Chapter 52: Revolt

The merchant at the door is no longer the humble runner, all his goods have been lost in the desolate land of the Western Regions, if he goes back, he will lose all his money, and the loan shark merchant will laugh at these people's wives and daughters, and all the family property to offset the account. If it's not enough, you'll be sold into slavery with debts! If you capture the city, the income of your own goods will be far greater than the Silk Road that has been run ten times or a hundred times, and as long as it is successful, no one will be able to sue alive.

Taking advantage of the dead to seize the city gates, and then ambushing the cavalry to attack the city by surprise, this kind of script has been tried and tested almost repeatedly in the dynasties established by the peoples on horseback, even when the Qing Dynasty raised troops more than a thousand years later, this trick was often used. They drew their knives and swooped at the untouchable, guards, screams of wounded, red blood soaking the land where they had grown. All the things in the cart also came out, and the dogs domesticated by the Xianbei people were like being trained by their owners to fight rabbits and mice, and they were viciously spread to the people around them, and the first attack was the throat! And the first one to suffer was Wang Yu. The caravan that followed was instantly chaotic, and many of the caravan's guards drew their swords to support them, only to suddenly stab them in after them! There was more than one enemy in the ranks.

"Dangdang! Enemy attack, enemy attack! The soldiers stationed on the city wall sounded the alarm with gongs and drums at the first moment, and lit the wolf smoke, a slight bow sound, and the soldiers who struck the gong were shot into the eye by an arrow, and the soldiers next to him immediately took it and continued to beat and shout to the city alarm. But another arrow flew straight into the neck, and the soldier swayed for a moment, and fell straight down from the city. Qi Ganqi put away his bow and arrows, and commanded the dead to rush forward, strangling the last few resisting caravan guards. The order said: "Block all the carts on both sides of the gate, we only need to hold on to half a pillar of incense, and the patriarch will be able to arrive!" ”

They quickly took the various wagons with horses still on them, ignored some of the "corpses" on the ground that were still panting, and drove the carts past them mercilessly, they completed the first step, but there was still no retreat.

"Strangle the enemy and close the gates!" The Han army in the city reacted quickly, and in this part of the frontier, the Hu people were close to the north. War can break out almost at any time, and if you want to survive, you have to force yourself to become stronger, and the weak have no life guarantee in this land that obeys the law of the jungle.

Jiuyuan is the end of the Qin Straight Road, and it is also an important stronghold of the Great Wall of the Qin and Han Dynasties, behind them is their father and elder, and in front of them is the sword and sword, and they have to block it.

"Quick! Fast! Xianbei people are coming! All the adult males gather under the city walls, and all the adult males bring their weapons to the city walls! Martial law in the city, and those who are on the streets are beheaded! "The scouts of the cavalry raised the arrows that symbolized the urgency of 100,000 and sent messages back and forth in the Nine Plains City.

There was a panic in the streets, the cries of children, the shouts of adults. At first, the merchants who were still bargaining, the shopkeepers, the butchers on the roadside, the vendors...... Directly threw down the guy in his hand, shouted at his brothers and family, hurriedly put on a leather armor and carried a basket of bows and arrows to the city wall when he heard the news.

In this war, no one will be spared if it fails and is killed by the Xianbei people in the city. Liangzhou, Youzhou, Youbeiping...... The bloody lesson has made all the Han people in Biansai know their obligations.

Block them! to survive!

The frame of the prefectural order also rumbled past, and everyone prayed for victory in the war...... Otherwise......

In the haystack in the stable outside the station, a young man with a head full of grass clippings stood out dizzily. A long weapon was pulled out of the straw stomping. Carrying it on his shoulders, the belt on his head no longer knew where to go, the young man rubbed his groggy and fluffy head, and muttered:

"Why is it so noisy! Is there anyone, what's wrong with Jiuyuan City? ”

At this time, a post guard happened to walk out of the post station, all wearing armor and walking out with a spear, and saw the young man a little surprised: "Lu Gongzi, aren't you already gone?"

