There was a loud bang, and the heavy city gate, which had been burned beyond recognition, broke open, and many barbarians shouted and shouted for joy, and came out of the hole.

The legs of the Daqian soldiers hidden in the shadows were shaking, but they also knew that now either he would die or I would die.

Arrows rained down on the bandits, and the bandits fell one by one, but they kept coming in.

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhang's man-built corridor wall blocked them and trapped these people in the corridor.

Although someone broke through the rain of swords and ran out of the corridor, they fell into a huge trap again.

Seeing that more and more of the barbarians were falling into the trap, Mrs. Zhang stood on the high wall not far away and ordered people to pour tung oil into it and light a fire.

For a while, the flames soared into the sky, and the screams were endless.

The bandits finally sensed that something was wrong and had to retreat from the city gate.

Due to the incessant shooting of arrows from the city walls, the bandits eventually retreated to the garrison and repaired temporarily.

Zhang Taishou was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered people to go down to clean up the corpses of the enemy at the city gate, and collect arrows and weapons by the way.

The barbarians were also chicken thieves, and when they saw people moving at the city gates, they rode their horses to kill them, which made the collection very difficult.

Fortunately, the breach of the city gate was blocked again, and Mrs. Zhang ordered people to count the corpses of the thieves, and found that more than 200 people were killed and injured in the road and trap.

More than 2,000 people gathered on both sides of the river and smashed back the enemy's rafts with stones and bricks.

"Well done!" Zhang Taishou was overjoyed, held his wife's hand and said, "Thank you for your help." ”

Mrs. Zhang smiled slightly: "If there is no help from the people, I alone will not be able to retreat from the thieves, you should thank the family and the people in the city." ”

"I know for my husband."

Zhang Taishou went home to rest for a while, and then went to the council hall to discuss the matter.

At this time, Da Sima and several officials were sitting in the hall drinking tea, and when they saw Taishou coming, they got up and saluted.

After returning the salute, Mrs. Zhang sat down on the main seat.

Sima was the first to speak: "Xianggong, just now Wanyan Hashi of the Jurchen Ministry sent someone to send a letter of persuasion, you see ······"

As he spoke, he handed over a letter.

Zhang Fangshan took it, took out the letter and looked at it, and his brows tightened instantly.

The letter said that Daqian's qi has been exhausted, Dajin's soldiers and horses are like bamboos, and they have surrounded the city of Tokyo, and this place will be their Dajin in the future.

also said that the handsome Wanyan Hashi admired Zhang Taishou's character and wanted to recruit him, so that the glory and wealth of the family would be enjoyed inexhaustibly in the future, and his official position would not be lower than now.

Sima observed Taishou's expression, and said: "The messenger also said that if we stubbornly resist to the end, the city will be broken by then, and the chickens and dogs will not be left." Xianggong, do you have an idea? ”

Zhang Taishou slowly tore up the letter and said coldly: "Don't believe the nonsense of thieves, even if we open the city gate to welcome them, those people will not let go of the people in the city."

Do you see the head of the thief hanging from his horseback? Those are all innocent people in my Daqian, who did they recruit and provoke? ”

Throwing the fragment of the letter in his hand into the incense burner beside him, Zhang Taishou's eyes swept over everyone like a torch, "You and I are both officials of Daqian, the parents of the people, and the rulers of the people, so we must be loyal to our duties, and we must not have any luck thoughts."

I have thousands of miles of rivers and rivers, how can such barbarians occupy them? This city must be defended, and I believe that if we hold out a little longer, reinforcements will soon arrive. ”

Sima and several officials glanced at each other, and they all saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

They stood up and bowed to Zhang Taishou: "Our honorable order." ”

A few days later, the poor people in the city began to run out of food, and not only the food shops in the city closed, but even the restaurants and restaurants in the city were closed.

Only some teahouses are still open, but the daily tea becomes plain water.

Many people gathered in the teahouse to discuss the war, and some people even had the idea of joining the enemy.

Of course, the middle-aged man who spoke his mind was beaten up and kicked out of the teahouse.

After a few more days, Wanyan's army suddenly increased by a few thousand more, and this time they concentrated their forces on attacking through the main gate and using ladders to force their way up the city walls.

The ladders were erected on the city wall one by one, and they were pushed down with long forks by the soldiers defending the city.

But there are too many enemies, you push me to go up again, and groups of people play wheel warfare with the Daqian soldiers.

In addition, the city gate was breached again, and countless thieves poured into the Yongdao, and some of them even worked together to tear down the Yongdao wall under the cover of their companions.

The people of Jingzhou were also very tenacious, holding iron forks, flat poles and sticks to fight with these people, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

Huzi and Jiang Wuben also wanted to go over to help, but were stopped by Mrs. Zhang.

These two are still children, even if they have learned martial arts, they can't beat those outlaws, and if they go, they will be sent to death.

So, they were good at the head, and hit the bandits in the head with a cowhide slingshot, and if they were lucky, they were able to hit them in the eye.

Invisibly, it also saved many people.

Sakura also held a slingshot, and stood on the second floor of a nearby restaurant with his younger brother Huzi, smashing bricks at the swarm.

Mrs. Zhang was also upstairs under the protection of her family, and she was also frightened when she looked at the bandits not far away.

"Madam, let's go quickly, we can't stay here." The housekeeper was a little anxious.

Mrs. Zhang nodded, beckoned Yingbao and a few others to leave the restaurant through the back door, board the carriage and rush back to the Taishou Mansion.

After returning home, Mrs. Zhang ordered the servant woman to set up a few large pots of steamed rice, and salt and diced meat were added to the rice.

Seeing this, Sakura knew that the food was meant to be given to the soldiers, so she secretly poured pupil springs into the water tank and well.

At the city gate, Zhang Min and his father Zhang Taishou saw that the city gate was broken, and immediately transferred a lot of soldiers to surround and kill.

Sima, Si Nong, Changshi and other officials each led a group of people to guard the two waterways in the north and south.

And Zhang Taishou's eldest son Zhang Wen is twenty years old this year, not long after he got married, he is leading people on the city wall to block the enemy who climbs the ladder, and he has no time to care about the situation under the city.

This stalemate lasted all day, and the soldiers and civilians did not even bother to eat, and the enemy troops from there continued to pour in.

Madame Zhang arrived with her servants and brought buckets of rice to the city walls and roadsides for the soldiers who were fighting.

The soldiers who retreated devoured their food, and just after eating, they rushed to the position with their weapons and changed their comrades.

Not to mention, after eating, they felt full of strength all over their bodies, and the previous fatigue was swept away.

Later, Mrs. Zhang instructed the women in the city to carry the wounded soldiers and civilians to a courtyard in the rear, so that Langzhong of the medical department could treat them.

Ying Bao also pulled his younger brother and Huzi to help here, and when he saw the seriously injured, he gave them Wuding Zhi.

Huzi and Jiang Wu wanted to go out to fight, but they were sternly rejected by Sakuraho.

"Now is not the time to be reckless, you two are here to help and save people, you know?" Sakura Bao glared sternly at his brother and Torako.

Huzi and Jiang Wu had never seen Sakura Bao like this, so they had to bow their heads and agree.

However, these wounded people are really terrifying, broken arms and legs are common, some of them have big gaps in their abdomen, their intestines are flowing out, and they are stuffed back into their stomachs and sewn up by the doctors.

Thanks to the annihilation, annihilation of the baby, and 20230822070958807 the baby's reward, so that the scumbag author was flattered.

As well as the support of many babies for tips and monthly passes, the scum author is grateful and ashamed. The scum writer must work hard and strive to write a million words.

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