Someone on the wall pointed to the distance and shouted:

"Look, there's someone in the distance!"

When Lan Ziyi heard this, he hurriedly leaned on the city wall and followed the prestige,

The sky is cloudless, and everything on the earth can be seen running,

I saw a burst of smoke and dust in the northwest of Yuzhou, although Lan Ziyi did not have the ability to watch the dust and know the soldiers like the Tao brothers or other veterans, but this high-pitched smoke and dust was obviously caused by the galloping cavalry of the brigade.

The thieves are in the west, and there is no formed army stationed in the west.

The strength of the thieves is by no means underestimated in the past, and who knows how many horses were captured by the thieves when the official army under the city of Yuzhou was defeated that day, and it is not surprising that it is not surprising that it can form a cavalry of this scale now.

Not only did he not realize that Lan Ziyi was already covered in cold sweat, he subconsciously looked at the accompanying officials around him, only to feel that everyone was quite panicked, looking at him with a frightened face.

Lan Ziyi just wanted to open his mouth to boost morale, but found that his voice could only make a hoarse voice for some reason

"It's cavalry!" Lan Ziyi said

At this time, Lan Ziyi felt that the stiff muscles on his face were twisted together, no wonder these servants who were looking at him were full of horror.

At this time, Gao Yanzong on the side commanded sharply:

"Hurry up and bang the gong and let everyone outside the city retreat!"

After that, Gao Yanzong turned his head to the other side and said to his subordinates:

"Immediately send an order, let all the archers and soldiers go up to the city wall, and all sides will draw out manpower to support the west city gate."

Lan Ziyi looked at Gao Yanzong, who gave orders, and his heart calmed down a little,

It's really strange, obviously I have experienced a lot of battles before, and I was in danger in Dangyang and fell into a heavy siege, I was not afraid at the time, why am I so cowardly today?

Lan Ziyi leaned next to Gao Yanzong and spoke, and his fighting voice made him blush.

兰子义 says:

"Lord Gao, the city defense is not finished, there are few soldiers, and the thieves suddenly come here, which is not good for us."

On the side, Gao Yanzong was already shirtless at this time, and only a pair of crotch armor was hung on his shoulders.

The armor that could originally cover the entire upper body could only barely cover the front and back chests due to Gao Yanzong's height and fatness, and the huge belly was all exposed.

Gao Yanzong shouted to the sergeant next to him to get a knife for him, and said to Lan Ziyi:

"Why are there so few soldiers? Even the old, weak, women and children in my city are willing to take the city to kill thieves, why are there few soldiers?

The forbidden army of the town army led by Wei Hou in the past was a sergeant, and now the rural volunteers under his hands are not considered sergeants? “

Gao Yanzong wanted to continue, but when he turned around and saw Lan Ziyi with a red face and a sweaty face, Gao Yanzong swallowed his words back, because since the imperial court suppressed bandits, the name of Weiting Hou Lan Ziyi has resounded all over Taizheng, and people say that Lan Ziyi is brave and strategic, and now he is a little timid, and it is estimated that he is not at ease with the combat effectiveness of the militia in Xiangcheng.

Gao Yanzong looked at Lan Ziyi and said:

"Since Wei Hou is not worried about these rabble in our city, then please go down to the city to find his elite armor,

There is a specialization in the art industry, and Wei Hou does not have to use his own shortcomings to make the enemy's strengths. “

Saying that, Gao Yanzong led his men to get busy on the city wall, leaving Lan Ziyi standing alone.

Lan Ziyi watched the people coming and going in front of him, and the entourage who was frightened with him just now was also re-energized by Gao Yanzong's words, and joined the busy crowd walking back and forth on the city wall.

These men were only men, and they were in a hurry on the city walls, and they were almost huddled with each other, and they had no armor, and they had all kinds of weapons, and they all made their own bows and arrows.

But even so, they are all high-spirited, just like Lan Ziyi saw when he first entered the city this morning, he was not afraid, he simply only thought about engaging the enemy, maybe they didn't have the fighting spirit they have now when they really fought with the thieves, but they just didn't have it now.

Lan Ziyi turned around and leaned against the female wall to look out of the city, he closed his eyes gently, took a deep breath, and asked himself why he was afraid?

In fact, Gao Yanzong had already pointed out Lan Ziyi's thoughts, he was not at ease at all about the people who were defending in Xiangcheng, and there were few regular soldiers under him, so he lost his square inch for a while.

But Lan Ziyi is already determined to stick to Xiangcheng, can this difficulty stop him? Obviously, Lan Ziyi also swore impassionedly to everyone in the palace that all the difficulties in defending the city were not an excuse for failure, but the cornerstone of victory, and now he was the first to be stumped by the difficulties.

Lan Ziyi exhaled slowly, took another deep breath, the warm wind entered his throat, straight into his heart, the chaotic heartbeat gradually calmed down, the cold blood vessels regained their temperature, Lan Ziyi slowly opened his eyes, he felt that he had found his senses.

Looking back at the city wall, Gao Yanzong and his militia had already lined up on the west city wall, the long and short blades had been placed, the boiling oil and gunpowder were also ready, and the archers were looking nervously at the outside of the city with their bows on.

The people outside the city had withdrawn to the city, and all that remained on the empty plain was the rapidly approaching smoke and dust.

Lan Ziyi looked at the smoke and dust and shouted:

"Put the bow down first, the thief is still far away."

When everyone in the city heard Lan Ziyi's words, they didn't move, but turned around and looked at Gao Yanzong.

Gao Yanzong came to Lan Ziyi's side again after hearing Lan Ziyi's words,

After taking Lan Ziyi up and down a lot, Gao Yanzong raised his hand and ordered everyone to put down their bows and arrows.

