Volume 1 The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Chapter 84 The Outer Enemy Has Internal Response
Gu Xuan's order was carried out quickly, Zhu Dachun's training level was really outstanding, this group of militiamen could not only understand the code language, but also listen to the order very well, everything was going on in an orderly manner.
In total, more than 100 soldiers were recruited, and in case of accidents, the other three walls were deployed with about 50 soldiers, while the northern wall was half of the troops gathered because of the sudden attack.
In the city tower, five strong soldiers took off their shirts and cooperated with each other to push the machinery to run and open the city gate, and on the city tower, thirty soldiers who were relatively good at archery were used as a strategy, shooting arrows at any time to interfere with the horse bandits who wanted to go forward, and under the city wall, twenty soldiers were guarding with rudimentary rattan shields and rushing broadswords.
This is also the reason why Gu Xuan has been hesitant, no matter how powerful the elite soldiers, no weapons, no armor to fight with others, it would be too much of a loss, otherwise there are fifty well-armed soldiers, why don't you dare to let people in?
Gu Xuan himself could only have some armor pieces as a simple shield at the key point, holding a machete in his hand, and Jinglong stood by the door on the left and right, carefully guarded.
As he himself said, as a parent official in a place, he can't see death without help, which will chill the hearts of these soldiers, especially those who know the people below.
Gu Xuan gestured to the soldiers who were waiting behind him, and immediately someone waved the order flag at the people on the city wall to pass the order.
"Open the gates!"
At the organ, five shirtless sturdy men began to lower their heads, bending down to push the heavy mechanism, the city gate weighing thousands of catties began to slowly open to both sides, and Gu Xuan and the others who were waiting behind also instantly became nervous, if it was lost here, the consequences would be unimaginable, even if the city gate was closed in time, once a few bandits broke into Huangsha County, it would be a catastrophe, a little accident, the people who had no good impression of the imperial court would suddenly have a cold opinion of him, and I don't know how many people would have to leave。
Let's ask a city that may lose its life in it at any time, who will stay there?
He couldn't help but be careful about handling this matter.
Seeing that the city gate opened a small opening, Jinglong hurriedly turned his head and gestured heavily to the back, and the order was quickly passed by the order flag, and the progress of the city gate opening slowly stopped, and finally only left a gap that could barely allow one or two people to pass through, and at this moment, a pale hand suddenly pierced through the gap, and then a young man with an excited face squeezed in through the crack in the door.
The young man was extremely thin, and it was quite easy to pass through this gap, but he lost his strength, and fell to the ground as soon as he came in, and then quickly struggled and wanted to run forward, Gu Xuan and Jing Long behind him tacitly agreed to use the rattan shield in their hands against the gap in the gate at the same time, and the big knife was waved back and forth, so that those who wanted to come in did not dare to step forward again.
Gu Xuan shouted without looking back: "Verify your identity!"
Immediately, two soldiers cautiously stepped forward and took out the ropes in their hands to prepare to lasso the young man.
"What are you doing! I'm a villager from Dayao Village! What are you doing!"
The young man yelled in horror as he shrank back with his hands and feet.
"As long as the identity is verified, I can let you go immediately afterwards, and now you obediently cooperate so as not to suffer!"
Maybe it was because he was tortured too much at the hands of the horse bandits, or maybe he had a problem in the first place, anyway, the young man was unwilling to be tied up by the soldiers, jumping up and down, and the two soldiers didn't want to hurt him, and the scene suddenly froze.
Outside, seeing that the city gate suddenly opened, several horse bandits rode symbolically and rushed for a while, but they were all forced back by a rain of arrows, and the horse bandits were suddenly separated from each other, not knowing what they were discussing.
Hearing that he was still noisy after a long time behind him, Jinglong really couldn't wait, and suddenly turned around and hit the young man with a knife in his backhand, directly knocking the weak latter unconscious, and the two soldiers stepped forward instantly, tied him up in a few clicks, dragged him to the back and threw him on the ground, and was guarded by five soldiers who were individually selected.
"Next!"
Gu Xuan instantly let go of the shield, and the people outside saw that they were letting them in, and they immediately rushed over, a short man was quick-eyed, and he squeezed in at once, it seemed to be a little old man, with a rickety figure, few hairs, and dirty blood in the wrinkles on his face, as soon as he came in, he hurriedly said: "Thank you, thank you!"
The essence in Gu Xuan's eyes flashed, and he directly stepped forward and kicked him to the ground fiercely, the soldiers behind him knew that it was not good, and hurriedly wanted to step forward, but they didn't expect the old man to endure the severe pain, and the whole person directly flipped up from the ground, a cold light flashed in his hand, and the soldiers who rushed up were immediately forced away by him, and they couldn't come up to besiege.
