The next day, in the early hours of the morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Tang Yin woke up, he walked to the door of the firewood room, stood silently, and listened to no movement outside, he walked out of the firewood room, and climbed out along the courtyard wall.

Although it was early in the morning, there were many pedestrians on the streets, at least much more than during the day. It can be seen that the people are really frightened by Geng Qiang's indiscriminate arrest of strong men, that is, they dare to go out of their homes in the early morning when the officers and soldiers are sleeping, or buy some food or daily necessities.

Tang Yin walked to a small alley that was not wide, the corner here was remote, but it was very lively, and there were stalls on both sides of the street, with everything to eat, wear, and use. Tang Yin touched his stomach, he was also a little hungry, walked to a stall to buy steamed buns, took out a handful of scattered copper coins from his pocket, bought five steamed buns, and stood aside to eat.

The bun is a vegetable bun, there is not even a diced meat in it, it is dry and astringent, fortunately, Tang Yin is not picky about what he eats, as long as he can fill his stomach. As he ate, he checked the people passing by in the streets, and they seldom talked to each other, but they all came and went in a hurry, as if they were being chased by ghosts, and left as soon as they had bought something and paid for it.

But even so, there are still a lot of people at this morning market. After looking at it, Tang Yin smiled secretly in his heart, to what extent the people of Xibaicheng have been oppressed by Geng Qiang, which can be seen, and people's disgust for them can be imagined. While Tang Yin was pondering in his heart, all of a sudden, there was a great chaos in the south of the morning market, and he saw a large number of people running from the south to the north, and shouted from time to time: "The official army is coming! The official army is coming!"

As soon as they heard these four words that the officials and soldiers were coming, the entire morning market was in chaos, and even the small vendors who set up stalls were so frightened that they didn't even want what they were selling. The long alleys, the huge morning market, with the arrival of the official army, the building was empty in an instant.

Tang Yin squinted his eyes, and was still standing on the side of the road to nibble on buns, and some kind-hearted people passed by, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't eat, run away, if you don't run, the official army will arrest you!"

Hearing this, Tang Yin's eyes were crooked, he put down the bun on his mouth, showed two rows of small white teeth, and smiled. People just thought he was a fool and didn't have time to care about him, so they could only shake their heads and sigh and continue to run.

Soon, the streets were empty, but the footsteps at the south alley were messy, and from time to time shouts were heard: "Don't run!

Don't look at it, it must be the officers and soldiers who shouted this.

Tang Yin stood still and did not move, and continued to eat the uneaten buns in his hands, but a thick black mist rose from around his body, and the black mist gathered behind him, gathering but not dispersing, time did not come, the gaseous state condensed into a solid state, and condensed into a person who was exactly the same as Tang Yin. It was a shadow clone.

The shadow clone didn't even look at the officers and soldiers running in the distance, took two steps back, and then stood upright, tiptoed to the wall next to the street, and his body was like an arrow, and flew directly to the roof of the house next to the road, and then disappeared into the house with a jump.

It ran away, but Tang Yin's real body was still in the alley, and he didn't want to run at all, waiting for the officials and soldiers to arrest him and take him to the army.

After a short time, hundreds of officers and soldiers rushed to his approach, and suddenly saw a young man eating steamed buns on the side of the road, and the officers and soldiers were also startled, and they couldn't understand whether the young man in front of him had a problem with his brain.

"Hey, boy!" an officer and soldier walked up to Tang Yin quickly, flicked his arm, knocked out half of the bun in his hand, and then looked him up and down a few times, and asked, "What's your name?"

"Tang Chu!" Tang Yin made up a name.

"Oh, good, good!" the officer shouted three times in a row, not because he thought the name Tang Chu was good, but because this young man could still answer his own name, even if his head was not very bright, he was not stupid. He put his hand on Tang Yin's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Boy, don't eat, the military master will take you to a place where you don't need money to eat!"

"Huh?" Tang Yin deliberately pretended to be stupid, his face full of inexplicability.

"Don't be wordy, let's go!" As he spoke, the officer pulled Tang Yin's clothes and strode towards the alley. 3rd floor

Tang Yin was not the only one caught by the official army, there were more than 50 unlucky people, including middle-aged people in their forties, fat and oily boys, and more thin young poor people. They were gathered in an open space by the officers and soldiers, and the captain of the team came out of the ranks and counted the numbers like cattle.

At this time, the arrested boy squeezed out of the crowd, walked up to the captain, nodded and bowed repeatedly, whispered a few words in his ear, and then took out a silver bag from his pocket and stuffed it into the captain. The latter took it as if no one was around, and slid it in his hand, feeling that it was very weighty, and then nodded with satisfaction, and waved his hand impatiently at the boy.

Seeing this, Brother Gongzi hurriedly thanked him, did not dare to delay for a moment, turned around and fled quickly.

As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind. No matter what time or dynasty, money has the effect of reaching the sky.