"Where am I still what Lu Gongzi?" The boy's face was a little lonely and self-deprecating. His father was originally the captain of Jiuyuan, and he was a young man with a short temper, and he dozed off with a book, and many famous teachers that his father had worked so hard to invite were angry, and his father had no choice but to let it go. But fortunately, the young man's martial arts talent is amazing, and the real fighting skills he learned from these frontier veterans have made friends with the descendants of those border troops, rangers and robbers of the three religions and nine ranks. In Jiuyuan, it can be described as a proper hegemon.

The young group disdain to bully men and women, but they often fight, drink and do things that they think are heroes, that is a common thing.

"Huh...... Providence, Childe, it seems that you can't leave today, someone has attacked the city gate, it is very likely that the Hu people are attacking the city, and the captain ordered all the adult men in the city to go to the city wall to defend against the enemy. The postman didn't want to provoke this hater, so he bowed his hand and left.

"Hahaha! This is providential of course! The boy didn't care at all, but was overjoyed. In the battle of Xia Yu, his father went out with the army, and the whole army was defeated. His father never came back with a single bone...... Pick up the straps in the haystack, tie your hair, take out your horse, turn over neatly and get on the horse, and ride away. I want to see Old Man Xu now, how else can I not let Lu Feng become a soldier first!

"All A, B, and Qu are all under the city gate, the others, go up to the city tower, don't panic, drive them out for me!"

Because the former captain died outside the Saiwai, Xu Zhi had just been transferred to Jiuyuan as a captain for a year, but his position was really exchanged for military merits, for which he had lost one eye and three fingers. Xu Zhi's family is also in Jixian County in the frontier, what is going on with the family for generations? Xinjiang officers, and the only male in their family is Xu Miao, the son of himself and his eldest brother, and Xu Kuang, who has just become an adult.

"Lord Captain...... My lord! To the northeast, there is smoke and dust! Lots of cavalry! At least above a thousand! "The sighted soldiers in the city nervously reported the military situation.

"What? Got it! The big axe in Xu Zhi's hand was about to come out of the water, and he knew that this time it was another fierce battle. He patted one of his guards on the shoulder and said: "One hundred thousand urgent, you go to find the assassin Shi, protect the Hun Zhonglang general, report the situation, and let them come to the rescue!" If I can't go back, tell Miao'er to take good care of my son. ”

Xu Zhi's personal guards are all loyal fellow villagers or sons of the Xu family brought out from their hometown for generations, and they are the people who can block the sword for Xu Zhi, so they are naturally very trusting. He knew that there was no delay, if Xu Zhi died in battle, he would support the little master to grow up, and when he put on his armor, he would go out on the battlefield with the little master of the family. This is the fate of the Northland General...... There were no tears, the guards looked at Xu Zhi deeply, and galloped away on their horses, if the reinforcements could arrive as soon as possible, it would be their best master-servant.

"Gao Shun!"

"Yes!" A well-dressed tun chief stood in front of Xu Zhi.

"You charge ahead of the gates, can you close the damn gate for me, and pull up the damn drawbridge for me!" Xu Zhi's saliva was about to spray on the face of the taciturn man.

Gao Shun clenched the spear in his hand, looked at Xu Zhi's eyes resolutely, and only said these four words.

"Use me, you will win!"

"Good!" Xu Zhi patted him on the shoulder, and ordered the crossbowmen who had already wound their crossbows behind him: "Crossbow team, shoot these minions who betray their masters to death!" ”

"Kill!"

The arrows shot like locusts so that the Xianbei people could not lift their heads, and they had to hide under the cart, shivering. The hounds were shot directly into sausage hedgehogs, with a few screams of the unlucky ones among them.

"Rush!" Gao Shun led them to rush to the front, they want to solve the remnants of the enemy, the cavalry of the Xianbei people is less than a kilometer, if the city gate falls, Jiuyuan will be gone......

"Hold on!" Qi Ganqi shot an arrow at Gao Shun, but was dodged by Gao Shun, who had been on guard for a long time. Under the dense charge, he shot and killed one of the soldiers who followed behind.

Qi Ganqi drew his scimitar, drove the people who were still alive to hold their positions, and cheered them up in Xianbei language: "Victor, if you can enjoy the best woman in this city, I will personally recommend him to Shan Yu, the patriarch is behind, if there is anyone who retreats, he will be killed immediately!" ”