The shouts of killing outside the city were noisy all night, and the people in the city were in fear all night.
Qian Wubing didn't sleep well that night. When he got up in the morning, he obviously had two dark circles under his eyes. On the contrary, although the Yan brothers took turns to stay on duty all night, when Qian Wubing got up, they were more energetic than him.
much better.
"I don't know how this battle will turn out!" After eating the soft snacks sent by the maid in Mingyuan Building and drinking hot tea, Qian Wubing looked at the things outside the window with some worry.
Among the wandering soldiers, along the street, there were already many wounded soldiers sitting by the wall. It could be seen that most of these wounded soldiers were injured by arrows.
"My lord, you are asking the wrong person about this kind of military matter!" Yan Qi smiled naively and put the last piece of muffin in his hand into his stomach: "Charging into battle has never been our Yamen's specialty!"
"That's right, everyone should perform their duties!" Qian Wubing laughed hoarsely. He was a guard in uniform, how could he worry about the border troops?
"Sir, I see, we don't need to worry too much. The Tatars are making a lot of noise, but it's not easy to break the city. What's more, they have come from afar and are all cavalry. Their horses can't fly.
Come to the city wall!"
Yan Jiu didn't look worried at all: "Even if something happens, we brothers will definitely protect you!"
Qian Wubing glanced at him and said in his heart: Am I worried about this? The emperor is in the city, and his life is much more valuable than my little royal guard. He is not worried. I am worried!
"Yan Qi, how about we find an excuse to go to the top of the city to have a look!" Qian Wubing listened to the shouts of killing all night and really wanted to see the situation outside. Although the two armies were facing each other, it was dangerous, but in the
Take a look at the top of the city, it won't be in the way.
Yan Qi was stunned. At this time, even if they revealed their identities as Jin Yiwei, the generals on the city wouldn't buy it if they didn't want to. Let alone let them go up to have a look, if they met a arrogant and courageous person, they would just kill them directly.
It is not strange for them to enlist in the army and go into battle to kill the enemy.
"Forget it, I'm just joking!" Qian Wubing waved his hand and said casually. Looking at the wounded soldiers downstairs, he knew that the top of the city was not a good place to go now. However, staying here is not as good as ordinary people.
Like ordinary people, they speculate on the war based on their own imagination. This is not his character.
"Sir, if you really want to go up and have a look, it's not impossible!" Yan Qi pointed at a group of civilians running past downstairs carrying a bundle of arrows, "Just follow their example!"
Half an hour later, among the civilians carrying arrows to the top of the city, there were three more unfamiliar faces. The civilians were not surprised. After all, there were civilians registered with the government, and there were also ordinary people who participated in their efforts on their own initiative.
, it is normal for people in Datong to share the same hatred and resentment when facing foreign enemies.
As the civilians placed arrows behind the parapet, Qian Wubing stretched his neck to look down, and a soldier next to him hit him with a gun: "You don't want to die, you, bend down, head
Don’t show it!”
The gun barrel was drawn on his back, causing a dull pain, but Qian Wubing still turned his head and grinned at the soldier. Although it was a bit rude, the other party had good intentions after all.
"Master Jun, I just want to see how many Tatars we killed last night. Didn't they make a scene last night?" Qian Wubing sat down with his back against the city wall: "Can I take a breather here?"
"Who knows, it was so dark at night that we couldn't see anything. The Tatars came close and shot arrows, so we just returned them. When it got light, we saw that except for a dense layer of arrows under the city, there were not even half a corpse in the capital.
Why don't I ask you to send arrows up early in the morning?"
"With such a shooting method, our arrows must be enough!" Qian Wubing seemed a little worried.
"It's enough, why it's not enough? The Tatars have subsided in the past few years, but we haven't. The Manufacturing Bureau is working on these ordnance every day. I guess, if these arrows are spread on the Tatars, each one of them will be enough."
I’ve bought dozens of them!”
The soldiers around laughed. Obviously this statement was too interesting. No one spread dozens of them. Could it be that the Tatars had dozens of lives?
"Coming, coming!" Suddenly there was a commotion, and everyone looked towards where the sound came from. Someone shouted an order, and then the soldiers started to move and ran towards the city.
"What are you still doing? Go down and help!" The soldier who shot Qian Wubing pushed Qian Wubing and shouted to him and the civilians behind him: "Go down and help. Let's clear the city."
Move the stones from the doorway, our troops are going out to kill the Tatars!"
As the civilians went down together, Qian Wubing was carrying stones while looking at the people and horses slowly gathering in the distance. This group of people had bright swords and bright armor. Compared with the slovenly-looking frontier troops, they looked better.
Much better.
The city gate hole is filled with stones to prevent the Tatars from using city rams and rams to break open the city gate. Once the city is besieged, this city gate is undoubtedly the weakest place. If the defenders do not abandon the city and
If you want to escape, your first reaction should be to block the city gate with rocks and mud. Other than climbing over the city, the attacking army will have no other way to go.
