The west city wall of Mizhi County,

Mao Si sat weakly in the shadow of the female wall of the city wall, as if he had fallen apart, thinking about the battle during the day, he really realized what is called the rain of arrows in the sky, what is called corpses all over the field, and what is called life like grass mustard.

looked at the more than a dozen subordinates sitting beside him with a numb face, lying on the city wall crookedly, lying in a pool of blood that had not dried up, without any vitality and fighting spirit.

Although this battle did not consume much of their physical strength, it greatly consumed their spirits.

People are like this, as long as the spirit is discharged, there will be no pillars, and it will be difficult to stand up.

As the head of the signing team, I saw with my own eyes that there were only a dozen people left in my team, and the rest of the people were either dead or seriously injured, waiting for them was still just dead, and the mood was even more depressed, if the war was like today, there would be no more, and the thieves would attack like this again tomorrow, then there would be little left here, what else would they do to repel the thieves? What post-war rewards? It's only a matter of time before the city breaks.

At this time, in the midst of a group of general reprimands, some people carried buckets of hot food onto the city wall, shouting and banging on the edge of the barrels, showing off to everyone today's food.

Today's food is really good, buckets of dry rice, baskets of white flour steamed buns, and vegetable soup with meat, the aroma of dry rice and the taste of broth, should have made these men who have never seen meat in 800 lifetimes become evil wolves, but the situation is that no one stepped forward to fight, everyone looked over with a pair of greedy eyes, but the stomach began to churn uncontrollably, watching the meat become the blood of companions and dead people all over the ground, which can still be eaten?

The hundred households in charge of this period of supervision, after all, are military households, and they have also gone out to help the officials and officials to urge money and grain to pay taxes, beat people, and cut off the heads of those who resist taxes and do not pay, and they can be regarded as seeing the tragic situation of life and death.

As the saying goes, people are iron and rice are steel, if this is the case, don't say that the next time the thieves come to attack, they will be hungry and faint, and they will not be able to hold knives and guns when they vomit, once this section of the city wall is lost, the first person to lose his head is himself.

In a hurry at the moment, he kicked Ding Zhuang, who was under his command, and screamed; "Eat quickly, this is a delicious food that you starving ghosts have never seen in eight lifetimes, and you can't eat it all? Eat enough? This has just begun, and the war is still to come, so how can you kill the thief if you don't eat? Hurry up and give me something to eat, if you don't eat it, you won't have it. ”

Everyone looked at the rows of rice and vegetable buckets blankly, but none of them wanted to step forward.

Seeing that everyone was still unmoved, he bowed to everyone and smiled, "You are all my uncle, I beg you to eat some, if you don't eat, you won't have the strength to fight again, and then you won't have the strength to pick up a knife and gun, how can you kill the thief and protect your family, then everyone is really dying together." ”

Mao Siyi thought that this was also the case, gritted his teeth and walked over, grabbed a rice bowl, scooped up a bowl of white rice fiercely, poured a bowl of broth, tilted his neck, stuffed the bowl of rice into his stomach, suppressed the thought of vomiting, and returned to the shadow of the female wall and closed his eyes and was silent.

With one person taking the lead, everyone stood up and silently scooped up their own portion and began to eat, occasionally spitting out half of the meal, but always filled him with a full bowl, forcing him to beg him to eat.

Only by eating can you continue to fight, and you can continue to live in the next battle killing.

Before the meal was finished, I heard a burst of snoring footsteps, and a county official ran to the city with a hundred households leading a group of signers, shouting to distribute those signings to the missing team, and Mao Si's team was replenished again.

The old man shouted loudly with a sharp voice: "Warriors, now I announce the order of the county lord, today is a big victory, killing the enemy is not counted, everything is fighting in Xicheng today, no matter how many enemies are injured and killed, no one will reward five buckets of rice, one tael of silver, double the team's head, and you can go to the yamen treasury to receive it when you are on duty." ”

After speaking, he looked around, waiting for the cheers of these men, but no, nothing, nothing, only silence.

Seeing that it was boring, the old man stomped his foot fiercely, didn't speak again, and rushed to the next city gate with a few people.

A newly assigned signer squatted beside Mao Si and asked excitedly, "Head, how many poles did you kill today?" How much will you get for this big win? ”

Mao Si glanced at him, and continued to close his eyes to recuperate, and won a big victory? Blow out a big victory.

Mizhi County Lobby.

Now there is no longer the majesty and solemnity of the past on the lobby of Mizhi County, the red lanterns, the candles with the thickness of the arm illuminate the whole hall as if it were day, and the people who shuttle back and forth are no longer the fierce and vicious officials, but instead the maids and servants who are brightly dressed and full of flowers, and they are holding all kinds of dishes and wines that are as exquisite as they are. On the huge hall, rows of cups and plates are lined up on the table, all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas are served like water, and a luxurious wine banquet is being carried out here in the laughter and singing.

