Inside the North City Gate is an open space, surrounded by high walls, with only three streets leading to the darkness. The road leading to the city tower has been blocked by stones. Pushing open the heavy city gate, the northern soldiers who rushed into the city, some ran into the street by the light of the torches at the top of the city, and some set up human ladders. Want to attack the city gate. Soldiers with short crossbows appeared on the city gate one after another, and the dead bodies under the city gate piled up quickly, and it was possible to climb up by ladders, but they couldn't climb up anyway.
Seeing how difficult it was to attack the city gate, the others also chose to run into the streets. It's just that those streets are quiet and dark, like the mouth of an open beast...
The sound of killing on the city wall was loud, and Zhenbei Hou Shen Yi and Shen Jian fought in sections on it. The archers and axemen in command took turns to move forward, and beat down the Beirong people who had climbed to the top of the city one after another. Ji Wenzhao walked back and forth, observing the whole situation. Qi Conglin yelled and fired his crossbow from a high place, so that the enemies rushing down the city would not be too crowded and the city couldn't deal with them. Inside the city, the alternate soldiers of the Shen family army obeyed the orders and went up to the city one by one. Duan Zeng led the civilians to shuttle inside the city wall, immediately carried the wounded soldiers down, and sent them to the city...
None of these disturbances distracted Yan Shi, she kept her eyes on, and after a while, she raised her hand and waved it. The four big men next to her who had been waiting for her signal yelled and pulled out a thick iron rod from the stone, then pulled the iron chain, and with the power of the big pulley, hung the large iron fence on the north city gate in the air. The door was lowered slowly.
The iron gate fell to the ground with a bang, and immediately disconnected the enemy soldiers who were about to attack the city. Many people climbed on the iron gate and wanted to climb up, but they were naturally shot down by the people in the city.
Through the iron gate, the people of Beirong could vaguely see the streets of the city, wondering why no one came out of the thousands of people who rushed into the city, and opened the city gate again from the inside out.
Those who rushed into the Lost City actually wanted to go back, and really didn't want to stay in this terrible street.
As they walked, arrows shot from the wall, and half of the people on the street fell. Or, the narrow street is slightly uphill, and just as a dozen people walk up it, a big boulder rolls from the front, and there are people pushing it with the wood behind! No matter how tough you are, you will not be able to withstand the heavy stone ball, and you will be knocked down to the ground in one fell swoop... The people following behind will end the life of the person who fell to the ground. Someone over there stopped the approaching people with dense arrows and crossbows. They pushed the boulder up the small slope, dragged the corpse away, and let people in again... As soon as the small group of people turned a corner, a row of stone axes fell from the darkness, vividly Cut people down to the ground... Obviously the people in front passed by, but the people at the end suddenly found that their feet were empty, and fell into a trap full of iron cones with a scream. The person next to him pushes the iron plate back to its original position, and there is a wide tunnel under the trap. The person inside uses a long fork to remove the dead and injured from the awl, and pulls the rope to give a signal. People can go down again... There are even small groups of people who are marching, and suddenly find that the wall is narrowing! They didn't know that the so-called walls on both sides of the street were actually thick wooden boards, and that they were stabilized by tripods. Dozens of people pushed together on one side, and pressed the people in the middle tightly with the walls on both sides, preventing them from resisting. With a long knife... As for the gate along the street, you can't go in. Once inside, it is a separate slaughterhouse, with all kinds of nets, cages, wooden sticks... everything, and the courtyard along the street is full of screams, and few people can escape...
This is a sleepless night in Yancheng. Most of the common people in the city are on the street. The young and middle-aged help to carry the wounded or corpses, the old people maintain the smoothness of the road, and the married women help cook and boil water... Someone tried to get close to the north gate where the fierce battle was taking place, but found that the roads were strictly guarded. The second official Yan led people to hold the household registration booklets, and set up sentry boxes at several intersections. Cards simply cannot enter the war zone. Some people joined the volunteer army under the pretext of helping, but found that they were only assigned to the entrance of the street leading to the northern urban area, and took over the corpses that were continuously carried out from inside...
