Zuo Qigong is an authentic, native of Yanjing, in the early years of the Jinshi, he entered the Liao court, and served as a senior official at all levels. This Yanjing is his home, his roots, and his country. So although he is over seventy years old this year, when it comes to guarding Yanjing, Zuo Qigong is more active than Concubine Xiao De.

Zuo Qigong rode to the head of Danfeng Gate, lying on the battlement and looking down, there was no such oppressive scene as he imagined that the flags were waving and there were more than 10,000 people on the other side of the moat, and these people were still under the banner of "Winning Army", which was really overwhelming.

As soon as they saw Zuo Qigong coming up, the defenders at the head of the city didn't dare to talk nonsense, although they didn't know who this old man was, but looking at the posture, the official position was not small. The defenders were all standing with their faces facing out of the wall.

Zuo Qigong saw that among the hundreds of people below, there was a handsome flag with the word "Zhou", and he couldn't help laughing, but he didn't expect to be older, he choked with laughter, and coughed "cough cough", which made the people around him inexplicable.

It was easy to get over the air, and Zuo Qigong stopped talking nonsense, and shouted down: "Where did the bandits come from?" Dare to call yourself Wansheng? The thief is surnamed Zhou? Come out and answer! ”

These words were extremely unkind, and Zhou Nan's guards were furious, and they all wanted to give this old guy a bow and arrow. Zhou Nan waved his hand, so that his guards didn't pay attention. He rode a few steps forward and replied to Zuo Qigong: "My surname is Zhou Mingnan, but he is not the head of the thief." The purpose of entering Yanjing this time is to prevent the people of Yandi from the slaughter of the Jin people and the suffering of the southern people. ”

Zuo Qigong held on to the city and shouted: "It turns out that you are Zhou Nan, robbing the princess, breaking into Yanjing, and causing chaos in the city, what are you not a bandit?" I have my own army to protect Daliao, and I advise you to take people back to the mountains as soon as possible, which annoys the court and will definitely kill your whole clan. It's not a trick. ”

Zhou Nan said loudly: "I can't get used to letting the anti-thieves bully the princess, so I naturally want to come to the rescue; You Da Liao is now powerless to return to the sky, there are empty soldiers and horses, but it is difficult to prevent the southerners from attacking the city, and it is even more difficult to ensure that four of the five capitals of your Da Liao have gone. I don't care about other capitals, but this Yanjing is a place for us to live, and there is no room for loss. That's why I formed the Wansheng Army to save the people of Yandi! ”

Zuo Qigong was about to speak, Han Guixian shook his arm and shouted: "Organize a Wansheng army and save the people of Yandi!" ”

The three hundred guards behind also raised their spears together and shouted loudly: "Organize ten thousand victorious troops and save the people of Yandi!" ”

The city shouted, and Shengsheng held back what Zuo Qigong was about to say. Zhou Nan didn't wait for Zuo Qigong to speak again, so he said loudly: "The people in the city listen well: beat the three-way drum." After the three drums, it was the time when our Wansheng army entered the city. If there is any obstruction, it is an enemy of the people, and it is a self-defeating road! ”

With a wave of his hand, a guard behind him grabbed a drum from behind the saddle and struck it with a "knock knock", and the drum beat like raindrops.

After the drumming stopped, Han Gui shouted, "One drum!" ”

Zuo Qigong was so angry that his face turned red, and he kept shouting: "Shoot them for me!" Shoot them for me! Zuo Qigong's entourage also shouted: "The old man has spoken, why don't you shoot these thieves quickly?!" ”

The guards had no choice but to draw arrows and shoot a few arrows into the moat, and dealt with the matter. Zuo Qigong said angrily: "It's the opposite! It's all the other way around! Who is the general here? ”

was drinking and asking, there was another drum under the city, Zuo Qigong had to shut up, and when the drum stopped, he continued to ask the generals with the troops, and one of the guards replied: "Grandpa Guo, we are all disrupted by various battalions, and the generals have followed Xiao Shumi to fight." We all defend the city consciously......"

Zuo Qigong just wanted to speak, who knew that there was another drum in the city, Zuo Qigong couldn't help shouting down: "Your drum is beating too fast, right?" ”

Han Gui said with a smile: "I see that you don't plan to open the door, so let people finish it quickly, lest you get old and feel impetuous when you listen to this drum." ”

"It's ...... Shameless! Trifling! Zuo Qigong was so angry with Han Gui that he didn't know what to scold.

"Let's get started." Zhou Nan said softly.

Han Gui's expression was solemn, and he shouted loudly: "Defend the second capital, nine arrows salvo!" ”

With Han Gui's order, I saw nine guards coming out from behind Han Gui, who should be the soldiers of the second capital of the personal guards.

Seeing that these nine people were in a row together, Han Gui immediately shouted, "Ready!" ”

The nine men took the bow in their left hand, and took out an oblong, black thing from the leather pouch in the left front of the saddle with the rest of their left fingers, and drew an arrow in their right hand, and plunged the arrow into the tail of the oblong thing, and then placed the arrow on the string, and drew the string full.

The oblong, black thing, in the early morning sunlight, like the charcoal burned in the winter heating of the homes of dignitaries, was inconspicuous, but it attracted the attention of everyone in the city. I don't understand the use of this, but no one would joke at such a moment unless they are stupid.

Zuo Qigong also understood this truth, but he, like the others in the city, couldn't see any problems—if a big stone was inserted in front of the arrow, could it be that it could still kill people?

Han Gui's expression was solemn, he waved his arm down hard, and shouted, "Shoot!" The nine guards released the strings at the same time, only to see nine black shadows flashing, and almost all the guards on the head of the city saw nine black shadows shooting towards the gate of Danfeng Gate. Everyone was thinking: so slow? What can it do? But at the same time, there was a sense of foreboding in everyone's heart.

Before he could think about it any more, he heard a loud "boom", and the guards above the city gate felt a tremor under their feet, and then a cloud of black smoke rose from under the city head.

Zuo Qigong felt that his ears were deaf by the loud noise just now, and watched the Wansheng army on the other side of the moat raise their spears together, his face was full of joy, and he was still shouting something, but he couldn't hear anything. He turned his head to look left and right, but the guards on the left and right were dumbfounded, looking down. After a while, a soldier ran up from below, and opened his mouth to speak to Zuo Qigong.

Zuo Qigong shook his head vigorously and rubbed his ears again, and a buzzing cicada sounded in his ears. The soldier opened his mouth again and spoke loudly to the left. Only then did Zuo Qigong vaguely hear words like "the city gate is open". Zuo Qigong turned his head to his retinue and asked loudly, "Who opened the city gate?" ”

The pro whispered in his ear: "It was Wan Shengjun who blew up the Danfeng Gate with one arrow!" ”

Zuo Qigong couldn't believe it at all, but the two cicadas in his ears seemed to have been calling, reminding him that it was Wan Shengjun's arrow that blew up Danfeng Gate and also blew up his ears. Zuo Qigong looked left and right, and saw that these guards were all talking to each other, and even the weapons in their hands were loosely held in their hands.

When Zuo Qigong saw it, he was furious, and he couldn't care about his ears, and shouted, "Hurry up and release the arrow!" As he shouted, he snatched the knife from the waist of one of the soldiers and slashed at the soldier's head.

(End of chapter)