The artillery fire had ceased, but large swaths of the city had long since been reduced to wasteland, the streets and alleys were filled with rippling earth and the smell of blood mixed with fire and sulfur wafted through the air.

It is said that a domineering family spent a lot of money and manpower to build their mansion in order to make it look like a prince, and later the officials of the Qin Dynasty planned to demolish it, but because it occupies too much land and has many houses, once demolished, a large number of earth and stones have nowhere to be placed, so this house has been retained.

Over the years, this huge building complex has been occupied by the three major families, and the officials are difficult to take care of, and the three parts of the building complex are all taken care of and repaired by the three families, and the houses have become the back gardens of the three families. It was not until the Yangta Feng cleaned up the three major families that this complex was accepted for civilian use, used to accept refugees and open public treasury, post houses, etc., which can be regarded as a real "take from the people and use it for the people".

Jiang Ming carried the woman and the little girl to the west of the city, and found that it was still overcrowded, and the people were piled up around the building, and with this wall to resist, they could at least feel a lot more at ease. However, there are too many of them.

There are 400,000 settled people in Jiaozhi City, and I don't know how many people were killed and injured under the terrifying power of the sulfur fire bomb, but there are at least 100,000 people here, most of them are gray and full of sorrow, and there are many people with their baggage, protecting the old people and children in it, for fear that there will be something "banditry" in this panic.

Jiang Ming Xiang looked for a place to rest, and found a doctor to help treat the woman's leg injury, but after walking around the building complex for a long time, he didn't see the appearance of the doctor, and the people leaning against the wall along the road showed uneasy looks, and the little girl and the woman also had fear in their eyes, just because Jiang Ming was here, everything didn't seem so dangerous.

But listening to what a few middle-aged people were talking about in a nest on the side, Jiang Ming pretended to rest and gradually slowed down.

"Jiaozhi City can't really die, right? Those cannonballs almost want to slaughter the city, I can't imagine that with the presence of the Sheep Tower Wind City Lord, there are people who dare to attack Jiaozhi City!"

"I heard that the people who are attacking the city are not mountain bandits, nor are they people from Wohua Mountain, it is Pang Lu, the governor of the bandit army personally sealed by His Majesty the Emperor Qin, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses displayed outside Jiaozhi City, how can the Lord of Yangta Wind City stop it?"

"Governor Pang Lu, isn't that the general of the Qin Dynasty? We are the people of the Qin Dynasty, why did he attack our Jiaozhi City?"

"You still don't know, right? Our Yangta Wind City Lord secretly made a deal with Wohua Mountain, and also offended the Demon Slayer of the Ruling Division, Wohua Mountain is a mountain bandit's nest, how can the officials of the Qin Dynasty get close? The Judgment Division is a big force in Zhu Tianye, how can the Qin Dynasty afford to offend it? The Yangta Wind City Lord has committed a taboo!"

"It is because of these that Pang Lu led his troops and horses to slaughter the city? The people of Jiaozhi City who had an intersection with Wohua Mountain naturally could not escape the responsibility, but it was also a helpless thing for Wohua Mountain to occupy the city lord a few days ago, and the city lord wanted to let Wohua Mountain leave without war, and he must have an intersection with the mountain bandits, what kind of crime is this?"

"The Lord of Yangta Wind City treats us well, implements new policies, suppresses the overlord family, establishes a public medical center, and shelters refugees, all of which are for the well-being of our ordinary people, even if he really intersects with Wohua Mountain, it is for the people. Mountain bandits can't eat people, but wicked people cannibalize people, Wohua Mountain has been stationed in Jiaozhi City for so long, and they have never done anything hurtful, just this they are stronger than those Qin soldiers and Qin generals who eat dry rice. ”

"Yo yo, be quiet! You are encouraging people and will go to jail. Even if we believe that the Yangtafeng City Lord is not guilty, but those high-ranking officials of the Qin Dynasty have ruled that the City Lord is guilty, what can we do? Tangled with the mountain bandits and confronted the Ruling Division, these are all big crimes, and they will definitely affect the entire Jiaozhi City. ”

"I believe that the Lord of Yangta Wind City, no matter what decision he makes, I will support it, what about Wohua Mountain, what about the Ruling Division, where were they when we were dizzy with hunger in Jiaozhi City, and we were bullied by the three major families?

