Volume 1 Don't Look Back Chapter 59 Thunder (II)
In the early morning of winter, the sun rises and emits warm sunlight. But that doesn't seem to take away the chill of the nights. The biting cold wind howled unscrupulously on the earth, as if to declare its majesty to everyone.
The Qin people, who had been busy all night at the head of the city of Yuanyuan, had become cold, and their legs and feet had long been numb and unconscious. But he still looked intently outside the city, because everyone knew that those Rongdi tribes would definitely come to attack the city today.
Sure enough, after breakfast, before the hot soup that was drunk warmed up the body, a large number of Rong Di soldiers appeared outside the city, with cavalry in front and infantry behind, as if they were ready to attack the city again.
"The Rong Di barbarians have attacked the city, and the Rong Di barbarians have attacked the city." A soldier ran to the city wall in a panic and shouted loudly at the city wall.
The soldiers under the city walls immediately informed the defender of the news to the general.
The general who defended the city had already had breakfast in the general's mansion, and although he had not slept all night, he was still in good spirits. Putting on his armor and carrying a long sword, when he heard the news of the siege of the Rongdi tribe, he walked out of the general's mansion with several henchmen.
The henchmen followed behind the general guarding the city and glanced at each other, and they all saw the strange looks in each other's eyes. Last night, they had already learned what they were going to do today. Although he felt that something was wrong in his heart, he still obeyed the orders of the general who defended the city.
They are cultivated and appreciated by the general, and they are rewarded many times on weekdays, so it can be said that everything they can have now is given by the general who defends the city. Today is the time for them to repay their kindness.
When the general guarding the city and his party left the general's mansion, Wu Shang also left the general's mansion with Qin Chuan, but he walked through the small gate and did not go out from the gate.
"Brother Wu Shang, why didn't the general who guarded the city call us along?" Leaving the General's Mansion, Qin Chuan asked the doubts in his heart.
Wu Shang's skilled general must know it, and he still admired Wu Shang last night, how can such a powerful help not be around? But the general who defended the city seemed to have forgotten them, and had no intention of taking them with him.
"Who knows. But I guess you'll know the answer soon. Wu Shang carried the long sword and said meaningfully.
Hearing that Wu Shang was unwilling to reveal the inside story, Qin Chuan could only shrug his shoulders.
Wu Shang had one sword for one person, and Qin Chuan was burdened with two swords. One after the other, they walked in the direction of the city gate.
At the city gate, the general who guarded the city walked quickly to the city wall, looking at the black pressure in front of him, as if he had seen a group of fierce demons, which was terrifying. Look at the Qin people around him again, their eyes are blank, and their faces are pale, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Between the two, it's really like a cloud and mud.
The one who knows the times is Junjie, and the general who guards the city is glad in his heart that he made the decision he made yesterday. The city of Fenyuan could not stop the siege of the Rongdi tribe at all, and it was only a matter of time before the city was broken.
Suddenly, a Rong Di soldier galloped towards the city quickly, and the Qin army on the city wall suddenly became nervous, and they all bent their bows and arrows, and aimed the tips of their arrows at the Rong Di soldiers who were galloping quickly.
When this soldier was about to enter the position where Qin Chun's bow and arrow could be shot, he suddenly stopped, took off the longbow behind his back, inserted something into the long arrow, bent the bow and arrow, released the bowstring, and the long arrow shot towards the head of the city like a meteor.
The long arrow was nailed to the wall, and the arrow had completely submerged into the wall. Everyone was frightened, if the archers of Rong Di's soldiers were all of this strength, if they wanted to defend the city, I am afraid it would be a little difficult.
At the signal of the defending general, a soldier frightened and took off the long arrow and put it into the hands of the defending general.
A blank piece of paper, on which the dragon flies and the phoenix dances with eight big characters: surrender to sincerity and do not kill, resist the slaughter of the city.
The general guarding the city looked at these words blankly, and his face began to change. The man in black didn't say anything like this was going to happen last night, and it was completely different from what he had imagined.
After the surrounding soldiers and Qin people knew what was written on that piece of paper, they looked at the general defending the city firmly. A Qin man said angrily: "Rong Di barbarians, even uttered wild words, general, we will definitely teach these barbarians a lesson." ”
"Old Qin, fight to the death and never retreat." The Qin man shouted loudly at the head of the city.
Several Qin people responded to that man, but more of them stared at the defending general in silence, looking forward to his final decision.
"Shut up, you and other ignorant people, how can you put tens of thousands of Qin people in Yuanyuan City in dire straits because of a momentary battle of will? Could it be that you are spies sent by the other party? The general who guarded the city said angrily.
"General, we are definitely not the spyy people, we just don't want me to be the slaves of the Qin people of the Rongdi barbarians." The Qin man who spoke out just now hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowing his head in a panic to defend the city guard.
When the other Qin people heard this, their faces were a little moved.
The hatred between the Qin people and the Rongdi tribe has a long history, if they surrender to the city under the threat of the Rongdi tribe at this time, even if they will save their lives, but after that, they will be swords and fish and meat, and the fate of tens of thousands of Qin people in the entire Rongyuan City will be in the hands of the Rongdi tribe.
"Don't want to bewitch the public, you must be a spy sent by the Rong Di barbarians. Where are the soldiers? Pull this man down from the city, cut off his head, and let everyone know the consequences of the evil words to confuse the people and disturb the morale of the army. The general of the city guard angrily rebuked the Qin man, and then glanced at the cronies standing beside him.
