Chapter 312: Night Attack
The place where the state was founded was originally a barren place, and because it is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is not a traffic artery, the city wall is not to say that compared with Chang'an and Luoyang, even some third-rate counties are inferior, it can be said that the three-zhang high city wall is not even as high as the courtyard wall of the old houses of some wealthy families. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Many people may be dismissive of this three-zhang high city wall, but for Ma Cao and others who are now standing under the city, this three-zhang high city wall is the hope that they can attack Jianzhou City and let the five thousand victims behind them continue to live.
"Are you all ready?" According to the plan in advance, after everyone was almost ready, Ma Cao asked in a low voice.
Soon, he got an answer from everyone.
"Okay, everyone listen to my orders, one, two, three, throw."
I saw Ma Cao and the others take out a bundle of hemp rope as thick as a baby's arm, and the most important thing is that at the head of the hemp rope, there is a hook that flashes with cold light.
When Ma Cao gave an order, these people threw the hemp rope with hooks in their hands to the head of Jianzhou City, except for one or two occasional misses, most of the rest of the hooks were very accurately hooked on the wall battlements of the head of Jianzhou City.
"Whew"
Looking at the hemp rope hanging from the top of the city wall, both the hemp grass and the crowd breathed a sigh of relief, of course, they did not immediately climb up, but stood in place and waited for a while.
It's not that they are afraid of death and are hesitating, but to make sure that when they threw the hook just now, they did not alarm the defenders of the city, fortunately, their luck is still very good, and after waiting for a while, the door of the city is still as silent as just now.
Holding back the excitement in his heart, Ma Cao waved his hand and spit out a word, "on." ”
In an instant, under the cover of night, this group of people crawled along the thick hemp rope towards the city, some of these hemp ropes were left on the body of the victims, and some of them were made by the victims themselves in the past two days with hemp ropes, and many of them were still tingling with a faint dark green.
It may be because of physical reasons, although the city wall is only three feet high, but some of the victims when climbing, but because of physical exhaustion, and fell from the air, some people fell dizzy, half a day can not react, some people fell to the ground, no longer the slightest movement, it seems that either fainted, or fell to death, what makes everyone admire is that even if they are seriously injured, these people are desperately gritted their teeth, do not make a sound, so that everyone is moved.
"Smack."
A sound like a bubble bursting sounded softly at the head of Jianzhou City, and the first person to climb the Jianzhou City Wall was Ma Cao.
After the hemp, except for five or six of the hundred and ten victims who fell down the city halfway, the rest of the people climbed up in an endless stream.
"Big ..... Da Lang, what should we do now, do we go into the city and cut down those dog officials. Probably because he was too excited, Ge Da stammered a little.
As soon as Ge Da finished speaking, many people looked at Ma Cao with bright eyes, they were not as murderous as Ge Da, after all, they were already hungry, and now they finally entered the city, the first time is to find something to eat, and the homes of those officials must be the place with the most food.
"No, by all means, didn't I tell you a long time ago that after we enter the city, we must first open the city gate, let all the villagers in, and then destroy the government soldiers in the city, it will be over, otherwise if the government soldiers in the city gather, we are not their opponents." Ma Cao hurriedly dissuaded, before he acted, he was afraid that this situation would occur, so he explained the process to these people countless times, but he didn't expect that when it came to the end, they still almost made a mistake.
Although some people were unhappy in their hearts, they were still Nie because of the prestige of Ma Cao, and they didn't dare to speak out, so they could only obediently follow Ma Cao to the soldiers at the head of the city.
All things in heaven and earth, the weak eat the strong, this is the most fundamental rule in the world, and it is also the foundation of all things.
Jiang Yihug and Dai Guan are this kind of people, in this cold weather, when the other soldiers are sleeping in the warm city tower, only the two of them are like fools, holding a spear that is about to turn into a popsicle, standing at the head of Jianzhou City, trembling and suffering.
