Phew~Phew~Phew

A line of clear-cut, well-armed horse teams appeared not far from Dongming City, the bright yellow flag was carved with a five-clawed golden dragon, facing the breeze, the golden dragon on the banner seemed to come to life, exuding endless majesty.

The leader was dressed in yellow armor, and the helmet that covered his face revealed a pair of eyes like eagles and doves, staring at the city not far away and asking behind him, "This is Dongming City?"

"Yes, Commander Lee. One of the soldiers who followed behind Commander Lee replied.

Looking up at the sky, after pondering for a while, Commander Li raised his hand and pointed at Dongming City and said, "Enter the city, rest here tonight, and notify Dongming City Governor Yin to come and question." ”

"Yes. ”

Driving ~ Commander Li straddled hard, the war horse under him struggled, and ran towards the front road with four hooves, and the horse team behind him kept up with the pace of his own commander and headed towards Dongming City.

The smoke was filled, and the dust raised by the centaur team rushed towards Dongming City.

"Enemy attack, put the city gate!" The guards of Dongming City looked at the cavalry coming not far away, subconsciously threw away the wooden stick in their hands, and then flew into the city gate, pulled up the drawbridge over the moat, and urged the colleagues inside the city gate to quickly put down the city gate.

The bell of the attack spread all over the streets and alleys of Dongming City, and the streets were full of people, and people who didn't know why they ran towards their homes, not knowing how many stalls of vendors along the street had been knocked over, and how many fresh fruits sold from foreign lands had been trampled.

In the Dongming City Mansion, Liao Cheng just sat on the main seat, smiling and looking at a sumptuous dinner prepared by his son and daughter-in-law for himself, taking a bowl of hot soup handed over by his daughter-in-law, and before he could drink the delicious ginseng soup into his mouth, he heard the bell at the city gate, indicating that the enemy was coming.

"These unlucky thieves don't look at what time it is, it's really not worry-free. ”

Putting down the soup bowl angrily, Liao Cheng stood up, blew his beard and stared at his eyes. The enemy attack bell rang, as the supreme administrator of Dongming City, but he did not dare to slack off, although he said that he wanted to stay and enjoy his daughter-in-law's craft, but he had to take care of the safety of the city gate, so he had to give up the small self to take care of the big me, and walked towards the outside of the mansion with a belly of anger.

"The horse thief killed this day, the old man must be enlightened to the saint, and I implore Your Majesty to send troops to exterminate you, and come to harass Dongming City every once in a while, and I am really an incompetent person. ”

While trotting towards the city gate quickly, Liao Cheng still had words in his mouth.

Li Chao led the team to the city of Dongming City, and the greeting he imagined did not appear, but the soldiers at the head of the city looked like they were facing a great enemy, and dozens of bows and arrows had been drawn full of strings, aimed at themselves, and they could be shot at any time.

Li Chao, who didn't know why, turned his head, looked at the junior colonel beside him and asked, "What's the situation, don't they recognize our military flag?"

"Back to the adults, the little ones don't know. "The little colonel also felt inexplicable, they traveled all the way, whether it was a large or small city, they treated them as guests, and there was never a situation where swords faced each other.

"Go up and shout. Li Chao commanded to the little school.

"Obey!" The little colonel urged the war horse to get off quickly, slowly came to the city gate, raised his head, and shouted loudly to the top of the city tower: "The commander of the front gate of the Praetorian Guard, Lord Li Chao, has arrived, and quickly opened the city gate to welcome us into the city." ”

The colonel shouted three times in a row at the entrance of the city, but the soldiers on the tower remained unmoved, still full of bowstrings, and watched them vigilantly.

"That little thief, why don't you say that you are His Majesty the Emperor Liu An personally, and you want to deceive the city gate, but there is no gate, I advise you to leave quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being ruthless. ”

I didn't expect that it was useless for me to report my home, and the defenders on the city tower dared to mention His Majesty the Emperor's name in a wild speech, which was really a great crime.

