After a while, Zhu Houwei returned, and at this time, Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Luoxue's carriage began to move forward. Zhu Houwei also rode on the horse and looked at Zhu Houzhao with questioning eyes.

Zhu Houzhao looked ahead with his eyes, and said in his mouth, "His Royal Highness King Lu asked the county lord of Chengyang to come with a carriage to facilitate our transportation of the people." Zhu Houwei nodded and looked at Zhu Luoxue, who was laughing with Ma Sanniang.

I turned a corner along the official road, and my vision suddenly widened a lot, and I also saw that there were a large number of horse-drawn carriages on the flat mountain on the side of the road, at least 500 of them, and there were many four-wheeled carriages.

Zhu Luoxue got out of the luxury carriage and said proudly, "Grandpa asked me to send 600 carriages, including 300 four-wheeled ones, not bad." ”

Zhu Houwei looked at the carriage group and said, "His Royal Highness King Lu has really helped a lot this time." Zhu Luoxue was not happy, "Big nephew, my aunt also helped, you owe me a big favor, do you know?" ”

Zhu Houwei glanced at her, "I know, I'll buy candy for you to eat." ”

"What, you bought me candy after I helped so much? No, almond crisp or something can't be missing, at least load three carriages for me. Zhu Luoxue stretched out three white and slender fingers. Zhu Houwei nodded and smiled at her.

With so many carriages, it does bring a lot of convenience, such as four-wheeled carriages, which can be stuffed into about 20 people, and these 300 cars alone can take away about 5,000 people at once. 100 of the other two-wheeled carriages were also loaded with grain and grass for the extra men and horses.

These 300 four-wheeled carriages were used to send the people in front to Huangzhuang, and when they returned, they could send people to Timen Town, and basically everyone could take the carriage at that time.

On the morning of the 14th day, the vanguard led by Zhu Houzhao finally came to Timen Town, and the people behind were all in horse-drawn carriages, and it was expected that they would basically arrive in the afternoon.

The town of Ladder Gate looks a little dilapidated, after all, it hasn't been inhabited for years. The main body of the wooden fence that surrounds the town is still there, but the four gates have been burned down, and only charcoal ash remains in a large part of the adjacent section.

The town of Timen is long from east to west and short from north to south, about 3 miles long from east to west, and 2 miles from north to south, and the area is relatively large in the town. When you enter the town, there are houses on the left and right, most of which are stone-walled buildings, and they are basically bungalows. Walking straight along the main road to the center of the town, you can see many 2-storey and 3-storey buildings, most of which are made of wood, and there are many carvings on the pillars in the house, which were built with great care.

This range should be the market in the town, which is very large, basically accounting for one-third of the entire town, which shows the prosperity of the year.

Zhu Houzhao gave an order, and the people who had been resting for half an hour began to clean up. It doesn't live for a long time, and the house is dusty inside and out. From time to time, I can still hear the shouts of women and children, not because something happened, but because there are cockroaches and rats in the house, and there are a lot of them.

Zhu Houzhao also asked people to take his token to Dongping County to find the magistrate, and asked him to take the title deed of Timen Town and its surroundings, so as not to make a fuss about this in the future. Of course, Zhu Houzhao would not take it for nothing, but brought 20,000 taels of silver, which was enough.

At the same time, in Dongping County, it is necessary to organize the delivery of goods here, even if no one dares to send them, you can contact them first and then send someone to drive a carriage to pick them up. To accommodate more than 8,000 people, all kinds of materials are indispensable.

The reason why Timen Town is dilapidated is because of the sound of horses, and the Zhu Houzhao brothers will not forget the potential danger, and have sent people around to inquire about intelligence to see if there is anything suspicious.

Everyone is working, and the people are meticulous in their work for their new homeland. Suddenly, two gunshots and the mournful neighing of horses were heard in the distance, and the people couldn't help but get nervous. The soldiers of the land and water battalion immediately shouted, "Hide in the house and come out when it is safe." ”

There were about 200 soldiers in the land and water battalion, and after a trip of more than ten days, the people had already known this group of young, reliable young men, even if they could not recognize them all, they could be familiar with more than a dozen, and after hearing their words, the people quieted down, hid in the house, and waited for news.

The Zhu Houzhao brothers and Ma Sanniang walked in the front, and they were about to reach the burned north gate. The sulking Zhu Luoxue was forced to stay in the courtyard of a large family in the center of the town, guarded by the palace guards she brought.

