Section 17 When Wu Ming arrived at the Governor's Mansion on horseback, it was already full of busy soldiers, and some heavy soldiers were driving carts out of the nearby warehouse. The cart was full of lime, rolling wood, and some of them were covered with thick cloths, probably boiling oil, or something like that. I only got the news in the morning that the northern striker had just crossed the Qinglu Mountains, and it would arrive at night, did this Li Tie's people fly? How can it be so fast? It seems that it is a small force, otherwise the scouts sent by Sun Yunlong would not be unaware.

Recently, the weather has been very abnormal, and the rain has been intermittent, so the city defense equipment has only begun to prepare until now. The enemy came so quickly, it is estimated that Sun Yunlong is also a little at a loss.

He grabbed a butler-like man and asked, "Is Sun Dudu here?" I am Wu Ming, the commander of the Guards Battalion, so please lead the way. The man was shouting loudly, directing several men who looked like housekeepers to carry a basket. Hearing this, he smiled flatteringly: "My lord, the governor has already gone to the city, do you need a little one to lead the way?" ”

"No, you don't." Wu Ming waved his hand, this Sun Yunlong can rush to the front line as soon as possible, just by virtue of this, he is much better than other civilian officials. This made Wu Ming impressed. He got on his horse and hurried to the north of the city.

The sound of the drums came from the head of the city to the north, and when Wu Ming arrived, the drummer was playing a radio, and the drums gradually became quieter. The torches on the walls are now scarce. Wu Ming got off the horse, and a person who looked like a soldier had already stepped forward: "May I ask if it is Lord Wu of the Guards Battalion?" As he spoke, he took the reins from Wu Ming's hand.

Wu Ming nodded: "Exactly." The soldier took hold of his horse, pointed to the city, and said, "The governor is observing the enemy's situation from above, please take care of yourself." So saying, he led the horse down.

He said yes and walked up the stairs towards the tower. As soon as he went to the city, he saw Sun Yunlong standing on the city tower wearing a gray and white cloak and looking out. There are not many soldiers in the four places, and most of them are just personal soldiers' attire. No wonder there seemed to be so few torches on the city walls, but they were.

Walking to the edge of the city tower, he bowed to Sun Yunlong and said, "Governor Sun." "Wu Ming's current official position is acting commander, and at most he can only be regarded as a fourth-grade martial artist. But he has a special status, and he has the right to avoid kneeling when he sees members of the royal family. But he did it willingly. Sun Yunlong was able to stand on this city tower for the first time, and this conscientious attitude alone made him a little embarrassed as a leader.

Sun Yunlong turned his head, hurriedly helped him up, and said, "Lord Wu, you came just in time." I don't know what the hell they're up to, it's weird. As he spoke, he stretched out his right index finger and pointed into the distance.

When he speaks of them, of course, he means the enemy. Wu Ming followed his finger and looked into the distance, only to see that outside the city walls on the east and west sides, many torches had been raised, and the stars were a big one, like stars in the night sky. From time to time, the sound of heavy horses' hooves and shouts came from afar. The night wind blew, and the voices were also chaotic, and I don't know how many enemies there were.

And the city walls on the east and west sides were already densely packed with soldiers defending the city. The torches were also much denser than the northern walls. He suddenly realized, no wonder the defense of the northern city wall looked so weak, but it was Sun Yunlong who transferred most of the soldiers to the sides. Now, although the drum of the gathering generals is beating, there is still a lot of chaos in Hanshui City, and there is a noise everywhere, and it is obvious that the resting soldiers are still gathering. Now standing at the head of the city are only soldiers who take turns to defend.

Wu Ming was also a little strange, he couldn't understand what these people outside wanted to do with such a big formation. He thought for a moment and said, "The kid doesn't know. Sun Yunlong smiled and said: "Forget it, if you can't figure it out, you don't want to, what do these Northern Barbarians do." Let's just respond to all changes with the same. He said, taking his hand back. But his eyes remained staring into the distance, motionless.

There were not many soldiers in the city, except for Sun Yunlong's dozens of personal soldiers, some soldiers on duty were walking around lazily with fires. Everyone looks more casual. Also, even if the enemy attacks, it will be from the east and west, and it will be safe here, at least temporarily.

Wu Ming looked into the distance through the hazy moonlight. I saw that although the torches in the distance shouted fiercely, they just didn't take a step forward. As he watched, the bright moon slowly disappeared into a huge dark cloud, and the surroundings suddenly became dark. Looking down from the city wall, it was also dark and mushy below, and I couldn't see anything clearly.

Suddenly, he heard a soft "boom". Wu Ming has been in the army for a long time now, so he is naturally familiar with this voice, which is the sound when the strong bow is pulled.

The voice came from beneath the walls.

His eyes widened suddenly, and he let out an earth-shattering roar: "Everyone lie down. ”

As soon as he threw Sun Yunlong, who was stunned, to the ground, he heard the terrible scream of the bow and arrow tearing the night sky. I only heard a "pop" sound, and some bows and arrows happened to shoot on the pheasant where Sun Yunlong was standing just now, and the sparks scattered in all directions. Others all missed, whistling into the dark night sky.

