Chapter 285: Everyone Has Selfish Intentions
And Master Zhu has not left, just walking around the city as if he is wandering, and seeing him now, everyone feels that he has a backbone.
Dinner was sent very early, covered with cotton pads in a large wooden barrel filled with dry food and hot soup, I don't know who planned in advance, there are actually a lot of wooden bowls and the like, it is also very convenient to eat, Zhu Da did not open a small stove, just eat the same meal as everyone, and eat sweetly, this unconsciously calmed people's hearts, and some poor leaders want to go home to eat better, seeing Zhu Da like this, he can only follow suit.
In addition to the family members, only the young poor people who followed the training and did things thought that Zhu Da would not go down to the city, and everyone else thought that Zhu Da would leave after being busy, but he did not expect that he chose a city gate tower as a place to live at night, and everyone had to talk about it, but what everyone in the city did not realize was that unconsciously, everyone's minds were much more settled.
At night, fires were lit everywhere in the city, and the young men warmed themselves around the fires, and some even took a nap, but it was impossible to really sleep, and every once in a while they were urged to go on patrol.
Originally, Zhu Da didn't want to let the city light a fire, and raising a fire in a high place in a flat area was tantamount to giving guidance and goals to people in the distance, which was really dangerous in the current situation of the great enemy, but when he saw that there were also piles of bonfires lit under the city, Zhu Da reluctantly gave up this plan.
This night the edge of the city wall of Huairen County is not quiet, because the city is very lively, not every person outside the city can come and enter the city at the hour of opening the city gate, the people who come late will stay under the city and wait for the city gate to open tomorrow, these refugees naturally can't talk about discipline and quiet, the noisy crying and scolding under the city, the city head can hear it clearly, the city is like this, and some requirements in the city can not be implemented.
Regardless of the city and the city, the city head is carried and guarded all day, the city is hard and frightened, and it is quiet after late at night, only the loud snoring or dream talk alarms others, provoking a few words of scolding.
Zhu Da also slept very deeply in the city gate tower, such a toss during the day, even the iron man needs to rest, but Zhu Da's sleep has a benefit, no matter how he uses his brain and heart during the day, he rarely dreams when sleeping, which can ensure full rest and recovery.
Faintly heard the dog barking, Zhu Da has been a little sensitive to dog barking, quiet late at night, once the dog barks, it often symbolizes the approaching disaster, in the White Castle Village at that time, Zhu Da thought it was his hallucination, and reacted in a trance, and sat up suddenly.
He put on his clothes and fell asleep, got up and grabbed his weapon and went out of the house, the people who were still on duty at the head of the city looked down one after another, the sound of dogs barking came from under the city, and the people who fled into the city would bring their domestic animals if they had time, and the dogs they raised also followed, there was more than one dog under the city, and now all the dogs were barking, and it had affected the city, and the dogs raised by the residents near the city wall also began to bark.
"What's going on?"
"Suddenly, the dog barked, and there was no chaos in the city, Zhang Jinbei had already led two people down to see." Ji Xiaodong hurriedly came over and answered.
Zhu Da walked a few steps quickly to the battlement and looked down, and he could still hear in his ears "These Zhu family's stupid boldness, the black light blind fire actually dragged a rope down", the city head looked at the city and couldn't see it clearly, so he could only observe through the light of the fire that had not yet been extinguished.
There was no chaos in the city except for some noise, and there were many people around the campfire, and many men walked back and forth in a daze.
"Keep an eye on it, don't be careless." Zhu Da told this side, called the team of family members led by Liu Nan, and ran towards the other city walls, and after running two steps, a burly man led people to converge, but it was Wang Hu and the guards in the caravan.
There are people in the city in the same direction as here, and the dogs are barking, and the people who are not there are quiet, and when Juda and the others come to the north, they can also hear that the commotion caused by the barking of the dog has gradually subsided, or they are inexplicably frightened, or the people who frightened them have gone away.
Judah stood in the gap between the battlements and looked to the north, where there was nothing but the darkness of the night, and there was nothing to be seen, but no one knew if there was something hidden in the darkness, whether it could be a beast or a man.
"Firelight?" One said suddenly.
Those who can see something in this dark night are those who can eat enough and eat meat on weekdays, otherwise the night blind man will not be able to run, and sure enough, it is the little leader in the strong class who can shoot the bow, and if he looks in the direction pointed by this person, he can see that there seems to be a fire shining in a far, far away.
If it is in the state of light pollution for more than 20 years, it is difficult to see this kind of wild firelight clearly, but at this time, there is nothing else in the wild except the light of the stars and moons, and you can still see it if you look at it carefully.
At first, it seemed to be a flickering flame, which was supposed to be in the fire-making stage, and after a while, the flames gradually stabilized, and as long as they could see, they could still be seen.