After more than an hour, the Lost City became quiet. Someone was waving a torch in the darkness in the distance, Yan Shi signaled to the person again, and several big men stirred the pulleys and raised the big iron fence door up again. Originally, it was too late to capture Yancheng in this night's battle. Seeing that there were many casualties in the Beirong side, Tugu Khan had the intention to retreat. Just when they were about to withdraw their troops, they even reported that the north gate was opened again! Seeing the fire on the city, Tugu Khan thought it was the thousands of people who had invaded the city before finally occupying the city gate, and opened the gate to let his own people in... So he deployed more troops and ordered to charge...
The fierce battle on the city had reached a fever pitch. Groups of Northern Army soldiers climbed up the city wall stepping on stones and corpses in front of the city. Barrels of hot oil were poured down and then ignited. The flames below Yancheng burst out from time to time. People who climbed the ladder were burned and fled in all directions. People on the city wall were also smoked by the flames and retreated to the inside. Duo, shoot arrows endlessly...
In the middle of the night, the iron gate of Yancheng fell down again, and Tugu Khan was really angry: Did all the intruders fail again? The opponent took the city gate back? ! Only keep on attacking! Sure enough, as he expected, an hour later, the iron gate of Yancheng rose again, revealing the passage to enter the city... It wasn't until the dawn of the east that it fell back to the ground again with a clang, blocking the return of the soldiers entering the city...
That night, the iron gate at the north gate of Yancheng rose three times and fell down three times. Tugu Khan thought it was a desperate struggle between the enemy and us for the city gate. Every time after one's own soldiers invaded, the opponent took back the city gate and closed it, and the Beirong soldiers fought in the street with the opponent, and then opened the city gate... No one would believe that the defenders of Yancheng opened the city gate on purpose, after all, there is a risk of robbers opening the gate Too big, who would do that
In the morning light, after a night of fighting, both sides were exhausted. After dawn, the city could be shot and killed very accurately at a long distance, which was not conducive to attacking the city. Tugu Khan ordered his troops to withdraw and prepare to take a break and fight again.
When the results of casualties came, he was shocked: Nearly 50,000 people were killed, injured, or disappeared in the siege. In addition to the previous casualties, nearly half of the Beirong army had been lost! Tugu Khan became worried, and he immediately ordered to retreat and garrison troops to wait to see if the victory of the West Route Army could weaken Yancheng's resistance.
In fact, it was not easy in Yan City. Although it was not as severe as Bei Rong, the fighting on the city wall also suffered a lot of casualties. Duan Zeng was busy all night, leaving the city in the early morning, and went to the medical center to treat the seriously injured. Shi Helin has completely recovered from the bloodsickness problem now. The courtyard of the medical care center is full of bloody wounded, and Shi Helin himself is also spattered with blood. Seeing Duan Zeng coming, he said with tears in his eyes, "Hurry up, hurry up! A lot of people are going to die..."
Duan Zeng was too lazy to talk, and followed Shi Helin's instructions, and started to stop the bleeding and set bones for the wounded one by one.
Second Madam Yan arranged for people to cook and send food and hot water to the city all night. Now it was time for breakfast again, and she wanted to finish the meal before leaving. The second official Yan finished his shift and dragged himself to Mrs. Yan's place. He sat in the room and waited for her, wanting to go home with her.
Yan Shi was exhausted. She stood by the city all night and was almost paralyzed. Seeing that Bei Rong had withdrawn, she slid against the wall and sat on the ground. Shen Jian saw her in the city, hurried over to pull her up, and said in a low voice, "Don't sit on the ground, Liang! Go back to your parents!"
Yan Shi was also really sleepy, she said weakly to Shen Jian: "About 19,000 people have entered the Lost City." In the Lost City area, he almost closed his eyes and walked down the city leaning on the wall. A group of strong women came over with a steaming cauldron, and the soldiers lined up to drink water and eat. Yan Shi didn't want to squeeze with them, so he walked slowly into the city.