......

Although the people are ordinary, there is no shortage of enthusiastic people, there is no lack of sensible people, thinking of this, Jiang Ming felt excited, together with the people of Jiaozhi City, even if more than 100,000 soldiers and armor of Pang Lu slaughtered the city, they will live and die with this city!

Just as Jiang Ming was thinking, a group of city soldiers walked out of the crowd on the side, but saw a familiar figure emerge from the place where everyone's eyes were condensed, wasn't that the Yangta Wind?

Among the people, there are those who have seen Yangtafeng, and they immediately shouted loudly, in just a few months, Yangtafeng has paid too much for Jiaozhi City, and as soon as he appeared, he was watched by the people.

"Look, it's the Sheep Tower Wind City Lord, and the City Lord has appeared. ”

"City Lord, who started the war, do they want the destruction of the entire Cochin City?"

"Lord of the Sheep Tower Wind City, what if those armies come in, how many of us are there, and can we stop it?"

"Will Cochin City really perish?"

In the face of these endless problems, Yang Tafeng did not let the soldiers disperse the people, he stood in the center and looked down at the people, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, be quiet, let me say a few words, be quiet." ”

The noise of the people who no one could control gradually subsided, Jiang Ming was very surprised, the appeal and influence of Yangtafeng were so strong!

I only listened to the wind of the sheep tower and said: "Everyone, the rumors you have heard are false and false, and you must not judge them arbitrarily. My Yangtafeng has never secretly communicated with the mountain bandits, nor has he ever attacked the people of the Judgment Division, these are all rumors from the outside world, and use this to destroy the lies of Jiaozhi City, my Yangtafeng is worthy of the people of Jiaozhi City, worthy of you, but there are some people in the Qin Dynasty who make waves and want to use Jiaozhi City as the starting point of the troubled times, so they will continue to stir up the wind and clouds when the Ruling Division comes and start a war. ”

"Now, there are more than 50,000 Qin soldiers on display outside Jiaozhi City, and they are marching towards the city under the banner of suppressing bandits and imposing justice, they have no other purpose, the only thing is to want Jiaozhi City to perish, surrender is useless, they want to let the people of Jiaozhi City be buried in the ruins, so that our defense will return to Huangquan. ”

"But how can they decide our fate? We are also human beings, and we also have the right to seek life, and if a butcher comes forward, I will definitely carry a knife. At this moment, the six commanders of Wohua Mountain and thousands of soldiers and horses are also trapped in the city, and there are archers of the Qin army on all sides, if we don't rely on our own strength to persevere, there is no way to survive. Although Wohua Mountain is a mountain bandit, they are no longer enemies, and the second commander of Wohua Mountain has already led this soldier to intercept the enemy at the central altar. ”

Under the influence of the overall situation, what is the difference between those emperor officials who clearly speak about the general situation of the world and do not care about the lives of the people, and the mountain bandits who kill people with a lot of blood debts? No matter what happened before, Wohuashan is now our ally, and he stands in the way of the front line of the war for us, and they are already much better than the Qin generals. Now, I will take a thousand soldiers to intercept the city, and if anyone is willing to protect the city with me, he will bring weapons to the treasury and defend my Jiaozhi City!"

The sheep tower wind is worthy of the sheep tower wind, after these words, the onlookers suddenly roared a tsunami, among which there were many threats to follow the city lord to protect the city, Jiang Ming saw in his eyes, after the adjustment of some soldiers, the people who planned to join the army temporarily had left in an orderly manner.

But I saw that the sheep tower wind glanced at Jiang Ming in the crowd, obviously discovered Jiang Ming's existence a hundred years ago, while those people dispersed, Jiang Ming took the woman and the little girl around the crowd, secretly followed, approached a house, the soldiers on the side seemed to have made arrangements, and did not stop Jiang Ming to enter.

Jiang Ming walked into the hall, Yang Tafeng was eating two or three white cakes with a few guards, Yang Tafeng was silent, but one of the guards was stunned, and said stupidly: "Ling'er...... You...... How did you get here?"

The Sheep Tower's guard was the woman's husband, the little girl's father.

