Song Ting and Mr. Zhu explained a few words about the city defense, and they didn't have time to eat, so they took Lu, Yan, and Hu to exchange four good horses from the county ya's stable, and set off in a hurry, escorted by Cao Bin, and took the south gate.

The south gate, like the north gate, also set up a horse rejection array, and the presiding officers guarding the city gate were Ding Zhuzhu and Han Jiangzong, who also brought more than a dozen pikemen, a dozen archers, more than 30 people, and a number of infantry.

When the Song Dynasty was a master in the county government, he had an understanding of the county's defense, the county had two gates - the north gate and the south gate, the east and west sides were mountain peaks, the small Qinhuai River passed through the city, and the terrain of the entire Yongtai county was like a canyon and a plain.

If war really breaks out, the defenders here are definitely not enough, there are only 257 soldiers in a huge county town, four small artillery pieces are all placed at the north gate, and there are only two small arrow towers at the south gate. The small number of defenders was mainly due to the fact that Tong Guan mobilized 200,000 soldiers and horses from Jiangnan to the north to reject Liao, which made the entire Jiangnan air defense weak. This may also be one of the reasons why Fang La dared to rebel.

However, fortunately, Yangzhou is separated from the south of the Yangtze River by the Yangtze River, and it is separated by more than 500 miles from She, Mu, Hangzhou and other places.

The four horsemen were escorted by Cao Bin to the south gate, Ding Zhushu and Han Jiang always saw Song Ting, and knew that he was now a concubine, and was busy coming down from the city tower to pay respects, Song Ting just raised his hand and said lightly: "Get up!"

As soon as the horse rejection pile was moved, the four horsemen hurriedly beat the horse out of the city, and Song Ting raised his hand and said: "Cao Zhutou, you don't have to send it, guard the county seat, just in case." Cao Bin stopped when he heard this.

The four horsemen came out of the south gate, the moonlight illuminated the official road white, and the four of them hurried on the moonlit starry night.

In the early morning of the next day, in the end, they still couldn't resist the cold, and stopped for half an hour in the wine shop along the road, and the four of them scalded a pot of wine to warm up, and ate some breakfast, and then asked the distance, and urged the horse to leave.

Yangzhou is only 400 miles away from Suzhou, and if it is a good horse with fast feet, it can be reached in one day. Song Ting, Lu, Yan, and Hu exchanged horses in Yongtai County, but they were not as good as the horses of the Horse Mansion, and they walked for a day and a night for these four hundred miles, and it was not until the evening of the second day that they finally arrived in Suzhou City.

When he arrived, the scene at the north gate of Suzhou really surprised Song Ting. Among the soldiers guarding the door, one of them yawned weakly, the other two laughed and waited for the night to change shifts, and the other two stood crookedly, looking as if they were about to fall apart, and some stared at the passing women obscenely...... These soldiers don't look like a soldier at all, but think about it, the elite have been transferred to the north to fight against Liao, and these soldiers are left to defend the city.

There are more than a dozen artillery pieces on the city tower, there are also a lot of archers, swordsmen, and the colonel and the captain with a gun and a halberd, infantry, etc., there are also female walls, battlements and other structures on the city wall, the city wall is about four zhang four, eight or nine zhang long, Suzhou City has ten gates, because it is located in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is generally a double gate of water and land, the city gate is not high, and there is not as majestic and rough as the city wall of the military city in the north, compared with the tall and thick city wall in the north, the city wall of the rich city in the south of the Yangtze River looks graceful and small, of course, this may also be the beginning of a tragedy.

There were a lot of pedestrians at the gate of the city, slowly entering and exiting, as if they could not feel the riot in Hangzhou City three hundred miles away, it was still quiet, and the crowd lived silently, as if everything had nothing to do with them.

"Zhang Ji Iron Shop, Pingjia Lane, Gusu Street, Chengxi ......" Song Ting kept in mind the detailed address of the old apprentice A Chang, and hoped to bring this guy out as soon as possible and return to Yangzhou City. It is best to move the arquebus research and development center to Bianjing.

Suddenly, at this moment, the dark clouds in the sky quietly gathered, and after a while, the sky was covered with dark clouds, the sunset was blocked by dark clouds, and the last few golden lights were also swallowed by dark clouds, and the sky suddenly became black clouds that overwhelmed the city.

In an instant, a huge lightning bolt suddenly appeared from the dark clouds, like an ancient white dragon appearing, followed by a deafening thunder.

"Boom-Boom-Boom"

The appearance of thunder made the pedestrians entering and leaving the city gate nervous, quickened their pace, and muttered "It's going to rain...... It's going to rain......", and the thunder in the sky grew louder and louder.

"Boom—"

A huge thunderclap sounded, accompanied by a huge lightning bolt that almost blinded their eyes, and the pedestrians on the road no longer dared to slow down, and they all ran.

Lightning and thunder interacted, looking at the weather that could change, Song Ting and Lu Junyi glanced at each other, "I'm afraid it's going to rain, let's go into the city quickly!" ”

"Drive!" When the four horses galloped into the city, a crackling sound spread throughout the city of Suzhou.

The pouring rain swooped down and was overwhelming, and the pedestrians on the road rushed up, "Bang-la---", the rain flowed down the eaves of the corners, and in an instant, the streets of Suzhou City became waterlogged.

