The sound of approaching footsteps interrupted the conversation between the two, and there were not many people in the city who dared to come over to disturb them, and when they turned their heads, they saw that it was Wang Hu and Wang Xiong, and there was one behind them a few steps away, and it was actually Sun Wu.

Wang Hu's expression was solemn, Wang Xiong was much more relaxed than in the daytime, Sun Wu was a little anxious from afar, but he also knew his identity and waited aside.

"No wonder our brother heard the old eagle screaming when he left Taiyuan City, and he dared to be here, and he killed himself." Wang Xiong stepped forward and laughed at himself.

Wang Hu was solemn, shook his head and said in a rough voice: "No one would have thought that the Tartars would join the Kou, let alone such a brigade, this scale is almost a national war, but there is no rumor in advance, we have encountered it, we can only say that it is fate, since we have met, we have to figure out how to live." ”

Speaking of this, the brothers of the Wang family glanced at each other, and Wang Xiong smiled and asked, "Master Qin, the proprietor, do you two think the Tartars will attack the city?" ”

"Yes, it will definitely attack the city, and it will be so orderly when you come in, and you won't mess around when you exit." Judah replied very directly.

Wang Xiong was stunned for a moment, and then lowered his voice and said: "Since the proprietor can see it, then he knows that this city cannot be defended no matter what, these people at the head of the city pretend to be fine, and they can't count on anything else, but now it is a dead end to run out of the city, and our brother has come up with a way." ”

Zhu Da and Qin Chuan exchanged glances, turned their heads and motioned to Wang Xiong to continue: "There will definitely be burning, killing and looting after the Tartars break the city, but it will not be tossed for too long, as long as you can hide for a few days, it will be fine, if you want to hide, it is nothing more than to find a cellar in the city, but after the Tartars enter the city, they will definitely torture and ask, as long as no one knows about the cellar, those who have cellars are all big families, and they will kill all the people ruthlessly, just hide in it when no one is paying attention." ”

"Don't be so troublesome, there are a few cellars in the city that no one knows about, and when the time comes, you will protect my stepfather's family and hide in it, and you must be ready to make preparations."

"Proprietor, how can no one know, if there are living people, they will know."

"The original occupants have all been wiped out by me, and the people behind me don't know where the cellar is."

Hearing Zhu Da's answer, Wang Hu and Wang Xiong were stunned, the word "extinguishing the door" was said so indifferently, as if it was about eating and drinking.

After being stunned, Wang Xiong reacted to something, stared at Zhu Da and asked, "Doesn't the proprietor go into the cellar?" ”

"If you don't enter, I'll fight to the end." The answer was equally indifferent.

Wang Hu and Wang Xiong were speechless for a while, their expressions changed, Wang Hu wanted to speak, but was stopped by Wang Xiong, Wang Xiong hesitated for a moment and sighed first, and said to Zhu Da in a muffled voice: "The proprietor, if my brother is younger than ten or twenty years old, he will fight with the proprietor until he dies, I'm sorry." ”

"You are the guest secretary I invited, there is nothing to be sorry for, my father-in-law's family entrusted it to you, Sun Wu, what is the matter with you?" Zhu Da didn't say much, and directly called Sun Wu to step forward.

Sun Wu walked quickly to the front and back, saluted briefly, and said quite anxiously: "Master, there must be a gathering of sectarians in this city, and it must be strictly investigated as soon as possible, otherwise it will disturb people's hearts, and it will even be in harmony with the Tartars." ”

During the day, Sun Wu was preparing grain and grass, and he had to recruit the labor of the people in the city, Sun Wu heard some people's conversations, which seemed to be ordinary, but let Sun Wu, who was born in the sect, pay attention, which was nothing more than "the great disaster is coming, and ask God to worship the Buddha" and other words.

It is a trivial matter for a fool to pray to God and worship Buddha, but if the people who guide them do not do it well, it will make the people deviate, and even lead them to other speculative actions, Sun Wu knows the harm.

Naturally, Sun Wu would not know about the matter he was talking about, but Sun Wu's report made everyone awe-inspiring, Zhu Da nodded, and said simply: "Please preside over the righteous father, the two sect leaders will lead the team, Sun Wu will lead the way, gather the crowd to kill the head and show the public, all the disciples will raid their homes, and they will be scattered and assigned to hard labor, starting tonight, don't let any of them go." ”

Everyone has no objection to this disposition, after Sun Wu finished speaking, he consciously walked away, Zhu Da glanced at the three middle-aged people who were much older than him, and said solemnly: "It is inevitable that the Tartars will break the city, before that, we can't give up on ourselves and mess up first, if the Tartars don't attack for a moment, we won't go to a dead end, if we mess up first, whether we fight or not, we are already dead, and we have to fight and hide!" ”

Several people nodded, Wang Xiong looked at Zhu Da with a complicated expression, and said with emotion: "The proprietor is not shocked at this age, it's a pity." ”

Zhu Da ignored this emotion, stared at Qin Chuan and said: "Father-in-law, the city will be handed over to you, as long as the city gate is not opened, there can be chaos in the city, and the guards at the head of the city can't be hungry to the point of cold, can the father-in-law do it?" ”

"I'm an elder, I haven't messed up yet!" Qin Juren replied in a muffled voice, with a little anger in his words inexplicably.

