The city is in the people, and the city is destroyed and the people are dead.

Ma Yue was just stating a fact to the people of Weinan, a fact about the Liangzhou army.

As Jia Xu said, on the road to the west outside the city, there will definitely be ambushes under Yuan Shaobu who are waiting for work. The Liangzhou army had no way to run, so they could only break the cauldron and fight fiercely with the Yuan army in the city.

Fortunately, the Weinan arsenal was in the north of the city and was not destroyed by the boulders thrown by the catapult.

Ma Yue and others scattered among the people to recruit people who dared to fight to the death with the Yuan army, and the Liangzhou soldiers opened the arsenal, and a handle of standard weapons and armor was taken out. First, the Liangzhou army replaced the damaged weapons, and then distributed the remaining weapons and armor to the people who were willing to participate in the defense of the city.

A city of Weinan is home to more than 30,000 people. Even the people who lived in the countryside outside the city were temporarily confined to the city because of the strong walls and wilderness before the war.

Ma Yue never dreamed that when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, he raised his arms and shouted for the Liangzhou Army to urgently recruit more than 6,000 young people.

For the people of Weinan, compared with the Montenegrin army outside the city who threw stones into the city and stoned the people to death, these Liangzhou troops under the command of Ma Yue were more like the Han army in their memory.

Be kind to the people, brave and good at fighting.

"Neighbors, even if you don't want to join the next war, please go to the arsenal and get some weapons." Ma Yue stood on the steps in front of the county and said loudly to the panicked people in all directions: "This city will be affected by the war soon, the sword has no eyes, you have some weapons on your body to defend yourself, Ma can rest assured." ”

Although Ma Yue said so, there are still people who are unwilling to pick up weapons, and they can't take care of so much today, Ma Yue hurriedly ordered the soldiers of the Wanning Governor's headquarters to block the two city gates in the north and south of Weinan with huge stones, leaving only one west gate and enough manpower to guard it, in case the enemy army sneaks up from behind.

"Wenhe, evacuate the people." Ma Yue ordered Jia Xu to evacuate the people, turned his head to Cheng Li and said, "Master, you can also go and place the people in the west of the city." ”

Jia Xu took the order, Cheng Li looked at Ma Yue and the soldiers around him who were covered in bruises, and said uneasily: "Envoy, be careful, let's return to Chang'an." ”

"Don't worry, Master." Ma Yue smiled and said to Cheng Li indifferently: "The next thing is about us big soldiers." As long as Yuan Shao doesn't throw me with a big stone, I can't die. ”

No matter how fierce a person is, he can't escape death if he is hit by a stone of more than 100 catties.

Cheng Li also received the order, and Ma Yue turned his head, only then did he dare to glance at the dead east of the city worriedly. The dust stirred up by the rocks had already dispersed, and there was not a single sound coming from the deserted streets, which made people feel uneasy.

Arrange the street fighting line.

Bundles of arrows were lifted out of the arsenal, and each Liangzhou soldier had a strong attack or crossbow in his hand, and each person's quiver bag was stuffed with arrows. After the battle, even the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Han Sui Rebellion were as clean as they are today.

Twenty war drums were moved to the gate of the county government, and the wall of the county government office was full of Liangzhou soldiers holding banners.

Behind the stamping of the city wall, the scouts of the Liangzhou army were hidden, reporting the movements of the enemy army at any time. The people in the city live in the west, every street, every mansion in the east, and every eaves hide Liangzhou soldiers with bows and crossbows in their hands, and there are countless armored soldiers around the county in the center of the city. The entire city of Weinan has become a fierce beast with a bloody mouth, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

Ma Yue wanted to take the city as a battle and fight a street battle against the Montenegrin army.

Horses galloped on the city walls, and news spread between the city and the county.

"General, the Montenegrin army has marched, and there are more than five thousand outside the east gate."

"Report ...... There are large areas of dust in the forest ten miles outside the west of the city, and there are people and horses hidden. ”

"Report, the Black Mountain Army is three miles away from the East Gate!"

One by one, every time a scout reported the news to the county office, the flags on the courtyard wall would be waved a few times, but the whole city did not move at all except for the Liangzhou sergeants who occasionally ran quickly on the streets, which looked very weird.

Ma Yue knew that his subordinates could read his banner clearly.

The smallest unit of the Liangzhou Army hidden in the empty houses in the city is a combat unit, and there is a scout among them, who is specially responsible for watching the flag of the formation...... The Weinan Government Office is their home front.

There was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the east gate, and Ma Yue knew that it was the Montenegrin army marching.

"Brother Jiang, how is your brother's injury?" Anxiously waiting, Ma Yue saw Jiang Xu and Wang Shuang running over with weapons in their hands on the street of the North Gate, and when they got closer, Ma Yue asked, "Is it still possible to connect the legs?" ”

Jiang Xu's face was full of black ash, and when he heard Ma Yue's concern, he suppressed the pain and said, "My little brother is blessed and can't live...... It's just pity for my nephew who is still in swaddling clothes. ”

Ma Yue nodded and patted Jiang Xu's shoulder, saying anything at this time looked pale. Turning his head to Wang Shuang, he said, "Wang Shuang, you can take Brother Jiang to rest in the county administration for the time being." ”

"General, I can fight again!" Wang Shuang patted the short sword on his waist and said: "The Yuan thief is too hateful, Brother Jiang also wants to avenge his brother, we Liangzhou people have revenge if they have revenge, but we can't rest!" Saying that, he grabbed Jiang Xu's arms and raised his eyebrows and said: "Brother Jiang, when the enemy army enters the city later, I will kill Double Ten for you to comfort Kunzhong Yingling!" ”

Jiang Xu, who has always been elegant and elegant, also raised his eyebrows now, and arched his hand to Ma Yue and said, "Envoy, Jiang Xu, please fight!" ”

Ma Yue would never send Jiang Xu to the battlefield at this time, he is now full of dead will, if he is sent to the east of the city, he will probably not be able to come back, but Wang Shuang is still a tendon, a standard border boy. He hurriedly grabbed the two of them and said, "Two, at this time, all the places in front of you are in formation, you can follow me for the time being, once there is a vacancy, you two will fill it, how about it?" ”

"No!"

