Chapter 16: Don't Cry When You Don't See the Coffin!
"The Xiazhou army has attacked!" In Xuejia Fort, a man standing on the roof of his house heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves coming from outside the fort, jumped down from the roof at once, and shouted loudly at the people looking around. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
With the man's shouting, in Xuejiabao, which was quiet just now, suddenly, as if a frying pan had been fried, all kinds of exclamations came out in Xuejiabao.
"Damn, go and tell the princess!" The people in the fort, after hearing the sound of the horses' hooves of the Xia Zhou army, were so frightened that they hid in their homes, and the guards guarding the fort wall at this time drew their swords one after another, and one of the guards stared at the Xia Zhou army approaching in the distance, and ordered at a soldier next to him.
"Listen the fuck!" Seeing the soldiers, they quickly turned over and went all the way to the inner fort, the guard who had just spoken suddenly drew his waist knife, looked out of the fort with a fierce face, and roared: "There is no bad seed in Xuejiabao, since the Xiazhou army dares to come to our Xuejiabao, let them try!" ā
"Kill!" After all, it was the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, and it would be a lie to say that there was no stage fright, but with the words of this guard, the morale that was still a little sluggish just now suddenly rose up.
As the guard general said just now, in Xuejiabao, there are really no people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they can keep a piece of pure land in the complex environment of Hedong, if they don't have some real skills, they really can't do it.
Therefore, it was only a moment, the gate that had just been opened was slowly closed, and the fortress wall, which had just been sparsely populated, was full of people coming and going, all of them were the defenders of Xuejiabao in leather armor.
"Well, wait a minute!" Seeing that the soldiers under his command were already in place, the guard who had spoken before pointed to the outside of the fort, sank into the dantian, and shouted vigorously: "But if you dare to get close to Xuejiabao within a hundred steps, don't blame a certain family for being ruthless!" ā
"Within a hundred steps, kill!" As soon as the guard's words came out, the Xue family army scattered around the fort wall immediately shouted at the Xiazhou army outside the fort in unison, and the sound came out from afar, so that everyone inside and outside the fort could hear it clearly.
"Fuck you!" At this time, the Xiazhou army was already a hundred steps away from Xuejiabao, and when they heard the words coming from the fort wall, a general who was following Sima Nan suddenly spit on the ground fiercely, and said with a disdainful face: "It's just a fortress, it's really a thing!" ā
When these words fell, his eyes turned to Sima Nan on the side again, and he asked, "Does Changshi fight?" ā
"Hit!" At this time, Sima Nan was riding on a war horse, looking at Xuejiabao a hundred steps away, his eyes were slightly narrowed, and when he heard the words of General Lang beside him, he couldn't help but take a light breath, and then said very resolutely.
"Brothers, wait for Lao Tzu Rocket!" The most jealous thing for the killers is that when they come to the front of the battle, the boss hesitates, and at this time, hearing Sima Nan's simple words, General Lang suddenly turned his head excitedly, and ordered loudly at the Xiazhou army behind him.
The so-called rocket, of course, was also brought by Zhao Chen, in fact, it is very simple to make, you need to make a special batch of bows and arrows, and then, on the special bow and arrow, you can bundle gunpowder and gasoline cloth.
In this era, whether it is the prosperous Datang or the surrounding areas of Datang, most of the buildings are wooden structures, and the most feared thing is the flames.
Therefore, with the long-range strike of this rocket, no matter how strong the defense on the opposite side is, basically under this round of rocket offensive, there will be heavy losses, and the rest will probably be defeated.
The Xiazhou army has long been equipped with rockets, and in the past few years, the Xiazhou army has also relied on this powerful rocket to win many battles, so this time when they came to Hedong, it was natural that they also brought a lot of rockets.
At this time, as General Lang's words fell, he saw that in the Xiazhou army behind him, there were immediately 200 soldiers urging the horses forward, and then they turned over and dismounted and took their bows and arrows from their horses.
"Ready!" General Lang, who spoke, was on the side of the two hundred soldiers, and when he saw that the soldiers had already taken off their bows and arrows, he immediately raised the knife in his hand, and the tip of the knife pointed sharply at Xue Jiabao, and shouted loudly.
As soon as General Lang's words came out, he saw the two hundred soldiers who had just stepped forward, and immediately brushed their bows and arrows, and aimed the cold arrows at Xuejiabao in the distance.
The two hundred soldiers had already pointed their arrows at Xuejiabao, and behind the two hundred soldiers, there were twenty soldiers with torches, who began to intersperse between the two hundred soldiers, waiting for General Lang to give an order, and they were about to ignite the fuse of the soldiers' arrows.
The saber rattling, a touch of the touch, at this time outside Xuejiabao, the atmosphere is really solidified to the extreme, the fort is the elite soldiers of Xuejiabao, outside the fort is the Xiazhou army that launches rockets at any time.
The two armies confronted each other, and the big battle seemed to be about to break out, in this case, the air seemed to be frozen, Sima Nan rode on the horse, his eyes stared at Xue Jiabao, his mouth was tightly pursed, and the expression on his face was condensed.
"Put!" Time passed quietly, as if it was a blink of an eye, and it seemed that a long time had passed, just when both sides fell silent, in the Xiazhou army outside the fort, the Lang general finally waved his knife violently and shouted at Xue Jiabao in a hoarse voice.
"Wait!" However, at this moment, above the originally silent Xue Jiabao, there was a sudden sound of interrupted drinking, and when he heard this interrupted drinking, Sima Nan, who had just squinted his eyes and had a condensed expression, suddenly opened his eyes wide, raised his hand at the Lang General beside him, and signaled to stop for the time being.
