The news of the invasion of the Qin-Wei coalition army seemed to pour a scoop of ice water on the hot Chen Ying, and the temperature dropped to freezing in an instant. A few days ago, the big market was still bustling with activity, and all that was left was grass mustard and domestic dogs scurrying around; The house was closed, and from time to time there was the cursing of adults and the crying of children from inside the door; What's even more chaotic is the city gate, the villagers who swarm to carry their belongings, help the old and the young to enter the city to hide, and the county guards who are worried that Qin spies will infiltrate the city without a military order will stop them outside the moat

- This is actually a tragedy. Qin Wei withdrew his troops, and although the troops stationed in Chen County were not moved and disbanded, the villagers who should have been evacuated were worried about their crops and farms, so they watched in Xiang County for a while and ran back.

No more than Han Wei, who has more people and less land, even if it is Chen County, each family has one or two hundred acres of land, which is normally rotational farming, but the people of Chen County are shrewd, and they have heard that the people of Wei, Zhao, and Qi all grow winter wheat, so they also grow wheat in the fields that are not cultivated. Summer is the season of wheat harvesting, and it is also the time for Chen County to collect summer taxes, and the common people return to their hometowns and county officials to collect taxes.

One was going to run back to harvest the wheat, and the other was waiting to collect taxes after the wheat was harvested to feed the inbred and expanding county officials, and the military orders of the Great Sima Mansion and the orders of the King of Xiong Jing fell on deaf ears. Now, the Qin and Wei coalition forces are coming again, Chen Ying's villagers in the south are at a loss, and the villagers in the north heard about the war, and hurriedly rushed to the city with their parents, wives and children.

"This time the enemy army of 400,000 attacked me, what does Mr. Li think is good?" Chen Yingxian Mansion, Chen Jian's rosacea was a little white, and he had been wiping his sweat. The 400,000 army almost knocked him down, but fortunately, Chen Ying still had Feixun, as well as the sanitation and palace armor, as well as Li He of the Operations Division and the people who knew the other side.

"The king once said that the soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it. Defend the city. "Li and his face is solemn, the Qin people have obviously withdrawn, why do they come to attack again? Rare...... Is it the Empress Dowager Huayang?

"The Qin people are prepared." Don't let me sigh, he blames himself. "The army suddenly entered our territory, but the military camp of Daliang was still heavily guarded, and in terms of time, the army should have left the camp five days ago. I didn't get any news about the army entering Chu, which is a dereliction of duty on the part of our company. ”

"Alas!" One said that he was defending the city and the other was blaming himself, but Chen Jian didn't hear anything he wanted to hear. He thought that all the Chu troops were gathered in Chen Ying, and second, he wanted the king to enter the city again, but neither of them was possible at the moment. The military order of the Great Sima Mansion was to hold on, and no reinforcements were mentioned at all; After the alliance between the king and the Qi State is over, the outer dynasty of Yingdu is about to open, and I am afraid that he is already on the way to Ying.

"Report ——!" The abrupt report made everyone in the county government extremely nervous, and someone knelt down at the foot of the stairs and shouted: "The county lord, the big thing is not good, the reputation is rebellious!" ”

"Betrayal... Rebellion?! Chen Jian bounced up from his seat, his face full of horror, thinking that he had misheard. You're talking about the Honorable Rebellion? ”

"The honorable people want to open the city gate, but the county officials don't allow it, so they want to grab the city gate." The military officials did not know the details, only that the honorable soldiers wanted to seize the city gates.

"The county prince, the reputation of the scholar is in vain to the king's grace, and the general will lead the troops to kill him." At the time of the narration, the county Sima Chen could also be on the side, and when he heard that Yushi wanted to seize the city gate, he immediately rebelled and wanted to quell the rebellion.

"Wait!" He stopped him with a loud voice, he looked at the soldier who reported the news, and asked, "Why did the Yushi seize the door?" Do you want to escape from the city? ”

"This," the first soldier was ordered by Zuo Sima Chen to come to report the news, and Chen Qi instructed him to tell the county magistrate that the Yushi had rebelled.

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" Seeing that he hesitated, Li asked again. "If you are not telling the truth, you should know that military law is ruthless."

