Chapter 210: No one dared to step forward
"That evening, the scholar stood on the battlement of the southern city wall, and there were thousands of officers and soldiers in the city, but no one dared to step forward...... "The diners in the teahouse were foaming at the mouth.
"Where is the scholar sacred, could it be that he is an unborn Confucian genius, Situ Yan?"
"No, no, no, I heard that the scholar had no power to restrain the chicken, and only with a strong righteousness in his chest, he scared the army away. ”
"Back then, Zhang Yide broke the Dangyang Bridge, he was brave and brave, a weak scholar, how could he be scared to retreat from the city?"
The diner was quick to punish for a while, and at this time he also knew that he had taken it off, but he still refused to lose face, so he pretended to smile and said: "You only know Zhang Yide, but you don't know Kong Ming? ”
The two asked and answered, and from time to time others added to him, blowing the scholar as if he was in the world. In fact, what happened that evening was neither so legendary nor so simple.
When the morale was high, he suddenly said that he was going to abandon the city and run away, and everyone was almost deflated - starting from Quanzhou City, by this time everyone had not closed their eyes for a day and night, seeing that the sky was going to be dark again, and the city that had finally been beaten down was going to be handed away, and no one could figure it out.
According to the city, condescending, you can win more with less, if you leave, and then encounter officers and soldiers, it will be even more difficult to deal with.
The expedition of laborers, the capture of the city and the abandonment of the city, these are enough to hurt morale, but they are not as disheartening as the other - no one knows what Bu Ye is thinking?
The real iron army in this world only listens to military orders and does not ask the reason, but the Seventh Division, which has just been expanded for less than half a month, is far from the case. Everyone in this team has their own ideas.
It is okay for them to march, because this is training, it is okay for them to storm the city, even if it is just to fight for their breath, and it is okay for them to repel the officers and soldiers, that is to occupy the city.
But if you occupy the city and don't want it, what kind of business is this?
When someone thinks it's making fun of them, things take a turn for the worse.
Bu'an saw the change, but didn't have time to explain. At the moment, he did what he thought was the most correct and the most morale-boosting thing.
When the sixth battalion was assembled and ready to retreat north, he stood in front of the team and said briefly and calmly:
"The army of officers and soldiers is a few miles away, let's avoid its edge first. You go first, I'll stay behind!"
Everyone couldn't help but be moved when they heard this.
The blind man didn't agree at first, and shouted with a stalk around his neck: "If the step master doesn't leave, the blind man won't leave!"
You Ping, who usually never likes to come out, also shouted in a hurry: "Master Bu, if you don't leave, we will all stay and fight hard!"
"Shut up!" Bu An broke off with a snort, his eyes widened angrily: "It's only been a few days, so you can't move?!You have your own ideas?!"
"Master Bu!" Luo Qingting shouted with tears in his eyes.
"Blind man, take the team and go straight north! When you meet the mountain, go up the mountain, cross the water when you meet the water! I will delay it for a while, and then I will come to you!" Bu An couldn't help but order.
This time, Zhang Blind didn't dare to disobey, and stomped his feet and shouted: "Take care of Master Bu! Brothers!
The team went away, and Bu An vaguely saw Qingshan constantly looking back, so he smiled at her, and he didn't know if Qingshan saw it.
"Childe," Su Su tugged at the corner of Bu'an's clothes: "I, I...... I want to stay with you, okay?"
Bu An smiled and said: "Nonsense, you are also gone, how can I resist alone." ”
The master and servant talked and laughed, turned back and entered the county seat of Changtai, and then closed the city gate together and climbed the city wall. At this time, except for the south gate of Changtai County, which had long been destroyed, the other three city gates had been closed.
Earlier, when the officers and soldiers came to attack the city, they started from the open south gate. Bu An expected that this time would be the same, so he led Su Su all the way from the city wall to the south gate of the county seat.
Towards evening, the cold wind from the north was blocked by the overlapping mountains, and only the gentle breeze blew in the ears of the master and servant.
As far as the eye can see, a winding official road leads to the southwest, bisecting the yellow-brown fields, and in the distance, smoke has risen above the sparsely scattered farmhouses.
Bu'an stepped onto the battlement of the city wall and sat down, his legs hanging in the air. Su Su did the same, and also jumped and sat up, moving as light as a cat.
The two sat quietly, the sun gradually turned west, and the county town behind them slowly became lively again.
At this moment, looking condescendingly at the field scene in the winter evening, Bu'an suddenly remembered the nameless valley on Tianmu Mountain. At that time, in order to avoid Bu Hongxuan, he led Su Su up the mountain and sat until the sunset.
He remembered that Su Su had said at that time, don't look at the quiet of the mountains, in fact, hiding from very fierce beasts, and fighting at night is noisy and bloody, it is better in the world.
When a banner appeared on the horizon, he asked leisurely, "Susu, do you still think the world is good?"
Su Su thought for a while and said, "Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not so good. ”
Bu An smiled slightly: "The beasts on the mountain are fierce, and the people under the mountain are also fierce." ”
Su Su nodded and said, "Childe, then we will be even more fierce, so that they are all afraid of us." ”
"Su Su is right, not right now, but ......" Bu An slowly stood up, took a long breath, and said lightly: "There will be that day." ”
At this time, the setting sun shone on the city, casting a long figure of people under the city. In the distance, horses' hooves rumbled and dust was raised.
The army of officers and soldiers who were pressed by the black pressure was like a dark cloud, pressing through the yellow-brown farmland, and they came quickly.
A cloud-piercing arrow "swished" into the sky, and Bu An gave way slightly, still looking indifferently at the tide-like military formation under the city.
The arrows flew into the county town behind him, and long before that, the people in the city were already frightened by the thunderous movements, and there was no one on the street.
Among the officers and men, there were no more than 1,000 people on horseback, all of them wearing dark brown leather armor, armed with long-handled machetes, and with longbows hanging from their waists. Some of the foot soldiers who fell behind were holding bows, some were holding spears, and the front and back were divided into several layers, which were distinct.
When the forward of the army came to a distance of dozens of feet outside the city wall, it slowed down, gradually gathered, and no longer moved forward, with neat movements and pressing swords.
Bu'an was on a high place, but he could feel the oncoming threat. He could clearly perceive that in the army in front of him, at least more than a thousand cavalrymen were cultivators, and their cultivation was not shallow. If they meet on a narrow road, the Seven Divisions have no chance of winning.
If this army is allowed to chase now, it will only take more than half an hour to catch up with the Seventh Division.
Fortunately, it will be late.
"Whoever is in the city, report his name. The voice of the person under the city who asked the question was low, and even seemed a little lazy, the kind of laziness that had been cultivated by staying in a high position for a long time, with a sense of power.
Bu An cleared his throat and said in a loud voice, "General Zhang is in the array?"