Looking at Lan Ziyi, whose eyes were radiant, Gao Yanzong teased:

"Wei Hou's guts are back?"

Lan Ziyi smiled and replied:

"Tall and really a warrior."

At this time, the speeding cavalry slowly slowed down and stopped beyond the range of the bow and arrows.

After waiting for a while, the smoke and dust fell, and one of the cavalry shouted:

"Don't let go of the arrows! It's your own people. “

Someone pointed sharply at the city and said:

"The man who took the lead was dressed like the sergeant in the city these days."

And all the people of the city began to speak in their ears,

At this time, a horse came out of the group alone, and said in a familiar voice:

"Ladies in the city, please open the door, we are officers and soldiers!"

Lan Ziyi squinted his eyes and took a closer look, it turned out to be Wei Qionglou, and hurriedly said to Gao Yanzong:

"Lord Gao, open the city gate quickly, that's your own person, it's the Jihu Battalion."

When Gao Yanzong heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to open the door to greet him, and he also took off his armor and said:

"Great, there are reinforcements coming into the city."

Lan Ziyi and Gao Yanzong led people out of the city to greet them, and Wei Qionglou was even more overjoyed to see Lan Ziyi.

Lan Ziyi gave a brief introduction to each other, and then Wei Qionglou grabbed Lan Ziyi's hand and said:

"After the defeat of Yuzhou, I retreated to Xu County, and I wanted to retreat to the north again, but after detecting the intelligence of the thief's eastward advance, I led the team to the east, but just the forward came to report, met the cavalry of the forbidden army, and heard that the Marquis of Wei had returned, so I hurried over."

Lan Ziyi looked at Wei Qionglou, whose hair was unkempt and his armor was hanging messily, sighed distressedly, and said:

"I'm sorry for General Wei.

Then General Wei came all the way, did he see the thieves? “

魏qiong楼 says:

"I'm marching in the north of the thieves, and according to my estimates, except for today, the thieves are still two days away from Xiangcheng."

Then Wei Qionglou approached Lan Ziyi's ear and said:

"It's black, it's crowded, it's a hard battle."

Lan Ziyi smiled, did not answer Wei Qionglou directly, but said loudly:

"General Wei rest assured, everyone in this city is brave under the rule of Lord Gao, and there is absolutely no problem in defending the city."

魏qiong楼 says:

"The thieves are powerful, how can there be no problem.

I hope that the thieves will bypass Xiangcheng. “

Gao Yanzong on the side heard Wei Qionglou's words, a little unhappy, and said:

"What did the general say about this?

As an official of the imperial court, we should naturally seek thieves for the country, and take the initiative to seek war for fear that the thieves will escape, but now the thieves are sent to the door but are looking forward to the thieves bypassing? What is the reasoning of this. “

Lan Ziyi saw that Wei Qionglou's face was wrong, and he was afraid that Wei Qionglou and Gao Yanzong would quarrel, so he hurriedly diverted his words and asked:

"How many people did General Wei bring?"

Wei Qionglou glared at Gao Yanzong, and then replied:

"The Jihu camp is basically fine, but the brothers are a little tired,

In Xuxian and on the way here, I also gathered a lot of scattered troops, and the two armies together had nearly 6,000 men, all cavalry.

The cities on the south side of the river have gathered a lot of forbidden troops, and I heard that Wei Hou has sent a messenger to recruit, and I believe that there will be many people before the thieves arrive. “

Lan Ziyi listened to the joy in his heart, now he is more sure of defending the city,

Gao Yanzong next to him was also very happy, and shouted, "God help me!" ”

Wei Qionglou looked at Gao Yanzong, a little unable to react, and asked with an embarrassed expression:

"The joy and anger of the tall man is really a little confusing."

Gao Yanzong put his arm around Wei Qionglou's shoulders and said:

"It is said that the military generals are bold, but what do I think of General Wei's mother-in-law?

I said, I'm just trying to kill thieves, and those who can help me kill thieves are my friends, and I look down on him if I don't have the guts, what's so confusing about this. “

Although Wei Qionglou experienced the defeat of Yuzhou and ran to Xiangcheng in the starry night, he was already very tired, but he was also a strong man.

Wei Qionglou couldn't cry or laugh, and had to laugh and said:

"Since the tall man is so brave, why was the city gate closed by my thousands of cavalry just now?"

Lan Ziyi watched the two enter the city, followed behind and said:

"There will be more times of closing the city gate in the next few days."

Sure enough, in the next few days, the defenders of Xiangcheng were often so startled by reinforcements from all sides that they closed the city gates.

Although Wei Qionglou said that the thieves still have two days to go, who knows if the thieves will come suddenly, of course they have to be careful.

In the next two days, Lan Ziyi and the people in the city worked day and night to strengthen the city defenses.

Every day, homeless people and forbidden troops rushed into the city one after another.

Lan Ziyi did not distinguish between the people in the city and the soldiers who came to defect, all the sergeants were arranged to work, many people were sent to dig trenches outside the city, and Lan Ziyi himself also took a day out of the city to dig with everyone.

In addition to the moat, three trenches were dug outside the city.

Every day after finishing work during the day, Lan Ziyi would mobilize the sergeants who took turns during the day to go out of the city to dig traps, and in addition to the sergeants, there were also some "carefully" selected people of Xiangcheng who were also picked out to help dig.

Of course, the traps dug up by these "carefully" selected people will be quietly filled by the henchmen led by Tao Zhulu, and the traps will be dug up next to them.

Although this is very labor-intensive, it is really worth it, because Tao Zhulu has already found clues and secretly targeted many suspects.

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