"Brother Jiang, don't be willing to live and die, although Yuan Shao smashed our city wall, and it has not yet reached the end of the mountain, there are still more than 10,000 troops in the city that can be defended." Ma Yue comforted Jiang Xu again: "Although you Kunzhong is in trouble, he died for the world, his wife and children are supported by Liangzhou, your nephew is my nephew, Qing'er is still in infancy, and they happen to have a playmate." ”

Jiang Xu nodded and looked at the east of the city, and suddenly pointed to the city tower and said, "Envoy, the enemy army has entered the city!" ”

"Hit the flag, hold steady, don't attack rashly!" Ma Yue saw several Montenegrin soldiers climbing on the city tower, the drawbridge was lowered, the city gate gradually opened, Ma Yue hurriedly ordered the flag soldiers behind him to play the flag, he had to wait for the best opportunity.

Hordes of Montenegrin troops entered the city through the city gate, through which one of the main streets of the city was passed. As soon as the Montenegrin army entered the city, they saw one hundred and ten Liangzhou soldiers waiting in front of the county office in the city far away. Ma Yue couldn't see their expressions clearly, but from their exaggerated movements, he could see that they were laughing, laughing at themselves for guarding the city with only a hundred people.

Thinking of this, Ma Yue couldn't help but wonder...... These Montenegrin thieves have fooled themselves.

Joke, a fool can rule the ten counties and three subject countries of Liangzhou? Then your Chu Yan can be the emperor!

Suddenly, a familiar sound of bullhorns came from the Black Mountain army at the city gate, this voice was all too familiar. The sound of the horn is so special that you won't forget it when you hear it.

The whining sound of the horns being blown brought Ma Yue's thoughts back to the sixth year of Zhongping. It was the Yellow Turban Rebellion that shook the world, and it was one of the nights when the first captain of Changshui was under the command of Huangfu Song to conquer the Yellow Turban in Jizhou.

At that time, Guan Yu did not have the spirit of a famous general, but he was a brave warrior who rushed into battle, and it was no longer a problem to kill the generals and capture the flag, but the first leader of the army Sima was still a little powerless. Guan Yu, who was depressed in his heart, told Ma Yue that it was an ordinary night, the two were drinking in the camp, and they were encountering the night attack of the Yellow Turban.

That was the first time Ma Yue met Jizhou Chu Yan on the battlefield, and it was also the first time he met the yellow scarf Qu Shuai with horns hanging from his waist, Zhang Niujiao.

"Old acquaintances."

In the sound of bull horns, the majestic Jizhou man walked on the street with a ring knife to command the front army, and his eyes were only Ma Yue on the steps of Gaoli County.

How arrogant the young general was back then, he easily ordered the sergeants to disperse countless Yellow Turban wrestlers, and even carried the head of the general to the emperor to receive the reward.

"Ma Yue, I didn't expect you to have the end of the road today!" With a wave of his hand, the Montenegrin men who licked blood from the knife edge separated left and right, carrying weapons and preparing to explore the left and right houses.

At this moment, Ma Yue, who was standing in the county office, suddenly waved the flag on the courtyard wall, and the war drums in the county office sounded in unison, and suddenly the roar of the Liangzhou army broke out in the successive houses at the entire east gate!

"Kill all the thieves!"

Men with strong crossbows and strong bows turned out on the courtyard walls, and without saying a word, they raised crossbows and arrows to shoot at the Black Mountain Army on the street. The courtyard gates on both sides of the street suddenly opened, and the Liangzhou army roared out one by one, it was hard to imagine that they could still burst out with such a strong power after fighting all day long, and one by one they rushed into the neat formation of the Black Mountain Army without the slightest fear.

In the blink of an eye, it was bloody.

However, the long street of 2,000 steps, everywhere stumps and broken arms and swords, guns and swords are waving together, and the Jizhou dialect and Liangzhou Qiang dance together.

In the chaotic sound of war drums, there was not a trace of Zhang Niujiao, and there was not a trace of a large number of Liangzhou sergeants on both sides, holding the ring knife and raising it high, and rushing towards the horse at the end of the street.

The war was an extension of court politics, a struggle between scholars and warriors for supreme power in the court. Zhang Niujiao knew that although he couldn't say it so clearly, he clearly knew that this was not a war between them.

Who they are, they are just some bandits who have been recruited, just trying to live.

After fighting Youzhou and fighting Sanfu, will there be no life after the surrender? You high court pillars, do you have to let our brothers lose their lives to be happy?

'It's not our war, but we can't say no. Zhang Niujiao said to himself in his heart. He knew that only by killing the person in front of him, or the person sitting on the podium behind him, and only by killing one of these two, could he really stop this absurd war that had killed more than 20,000 of his brothers in a foreign land.

So, he stood less than 100 steps away from the county office. Across the heavily armored sergeant, he raised his ring knife at Ma Yue, and shouted: "Liangzhou Ma Yue, dare to fight with Boling Zhang Niujiao!" ”

The man was not a samurai, and he didn't even have anything but the position of a black mountain captain who was sneered at by a famous man...... But he's a warrior, and this is a challenge from a warrior!