The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

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

"Lin Jianjun made a set of 80-jin heavy armor!"

"Lin Jianjun never took off his armor all day long!"

"Lin Jianjun selected two strong men to carry two weapons for him!"

When he heard these news, General Li couldn't help but start to wonder, Lin Tailai made such careful preparations, is he really sure?

No, it must be just for show, he is not a military commander.

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

"Which direction?" Li Rusong asked hurriedly.

The spy reported clearly: "West!"

Damn! Li Rusong rushed out of the big tent, climbed on the cloud car and looked around, and sure enough, he saw the fire in the west!

At this time, General Li just wanted to question God, why is it in the west again? Is Lin Tailai really a fairy from heaven?

No, this was only the result of the military supervisor's planning. The chief general was the decision maker!

After taking down Ningxia City, the chief general was still in the limelight. The military generals were the protagonists on the battlefield!

Without time to think about it, General Li could only follow the plan and start feinting attacks in all other directions to contain the rebels' forces.

But in less than half an hour, new news came: "Jianjun Lin climbed the West City first!"

Li Rusong: "."

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

But he didn't guess that Lin Tailai dared to take such a risk and climb the city wall first.

The spy continued to report: "Jianjun Lin used an iron spear to pick up two people at the same time, intimidated the rebels, and defended the city head!"

Li Rusong: "."

Is this the difference between ordinary mortals and exiled immortals?

Why did I think 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 sound of fighting and killing, he asked the team to stop.

Then he and several guards walked forward a few steps to observe the situation in front of them.

There was a melee at the west gate. It seemed that the commander Zhao Chengxian was still resisting the encirclement of the rebels.

However, it was only vaguely seen in the moonlight. It was not clear how many people there were, nor whether they were enemies or ourselves.

Lin Tailai did not know the inner commander Zhao Chengxian, nor did he know the characteristics of the inner commander's army. It was extremely difficult to rush into the battlefield to save people.

But there was also a horse path at the city gate. A group of people were observing the battle on the inside of the city gate on the slope of the horse path.

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

This position could command the battle below while taking into account the defense of the city head above.

So Lin Tailai had an idea in his mind. It was obviously very unwise and inefficient to rush directly into the melee scene where he did not know the depth.

Only by assaulting the city gate and the horse road, and attacking the generals on the opposite side, can the advantage of cutting-edge combat power be maximized. As the saying goes, to capture the thief, first capture the king.

After making up his mind, Lin Tailai reunited with the team and continued to walk along the wall to the horse road.

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

Lin Tailai could only shout "The government troops have entered the city", and then rushed to the horse road under cover.

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

And a part of the rebels fighting at the city gate also separated and returned to the horse road to attack the government troops from the side.

Lin Tailai asked Dayun to take 100 people to cover the side, and he concentrated on attacking upward along the slope of the horse road.

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

This is not a poor student with a lot of stationery. For today's siege, Lin Tailai made a lot of preparations. The mace is specially used to break dense defenses.

Compared with the traditional mace with a fist-sized head, the mace in Lin Tailai's hand has a longer head and more iron spikes.

When the distance approached, the rebels saw clearly that there was a tower-like figure holding a mace with a strange shape, and they all took a breath of cold air.

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

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

If you hit it with this kind of weapon, before you can retract it, it will be enough for others to stab you three or four times or cut you two or three times.

If you don't have enough strength, you can't control such a weapon that is not cost-effective.

This is why many of the powerful generals in the 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 pretending?

There is no time to think about it, the two sides have already started fighting close to each other!

The width of the horse path was limited, and dozens of people in the front row of both sides were crowded together in an instant.

Lin Tailai's appearance was so eye-catching that he attracted the strong soldiers on the opposite side.

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

The man on the opposite side also dodged urgently, but did not dodge completely, and then his entire shoulder took it all.

With a scream, the man's shoulders and shoulder armor rotted together, and he fell to the ground neatly and was completely useless.

The guards on the left and right immediately stepped forward with shields to cover Lin Tailai to take back the mace.

Then Lin Tailai took advantage of the temporary absence of enemies in front and suddenly swept through the army. The powerful force and sharp spikes broke two or three people on the side!

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

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

Seeing the humanoid weapon with iron armor and mace rolling over violently, the front-line soldiers of the rebel army were filled with fear!

No one thought that a mortal body like themselves could stop such a humanoid weapon!

Standing in front of the humanoid weapon is to die, and it is a meaningless death!

When everyone was in this state of mind, the front row of the rebels collapsed directly!

In Lin Tailai's hands, although the mace is not as fast as the spear in attack frequency, it can be wielded barely.

And it wins in the huge single-shot destructive power. The opponents are crowded on the horse road and their positions are very dense. One stick will always kill or injure them. It is indeed a magical weapon to break dense defense.

The rebel general on the horse road had a changed face at this time, and the defense line collapsed in the blink of an eye.

In fact, as long as they temporarily defended the entrance to the horse road for a short while, their own soldiers would come down from the city wall to support them, and the city gate would also send troops to attack the government troops that suddenly appeared.

But this general did not expect that he could not even defend this short buffer time.

The guards who went down to defend were defeated as soon as they met, and they could hardly react in time. The defeated soldiers had already retreated to their side!

Several guards pulled the general and shouted loudly: "Retreat! Retreat! Retreat to the city wall!"

The general subconsciously turned around and ran along the slope of the horse road to the city wall.

