As soon as it was dark, the walls of Anqing Mansion were already brightly lit, and the shouting voices of the officers were heard everywhere.

"Hurry up...... Fucking cheer me up, if we let the thieves rush to the city wall, we will all become ghosts. ”

"Zhang Heizi, if you let Lao Tzu see you again, you dare to hide and sleep when you are on duty, and watch Lao Tzu not pick your skin!"

With a shout and scolding, the soldiers defending the city cheered up, but maybe the officers also knew that the morale of the army was not good now, and they didn't dare to force it too much, after all, the enemy was at present, and if it was the one who caused the mutiny, it was he who was unlucky.

As time went by, it was late at night, and not only the people in the city had already fallen asleep, but even the people on the city walls began to doze off.

Needless to say, Qingzhuang has worked for a day during the day, and he has to follow the city at night, it is impossible to say that he is not depressed, as the saying goes, the emperor is not bad soldiers, but these people have been conscripted for several days, not to mention that they can't even eat enough every day, and they will get angry.

As for the soldiers, although the king kept saying that he would make up the arrears of wages in the past few days, it was just a matter of listening to the thunder and not seeing the rain, and even the rice balls that he ate every day were rice balls mixed with half of the wild vegetables, and the gruel he drank could show the shadow of the people, and it would be hellish if the morale could be high.

The torches on the city wall were still burning, one after the other illuminated the surroundings of the wall, and the guards and young men also lit piles of bonfires on the city wall, and then groups of people gathered around the bonfire to keep warm.

Of course, it stands to reason that this is not allowed, but who cares, the weather is so cold, if even the fire is not allowed, by tomorrow the people on the city wall will at least fall a large piece.

Around a bonfire, five soldiers and four young men gathered around a bonfire, and everyone was either staring blankly at the bonfire, or lying on the ground to sleep, or whispering.

A young soldier wearing a mandarin duck jacket asked a Wu Chang next to him, who was wearing a cotton armor, a helmet on his head, and a waist knife hanging from his waist: "Wu Tou, when did you say that this thief will attack the city, it's been a few days, why hasn't there been any movement at all?" ”

Wu Chang didn't raise his head and asked: "It's not good that there is no movement, you just think about fighting thieves like this?" ”

The young soldier said embarrassedly: "That's not it, didn't a garrison master say yesterday, if the thieves attack the city, if you kill a thief, you will have a reward of two taels of silver, and if you kill five, you can be promoted to one level."

I guess I can't beat you, but with the help of the city wall, I might be able to achieve this goal, but I've heard that those thieves are all bitter who can't eat, haha, and there are few who can fight at all.

If I can really kill five thieves, it will be a reward of ten taels, and then I will be able to ask the matchmaker to go to Xiao Tao's house to say goodbye, what do you say? ”

"Sneer......"

Wu Chang sneered, squinted at this young man with a hint of childishness on his face and a hint of longing, and said lightly.

"Little Liuzi, let me tell you this. Not to mention that you have the ability to kill five thieves, even if you can, are you sure you can get that reward? ”

"Isn't it?"

The young little Liuzi's eyes widened.

"The garrison said it himself in front of everyone, so can it be fake?"

"Hehe......"

Faced with Xiao Liuzi's naïve words, Wu Chang could only answer with a sneer.

After a while, Wu Chang looked around and found that most of the people around him were already asleep, and the remaining one or two were also dozing, so he lowered his voice: "You kid is an elm brain, you don't look at it, what are we eating these days?"

This is similar to pig food, and there is not a trace of the silver that was promised to be reissued, what will the garrison take to give the reward silver, and sell his mother-in-law and daughter to us for the silver? Your kid's brain just doesn't open his mind, if it weren't for the fact that you are my neighbor, your mother will beg me to take care of you when you become a soldier, I don't even bother to tell you this, remember to use your brain first when you encounter anything in the future, understand? ”

"Uh......"

The young soldier suddenly realized that there are so many ways to reward feelings.

He was about to say something thankful, but he heard what seemed to be a voice coming from below.

He calmed down and listened for a moment, and quickly said, "Head...... There seemed to be a voice outside. ”

"Voice?"

Captain Wu listened for a moment, then stood up with some surprise and walked behind the battlements, looking into the distance only saw a dark patch, and could not see anything at all.

He thought for a moment, sent out a torch from behind the battlement, and threw it vigorously into the distance, and the torch made an arc in mid-air and fell more than a hundred paces away.

"Smack......

The burning torches fell on the ground and splashed countless sparks, and with the help of these sparks and the torches still burning on the ground, Wu Chang and the little six sons beside him suddenly saw that within the scope of the firelight, a group of homeless people in leather armor, cotton armor or ragged clothes were completely exposed.

Seeing such a situation, even the Wu Chang was stunned for a moment, and then a terrible roar sounded on the city wall: "Oh no, the thieves are going to attack the city!" ”

"Oooooo......oo

With the rapid sound of bells, the entire city wall boiled like boiling water, countless sleeping soldiers were all awakened, and torches were thrown from the city wall, with the help of the firelight, the soldiers on the city wall were horrified to find that in the dark night, countless figures emerged from the darkness, these people let out an incomprehensible roar, carrying ladders and rushing towards the city wall.

"Bang ......"

A ladder more than 20 meters long smashed heavily into the city, and the six steel hooks at the mouth of the ladder were also pierced into the city by inertia.

"Brothers, go up...... Rush in...... Kill all those dog officers inside! ”

With a shout of rage, a celebrity began to climb the ladder desperately at night.

The only counterattack that could be made on the walls was a few scattered arrows.

"Kill......"

Soon there were shouts of killing on the city walls.

In the face of the sea of rogues, the counterattack of the officers and soldiers defending the city appeared to be weak, and there were several dangerous situations on the city wall in less than half an hour.

Hundreds of meters away from the city wall, Li Zicheng, Li Yan and others were watching the siege battle intently under the support of dozens of old camp guards, and looking at the city head in full swing, Li Zicheng nodded with satisfaction. Judging from his experience, the morale of the officers and soldiers at the head of the city was not high, and the fall of the city was only a matter of time, and when he took Anqing Mansion, his army could expand again.