On the city wall.
"Hiss!"
The commander of Weihai Guards stood on the city wall, holding a telescope and looking at the Liujiadao army. When he saw the sword-shield soldiers and spearmen wearing steel armor and silver helmets, he gasped.
"Who are these people from the Liu Clan Island? Thousands of elite soldiers, all wearing armor and helmets!”
Seeing such a military appearance, the Weihai Wei commander's legs went weak and he almost lost his balance.
He had already overestimated the people on the Liu Clan Island, but in fact, he had underestimated them.
There were more than ten thousand people at the dock and outside the city. Not to mention the armored elite soldiers, just the strong and powerful farmers were enough to scare him.
"Quick, quick, quick, send out the silver that we have looted!!”
"You can't take it with your strength!”
The Weihai Wei commander shouted as if he had seen a ghost.
"Sir?"
The thousand-and-hundred-households around him looked at each other and asked in a low voice.
The Weihai Wei commander didn't say anything. He handed over the telescope in his hand. A thousand-man curiously took the telescope and looked outside the city. The next moment, he fell to the ground with a thud. He was so scared that he collapsed.
The rest of the people turned pale and realized that something was wrong. They rushed to look outside the city with their binoculars.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
All of them sat on the ground in fear. Their faces were pale and they looked like they were crying, as if their old fathers had died.
"Where did these elite soldiers come from?!!”
"Flying Calamity! A flying disaster!"
"Damn it, are the people on Liu Clan Island rebelling?!!”
"Even the Tartars aren't that cruel, right?!”
“......”
Everyone on the city wall was so scared that they peed their pants. They trembled and complained endlessly.
Those who were holding knives could not hold their knives steadily, and those who were holding bows could not draw their bows. They were all frightened until their entire bodies were weak and cold.
"Give me some silver, sigh."
Seeing this, the Weihai Wei commander was in despair. He sighed and waved his hand. Now, he had no other choice. The only thing he could hope for was that the people of Liu Clan Island would leave after receiving the silver.
From the commanders of the thousand and hundred households to the soldiers of the general flag, every one of them peed their pants in fear. Their morale collapsed before the battle even started. The only thing that prevented them from turning around and running away was that they were already blocked in the city and could not escape!
......
"Lord, look!"
Outside the city, the Liu Clan's island army, which was about to attack the city, saw the door suddenly open. A person who looked like a butler led more than ten people and carried a few large boxes out of the city.
Lin Feng stopped the siege and frowned slightly."See what they're up to?"
Soon, they found out that the butler leading the group was the butler of the Weihai Guards commander. He had brought people out of the city to deliver silver.
Their purpose made Lin Feng feel even more amused and helpless. These people actually wanted to give him money and send him out of the country.
"My lord?"
Liu Yuan of the Thousand Households Institute looked at Lin Feng, waiting for his decision.
"How much silver?" asked Lin Feng.”
"Thirty-five thousand taels!" Liu Yuan replied.
"That's quite a lot of silver!" Lin Feng smiled.
One had to know that even though silver coins were used to calculate prices at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it seemed that silver coins were not worth much.
However, silver was not the mainstream currency.
Copper coins were more valuable. Although it wasn't as valuable as when the country was founded, one tael of silver was worth more than a thousand copper coins, it was still worth seven to eight hundred copper coins.
Silver was only the unit of measurement for large-scale transactions. Thirty-five thousand taels of silver was already a lot.
For a long time, the Ming Dynasty still used cloth as a currency unit.
In the south, the price of cloth was around three cents for a long time.
One tael of silver was equivalent to ten coins, and one coin was equivalent to ten points.
It was equivalent to twenty copper coins for a roll of cloth.
In other words, 35,000 taels of silver could buy nearly a million rolls of cloth.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, how many people were dressed in rags?!
This amount of silver was an astronomical figure to any common citizen of Great Ming!
Where did the silver come from in a dilapidated Weihai Wei?
Wasn't it stolen?
Lin Feng smiled as he thought about it. He said calmly,"Tell them that I'll take the silver and the Weihai Wei territory!”
......
In the city.
"How is it? Did they agree?"
The commander of Weihai Guards asked the butler who had returned to the city anxiously.
"Old Master, they said that they will take the silver and the city!”The butler replied with a sad face. His expression was dejected and distorted, and he was about to cry.
" How could they do this?!!" The Weihai Wei commander was furious and shouted,""You don't follow the rules and morals!!”
"It's over! We're done for!"
Everyone on the city wall cried out in despair.
"Sir, why don't we surrender?!”
A thousand-man suggested with a face full of despair.
"Surrender?"
The Weihai Wei commander was instantly enraged. He pointed at the thousand-man commander's nose and scolded,""They don't follow the rules and have no morals. If we surrender, do we still have a way out?!!”
The thousand-and-hundred-households around him couldn't help but nod when they heard this.
When they thought of the large chests of silver, their hearts ached as if they were being cut by a knife. Their hearts ached so much that they cried, and their eyes turned red.
He did not say anything about surrendering.
......
Outside the city.
"Attack the city!"
Lin Feng was in a very good mood as he accepted the large boxes of silver and said to Liu Yuanling.
Liu Yuan nodded heavily, waved his hand, and roared,""Attack the city!"
"Sword-shield soldiers in front, spearmen behind, scaling ladders, siege hammers ready!”
"Archers, prepare to fire in unison!”
Following Liu Yuan's order, the sword-shield soldiers were in the front row, and the spearmen were at the back. A large number of scaling ladders were carried on the shoulders of the strong farmers, ready to charge.
There weren't many tricks in a siege. There was only one goal, and that was to charge at the top of the city wall!
The entire front row began to march in unison, approaching the city wall.
They stopped three hundred meters away from the city wall.
The archers at the back drew their bows and prepared to shoot.
"Archers, stop! Prepare to shoot!”
"Prepare to ascend the city!"
One by one, the centurions began to shout and surround the four gates of Weihai Wei, preparing to attack the city.
The sparse arrows on the city wall fell, but they were quickly blocked by the shields of the sword-shield soldiers. Even if they fell from the sky, the soldiers with steel helmets and armor were not afraid.
Only the unlucky ones were shot in the face.
No matter how powerful one was, they could not avoid casualties in a siege.
"Shoot!"
When the time was up, the centurions began to shout out orders.
A dense number of arrows flew into the sky and rained down on the city wall. The guards on the city wall began to dodge in panic.
" Fire at will! Suppress fire!"
He gave the archers one last order.
"Charge!" he shouted.!!”
The first to rush out were the scaling ladder men who carried the scaling ladder and began to rush crazily towards the city wall. Then, the sword and shield men rushed wildly in unison, each heading towards their own targets.
"Charge, charge, charge!"
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