There was a torrential rain like the Milky Way, even the horses were frightened, Xi Yu neighed, Song Ting clamped the horse's belly with both feet, strangled the horse hard, turned around and shouted to Lu Junyi: "The rain is too big!" Let's find an inn along the road to hide! ”

Look at Hu Sanniang again, ho, she was so wet that she couldn't look like it, the rain was raging and flowing down her face, her clothes were all wet, under the dim light and shadow, the bulge on her chest was faintly visible, she held the reins with one hand, and the other hand holding the whip wiped the rain on her forehead, the rain poured down, the skin on her face looked very white, and her wet chest was snow-white, with a touching temptation...... Seeing him, he glanced back, as if he realized something, and hurriedly pulled the rain-soaked shirt on his chest, with a touch of shyness on his face.

Since Song Ting had spoken, Lu Junyi naturally had no opinion, so the four of them got off the horse in a Di shop along the street, and asked the Xiao Er of the Di shop to lead the horse to the stable, and walked into the main hall of the Di shop.

It turned out that the Di store not only provided accommodation, but also a store for merchants to pile up goods and trade, so the boss asked whether to buy and sell or live in the store.

Song Ting told him to live in the hotel, and then asked for three upper rooms, followed Xiao Er upstairs, and as soon as he entered the room, he asked the store for two pots of fire, one pot in Hu Sanniang's room, and one pot for him and Lu Junyi and Yan Qing to bake clothes.

"West of the city, Gusu Street, Pingjia Lane, Zhang Ji Iron Shop...... Which of you is familiar with this place? Song Ting asked Lu Junyi and Yan Qing, who were also wearing only one piece of clothing and looking as funny and embarrassed as him, and they all shook their heads in reply.

Also, although they are bodyguards, they can't be expected to be omniscient and omnipotent, so ask Hu Sanniang later. He thought so.

After more than half an hour, the clothes were finally baked by Yan Qing's hands, but they couldn't be worn, because it was still very hot, Song Ting estimated that Hu Sanniang should also bake the clothes, so he came to her room and was about to knock on the door.

Who knew that Hu Sanniang, who was only wearing a belly pocket, didn't wait for him to knock on the door, opened the door, put his finger to his lips and "shhh

Song Ting nodded, listened attentively, but didn't pay attention to getting closer and closer to Hu Sanniang, and his body gradually got closer......

The sound of conversation in the next room came to my ears, and the voice of one of the old men said, "You say...... Is it true that the saint will come to Suzhou City tonight to preside over the event? ”

Another shrill voice sounded: "Elder, it's true, this is a great opportunity for my Ming Sect to seize the world!" The day before yesterday, the Holy Father took the city of Hangzhou, and under the great joy, he said that he would take the city of Suzhou in one go, and then the Holy Father's Church personally led an army of 300,000 to attack the city, and tonight, the elder You only need to be responsible for contacting the Ming disciples in the city to open the city gate. ”

The shrill voice "hehe" twice, and continued: "General Liu Yun has already instigated thousands of strong men in the city, and when the time comes, the fireworks cannon will be fired, and the inside and outside should be combined, hehe, take Suzhou City!"

"Well......", the old man's voice said: "I'm afraid that the Holy Father will preside over the overall situation in Hangzhou, I'm afraid he won't be able to come, if the Holy Maiden can come, want to come, with the Holy Maiden's martial arts, I will definitely not be afraid of the few dog officials in the city who can do martial arts...... Wait, the 300,000 army you are talking about, is there really an army of 300,000? ”

The shrill voice laughed twice, and said: "That's nature, the Holy Father's order, calling for millions, will inevitably pull the dog emperor off the horse!" Elder, remember that tonight's third watch, I went to the Purple Bamboo Forest to find the Holy Maiden, and the Holy Maiden had something to explain. Tomorrow morning, on the fifth watch, we will respond to the incident with fireworks. Without further ado, I'll go and inform the other elders. ”

After the man finished speaking, Song Ting heard a creaking sound of the window opening, and hurriedly went to the window to slowly open the window to take a look, and immediately gasped.

This person has such strong internal strength and light skills, and he actually flew directly in the air, only to see him wearing a coat and a hat, tossing a few times in the dark night, and then disappeared. I didn't see it clearly.

Hu Sanniang also came over, and when she saw the scene of the person disappearing, she couldn't help but take a long breath, and slowly sprayed it on Song Ting's neck, feeling this burst of heat, Song Ting lowered his head, only to realize that Hu Sanniang was only wearing a belly pocket, and his thin clothes were open for a small amount at some point, and his neck to his chest were exposed.

"Master Horse, I'm ......" Hu Sanniang blushed, quietly stepped back, looked at the clothes next to the brazier, and wanted to get the clothes to put on, but she didn't dare to go directly like this, for fear that the horse in front of her would blame her for being rude. But if you salute him, the moment you bend down, wouldn't you want him to see **...... Thinking of this, my face turned even redder, biting my lip, and I was a little overwhelmed.

Song Ting walked straight over, took her clothes, handed them to her, and said, "It's okay, put it on." You did the right thing. ”

After she put on her clothes, Song Ting said to her: "It seems that we don't have time to rest here, we have to find Chen Zhixian quickly and take him out of Suzhou City."

Suzhou City, there will be a riot soon, the time is very urgent, it is best to leave this ghost place before the fifth watch. Otherwise, it's a question of whether or not a bullshit saint can get out of the city.

Thinking of this, Song Ting took Hu Sanniang to the room where Lu Junyi and Yan Qing were baking clothes, and the four of them discussed around the brazier.

(End of chapter)