In the center of Baoji Village is an open space, which serves as both a square and a school field. No matter what major events are in the village, such as sacrifices and wars, in the words of the time, they are all concentrated in small squares, so the gathering of strong men is naturally in this area.

Zhao Hong finally arrived at the small square, and the small square was full of people at this time. The women, children, and children of the entire Baoji village also picked up all the weapons that could be used as weapons, such as kitchen knives, dung forks, wooden shovels, and even bearded chairs. They also gathered towards the square.

The queue of strong men is slightly sparser than usual training, and there are many vacancies. Overall, there were less than 150 people, and it is estimated that there were still 60 or 70 others who had not yet arrived.

Zhao Hong, the boss of the Wang family and Liu Song, also did not arrive. The rules of Baoji Village are that if the enemy attack happens to be farming in a distant place and it is too late to withdraw to the village, find a place to hide on the spot.

Although a person hides with a small target, it is not easy to be discovered. However, it is still much more dangerous than having the protection of the wall, and once it is discovered by the enemy, especially by the Rangers, it is almost a dead end. Hoping that the boss of the Wang family and Liu Song would be able to come back safely before the gate of the village closed, Zhao Hong prayed silently.

Qin Jin, the pavilion chief of Baoji Village, also stood not far away, waving his hand to direct the dispatch in the village. I saw him anxiously waiting for the gathering of the strong men, pacing back and forth from time to time. The restless pavilion chief noticed that the red flag on the west corner tower was waving. This shows that the enemy is coming from the west, and it is not far away.

The pavilion chief, who was already impatient, no longer waited. "Let's go!" At the sound of an order, the strong men who took up arms in the square quickly rushed out towards the western wall. Many old and weak women and children followed behind the strong men to assist in the battle and strengthen their momentum. The remaining women, children, old and weak, walked to the walls in other directions and began to guard the surrounding area to prevent thieves from attacking them.

Zhao Hong also followed the strong men to the wall, and when he looked up, he saw that there was a black crowd of people about two miles away to the west, and there was a team of about 300 people. In addition, more than a dozen horsemen on horseback were cruising around the procession. Zhao Hong turned his face sideways and saw Wang Ming's nervous face, his lips were tense, and the hand holding the kitchen knife spasmed into chicken feet.

The boss of the Wang family and Liu Song finally rushed back. The two of them also carried this iron-clad wooden spear, and carried a hunting bow of nearly two and a half feet. This hunting bow is made entirely of a single oak wood, and does not use materials such as horn and raw silk, so the process is very simple, so it is not as expensive as a composite bow.

Cao Peng, who was quite powerful, was carrying a family heirloom head knife, Zhao Hong carefully looked at this ring head knife, the black and heavy knife body was stained with red rust as if it was telling a long history, and a circle of linen cloth wrapped tightly around the knife ring and tightly wrapped the back of Cao Peng's hand. A fierce air erupted.

"Do you know where this knife came from?" Cao Peng looked around with a proud look on his face.

"Cao Peng, you said it a hundred times, but there are fifty poops." The other four people all complained in unison with a helpless face. On the contrary, Zhao Hong showed a face full of anticipation and was full of interest in it.

"This knife was used by my fourteenth ancestor, and it was his old man who carried this knife to follow the champion Hou deep into the desert. In the end, he became a hero in the desert and sealed the wolf. ”

"Brother Cao is really talented, and you will definitely go down in history like your ancestors in the future." Zhao Hong smiled and complimented.

"Do you know where this bow came from?" Cao Peng pointed to a recurve compound bow on his back that was wrapped in raw silk, and the brass of the bow ears was polished to a shiny shine, which seemed to be quite old. As soon as the four people heard Cao Peng's words, they hurriedly blocked their ears with their fingers.

"This is also the trophy of my ancestors' northern attack on the Huns, and my father said that it was a relic of the ancestors who bravely killed a condor shooter."

"The Hun condor shooters are said to be able to gallop and shoot, bend the bow and shoot the eagle, and wear the Yang in a hundred steps, which is the most first-class powerful!" Zhao Hong looked at the compound bow with an envious expression.

"Brother Cao, the ancestor is really heroic. I, Zhao Hong, really admire! ”

"That Condor shooter, according to my father, is surnamed Guo 。。。。。"

“。。。。。。” Someone was speechless.

"Everyone, refuel, hurry up." Hearing a loud sound from behind, Zhao Hong followed the sound and retreated backwards to the stockade behind the wall. When he looked down, he saw that many women and elderly people in the Baoji village were transporting rolling logs and thunder stones to the wall. The huge and heavy wood and stone made their movements seem to be very difficult.

Several ox carts loaded with large stones had stopped in the gate, clinging to it to reinforce it and prevent it from being easily knocked open.

The group of thieves did not come closer, probably because they also found that the people in the stockade were already in good fight, and had some fortifications, so it was estimated that they should not be able to attack in a hurry. The Thieves' Gate rested for a moment and then drove straight into a dense forest six miles away.

