Chapter 19 The fire at the city gate affects the fish in the pond.
There was a fire, a fire indeed. Maybe it's time to call the water away.
After more than an hour of rest, Lin Muzhi also recovered, got up and came out to check, not in the city, but outside the city.
Out of the inn, Lin Muzhi came to the city. At this time, Mr. Big and a group of people also came out, standing on the top of the city and looking out of the city, thick smoke was billowing everywhere.
Lin Muzhi's eyes turned red in an instant, there is a gap between two generations in two lives, three years and a generation, and nearly a thousand years, how much difference will it bring? !
Nearly three miles outside the city were scattered houses, and now they were all raging fires, and the dust and smoke obscured the distant vision, mixed with the cries of the people, the cries of babies, the wails of women, the neighing of horses, and the laughter of enemies.
Lin Muzhi can swear that he has never seen such a picture, it turns out that people can also be driven away like cattle and sheep in captivity, the suspension bridge on the moat of the West Gate was closed, and the west bank of the moat was full of Dahua people who were driven by the group of cavalry. Most of them are the elderly, defenseless women and children who should be living in their old age. The firelight reflected the panic of the people, and their faces were full of crystal tears.
How many people will be homeless after today?
The way of the world raised by Gou Niang.
The tranquility of the previous life made Lin Mu think in a good direction. No matter how poor you are, as long as you are willing to work hard, your life will gradually get better.
Seeing this picture, bean-sized tears rolled down from Lin Muzhi's eyes all of a sudden. A deep sense of powerlessness spread throughout his body, and looking at the helpless appearance of the people on the other side, he regretted coming to the city with some regrets, because looking at it, he could really only watch.
"Who the fuck told me why this is happening? Didn't they catch up with us? Why do you still kill people and set fires? ”
Shen Gongzi pulled Lin Muzhi with a miserable face.
"They'll rest the horses again."
The tear-stained cheeks furrowed deeply.
"Shema?"
It may be that Jue's little master only rode a horse today, and he didn't know much about the habits of horses, and Shen Gong, who had a miserable face, didn't dare to look out of the city anymore. Explained to Lin Muzi:
"The maximum running distance of a horse is only twenty miles, and if you do not slow down and stop the horse after more than twenty miles, it will cause great damage to the horse, and after running twenty-five miles, one out of ten horses will be exhausted, and more than thirty miles will be half exhausted, and no horse can run forty miles in a row. Military horses, except for training and warfare, will not be used for riding. Our pursuers did not have four hundred, but only two hundred, one man and two horsemen. ”
Lin Muzhi was even more angry.
"Defenders?! What about the defenders of the city?! Do you just let 200 men block the gates? What do they eat? ”
Mr. Big looked at Lin Muzhi on the verge of rage, he had been like this himself once upon a time. But what's the use of anger? It is still necessary to accept the reality.
"It's useless! Before the defenders could react, these men had already taken the lead. Once the drawbridge is lowered, the people of Dahua will bear the brunt of it, that is, they will not be able to save people, and they will also break up the formation of the army. As soon as they circumnavigated the bag, they began to kill. These were all common measurements of a few cavalry raids. ”
As if hearing the turning point in Mr. Big's words, Lin Muzhi asked hopefully:
"You're saying they won't kill people if they don't go out of the city? Is that so? ”
Mr. Big tilted his head toward the city.
"Yes, they don't kill."
Without explaining why he didn't kill, Mr. Big walked towards the non-commissioned officer guarding the city. I really can't bear to tell this young man about the cruelty of reality.
After hearing Mr. Big's words, Lin Muzhi's mood was much better. As long as the person is alive, everything else can be remedied. Feeling someone tugging behind him, Lin Mu turned around and smiled miserably at Shen Gongzi.
"They don't kill, but they drive people into moats. In this way, the defenders went out of the city, both to save people and fires, and would not catch up with them again. ”
What the?! Lin Muzhi never thought that if the city gate caught fire, the pond fish that affected the pond fish would be the people outside the city!
This herd of animals!!
Looking at the old people and children outside the city, how many days does the genius of early spring thaw? How could they stand it when they got into the water!
In an instant, Lin Mu's tears were like springs.
"Xianggong."
I don't know when Zhao Dongning came to Lin Muzi's side and held his hand, but he just screamed, but he didn't know how to comfort his tearful father-in-law.
"Ning'er, is it Xianggong's fault? To save those who deserve to die, in exchange for more people suffering. ”
The confused Lin Muzhi looked out of the city! What is the difference between the present self and the people outside the city? I just narrowly escaped when disaster came.
People outside the city wanted to enter the city, but they were turned away by the people in the city. Lin Muzhi didn't dare to think about whether he would run out of luck one day in the future, and he would be driven away like animals like people outside the city.
What's the difference between inside the city and outside the city? are all crying, how many people are related to each other, and how many people are sympathetic?
"Xianggong, there will be a day when the world will not be like this again, it will be fine."
Lin Muzhi just repeated Zhao Dongning's words.
"yes, someday, it will get better!"
Just like Mr. Big didn't tell Lin Muzhi the cruel truth, how many years will the day when the people get better? How many more times will the same tragedy happen?
Looking at the light and fire outside the city, Lin Muyi smashed his fist on the battlements.
