By the time Huo Wu and Monk Feng led 3,000 people to the outside of Hezhou City, the Chuzhou camp was already full of crop stalks.

In the nearby villages, soldiers had already returned, bringing cattle, mules, donkeys and other large animals, and occasionally a few horses in it.

Seeing this, Du Laoba immediately jumped up: "Red stewed donkey meat at night? To have ribs with skin, one bite and one bag of oil! ”

Huo Wu looked at these animals and noticed that it was strange.

If it is for the purpose of supplying meat on the spot, it is mainly pigs, sheep, chickens, and ducks, but they do not see those.

"Amitabha!"

Monk Feng looked at the herd of cattle and made a bow, his lips moving.

Huo Wu could hear it clearly, and couldn't cry or laugh.

This fake monk recited the "Dizang Sutra", which is a little early!

"Is this preparing to make the 'Fire Bull Array'?"

Huo Wu asked Deng Jian: "If you go out of the city with the state soldiers, you can still try, if they stick to the city and don't come out, I'm afraid they won't be able to use it." ”

"It's been five days...... A hundred strong crossbows are swinging, it is useless to wait for it, and you can't delay here for too long! Small Hezhou, one hundred crossbows, fifty crossbow arrows per crossbow, that is, five thousand ......"

Huo Wu had also read the book of soldiers, and immediately understood what Deng Jian meant.

He looked up at the sky and stretched out his hand to feel the direction of the wind: "It's the southeast wind these days, but it's just right!" ”

With the strategy of seizing the city, Huo Wu was also at ease.

Now what he is worried about is the news from his son's side.

"Count the days, if there is no accident, Xiaobao and Shui will go out of Bozhou and go to Huangzhou."

It's too far away.

Less than a decade after being separated from his son, he was already thinking about his baby.

Deng Jian frowned and said: "Xiaobao is a man, not a big girl, so he must always let him flutter by himself!" ”

"Humph!"

Huo Wu didn't like to hear this: "What's wrong with my son?" Who said that a girl should be pampered, and a son should be raised? When my little baby was a child, he was not more mixed than those silly boys, and he was cleaner and more well-behaved than ordinary girls...... Without...... Xiaobao himself is happy, I really can't bear to let him leave his eyes! ”

Deng Jian rolled his eyes.

Raising a son like this, without raising waste, is really the Huo family's ancestral grave smoking!

At this time, Du Laoba had already checked the donkeys one by one, and picked out a one-year-old male donkey.

These animals were all recruited by Deng Jian's order, and he was not good at self-indulgence, so he personally pulled them over: "Brother Deng, this donkey is good, can you eat it at night?" It's just that we can't just eat meat, we also have to drink soup at the bottom, and we can't let everyone just smell it! ”

Seeing Du Laoba's eyes shining and his saliva clicking, what can Deng Jian say?

There were no two or three animals left and right, so he said: "This donkey meat will be added to Qu Chang and above, and then two cows will be sent to the big stove to add beef soup to everyone...... Lots of ginger ......"

In the end, it is late autumn, and there is a hint of cold air in the morning and evening.

The previous 13,000 people, plus the 3,000 people brought by Huo Wu and Monk Feng, were 16,000.

Two cows with bones and meat, thousands of catties, but they can't only drink soup.

"Hey!"

Du Laoba happily responded, led the donkey directly to the military stove, personally conveyed Deng Jian's order, and then pointed to the donkey, and said while gesturing: "All with skin cut, ribs braised red, four legs boiled in vain, the rest of the chop bar, together with the miscellaneous soup boiled, put a lot of ginger!" ”

The leader of the Firehead Army hurriedly bowed down.

This autumn is a good time to make supplements, and he really wants to show his hand to the marshal and generals.

Before dusk, the 2,000 people sent out by Deng Jian came back one after another.

After the Chuzhou camp, there were a few more crop pole mountains.

As for the livestock, it is also hidden here.

More than 20 villages have been "requisitioned", and the number of livestock is considerable.

On average, there are 20 or 30 large animals in a village.

Seeing this, Tang Guang's eyes were tight, and he couldn't help but compare it with Chuzhou, and sighed: "No wonder they all say that Hezhou is rich, these are all ordinary rural peasant families, I don't know what the situation is for the gentry and rich households?" ”

Well...... When the old problems left by the mountain bandits for decades arrive at a place, they always think about how much benefit they will make by plundering......

