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But when he thought that there were so many women and children in the city, he immediately gave up this plan.

Anyway, if the territory is gone, you can find a way to get another piece, but if all the people die, you will lose everything.

Making up his mind, Colin immediately ordered his attendants to bring conditions and go to contact the cavalry outside.

In about ten minutes or so, the young attendant returned safely and brought back the news that he was waiting for the arrival of the army master.

In this way, the two sides confronted each other across the city wall. It was not until ten hours later that the troops behind arrived one after another.

When Zhang Cheng received the conditions offered by the Florens family, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and sarcastically said, "Hahahaha! That's so interesting! You actually asked to take away all the gold, silver, jewelry and Half of the livestock and food, leaving me only an empty castle?"

"My lord, we think this is quite a reasonable condition. Please think about it, Liangshui City has tall and thick walls and loyal guards. If you choose to attack by force, it will take at least a few months to half a year. More than half of them will be killed or injured. But now, you only need to give up a little property, and you can get Liangshui City without any effort, isn't that good?" The young envoy bent down and asked seriously.

"Half a year? More than half of the casualties? I have to say that you are really overconfident. Go back! Tell Colin Florent! Either come out and surrender immediately, and I will allow him to take the family members and leave safely; or I will go in and wait." When the city is broken, all members of the Florens family will be executed for treason. Remember, I only give you one hour to think about it, and I will start the attack after one hour."

After delivering the ultimatum, Zhang Cheng waved his hand impatiently, signaling the guards to take the envoy out.

In fact, from the very beginning, he didn't intend to resolve Liangshui City in a peaceful manner, but intended to use blood to declare his rule over this land.

Because only war and blood can make people feel awe, and awe is exactly what the feudal lords most urgently need.

As for those lords who simply want to use kindness and fraternity to influence the people, they are basically regarded as weak and deceitful, or they are killed by the enemy early.

As sad as it sounds, good people, especially bad ones, have no right to live under the feudal system...

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"How is it? Has the other party agreed to our terms?" Colin Florent asked impatiently as soon as the envoy returned to the city.

Not only him, but all members of the Florens family also showed nervous and expectant eyes.

After all, for them, every time they take away some more belongings, it means more hope of making a comeback, and it means that the life of homelessness can be slightly better.

But unfortunately, the young messenger shook his head with a wry smile and replied: "I'm sorry, my lord, the other party has no intention of negotiating at all. And he also made it clear that we must surrender unconditionally, otherwise when the city is broken, all Florents will be killed." Members of the family were executed for treason."

"What? How dare he!!!"

"Damn! Is this guy a lunatic?!"

"Our noble lineage goes back to the daughter of Garth the Green Hand! Closer to the House of Gardeners than Tyrell! We are the true masters of the Reach!"

"Give this ignorant young man some color!"

"Yes! Show him some color! Then he will understand how to respect an ancient family with a long history!"

……

All of a sudden, the hall was filled with all kinds of abuse and yelling, as if everyone had selectively forgotten how bad their current situation was.

Looking at these relatives who were completely hysterical, Colin Florent sighed helplessly, and shouted loudly: "Enough! Since the other party wants war! Then we will give him war! The Florent family can decline You can perish! But you must not tarnish the honor that has lasted for thousands of years."

"That's right! We have strong walls and fortresses! Even if the opponent has a large number of people, it is not so easy to attack. When they suffer, they will naturally negotiate with us." A knight echoed with confidence.

In this way, under the command of the acting city lord Colin Florens, less than [-] soldiers were placed in the most critical positions of Liangshui City, especially the towering arrow towers, each equipped with more than [-] soldiers Archers, and even four bed crossbows produced by the Academy City, even knights in heavy armor can be pierced instantly.

Most people believed that with just a few condescending arrow towers and sufficient food reserves, even tens of thousands of troops would have to pay a heavy price if they wanted to attack.

The reason why the feudal lords in Westeros are keen to build tall and strong castles is because the castles have extremely strong protection capabilities, which can offset the gap in numbers, and often only need one-fifth to one-tenth of their opponents. The army can firmly protect the safety of oneself and the family.

In any case, the larger the army, the greater the consumption of supplies. Once the battle is delayed for too long, many contradictions and troubles hidden under the surface may be exposed.

For Colin Florent, what he needs to do is not to defeat the army with more than 2000 people outside the city, but to delay as much as possible and wait for the situation to turn around.

You must know that the reason why nobles are nobles is that apart from holding the land, there is another point that is the intricate network of relationships.

Take the Florens family as an example. This generation alone has married into influential families such as Old Town old Leighton Hightower and Lando Tarly, although this relationship is not enough for them to keep their territories and titles. , but it is no problem to ask for asylum at a critical moment.

It is precisely because of this confidence that Colin Florent chose war instead of unconditional surrender without hesitation.

Zhang Cheng, who was far outside the city, saw this scene and couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha! I didn't expect these idiots to be so cooperative! I really want to know, what gave them the courage to resist?"

"Sir, the main members of the Florent family followed Stannis and fled back to Dragonstone Island, so Brightwater City should not have received any specific news about the Battle of the Blackwater River, so their knowledge of you is limited to the army outside. , not including you." Blanco also explained with a smile on his face.

Perhaps in normal times, he would worry about the price of besieging a strong castle.

But now, he only felt that those people in the castle were very pitiful and pathetic, and it would not be long before the other party would witness the attack far beyond his comprehension.

"Well, the ignorant are fearless, I hope they can maintain this spirit of resistance after a while." After finishing speaking, Zhang Cheng waved to a mercenary who swore allegiance to him behind him.

The latter didn't say anything, and immediately came to the front quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted with an almost fanatical attitude: "My lord, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Go, remove the sealed box from the car, and then find a few sharpshooters. I will first destroy those arrow towers that get in the way." Zhang Cheng ordered calmly.

"As you wish!" The mercenary nodded, turned and disappeared into the crowd.

After a while, he returned to the original place carrying a wooden box with a white seal on it, followed by five archers holding longbows.

Gently tearing off the seal that had been pasted by himself, Zhang Cheng directly opened the lid, revealing the neatly arranged glass tubes inside, and each glass tube was filled with sealed red liquid.

You don't need to ask, you know, these are the "Dragon Flames" he made in his spare time, even a single drop can instantly melt steel and rock.

"Are you going to..." Blanco visibly trembled and asked cautiously.

"Ah! That's right! I want Dragon Flame to burn all the soldiers on the arrow tower to death. I believe that after one round, the members of the Florens family will understand what a huge mistake they made." Zhang Cheng said, At the same time, he took out one of the bottles, tied it to the arrow with a rope, and handed it to an archer.

The young man in his early 20s didn't talk nonsense, and quickly approached the city wall under the protection of two infantrymen with shields. Before the defenders could react, he shot a fatal arrow.

hum!

Accompanied by the sound of the bowstring vibrating, the arrow crossed a beautiful parabola and fell precisely into the arrow tower on the east side.

When the glass bottle collided with the rock and shattered, the red liquid immediately came into contact with the air, releasing dazzling and bright flames.

next second...

boom!

The entire arrow tower turned into a sea of ​​flames!

All the people standing inside were engulfed by the flames without exception, and some of them couldn't bear the pain of being burned alive, so they jumped directly from a height of tens of meters and fell to their deaths.

After just a dozen seconds, the infiltrating screams and wailing stopped.

People with keen observation skills can even observe that the black rocks around the arrow tower have traces of turning red and melting!

"Hehe, what a beautiful fireworks, continue, don't stop, and burn the remaining arrow towers too." Zhang Cheng urged with a cruel smile on his face without looking back...

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