"It's the year! If one of my Lin Mu is in power! Destroy it and enlighten the country! ”
I don't know what Mr. Big said to the non-commissioned officers in the city. At this time, the non-commissioned officer in the city also came behind Lin Muzhi with Mr. Big.
When Zhao Dongning saw Mr. Big coming, he just nodded slightly and didn't say much.
Mr. Big took Lin Muzhi's other hand and stuffed two pieces of non-gold and non-jade things into Lin Muzhi's hand.
Lin Muzhi looked at the things in his hand, and then raised his eyes to look at Mr. Big. I don't know if this will be the one that Mr. Big will sing again.
Mr. Big explained:
"This is the tiger talisman of the Hangzhou City Regiment Training Envoy and the Shouchun City City Defense Army, and now it is handed over to Brother Lin to deal with it with full authority, and this one next to me is the commander of the Shouchun City garrison, General Li Guanshan Li. Since the people of Qiguo dare to gamble, there is no reason why the people of the Celestial Empire should be weak. Lin Muzhi, do you dare to take over the military power and distinguish between male and female enemies outside the city?! ”
Lin Muzhi looked at the guards in the city, in his thirties, with a Chinese face, slightly dark skin, and a powerful look.
When it came to this, Lin Muzhi didn't care why Mr. Big would get the military power of Shouchun City, shook the two talismans in his hand, and said:
"Who knows when the enemy will retreat?"
Li Guanshan, the guard of Shouchun City, looked at Lin Muzhi and did not speak, if it weren't for the special time of the current period, and he was robbed of military power, he would not obey Lin Muzi's orders. If you have no official position and no military merits, you have to obey him as a city guard, which is too child's play, and how old is Lin Muzi? It looks like it's less than twenty, and it's not an exaggeration to say that it's a hairy boy, how can such a thing be temporarily airborne to convince the public.
General Li did not speak, and the one who answered him was a son surnamed Shen.
"We will be withdrawn in a moment or three."
I don't know what Lin Muzhi is doing, but he asked again:
"How many soldiers and horses are there in the city? How many scouts? ”
This is to ask General Li again, although he is not convinced by Lin Muzhi, who has not grown up, but who makes him the supreme commander here now?
"General Qiyulin." Li Guanshan reluctantly typed a report and continued, "There are 3,000 defenders in the city, 200 scouts, and the generals of the scout battalion have just been dismissed by their subordinates and punished by leading the army in the battalion. ”
Lin Muzhi's image of this Li Guanshan was much better, at least he knew that the problem was there. More than 200 people and more than 400 horses swaggered across the border in this way, and the soldiers of a city did not know it, it must be that there was a problem with the scouts, and the responsibility for not having a problem is not small.
Look at the people suffering outside the city. The enemy had begun to shrink in formation, and the civilians standing on the banks of the moat had begun to fall into the water. Lin Mu ordered:
"Mobilize 2,000 armor soldiers, block the west gate in a fan shape, leave 1,000 to guard the city, lower the drawbridge, open the gate of Wengcheng, and let the people enter Wengcheng......"
"No, you can't! A brave enemy blends into the crowd of the people and deceives the city gates, and we ...... wait."
It's not a little white face who is speaking, who else can Bai Ran be?
"I'm waiting for your second uncle!"
Lao Shi said that if Lao Shi only has a little strength, he will never let you stand and talk to Lao Shi about bastards! Just your life is your life, and other people's lives are Kusuke! If it weren't for the involvement of your group of dogs, how could the people outside the city have such a catastrophe!
Lin Muzhi kicked Bai Ran angrily and retreated again and again, knocked into the crowd and sat on the ground.
"Whew..."
The piercing sound of friction flashed away, Lin Muzhi pulled out the saber on Li Guanshan's waist, stepped in front of Bai Ran with an arrow step, and bent down to put the knife on Bai Ran's neck.
"Just you! Worthy of being a reader? I know who your father is, you can report it now, but if you dare to say a damn word, try to see if the knife in my hand dares to cut down!? ”
Looking at Lin Muzhi, whose eyes were red, like a beast that chose people to devour, Bai Ran was sure that as long as he dared to say a syllable, it would definitely end up in a different place.
Seeing that Bai Ran, who was frightened, his face was pale, and he trembled, and Lin Muzhi spat on the ground with disdain.
"Someone! Escort this man to the head of the city, and if he dares to say a word, he will be executed on the spot for the crime of shaking the hearts of the army!" ”
The fat man standing next to Mr. Big said:
"Mr. Big, Bai Gongzi is the son of Shangshu, if..."
Mr. Big replied:
"There are only people and soldiers here now, and there are no sons of Shangshu and disciples of the academy." Saying that, he said to Zhao Dongning, "Let's go!" Just leave the matter here to the officers and soldiers. ”
After speaking, Mr. Big turned around and left with Zhao Dongning.
Hearing Huang Guan say that Bai Ran was the son of Shangshu, Li Guanshan not only was not afraid, but also showed a strange light in his eyes.
This kid is in line with Lao Tzu's appetite, and he won't talk to a bunch of nerds in the court in the barracks. When the general gives an order, he will order a ban. Li Guanshan roared:
"What are you doing?! Execute the command! ”
(I went to dinner, I didn't finish it, and I changed it when I came back.) )