Chapter 467: Chapter 106: Outer City Falls, Heavenly Eye… Open!
Inner City.
Jiang Ning moved like a raging wind, or like a bolt of lightning sweeping across the rooftops of the Inner City.
He had already pushed his speed to its limit.
In a flash, he crossed dozens of ters.
In one breath, he covered two hundred ters.
He watched the signal flares bursting above his head, not daring to have the slightest bit of slack in his heart.
Because as far as he knew, those large signal flares rising from the city gate, bright enough to illuminate the night sky and alarm the entire county, would only be launched under the most urgent of circumstances.
And the sound of war drums signified that sothing had happened at the West City Gate.
And it was sothing big, possibly as grave as an army attacking the city.
Because the rising of the large signal flares and the beating of war drums were of the sa type as the beacon fires and smoke signals of his forr life.
Although he racked his brains, he couldn’t understand why there would be an army attacking the West City Gate, causing the large signal flares to be launched and the war drums to be sounded.
But since the war drums had been sounded and the large signal flares had risen, the possibility of an army attacking the city was extrely high.
This made him recall so intelligence he had seen before.
In Great Xia’s Nine States, as early as a few years ago, there were scattered uprisings here and there.
Although they were quickly exterminated, the rebel forces were like bamboo shoots after a rain, endless.
One place would be suppressed, and another would raise the banner of rebellion.
In the past year, uprisings and rebellions occurred more and more frequently.
Especially in the year before, the incidents of rebellion had increased even more dramatically.
And within Zeshan State where Luoshui County was located, the largest uprising had to be the rebellion by the Black Lotus Sect.
At that ti, the Black Lotus Sect launched a rebellion in its heyday, starting from Daming Prefecture, then sweeping through two prefectures, affecting seven counties.
During that ti, in the two prefectures and seven counties, it was unknown how many county cities were breached and turned into hell.
Within the four prefectures and thirty-six counties of Zeshan State, although the Black Lotus Sect’s rebellion was the most massive and widespread, it did not an that there were no other rebellions in Zeshan State aside from the Black Lotus Sect.
Over this year, according to the intelligence that Jiang Ning had summarized from the Inspection Office, there had been more than a dozen large and small rebellions in Zeshan State.
“Could it be that due to the previous longstanding drought, which made it impossible for the people in so places to survive, an uprising has now spread to Luoshui County?”
This thought had just risen when Jiang Ning imdiately shook his head.
“No, with the heavy snow sealing the mountains, how could ordinary people survive in such an environnt to make it to Luoshui County?”
Suddenly, he looked towards the distant city walls.
At the speed of two hundred ters in one breath, he could already faintly see the towering city walls of the Inner City in the distance.
Luoshui County was divided into the Inner City and the Outer City.
If the Outer City were to be breached, there would still be the Inner City to defend.
Thus, the Inner City was safer; its residents were either rich or noble.
This also ant that the defensive forces in the Inner City were that much stronger, the city walls higher and more robust, and the city gates sturdier.
After all, it concerned the lives and property of the authorities residing in the Inner City.
They naturally would not be stingy in this regard.
Suddenly, his gaze beca sharp.
In an instant, he saw so panic-stricken soldiers on the city walls and figures running back and forth, moving materials.
Seeing this scene, a thought suddenly surged in his heart.
“Could it be… that the West City Gate has already been breached?”
At this mont, he finally noticed that the war drums at the West City Gate had suddenly fallen silent.
Thud—
Thud thud—
Thud thud thud—
And at that mont, he saw a tall and burly man beginning to beat the war drum atop the towering city walls of the Inner City.
The sound of the drum was like thunder, echoing through both the Inner and Outer City, growing more and more urgent.
Seeing this scene, his heart grew sowhat heavy.
“Could it be that the Outer City has already been breached?!!”
As this thought arose, he increased his speed by a notch, his form becoming even faster.
But even though his current burst of speed had far surpassed that of high-speed trains from his previous life,
He still did not stir up any commotion.
The air in front of him seed to be without any resistance.
He now seed to rge with the wind, becoming one with the air.
This was also the reason why his speed could reach such a terrifying level.
Although he was not without air resistance at this mont, because his form seed to be integrated into the wind, the drag was far less than that of ordinary people.
Hearing the whooshing sound by his ear, Jiang Ning’s figure quickly approached the boundary between the Inner and Outer City.
…
A short while later.
With his full strength unleashed, Jiang Ning had crossed over ten kiloters and arrived at the bottom of the Inner City’s walls.
“Who goes there!!” A guard spotted a shadowy figure shooting from the rooftops under the bright moonlight, quickly approaching the Inner City walls, and imdiately called out.
The next mont.
Before he could even react,
He saw the shadowy figure reach the underside of the ninety-degree angle of the city wall and then soar straight up.
In the blink of an eye, it jumped over his head.
Clang—
The guard instantly drew his sword from its scabbard.
The clear sound of the sword being drawn and his shout imdiately attracted the attention of all the officers and soldiers on the wall.
So of them imdiately unsheathed their swords, eyes locked onto the figure soaring into the air, then slowly landing on the city wall.
Seeing the figure drift down like a catkin, several military officers with extraordinary martial skills and deep insight tensed up.
The defiance of gravity, the powerful ability to hover, made them realize that the newcor was extraordinary in strength.
If this figure had not co from the direction of the Inner City, they might have already struck with their swords instead of just drawing them half-heartedly.
“Commander Jiang!!” As soon as Jiang Ning’s figure landed, soone imdiately recognized his identity and sheathed his sword, bowing respectfully.
The other officers also ca to their senses in an instant.
They quickly relaxed their guard and bowed respectfully.
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