Wu Ming's shout woke everyone up, and those pro-soldiers involuntarily fell to the ground. Then she looked at him in horror. Then the sound of bows and arrows was heard, and everyone shouted in horror at the same time: "Enemy attack." The soldiers who were around were not so clever, and they were a little dazed when they heard this exclamation, and by the time they reflected, many of them had already been shot into hedgehogs. The soldiers holding torches became the first target of the other party's sneak attack, most of them screamed, and a few of the lucky ones who did not die were so frightened that they held their heads against the base of the wall and never dared to stand up again.

This round of arrows rained suddenly, and the long arrows carried a piercing sound of wind and thunder and nailed fiercely to the city wall. There is a terrifying "whoosh", "knock" and "crackling" sound. The wooden roof and wooden pillars of the entire tower were filled with countless long arrows.

There was a brief silence and darkness on the city walls.

"The strong bow battalion continues to suppress, and the forward battalion gives it to me."

This voice Wu Ming is very familiar, it is Xia Houtian. Before he finished speaking, a "woo" suddenly sounded under the city wall. The sound was as strong as ice, piercing into the night sky. In the sound of the desolate trumpet, a neat cry suddenly came out from the city, "Kill." Immediately after, the sound of rustling footsteps sounded. Closer and closer to the city walls.

The footsteps were extremely soft, almost like fine snow hitting the top, dense and dense. But Wu Ming knew that this was sent by countless people who rushed towards the city wall.

The other party is going to steal the city with elites!

He was in a hurry, and took advantage of the rain of arrows to take a break, stretched out his head and looked out. Before I could figure out the situation, a sharp roar came to my face, and in the darkness, I don't know how many arrows were fired at the same time. He hurriedly retracted his head in shock, and dared to move there. The footsteps came very quickly, and in a moment they were under the city walls. Suddenly, there was a soft "boom", and a barb hook grabbed the city wall. Immediately afterwards, "poof, puff", in the dark, I don't know how many barbs probed up.

His heart was tight, and the other party was about to attack.

Dozens of nearby soldiers were so overwhelmed by the opponent's bows and arrows that they couldn't lift their heads, let alone jump on the head of the city to defend the city. In the distance, the east and west sides have probably discovered the abnormality of the north city wall, and they have already sent reinforcements to this side, but the distant water can't quench the thirst of the near, once these people break through the main city tower, the other party must have follow-up means. When the time comes, if you lose the advantage of defending the city and engage in a war of attrition with the other party, I am afraid that you will not be able to hold out for a day, let alone organize everyone to retreat calmly.

The soldiers in the other parts of the northern city wall seemed to be frightened by the round of arrows from the other side just now, and many people hid behind the city wall, at a loss.

Sun Yunlong shouted: "Hurry up and cheer for everyone, let everyone come over for reinforcements." But there was no response for a while. When he turned his head, he saw that the drummer was lying to the side with long arrows stuck all over his body, and he was already out of breath and out of breath. Sun Yunlong slammed up from the ground, and then picked up the drums scattered on the ground. He raised his right hand and slammed it down.

"Boom-"

This sound was enough to pierce the golden cracking stone, and Wu Ming only felt that his brain was "buzzing" because he was so close. He was startled, and was about to make a move, when Shao Wei next to him had already shouted strangely: "Dudu, danger." Then he got up and threw him to the ground. This flurry of movements only happened for a short moment, but there were still several long arrows that broke through the air. Shao Wei's body staggered, and when the two of them landed on the ground, a long arrow was already stuck in his left shoulder.

Wu Ming could no longer care about his own safety, and stood up suddenly. In a flash, he entered behind a pillar on the city wall, and shouted with full strength: "Brothers, there are still more than 100,000 fathers and villagers in the city, and they are all the people of Qingyang, can you bear to let them suffer from iron hooves?" The sound was so loud that it was like a muffled thunderbolt rolling across the sky. There was still an echo in Hanshui City for half a day, over and over again:

“…… Suffer from Iron Hoof? …… Suffer from Iron Hoof? …… Suffer from Iron Hoof? …… Suffer from Iron Hoof? ……”

The governor of the Eastern Han Dynasty had the greatest power, and had the right to open a government and establish a standing army on his own. The governors of the provinces, although under the control of the governor, could still keep tens of thousands of local soldiers in their provinces. Since it is a local soldier, it must have been recruited by people from this province. Almost all of these soldiers standing on the city wall were from Qingyang, and Wu Ming could hear him shout like this. These soldiers suddenly became in an uproar, and at that moment a few wolves who were not afraid of death howled, got up from behind the city wall, and rushed towards the main city tower with a low body. Immediately afterward, more and more people rushed towards this direction.

Wu Ming looked at the soldiers rushing over, holding the pillar with one hand, but tears flowed from his eyes. The civil war of this vast empire has finally begun. This time I still have a high-sounding reason to deceive them desperately, so what about next time? He thought about it, and only felt a pain in his heart. At this time, Shao Wei next to him suddenly exclaimed: "Lord Wu, be careful." ”

A swarthy sword had been handed to him.