Zhu Houzhao walked to the door, just as the soldiers who came back on horseback to report the news arrived, got off the horse, Zhu Houzhao asked directly, "What's the matter?" The soldier immediately replied, "I found the Hibiki spies, and then there was a fight, and two people were annihilated, one escaped, and one was so badly wounded that he might not last long." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "Always pay attention to the north, it seems that the horse came out of the mountains in the north." ”

After the soldier left, Zhu Houzhao frowned. I didn't expect Hibiki to react so quickly, and he had already noticed the crowd here. Zhu Houzhao turned his head to look at his younger brother and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Zhu Houwei thought for a while and said, "The people are still unstable when they first come, and this is the weakest time, and the four gates of the town have been burned down, and there are no defenses around it. So I guess they're going to come tonight. ”

Ma Sanniang nodded, "At night, we put a brazier every ten zhang, and then place a horse rejection at the four city gates, which should be fine." ”

"Without further ado, Hou Wei, you and Sanniang will take the people who come from behind to cut down trees to make defense facilities, and I will preside over the town."

Zhu Houwei and Ma Sanniang nodded and headed southwest.

With the efforts of thousands of people, most of the houses in the town have been cleaned, and there is no way to repair the places that need materials. Not only that, but the new fence is also connected to the original main body, which is basically similar except for the different colors of the wood. Horses were also placed in and around the four gates, and the defense was greatly improved.

After having eaten their fill, the people went to rest in the temporarily allocated houses. Due to the lack of housing, many of them have two or even three families living in one house. At the behest of the soldiers of the land and water battalion, the people all nodded and promised not to go out of the gate no matter what happened tonight.

Different from the heat of the day, the cool breeze blowing at night makes people feel comfortable, Zhu Houzhao took 50 people to guard the West Gate, Zhu Houwei took 50 people to guard the South Gate, and Guo Chengzhi took 50 people to guard the East Gate. The north gate closest to Xiangma was filled with sacks of soil, built an earthen wall, and completely sealed. It seems that the defense of the north gate is the weakest, and there are only 2 lookouts, but it is not. Outside the north gate, the brazier is the most lit. A hundred meters away from the north gate is a hundred or so people from Beijing, who can come forward to rescue at any time.

Braziers were also placed in front of the other three gates, and unlike the north gate, which was two hundred meters away, the other three doors had a brazier that was just over 100 meters away.

Zhu Houwei stood next to Ma Sanniang, Ma Sanniang also took the time to take a bath at night, the night breeze was not only cool, but also the fragrance on Ma Sanniang's body. It's indescribable, it's different from perfume, incense, and it's not the smell of fruit, but it smells pleasant. Zhu Houwei cautiously took a breath to Ma Sanniang, who was seriously looking at the dark place that the brazier could not illuminate without noticing. Suddenly, Ma Sanniang said softly, "Where do you think they will come from?" ”

Zhu Houwei hurriedly pretended to be very calm: "If the head of the horse has a little brain, he will come from the south gate." Ma Sanniang turned her head and looked at Zhu Houwei, "I think so too, after all, the south gate is the farthest away from the north gate, which is relatively easy to ignore, and the fence of the south gate is slightly shorter." Zhu Houwei looked up slightly at Ma Sanniang's interest in talking, and asked softly, "Then when do you say you will come?" ”

Ma Sanniang looked ahead and said, "In the second half of the night, in the first half of the night, we are concentrated, and in the second half of the night, we will definitely be very tired and relaxed. ”

Zhu Houwei suddenly asked, "Sanniang, why don't you tell me about your childhood." For example, what to eat, what to play, who you like the most, who you hate the most, and so on. ”

Ma Sanniang glared at him, "What are you doing asking this at this time?" Zhu Houwei shrugged, "Anyway, being idle is idle, and by the way, you can also relax." Don't wait for the enemy to come, you're already out of energy. Ma Sanniang said with some amusement, "When I first went into battle, you probably were still drinking milk, and you still need to teach this?" ”

Zhu Houwei looked at Ma Sanniang with a smile, and the peace in his eyes made Ma Sanniang pause, feeling that Zhu Houwei's young appearance hid a mature soul, which made her a little can't help but want to talk to him. So the two of them talked in a whisper at the south gate, the insects and birds in the distance, the frogs, the twinkling stars and the moon that I didn't know where to hide constituted a harmonious summer night picture.

Good flowers do not bloom often, good times do not last, and beautiful things are always easy to be destroyed. At about 2 a.m., the faint sound of horses' hooves was heard near the south gate, and the soldiers, who had closed their eyes and recuperated, slowly got up and, under the cover of the fence, reloaded their ammunition by the light of the fire. Zhu Houwei sneered, this ringing horse leader still has some IQ, and it seems that he can be the leader of the organization with two brushes.

