In the early morning of the next day, Li Maozhen drove thousands of people scattered on the outskirts of Shaanzhou City, and hurriedly killed them again towards Shaanzhou City.

When Zhao Fan was picked up from the bed and climbed to the head of the city to prepare for battle, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded when he looked at the people in front of Li Maozhen's battle.

"General Zhao, what's going on with these people?" Zhao Fan frowned and asked with some confusion.

"Your Majesty, these people were all captured by Li Maozhen, a dog thief, and many villages outside the city were ransacked by this dog thief, with countless deaths and injuries, and now, only these people are left." Zhao Wei's eyes were red, and he angrily hammered the city wall, and said viciously.

He has been in Shaanzhou for nearly two years, often visiting the homes of the people outside the city, and he has long been very familiar with the people outside the city.

When Zhao Fan heard this, he immediately understood the current situation, these bastards are holding on to the people as shields!

"Your Majesty, the rebels have begun to move the earth and fill the river, what should we do now?" Qiao Xinchao's face was ugly for a while, and he said eagerly.

Zhao Fan hurriedly looked at the city, only to see Li Maozhen drove several groups of people in front of the team, and mixed some soldiers and people together, those soldiers didn't care about anything, they just kept pouring mud and stones into the moat, as if they were sure that the defenders in the city would not dare to attack them.

Zhao Fan frowned, looking at the soldiers of Li Maozhen's army who were constantly filling the river under the city, he was a little at a loss, but he really couldn't do it if he ordered the arrows to be released regardless of the lives of the people.

It's not that he has no reputation, this Zhao Fan really doesn't care, but the problem is that Zhao Fan, who has received a 21st century education, will never be able to let the soldiers attack these defenseless people in the city.

What's more, the training syllabus of the Mandate of Heaven Army has been written from the beginning that soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and their mission is to respect the royal family and protect the people, and the military discipline of the Mandate of Heaven Army also strictly prohibits soldiers from killing the people.

This order will not only shake the soldiers' belief in what they have always believed, but will also seriously damage the military discipline of the Mandate of Heaven.

I have to say that Li Maozhen's move was really ruthless, hitting Zhao Fan and the seven inches of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

"Your Majesty, you don't care about our life or death, let's release the arrows!"

"Your Majesty, don't fall for the thieves' tricks, it's not a pity for me to die, but Shaanzhou City can't be without, and Your Majesty can't risk your life!"

"Your Majesty, General Zhao, let go of the arrows! Hurry up and release the arrows! ”

Just when everyone at the head of the city was at a loss, there was a sudden shout from the city, and it was the people who were pressed by Li Maozhen to act as a shield.

"Your Majesty, there is only one grass man left in the grass people's family now, and the grass people don't want to live for a long time, you quickly release the arrows and avenge the people for me and the others!"

"General Zhao, hurry up and release the arrows, are you a man or not, quickly order the arrows to be released!"

"Your Majesty, the grass people are fortunate in this life, and they have met a Ming monarch like Your Majesty, and it can be regarded as a good life for two years, and the grass people are worth it in this life, so let the military masters release their arrows, don't let these dog thieves take advantage!"

"Your Majesty, I will be a citizen under your rule in the next life! Hurry up and release the arrows! ”

More and more people reacted, understanding that the rebels behind them were using themselves to let Zhao Fan in the city throw a mouse trap, and then take the opportunity to capture Shaanzhou City, they all resisted frantically, shouting loudly towards the city.

"What for? What for? Stop them yelling! Li Maozhen, who was picking his teeth in the rear army and waiting for the moat to be filled, couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, and almost fell off his horse.

"Folks, Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous, and you don't want to let us shoot arrows, but we can't drag down Your Majesty, folks, fight with them!" An elderly man saw that the city had not moved for a long time, and glanced at Zhao Fan and the others with some gratitude, and then there was a look of determination in his eyes, and he rushed towards the soldiers of Li Maozhen's army beside him.

"Hey, old man, what are you doing? Are you crazy! ”

A soldier of Li Maozhen's army, who was holding a clod of soil and preparing to fill the river, did not pay attention for a while, was fiercely hugged by the old man who ran away, and bit his ear fiercely, and half of his ear was bitten off on the spot, and he was drenched in blood.

"You old madman, you give me death!" The soldier was in pain for a moment, lost his mind in an instant, dropped the clod of soil in his hand, drew the long knife at his waist, and stabbed the old man fiercely.

The old man, who was still red-faced just now, was stabbed through by the long knife in an instant, and fell to the ground after a stagnant movement, but he was still muttering, "Fight with them, fight with them..."

"Uncle Tian! Folks, anyway, my relatives are no longer there, so I just fight with them, Your Majesty's heart, I can't bear to shoot arrows at us, if we let Your Majesty have a mistake, then we will really become sinners through the ages, fight with them, don't be used by these thieves! ”

When a middle-aged man saw the old man being cut to the ground, he couldn't help but feel terrified, and rushed towards the soldiers of Li Maozhen's army beside him frantically.

Stimulated by the old man's life, the people in the city went crazy, and collectively rushed towards the rebel soldiers beside them, using their fists, teeth, and everything they could use without weapons, frantically attacking the rebels.

But these unarmed ordinary people, who were the opponents of these well-trained soldiers, after inflicting some scars on the rebels, the rioting civilians under the city were killed in a matter of moments.

Zhao Fan watched the people in the city fall one by one, his eyes were already full of tears, his hands were tightly clenched into two fists, his nails pierced into his palms fiercely, and the whole palm was dripping with blood but he didn't know it.

Zhao Wei on the side gritted his teeth, his fingers tightly grasped the saber on his waist, his finger joints were faintly blue, and his face was blue and he didn't say a word.

"You fools, you have killed them all, what should you do if the defenders of the city release arrows?"

Everything happened too fast, and by the time Li Maozhen reacted, the people on the battlefield had already been killed, so they had to stomp their feet on the spot in anger.

"The whole army obeys the order, release the arrows to me!"

Zhao Fan raised his head and closed his eyes towards the sky, roaring angrily, he didn't want to take another look at the miserable situation under the city, nor did he want the tears in his eyes to fall and let people know that he was crying.

The soldiers at the head of the city who had been gritting their teeth and preparing for a long time released the bowstring in their hands as soon as they received the order, and the crossbow carts at the head of the city also began to roar wildly, and countless crossbow arrows rushed towards the rebels under the city, overwhelming the sky and not stopping.

(End of chapter)