"Get out of the way, get out of the way! The bandits are coming! Death to the side! Don't get in the way of the military masters! ”

At the city gate in the east of Anhui City, the city wall here is the tallest, and the refugees who have taken refuge on it are also the most, and a group of officers and soldiers wade through the water with guns and rush up to the city wall. Seeing the ragged refugees on the city wall, they picked up their guns and smashed them and drove them away.

"Fellow villagers, I also know that it is really unfortunate for our Anhui City to suffer this natural disaster, and there is no way for everyone to be homeless! But after receiving the news, the bandits are about to attack, and they will arrive in less than half a day, and you are here to hinder us, and the bandits will not blink an eye when they enter the city. I would like you to take refuge elsewhere, and when our officers and soldiers have defeated the bandits and are safe, everyone will take refuge again, okay? ”

A pot-bellied, black-hated official staggered and followed the officers and soldiers up the stairs to the city wall. The words were polite, but looking at his demeanor, he did not look at the people on the city wall at all, and from time to time he had to look back at the soldiers behind him who were carrying large boxes, and the boxes were very weighty. And the soldiers who opened the way in front, the barrels of guns and scabbards in their hands did not stop because of this polite county order, and they still beat and drove away.

When the crowd heard this official's words, they also fell into a panic: "Where is there still a place to hide in this city?" It's just a little higher on this side of the east city gate, where can we go? ”

"That's it, just like that, the water in the east city is almost waist-down, and the moat outside the city can't be seen, why don't we go and see it from the north city gate?"

"I can't go, I can't go, where to go! Our family had just come from there, and the water was as high as the city walls! ”

"Don't hit people, I'm holding the child, the old man is so old, how can you do it?"

An old man with gray hair stood up with the support of his son, daughter-in-law and others, and took the cane on his hand, and the crowd gradually calmed down. Obviously, this old man has a lot of prestige in the area of Wancheng.

The old man bowed and saluted: "Lord Zhang, we also know that the county magistrate is thinking about us, but now that the Yangtze River is flooding, coupled with the heavy rain for several days, there is really nowhere to avoid it in the city. We will not cause trouble to the adults, if the bandits really come, although they are old, they can still throw a stone and smash the city wall! As he spoke, he vigorously squeezed the crutches in his hand, Xu was a little impassioned, and as soon as the words fell, he coughed violently, causing the children to be smooth and beat their backs.

Zhang Xianling turned around unhurriedly after the old man finished speaking, "Old Sun, your hands are shaking... Not to mention smashing stones, you can hold your 'dog stick' safely, you can be considered a good man... Okay, okay, this county won't talk nonsense with you, where do you fall in love, anyway, this city wall is not where you ordinary people should stay, hurry up, with this strength, wouldn't it be better to dredge the flood in the city? Come on, escort the villagers down to take refuge! ”

As soon as Zhang Xianling's words fell, those soldiers surrounded them again with guns, ignoring the old man who was still coughing, and drove the refugees. The refugees suddenly became noisy again, the refugees in the front row had already begun to push and shove with the soldiers, and some had begun to pick up the flat shoulders carrying the goods and confront the officers and soldiers.

"Lord Zhang, it's not good! The bandits are coming! From the North City! It's all water-based, and I swam directly outside the city and went up to the city wall, and the city wall in the north city began to rob things, and I was still killing people! It's miserable over there! Go ahead, if they all rush in! Hurry, everyone, stop arguing, go to the north city to kill the bandits! ”

At this moment, a young man with patches in his clothes ran up from under the city, panting and shouting.

The young man looked flustered, his clothes were ragged, and he was wet, perhaps from the water, but his face was clean, and although there was a shallow mole at the end of his left eye, it was difficult to hide his heroic spirit.

Zhang Xianling looked at the "battle situation" of the officers and soldiers and the refugees, and replied absentmindedly: "Well~ everyone has heard it, the bandits really want to start with... Well? What? Are there bandits in the North City? How many of them are there? When did it come? Master Zhang was startled, hurriedly trotted over, grabbed the boy and asked.