The people at the head of the city were speechless, and those who could see it looked over there, whether it was the people who fled overnight who lit a fire in the distance, or the spies who watched from a distance and lived and rested at a safe enough distance, after all, on such a cold night, if you can bake a fire to keep warm, you can rest more fully, there are indeed various possibilities, but everyone will not be lucky.
There is still a burning beacon fire in the distant sky, but it is much farther away than the fire, and it seems to be a little blurry with the skylight, the sky-high beacon smoke in the daytime, and the vague beacon fire in the night, all tell everyone that the enemy is coming, but the flickering fire in the darkness in the distance further tells everyone that the enemy is coming, has come!
Although it was quiet until dawn, and the dogs did not bark, many people in the city did not sleep well, and when the light first appeared, the west gate was opened under the order of Zhu Da, and the messengers beat the gong and shouted down at the head of the city, so that the people from several other directions could go to the west gate.
This time even the inspection was not very serious, everyone was put into the city to say, the family and the messengers even took the lead to help carry the luggage, tow the livestock, although at the beginning into the city the people still thought that they were going to rob, very dare to be angry and dare not speak ready to endure it, when the misunderstanding is resolved, the efficiency is naturally much improved, the speed of entering the city is greatly accelerated.
Today, the city gate was opened for almost an hour and a half, and almost all the people outside the city came in, and by this time the city gate was closed, and the young men in the city began to fill the sand pockets that had been prepared long ago into the hole in the city gate.
"There are people who arrive again and let them climb up the rope." Zhu Da made a decision, as for the inconvenient to climb, there is also a way, drag the big basket down with a rope, women and children, the old and the weak can come up, as for the livestock and the like, it is not to care.
"Brother Zhu, do you know what people in this city are talking about you?" Chang Kai couldn't help but say a few words to Zhu Da when he went to the city. "Why are you trying so hard? and everyone are blown by this cold wind, and in the end, what can be left, this county is not your home. ”
Chang Kai originally had the next words, but seeing that Zhu Da had been looking at the sky, he swallowed back the next words, Chang Kai wanted to say, "After this time, the county seat will really be your home." ”
"The Tartars are coming." Zhu Da's tone was very calm when he said this, but the few people standing next to him were all nervous, and only Wang Xiong, who came over in shifts, looked calm.
Zhu Da ignored the reactions of the people around him, there was no change in the sky beacon smoke compared to yesterday, there are only two possibilities, one is that the Mongolian army is blocked or besieged by the pass, this possibility is theoretically feasible, in fact, after the Mongolian horse team broke through, there was no resistance, the Ming official army did not even have any preparations, it can be seen from the ignorance and stunned of the old Yang Zhongjun, so this may not exist, and the other may be that the Mongolian army has accelerated the speed of the march, and has not cared about the beacon beacon towers in dangerous positions, This is the only possibility.
The refugees who entered the city would be provided with shelter and hot soup and rice, but at the same time as this compassionate treatment, the young men would be immediately organized into teams and arranged to work in and out of the city.
When receiving the alms, he was grateful to Dade, but once he was broken up from the village and had to go to the city, the people who entered the city today did not do it, compared to yesterday's hasty investment, last night many whole villages or the same clan came in groups, they relied on each other, and they were more courageous.
When Zhu Da heard the noise under the city, the following had been facing each other for a while, on one side was the young and strong yamen servants in the city, and on the other side was the refugee crowd of nearly 200 people.
“...... The Tartars are coming, and everybody has to go up to the city, and you can't eat, drink, and live and do nothing......"
“...... Don't bluff people, guarding the city is the business of the official and the military, don't bully us countrymen, fool us into going up and selling our lives, there is no reason for this in the world......"
“...... Let you go x x, Lao Tzu just came down from the city last night, everyone is going to go to the city, why are you exceptional......"
“...... We don't believe ......"
“...... Then go out of the city......
“...... Whoever lets us out of town, we'll fight with whomever we want......"
The scene is distinct, on one side is the refugees who fled in last night, on the other hand is the official and young people in the city, the people and officials in the city are hostile to each other most of the time, today is a consensus, on the other side is not weak, last night may still be panicked, when entering the city still slave face and kneeling people are all eyebrows, hideous faces, adults scold each other, women and old people cry to the sky and the ground, children cry, the scene is extremely bad.
Wang Hu and Wang Xiong should have a division of labor, Wang Hu obeyed Zhu Da's arrangement to lead people to train, and Wang Xiong followed Zhu Da, and he also followed Zhu Da to the city, but everyone didn't like Wang Xiong very much, this benevolent brother was too busy to see the excitement, and that kind of indifferent attitude could be seen by anyone, which was a bit out of place.
"It's really hard for the people, it's hard!" Looking at this chaotic situation, Wang Xiong sighed with emotion, and when he said this, Zhu Da and Chang Kai both looked at him sideways, their eyes were very subtle. ()
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