It is said in those novels that a brave general will attack the city, then seize the city gate single-handedly, face countless defenders, hold on until his own troops are killed, and then rush into the city and kill everyone.
Nonsense. There is no such thing as a brave general, but there is absolutely no defender who can't block the city gate when surrounded.
This is probably the Forbidden Army, and I don't know if it is from the 3000 Battalion or the 5th Battalion. Qian Wubing scanned this group of people. It is a pity that he can't see any of his familiar faces in Beijing, but there is a vague feeling.
The Beijing accent that came from Yue confirmed his guess.
The people on the top of the city were standing ready, watching the movements of the enemy camp, while hundreds of people worked together to quickly clear away the stones blocking the city gate. Qian Wubing rested on the side of the city gate, watching the
The soldiers of the Bianjing Camp prepared their armor and mounted their horses, preparing to leave the city.
The city gate was slowly opened, and the foot soldiers who had been prepared for a long time swarmed out. Qian Wubing did not count them. However, judging from the speed that was faster than running water, in this time, at least two or three people could go out.
Thousands of people!
Following the foot soldiers are the cavalry. The cavalry without charge obviously has a reduced lethality. The main purpose of the foot soldiers in the front line is to form a formation and leave room for their own cavalry to charge up and turn around.
, to prevent the enemy from attacking while the cavalry is not firmly established.
The cavalry came out slowly. Among the cavalry, Qian Wubing saw a familiar figure. He wiped his eyes, as if he didn't believe what he saw.
Zhu Houzhao was dressed in military uniform, riding a war horse, and came towards the city gate with the slowly advancing cavalry. Beside him, dressed in general uniform, and surrounded by a group of tough knights with him, were
It was Manager Zhang who looked friendly in Mingyuan Building yesterday.
Zhu Houzhao also saw him. Although he didn't know why Qian Wubing was standing there in a civilian uniform, he still grinned at him, turned around and said a few words to the steward Zhang, and then
With this torrent, it surged out of the city gate.
A knight separated from the team and rode directly to Qian Wubing. He stretched out his hand and handed it to Qian Wubing: "Get on the horse and follow us!"
"Me?" Qian Wubing stretched out his hand in confusion and held the knight's hand. What does this mean?
"Nonsense, hurry up and follow the team! Follow me to the general!" The officer seemed a little impatient and glared at him. With a strong hand, he pulled Qian Wubing onto the horse's back. Without stopping, he raised his whip and chased after him.
Went with the front team.
Qian Wubing looked back and saw the anxious expressions on the faces of the Yan brothers. However, as the army was marching, the two of them did not dare to do anything excessive. Their expressions looked a little angry.
Qian Wubing wanted to tell them something, but before he could say anything, his vision went dark, and then lighted up. He had already appeared outside the city with the army.
The foot soldiers advanced slowly, constantly making space for the cavalry behind them. At this moment, they were still within the cover of the city. They were not worried about the sudden attack by the Tatars. However, there was such a big movement at the city gate. The Tatars should have
I was aware of it, but until now, there has been no reaction there. Except for a few cavalry like scouts, they wandered around for a few times, and then even after these people ran back, there was no sound.
.
The knight carrying him ran to the side of "Guan Shi Zhang" and then respectfully performed a military salute: "General, we are here!"
Zhang Yong nodded and looked at Qian Wubing. Although this man seemed to be a burden, His Majesty had to bring him over, so he had no choice but to take care of one more person.
The Zhang Yong of yesterday and the Zhang Yong of today, in Qian Wubing's eyes, seemed to be two completely different people. At this moment, Zhang Yong, who was riding on the horse, did not need to open his mouth, but an awe-inspiring murderous aura came over him.
The same smiling manager Zhang from yesterday.
Look at Zhu Houzhao again. Although he is also wearing a military uniform, armor and a sword, even if he keeps a straight face and pretends to be serious, Qian Wubing really can't associate him with the word "iron-blooded".
"Can you ride a horse?" Zhang Yong asked calmly as he watched the formation unfold in front of him.
"meeting!"
"Give this horse to him, go find another one yourself!" Zhang Yong said to the officer who came with Qian Wubing. The officer got off the horse without saying a word. Qian Wubing picked up the reins and stood in front of Zhang Yong and Zhu Houzhao.
around.
"Wuyi, I've hid something from you. You won't care, right?" Zhu Houzhao said in a low voice: "Actually, my family has been leading soldiers for generations. You didn't ask me before, so I naturally didn't tell you.
, but you know it today, just take a good look at how I kill the enemy!"
Zhu Houzhao chuckled: "Of course, the most important thing is that you must tell Feng'er about my heroic appearance in killing the enemy that you saw today, lest he always think that I am an ignorant and ignorant boy!"