Along the way, there are soldiers, soldiers and people sitting on the street resting, wounded soldiers lying down, and dead bodies. Someone came to see him and shouted: "The corpse cannot be here, send the corpse to the southeast kiln!"
Yan knew that in order to dispose of the dead bodies, Ji Wenzhao built a big kiln downwind from the southeast to burn the dead bodies to prevent the dead bodies from spreading the plague. Several people ran over, lifted the dead body and hurried past her. Yan Shi felt physically and mentally exhausted, and even started to cry. She cried as she walked, deeply feeling the sin and blood in the world.
She remembered that when she was a young girl, she took her cousin to the mountains to pick flowers and break willows, wash her feet in the stream, secretly drank wedding wine, and critiqued the classics of saints... At that time, she felt that these things were very wrong. But now, the arrangement she directed personally caused tens of thousands of people to slide into the cliff. Every time she waved her hand at night, thousands of people died in the Lost City, and her hands were already bloody. She used to think that she was very manly in her heart, but now she understands that she is really a woman, she does not want to be so cruel from the bottom of her heart, but she must not back down, whether she dies or not is secondary, she has a husband Shen Jian , with parents, in order to defend them, she has to stick to the end...
When Mrs. Yan returned home, she only took a sip of cold water and fell asleep. When Mrs. Yan and his wife returned home, Mrs. Mrs. Yan was just about to ask Mrs. Yan to get up and eat something when she saw Mrs. Yan's face was flushed, it turned out that she had a fever. Second Madam Yan was so frightened that she watched Yan Shi and began to cry. During this time, she saw too many lives passing away in an instant, and she was afraid that Yan Shi would have a right or wrong. Yan Erguan hurriedly went out to find the doctor, but now that the doctors are helping the wounded, who would leave to see a patient? Ji Yan, who had been busy all night, came back and also came to see Yan. Seeing that she was burning hot, Ji Yan said to the worried Mrs. Yan: "She must have caught the cold, and her body's yang energy is activated, and she wants to drive the cold away." Come out, find a doctor and sweat it out."
Second Madam Yan wiped her tears and said, "Her father hasn't come back yet, so it seems he can't be found."
Ji Yan said: "Then give her ginger soup."
Mrs. Yan Er cooked ginger soup and poured a bowl of it for Yan every hour.
Yan's retreat from the top of the mountain to the overnight defense was too exhausting, so it was only natural that he was so sick. Fortunately, she was still young and Li Sheng had a fever until midnight and finally broke out in sweat. The fever subsided, but she was still lethargic.
The second official Yan also fell asleep when he got home in the afternoon. Mrs. Yan Er was afraid that he would also be sick, so she continued to drink ginger soup. The second official Yan got up the next day, and went to the household registration office to order, but Mrs. Yan could not leave. Ji Yan took over her affairs, bit the bullet to allocate personnel, mobilize materials, and ensure that she went to the city. The diet of soldiers and volunteers.
With such an illness, Yan had to lie down for seven or eight days, and when she got out of bed, she still felt that there was cotton on the soles of her feet.
Mrs. Yan Er rejoiced and said to the second official Yan: "Thanks to us coming, otherwise our daughter probably wouldn't be able to live."
Yan Erguan snorted and said: "Your husband, I naturally have a long-term vision..."
Second Madam Yan twitched her lips: She felt that she saved her daughter because she persisted in coming here. Now there are wounded everywhere in the city, Yan Shi is sick, where can someone take care of him? This is where the parents are, so Yan can sleep on the bed and lie under the quilt, otherwise he won't fall to the ground like those wounded outside? Even Shen Jian, only came to visit twice in a hurry after hearing that Yan Shi was ill. Men are really unreliable! Even Yan Shi came to live and die with him, but he didn't stay by Yan's bedside day and night!
Shen Jian also wanted to guard, but he really didn't have time. After the battle, he needed to count the troops and equipment.
In the hall of the Chinese Army, Shen Jian reported the casualties to Zhenbeihou. Before the war, more than 2 million arrows and 200 bed crossbows were shipped from the south. In addition to the arrows and weapons made by local craftsmen over the years, Yancheng is ready for battle. But that was the case, and there were more than 10,000 casualties in the overnight defense of the city. If they are not prepared in advance, the consequences are really unimaginable.
