Chapter 280 The King of the West Returns to His Dream

[You decide to resist to the end! ]

[So, you directly made a solemn announcement to all your friends who were waiting for your decision: Never surrender! ]

[My friends were still wavering, but after hearing what you said, they had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​surrendering and instead gritted their teeth and helped the government defend the city...]

[But you also know that futile resistance cannot defeat the Western King's army. If we continue to resist, the only way is to destroy the city, and we will still die.]

[You have to find a way...]

[Ding! You gave up meaningless thinking and decided to ask "another self" for strategic help. You choose: (?) Please answer freely. ]

"ask me?"

Zhao Si frowned:
"In this dire situation where you have no cards at all, what's the point of asking me..."

Although the King of the West himself does not seem to be strong, the bandits under his command are completely invincible. If you want to kill the King of the West, you can only defeat the thousands of bandits first...

"and many more!"

Zhao Si caught the blind spot and rolled his eyes:
"It seems that there is no need to defeat the bandits..."

The most troublesome person in the Western King’s army is the Western King himself. It would not be difficult to kill him as long as we find a way to separate him from his bandits.

Once the Western King died, the bandits would lose their leader and would not be able to hold out for long.

After all, judging from the previous information, the bandits' fighting power was not strong. It was only because of the magic that made them fearless of death that the government army was defeated. As long as the King of the West and the Taoists died...

The only difficulty now is how to separate them?

Zhao Si flipped through the historical information and thought:
"From the above branch, when the King of the West and his men entered the city, he personally led the Taoist priests in front of the battle... This was also the only time he was separated from the army. If he could make good use of this opportunity..."

Thinking of this, Zhao Si directly input the strategy:
"Fake surrender!"

……

"Fake surrender?"

Lin Liu was stunned, and began to think about the feasibility of this plan...

The result of thinking is:

risky!
"But... I can only try..."

[You grit your teeth and immediately take a few people to the county government office to ask to see the county magistrate and present him with a plan of feigning surrender.]

【County magistrate: …】

[The county magistrate's first reaction was that you wanted to help the bandits seize the city from both inside and outside! ]

[But after careful consideration, he also felt that instead of waiting for death, it would be better to try a clever plan...]

[So under the command of the county magistrate, a group of county soldiers and civilians guarding the city quietly ambushed on both sides of the city gate, with swords, spears, sticks and clubs in their hands. There were also a dozen county soldiers holding bows and crossbows, lying nervously on the side.]

[As for the bait... before the county magistrate even opened his mouth, you had already volunteered to lead your friends to challenge him! ]

[So the matter was quickly settled. You will pretend to surrender and offer the city, and welcome the King of the West into the city...]

"This dog official!"

After leaving the county government office, Lin Liu and his companions walked towards the city gate under the nervous "escort" of a group of county soldiers.

As they walked, someone cursed in a low voice:
"We were clearly helping him defend the city, but he made us his bait..."

"That's it!"

Lin Liu listened to his companions' complaints and sighed in his heart:
There is nothing wrong with the county magistrate's actions, because in times of crisis, nothing can be taken lightly.

The county magistrate was afraid that he would turn his fake act into reality, so he let him be the bait. If the situation went wrong, he would immediately attack and kill him...

"do not talk!"

Lin Liu said in a deep voice:
"All of you must obey me..."

……

Under the cover of night, the city gate slowly opened!

A group of people holding torches rushed out of the city gate, shouting:

"We have captured the county magistrate. Please invite the King of the West into the city!"

"Damn it! I've been kept waiting for so long!"

Seeing this, the Western King who had been waiting outside the city was overjoyed. Although he could win the battle by fighting for another two days, the situation was urgent at the moment. The government troops were chasing him, and if it dragged on for too long, something might change.

It is of course good to be able to persuade people to surrender!
The Western King immediately had torches lit, and led his fellow apprentices and personal soldiers forward. As for whether the other side was deceiving...

The King of the West, who lacked experience in siege, had not considered this problem. Moreover, the people on the other side were the ones who had received his dream. It was normal for these ignorant mortals to be intimidated by the majesty of the gods.

The confident King of the West walked closer and closer, and he was very satisfied when he saw the few surrenderers waiting tremblingly in front of the city gate.

But a monk is a monk after all. As he got closer, an inexplicable sense of danger arose!

King Xi slowed down his pace suspiciously...

"Please invite the King of the West into the city!"

The leader on the opposite side shouted again:
"The county magistrate has been captured by us. Please come into the city, King Xi!"

