"Haha, Xu Gang, Xu Gang, although you are the governor of the state, but Meng Changqing is a member of the forbidden army, you are neither a high-ranking official of the Sanya who has the right to manage the army, nor a privy councillor who has the right to transfer troops, let alone the right to command the army granted by the Son of Heaven! Dare to mobilize the forbidden army in public......" Li Tongju had already thought of the content of the recital in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the happier he became, and there was actually a smug smile on his face, which made the official next to him inexplicably wonderful.

Meng Changqing quickly caught the shopkeeper of Xingwang Rice Shop, this shopkeeper's surname is Hu, he looks very special, his eyebrows are small and sparse, yellow and short, his eyes are small and prominent, and he is indescribably sneaky between his eyes, and he actually wrote treacherous directly on his face.

"Shopkeeper Hu, in the past month or so, you have raised the price of grain, and it can be said that you have made a lot of money, and this official only reminded him in the morning, and did not treat you profiteers as well! But you didn't know how to repent, and you actually sent people to disguise themselves as poor people, hoarding official food, with such bad intentions, and now the official is extremely suspicious that you are a barbarian spy who specializes in sabotaging the city and causing panic among the people! Xu Gang sneered, and the words he said were hidden in the knife!

The cold sweat on the shopkeeper Hu's face poured out, and he knelt down in front of Xu Gang with a plop: "My lord, the grass people are by no means spies, but... It's just..."

"Hmph, don't you know after a trial, take it down!" Xu Gang directly interrupted him, now is the time to kill chickens to show monkeys, since he has to break into the cusp, then he can only be knifed.

Meng Changqing gave a look to a soldier next to him, and directly dragged the shopkeeper Hu away, leaving behind exclamations all the way......

The people queuing up to buy grain immediately applauded, calling Xu Gang the master of the blue sky and a good official who is the master of the people!

After two days, and after dealing with some of the wrongdoers, the mood of most of the people in the city stabilized, and the price of food also dropped.

However, good days are always so short-lived! In the early morning of the third day, Meng Changqing hurriedly found Xu Gang: "Brother Xu, the barbarians are besieging the city!" ”

Xu Gang frowned and sighed lightly: "Brother Meng, let's go, let's go up to the city wall first to see the situation!" ”

"Brother Xu, you wear this to the city wall?" Meng Changqing grabbed Xu Gang's arm and said worriedly.

"Well, what else?" Xu Gang glanced at him suspiciously.

"There are a lot of archers in the barbarian army, you can't wear them like this! Come with me, get a suit of armor for you to put on! Meng Changqing didn't allow Xu Gang to resist, and pulled him away......

"Commander Meng, how many people do you think there are in the barbarian army?" Xu Gang was dressed in golden armor, wearing a red tasseled helmet, and carrying a three-stone strong bow in his hand, he pointed at the black barbarian soldiers under the city with the bow, and he was very surprised, he had grown so big, it was the first time he had seen so many people!

These brutes were very strong, many of them shirtless, barefoot, with axes, long knives, and some with strong bows! At the front of the barbarian army, there was a strong man in leather armor and a Fanyang felt hat on his head, who couldn't see his appearance from too far away, and it seemed that he was the leader of these barbarian armies!

"Whoosh~~"

Dozens of fast-flying feathered arrows shot from the city wall, and when they were still five or six feet away from the barbarian army, they fell with all their strength and stuck diagonally into the ground.

The leader of the barbarian army immediately reined in his horse and raised his arms high, and the barbarians behind him soon stopped their advance! Seeing his arm swing violently towards Luzhou City, rows of iron-plated arrow blocking cars suddenly appeared in the barbarian army behind him, and at a glance, he knew that it was the forbidden army.

"Hey! It seems that they have taken the Ningyuan Army barracks stationed in Luzhou during this time! Otherwise, it would not have been possible to make so many siege machines! Meng Changqing sighed, his face was very solemn!

"What can I do? These barbarians have actually created so many attacks... Attack... Siege..."Li Desheng's face turned blue, and he was still trembling when he spoke.

Xu Gang shook his head slightly when he saw this, he didn't want to pay attention to him!

It didn't take long for a group of archers from the barbarian army to hide behind the archers, and a group of strong men holding up planks came out to protect the archers from above.

The arrows fired from the walls fell on the chariots with a loud sound, but they rarely hurt the brutes.

Looking at the barbarian army slowly approaching below, a large area of black pressure was pressed, like a black tide of death, and everyone on the wall even held their breath.

"These barbarian armies are not simple, I am afraid that there are siege masters behind them! …… Could it be that the barbarian rebellion has something to do with the King of Shu? Hmph, whoever wants to attack the city I defend must pay the price! Xu Gang touched his chin and looked at the army under the city, his eyes shining like light!

At this time, the barbarians pushed hundreds of catapults and stopped out of range of their bows and arrows.

Xu Gang had already inspected the city wall, and he found that there was no large-scale city defense equipment such as crossbow beds at the head of the city, only some cowhide baffles, and they were actually made of wood, which made him really cry and laugh.

It seems that the days of peace have passed for too long, and coupled with the national policy of the imperial court to emphasize literature over military force, state and county officials do not pay attention to military construction! Xu Gang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, facing an enemy army several times larger than ours, and it was well-equipped, strategic, I really don't know how to defend this city!

Meng Changqing's face was also a little ugly, he was behind the gate, he was familiar with military books since he was a child, but he didn't know how to defend this city, he had already mentioned it to Li Ronghui, the defense envoy of Luzhou, but he didn't take it to heart at all, and said that it had been reported to the imperial court, and soon a large army would come to help, and a little barbarian would not be enough to trouble!

As for Li Ronghui, he doesn't know whether he is dead or alive now, he went to the barracks of the forbidden army in Luzhou a few days ago!

"Quick, move more lime, roll wood, throw stones up!" Meng Changqing instructed a capital beside him, fortunately, he asked his subordinates to prepare some simple and practical equipment for defending the city!

In addition, there is a cauldron under the inner city wall, boiling stool with vegetable oil.

"Fortunately, there is Brother Meng, otherwise this city would not be able to defend even a day!" Xu Gang looked at Meng Changqing, who kept shouting, and a trace of admiration rose in his heart!

"Are you the deputy envoy of Luzhou's defense?" Xu Gang walked up to a big man in a general suit and asked, the big man's face was very white, not frightened, but as pale as if he had been hollowed out by wine!

"If you go back to Xu Zhizhou, this official is Li Jin, the deputy envoy of Luzhou defense!" The white-faced man looked arrogant when he spoke.

"Why don't you even have some of the most basic equipment for defending the city?" Xu Gang glanced at him, slightly angry in his heart.

Who knew that the white-faced Li Jin actually pouted, and said angrily: "The city was suddenly besieged, and there were few defenders in the city, so there was no way to go out of the city to cut trees and take stones to make equipment!" ”

"You ......" Xu Gang was suddenly choked by him, but suddenly burst out laughing. (To be continued.) )