Slowly, these ringing horses emerged from the darkness, and by the light of the fire in the distance, Zhu Houwei probably counted, there should be 2,300 people, it seems that this should be the main force of the ringing horses. Zhu Houwei looked back at a soldier and whispered, "300, there is a horse." After hearing this, the soldier cautiously retreated into the town. This is a special message to transmit information, and the situation of the three gates will be summarized to Zhu Houzhao, who is stationed at the west gate, which is conducive to the command of the battle.

The soldiers of the amphibious battalion quietly stretched out their guns along the gaps in the fence, so that they thought that their actions had not alerted the enemy. The moon is dark and the wind is high on the night of murder and arson, and a middle-aged man with a scarred face at the front of the team smiled hideously, and then beckoned to the Ma Jun behind, "Go in, woman, the silver will be there, follow me." ”

The little minions in the back immediately responded, shouting syllables of unknown meaning in high spirits, and then sped up their horses and rushed to the south gate, where there were only three layers of horses blocking the door.

"Bang bang bang" 20 or so muskets took away 7,8 10 lives from a distance of 10 meters, and 3,4 horses also roared and fell to the ground, the leader at the front was like this, the horses suddenly paused, and then lay on the ground on their sides, the situation happened too suddenly, but the head of the horse was also a man who was accustomed to the tip of the knife, with a wealth of professional skills - equestrianism, pulled out the foot in the stirrup, and then struggled to jump into the grass next to him, and then "ah" sounded, hugged his left calf. Of course, this was not the horse's press, but some shameless people put sharp pieces of bamboo upside down in the grass, and this group of shameless people hid behind the fence. Xiangma Touzi has suffered many injuries and seen more injuries, at this time he knew that he could not pull out the piece of bamboo that was inserted in his calf and almost wore it, and he would bleed heavily when he pulled it out, and there was only one word "death" waiting for him if he was not treated in time.

"Bang bang bang" another group of people and horses fell, and at this time the closest thing to the rejection horse was less than 50 meters. But seeing that the town was already prepared, and the leading brother was gone, the horses were a little chaotic. The 30 or so people who rushed to the front still moved forward bravely, regardless of those, but unfortunately the third burst of gunfire took the lives of 10 or so of them. After all, the front is a rejection of the horse, and the speed of the horse cannot be very fast, so the ringing horse, which is inconvenient to move while sitting in the saddle, becomes a large target. You must know that only 12 people were shot in the last wave.

Someone in the back shouted, "Where's the big boss?" Who saw the big boss? At this time, the big boss staggered and stood up against the blood-dripping ring knife in his hand, and shouted frantically in his mouth, "I'm here, listen to me, hit in, don't seal the knife, whatever you want."

In fact, in his subconscious, he couldn't think of it, because the blood stains on his knife came from a prestigious leader under his hand, and he saw the big boss sitting on the ground injured, feeling that he was a big boss, and then succeeded to the throne himself, leading his brothers to drink wine and eat meat, make a lot of money, and marry Bai Fumei The opportunity to go to the pinnacle of life came, but unfortunately the martial arts were used to hate less, but I didn't expect to deal with the injured big boss still failed miserably, and even his life was gone.

The big boss was very angry in his heart, the benefits had not been reaped, first he lost dozens of people, and about 10 horses, he was injured, and there were even his subordinates who wanted to rebel, so he was furious, ordered to rush into the town, and then used his life inside to calm his anger. "Bang bang bang" was another burst of gunshots, this time not only from the south gate, but also from the east and west gates. This ringing horse leader really has two brushes, and he knows that he is unprepared to attack the enemy, and he also has the sound of attacking the east and west, but unfortunately he was careless, and he came over first before the other two doors started.

On the south side of the gate, more than 10 people fell to the nearest Xiangma, but this did not make them afraid, but aroused their ferocity.

I saw that the first few people threw out something like a hook, and there was a rope attached to the back, and 5 people and 5 horses moved in one direction, and the rejection horse was moved away. The rejection horses are not connected together, but 5 large rejection horses are lined up in a row, and then form a hedgehog wall of about 30 meters.

Someone in front took the lead, and those behind knew what to do, although the muskets basically did not stop, but the horses were moved to only one more layer, and the arrows fired when the horses roared past did not seek to hurt the enemy, but only to strengthen the courage, and actually hit a soldier of the amphibious battalion hiding behind the fence. The power of the arrow was not large, but the distance was only about 20 meters, and there was no armor on his body, the soldier covered his stomach with a muffled snort, and stuck an arrow between his fingers.

Soon he was carried down because reinforcements from both sides came. Why? Because one side was the soldiers of the land and water battalion at the other gates of the town, and the other side was a little surprised by Zhu Houwei, only to see about 100 people coming, and everyone was riding horses, and it seemed that they should be walking with the door. The young man led by him shouted, "Wang Danian, today Lao Tzu is going to avenge his father's mother." ”