Wan Lei was different from those officers and soldiers who closed their doors to the people. Although he also prevented some people from entering the city, it was just to maintain order in the city and prevent stampedes from happening.
To be honest, Wan Lei hates unorganized and undisciplined mobs the most. The people of the Central Plains have been fooled by the feudal dynasty for many years. Ignorance is sometimes synonymous with fearlessness. Many people are usually obedient people, but they turn into mobs whenever something happens. Now the soldiers are fighting fiercely.
Of course, we cannot tolerate these people's misbehavior, otherwise there will be big trouble.
Of course, Wan Lei couldn't do such a thing as letting the people stay at the city gate and act as live targets. No, he commanded several people and continued to use kerosene to set up an oil line a few hundred meters outside the city gate.
, since there is still plenty of time, this oil line is set longer and more reasonable.
In order to start the fire more vigorously, Wan Lei also had some weeds and branches piled on the oil line. The firewood had been dried by the north wind, and now it was covered with kerosene. It would definitely burn spectacularly.
In addition, Wan Lei also discovered that the Tatar cavalry had no tolerance for throwing away property, which showed that their military discipline was not very good. It was a pity that all the money on hand was thrown away, otherwise it would be good to try it again.
After playing with this oil line, most of the people had entered the city in an orderly manner, and only a dozen trucks of oil had not yet entered. At this time, the Tatar army's outpost was approaching Peiping, and they saw twenty people outside the south gate from a distance.
Several oil barrels were placed in a line, and they did not dare to get closer to avoid being caught in the fire again.
However, leaving the city gate wide open and not attacking is not the style of the brave and fierce Tatars. No, after subsequent large armies arrived one after another, these Tatars still could not withstand the temptation of the wealthy city of Peiping.
After some gibbering, they drew their sabers and charged in groups.
Facing the surging Tatar army like wolves snatching food, the defenders on the city suddenly panicked. Before they could enter the shooting range, they began to fire artillery and arrows. It didn't matter if they couldn't hit the enemy. These artillery fire fell on
On the line of fire created by Wan Lei, there was a roar, and the fire broke out in advance. The Tatar army was startled, reined in their horses, turned around, and detoured from both sides of the line of fire. The charge continued.
"Damn it, you guys who fail to succeed but fail to succeed, this time I will be harmed by you!" Suddenly, Wan Lei, who was ready to set the Tartars on fire, cursed and rushed to Minzhuang, who was pulling oil.
They shouted: "I don't need any more oil for these cars, throw them all at the side of the Duqiao Bridge."
After all calculations, Wan Lei did not expect that the officers and soldiers would do anything bad. Wan Lei saw that the fire line he had set had turned into a decoration, and he was extremely angry and rode into the city. At this time, there was a whooshing wind behind him, and he
Without turning around, he knew the arrow was coming. He bent down on his horse and squeezed through the gap in the city gate to enter the city.
As soon as Wan Lei entered the city, the city gate was closed. He looked at the people who were still huddled together in the urn city, and saw that Zhao Xueer, Wei'er and others were safe and sound, so he felt relieved. At this time, the city gate
There was a loud bang from outside, which scared the people inside the Wengcheng and screamed.
Wan Lei knew that the officers and soldiers on the city must have set fire to the oil tanker, and now there must be a sea of fire outside the city gate. The Tatar offensive has been stopped for the time being, but whether they can defend Beiping City is still a question.
There was a big question mark, because he could see that the city defenders were not only weak in strength, but also poorly trained. The city could not be defended by relying on these people to fight haphazardly.
"Master Wan, it was you who saved us, the people of Zhaozhuang. We cannot thank you enough, so we kowtow to you." Some of the elders in Zhaozhuang recognized Wan Lei, and they also saw what Wan Lei did, and they could still recognize him.
He knew it was good, so he came over to thank Wan Lei as soon as he saw him.
The elders took the lead, and the ordinary people in Zhaozhuang also knelt down to express gratitude. They all knew that if Wan Yicheng hadn't turned the tide at the critical moment, their lives would have been handed down on the outskirts of the city. Those villagers who were not Zhaozhuang
They were not blind, but they could still see who had brought them safely into the city, so they all knelt together.
"Don't kneel down, don't kneel down on me!" Wan Lei shouted angrily, "Now that the powerful enemy has not retreated, it is not the time to talk about kindness or disgrace. Instead of kneeling down and waiting for others to come to rescue, it is better to think more about what to do.
Only then can you live upright!"
"Yes, yes, yes, that's what Mr. Wan said." The elders hurriedly agreed.
"What is it? You didn't understand what I said at all." Wan Lei rolled his eyes at the elders and was about to say a few more words when he saw a soldier running down the city and shouting: "Master Tie has an order.
Lord Wan, please hurry up to the tower and discuss the plan to defend the city together."
"Can you not go?" Wan Lei asked back. He knew that he had just threatened the officers and soldiers out of desperation. At this time, there would be no good results to settle the accounts. Maybe he would be caught as a warning to the monkeys as soon as he got to the tower.
, after being hit with dozens of killing sticks, your buttocks will definitely bloom.
"Master Wan, all the civil and military personnel in the city have arrived and are waiting for you." Xiao Bing didn't know what Wan Lei was worried about, so he just added.