Zhu Da nodded, clasped his fists at the three people in front of him and said, "All kinds of things in the city, please!" ”

Compared with Zhu Da's strict orderliness, Qin Chuan, who was excited to find a way to live, and the Wang brothers, who racked their brains to survive, were a little at a loss, and Zhu Da didn't bother to pay attention to it.

After everyone went down to the city, Ji Xiaodong and other family leaders gathered over, and Ji Xiaodong asked: "Master, how are you on duty tonight." ”

"It's time to keep watch, it's time to sleep, don't scare yourself."

This answer made the family and the leaders of the poor people a little stunned, shouldn't the situation be like a great enemy at this time, should everyone turn around? Why did the old man answer so calmly and ordinarily.

"The Tartars are also tired from a long day's work, and they should sleep and rest tonight, besides, for such an army, can a palm-sized city play any tricks?" Zhu Da added two sentences angrily, and everyone suddenly realized, but it is difficult to say how many people can really sleep.

It was completely dark, and the Mongolian camp within sight began to become quiet, and after a tense day, he relaxed after determining what he was going to do, and then fatigue followed, and Zhu Da couldn't help but yawn a few times, but he didn't care about sleeping, so he called a team of people to walk along the city wall, and every time he passed by the city gate, he had to go up and down to see the defense of the city tower.

The Mongols only set up camps in the west and far in the north, and the south and east were very quiet and dark, but the people guarding this side did not dare to relax in the slightest, they stared at the darkness, and they would be alarmed by any disturbances, and there were indeed Mongol rangers who were infested, which made them even more nervous.

"What if the city is broken?"

"Fight with them!"

Zhou Qingyun didn't have so many questions, after the simple questions were answered simply, Zhou Qingyun nodded and had nothing to say.

The outside of the city is quiet, but the city is a little noisy and chaotic, fortunately, there are arrangements in advance, and people in the city continue to run to the city to pass the news, saying that the city is catching spies, and the city does not have to worry.

After returning to the north, Judah found a shelter near the campfire, tossed a simple bed on the firewood and grass piled up at the head of the city, covered with two sheepskin jackets, closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Zhu Da was woken up by the sound of the horn outside the city, after waking up, Zhu Da felt that he was in good spirits, he thought that he was shocked by the crossing of the army yesterday, and thought of his own ending, he should not be able to sleep at night, or have some strange and colorful dreams, but he didn't expect to sleep until dawn.

After yesterday's toss, the families at the head of the city, the messengers, and even the young people who were requisitioned were not as panicked and desperate as yesterday, and everyone just checked the equipment to defend the city step by step and made all kinds of preparations.

The fire in the city is made to make rice, and the operation is similar outside the city, only to see the smoke of the Taoist cooking, someone has already sent Zhu Da hot soup and multigrain cakes, originally to prepare for him alone, but Zhu Da refused, every morning and lunch three meals, Zhu Da always takes the rice bowl while walking and eating, seeing that the master and everyone eat the same meal, everyone's mood is also a lot higher.

“...... If the Tartars don't come, everyone should be happy for the New Year......" someone said.

Counting the days, it is really around the Spring Festival, these years several people get together to celebrate the New Year, as the days get better, the year is more and more prosperous, in those twenty years of life for the Chinese New Year's Eve Spring Festival has been numb Zhu Da even began to look forward to the New Year, but this year came to an abrupt end.

Zhu Da glanced casually and noticed that Fu Yu's face was very unsightly, and his face was full of expressions that he had something to say but knew he couldn't say.

The Mongol brigade outside the city is still running on its own, the team encamped in the north is moving south, the brigade resting in the west grange yesterday continues to march south, and there should be follow-up men and horses in the west and north to converge, no matter how it is estimated, the invasion of the army alone has more than 30,000 soldiers!

Although there are all kinds of changes, but always in the city to watch is actually very boring, yesterday to look at the shock and novelty, today to see only disgust, a group of cavalry and carts by the city as if no one is around.

Although the Mongol army's grain base camp was located on the side of the grange in the west of the city, and the march had to be reached not so far from the city, and the others lost interest in the cavalry that did not approach the city, Zhu Da paid special attention to any movement of the Mongols.

"Many of the carts are empty, more than yesterday were loaded with wagons." Zhu Da said to himself, and smiled bitterly after speaking.

Most of the Mongolian cavalry are one-person, two-horse or even three-horse, and the personal supply is not good because the horses are carried, and the empty cart moves forward with why, not to load the looted goods and materials, it seems that these Mongolian soldiers and horses are also going to have a fat year.

After the sun rose, there was also definite news in the city, a total of 162 cult members were arrested, and three families in the city who were working as errands in the yamen were also involved.

What really shocked Zhu Da was that these more than 100 people actually belonged to five sects, and then a certain sect was divided into two factions, and there were fights between them, and after one of them was arrested by the poor young man, he took the initiative to recruit another faction of the same sect......