Sakura was shocked when she heard this, and quickly ran out with her brother.

On the way, I met Zhang Xuehua and her two sisters-in-law.

"Sakura-bo, where are you going?" Zhang Xuehua was about to ask Ying Bao about the situation outside the city, and when she saw her hurriedly running out, she couldn't help asking.

Ying Bao didn't look back: "I'll go to Jiangkouzi to have a look!" "I've run out of the moon gate.

When I got to the street, I didn't see many pedestrians, but occasionally I saw some big families come out with a group of servants, holding wooden sticks and machetes in their hands, and they ran towards the river.

Sakura Po was relieved and passed by a wasteland with bricks.

It is estimated that there are two large piles of these bricks that are going to be used to build houses.

Sakura suddenly stopped, looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he immediately stepped forward and collected two large piles of bricks.

After thinking about it, he threw an ingot of five taels of silver on the ground and covered it with a brick.

Jiang Wu didn't know why, so he followed his sister and asked, "Why did you turn other people's bricks away?" ”

"It's useful!"

Sakura followed a group of people to the dock, and saw a lot of young people gathered around.

The water in the city is actually a tributary of the Great River, which meanders through the city from northwest to southeast.

This kind of terrain means that the people of the city have to guard the two entrances and exits.

Not only that, but there must also be people on the city walls, and the embankment barbarians climb the city walls.

Sakura Po glanced at the city wall in the distance and sighed in his heart.

The book in my head said that there were few guards in Jingzhou City, and there were only a few hundred people in total.

These hundreds of people were scattered to defend everywhere, and there were only three or four people at one post, and there was no threat to the barbarians under the city.

Jiang Wu took a look at the crowd, and then came back and told Yingbao: "Sister, those people have been beaten away!" Let's go find Brother Huzi. ”

Sakura Po glanced at the water, where two dilapidated fishing boats were burning quietly.

There were still two or three corpses in Hanoi, which looked like barbarian bandits.

Several guards carried the raft to retrieve the body.

Because if this thing is left in the river, it will pollute the water and must be fished up and burned.

Sakura knew that this was just a temptation by the barbarians, and it was estimated that in less than two days, they would sneak in one night.

She craned her neck to look for her gourd boat, but she couldn't find it, and she didn't know who had held it up.

Ying Bao took his younger brother back and went to the city wall to find Zhang Min and Huzi.

Before coming to the trail, there are soldiers guarding it, and no idlers are allowed to climb the city wall.

"We came to find Zhang Min, he is the son of Zhang Taishou." Jiang Wu explained.

The soldier knew that Zhang Taishou's youngest son had returned, and ran to defend the city as soon as possible, and immediately said, "Okay, I'll take you up." ”

So, the siblings climbed the city wall under the guidance of soldiers.

Zhang Min and Huzi are indeed here, and they are looking at the city with Zhang Taishou.

Sakura also leaned on the female wall and looked down.

I saw that on the hillside in the distance, the beast tooth flag of the barbarian was waving in the wind, and many animal skin tents were lined up one after another, and there were many people at a glance.

A troop of cavalry galloped forward, running back and forth with the heads of the people with their broadswords in their hands under the city, and shouting defiantly.

Zhang Tai's teeth were itching, but those people were too far away to shoot his arrows.

"Lord, the letter asking for help has been sent out, we can only wait for the reinforcements to arrive." A staff member said.

Zhang Taishou nodded and said, "I'm afraid that no one will come to help." ”

If it's going to come, it's already coming.

In the military tun dozens of miles away from Jingzhou City, he sent people to ask for help early, but there was no news.

This time, nearly 5,000 people came, more than ten times more than the soldiers defending the city, and once they were allowed to attack the city, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Another staff member said, "My lord, why don't you gather the servants of the rich families in the city and fight the enemy together." ”

Zhang Taishou nodded, pondering.

Even if the servants came, it would be in vain if they had no weapons in their hands.

If you want to repel the siege bandits, you must use bows, arrows, fire oil, etc., but it is really not possible, stones and bricks can also be used as weapons, and I am afraid that they will secretly attack.

Zhang Min saw Yingbao and Jiang Wu, and walked over and said, "You guys hurry down, and by the way, bring Huzi back to the house." "Huzi is only eleven years old, just as tall as a female wall, and he can't see below when he puts his toes up, and it doesn't work at all to stay on the city wall.

Sakura: "You come down too, I have something to tell you." ”

Zhang Min had to go down the city wall with his little sister and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"You tell your father to immediately organize people to carry bricks and stones to the city wall, and then prepare tung oil." Sakura Po actually wanted to say that she was going to prepare some feces and feces, but she didn't say it in the end.

Zhang Min: "I see. ”

After a pause, Zhang Min said guiltily to the little junior sister: "Yingbao, I have caused you brothers and sisters. ”

Sakura was speechless.

He and his younger brother Huzi have a way to protect themselves, and they don't worry that they will be killed after the city is broken, but what about Zhang Min's family?

Even if he hides them himself, the court will still settle accounts after the fall.

Alas, it's not easy to be an official.

Sakura suddenly regretted letting her younger brother take the entrance examination.

Zhang Min hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Yingbao, if the city can't be defended, please think of taking my mother and sister to escape." ”

"Okay." Sakura Bao promised, "In case the city is broken, I will definitely let them leave safely." ”

Zhang Min's eyes turned red, and he immediately turned around and turned his back to Sakura Bao. "Thank you, little sister."

"Thank you, we are brothers and sisters, I hope we can defend the city together and drive away the barbarians." Sakura Treasure Road.

"Hmm!" Zhang Min walked briskly towards the city wall, without looking back.

Huzi blinked and said to Yingbao: "Brother Zhang Min is crying." ”

Sakura snorted and turned to walk back.

Huzi and Jiang Wu followed, muttering as they walked: "Let's go eat, I'll drink a bowl of porridge and eat a steamed bun in the morning, and now I'm hungry." ”

"Okay." Sakura also wants to see what there is to buy in the city, so she might as well buy some self-defense.

After walking around, many shops are operating as usual, but there are a lot fewer stalls outside.

Yingbao came to Jingzhou once and cleared the shops here.

I soon found a noodle shop and asked the store for three bowls of mutton noodle soup.

The three of them ate the noodles slowly, and listened to the shopkeeper muttering to his wife: "Let's rest tomorrow, we can't buy mutton, what are we going to do with noodles." ”

His wife responded: "Then let's rest." I heard the lady next door say that there are many barbarians outside the city, and they are scary. ”

Shopkeeper: "I've heard about it, too." Alas, how did those barbarians get to us? I really don't understand. ”

A guest sitting next to him eating noodles answered: "It was said that the defenders on the other side of the border had run away, and the barbarians fought all the way over, without any effort at all." ”

"The barbarians have all hit our doorstep, so the court won't send people to suppress the bandits?" Another asked.

"What kind of faction, you look at the military camp outside our city, I have lived for more than 40 years, and I haven't seen those soldiers drill a few times."

"It's true, those who are officials have all gone to collect money, who cares about that."

(End of chapter)