The old man covered his lower abdomen, his face was full of resentment, and muttered, "Boy, good eyesight!"
Jinglong held his shield to resist the crowd in front of him, and said loudly: "Lord Wang, I'll guard!"
Gu Xuan immediately let go of the shield in his hand tacitly, and then directly slashed at the old man.
He didn't really see that the old man was a hidden horse bandit in an instant, but he subconsciously felt that a poor old man who was tortured to the point of not being human, covered with dirty blood, how could he have such bright eyes, and ordinary people in this environment, as soon as they came in, they should run forward like the young man, this old man still has the courage to thank him on the spot first, and then secretly approached him, and at the moment he directly kicked him in accordance with the principle of preferring to kill mistakes and not let go, but he didn't dare to make a decisive conclusion, so he naturally didn't dare to make a dead hand, otherwise he would rush to kick with all his strength, and the old man's body and bones would be abolished no matter how hard he didn't die。
Seeing the young man in front of him who inexplicably found his identity slashed, the old man took a kick, knowing that the other party was strong, he didn't dare to block it at all, but if he retreated, he was full of soldiers eyeing him, and he wanted to jump away to dodge first, and then look for an opportunity, but he didn't expect the knife in the opponent's hand to suddenly accelerate halfway, and the old man's reaction was slow to catch him off guard, so he could only rush up.
"Bell!"
Gu Xuan's strength in his hand is so great, although the other party has also practiced martial arts, but there is a way to be afraid of being weak and strong, this time it is hard to hit, and the old man who is not young for a long time was directly blown out by this knife.
Before the old man could react when he fell to the ground, Gu Xuan directly grabbed it and hit the old man's temple, kicking the latter unconscious, and several soldiers who had been prepared immediately rushed up, quickly tied him up, and dragged him behind.
"Put it again!"
Gu Xuan turned around and returned to the city gate, picked up the shield from the ground, Jinglong also withdrew the defense, and suddenly two more people squeezed in together.
The two of them seemed to be just children who hadn't grown up yet, and they seemed to have seen or heard what happened to the person who came in just now, or they were just timid, anyway, they didn't dare to resist when they saw a few soldiers coming over with ropes, so they obediently handed over their hands and asked them to tie them up, but these soldiers still pity these two children, and the tie is not tight, saving them from hurting their muscles and bones, which is not good for the future.
In this way, the people blocked outside were put in one by one in an orderly manner, Gu Xuan and Jinglong held their shields left and right to guard the city gate, leaving only a small gap to pass people, so that there are only one or two people who come in at a time, even if there is a change, how can the more than ten soldiers behind them plus the two of them be able to deal with it.
I don't know if the people who didn't have the horses and bandits were mixed in, or if these people were all well learned, and they didn't attack as soon as they came in after they knew that they couldn't resist, and the rioters all obediently stepped forward and were tied up, and then followed to the open space behind and squatted, guarded by five soldiers.
Seeing that the number of people outside the door was decreasing one by one, and there were more and more people tied up and squatting behind, there was a sudden exclamation from the city tower, and Zhu Dachun shouted angrily.
"Shoot the arrows!"
"Lord be careful!
Gu Xuan's hearing was excellent, although he was separated from the crowd outside, he still heard a rush and dense sound of horses' hooves, and knew that it was the thirty horse bandits in front of him who were about to rush over.
Outside, the horse bandits who finally couldn't sit still took out the shields hanging on the horses, and the team of thirty people scattered again, holding the shield on their heads, and then opened the way with random knives.
"Order the door to be closed, lord!"
The captain of the soldiers behind him knew that the situation was not good, and hurriedly stepped forward to speak.
Gu Xuan saw that there were still a few people in front of him who were so pitiful and begging, looking at the despair in their eyes, he couldn't bear it, he didn't reply, just shouted silently: "There are a few more, hurry!"
As he spoke, he directly released the shield in his hand, and the people outside suddenly squeezed in one by one, and at this moment, the change was abrupt, and three people suddenly exploded in the last wave of people who broke in, two thin men holding short blades, and directly reached out and stabbed Gu Xuan and Jinglong behind them, and there was an ordinary-looking peasant man, who suddenly grabbed a thin person next to him and threw it into the pile of soldiers.
At the same time, in the open space where these prisoners were placed in the rear, the screams suddenly came, among the people who were originally tied, suddenly someone cut the rope on his body, broke free from the restraints, and took advantage of the fact that the soldiers guarding them were attracted by the abnormal changes at the city gate.
At the gate of the city, there was already a ruined image.