"I don't know how many people there are, I saw the robbers coming, and they ran away. I only saw forty or fifty of them, and there were quite a few of them behind, and the black pressure pressed a large number of people, adults, hurry up! You don't go to the city without bandits! At this time, I guess I have crossed the city wall," the young man said anxiously, grabbing Zhang Xianling's sleeve and wanting to drag it down the city.

Zhang Xianling has big shoulders and a round waist, which is what this young man can drag? Holding down the young man with his backhand, "Yi Xiaodao, I'm telling you this is not a joke, the bandits really swam over from Beicheng?" If you dare to talk nonsense, this official's board will not spare you! ”

When the restless crowd heard the young man's words, they all stopped arguing and looked over for an accurate answer.

The young man called Yi Xiaodao jumped to his feet in a hurry: "Do I dare to lie to you about this kind of thing?" I just cheat a bun and steamed bun on weekdays, how dare I lie to you about such a big thing? ”

Zhang Xianling let go of Yi Xiaodao, paced in place and thought about it, and suddenly, grabbed Yi Xiaodao again, "You lie!" Isn't it contradictory that you just said that you ran away when you saw the bandits swim over, and then you said that the bandits killed people! You fool officials, spread rumors, you dare to lie about such a big thing, so bold! ”

"My lord, look over there..."Without waiting for Yi Xiaodao to argue, an officer and soldier who was observing the situation on the city wall pointed to the north of the city and called out loudly.

Zhang Xianling looked at it, the city was still full of waves, the waves beat the city wall from time to time, and the water floated over dead branches, dilapidated furniture and other items from time to time, but in the water in the north of the city, there was a blood red reflected in it, which was slowly drifting away.

It's okay not to look at it, seeing this scene, Zhang Xianling stared at a pair of fish-eyed round, and his big mouth was so surprised that he couldn't speak. Seeing this scene, everyone on the city wall was stunned one by one, quietly looking at the slowly spreading red area.

Only one person was not looking over there, Yi Xiaodao lowered his head, looking scared, but the corner of his eye was aimed at Zhang Xianling, waiting for him to react.

Zhang Xianling stood stunned for a long time, and suddenly shouted in a sharp voice: "All soldiers obey the order!" Escort the official out of Anhui City! This official will personally go to Wucheng to ask for rescue! "After all, the first one pulled his leg and ran under the city wall, which was called a swift one, and it was hard to believe that such a fat man could run so fast.

"Don't leave my box behind, it's the official's official document, and you can't lose it!" He turned around and shouted while running, not forgetting the official document in the box, it was really dedicated, if it was really an official document...

The other soldiers were stunned for a moment, ran down the city wall one after another, and followed behind Zhang Xianling, "My lord, the water is not conducive to war, how can we fight?" Let's go up to the city wall and defend it," one of the soldiers advised.

At this time, the water in Dongcheng had overflowed to the chest and abdomen, Zhang Xianling was obese, and simply gave up walking in the water, and the whole person floated up, two small hands slid rapidly on both sides of the body, and shouted loudly, "Are you stupid?" The city gate is in front of you, and you will go out immediately on the city wall to defend it, all the way to the east, and don't look back! ”

"The people on the city wall..."Another soldier also began to paddle like Zhang Xianling, but without the unique conditions of Zhang Xianling, he was not as fast as him.

Zhang Xianling ignored him, paddled the water with all his heart, and drew out of the city gate in a blink of an eye. I don't know if I didn't hear it, or if I made up my mind and had other plans. Seeing this, the other soldiers immediately understood in their hearts, so they didn't ask any more questions, and followed Zhang Xian's order to swim out of the city gate and swim towards the east.

From the confrontation between the officers and soldiers and refugees just now, to Zhang County's order to swim out of the city gate, it was only a quarter of an hour, and everything happened too fast, causing the others on the city wall to have no time to react.

Sun Laohan had already stopped coughing, and at this time he was the first to react, "Folks, hurry, the county magistrate has abandoned the city and fled, where are we ordinary people who are those bandits..."