"Damn, you still think Xue Jiabao is so hard!" Seeing Sima Nan's signal, General Lang, who was about to fight just now, suddenly snorted a little disappointed, and muttered viciously to Xue Jiabao, but according to Sima Nan's meaning, he temporarily asked the soldiers to stop attacking.
And when General Lang's order was just passed down, what was surprising was that the gate of Xuejiabao, which had just been closed, was slowly reopened.
"This matter is an old man, and it has nothing to do with the people in the castle!" The gate of Xuejiabao slowly opened, and then, the old lady Xue, who was dressed in a plain robe, walked out of the castle accompanied by the middle-aged man.
"Sima is here, and he doesn't want to make a big fuss!" Seeing that Old Lady Xue walked out of it, and listening to Old Lady Xue's words that had obviously softened, Sima Nan, who was riding on the horse, suddenly pouted and chuckled, and smiled at Old Lady Xue.
"Old decay understands!" Hearing Sima Nan's words, Old Lady Xue suddenly looked in the direction of Chang'an, sighed slightly, looked at Sima Nan again, and said: "People, the old man can hand it over to you, but before that, the old man wants to ask you a word!" ā
"Old lady Xue, please speak!" Hearing that Mrs. Xue was willing to let go, Sima Nan's heart couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and then, looking at Mrs. Xue, she said with a smile.
"What if the old man doesn't plan to open the door?" Hearing Sima Nan's words, a look of hesitation flashed on Old Lady Xue's face, and after a while, his eyes suddenly looked directly at Sima Nan, and he simply asked, "Does Changshi really want to attack Xuejiabao?" ā
"Of course!" I don't know why Old Lady Xue would ask such a thing at such a time, but when he heard Old Lady Xue's words, Sima Nan still replied without hesitation.
"Yes, very good!" Hearing Sima Nan's answer with his own ears, Old Lady Xue suddenly raised her head, raised her head and laughed a few times, and when she had laughed enough, she waved her hand at the middle-aged man beside her, signaling that the middle-aged man could go back and release him.
"It's over if you release the sooner!" Seeing the imminent battle, with the appearance of Old Lady Xue, in an instant, he turned into a jade silk, and the Lang general beside Sima Nan suddenly muttered a little unpleasantly.
"Before, it was because he didn't believe that we would really do it!" Hearing the complaint of the Lang General beside him, Sima Nan suddenly turned his head, and said with a slight smile at the Lang General beside him: "So, when he saw that we were really going to do it, he stood up!" ā
"It's called not crying if you don't see the coffin!" Hearing Sima Nan's explanation, Lang Jiang suddenly snorted disdainfully, looked at the old lady Xue in the distance with disdain, and muttered.
"People are old and fine, but unfortunately, he didn't understand it this time!" Looking at the old lady Xue in front of Xuejiabao, listening to the complaints of the general beside him, Sima Nan sighed slightly and said as if talking to himself.
And just then, Sima Nan and Lang Jiang were talking, when they saw the middle-aged man who had just left, went and returned, but when they came out of it, they were followed by several soldiers, respectively with the detained Xue Rengui and the three of them.
Calculating the time, Xue Rengui has been in the dungeon of Xuejiabao and has been imprisoned for more than a month, and in this more than a month, Xue Rengui has suffered a lot, especially these days, and has suffered a lot of crimes.
At the beginning, when he came back from Chang'an, the whole person was full of energy, but now it looks like he is in rags and depleted, probably because he has been detained in the dungeon for a long time, at this time, both legs are a little swollen, even if he walks, he needs to be supported by others.
"Xue Rengui, the old man admits that he has lost his eyes this time!" When he came out of it and passed by Old Lady Xue, Old Lady Xue, who was originally silent, suddenly said without looking back: "I can't imagine that you can climb the big tree of Chang'anhou, which is really impressive!" ā
"Hah!" Hearing Old Lady Xue's words, a sarcasm suddenly flashed in Xue Rengui's eyes, but he only chuckled lightly and didn't say anything.
"One line, no matter what kind of identity you have in the future, don't forget that you are still a member of the Xue clan in Hedong!" Ignoring Xue Rengui's silence, Old Lady Xue's eyes were still looking in the direction of Chang'an, and she continued without looking back.
"Hedong Xue Clan?" Hearing Old Lady Xue's words, Xue Rengui raised his head suddenly, looked at the back of Old Lady Xue's head, and gritted his teeth and said, "How can a certain family not know that there is a certain person in the Xue family in Hedong?" ā
"In my life, I haven't asked anyone!" Hearing Xue Rengui's words, the old lady Xue, who was originally facing away from Xue Rengui, suddenly turned around, stared at Xue Rengui, the expression on his face, with a hint of pleading, said: "But this time, the old man asks you, but one day in the future, if there is a disaster for the Xue family, the old man hopes that for the sake of the same vein, he can take action to ensure that the Xue family is not destroyed!" ā
ā⦠Not interested! Hearing Mrs. Xue's words, it was Xue Rengui, and the expression on his face couldn't help but be stunned, but then he remembered the indifference of Xue Jiabao over the years, and when he sneered, he said very simply.
When these words fell, Xue Rengui immediately struggled, got rid of the support of the two soldiers, and limped towards the Xiazhou army waiting for him in the distance, along with the two relatives.
And when Xue Rengui and the three of them turned to leave, the old lady Xue behind him suddenly looked at Xue Rengui's departing back, and sighed deeply and melancholy! (To be continued.) )