The Qin man was so frightened that his soul was scared, and he kept kowtowing to the city and begging for mercy. But it still did not change the determination of the defending general to kill him.
Soon, a miserable scream came from under the city wall, and the faces of the soldiers and Qin people at the head of the city were different, some were excited, some were angry, some were afraid, and some were indifferent.
The general guarding the city looked around, and everyone's expressions fell on the bottom of their eyes.
At this moment, Wei Chen stood in front of the army, discussed with the clan leaders for a while, and then waved his big hand, and a low horn began to sound behind him.
The cavalry began to pick up, brandishing the scimitar in his hand and began to advance towards Fenbara.
"General, it's not good, the Rongdi barbarians have begun to attack the city." A soldier said in a panic.
As soon as everyone's faces changed, they were about to prepare to deal with the siege of the Rongdi tribe.
At this time, the general defending the city stretched out his hand to stop everyone's movements, sighed, and said: "Don't panic, everyone, I dare to guarantee that the Rongdi tribe will not attack the city." ”
Everyone looked at the Rongdi cavalry who was getting closer and closer, and then looked at the general defending the city with a calm face, and they didn't understand that at such a life-and-death juncture, the general still had any clever plan.
"Listen to me, the Rongdi tribe is menacing, and the city of Yuanyuan is weak, and fighting against it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and tens of thousands of Qin people should not die like this. So ....."
"So, you're going to go to the city." A voice of disdain and mockery sounded from behind the crowd.
Hearing this, everyone got out of the way, only to see Wu Shang, who was dressed in black and carrying a long sword, walking slowly in front of the general defending the city.
"It turned out to be you, even if you surrender to the city? Can you stop tens of thousands of Rongdi's enemies from attacking the city? Do you want tens of thousands of Qin people to be slaughtered like pigs and dogs? The general guarding the city raised his eyebrows, held one hand on the long sword hanging on his body, and asked Wu Shang loudly.
"That's not your reason to go to the city!" Wu Shang stared at the general guarding the city, still with a look of disdain on his face.
"Come on, pull this thief down and behead him." The general yelled at the soldiers beside him.
Several of the soldiers tried to step forward, but suddenly felt a huge pressure rush over them, and they all took a step back.
"Do you think they can catch me?" Wu Shang looked at the general guarding the city with some playfulness in his eyes.
Thinking of Wu Shang's invincible appearance at the head of the city yesterday, the general defending the city suddenly had a feeling of palpitations, and his body unconsciously took a step back.
Listening to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, the corners of the city's general mouth curled slightly, but his face was no longer nervous before, and he glanced around, as if he wanted to keep everyone's expressions in mind.
"Hmph, what if I can't catch you, you know, I have ordered the gates to be opened, and soon, thousands of Rongdi cavalry will rush into the city. Can you single-handedly stand against thousands of cavalry? The corners of the city's mouth curled slightly, and he looked at Wu Shang with a sneer.
Hearing this, everyone was shocked, and their faces showed disbelief.
"Who told you the gates were open?" Qin Chuan's immature voice came from behind everyone.
Seeing Qin Chuan's harmless appearance of people and animals walking in front of him, the general defending the city was stunned for a while, and then looked at Qin Chuan in disbelief.
"You... You're actually..."
"How is this possible, how is this possible..."The general guarding the city turned frightened, and suddenly ran to the head of the city, looking at the Rongdi cavalry that was getting closer and closer.
Since the gates were not opened, their charge was... Besiege.
The general of the city turned pale, for he saw that the cavalry had bent their bows and arrows, and the tips of the arrows were pointing at him. Before he could crouch down, a black dot appeared in front of him, and then grew larger and larger in his eyes. In just an instant, a long arrow pierced his skull with great force.
The tremendous force caused the defender to take a few steps backwards behind him, and then two long arrows pierced through the defender's skull.
"Arrows, impossible, impossible... Yes. With a look of disbelief on his face, the general slowly fell behind him.
Not far from the city, the Rong Di soldier nodded with a smile, seemingly very satisfied with his previous bead archery technique.
The death of the general guarding the city shocked everyone even more, but after the shock, they were at a loss, with panic and fear in their eyes.
"Don't panic, everyone, I'm Qin Chuan, the son of Qin State. I hope that everyone can work together to tide over the difficulties, after all, there are tens of thousands of Qin people behind us, and they need us to protect them. Qin Chuan shouted loudly to the surroundings.
But the people around him were unmoved, and seemed to be still immersed in the previous fear.
Looking at everyone's reactions, listening to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, Qin Chuan was anxious, so he drew the long sword behind him and shouted to the people around him: "I am willing to protect the city of Yuanyuan with my body, and I will not retreat to fight to the death." ”
The resolute look on Qin Chuan's face seemed to move the surrounding crowd a little, and at this time, Wu Shang walked to Qin Chuan's side, also pulled out the long sword in his hand, and shouted loudly: "I thought that my body would protect the city of Yuanyuan, and I would not retreat from the battle." ”
Yesterday, Wu Shang's bravery left a deep impression on everyone, so there were constantly Qin people or soldiers who picked up the weapons in their hands again, or shouted loudly, or silently recited Qin Chuan's sentence: I am willing to protect the city with my body, and I will not retreat to fight to the death.
In a word, it aroused the morale of everyone, listening to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, everyone subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands and waited for the battle.
The big war is about to break out.