As soon as he mentioned the military lawyer, he knelt down, and he shouted: "The villain was ordered by Zuo Sima to come to report the news, and I don't know anything else. ”

"There are many people outside the city who help the old and the young, and the reputation of the people has won the door, and it is determined that this is the matter." Li He knew it in his heart, and he said to the county magistrate: "Please ask the county magistrate to let the people into the city, but there are traitors, and it is not too late to enter the city and investigate." ”

"Never! Never! Chen Bu's head shook like a wave drum, "There are a few ordinary people outside the city, and there is not enough grain and straw in the city, how can they be allowed to enter the city?" Last year, I defended Chengyang, the grain was exhausted and I wanted to cut the meat and eat, and now the 400,000 army attacked me, and the Great Sima Mansion only said to defend it, if there is no food, how to defend it? County magistrate, don't let them into the city! ”

"May I ask Sima Chen, what is the existing Dingkou in the city?" I asked again.

As soon as he asked Ding Kou Chen Can't shut up, Li and looked at Chen Jian again, Chen Jian coughed twice, and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid it's not less than 50,000." ”

"Fifty thousand? How can there be so many? "Li was shocked, and the military order required that only 30,000 people should be left in the city." Didn't Chen Ying evacuate the people the month before? ”

"Alas......" Chen Jian glanced at Li Ji helplessly, beat his chest and said, "Old man Miao." Old man! ”

"Open the gates! Open the city gate...... "Chen Ying's nine gates, the northeast is the north gate of the royal city, one door and three roads, and the west is the door for the common people to enter and exit, one door and two roads. The villagers gathered at the two gates on the west side, and they shouted to open the door outside the moat; Inside, there were dozens of honorable people from the Blue Bell, who faced the spears of the county guards and shouted to open the city gate.

"Sima has a life, and the city gate cannot be opened." Standing on the chariot, Chen dared to shout. "You stand back, or the halberd will have no eyes."

"The Qin army was so panicked before the army arrived, could it be that he was scared in Chengyang last year?" Lan Zhong shouted, and he shouted to the county guard: "You and other fathers, old wives, and daughters are all outside the city, if the Qin people come, everyone will die, if you can't protect your wives and children, what kind of people are you?" ”

Many of the county guards were recruited outside the city, and the halberd spear they were holding immediately hung down when they heard the words, so angry that Chen Dare drew his sword and waved it repeatedly, shouting: "Who dares to retreat!" Whoever dares to retreat will be killed! ”

"Take down the traitor!" Facing the city gate, he didn't want a group of soldiers to flash out of the streets behind him, shouting and rushing over. The commander on the chariot was Zuo Sima Chen Beg: "If you abandon the army as soon as possible, you will be captured, and you will only be punished by the rebel." ”

More than fifty honorable soldiers were surrounded, their halberds facing each other, their eyes staring. Lan Zhongdao pointed at Chen Beggar: "Chen Beggar, why should you be angry with others if you and I have a gap." As he spoke, he squeezed away the honorable man beside him and walked to the front: "If you are a husband, you and I should fight between male and female, why fake the hands of soldiers?" ”

Such a direct challenge made Chen Qi's face change, he didn't dare to agree, only said: "The soldiers listen to the order, the Blue Bell rebels, and the reward for killing is 100 gold!" ”

"Who dare!" Lan Zhong drank violently, he no longer looked at Chen Beggar, but glared at the county guard in front of him.

"Hugh must forget, I will not die if I kill someone." Chen Ji, who was the most eloquent among the scholars, said loudly, "There are 15,000 scholars in the Chu Kingdom, if we die, 15,000 people will avenge us!" ”

"Kill! Kill it quickly! Chen Qi was furious, and then ordered the soldiers to step forward. But the soldier was really suppressed by Chen Ji, the honor is not a single person, dozens of people, the honor is already a class, killing any one for no reason will attract endless revenge. There are many smart people in Chen County, and no one dares to provoke them, either respectfully facing each other or avoiding them from afar.

"You wait...... Chen Qi still wanted to drive the soldiers forward, not wanting the rumbling thunder outside the city, he froze.

"Qin-Jun!" The sentry on the watchtower shouted with all his strength, and the drummer beat the drum vigorously.

This is not thunder, this is the hoof sound of the cavalry of the Qin army. Outside the city, tens of thousands of cavalry swept in dust, and the flying dust obscured half of the sky. The yellow and green fields in the distance were swallowed by them inch by inch, and the common people who were not as good as Chen Ying were running hard in the fields on the official road, but they couldn't outrun the cavalry anyway, and finally they could only disappear into the overwhelming dust, only a few chariots were desperately pumping horses and galloping, but the Qin cavalry was still chasing a little closer.