The Marquis of Zhenbei asked Shen Jian: "I let you use the bed crossbow this night. How expensive are the arrows? Do we have enough arrows?"
Shen Jian said: "It is reported that half of the arrows have been used."
Zhenbeihou said: "Then really save yourself and try to lure people into the maze."
Shen Jian also nodded and said: "Yes, our people in the maze took advantage of the terrain and can kill more enemies."
Ji Wenzhao smiled and said, "It's just that they may not come to attack the city again in the short term."
Zhenbeihou pondered for a moment, and said: "The main force of our army is not damaged, but Tugu Khan should lose hundreds of thousands of people. If they don't attack, it's not a problem if they spend so much time. Let's open the door and fight."
Ji Wenzhao hurriedly shook his head: "Master Hou, it's not two months yet, so you can wait a little longer."
Zhenbeihou asked in puzzlement, "Why do you have to wait for two months?"
Ji Wenzhao half-raised his head to look at Fangliang: "Before the war, I made a divination that Khan Tugu's army would not be stable in two months' time, and then we can take the opportunity to attack."
Shen Yi lowered his eyes halfway: Did you make a fuss? Charlatan!
Zhenbeihou frowned: "How can major military affairs be determined by divination?"
Shen Jian said: "Master Hou, after defending the city this time, our army will also need time to rest and regroup. It will take more than ten days anyway." In this way, Ji Wenzhao's two-month period has come.
The Marquis of Zhenbei sighed: "It's not that I don't want to prepare well, it's just that I haven't given news to the capital for such a long time, and I don't want to fight. I'm afraid that the emperor will think that our army intends to slow down the battle..." He didn't finish. If so, the emperor would be worried about the border ? Still feel jealous
Ji Wenzhao hurriedly said: "It's okay, if our army can win a big victory in the end, and then explain the tactics to the emperor, the emperor will definitely understand."
Shen Yi said: "I will not accept the order of the king outside..."
Zhenbeihou interrupted sharply: "You can't say such words at will!"
Ji Wenzhao hurriedly smoothed things over: "Okay, the most important thing for us now is to defeat Beirong. The emperor's side is on me! I'll just write a memorial when the time comes..."
Both Shen Yi and Shen Jian looked at the sky, they couldn't stand Ji Wenzhao's arrogance.
At this time, neither they nor Tugu Khan knew that in the territory of Beirong, a cavalry force of 5,000 men had already left the mountain and entered the grassland, traveling thousands of miles a day. Tugu Khan poured all his strength into the northern army to invade the south, and the cavalry quickly approached the capital of the northern army without hindrance. The leader was a knight in black, short and thin, but everyone around him respected him.
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The Imperial Mausoleum in the capital, the guards of the mausoleum packed their luggage and prepared to return to the capital. After the Royal Forest Army was dispatched, the capital was empty. Although there were only a thousand people guarding the mausoleum, under the circumstances, even though the flies were small, they were recalled to the capital. .
The Fourth Prince went to pay a visit to Wang Guoliang.
Since fighting against the flood last year, Wang Guoliang admired this Highness very much. Now I am going back to Beijing, but there is no order in the palace to let His Highness go back. If Bei Rong really calls, the prince will know what will happen to him without even thinking about it. It seems that the emperor is going to give up the prince and let him fend for himself. Although the fourth prince is crippled, it's too bad for the emperor to do so. Wang Guoliang had deep sympathy for the fourth prince, and when he saw the fourth prince came to see him, his attitude was very cooperative, as if he wanted to help.
After the two sides greeted each other, the fourth prince said: "The general is going back to the city, can you ask the emperor for me, can I go back to the city?"
Wang Guoliang's eyes were sour, and he thought that ordinary people would not treat their sons like this. How could there be any reason for not letting them go home when the enemy came? He quickly agreed: "I will definitely pass on a message for His Highness."
The fourth prince thanked him, and said again: "If it doesn't work, don't force it, just let someone tell me."
