Chapter Seventy-Eight: Soldiers Descend on the City

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Outside the city of Mizhi, behind the ridge in the distance, a pure black flag, a colorful white tiger on it, a snow-bright spear tip, a little bit slowly rose behind the ridge, followed by this banner is a layer of human heads, and then there is a dense crowd of people constantly overflowing the hills, boundless, slowly overflowing the small plain in front of Mizhi, the dry cracked loess in tens of thousands of pairs of ** big kicks, raising the dust in the sky, slowly covering the entire sky in the south, covering the white sun in the air, Countless poles numb expressions in the dust continued to walk out, and it seemed that the thieves were endless, ragged but with infinite hope of the homeless people, little by little, little by little spread out in the vast flat land of the south gate, even the sky and the earth, forming a forest of swords, spears and sticks that covered the sky and the sun, and there was no end in sight.

There was no noise, no shouting, no shouting, only the trembling footsteps that shook the ground, only the dull panting and heartbeat of countless people, this sound was more heart-pounding than shouting, more heart-pounding than fighting, even the city wall that had just been hastily strengthened began to tremble in this dull footsteps and heartbeat gasps, and the sign standing on the city wall was frightened by this huge battle, and his face turned pale, and he trembled, and his heart seemed to be squeezed out of his chest by this trembling.

In front of the pole army, a team of horses lined up, layer upon layer, slowly stepped forward with the rhythm of tens of millions of big feet, and the banners representing the poles in the hands of the knights rolled and danced wildly in the northwest hunting wind.

Riding on a horse without mud and with a tense face, and by his side were the leaders of the allied forces of the various families, who stopped their progress a thousand paces from the city wall in this solemn and dull manner.

The footsteps stopped, and for a moment the whole world became a dead silence, and only a few dozen flags hunted in the morning breeze.

In front of the battle, the leader of the Allied forces did not touch the mud, his face was solemn, he could not see any expression, and there were constantly horseback and horse sentry scouts rushing back and forth to report the situation, and after not getting mud and cutting short and distributing orders, he galloped away, bringing up a burst of billowing yellow dust.

When the smoke and dust raised by the army slowly fell, the tall city walls of Namizhi County were revealed.

Looking up, the Mizhi city wall has been hastily repaired, and some fresh brick walls have been combined with the old ones to become a kind of mottling, and traces of fresh muddy water can be seen in some places.

The moat was also dredged, and in order to prevent the cold and freezing water, the muddy water inside was also drained, so that the original moat became a large trench two feet wide and one foot and five feet deep, and the fresh earth dug up was piled up near the city wall, in order to set up a second barrier for the attackers, and the bottom of the trench was filled with dense wooden stakes with sharpened heads, revealing endless hideousness.

The original low houses near the city wall were bulldozed and burned down by the official army, and all the villagers were driven into the county town either voluntarily or passively, and occasionally one or two old and weak people who could not leave their homeland were patrolling the already ruined homeland, looking for things that might have been missed, facing tens of thousands of troops, showing that kind of numb indifference.

The flags on the city wall are displayed, densely standing the township brave and strong, and there are the figures of the officials and soldiers who are constantly running and shouting behind the township brave and strong men, driving some servants, shoulder-to-shoulder carrying all kinds of tools for defending the city, chaotic and noisy, facing the city gate of this flat land, there are dozens of black elm spray cannon muzzles, like a giant beast squatting there, ready to break people and hiss at any time.

In the face of thousands of troops and horses that were not stained with mud, several general-like soldiers hid behind the strong men and kept pointing at the Ruhai Allied Army and arguing.

He looked at everything in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.

Look at those disheveled urban and rural warriors, there are also groups of neatly dressed men, it must be the family nursing home organized by the rich gentry in the city, in order to save the life of the family property, this is better, this just shows that those rich fat sheep did not run away and transferred, isn't this exactly their own wish? If they all run away, what money and goods will there be to grab if the county is broken? I just didn't expect there to be so many people.

With nearly 50,000 people under his command, it must be a drum down for this small county town, and at that time, not only did he get a large amount of money and grain, but his prestige would soar even more, and he really became a big stock in northern Shaanxi that stomped his feet and trembled.

In a reverie, the deputy next to him, Da Heizi, asked in a low voice: "Alliance leader, are you arranging the siege now?" ”

"Don't be busy, you must first shock the other party in momentum, and then you can act, in order to surrender the army without a fight. Then there is that we are far away, a group of people are already tired, need to rest and recuperate, the siege of this thing is to pay attention to a drum and then decline and exhaustion, once you can not go down a drum to drag yourself tired, reduce morale, but let the other side increase confidence, then the battle will fall into a stalemate, implicated for time, by that time our army is not good for food and grass, people and horses are scarce, the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Although this is not muddy, it is not arrogant and irrational, and the dispatch is also orderly.

At this moment, on the city wall, there was a chaos, and the dense Xiangyong Signing Ding spread out on both sides to make a space. In that space, a group of people in official clothes flashed out, and the person in the middle thought that it was the county order of Namizhi, followed by a group of civil officials in uniform, and a fat man in armor probed his brain in the pile of literati.

Lu Shi rode on a horse, followed the army to come, and tens of thousands of people rolled in front of him and behind him, trampling on the earth with tens of thousands of pairs of big feet, making an earth-shattering roar, and the end was extremely spectacular.

Now there are Guo Tianxing, Zhao Dahai, Zhu Tie, and at the same time, there is a fiery figure, that is a tiger's sister, Chunlan.

