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Those carpenters Fang Ruitao attached great importance to them, and he even personally met them in the flower hall of the City Lord's Mansion. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info The carpenters who have been honest all their lives and bowed their heads have received such courtesy today, they are simply flattered, and at this time, everyone is standing there or sitting, and they are all there to rub their hands nervously, and Fang Ruitao who watched it was amused.

"Do you have a leader? Fang Ruitao looked at a group of carpenters and said slowly.

"My lord, the little one still has some fame in Gulma City, so he can be regarded as their head. An old carpenter walked out of the crowd and saluted Fang Ruitao.

"The old man doesn't have to be formal, just sit down and talk. Fang Ruitao waved his hand, not too enthusiastic. He knew that for these people at the bottom of society, if the people at the top of the society were too enthusiastic, they would be overwhelmed.

"Thank you, sir, I wonder what your lord is doing with us this time?" asked the old carpenter, sitting in his chair.

Fang Ruitao nodded: "There are indeed some things I want you to make for me, which are used to defend the city." After saying that, he reached into his arms and took out a scroll of drawings drawn by Fengyun 19.

The old carpenter took the drawing with trembling hands, and after only one glance, his eyes widened, and he was stunned for a long time before he said: "My lord Mingjian, we have never made this thing, and we can't understand these dimensions." ”

Fang Ruitao said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll give you a model, you just zoom in on it, as for the wood city lord's mansion will prepare it for you, you just need to make it for me, as for the salary, I'll give double the salary." ”

When the old carpenter heard that he was still paid for working in the city lord's mansion, he immediately saluted and said, "Thank you for your generosity, I am grateful, I don't know when I will need these things and how much I will need." ”

Fang Ruitao touched his chin and said, "Naturally, the sooner the better, as for the quantity, this is something used to defend the city, so you should try to make as many as possible." ”

When they heard that it was something used to defend the city, everyone cheered up and said that they would immediately go back to get the tools and start work as soon as possible. Fang Ruitao also nodded in agreement, and then he asked the old housekeeper to prepare a large amount of wood, and also sent someone to take care of their food.

Under the leadership of Fang Ruitao, the whole city was busy, under the propaganda of the mercenaries, they also knew that once the horse bandits broke the city, the whole family was in danger of being killed, so the enthusiasm of the civilians was unprecedentedly high, and the whole city even worked with torches until late at night, so that the things that Fang Ruitao needed were ready.

From the news that the horse bandits were about to attack the city, the only 3,000 infantry in the city went to the city to defend, the four gates of Gurma City were closed, cutting off all external exchanges, and in order to take care of the food and drink of the people in the city, he also specially sent some people to form a team to go out to collect firewood for the whole city, until the firewood for the whole city was reserved for a month. There are many wells in the city, and there is plenty of food, and now that there is even firewood, I believe that Gulma City will be able to hold on for a long time.

Under Fang Ruitao's command, the improvised ash bottles and Molotov cocktails were sent to the city wall along with the rolling stones, and then Fang Ruitao explained to them in detail how to use them, and the five hundred mercenaries who had negotiated the price were also mixed with the strong men to take turns guarding the city. Behind the city wall, Fang Ruitao led people to build a lot of earthen platforms, and placed a lot of big guys covered with black cloth on them, and at the same time sent troops to guard them closely, not allowing outsiders to approach at all. In addition, he gathered a group of people in the City Lord's Mansion and didn't know what he was tinkering with, all of which revealed a mysterious aura, and the defender generals didn't know what Fang Ruitao was trying to do.

In the busyness of the whole city, the horse bandits of the brigade finally arrived at the city at noon on the third day, and it was obvious that their assembly time had also dragged on for a long time, and it was only at this time that it was too late.

"Brother Cao, should we start attacking immediately?" a sturdy one-eyed horse bandit rode a cloud horse to the front of the formation, looked at the low walls of Gulma City in the distance and asked the people around him, obviously he was also a big leader.

The horse bandit surnamed Cao said with a smile: "Their city lord has been killed by our design, and now the city must be in chaos, as long as we rush in, we can loot and burn it casually." Of course, the sooner the better, so what are you waiting for? Let's get on it together. ”

"Brother Cao, don't be impatient, I heard from Tanma, the whole city of Gurma City has been under martial law in the past few days, and no one is allowed to come out at all, and now the four doors are closed, it doesn't look like a mess at all, we should be cautious." A middle-aged man, who was also the ringleader, cautioned.

"Gao Ran, are you afraid? If you don't have the courage to attack the city, we'll come, but this loot won't be your share. The one-eyed horse bandit laughed.

Gao Ran glared at the other party and said, "Zhao Qian, don't talk nonsense, I didn't approve of coming to attack the city, but it was Brother Cao who insisted on pulling me here, otherwise I wouldn't attack here." It's one thing for us to plunder outside, it's another thing to raid cities, and it will make the Imperial Government lose face, if they mobilize troops to surround us, will you still be able to laugh?"

The one-eyed horse bandit named Zhao Qian said with a smile: "You don't have to find so many reasons, I'm afraid of it, I'm afraid, don't worry that my people will take the lead, and you won't be killed or injured too much." ”

"According to the big leader, your power is the strongest here, so you should take the idea, but I agree with Gao Ran's idea. "A bewitching woman riding on a cloud horse, her age is definitely not more than thirty years old, the enchanting figure and strong thighs, with that seductive appearance makes all the horse bandits salivate, it can be seen that this person can survive in the horse bandit pile and become a principal, its strength is definitely not low, otherwise she would have been robbed by which leader to be the lady of the village.

"Sister Qu's words do have some truth, but we have already killed the city lord here, even if we don't loot Gulma City, the imperial government will not let us go for the sake of face. What's more, the dead city lord has an inextricable relationship with Chen Zhenghao, and we are already the target of everyone in every way. It's better to plunder and then hide in the depths of the savannah for two years, and then come back when the Imperial Government forgets about it. "The family that can become the strongest horse bandit on the prairie, Cao Ju is obviously not a mediocre person, hearing him say this, everyone nodded, at this time it is already difficult to ride a tiger, and they can only bite the bullet.

The bewitching Qu Ayabo gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Since this is the case, let my Blood Rose take the lead." As soon as she pulled the reins of the horse, she was about to gather people, but Zhao Qian next to her laughed and said: "Sister Qu doesn't have to do this, don't put on a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance of sacrificing yourself, your Blood Rose Thieves take the lead, this is to drink the first soup, my old Zhao doesn't eat this set." If we want to decide who will attack first, let's draw lots to decide, the one drawn will take the lead, and the first one to enter the city will be the first to grab. ”

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