Wang Guoliang said: "It will definitely happen!" Before he left, he left a dozen or so people behind for the fourth prince, in case the army left and the people began to move. .
Wang Guoliang led his troops back to the city, and they were under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Forest Army. When reporting to the emperor, he mentioned how the fourth prince blocked the leakage in the imperial tomb last year and saved the imperial tomb. He also said that the fourth prince wanted to come back now.
The emperor really didn't take this son seriously, he was always angry with the fourth prince for embarrassing him at that time. But now that Bei Rong is coming and the capital is about to be moved, if he openly says that he will not let the fourth prince come back, it will be regarded as death, and it will be recorded in the annals of history. The emperor nodded reluctantly: "Let him come back."
Wang Guoliang said the order, and after stepping down, he sent more than ten people to pick up the fourth prince. Arriving at the imperial mausoleum, the fourth prince was not in a hurry after hearing the news. He had to pack up his room of books and manuscripts. He dawdled and fiddled for several days before leaving the imperial mausoleum. He also dragged his feet on the road, and when he entered the capital, instead of going back to the palace first, he had to go to his grandfather's Jiang's house first, saying that he would return the book that Jiang's family had given him. He asked the sergeants to return to the team first, and he took three or four people to live in Jiang's house.
The sergeants came back and told Wang Guoliang, Wang Guoliang said that the fourth prince is really confused! How can you go to grandma's house without first visiting the emperor when you enter the city? If the emperor knew about this, wouldn't he be angry? No wonder the fourth prince went to the imperial mausoleum, it seems to be a matter of personality! This Highness will not please the emperor! Wang Guoliang didn't dare to tell the emperor about the fourth prince entering the city because he was busy with other things.
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When Zhang Ding arrived at the wine cellar, there were not many people on the road. Surrounded by volunteers with weapons, several people came to stop them, someone recognized Zhang Ding and let them go. On the street leading into the village, a bald man sat casually on a wooden pier with a large wine jar beside him.
Zhang Ding happily ran over: "Master! Master! Long time no see! Your hair has grown a lot!" The young servants had lived with Xiaoyao Gong for ten years, and followed Zhang Yunzheng to call him Master.
Lord Xiaoyao also laughed: "You little sycophant! It's still the same as before!"
Zhang Ding hurriedly asked: "Where is our young master?"
Mr. Xiaoyao turned his head and shouted to the volunteer soldiers on the street: "Go find that bastard... okay, Mr. Zhang Er! Tell him that his little friend is here!" Someone responded.
Zhang Ding was shy and said in a female accent, "Oh! What are you talking about?!" He waved his hand to let the people with him enter the village, and sat down next to Mr. Xiaoyao, pointing to the wine jar and said, "What is this?"
Xiaoyao Gong immediately became serious: "This is useless wine! Mine! Don't worry about it!"
Zhang Ding smiled: "I won't!"
Xiaoyao Gong snorted: "Who wouldn't say 'no'? I don't think about it until I drink it."
Zhang Ding came alive: "It's so good? Then I have to try..."
Zhang Yunzheng ran out from the village, heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Ding, waved his hands and said, "It's you!"
Zhang Ding stood up excitedly and saluted: "Young Master, what are you talking about? How hurtful! Who do you think?"
Zhang Yunzheng snorted: "You boy! Looking for a fight?! What are you doing here?"
Zhang Ding smiled and pulled Zhang Yunzheng aside, and said in a low voice: "Young Master said, there are almost 100,000 people on his side, and 20,000 bows and arrows are enough to fight Beirong. All right, run to him."
Zhang Yunzheng glared: "Why are you running?! We are behind the Bei Rong, and if we run to him, we can't pass through the Bei Rong army? You go back and tell him, don't come up with any ideas!"
Zhang Ding hurriedly waved his hands: "I'm not going back! How many days have I not eaten, drank, washed, or slept?! Do you think I am a rabbit? Running around! I have to rest here." The message was really a hit.
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Bei Rong will come here soon, only a hundred people will be left here, and the rest will leave today."