"The enemy was frightened away." Liu Hao exhaled heavily, patting his heart with his hand constantly, and his face looked very happy. "That stance scared me to death. I've never seen such a murderous thief. ”

"Scare off the fart! Apparently to build siege engines. Cao Peng said angrily. The nearby villages without walls have long been looted. If they can be frightened away, will they still go to Jingcheng Mountain to eat stones? ”

Zhao Hong, who often soaked in forums in his previous life, also made the same judgment, these enemies should be going to build siege equipment. However, in a short period of time, thieves can also build rudimentary equipment such as hitting wood and flying ladders. Since the ladder with a complex structure has not been brought, don't even think about it.

At this time, on the walled platform behind Zhao Hong, piles of big trees and stones looked like small graves. I don't know if I can survive this catastrophe, and the atheist Zhao Hong also began to pray.

Looking at the enemy in the distance, Zhao Hong began to think: the strong men in the village generally have no armor, and the whole village only has five leather armor and two pairs of two-crotch armor. Except for the pavilion chief and Dubo armor, even the chief did not wear armor, let alone a military commander like Zhao Hong.

Since the enemy has a small number of cavalry and dares to attack a village like Baoji Zhai, which is protected by a strong wall, then bows and arrows must be indispensable, and possibly some armor. Zhao Hong began to make his own judgment on the form of war, the strong men in the stockade may not be able to hold out under the enemy's arrow rain without the shelter of the door panel, the casualties must be very large, not to mention the morale.

"You go home at once and remove all the door panels. Take one for each person. Zhao Hong said in a commanding tone to the other four people.

The four of them all hesitated, and the carpenter Liu Song looked at Cao Peng and then at Wang Ming, and said cautiously: "What should I do if there is no door?" In case the door panel is damaged, it is not easy to make. ”

"When is it? If the door panel is broken, it can't be rebuilt, and what is the use of the door if it has no life. Zhao Hong hurriedly added to his order.

The four of them hurriedly ran back to the village, and Zhao Hong quietly watched their figures disappear into the alley.

An hour passed in a blink of an eye, and the four of them had already returned to the wall. Everyone carried a door panel that was more than one person high, and Zhao Hong still clearly remembered that such an act also attracted the surprised eyes of other strong men in Wu Li at that time.

At this time, the group of thieves had also left the distant woods, and their figures gradually became clear in Zhao Hong's eyes. The attacking enemy carried more than a dozen long ladders, about one and a half feet long, slightly higher than the wall, and seven or eight shorter, the short ones less than a zhang long, which were supposed to be used to fill the trenches.

Each ladder is in the shape of the word "Feng", which is the flying ladder that Zhao Hong is more familiar with. In addition, the enemy team also carried two bumping logs that could not be held by one person, and the front end of the bumper wood had been sharpened by the axe, revealing a fresh and tender wooden inner pulp with white flowers, which could be seen to have just been cut down.

The thieves who walked in front were about thirty sword and shield soldiers dressed in two-crotch armor or leather armor. They were followed by more than 150 well-dressed men, a few of whom were dressed in leather armor, many of whom wore large bows more than a man high, and some of them with hunting bows. Although the Great Bow is also a single bow, the huge body of the bow allows it to store more energy, and its power is naturally much greater than that of the hunting bow. Behind these archers were more than a hundred strong men armed with spears.

A dozen majestic knights pressed down at the end of the line, and several knights standing in the center were wearing heavy armor, they wore cherry helmets, and four or five flags of various colors were planted on their backs, as if they were the leaders of this gang of thieves, and they were surrounded by other unarmored knights. Beside the armored knights, several unarmored knights held high the banners with the word "Sun" written on them, and these flags fluttered in the wind.

A strong lineup couldn't help but make Zhao Hong gasp. Zhao Hong served as a scribe in the village, and usually carried out various statistical work, as well as participated in the training in the village, so that he had a general understanding of the armament of Baoji Village.

In total, Baoji Village has more than 80 bows of various types, most of which are less powerful hunting bows. There were only about 210 strong men in total, and this time there were more than 20 people who didn't come back in time, but each person had one weapon and only more than 30 shields. The weapons are mostly iron wooden spears, kitchen knives, and wood knives, and there are very few sharp weapons like the head knife, and I don't know if they can pose a threat to the enemy's armor soldiers.

Zhao Hong stood on tiptoe and tried to look at the pavilion chief in the direction of the walled gate, wanting to see the pavilion chief's expression clearly, but he only saw the back of the pavilion chief wearing two gears of armor, and finally Zhao Hong gave up this effort.

The enemy stopped one hundred and fifty paces outside the wall, and the atmosphere became tense as the two sides confronted each other. Zhao Hong estimated that the enemy was reserving physical energy for the next attack, after all, the enemy had built equipment and walked so far, it was impossible not to be tired.

Even the confrontation did not last long. In the enemy's horse team, a heavily armored knight in the center took down a command flag from his back and called an unarmored knight next to him to hand it to him. When the unarmored knight took the banner, he had already begun to beat his horse and run forward. Moments later, the unarmored knight solemnly handed the command flag to an officer in armor, and the officer said something. Then the unarmored knight had completed his mission and turned to kick the dust away.

At this time, the thieves all sat down and rested. But as the officer with the command flag gave the order, the thieves in two rows in armor and shields at the front stood up one after another, and they began to slowly form a formation while raising the round shield to cover their chests, and cautiously approached the wall.

Soon, this group of sword and shield soldiers had already entered the range of bows and arrows in Baoji Village.