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and state walls.

The lieutenant and the state judge have already gone down, but they have already ordered people to pay attention to the movements of the Chuzhou camp.

But if there is anything unusual, tell it.

The two of them stood under the city gate, and neither dared to leave.

The servant set the supper.

The two of them were relatively silent, both tasted the same as chewing wax.

When he put down the chopsticks, the state judged: "The old man is over there, ......"

After defending the city for five days, he only saw the governor and the state judge, and no one saw Lord Zhizhou, because Lord Zhizhou was "sick".

Du Wei said angrily: "I don't want to defend the land and the people, but I want to join the enemy, where is I worthy of being a parent official?" ”

The state judge smiled bitterly: "The old man is old and timid!" There is a precedent in Chuzhou, and it is inevitable to be afraid of war and spare your life! ”

In the four counties of Chuzhou, the Quyang Zhixian did not know life and death, and the Chuzhou Zhizhou, Lingshui Zhixian, and Binjiang Zhixian who fought against the white-shirted army in the city were all not good to die.

Among them, Chuzhou Zhizhou is the worst, I heard that the head hangs in Chuzhou for half a month, and there is no family.

Now that the governor and the state judge have joined forces to put Zhizhou under house arrest, they are based on the city to defend against the enemy, but their hearts are not steady.

If you lose, you will inevitably die.

If he wins, then placing Shangguan under house arrest and seizing the seal is also a capital crime.

Unless the two of them are ruthless and smooth this matter out.

The two of them glanced at each other, and their hearts were heavy.

But it can't be done without house arrest.

Both of them are from the capital, and they have been trained in the local area, and their parents and relatives are in Beijing.

But you can die, but you can't descend!

Otherwise, it will drag down the family.

The two of them were stuffy here, and the sentry on the city wall came down to say: "The Chuzhou army went to the countryside to pull cattle back, and they have begun to kill cattle......

Du Wei frowned: "Didn't you say that the Chuzhou army cherishes the people?" A few days ago, I was still alive and well, how can I toss it today? Or are the words of those cherished people false, and they are all plastering their faces? ”

The state judge thought for a while and said, "Isn't there another Chuzhou army coming next day?" Is there a big guy coming? ”

"Fifth Master Huo?"

Du Wei sneered: "I heard that this is a butcher, and the sworn brothers are all bandits in the Black Python Mountain!" It's a home that relies on the bandits' nest in the Black Python Mountain! I want to see how rampant this fifth master can be! After winning Chuzhou, he is still restless, and he is plotting against us and the state, and he is not afraid of choking! ”

The two got up and returned to the city walls.

……

Twilight quadrangle.

In the direction of Chuzhou camp, smoke curls.

The lieutenant looked at it, took the contempt in his eyes, and showed solemnity.

The state judge also knew about the military affairs, looked at it, and said: "The station is not chaotic at all, and the rules are neat...... There was a vacant space in the Chinese military account before, and we still wonder what it was for, but now that it is full, it seems that it is reserved for the fifth master! ”

Du Wei said hatefully: "The elite of the white-clothed thieves in Chuzhou are exhausted, if the defenders of Huainan Province are willing to dispatch, whether it is to aid Hezhou or directly 'recover' Chuzhou, they can make great gains!" Hateful! Hateful! ”

The state judge sighed: "Now the imperial court ...... Very little money is allocated down, and the Huainan Provincial garrison is because of the Niangniang people, so it only took two years to allocate the money for armaments, but it was only for these two years...... The 30,000 or 40,000 defenders of Huainan Road always have to chew and use, all of which are raised by the salt merchants in Yangzhou City, and they are almost private soldiers...... In this world, they are also afraid, how can they let the defenders of Huainan Province come out? If you are willing to send troops, you will go to Bozhou last winter! Can you still allow a few bullshit marshals in Bozhou to bounce there for more than half a year? ”

What's the use of more complaints between the two?

I could only go down the tower

It was getting dark.

Because of the cloudy sky, there are no stars and moons.

It's stuffy and unsettling.