Zhang Ding yelled: "Hundreds of people! There are at least a thousand people going to the border, but there are only a hundred people here, my son?! It's too dangerous! I have to stay, my son, my relatives, I want to be with you!" Zhang Ding Shaking her head and tail, she turned into a begging woman.
Zhang Yunzheng rolled his eyes, and Magnolia ran up behind him, and when he saw Zhang Ding, he shouted, "Lilac! You're here! That's great, the rose is here too, we're only short of Cuckoo!"
Zhang Ding said to Zhang Yunzheng: "Look, we have to be together to have fun."
Zhang Yunzheng looked at Yulan: "You should go too!"
Yulan hopped: "I put in so much effort to write those words! How can it be possible if you don't stay and see the excitement?"
Zhang Yunzheng shook his head: "Your arms and legs are so small that you can't move the wine jar."
Yulan turned her head to look at Mr. Xiaoyao: "Then I'll stay with Master, in case he gets drunk again..."
Duke Xiaoyao was furious: "How dare you bury me?!"
Zhang Yunzheng also glared at the wine jar beside Mr. Xiaoyao, "Master, haven't you told me several times? You can't drink!"
Xiaoyao Gong waved his hand: "I know I know! You will never drink before doing business! You are heartless! I came all the way to find you, but you won't let me drink a few sips..."
Zhang Yunzheng said angrily: "This matter is very important! It's easy to get drunk with this wine! How can you use lightness kung fu when you're drunk? You might fall off the mountain! It will delay things. Otherwise, you just let them go today, and I'll find someone else!"
Lord Xiaoyao was angry: "You have no rules! I am the master! I will beat you to death! What do you mean I will make mistakes? I taught you the lightness kung fu!"
Zhang Ding hurriedly said with a smile: "How about I help the master hold the wine jar? I will give it to him after finishing what the young master told me?"
Yulan hurriedly said, "I can help hold a can."
When Mr. Xiaoyao heard that there would be one more can of wine, he nodded and said, "You two come with me and leave this bastard who doesn't respect his master!"
Zhang Yunzheng still frowned: "Why do you need so much wine? I don't know if it's important? I said..."
Mr. Xiaoyao waved his hand: "Don't listen! I've said it seven or eight times. My hair is gone but my brain is still there!" He snorted and got up, and said to Zhang Ding and Yulan, "Come with me, and then go find a jar of wine." .”
Zhang Ding and Yulan had a backing, and hurriedly bowed to Zhang Yunzheng. Zhang Ding went to pick up the wine jar on the ground, and the two followed Xiaoyao Gong into the village. Yulan happily said to Zhang Ding: "You are here, tell me about the border."
After all, Zhang Ding has been in the border for several years, and he has developed a bit of sophistication. He said as he walked, "Nothing important, how are you doing here?"
Yulan immediately complained to Zhang Ding: "It turns out that my job is to ignite the gunpowder. You don't know about the gunpowder, do you? The young master made it, and it's amazing! It's too little, and it's only one pack, so it's very expensive. Young master Said that everyone's legs and feet are too slow, and they can't run away when they are lit, but he can't do both. The person who lit the fire can only be saved if he has a rope tied around his waist and is pulled up. I am the lightest, so I chose me Go and ignite the gunpowder, in that case, I will definitely be a hero in the future! But the master will not want me when he comes, and now he still wants me to go... "
Zhang Ding nodded and sighed: "It's so ruthless!"
Mr. Xiaoyao turned his head and scolded: "What are you ruthless?! You guys are useless! Just want to do such an important thing like a spider?! The more I think about it, the more afraid I get. Do you people know what they are doing?"
Yulan nodded her head vigorously: "I know, I know. Didn't the young master tell the master? He must stay here. Don't worry, master, we have been preparing for a long time..."
Lord Xiaoyao said angrily: "A group of bastards! No one listens to me! Who is your master?! Have you kowtowed? How many times have you learned? You are still like a chicken, which shows that you have not practiced well. I am not your master. , It’s shameless to say it!”
Yulan said: "But I have face! When we were in the courtyard, how many times didn't we accompany the young master to practice hands? Even if we weren't master's apprentice, we should be counted as master's disciple."
