Jun Jiuling

Li Xianlin was stunned and then remembered that at the most dangerous time yesterday, the peasants also went up to the city wall, and used stones to heat oiled wooden stakes to prevent the golden soldiers from climbing the city. Almost all the unarmed peasants died on the city wall.

And the young and middle-aged men in the city also went up to the city wall with swords and guns today.

"Only women can be husbands." Another general said in a low voice.

Li Xianlin remained silent for a moment. He stepped past the dead and wounded soldiers and looked out of the city. The golden soldiers outside the city were gathering and retreating. The previous siege had left them dead and wounded, and the damaged ladder had to be repaired.

There are only a thousand golden soldiers left in these cities, and they are all wounded, so there is nothing to fear.

What Li Xianlin cared about was the further distance, he raised his eyes to look forward.

The terrain of Xiongzhou City is flat and wide, and it can be seen far away at a glance. Just two miles northwest of the city, you can see the Jinren camp. At this time, there are many flags and soldiers and horses lined up solemnly. More.

The 50,000 gold thieves were divided into three groups because the cavalry was fast. These 5,000 people were the main force sent from one of the three groups.

In the past few days, the soldiers and horses there have been dispatched in turn to attack Xiongzhou City.

"If the reinforcements come, I'm afraid it will be easier to go from the south." Li Xianlin said suddenly.

These words made the generals behind them look gloomy.

"There will be no reinforcements coming." A general murmured.

They have been holding on for seven days, and if there were reinforcements, they should have arrived long ago, but now they only saw more and more golden soldiers gathering, but none of the reinforcements were seen.

"The sentinel said that the gold bandits have divided their troops into three groups, and the other places are too busy to take care of themselves. Either there is no extra troops to come, or they are blocked on the way." Another general said in a low voice.

The few generals on the top of the city were silent for a moment.

Xiongzhou City has no meaning of rescue, it is better to stick to the city behind.

As generals, they themselves understand this truth. If they were generals from other places, they would also make such a decision.

Li Xianlin moved his cheeks and clenched the knife in his hand.

"Reinforcements will come." He said, "Everyone cheer up and take a rest. I guess the gold thieves will attack the city again at night."

He said and turned around.

"I'll go and tell the magistrate Tong that another batch of young men will go to the city."

After finishing speaking, he strode down the city wall, and the generals looked at his back and felt extraordinarily tragic.

And the city is full of mourning.

According to the previous order, the people under the rule all took refuge in the strong city of Fucheng. At this time, the streets were full of people sleeping, and the wealthy households and merchants had already let go of the rice in their homes. They no longer pay attention to your status. You For me, if the city can keep everyone alive, everyone will be a dead body if the city breaks down.

"Do you know what it will be like after the city is broken?" An old man sat on the ground with a dull expression and muttered.

No one answered his words, it was not a pleasant topic.

"I remember when the Jin soldiers entered the country more than ten years ago, the city next door to us was destroyed, and the entire county was killed. The killing was not counted. They were stuffed into a well, hung on a tree, and set on fire..." The old man didn't mind that no one asked, and he continued talking on his own, his eyes were a little crazy.

This is the madness brought about by fear and despair, which will spread like weeds and drown people's sanity.

"Our city will not be broken."

A steady voice fell overhead.

The people hurriedly raised their heads and saw a thin middle-aged man standing over at some point. Even though the street was in a mess, his official robes and hats were clean and neat, dignified and dignified.

This is Tong Jie, the magistrate of Xiongzhou.

"Master Zhifu." The people hurriedly saluted.

"Our Xiongzhou City will not be destroyed. Supervisor Li led the army to resist the enemy, and the reinforcements will arrive soon." Tong Zhifu said, "It's just a matter of hard work and everyone working together to tide over the difficulties."

The previously crazy old man also gradually calmed down.

"Yes, yes, according to your lord's orders." He shouted along with the crowd.

The guards stepped forward and divided these old and weak women and children into three teams according to Tong Zhifu's arrangement, to take care of the wounded soldiers and carry the dead bodies from the city wall.

Looking at the busy people running on the street, Tong Zhifu's eyes flashed with sadness.

"How long can you carry it?" He turned around and looked at Li Xianlin who was approaching and asked in a low voice.