Chunlan has been running to Lu Shi with nothing to do in the past few days, in addition to laughing at Lu Shi's riding skills, she is looking for a reason to chirp around Lu Shi, making Lu Shi only smile bitterly.

But Chunlan also smiled in front of today's big battle, and followed behind Lu Shi with a serious expression, without any sound.

Corresponding to other poles, a large number of big masters and two masters, their own Woniu Mountain seems to be a small number of soldiers, but this small 2,000 people and horses are all strong, and after Lu Shi's simple training, it seems that there is also a strict step and a strong army, and there are more than 200 cavalry soldiers, equipped with all knives and guns, and they are full of energy and momentum.

At this time, Lu Shi saw that there was an official general Zuo in the city, and he didn't know him, so he asked Zhao Dahai beside him in a low voice: "Brother Zhao, is the city a thousand households in Mizhi County?" ”

Zhao Dahai didn't speak, closed his mouth tightly, and nodded in acknowledgement.

At this moment, Zhang Xian Ling in the city held the battlements of the city wall, facing the overwhelming thieves under the city, the murderous battle, the back had already been cold sweat flowing, and the shock in his heart was even more indescribable, if it wasn't for the hands to grasp the battlements, maybe he would have collapsed to the ground.

Seeing that the thief stood still outside an arrow, and there was no sound, Zhang Xianling licked his dry lips, stretched his neck to look around, and saw that all the signatories were also pale and nervous, and they grabbed the weapons in their hands tightly one by one, and their bodies were constantly trembling, and there was a little boy next to him, who subconsciously pulled the bow and arrow in his hand away, but his eyes were closed, and his whole body was like sifting chaff.

At this time, he needs to stand up and say something to boost morale, not to mention defending the city, maybe the tens of thousands of thieves will shout, and these signatories will be paralyzed to the ground in fear.

With a dry cough, Zhang Guang shouted below, and this abrupt voice sounded in the silence of tens of thousands of horses, and even Zhang Guang himself was startled.

After stabilizing his mind, he shouted again: "Well, the bandits in the city listen, which one of you is the leader, come and speak." ”

Without touching the mud, he slowly came to the place where he stood down in front of the city wall, and said loudly towards the city; "The guards of the city are invited, it is these leaders of the rebels below, who in the city has something to say."

is not muddy, but he was admired by the group of men who followed him, and secretly praised that the old hero had courage.

"Isn't it muddy down there?" Zhang Xian Ling asked loudly.

"It's down there, but it's Zhang County's order above?" Answered in a steady voice that was not muddy, not humble, or arrogant.

"It is this official, you and the people who are under the rule of the Holy Lord, bathed in the emperor's grace for many years, not only do you not want to repay the court, but you have done such a rebellious act? You have to know that once you become a thief, it will disgrace your ancestors, do you not care about the face of your ancestors? ”

I couldn't help laughing when I didn't get into the mud, and said: "The reason why I can get to this day is not because of you, the emperor's parents and high-ranking officials, now that natural disasters continue, and now I should have given relief, so I thought that you and other corrupt officials not only did not report the situation to the heavens, but also for the black sand on the head, the gold and silver in the arms, and even more intensified exploitation, so that we can not live in the small people." Therefore, I, not muddy, sing righteous deeds in accordance with the will of heaven, lead the people to punish crimes, raise the banner of righteousness for heaven, and punish you and other corrupt officials for the people of the current emperor. This is exactly to repay the emperor's grace, where will the ancestors be ashamed? But it is a great publicity to the ancestors. ”

At this time, they still considered themselves to be the subjects of the imperial court, their emperor had always been a good emperor, and their hatred was often only focused on those officials and gentry who directly oppressed and bullied them, and their struggle was only forced by hunger and cold, and they used force to thwart the government's urging, and took the capital to live from the granaries of the rich and big, so there are the above words.

did not stick to the mud and made a generous statement, just talking about the bitterness of the people in the world, and immediately exchanged for the tsunami-like applause of tens of thousands of homeless people behind him, and even the poles that joined later were convinced.

Zhang Xianling opened his mouth and didn't know where to speak, and it took a long time to speak; "This is all your nonsense, demagogic people, this county thinks that you have not yet fallen into the quagmire, now open up to you, quickly disband the bandits and get off the horse and be bound, this official will report to the court, leave your whole body, if not, you will definitely let your clan die, and the ancestral grave will not be protected."

When he heard this, he replied loudly: "Let me promise you that it is okay to stretch your head and tie it, I will not worry about my own grievances, as long as you promise me to wait for a few things." After saying that, he put on a righteous and awe-inspiring look of asking for the people's life.

"Which ones?"

"One, open a position for relief. Second, in addition to the regular tax on imperial grain, no additional taxes shall be levied. Third, return to the landlords and gentry to seize the land. Fourth, is it feasible to punish corrupt officials and cool officials? ”

The sentences mentioned by not touching the mud are reasonable, but they cannot be implemented, but the non-mud has been sincerely approved by all the pole homeless people, and everyone shouted with tears. Even Lu Shi and others have to admire the old and refined people who do not stick to the mud, and it is precisely the voice of everyone who speaks their minds, and at the same time grasps these reasonable but unattainable goals, unifies their thinking again, boosts their morale, and truly makes the teacher famous.

Good means.

"Open a position, return the field. Open a position to return to the field, open a position to return to the field. For a time, the people's voices were boiling, and the sound shook the heavens and the earth.