Zheng Rong was in the front car, with his father and sister in the car. Japan should not go out of the city in the hot summer, but the old father dreamed of the ancestor of Zheng Guo the day before yesterday, saying that there had been no banquet for a long time, so today, Zheng's father took people out of the city to the cemetery to worship. Unexpectedly, on the way back, the cavalry of the Qin army attacked, and they fled here only under the cover of the death of their servants.

"Driving ——!" Every time Zheng Rong turned around, he noticed that Qin was nearer, and he screamed and pumped his horse, but the horses were exhausted, and they ran slower and slower.

"Lord!" The car behind him suddenly shouted, and there was a cry in the shouting. It was the Zheng family's housekeeper, and he couldn't salute in the car, so he shouted and turned without hesitation, and rushed towards the Qin army with the other two carts.

"Yo ho yo ——!" The cavalry who rushed to the far side let out a strange shout, the galloping horseback was like a soft couch at home, they were dancing while riding, seeing three or two chariots rushing, before they got close, someone opened their bows and shot arrows, 'ah' sound, the Zheng family slaughtered the arrow in the chariot and rolled out of the car backwards, and fell on the dusty official road.

"Yo ho yo ......" The cavalry shouted endlessly, although the Zheng family servants on the chariot raised their pestles to fight, but the wooden pestle was too short, and the iron sword slashed, and these people were drenched in blood and fell on the chariot.

"Open the door! Open the door!! Even the soldiers of the city were terrified, and the villagers by the moat were weeping in fear, and there were even more children and women crying. In the fear of pushing and shoving, countless people fell into the moat. The city defense of several months was not built in vain, and the moat was full of sharp bamboo and wood, and the people who fell like water were suddenly pierced by bamboo and wood.

"What if?" Chen at the back of the crowd turned pale, and his cheeks bit and bited. The cavalry of the Qin army suddenly attacked the city, and naturally there were also honored soldiers who could not enter the city, and at this time there were one old, two young and three honorary soldiers by his side.

"What else? The strong enemy is in the present, fearless and fearless. Naturally, we are killing Qin Kou! There was only a thick circle of fluff on the side of the young man's mouth, and he was not frightened, but his face was full of excitement.

"No." The reputation nicknamed Taro Stick has a skin like bronze, and in addition to fear and cunning in his triangular eyes, there is also a helpless sadness. "The treasure knife is too short, how can a few of us fight with the Qin cavalry......"

"You," the other teenager pointed at the food stick, "you dare to fight?!" ”

"You go and push the cart and cross the front." The taro stick knocked out his saber with one hand, and he was an old pawn, and although he didn't know how to deal with the cavalry, he knew how to deal with the chariots. "Go and pull the man out, and take the pestle without a blade. Fast! Fast! ”

The cavalry was getting closer and closer, and no one could hear the shouts of the young honorable man, and no one could hear them. Everyone wants to enter the city, even if the city gate is not opened, and the drawbridge is not put down, and to get out of the queue is to find death. In the midst of the cries and screams, the strongest men crowded to the edge of the moat, while the weak, women and children were left behind.

"Come out!" Chen He rushed into the crowd and grabbed a tall man and asked him to come out of the ranks.

"You!" This person wanted to reprimand angrily, but when he saw Chen He holding a huge blade in his other hand, his face changed, and his body retreated vigorously.

"Come out!" Chen drank again, and the young honorable man beside him shouted loudly: "All men are out of the ranks, and those who don't follow will be killed!" ”

"Nobleman, nobleman......" Qin Jun has arrived, and to be out of the ranks is to die, and the man who was pulled by Chen He begged for mercy with tears on his face: "The villain has an old father, and the family has an old father......"

"Death to those who don't make the list!" Chen He glared at him, and when he saw that he was still out of the saber, he immediately slashed over.

"Murdered!" Hot blood erupted from the broken neck, the crowd was in a commotion, and a bunch of people fell down the edge of the moat.

"Men who don't make the list die." Chen He used a saber to pick up people's heads, and his bloody face was like a demon from Huangquan.

"Men out of the ranks! Dequeue! Dequeue!! "The human head and the blood are terrifying, this time I can finally pull people, and after a few people pull out, more men are actually pushed out.

"Take a wooden pestle! Take the wooden pestle! "The crowd squeezed desperately to the edge of the moat, and the ground on the outside was either clothing cages or wooden pestles." Array! Rapid Array——! ”