Chapter 76: The people of the mountain god finally wake up
Pang Tong saw their weapons clearly, almost all of them were long-handled weapons such as spears and halberds. must have learned the lessons of those cannon fodder mountain people before. The ground seemed to tremble, and this tremor extended, and Pang Tong felt the strange movement caused by the charge of the 150,000 army.
They rushed through the black, scattered black curtain. They came to the top of the wall and fought the defenders with their long-handled weapons. The entire wall was densely packed with Liu Yanjun's soldiers, and the shouts of killing echoed around like a roaring lion's roar.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Pang Tong couldn't help but shout, but long before that, the archers had already shot hundreds of people. They were bold and quick, but because they were standing on a high place, they could not help but be a little afraid when they saw the seemingly endless enemy formation. So they shoot arrows at a faster speed, and the whole person goes into a state of euphoria.
And the warriors who held the wall below had no idea the number of enemies. They fought with their weapons against the enemy, and those who tried to climb the walls were stained with blood. But the casualties were increased by the guns of the enemy soldiers. At the same time, the enemy's archers spared no effort to launch a long-range offensive. Their long-range shot was not enough to hurt the mountaineers at the top of the stairs, and even if they did, they could not hurt the enemy. So they targeted the mountain people on the stone wall and behind the entrance. The mountain people, who had been shot and fell to the ground, realized that the enemy's archers were not fuel-efficient lamps either. Immediately, the Wasai took up their wisteria shields. Badar asked people to go to the village and fetch more shields, which were like a group of umbrellas that could effectively defend against bows and arrows. In a short time, the rattan shield was already covered with feathered arrows. The result is a unique, eerie landscape.
Pang Tong, who held the hilt of the sword, had no intention of joining the battle line at all. His weapon was too short, and even if he was given a long-handled weapon, he wouldn't go. He knows where he is, just like Jia Xu and Lu Su, if he dies easily, it will be the biggest loss. He has to protect the head around his neck.
Four soldiers with oil drums, one with a torch stood on the stairs below him. They waited for Pang Tong's orders. Two hours later, the corpses were stacked to chest height, and some of the enemy soldiers could easily fight the defenders. The situation is not encouraging.
"Enough! Fast! ”
Pang gave the same order. The soldiers descended the stairs and came down to the wall under the cover of the others, and because the guns and halberds were blind, the situation was chaotic, and the oil drums in the hands of the three soldiers almost rolled down, turning everywhere. As soon as another soldier reached out his hands, he was stabbed through the left chest with a gunshot, killing him instantly, and the Vasai warrior behind kicked off the barrel in his hand, and kerosene poured down.
"Hurry up for me!"
Soldiers with torches were shouted. He immediately threw the torch over the wet corpse. The men at the head of the wall all stepped back, and the flames formed the wall, and the enemy retreated step by step, almost rolling off the pile of corpses. There is no water nearby, and kerosene is very difficult to extinguish.
Liu Yan soon withdrew his troops.
In the evening, Pang Tong stood on the high stairs and watched the enemy go away. The spies reported that Liu Yanjun was on the slope ten miles to the west.
An atmosphere of consternation echoed through the valley floor. People are starting to get scared. Liu Yanjun is really here, and their food reserves will not last for half a month. In this case, some even talked about suicide.
At noon the next day, Pang Tong carried his suitcase through the crowd and into the square, regardless of whether the enemy was approaching outside. He stood on top of the box and looked at the people who had offered to give him their gaze. He shouted, "If you are afraid of death and want to live, come to me!" ”
People gathered around, some of them obviously being attentive and constantly casting expectant glances.
"At least 300,000 troops are outside!" He took the initiative to exaggerate the numbers. "Well, you can block them in that little opening, and I think it's good to scorch the enemy's corpses with my nice low-wall strategy. Maybe it can resist for half a year, right? ”
Everyone was silent. He continued: "Yes, half a year, but the grain reserve is less than half a month! ”
Most of them let out an irrepressible, fearful sigh. Pang Tong's guess was right, not everyone knew about the food reserves, and they deliberately concealed the news. But in fact, these people should know it in their hearts, but they didn't expect the crisis to come so quickly.
"Time flies. Wait to starve to death, or eat your own people! ”
Pang Tong said loudly.
"Alarmist! You're blaspheming! ”
A man who was about seventy years old pointed at Pang Tong with his thin index finger, his bark-like face tensed, and said with all his might: "The mountain god will not give up on us!" It has always sheltered us! ”
He wanted more people to echo him, but no one said a word except for a few older ones.
"The mountain god will not shelter those who only know how to beg from him!"