The little girl hurriedly pounced, but she cried and choked up: "Dad, my mother and I have been waiting for you all along, and our house is gone......"

The guard was also full of tears, and caught a glimpse of the woman on Jiang Ming's back, but when he saw that her legs already had crimson bloodstains, he approached, feeling distressed, pity, and sorrow, which actually made the middle-aged man in armor howl.

Jiang Ming hurriedly put the woman down, still holding the etiquette to avoid touching the woman's body, and sat on the stool next to him.

The woman's eyes were red, she looked at her husband in a daze, and was stunned for a long time before she covered her face and said, "I finally found you, Ling'er and I thought you were dead...... The artillery fire destroyed our house, and my daughter and I were crushed in the rubble...... If it weren't for this son......"

The guard's face was full of excitement, and he hugged his injured wife tightly, and his daughter was also taken into his arms, and the family of three was crying in this hall.

After experiencing the disaster, being able to survive it, and seeing the reliance of this world, how much hardship and grief are vented in those tears. Let's take a book

Jiang Ming didn't disturb the family, left slowly, and walked to Yang Tafeng's side, Yang Tafeng saw this scene, and also raised his sleeves to wipe his tears, the lord of a city spoke generously outside, and he was in tears like a woman here, just sentimental, it made people want to stop.

Jiang Ming said in a low voice: "It seems that you, the city lord, are really emotional, to be honest, I admire you a little." ”

Yang Tafeng took a deep breath and said, "What do you admire me? Brought this devastating disaster to Jiaozhi City? When I came to Jiaozhi City, this city was also full of holes, and the people were suffering from the cold winter in tolerance like me, how could we have no feelings when we experienced the darkest time of Jiaozhi City together? This time, you did a good deed. ”

Jiang Ming waved his hand and said, "It's not a good thing, it's just what I should do." ”

The guard seemed to react, hurriedly let go of his hands, and fell to the ground on his knees, as if begging for something towards the sheep tower wind.

Yang Tafeng said: "Get up, take your wife and daughter to the house behind you to hide, you have followed me for three years, and only returned home once, this time I will accompany them well." In addition, the injury on your wife's leg must be treated quickly, use your identity as the city lord's personal guard, go to the back medical hall to find a doctor, and you don't need to participate in the rest of the things, hurry up!"

Yang Tafeng's words represent relief for this guard, which means that he does not have to participate in the war, and to be able to get this opportunity in the face of such a catastrophe means that he has been given a life.

This personal guard did not shirk, everyone is of course the foundation of the small family, but if the small family is gone, then his guards have no meaning, he has already given up his family once in the artillery fire, there will be no second time.

"Thank you city lord!" The guard kowtowed more than a dozen times in a row, dragging the syllables of the word Xie extremely long, and at the same time, the woman also taught the child to kowtow to the city lord, Yang Tafeng saw it in his eyes, nodded, and did not speak again.

As an ordinary, this Yang Tafeng's personal guard, the woman's husband, the little girl's father, humble and pitiful, selfish and sad.

The guard then turned to Jiang Ming and shouted: "Thank you Gongzi for saving my wife and children, it is difficult to repay the great kindness, and in the future, the villain will be a cow and a horse Rong Gongzi will send!"

It was also a knock on his head, but Jiang Ming couldn't bear it, and hurriedly held it up, saying: "Don't do this, just treat your wife and children well in the future, it is not easy for you, if you can survive in this battle, it will be a good thing." Also, in order to save your wife, there are many offenses and faux pas, if you can't be angry, just say it to me, don't scold your wife behind your back!"

Hearing this, everyone was ridiculous, compared to life and death, those trivial etiquette are worthless, Jiang Ming can avoid these etiquettes to such a point, and he can be regarded as a person with great measure and rules.

When the woman heard this, she also covered her mouth and burst into tears, and the guard also smiled bitterly, but said, "Engong said that he was laughing." ”

After the three of the family left, Yang Tafeng retreated from the other soldiers, and he still held half a white cake in his hand, which was actually broken off and handed to Jiang Ming, and said: "Eat some, I think there will be a vicious battle in a while, according to your temper, you shouldn't avoid fighting, although there is not much food that can be eaten now, but at least you can simply wrap your stomach." ”

Jiang Ming took the white cake and gnawed it without saying a word, he has also suffered a lot since he was a child, and naturally knows the importance of food in disasters, and he is already impatient to go to the front line.