"Brother Wan, I'll go up with you." Zhao Xueer was still considerate, and she could tell at a glance that Brother Wan, who was fearless, also had moments of fear.
"No need, I'll just go by myself." Wan Lei shook his head and smiled bitterly. He knew that he was now in Beiping City, in someone else's territory, and they really wanted to punish him at any time. But now he had to bite the bullet and face a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.
Just this time.
In fact, Wan Lei was overly concerned. Just because he had just rescued thousands of villagers from the Tatar army, as long as the officers and soldiers had some political common sense, they would not attack him. After all, the current crisis in Beiping City is overwhelming, and the stability in the city is paramount.
Everything, let alone provoke a popular uprising.
On the top of the city, thousands of defenders lined up beside the female wall, staring closely at the Tatar army outside the city. Although these guys were stopped by the fire, their evil intentions persisted and they reined in their horses and retreated to the defenders.
out of the artillery range, and began to circle the city to find a new breakthrough.
In the dilapidated tower on the top of the city, dozens of civilian and military generals were arranged in two rows, sitting at the bottom, and sitting high in the middle hall was Tie Xuan. Since all the senior generals in Peiping City were like meat buns beating dogs, they never came back.
Therefore, Tiefu Yin, who had always been in charge of the food and grass supply work, had to stand at the front desk and act as the commander-in-chief of the Acropolis.
Wan Lei slowly entered the tower. Seeing that no one came to fetch him, he finally felt relieved. The soldier who was delivering the order understood the situation and moved him a chair and asked him to sit down and bow his head. Because he was present.
Everyone is considered an official, but he, Wan Yicheng, is just a minor official. It is a huge honor to be able to sit and discuss matters with the officials.
"Everyone, everyone is here, let's start the discussion now. Do you have any good ideas on how to defend Beiping City?" Tie Xuan didn't talk nonsense to everyone, and went straight to the topic as soon as he opened his mouth. However, none of the officials below said anything.
It's not that they don't want to say it, it's that they really have tried their best to think about it, but they can't find a way to do it.
But no, there are only 70,000 old and weak soldiers in the city now. The city of Beiping is so big that there are nine city gates. After allocating it, there are only a few thousand defenders at each gate, and the coalition forces of the Tatar army and the remnants of the Yan thieves have at least a dozen
Thousands of people, they concentrated their forces to attack a city gate, and they could squeeze in without fighting at all.
"General Li, why don't you say anything?" Tie Xuan saw that everyone was silent and began to call names. General Li was the highest-ranking general in the city, so he sat at the bottom.
"The enemy is strong and we are weak, so we can only defend the city to the death to repay the country's kindness." Li Shenjiang said calmly, but his tone was full of pessimism and despair.
"Master Zhou, what do you think?" Seeing that the military commander was losing his courage, Tie Xian turned to look at the civilian officials.
"Master Tie, the enemy is strong and we are weak. I thought I should protect the people and go south, and then try to recover Peiping when the imperial reinforcements arrive." Zhou Dingshu, the prime minister of Shuntian Prefecture, is a typical escapee. However, as soon as he finished speaking, he was attacked by
The enthusiastic response from all the civil servants shows that there are many cowards.
Neither the civil or military officials could give Tie Xuan a satisfactory suggestion. He glanced around these people, his eyes fell on Wan Lei, who was sitting at the back and said nothing, and asked: "Mr. Wan, do you have anything to say?
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"In a humble position, I don't dare to talk about military aircraft in vain. I only know that if you want to defend the city of Beiping, the officials and the people must work together, and the whole city must share the same hatred of the enemy. Only in this way can we resist the invasion of the people. At this time, the people who have just entered the city are still outside.
They are suffering from cold and hunger, and the people in the city only care about their wealth and life. Under such a situation, even a million troops cannot defend the city of Beiping!"
"What Mr. Wan said is true, but how can we make the people hate Kai?" General Li asked first. He wanted to defend Beiping City, so he naturally hoped to recruit hundreds of thousands of people in the city into an army.
The chances of winning may be higher.
"Open the official warehouse to store grain so that the people can eat; open the government stables to give the people a place to live; open the silver warehouse and use half of the silver to pay, so that the soldiers and civilians who join the army can make a profit, and then they can
A big reward, but are you afraid that they won't die?" Wan Lei said in one breath.
After hearing this remark, the officials present began to talk about it. Even if they opened warehouses to release grain, they would also open warehouses for their own homes, official residences, and public houses. This was obviously impossible. Tie Xuan looked at Wan Lei.
, glanced around his colleagues again, and when he saw the opponents, he frowned and asked, "Are there any other feasible strategies?"
"Hahaha..." Wan Lei burst out laughing, making the officials present confused and confused, and then said: "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous. You want to make great contributions to the world, but you also care about your own life and property. How can there be such a thing in the world?"
Wait for something good to happen. You yourself are not willing to sacrifice at all, but you want the people to risk their lives. Your calculations are clear. In my opinion, there is no need to defend Beiping City. Go out and surrender. It's just a change of master. You can still be
Official."
Being robbed by Wan Lei, the officials present blushed for a while. Of course, they were just thinking about surrender. No one present dared to say that they were surrenderers, and Tie Xuan, as the lord of a city, was not a surrenderer.
He stroked his forehead and said, "Just as Mr. Yi Wan said, open a granary, open a government office, and open a silver warehouse!"