Jinyuan City is not considered a big city in Daxia, but it has a population of tens of thousands.
It was morning, and the early morning in May was still a little cool. Dozens of people sent a long queue in front of the gate, and they could only enter after paying the entrance fee.
There are farmers who want to enter the city with their own vegetables, hunters with mountain treasures, and a few scholars in green shirts and long swords who look like scholars who are traveling.
"Dilong turned over?" Someone felt the tremor under his feet and shouted loudly.
Everyone showed a look of panic and wanted to run to the open space. As long as the ground dragon's turn over is not too serious, safety can be ensured as long as it is in an open place.
You must know that there was an earth dragon turning over here more than ten years ago, and thousands of people were buried in the collapsed houses in the middle of the night.
The memory of the people here is still fresh.
"Don't panic, it's cavalry!" A knowledgeable scholar said with a smile.
"Ordinary people can't see the cavalry in the brigade. It's normal to have this misunderstanding." Another scholar patted him on the shoulder and said.
"It can't compare to the two elder brothers. To be honest, I have never seen the cavalry in the brigade. If the two elder brothers hadn't opened their mouths, I'm afraid I would have thought it was Dilong turning around!" A thinner scholar cupped his hands.
"Why would there be cavalry here at this time?" The first scholar who spoke was puzzled. His name was Li Mengyuan, he was quite famous in his hometown, and his uncle at home was an official to the fifth-rank captain.
"That's a matter for the imperial court. Presumably they are going to the south!" The thin scholar was obviously not interested in this.
"Zhengyan, don't say that. The affairs of the state are the affairs of the world. How can the affairs of the world have nothing to do with us. When we enter the court in another day, we must pay attention to everything." Li Mengyuan warned.
"What brother said is true. You have been taught." The thin scholar cupped his hands. His name was Yao Zhengyan.
Several people turned their heads to look, and a black line could already be seen on the horizon in the distance, and a long earth dragon was raised behind it.
"I really didn't expect that Marquis Wu Sheng would be defeated." Among the three scholars, besides Li Mengyuan and Yao Zhengyan, there was one named Xu Pingzhi, and this was the one who sighed.
"I really didn't expect it. The imperial court has prepared for so many years, and the 700,000 troops and countless food and grass have all been wasted." Li Mengyuan shook his head.
"Those Dayao people are really like the legends?" Yao Zhengyan asked, now that Daxia has lost the battle, Dayao's passing on the streets and alleys is miraculous.
According to the common people, Dayao people are wearing leather skirts, bare-chested, and howl savagely when fighting. An ordinary soldier is eight feet tall, and can hold a stick of hundreds of catties with both hands, and can fly with a stick one person.
"You've heard of it too?" Li Mengyuan first laughed, he had heard such rumors too.
"It's not as exaggerated as the rumors say, but it's really powerful. Dayao's ordinary soldiers have the strength of human rounds, and they can be small captains here. Even ordinary people can reach human rounds. Fortunately, there are not many of them. Yaodu has less than 100,000 troops. In addition, the officials are vulgar, ignorant of military affairs, and do not understand military equipment. Therefore, they have always been on the sidelines." Li Mengyuan explained.
At this time, the information transmission is not developed, and most of them are spreading rumors, and ordinary people know very little about Dayao.
There are officials in his family who are military generals, so they know more about Dayao.
"That's amazing." Yao Zhengyan thought for a while. He still knows the strength of Renlun. An ordinary renlun warrior can eat anywhere.
In the Great Xia military system, ten people make up a fire, and five fires make up a team. A small captain is in charge of fifty people.
As long as a single-person warrior joins the army, he can control at least fifty people.
From this, we can see the status of Renlun Warrior in Daxia.
It is a bit exaggerated that the common people on the other side are all human-wheel warriors.
"Are they cannibals?" Yao Zhengyan asked again. Many people in the streets and alleys swear that the barbarians in the south cannibalize people. He has been curious about this for a long time. Are there really cannibals? Although the people of Dayao are barbaric and backward, they are human after all.
Hearing this, Li Mengyuan also frowned, thought for a while and said: "I don't know about this matter, but I think it may not be without reason."
While the few people were chatting, a cry suddenly sounded from the top of the city: "It's Dayao people, close the city gate, close the city gate quickly."
At the same time, the sound of drums also sounded from the top of the city, and passed towards the city.
"Dayaoren?" The three scholars were startled, and turned their heads to look in the direction where the cavalry came. Doubts appeared in their minds. This is the hinterland of Great Xia. How did the Dayaoren come here? Could it be that the border has been lost
Even if the border is lost, it's impossible to get here so quickly, right
Near them were the anxious shouts of others: "Let us in!"
After a while, the city gate slowly closed.
Li Mengyuan pulled a defender who was running down the city wall and asked, "How many people have come? Can you hold them?"
The defender was already anxious, and after being held back by someone, he shook him twice and didn't get rid of it. He found that the other party had a lot of strength. Seeing that he was still a scholar, he said, "I don't know. All the people in the military station were transferred away, but now there are only a thousand people in the city."
When Li Mengyuan heard this, he let go of his hand immediately.
"It's over!" Li Mengyuan's face was pale.
The other two could hear it clearly, and their faces changed tragically.
"Judging from the dust raised by the cavalry in the distance, there are at least two or three thousand people. Moreover, Dayao's soldiers are at least human-wheeled, like the most elite flying cavalry. Only the ground wheel can enter. A thousand people can't hold it at all. .” Li Mengyuan muttered to himself.
When Da Xia went south to attack, some of the soldiers in most of the domestic military stations were transferred, and under normal circumstances nothing would happen. After all, there are still some defenders left in each city.
But now that Dayao is here, the line of defense formed by these defenders is too weak, almost torn apart.
"Who is talking nonsense? If you continue to confuse people, I will kill you first!" A person not far away yelled angrily.
Li Mengyuan looked up and found that the other party was dressed as a captain. Straightening his mind, he apologized, "I'm sorry, I lost my mind for a moment."
Although his face was pale, he managed to calm down.
"What should we do now?" The other two looked at him.
"Find a place to hide first. Don't stay outside in the chaos of war." Li Mengyuan hurriedly dragged the two of them into the city.
Now the city is in chaos.
Hearing that the Dayao people were calling, there were anxious shouts of adults, children crying, and soldiers galloping through the city on horseback, shouting constantly: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
"Can't you really keep it?" Xu Pingzhi asked in a low voice.
"Difficult!" Li Mengyuan shook his head.
"However, it's not impossible. There should be many masters of the martial arts school in the city. If they are all gathered together, it may be useful."
Li Mengyuan knew that even this hope was very slim.
But this is the only chance.
If the two armies are fighting against each other, there is no chance at all.
But if they defend the city, they can still play some role.
If you are lucky, Dayao people may transfer to other cities after finding out that Jinyu City is not easy to eat.
"Those Dayao people probably didn't come from the border. They probably came in from the Lianyin Mountains. They can't have siege equipment. How did they break through the city wall?" Xu Pingzhi asked.
"So there is still a chance, and it depends on whether the masters of the Jianghu sect can block the opponent's masters who rushed into the city to open the city gate." Li Mengyuan explained.
You must know that the current city gates are generally a palm-thick wooden plank plus two layers of iron plates, just to prevent masters from breaking the city gate.
There is no siege equipment like the ancients, so there is only one way to break the city, and that is to climb over the city wall and open the city gate with a master.