Sitting in the middle is of course the county leader Zhang County, who arranged for the first time on his left hand the hero of today's city defense, the Lord of Mizhi Thousand Households - Xu Zhong.

Thousands of households Xu Zhong's performance today is remarkable, without the unbearable performance of the past, in the south of the city and the west of the city several times of the crisis is the arrows and knives and guns, leading the family Ding soldiers to the city to fight to the death, a change on weekdays only set up eagles and dogs, colluding with the image of the brothel of the wine shop, especially in the West City, but also in the case of the signing of the Ding casualties, personally led people to reinforce, and under the rain of arrows of the thieves, he immediately made a decision, personally lit the cannon, bombarded the thieves, and a cannon went down to erode ten miles, and the thieves were all over the place with corpses on the spot, which are all obvious to all. So of course, he was appreciated and treated favorably by the county lord, and was arranged to sit on the left hand of the county lord, this is the first time that the martial arts, to be precise, this is the first time that Xu Zhong has been placed in this position, enjoying the same compliments as the county elders in the township.

Then in the lobby in turn is the county official on the left, the master and other civil officials, the right hand sitting is the leader of the hundred households who have performed well today, as well as the head master of the strong men of each nursing home, and then the following is the squire and rich family members in the county, so the whole hall is already crowded, and all the rich squires who have contributed to the defense of the county have been invited to sit in the hall.

The lobby was full of laughter and laughter for a while, and the servants and maids who served the food and wine shuttled back and forth, touting and welcoming the voices endlessly, and pushed the atmosphere of the whole banquet to the top of the **.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the county lord stood up with a cough and a wine glass, and the people in the hall all raised their wine glasses, stopped touting, and sat solemnly waiting for the county lord to speak.

Zhang Xianling saw that everyone looked at him excitedly and admiringly, and said loudly; "Generals and warriors, colleagues in the county, gentry and virtuous, and all the leaders who contributed to the defense of the county town to the death, today the county set up a banquet to entertain you, thank you for your efforts in the battle to defend the city, and also celebrate the generals and warriors."

Immediately there was a false humility,

Waiting for the voice to become smaller, Zhang Guang raised the wine glass high again and said: "Today's battle in Nancheng is tragic, but relying on the fierce warriors to fight to the death, so that the thieves can not cross the thunder pool half a step, the soldiers abandoned the corpses under the city, it can be said that it has dealt a great blow to the arrogance of the thieves, and greatly increased the prestige of my defenders. This is all the great work of our Thousand Households, come, let's toast a Thousand Households together. ”

That Zhang Guang let go of his contempt for Xu Zhong at this time, and said very sincerely: "Today's victory is a victory, thanks to the effective command of the general, come to me on behalf of the county fathers, please drink this cup to the general." With that, he led all the people in the lobby to stand up and respectfully salute Lord Qianhu and then fill a glass.

The thousand households Xu Zhong was already shaking with ruddy eyes, and he couldn't hold the hand that connected the wine glass.

As a martial artist, where have you been treated like this by the county lord? Usually I call and drink and don't give half a color, how can I not be moved by thousands of adults today when I receive such courtesy? Zhang Xianling saw that the adults of Qianhu were like this, and the good impression in his heart was already gone at this time.

In the end, it is a vulgar martial artist, and he is at a loss for words without any capital, and he is really a dog meat that can't be on the table, but now is the time for these martial artists to work hard, but it is not to be shown half a point of contempt.

After Xu Zhong drank the wine poured by the county lord in the praise of everyone, Zhang Xianling then spoke: "After this battle, the main book of Gu County has been visually inspected, and the thieves have as many as 3,000 corpses at the south gate alone, and there are also corpses covered with artillery fire at the west gate——" Deliberately turned around and asked the master bookkeeper, who reported loudly: "No less than two thousand." ”

"That's a lot, a big win." There was already a buzz of exclamation underneath.

The master then said loudly: "Not only that, but the most important thing is that the corpses in Xicheng are all strong, and they are the real elite of thieves." ”

As soon as this remark came out, it attracted an exclamation.

At that time, these gentry were hiding at home, but their ears were not idle, they were very concerned about the war outside the city, and listened to the shouts in the south of the city, but they were all outside the city, and the thieves were blocked by the officials and soldiers before they approached the city wall, although there was no earth-shattering shouting in the west of the city, but the screams continued to sound from the city, and the battle there was really hot and cruel, and in the end, it was the rumbling of artillery and the smoke of gunpowder, it seemed that the west city was really the focus of the thief's attack, as for the east city and the west city, it was simply a few shouts and there was no follow-up, People don't have to worry anymore.

If the battle of Xicheng really made the thieves abandon more than 2,000 elites, then the thieves will really hurt their muscles and bones, it seems that the county is saved, and everyone's hard-earned money has not been wasted, so they celebrate each other and congratulate each other.

"Everyone, be quiet."