This is not the first time, or rather, as long as their team is on duty at night, this is generally the case, and over time, not to mention others, even they themselves have become accustomed to it.
The reason why this is so is not because of anything else, but because the two of them are Han Chinese.
Many people may feel ridiculous, or they may think that there is some nonsense, but the fact is so incredible, in this era when the power of China is the most powerful, when the Tang Dynasty army has no power to fight back against all the surrounding alien races, the Han people in the land of China have actually become the target of foreign bullying.
But this is the case, in this place that is considered a barbarian land by the Han people, it is not the Han people who really call the shots, but the local natives, barbarians like Zeng Aman.
"Brother Jiang, can you still hold on, how do I feel so cold this year, I have already worn a thick jacket on my body, but how can I feel that I am not hot at all?" Dai Guan asked tremblingly.
"If you can't hold on, you have to insist, or Captain Mu will punish us again, last time we secretly fell asleep, and he beat us ten times, the injury on this ass is just right, this time there can be no more problems." Jiang Yi hugged Dai Guan's question, and said with the same trembling.
"Hey"
Hearing Jiang Yihu's answer, Dai Guan couldn't help but sigh, he didn't make a sound for a long time, and then he didn't know what he thought, like asking and as if he was muttering to himself, "When is this the end of a day, I feel like I'm about to hold on, I heard that this is not the case in other places, the Han people in other places are very arrogant, and they are disdainful of foreign races, and those foreign races want to slap them, compared with them, we are really a nest!" ”
"What's the solution, who let our ancestors not choose a place, come to this place where birds don't, don't talk about us, don't even the envoy have to be angry with us, forget it, forbearance will pass, God's will is like this, what can we do." Jiang Yihug also said with emotion.
"Click........."
"Who........ Yes....... Who is it, hurry up and come out. ”
Just when the two of them were sighing, a slight hitting sound came from not far away, hearing this sound, the two of them changed their faces greatly, stood up violently, took the spear in their hands, and pointed in the direction from which the sound came.
According to the rules, the torches on the head of the city are not allowed to be extinguished at night, but not to mention a remote small city like Jianzhou, except for Chang'an, Luoyang and other important places such as big cities and juguo, some other small places are often not so strict.
On Jianzhou City, except for the place where Jiang Yihu and the two of them were relatively close, the torches in other places had long been extinguished, and the two of them did not have the desire to rekindle, so the place they were facing was pitch black, and they couldn't see anything at all, and this feeling of unknown made the two of them feel even more scared.
At the same time, Ma Cao and the others not far from them were also quite remorseful, they just wanted to take advantage of Jiang Yihu's two people not paying attention, secretly solve the two night watchmen, in this way, they could open the city gate unconsciously, but they didn't expect that at the critical moment, someone actually kicked a stone away, which completely woke up the two of them.
"Big.... Da Lang, what should I do, or I will rush over and kill them, just two people, and I will ensure that I can succeed in one blow. A man named Xiong Fei said, don't look at this Xiong Fei's appearance, but he is also a veteran who has been trained on the border battlefield for a long time, and the Tartars have also killed many young and old, and they are most familiar with this kind of killing.
"No, it's not difficult to kill these two people, but if we startle the snake, it will definitely attract other government soldiers, and it will not be so easy for us to seize the city gate at that time." Ma Cao shook his head again and again.
"That'...... So what can I do, can't I just do it? Ge Da said anxiously.
Not only Ge Da, but all the victims who climbed up to the top of the city were very anxious, it was a trivial matter for them to fail, but the more than 5,000 victims behind them were all starving to death, and they were all their parents and relatives, how could they be willing to do it.
"Forget it, I can only gamble now, I'll talk to them and see if God will help us again." After hesitating for a long time, Ma Cao said.
A figure gradually walked out of the darkness, like a great demon king who came out of hell, and appeared in front of Jiang Yihug and Dai Guan.
