"One, two, go!"

"Yo hey!"

"One, two, go!"

"Yo hey!"

Eight big men, shirtless and muscle-bound, shouted rhythmic slogans, and slowly climbed the stairs of the city wall with huge boulders together. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Such slogans were heard throughout the city, because the big stones and huge trees were so heavy that if they were to be lifted up to the city walls together, they had to use the shouts to coordinate their steps, so that everyone's strength could be concentrated and moved little by little on the steps.

Zhao Bufan was shirtless, tied the iron rod to his back, and became a member of the carrying army, even though it was freezing at the moment, but his body was covered with fine beads of sweat.

Finally hugging a huge piece of wood up the city wall, he wiped the sweat from the corners of his eyes, and gasped slightly.

"Zhao Bufan!Zhao Bufan!!"

Zheng Ming's voice came into his ears, and when Zhao Bufan looked back, he had already rushed to the front in a hurry.

Zhao Bufan smiled and said, "Zheng Dutou, is there something wrong?"

Zheng Ming asked worriedly: "No, the infantry of the Liao army has arrived outside the city, I am afraid that they will attack soon, let me ask you, see what you think we should arrange?"

In the past few days, Zhao Bufan has set an example and traveled around, not only twisting the people of Bazhou County into a rope, but also infecting the officers and soldiers of the whole army with practical actions, plus he arranges affairs in an orderly manner and often has whimsical ideas, so he has won the respect of the military and people of the city.

Now, Zheng Ming and those who all cared about his opinion very much, and asked him everything, as if he were the temporary commander here, and the officials and people in the city also spontaneously obeyed his command. It can be said that although Zhao Bufan is unofficial and has no position, he is already the backbone of Bazhou County.

At this time, hearing the information conveyed by Zheng Ming, Zhao Bufan walked to the side of the battlements and looked at the Liao soldier camp in the distance in silence.

After a long time, when Zheng Ming was a little impatient, he said slowly: "Zheng Dutou, the initial attack of the Liao army should not be elite, it will only be miscellaneous soldiers, and they will test our hypocrisy and reality, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, so we can't consume limited bows and arrows and crossbows, and use crushed stones, boiling water, and boiling hot oil to deal with them first." ”

Zheng Ming hurriedly said: "But if there is no bow and crossbow to suppress the other party, the archers of the enemy army will definitely cause damage to the city!"

Zhao Bufan shook his head calmly: "It's okay, this offensive and defensive battle is about tenacity, let's not compete with them, first concentrate all the shields in the city, and when the enemy archers shoot, we will squat in the corner and cover ourselves with shields." If the shield is not enough, then go and dismantle the door panel and try to fit it thicker, this thing will be shot through the front against the strong bow, but it is still enough to hide in the corner. ”

Zheng Ming understood what he meant, and his eyes lit up: "You mean, we will hide first, wait for the Liao soldiers to set up ladders to attack the city, and when the bows and arrows stop shooting, and then suddenly come out and use gravel and giant trees, boiling oil and boiling water to consume their troops and morale?"

"That's good!" Zhao Bufan nodded with a smile and continued: "Those bows and crossbows and other sharp weapons are kept, and I will tell you again when it is time to use them." In addition, in order to prevent the Liao soldiers from blowing up the city gate with gunpowder, you used big stones and giant trees to block all the passages of the city gate, leaving only one gate. ”

"Understood!" Zheng Ming was elated, as if he had received a treasure.

Zhao Bufan watched him go away, standing quietly at the head of the city, in the eyes of everyone, he was confident, but in fact, he had no bottom at all, and the methods he thought of in his mind were all made up by him from the vague memories of his previous life, and they were small means borrowed, and even he didn't know if it would work.

After waiting anxiously for a day, the Liao army camp still did not respond, and when he returned to the camp tent in the evening, Zhao Bufan found the imprisoned Lu Commander and interrogated him secretly.

The light inside the tent was dim, the flickering candles "crackled" softly, and Commander Lu was bound by chains and ropes, and his face was haggard.

When he saw Zhao Bufan enter the account, his emotions instantly lost control, and he screamed hysterically: "Let me go!!Let me go!!Let me go!! you will make a mess, if you don't let me go and quickly redeem your mistakes, you will definitely be wiped out by the three clans!! If you let me go now, I will not let you die!!"

Zhao Bufan didn't care about him, nodded to He Daye with a smile, and slowly walked to the stool and sat down, his expression gradually becoming indifferent.

"Commander Lu, I'm afraid you don't know the situation very well, I'm an orphan now, and my parents and relatives have long since died, so your annihilation of the three clans really can't scare me!"

"You ......" Commander Lu's lips trembled in anger, but he couldn't find the words to continue threatening.

Zhao Bufan stared at him for a long time, and suddenly said: "Lu Man, three generations of military households, grandfather is a forbidden army, father is a forbidden army, and you were originally the commander of the forbidden army in Liutun Huangzhou." Back then, Tong Guan crusaded against Xige Zang, broke the Western Xia, and successfully subdued the Jishi Army and Taozhou, but you were dealt with by military law because of poor food delivery. Tong Guan dismissed you from your position in the forbidden army and demoted you to the head of the army. After that, you were transferred to Northern Xinjiang, and because of your meritorious service in governing the army, you were once again promoted to the commander of the Bazhou Xiang Army, until today. ”

"Are you checking on me?" Lu Man's eyes showed a fierce light.