"Bold, dare to call Your Majesty by name, are you Dongming City already plotting rebellion. ”

The voice on the city tower continued to come, and this time it was even worse than just now: "What is the rebellion or not the rebellion, our family is on an errand, you are a thief, don't open your mouth and talk nonsense, this time you guys are still well prepared, but it's useless, even if you all wear dragon robes, the city gate will not be opened for you." ”

"You, bold traitor, I think you're going to die. The little colonel was angry, he didn't expect the soldiers guarding the city to be so rude.

"I don't want to die, see what you can, release the arrows!" The defenders didn't give the colonel a chance to open his mouth again, and at the sound of an order, the soldiers whose arms were already a little sore loosened their bowstrings one after another, and one after another feathered arrows flew towards the colonel under the city gate.

The little colonel was shocked, and he didn't expect that the soldiers on the city tower would dare to shoot arrows at him, so he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, rolled on the ground several times in a row, and pressed his body tightly against the city gate, so as to avoid the bow and arrow that was shot at him. Xiao Xiao looked up at the place where he had just stayed, his eyes were instantly split, his blood was surging, his eyes were red, and he saw that his war horse was hit by several arrows, and he fell in a pool of blood and kept twitching, obviously he couldn't live, this was a good horse that had followed him for several years, but he didn't expect it to be folded under Dongming City today.

Li Chao, who was not far away, was shocked when he looked at the scene that happened at the city gate, this Dongming City was really bold, and he dared to attack the Praetorian Guard with arrows, which was a great crime of rebellion, and immediately sent an order to the back: "Prepare to resist the enemy." ”

Liao Cheng came to the city gate out of breath, and several soldiers guarding the city saw the arrival of Lord Yin of their own house, and hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted, Liao Cheng waved his hand and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Lord Qiqi, there is a group of horse thieves outside the city, but fortunately, the city gate has been closed in time, and they have not rushed in. ”

"Very good, very good!" Liao Cheng felt relieved, as long as the horse thieves did not enter the city, then they would naturally retreat after a while.

"Come up with me. With that, Liao Cheng walked towards the city tower.

Liao Cheng, who had just ascended the city tower, saw that the soldiers were bending down to shoot arrows, preparing for the second round of shooting, and the general who commanded the soldiers at the city gate was giving the order to attack.

"Aim for me, do you see the leader, you must shoot him for me, get ready, release the arrow!"

Boom ~ Boom ~ Boom

A new round of bows and arrows threw arcs and shot towards the Praetorian Guards not far away, but the Janissaries, who had been prepared for a long time, waved their swords to block the scattered feathered arrows, and the well-trained Praetorian Guards were not comparable to a group of small city guards standing on shifts.

Liao Cheng stepped forward, came to the general's side, and asked, "Lord Lu, the thief hasn't retreated yet?"

Lu Meng, who had been paying attention to the outside of the city, did not notice Liao Cheng's arrival, and when he heard Liao Cheng's voice, he quickly turned around and saluted Liao Cheng: "It turned out to be Lord Fu Yin, the thieves outside the city are extremely cunning, one of them was stopped by us at the city gate, and the thieves in the distance just tried to rush over to rescue them, and were shot back by us." ”

Taking advantage of the afterglow of the sunset that had not yet completely set, Liao Cheng turned his head to look outside the city gate, only to see the cavalry pennant fluttering not far away, well-equipped, and the golden dragon on the banner could be clearly distinguished even from such a distance.

"That's the Dragon Banner, where did you get these horse thieves?"

Liao Cheng was a little puzzled, this group of horse thieves had also pretended to be officials and soldiers before, but the knowledge of horse thieves was limited, and they didn't know what the banner of each army in Dacheng was like, so they were recognized by the defenders of Dongming City every time, this time the Praetorian Guards were carrying the dragon flag, and Lu Meng was still a little uncertain at first, but then he thought about it carefully, how could the Praetorian Guards in the imperial city appear in Dongming City, so he mistook the cavalry outside the city for the bandits, and just now he dared to say that the emperor was in person and did not open the door.

"Lord Hui, I guess there are people from the imperial city in this group of horse thieves, I don't know where I saw this dragon flag, and I stole it, but they don't know that this Praetorian Guard is responsible for the safety of the palace, and it is impossible for them to appear here with us. ”