"The thieves in white have joined forces? It's not going to be attacked, is it? ”

The state judge touched his right eyelid that was jumping vigorously and said.

The lieutenant gritted his teeth and said, "Attack and attack, let them have a good taste of the strong crossbow!" ”

In the end, he didn't dare to be negligent, and ordered the state soldiers to divide into two shifts and take turns to go to the city to stand by, in case the white-clothed thieves attacked the city.

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One more drum ......

Second Drum ......

The soldiers who were supposed to rest went to the city wall in shifts.

Three more drums......

Four more drums......

The guards changed the guard again.

Whether it was on the city wall or under the city wall, everyone didn't sleep well in this toss.

"It's almost five watches, it's okay......"

One of the soldiers on the wall yawned and couldn't keep his eyes open.

Yawning one after another, everyone was a little unsteady.

The eyes of the soldier in charge of the lookout were also sour.

Foggy.

The entire Chuzhou camp was hidden in the dark.

There are a few lights here and there.

"They've gone to bed early, and if they have a donkey, they still dare to attack?"

"No, hundreds of people died in the last few days...... Their General Deng stood under the flag of the general for half an hour! ”

"Can Hezhou hold on?"

"Who knows, it's been a few days, and there are more and more Chuzhou soldiers outside......"

Everyone has no bottom in their hearts, and they don't have the strength to chew their tongues.

It would have been good if he had surrendered directly, and whoever he was a soldier would have been a soldier.

The White Shirts are still protected by the Buddha!

But he has resisted and killed hundreds of whiteshirts......

Everyone is scared.

"Really...... Kill it again......"

A soldier whispered.

Another person followed: "I'm afraid of ...... too."

At this time, the soldier in charge of the lookout "Teng" got up and looked intently.

In the darkness, the sound of "clicking" came from far and near, and the sound of "knowing Suosuo" spread far away in the silent night.

"Enemy attack!"

Next to the observation tower, there are drums and gongs.

The sentry shouted, and with a drum hammer in his hand, he pounded it vigorously.

"Knock knock!"

The rapid beat of the drum alarmed the city wall and the state soldiers.

"Enemy attack! Prepare a crossbow! ”

Standing on the city wall in shifts, looking at the stars looming in the darkness in the distance, boundless, and their backs were cold.

Listening to this movement, the Chuzhou soldiers are all dispatched?

The lieutenant and the governor were all lying in their clothes, and they were awakened by the sound of drums and hurried up.

……

On the city walls, torches and oil lamps were lit.

However, the sky was cloudy and foggy, and it was these places on the city wall that could be reflected.

"It's almost ......"

The faces of the thousand households were appalled.

The Chuzhou army was not far from the city wall, and the sound of the carriage could be heard, and the footsteps of "Xi Xi Suosuo" could be heard.

Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, the lieutenant had already entered the range of the crossbow arrows, let out a long breath, and waved his arm: "Shoot the crossbow!" ”

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

In the night, crossbow arrows on the city walls flew to the stars in the darkness.

The firelight that loomed in the thick fog, as well as the white shirts on the edge of the firelight, became the best targets.

There was only the sound of bows and crossbows entering the flesh, but there was no screams of soldiers, but the sound of horses' hooves and wheels became clearer and clearer.

"Shoot again!"

With a cold sweat on his head, the lieutenant continued to command.

He knew in his heart that these crossbows were good crossbows, but there were many crossbow arrows.

A crossbow is equipped with fifty arrows and a round of ten arrows.

This time, the remaining two can only be used when it is critical.

The enemy army is not afraid to attack the city to the death, so it can only defend the city in hand-to-hand combat.

He pressed the hilt of the knife, but he didn't see the small movements of the thousand households.

Those thousand households have already given a few henchmen a look.

One person took advantage of the fact that the lieutenant and the state judge did not pay attention and quietly went down the city tower

And half of those crossbowmen also got private orders.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

In the dark, no one noticed that half of the crossbow arrows turned around, and instead of shooting at the "Chuzhou soldiers" who were getting closer and closer, they shot directly into the air under the city wall.

"Dada-da-da"!

The footsteps grew clearer.

Du Wei's heart was raised, and his palms were moist.

I have been ready to fight to the death for a long time, but when it really comes, it is still terrifying......

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