Zhao Bufan sneered: "How can you not check, you are from a military family, three generations have been in the forbidden army, and you have been in the army for so many years, why did you give such a stupid order, you may give a reasonable explanation?"

"What do you know? This is called preserving strength, only by preserving strength can you try to counterattack, you little soldier who came from nowhere, what art of war do you know?" Lu Man's righteous words were righteous, and his appearance was simply upright, as if he was a warrior for the country and the people.

Zhao Bufan smiled disdainfully, and said in a cold voice: "You are stupid to me? How long does it take for the Khitan Iron Cavalry to run ten miles? How long does it take for us to run ten miles? As long as we go out of the city, the Khitan Iron Cavalry can kill us all in half an hour, what strength do you preserve?"

Lu Man couldn't argue, but he still refused to let go: "I have my own way to deal with it!"

"What's the way? Let's go to death, and then you go to receive the reward?" Zhao Bufan asked murderously.

Lu Man felt as if he had been stabbed, and suddenly became angry: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"How long do you want to pretend?" Zhao Bufan got up suddenly, stepped forward and punched Lu Man in the stomach hard, and asked sharply: "Say, who instructed you to assist the Liao State, who instructed you to send us to death, what benefits can you get?"

Lu Man's stomach was hit hard, the pain was unbearable, and even saliva flowed out of his mouth involuntarily, but he still refused to confess, gritted his teeth and said: "Not only did you commit chaos, but you also wanted to be beaten into a trick, and you will definitely not be able to escape death!"

"Do you think that if you don't say it, I can't do anything about you?" Zhao Bufan sneered, grabbed Lu Man's head, and stared straight into his eyes: "Let me tell you, if you don't want people to know, unless you don't do it, I definitely have a way to find evidence, and now starve you for a few days!"

"You dare! I'm the commander, you dare to starve me to death?" Lu Man was still pretending to be official.

Zhao Bufan didn't say more, turned around and walked outside the tent, and only when he went out did he turn back and stare at him coldly: "You can try it and see if I dare!"

Back in his tent, Zhao Bufan lay down to rest, but he couldn't sleep, tossing and turning in bed, and fragmentary pictures always flashed in his mind.

On the way to Bazhou, he learned from the black-clothed man that someone from the Liao army was deliberately put in to contact Lu Man, the commander of the strange body, he felt that the two things must be connected, but now there is no evidence, and he doesn't know who is standing behind it.

Even he suspected that this rebellion that deliberately allowed the invasion of the Liao Kingdom was likely to be related to the mastermind behind the killing of the master, otherwise how could the man in black know so much?

If you talk about the object of suspicion, it is too much, there are so many traitors in the court, anyone is possible, if there is no clear clue, it is impossible to identify who it is.

After thinking about it like this, I don't know how long it took for Zhao Bufan to fall asleep unconsciously.

In the early morning of the next day, the Liao State still did not launch an attack, Zhao Bufan was puzzled in his heart, and he couldn't understand what the Liao army outside the city was thinking, logically speaking, they should take the county seat of Bazhou as soon as possible, and then attack Yijin Pass and Waqiao Pass inside and outside, so as to occupy an absolutely favorable situation before the Great Song Dynasty transferred troops to reinforce it.

But no matter what, the Liao soldiers did not attack, and the county seat of Naba Prefecture was still safe, which was a good thing, and Zhao Bufan quickly threw himself into intense war preparations.

In the morning, he had breakfast and was about to check the deployment of the soldiers on the city wall, but he didn't expect He Daye to walk slowly with the support of the two soldiers.

Zhao Bufan saw that He Daye's face was pale and he was seriously injured, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "What's wrong with you? What's wrong? Why are you so seriously injured?"

"I'm sorry for you!" He Daye lowered his head reproachfully and said bitterly: "Lu Man is dead!!"

"Dead?" Zhao Bufan was shocked, this Lu Man is an important clue, not only related to the rebellion of the Khitans, but also related to the deep hatred of the master.

He was so anxious that he grabbed He Daye's clothes and shouted anxiously: "Lu Man is locked in a military tent, how can he die?"

"He was killed!" He Daye replied helplessly.

"Kill?" Zhao Bufan was incredulous, let go of He Daye's clothes, and took a few steps back in a frustrated manner.

After recovering his strength, he forced himself to calm down and asked quickly: "Ohno, take me to see, no matter what information you know, tell me word for word!"

"I'm sure I'll tell you everything!" He Daye nodded.

Zhao Bufan was uneasy, temporarily put aside other things, and quickly returned to the camp where Lu Man was held with He Daye.

Nothing has been touched here, there are ten soldiers here to be strictly guarded, Zhao Bufan walked into the camp tent, and immediately saw Lu Man, who had been dead for a long time, he was still tied to the pillar, his eyes were round, the black blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth had coagulated, and there were obvious palm prints on his chest, and there were no other wounds, obviously he was beaten to death by someone.

After a careful inspection, Zhao Bufan looked at He Daye solemnly and asked softly: "Daye, you tell me about last night's situation now, don't miss anything at all!"