Chapter 96: Defending the City
"Where did Lord Yuan work before?" Cheng Zhong asked with some curiosity, because of the practice of martial arts, Cheng Zhong's pace was very fast, at first Cheng Zhong was a little worried that Yuan Fang would not be able to keep up, but he soon realized that his worries were a little redundant, this slow old master on weekdays was windy, and he could barely keep up with him! It seems that he is really hidden, Cheng Zhong can't help but be a little curious about his background.
Yuan Xiang looked a little ugly and said: "When I was young, I ate a few years of military food, and then when I got older, I left. ”
Ever been a soldier? Cheng Zhong is not surprised by this, judging from Yuan Fang's current appearance, he should not have been an ordinary soldier at the beginning.
"Disrespectful, disrespectful!" Cheng Zhong said again: "I don't know which general is under it?" ”
Yuan Fang was about to answer, but was interrupted by a commotion.
It turned out that the two had arrived in Xicheng, and hundreds of people had gathered under the city gate, carrying packages and pushing carts, mixed with the crying of children, and the scene was very chaotic.
If it weren't for the city gate guards, these people would probably have rushed up and forcibly opened the city gate.
In a hurry, Cheng Zhong immediately jumped on the city and shouted: "Fathers and fellow villagers, listen to my words Cheng Zhong, if you still insist on leaving, Cheng Zhong will never stop you!" ”
Cheng Zhong's prestige was there, and the crowd gradually calmed down.
Cheng Zhong took a breath, how to convince these people? He thought quickly in his mind: "Cheng Zhong has a few questions for everyone: Do you think you can escape the pursuit of the Japanese with your family and mouth?" If you want to escape, you can only go by yourself, but do you think you can feel at ease by leaving the old man and the child to escape alone? Are you willing to let the ugly, dwarfed pirates do whatever they want? Although Cheng Zhong's words were brief but shocking, the people who were noisy just now were silent at this time.
Cheng Zhong struck while the iron was hot, and said solemnly: "This is my Cheng Zhong's home, and it is also the home of all of us!" Here are my parents who gave birth to me and raised me, here are my beloved brothers and sisters, I can't watch the claws of the Japanese invaders trample this place, I want to defend every inch of land here with my flesh and blood, my body, and my life, and protect our wives and children! I, Cheng Zhong, need the support of all my fathers and fellow villagers! ”
"Well said!" A person outside the crowd echoed loudly: "Third child, I'm here!" The group came out in crowd, but it was Xie Jiangbo who arrived with dozens of nursing homes.
Xie Jiangbo walked to Cheng Zhong's side and said helpfully: "What Master Cheng said is right! I should also know this person who is here, if the Japanese dare to enter the city today, I, Xie Jiangbo, will play with him! ”
One is an official, the other is a businessman, one abandons his future, the other abandons his wealth, just to fight against the Japanese, just to defend the land! There are no too many words, because the action is better than the sound!
Although some people eventually ran out of the city, but more people chose to stay, Cheng Zhong gathered the strong among them together with the county officials, there were thousands of people, gave weapons, and all went to the city to guard.
Thousands of heads look black and oppressive, quite powerful, but how much of a role it can play, I'm afraid only God knows.
"Lord Cheng, Lord Cheng." At this moment, an old man who looked to be seventy miles away came over panting with a long beard.
Cheng Zhongxin said, which one is this? Do you want to sign up to fight against the Japanese invaders? Seeing that you keep doing this, I guess you can only rely on spitting to drown the pirates.
However, the Japanese have come all the way to swim in the water, and it is estimated that it is not so easy to drown, but that is not bad, and if you don't drown, it will disgust you.
"Uncle, the city is dangerous, you should help us stabilize the rear." Cheng Zhong's meaning is obvious, there is going to be a war, don't come to make trouble, let's go back and tease your grandson.
"Master Cheng, old ...... The old man ...... out of breath and couldn't even speak: "The old man Shu Tiancheng, resisting the Japanese and defending the land, the husband is responsible, the old man can still go into battle, and he can still hold a knife, please Cheng Dacheng." ”
If it was in normal times, Cheng Zhong couldn't say two words of encouragement, but now that his eyebrows are burned, where does Cheng Zhong still have time to talk nonsense with Shu Tiancheng, and let Shu Tiancheng be helped down the city tower to rest, and together with Yuan Fang, he commanded Minzhuang to move some stones, wooden sticks and other lethal things to the city, and also brought a few cauldrons, boiled hot oil, and tried to make sufficient preparations to wait for the arrival of the Japanese Kou.
Cheng Zhong didn't know if these had any effect, but he saw that it seemed to be described in later film and television works, so he painted the scoop according to the gourd.
Standing on top of the city tower, watching the people who were urgently organized holding all kinds of weapons and waiting for him, Cheng Zhong's heart settled down a little. There are not many weapons in the armory, so many people come with hoes and heads, and the costumes are also varied, looking at it, Cheng Zhong feels as if he is looking at those little demons in Journey to the West.
Of course, Cheng Zhong was not so arrogant that he thought that he would be able to defend Huating County with these people, and now he could only hope that he would be able to hold out until the guards of Jiaxing came to the rescue. But did they really come back?
In the face of the Ming army, the Ming army lost to win less, did the 1,000 guards of Jiaxing really dare to attack without knowing the specific number of Japanese invaders? What if you fall into an ambush by the Japanese invaders?
Therefore, although the messenger has been sent, Cheng Zhong's heart still has no bottom.
What made him even more puzzled was that there was no news from the people sent to Cao Gang for help so far, shouldn't this be? What the hell is going on? Was it because the Cao Gang was unwilling to rescue in order to protect themselves, or was the messenger killed halfway, or even ran away, and the news did not arrive at all? Many thoughts flashed in Cheng Zhong's heart, but he couldn't confirm it.
But in any case, under such circumstances, the city of Huating County is temporarily safe, but what about the people outside the city?
Without the protection of the city walls, they are left to their fate!
Fortunately, my mother and Cheng Lianyi went to the county seat to buy today, and they should not have gone back at this time. Although Cheng Zhong has not found them in a hurry, it is safe to come.
People are selfish, as long as they are safe, Cheng Zhong will be relieved.
As for the people outside the city, Cheng Zhong can't help! Although he also wants to help them, but in the case of unknown enemy situation, Cheng Zhong must have a choice!
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion under the city tower, Cheng Zhong looked down, and now a young man in a robe wanted to go up to the city tower but was stopped by the people who had received the order, and they were arguing with each other.
This person Cheng Zhong knows, is a student of the county school, surnamed Fang Mingzhe, and is also a young talent, if it weren't for Lu Duoxun and Cheng Zhong being too eye-catching, Fang Zhe would probably be the first, he was not in the county school at this time, why did he come here?
Cheng Zhong was puzzled, but a guess that made his heart beat suddenly sprung up in his mind!
"Let him come up!" Cheng Zhong said.
Fang Zhe shouted loudly as he ran to the city tower: "Brother Cheng, the big thing is not good, the widow has entered the county to learn!" ”
"What?!" Cheng Zhong suddenly stood up. A qiē is really as he expected.
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