King Xi's brows relaxed, because he could see clearly that there were only five or six people on the other side, and they were unarmed... So he continued to move forward, and he had already started to think:

Although he led more than a thousand refugees to roam the county, his cultivation was still too low. Moreover, there were government troops following behind him. He could not occupy this county... He would just rob a lot and run away.

I have cultivated myself into the Dharma Image of the Western King, and my future is bright. I will try my best to avoid danger if I can. As long as I can continue to receive incense and souls in the future, sooner or later I will be able to challenge those clay sculptures and wooden carvings...

Finally, he walked up to the surrenderers and said arrogantly:
"I am the King of the West, and you are the ones who opened the city gate for me?"

"Yes……"

Everyone bowed down in haste.

"Okay, wait aside, you will get some benefits!"

The Western King only glanced at them, and then shouted to his subordinates:
"Enter the city! Any house that doesn't have the word 'Western' in its worship offerings may be robbed at will! Everything you rob is yours!"

"Long live the King of the West!"

The bandits cheered!
When the surrenderers heard this, they were obviously a little panicked, but the King of the West ignored them and was only concerned about the benefits of the city.

The Western King took the lead and strode into the city gate. More than a hundred Taoist priests and personal soldiers followed him in, and thousands of cheering bandits followed closely behind...

"Shoot the arrow!!!"

At this moment, an excited shout was heard, and before anyone could react, a rain of arrows flew out from the city!
……

[As soon as the Western King and his companions entered the city, the impatient county magistrate shouted the order to shoot arrows! ]

[For a moment, a chaotic rain of arrows enveloped the people of the Western King, and they were caught off guard and fell to the ground like wheat being cut! ]

[Then, the hundreds of people who were ambushed on both sides of the city gate also rushed out in a mess. There was no formation at all, but it was not a problem to defeat a group of frightened Taoists! ]

[The King of the West was horrified and was about to leave the city, but the city gate had already been closed, locking out the stunned bandits who were about to enter the city, and at the same time, the King of the West's hope of survival...]

[After a fierce battle between novices, the Taoist priests and their personal soldiers all fell to the ground. The Western King was especially taken care of. After a flurry of arrows and swords, he was immediately decapitated! ]

[The King of the West, who had achieved the state of a Dharmadhatu, died in such a cowardly way...]

[The enemy troops outside the city lost their backbone and attacked the city like crazy at first, but they had no siege equipment and it was impossible to defeat them in a short period of time just by relying on manpower.]

[Add to that the arrows fired by the county soldiers on the city wall. After a while, the morale of these bandits who relied on the magic water to attack the city completely collapsed, and they all scattered like birds and beasts under the city...]

[Your feigned surrender strategy was a great victory! ]

[Seeing the West King being killed, you finally let out the anger that had been pent up since the last branch.]

【…】

[Not long after you won the battle to defend the city, the government reported the battle situation on the front line again.]

[It turns out that this Western King is just one of the people who started the rebellion this time! ]

[In other counties, there were various rebel armies such as the "Northern King", "Eastern King", and "Southern King". They used magic to confuse people, killing and burning people everywhere, and relying on magic such as talismans and water, they defeated the government troops and made them flee in disarray.]

[However, with the prosperity of the country, this chaos will eventually be settled...]

[And because you have made great contributions, the county magistrate has given you a lot of rewards... Of course, the bulk of the credit must still go to him. I think once the chaos is settled, the imperial court's promotion order will be coming soon.]

[However, just as everyone was cheering, the county magistrate, who had a promising future, suddenly died...]

[The county magistrate died suddenly, and the whole city was shocked! ]

[But no one knows how he died. All we know is that he looked terrified when he died, as if he had seen something horrible.]

[People are talking about this.]

[You were also surprised by the sudden death of the county magistrate, but that night, you knew why he died...]

There was a blank space all around.

Lin Liu stood blankly in this empty space, feeling quite at a loss, because he clearly remembered that he went to bed, so how could he appear here inexplicably?

Moreover, Lin Liu felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with this place, just like...

"It was a dream!"

He suddenly remembered that this was the scene he saw when the King of the West appeared in his dream last time.

However, the King of the West is missing here...

No! Not less!

Lin Liu suddenly panicked because a person slowly walked towards him:

He was wearing a white imperial crown, and his entire body was shining like a ball of silver!

Lin Liu was very familiar with his image. The only difference from his memory was that the compassion on his face had been replaced by a ferocious look...

"You make it easy for me to find you!"

He looked at Lin Liu fiercely and said coldly:

"If the county magistrate had not confessed before his death that it was you who suggested this plan, I really would not have been able to find you..."

In an instant, Lin Liu's pupils constricted!
……

(End of this chapter)