Yi Xiaodao grabbed Sun Laohan, "Sun Lao, don't be busy, don't shout, the thief didn't come, I was to scare the dog official, don't be afraid." ”

Sun Laohan shook off Yi Xiaodao, "You baby, we are quite grateful to you for coming to report just now, how can you talk crazy at this time?" The water stained the blood red, and said it was fake! ”

Yi Xiaodao grabbed Sun Laohan again, "How can I joke with the lives of so many villagers, I really didn't come, I saw the dog official in the yamen in the morning with a box, presumably some gold and silver, just saw him rushing this way, I guessed that he would definitely drive the villagers away, so I scared and scared him" After speaking, he walked up to an aunt and bowed "Aunt Li, I'm sorry, I dismantled your dye vat and poured a vat of red paint into the water." Just to scare the dog official, I will pay you if I have money when I turn around! ”

It was only then that everyone suddenly realized and breathed a sigh of relief. "Hey~ What is a vat of paint, I was really scared to death just now, and I can't swim, if I am really driven down by the county order, I don't know where to go!"

"Yi Xiaodao is good, the nest head was not for you to eat in vain last month, next time you go to my house, the nest head is enough!"

"Still mentioning the nest head, are you ashamed? Knife, I just touched two big fish in the water, oh, here they are! Let's bake and eat it when it gets dark! ”

"Take me one! Take me one! I still have two bottles of wine here! ”

Everyone who relaxed began to enthusiastically invite Yi Xiaodao, and they generously donated money, promising to give him a share from their only surplus food.

Yi Xiaodao laughed, he grew up eating the hundred family meals of the neighbors for more than ten years. On weekdays, he stole a melon from the east and a date from the west, although the neighbors scolded him, no one really drove him away. He was so desperate that he couldn't repay them. Fortunately, I swim in the lake and the river on weekdays, and the water is excellent. In the past few days of floods, he was in the city salvaging the villagers' belongings and the bodies of the dead, and just happened to bump into the county order to pack up, so there was the scene just now.

"Oh no, the dog officer is back again!" Before everyone could rejoice, another shout came from the crowd. Everyone lay on the city wall and looked out of the city, and a group of officers and soldiers faintly marched towards Anhui City in the distance.

Yi Xiaodao has excellent eyesight, lying on the city wall and looking at it, his heart suddenly sank, this team of officers and soldiers behaved in an orderly manner, with a gun in his hand, a knife on his waist, dozens of horseback riders, led by a person wearing armor, dressed as a general, a spear in his hand, the gun was sharp and bright, faintly flashing with cold light. Riding a tall horse, the water was just reaching the horse's belly.

When Yi Xiaodao looked at him, he happened to meet his gaze, and the general smiled slightly at Yi Xiaodao, Yi Xiaodao vaguely felt that this smile was a little chilling...

"Knife, you have good eyesight, do you see anything? Isn't that the dog officer back again? If he comes back and catches us back, I'll fight with them! A big brother who looked like a farmer danced the flat pole in his hand and asked Yi Xiaodao.

"Yes, fight with them! Even if you make trouble with the emperor, we also have something to say! The rest of the able-bodied men chimed in.

Yi Xiaodao didn't answer, staring at the general tightly, and as they got closer and closer, the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.

On the side of the official army, the military general turned around and asked, "Can you hear clearly?" ”

A cavalryman followed closely and approached: "The investigation is clear, Anhui City was affected by the disaster this time, and there are many refugees who have fled, there are refugees in Wucheng, Changcheng, Xiangcheng, Wucheng and other places, there are not many refugees in the city, and the other three city gates have sent people over, most of them are on the side of Dongcheng." ”

The military general nodded, turned his head and continued to stare at Wancheng.

After a while, the officers and soldiers entered the city through the east gate, dismounted for the leading generals, and led the officers and soldiers up the city wall. In a short time, the soldiers all went up to the wall, and the more they numbered four or five hundred, the more crowded the city wall became.

Sun Laohan saw this posture, and he was a little uncertain in his heart, and he stepped forward on crutches and was about to salute and ask. The military general stabbed Sun Laohan on the spot with a gun and stabbed Sun Laohan on the spot!

Everyone was shocked, and the military general who stabbed Sun Laohan was expressionless, and indifferently popped out a word from between his teeth, "Kill!" ”