Jiang Ming said: "Wishing for trouble, isn't he your bodyguard, why don't you see anyone at this time?"

Yang Tafeng said: "We went to the main city gate before, he negotiated with Pang Lu, but now it seems that it has failed, and now he should come here to find me soon, but I won't let him find it, because I have to do a big thing." ”

Jiang Ming's pupils constricted, he was actually stunned by the big event in the Yangta Wind, and he said: "If Jiaozhi City can't hold it, what will happen to you?"

Yang Tafeng was slightly stunned, and then smiled indifferently: "I am the city lord of this Jiaozhi City, as long as I am here, I will definitely be able to defend it." ”

Jiang Ming looked at the sad smile on the corner of Yang Tafeng's mouth, and he was a little distracted.

Yang Tafeng stood up and said, "Okay, you should leave, Liangjin and they are all fortified at the central altar, and it should be enough to rush at your speed." ”

Jiang Ming turned around and was about to leave, but turned back and said, "What about you?"

Yang Tafeng said: "When I settle the people here, I will come, you Wohua Mountain helped me hold the front line of the war, and I have no reason not to support the rear." ”

Jiang Ming didn't question it, he left in a hurry, dealing with his own private affairs, and it was time for him to fulfill his responsibilities as a brother.

At the same time, the central altar, three thousand soldiers and horses from Wohua Mountain, lined up, with cavalry in front, shield soldiers behind, spearmen and halberders, and archers trailing, waiting for the Qin army to attack.

The army is overwhelmed, and the wisdom is invincible, this is Wohua Mountain.

The person who had been neglected for a long time reappeared, Luo Hu bowed his hands, looked at the person with blue and purple eyes, and said: "Sir, this time Jiaozhi City has suffered a catastrophe, and the 50,000 Qin army is not something we can stop, I wonder if Mr. can help us withdraw our troops?"

That person is the blue-eyed Daming Cave soldier Wu Xingmin, who helped Luohu open the obstacle of the Mourning Tiger's Mouth in the battle of the Mourning Tiger's Mouth, and successfully rescued Jiang Ming and Lin Han.

Liang Jin once said that people with different pupils have terrifying abilities comparable to fairies, Wu Xingmin has blue and purple eyes, but no one can know him in the humble position in the Daming Caves, but he has amazing talents, but Wu Xingmin has never said that he wants to help Wohua Mountain, which is hesitant for several people in Luohu.

Wu Xingmin sighed and said, "Sure enough, the layout behind this is too clever, not something that I can detect as a mortal, and I didn't even notice that such a situation was created, do you think I will have a way to deal with it?"

Luo Hu's throat was congealed, and he was speechless for a while, only said: "I also blame me for being a strong man, but Mr. Wu is unwilling to join me in Wohua Mountain, and he is bent on leaving you in the city. ”

Wu Xingmin was stunned for a moment, and said: "It doesn't matter to you, Wohuashan is willing to take me in to live, which can be regarded as giving me a lot of convenience, and I didn't feel sorry for me in this matter, but I have always been greedy for the prosperity of Jiaozhi City, so I didn't leave." And my ambition is not in Wohua Mountain, this time I am trapped in the city, the lonely wall is blocked, I have nothing to do, only rely on you to defend this city, I can survive. ”

Luo Hu was in a low mood, but he still held the etiquette, and said: "In this case, Mr. should hurry up to the shelter in the west of the city, we will guard it here, and the war will start in a while, if Mr. is affected, it will also be my culpability!"

This was said earnestly, Wu Xingmin heard it in his ears, said um, and walked towards the west of the city without thinking, he couldn't help the battle at the central altar, so he could only escape.

"Some ancient books record that people with different pupils can stir up the storm, but I am ashamed of this name, maybe I will die in this city this time!"

Wu Xingmin was in a hurry, his heart was desolate, and he had a lot of thoughts for a while, but he only hid them.

I can't say, if one day, a mortal goes to sea, and the different pupils will have miraculous feats.