"You.... You...... Who are you, how did you get up to the city wall, tell you, be honest and be captured, or don't blame us for being polite. At the moment when Ma Cao just came out, Jiang Yi hugged the two of them so frightened that they almost peed their pants, they themselves were not very bold people, otherwise, even if the barbarians dared to bully people, they would not be bullied so badly.
"Two brothers, don't get excited, listen to your accent, you are also Han, I am also Han, the reason why I appear here is because I am so hungry and want to find some food in the city to eat, I hope the two brothers will raise their noble hands and let us go." Ma Cao spoke very politely.
Ma Cao's words made Jiang Yi hug the two of them a little confused, and they couldn't understand after thinking for a long time that the person who appeared in the middle of the night would actually appear because he was hungry.
Fortunately, the two of them just couldn't react for a while, and they were not stupid, and they quickly understood what the hemp grass meant.
"Ah...... You..... You guys..... You are the victims of the plague who appeared outside the city the other day. After Dai Guan understood, he couldn't help but exclaim.
"Yes, we are those disaster victims, we are all good people, if it is not a last resort, who will do such a thing, we have no other requirements, we just hope to get some food, not to let our parents, wives and children starve to death, please be merciful!" Ma Cao whispered.
As soon as they heard Ma Cao's words, Jiang Yi hugged the two of them and breathed a sigh of relief, since they were victims outside the city, they were not too worried, after all, if those victims had the slightest arrogance, they would not have come to Jianzhou thousands of miles away, I am afraid that they would have become bandits and robbers on the way, even if they were wanted by the government all day long, it would be better than being starved to death.
"You ..... Didn't you leave Jianzhou a long time ago, why are you still here, and how did you climb the city wall? Jiang Yi asked.
It's just that before Ma Cao answered Jiang Yihu's question, Dai Guan on the side said again, "We don't care who you are, and we don't care how you get on the city wall, we don't care about your affairs, if you know each other, you can leave quickly, if you want to get food from Jianzhou City, it is impossible, if you don't leave, we will call someone." ”
As soon as he heard Dai Guan's words, Ma Cao's face was nervous, it was not that he was afraid in his heart, he didn't care about his own life and death, but he didn't want those five thousand villagers to die with him.
"Never, by all means, two strong men, if you shout, it is not me who will be killed, but more than 5,000 Han people like you and me, do you really want to see more than 5,000 people of the same race being starved to death like this?" Ma Cao said anxiously.
Seeing Ma Cao's anxious expression and painful look, the two hesitated.
Then the two of them heard Ma Cao say, "Two strong men, no matter what today, we must get food, after all, we are a dead end without food, so since we have come in, we have no intention of going out alive, after all, starvation is death, being cut down is also death, it is better to fight, maybe there is still a way to live, so, if the two insist on stopping us from acting, even if we die, we will pull the two of us to be backs, where to go, you have to think about it." When he said this, the murderous aura on Ma Cao's body also emanated, and the two people, who were already quite timid, were even more frightened by Ma Cao's murderous words, and even couldn't help but take two or three steps back.
"This ......."
Looking at their round eyes, as if they didn't agree, they would immediately come over and tear up their hemp grass, Jiang Yihug and Dai Guan finally chose to back down.
"Quick, quick, hurry, Bao, you take your brothers down the city wall to open the city gate and let our people in, Ge Da, Xiong Fei, you follow me, go to the hole in the city wall first, and arrest those officers and soldiers who are guarding the city."
After persuading, or threatening, leveling Jiang Yihug and Dai Guan, Ma Cao instructed the people around him, and then, the one hundred and ten disaster victims who climbed up to the top of the city were divided into two, one part walked to the city, and the other part walked towards the city gate tower under the leadership of Jiang Yi and Dai Guan.
"This ..... This hero, you just want food, but don't kill people, otherwise, you will pat your ass and leave, the two of us will be miserable, our family is in this Jianzhou City, they will definitely not spare us in the future. Along the way, Jiang Yi and Dai couldn't help but persuade Ma Cao and the others.
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