The captain stuffed the silver bag into his armor with a big sting, then looked around at the people who were arrested, and said in a loud voice: "Today, the military master has mercy, no matter who it is, as long as you can pay fifty taels of silver, let you go immediately, if you have no money, hehe, then go to war with the military master!"

"Master Jun, Master Jun, the villain's money is not enough!" After listening to the captain's words, more than a dozen people turned out the silver on their bodies, handed it to the captain, and begged with a cry.

The captain was not polite, he took the money when he saw it, and accepted the money of more than a dozen people, but he had no intention of releasing them. Looking down at the scattered pieces of silver and copper coins in his hand, he shrugged his shoulders and sneered, and said, "This money is enough to do a fart, and it's not enough to stuff the military master's teeth!" As he spoke, he looked at more than a dozen people, and said: "You are lucky today, the military master is happy, since you have paid the money, the military master can't help but take care of you, I will arrange for you to guard the city wall, those ......" said, he looked around at these people who had no money to pay, including Tang Yin, and continued: " Those who haven't paid the money, you don't take care of the military master, and the military master can't take care of you, so you will all guard the city gate for me!"

You must know that in the siege war, the city gate is always the focus of the enemy's attack, and guarding the city gate is also the most dangerous post, and there is a possibility of death at any time. The captain was not polite to the people who had not paid the money, and directly arranged for them to guard the city gate. Of course, among the people, only Tang Yin was secretly happy, and things went much smoother than he expected.

The soldiers took them to the North City Gate, which was most fiercely attacked by the Tianyuan Army, and on the way, Tang Yin looked at the people around him, these people were all in tattered clothes, their clothes were patched with patches, and the shoes below were also leaking holes. The young man on his left was only in his early twenties, and he walked all the way to the north of the city, sighing and sighing.

Tang Yin asked, "Brother, who are these soldiers?"

When the young man heard this, he glanced at Tang Yin strangely and asked, "You don't even know who you were arrested by? They are all the personal soldiers of the county lord!"

"Since you are a pro-soldier of the county, why do you dare to accept bribes in an open and honest manner?"

The young man smiled bitterly and shook his head, if it weren't for the fact that Xibai City had been besieged by the Tianyuan Army for several days, he really had to wonder if Tang Yin had just arrived in the city. He said in a low voice: "The upper beam is not right, the lower beam is crooked! Since the county lord came to Lehu County, we haven't had a good day!"

These words immediately resonated with the people around them. The people sighed one after another and said, "Instead of living and suffering like this, it is better to let the Tianyuan army enter the city!"

"That's not good! I heard that as soon as the Tianyuan army captures the city, it will slaughter the city!"

"There is no difference between dying in the hands of the Tianyuan Army and dying in the hands of the county lord......"

The people said a word, venting the depression and dissatisfaction in their hearts, and it is not difficult to hear from it that although the people of Xibaicheng are disgusted with Geng Qiang, they are also full of fear for the Tianyuan Army. Tang Yin didn't know where they heard about the Tianyuan Army slaughtering the city, and he was about to ask, but after thinking about it, it became clear in his heart that this must be Geng Qiang's foolish propaganda, and its purpose was nothing more than to make the people afraid of the Tianyuan Army, so as to help him defend the Western Hundred City.

He took a deep breath and said in a firm tone: "The Tianyuan Army will not slaughter the city, at least not the people of the Wind Country!"

People looked at him and asked, "How do you know?"

Tang Yin smiled and said, "Because I have seen the Tianyuan Army before! We are the Wind People, and the Tianyuan Army is also the Wind People, how can the Wind People kill the Wind People indiscriminately?"

"But ......"

People still wanted to speak, and this is, several soldiers walked over quickly, and shouted: "What are you talking about? Don't try to run away, if you dare to escape, Lao Tzu will break your legs!"

Everyone shrank their necks in fright, didn't dare to say more, hung their heads one after another, and walked silently.

North Side.

Tang Yin and more than 30 people were led directly by the soldiers to the north city gate, he raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that the city wall was full of boulders and rolling logs, bundles of arrows were stacked together, like a hill, and the feet of its city defense equipment were staggering.

Looking straight ahead, there are ten trebuchets in front of the city gate, which can shoot boulders, fire oil and other things out of the city, which is a great threat to their own soldiers who are attacking the city outside the city, and then look ahead, it is the heavy city gate, although the city gate is not blocked, but it is also held up by dozens of thick wooden stakes, and it is basically impossible to knock open the city gate from the outside.

This is the city defense of the north gate of the West Hundred Cities, with the city wall as high as three and a half zhang as a barrier, under such sufficient city defense facilities, it is indeed to be fearless, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is no wonder that their own army stormed for four days but gained nothing.

Tang Yin slowly clenched his fists as he watched. At this time, the captain of the army ran up to a general wearing a general's armor, smiled at him, and said, "General Li, this time I brought you more than 30 people!"