a hero! Shi will definitely not let you die in vain! I assure you, if Luo Xuan kills you, no matter whether he accepts the surrender or not, I will protect the people here. Not one will be left, and all will be beheaded to see the old general off!"

(End of this chapter)