Lord Xiaoyao sighed: "There are still people who are vying to be grandsons, you are so promising! I can't even recognize you."
Yulan pouted: "You are so picky, how many people want grandchildren without them!"
Is this the same thing? Duke Xiaoyao didn't want to entangle Yulan with this issue any longer, and said, "You have to find me a big wine jar."
Thinking of her promise, Yulan felt a little embarrassed, and faltered: "I'll try my best. Now the wine has been shipped up, and the rest of the truck has been shipped away."
Mr. Xiaoyao got angry: "You boy! What did you say just now?! Could it be that you lied to me?! What 'work hard'?! Go say hello to the rose on the cliff and ask him to save a jar for me!"
Yulan's terrified expression: "How could it be possible?! If our son knows..."
Lord Xiaoyao snorted, "Then don't follow me!"
Yulan was about to cry, but Zhang Ding turned his nose and eyes at Yulan, pouted his mouth to make a mouth shape of "mixing water" with the jar in his hand, Yulan's eyes lit up, and smiled and said to Xiaoyao Gong in front of him: "Okay!" , don’t worry, I’ll definitely find another can for you!” There are still empty cans, right
Lord Xiaoyao turned his head: "Why do I think you are suspicious?"
Zhang Ding hurriedly said: "I'm really sleepy! I want to sleep..." He opened his mouth vigorously, about to yawn.
Xiaoyao Gong said: "Then you should find a room to sleep quickly. Beirong should arrive tomorrow at the earliest."
Zhang Ding went back after yawning, and looked at Mr. Xiaoyao depressedly: "You should wait until I finish yawning..."
Xiaoyao Gong laughed.
Zhang Ding had a good sleep, and was woken up by Yulan at noon the next day, shouting: "We have to go!"
Zhang Ding got up in a daze, and after tidying up, he found that there was no saliva in the room. He asked Yulan, "Where is the water?" Yulan handed him a big gourd and a bag of dry food, and said, "The well is filled, so it turns out I wanted to burn the house down, but the young master said no. We cleared the village, let you sleep for a while, and called you at the end... "
Zhang Ding followed Yulan out of the courtyard, only to find that the streets in the village were completely empty, only Zhang Yunzheng, a few volunteers, and Xiaoyaogong. Zhang Yunzheng was saying to Lord Xiaoyao: "...Master, be more careful..."
Xiaoyao Gong interrupted: "Don't curse me! What carelessness, give me a can of wine is serious!" At his feet was still yesterday's can of wine, Yulan whispered to Zhang Ding: "I can't even find the empty can …”
Zhang Yunzheng stared: "Don't think about it!" He turned to Zhang Ding and Yulan and said, "Master is not allowed to drink, or you will have to light the fire."
Yulan hurriedly went to hold the wine jar, and said, "Don't worry, there is no one to pull the rope."
Zhang Yunzheng walked out of the quiet village with them, and walked all the way to the valley where the ambush was set. Zhang Yunzheng and several volunteer soldiers walked into the valley, Xiaoyao Gong took Zhang Ding and Yulan up the mountain wall at the entrance of the valley from the mountain road, found a hidden place on the cliff to rest, and waited for the start of the battle.
Zhang Yunzheng walked through the valley, and at the mouth of the valley, a rope ladder hung down from the stone wall of the mountain road that had been leveled. Zhang Yunzheng let the volunteer soldiers climb up, and he took a last look at the damp trees and haystacks piled up two feet high at the mouth of the valley. Taniguchi was tightly sealed. Zhang Yunzheng climbed up the cliff with light work, and asked people to put up the rope. On the narrow cliff, Zhang Yunzheng once again checked the set up bed crossbow and other weapons, as well as the wooden transmission trough and other equipment. When it was dark, he set up a night watch, taking turns to keep watch while the others slept.
In the early morning of the next day, the people watching from the mountain woke up everyone, pointing to the distance, the banner of Beirong appeared in the mountains. At noon, Beirong's brigade arrived in front of the valley.