But hundreds of defeated soldiers crowded around him, and the rebel general could not run at all.

Lin Tailai rushed over, waving the mace continuously and sweeping away those who were in the way.

There were also dead men who desperately blocked the rebel general and Lin Tailai, and blocked the mace with their flesh and blood.

You have a mace, I have a crown!

Lin Tailai, who was in a killing mood, saw that the rebel general was trying to escape, so he dropped his mace, grabbed the rebel corpse with both hands, and smashed it hard against the rebel general.

The horse road was made of stones, and the ground was uneven, so running was unstable.

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

Lin Tailai was too lazy to catch him alive, so he picked up the mace again, rushed over and hit the rebel general directly.

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

A guide came over and took a look, and shouted: "It turned out to be one of the adopted sons of Haobai, Hao Hongda!"

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

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

The rebels fighting at the city gate saw Hao Hongda dead, and immediately lost their will to fight and dispersed.

Only one or two hundred remnants remained at the city gate, probably all of them were the internal supporters of the uprising.

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

In just a moment, the battle was over.

Lin Tailai went down to the city gate again and greeted Zhao Chengxian, the internal supporter of the uprising.

Then he saw that the city gate hole had been blocked by a large number of stones. No wonder the fighting just now was only near the city gate, and no one went in and out of the city gate hole.

In any case, this can be regarded as a success in seizing the city gate, right?

First climb, kill the general, and seize the gate, tonight is a great success.

However, the rebels lost the west gate, and they will definitely mobilize troops to counterattack.

Then Lin Tailai ordered all the government troops who had entered the city to gather at the west city gate to prepare to resist the rebels' counterattack.

Then he notified Li Xu outside the west city to quickly clean up the city gate hole from the outside and completely open up the entrance to the city.

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

When the stones blocking the west gate were cleared and the doorway was unblocked, the rebels in the west city were no longer able to turn the tide, stopped counterattacking and retreated.

At this time, in the direction of the south city, the officers of the central army 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 can be expected that Lin Jianjun must have completely captured the west gate."

In the pattern of Ningxia City, military institutions and Haibai Mansion are all in the northeast area.

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

That's why there are signs that the rebels will take the initiative to retreat from the south city, which is no longer of defensive value.

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

The south gate leads directly to the Ningxia Qingwang Mansion. After the rebellion of Haibai, the Qingwang Mansion was hit by war and looted by the rebels.

At the gate of the Qingwang Mansion, the military supervisor Lin Tailai was sitting on the steps to rest and was seen by Li Rusong.

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

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

"This military supervisor is exhausted and wants to go back to the military camp outside the city to rest. I'll leave it to you later." Lin Tailai said with a smile.

Li Rusong replied expressionlessly: "This last step is not a big deal, you stay here to supervise the battle."

Lin Tailai opened his eyes wide again and said: "The city has been broken, why don't you smile? You won't blame me for stealing your limelight, right?"

Li Rusong replied from the bottom of his heart: "You are such a promising top scholar, you dare to go to the gate first, I can only admire you."

Anything is done to the extreme, that is, quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

As a top scholar, he dared to risk his life and set up a feat of going to the gate first. It is impossible not to admire.

Not only Li Rusong, but all the generals who participated in the siege were shocked after hearing about Lin Jianjun's feat!

The tricks of civil officials on the battlefield have always been regarded as showmanship by them, but can it still be called showmanship to this extent?

These military generals who have already held high positions now do not have the courage to go to the city and risk their lives.

Lin Tailai pointed to the Prince Qing's Mansion behind him, "The old Prince Qing has a son who has been hiding in the cellar in the mansion. Go and rescue him, and I'll give you this credit."

Li Rusong didn't care about the Prince Qing's Mansion, but looked to the northeast and asked, "Haibai gathered all the soldiers in the northeast, and there are also several heavy artillery and muskets. Relying on the courtyard walls and streets to resist stubbornly, how can we defeat the enemy?"

It is definitely possible to conquer, but at this point, it is better to reduce the cost as much as possible. It is not worth it to suffer heavy casualties.

Lin Tailai pointed out: "The top four rebels, Haobai, Hao Chengen, 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 lucky mentality. Being persuaded to surrender is their only chance, and they can't help but be tempted.

In order to make contributions, they will probably kill each other and surrender with the heads of others."

Li Rusong said in surprise: "If someone in the rebel army kills other rebels, should we really surrender?"

Lin Tailai replied: "If there is anyone who surrenders, 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 an internal strife, and countless rebel soldiers escaped and surrendered.

Afterwards, Haobai's eldest son Hao Chengen, the second rebel general, carried the heads of the third rebel general Xu Chao and the fourth rebel general Liu Dongyang, and represented Haobai to seek surrender from Li Rusong.

Li Rusong informed him that the terms of surrender were decided by the military supervisor, and asked Hai Chengen to go to the gate of the Qing Palace to negotiate with Lin Jianjun.

But when he arrived at the gate of the Qing Palace, 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 Chengen was captured on the spot, and the 100 guards who followed Hai Chengen to negotiate were all eliminated.

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

The rebel leader Hai Bai saw that the situation was irreversible and knew that there was no way out, so he set fire to his mansion and committed suicide.

Hai Bai's second son Cheng Chong, the rebel general Tu Wende, He Yingshi, Chen Lei, Bai Luan, Chen Jiwu and others were successively captured alive.

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

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