A voice first came out in the crowd, and then the crowd stirred, and everyone discovered that the speaker was the venerable Great Witch Say. The old men who found out about this were terrified.
Pang Tong showed a smile of victory, but he immediately smoothed his smile, and he said aloud solemnly: "Time is running out, those who believe in me can leave alive, leave alive!" Who wants a young child to die at the edge of an enemy, or a corpse cut by an enemy after starvation! ”
Those faces seemed to tremble, and Pang Tong drew out the greatest fear in the hearts of the mountain people.
"We're going to get out alive!"
He shouted.
"Get out alive!"
He shouted at the people again. These grizzled men looked at the men standing on high places, their faces dirty and messy because of the gray-black dust attached. But his resolute expression shone like the sun, piercing deep into people's pupils.
"Get out alive!"
Young people should be the first to respond.
"Get out alive!"
Then the women started shouting. The old people are like defeated roosters, who only know how to sigh. Some of them even resented Say, especially those in their seventies, and their hearts were even more agitated. Say's words had just sent ripples around him like a stone thrown into the water.
Pang Tong jumped off the box with joy, and the people around him were still shouting. One person walked up to him, it was the Albanian Ku who sold books, and said with a serious face: "I can help a lot, please believe me." ”
Perhaps because he was afraid that Pang Tong would not trust him, this person repeated "Please believe me" several times.
Pang Tong patted him on the shoulder and said, "I know those good things of yours. Follow me. ”
He took the Azuku to his room, and then listened to the businessman say all his thoughts, Pang Tong nodded again and again, and gave full affirmation and full support to the Azuku's plan. This made the Albanian Ku like a spring breeze, and he choked back tears of gratitude.
Pang Tong asked Badar to transfer fifty men out and ration them to the Albanian treasury. Although Badar was very reluctant, he even thought that Pang Tong was crazy, and even equipped a village with a blatant clown to do something on paper. But Pang Tongyi emphasized that this person would be useful. Badar was not hopeful.
In order for these people to flee north from the mountains, they also need not to be pursued by enemy soldiers. It's time to find a way. Pang Tong has been thinking about this for a long time. He had been thinking about it since the day he retreated to the valley. He was adventurous and well-prepared.
These mountain people are now riding tigers, and they must listen to him. Badal enlisted Tuado's support, but he said he would not move. However, Kuimen never expected that his people would be influenced by Pang Tong, and he was very supportive of the escape plan, which made Kuimen angry. He became a nail, a grumpy, maniac sitting on the wall at the foot of the mountain. He even threatened to personally rush into the enemy line. But no one paid attention to him. Even the warriors of the Serpent just looked at the man with pity. They all knew that Kuimen's wife had no time to escape when the enemy entered the village that day, and was raped and killed. His people who witnessed this told him that he was so enraged that he was almost in the mood to die with his enemies.
Pang Tong understood his situation, so he didn't talk to him, otherwise it would only lead to a volcanic eruption.
Pang Statistical's agreement has been decided. One day, the enemy attacked again, killed for a long time, and was burned by Pang Tong again, so he had to retreat. It seems that the enemy is not planning to attack, and the momentum is not as strong as the previous one. No matter how mediocre the enemy general is, he should realize that if the siege plan makes the city without water and food, the city can be broken.
It was at the second watch of that night that the five of them quietly came to the south of Liu Yanjun's Dazhai. The slope here is not steep, and after a little further down, there is a flat area. They traveled far to the mountainside of a distant mountain in the southwest of Dazhai. Then he lit a torch and held it high.
Dazhai, which had sunk to the bottom of the black curtain and lit up the fire, was still quiet. After discovering the fire in the southwest, people became uneasy. And then there was a commotion. The brigade began to gather. Liu Yanjun's guards did not know the situation, and they did not dare to leave the village rashly.
At this time, the people of the Wasai Valley began to descend the mountain, fleeing north under the cover of the warriors. At first it was relatively smooth. However, when your own spies find out about the enemy spies, they become nervous. Enemy spies rode away in the shadows. The whole escape was forced to speed up.
On the other side, Liu Yanjun, who was bewitched by the torch light from the southwest, stood still. It wasn't until the spies reported that the mountain people had left the mountain in large numbers that they knew they had been fooled. Soon, after reorganizing the army, they began to leave the village. At this time, all the mountain people were out of the mountains, and the old men were forcibly carried on their backs by strong warriors, who would not leave anyone behind, whether they wanted it or not.
The moon shines a little through the twilight that lingers. Following the determined route, they walked, with the woman holding or holding the child. Men are armed with sharp weapons and are ready to fight. At the request of Pang Tong, they walked almost empty, and each of them carried cloth bags.