Li Xianlin's cheeks moved again.

"Up to tonight," he said, "the gold soldiers have increased again."

So fast!

After seven days of defense and three days of fierce battle at the top of the city, there are not many guards here in Xiongzhou, but there are still a steady stream of golden soldiers.

Relying on these old, weak, sick and disabled?

Isn't that the end, Tong Zhifu's figure seemed to shake a bit.

"Reinforcements..." he said.

"Reinforcements will come." Li Xianlin interrupted him, his voice a little hasty.

Tong Zhifu looked at him for a moment.

"Inspector Li, I don't want to ask about the reinforcements." He said, "I just want to ask, why are only two thousand of you guarding Xiongzhou City? What about the other Guangxin troops?"

The main force of the Guangxin Army is nearly 5,000 people, and there are more than 6,700 auxiliary soldiers. Now there are only 2,000 people guarding Xiongzhou City.

Hearing him ask this, Li Xianlin's face was a little blank.

Yes, why is it so difficult for them to defend the city? It is because the Guangxin Army, which was supposed to come, suddenly disappeared. I thought they had gone to another fort, but if it was really a nearby fort, it is impossible not to come to the rescue. The sentinel also came back to check and said that the Guangxin Army had retreated.

how can that be possible? What went wrong?

"I don't know," he murmured.

The sound of whimpering horns came suddenly, which made the two people who were speaking tremble suddenly, and immediately came the shaking gathered by the trampling of horseshoes under their feet.

"The gold thieves have attacked the city." Tong Zhifu said, his face was a little pale, "It just ended not long ago."

"It seems that they are going to take Xiongzhou City before dark." Li Xianlin said.

"What should I do?" Tong Zhifu blurted out.

Li Xianlin pulled out his waist knife.

"What can I do." He yelled sharply, "Draw your sword, draw your bow, and die."

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On the city wall again, the blood-like setting sun has not disappeared, and the city wall illuminated is as red as blood, and Li Xianlin's face is also bright red. Looking at the golden soldiers rolling down the city, the wolf head banners are overwhelming. There are thousands of people there.

These are the golden soldiers who took turns to fight from the big camp over there. They had enough food, drink and rest, just like a hungry tiger going down the mountain is bound to win.

Li Xianlin turned his head to look at the soldiers on standby on the city wall. At this time, he could not even be called a soldier. The remnants of the soldiers and the men who could gather in the city all looked dazed, and many of them didn't even hold their swords and guns in the right posture.

This is completely dead.

If you die, you must die, after all, you must die, and death in battle is better than being captured and killed.

"Everyone, think about the wives and children behind you." Li Xianlin said, his eyes were determined and tragic, and he looked back at the city, "If they can hold on for a moment, they can live an extra moment, as long as they wait for the reinforcements to arrive..."

reinforcements..

The expressions of the generals around him were already numb.

Will there be reinforcements?

"Back, back..."

A voice suddenly sounded.

what back?

Li Xianlin looked at the man, the general looked stunned, and pointed out the city.

"Jin Bing, retreating." He said, his voice was full of doubts, as if he didn't believe what he said.

How can it be?

Li Xianlin hurriedly looked over, and sure enough, he saw that the golden soldiers who had rushed to attack the city suddenly receded like a tide.

What happened?

In the distance, there was a sound of war drums, like ten thousand horses galloping, beating on everyone's heart.

At the same time a banner appeared in the sky.

First one side, then two sides and three sides, densely packed, and under the flag are spears like a dense forest.

In this field of flags and spears, a big flag gradually appeared. Different from those bright red flags, this big flag was black with big red characters written on it.

The black flag and the red letter merge with the setting sun falling from the sky. As the flagpole gets higher and higher, it seems that the setting sun is picked up again, and the whole earth becomes brighter.

"Cheng Guogong..." Li Xianlin murmured, seeming to see a mighty tall figure sitting under the banner.

Cheng Guogong.

No matter how far away he is, he can recognize it. No one can't recognize it. It's Cheng Guogong.

He exploded like a fish thrown into a frying pan, and rushed over to support the city wall.

"Duke Cheng is here!"

Duke Cheng is here!

Duke Cheng is here!