Di Meng, who had been preparing at the gate of the city, led Wu Wangwei to meet the common people who had successfully thrown away the Japanese pirates, and reserved a road for the cavalry to enter the city.
But no, until all the cavalry entered the city and the thieves were completely approaching, some people with weak legs and feet were still left outside the city, running as hard as they could right past the city gate.
"Don't close the city!"
"Wait for them!"
"Don't ask Dudong to wait!"
The common people who were about to escape were crying and praying. But behind them, the army of Japanese bandits coming to cover them up had already chased them because they did not have the delay of the cavalry.
At that time, if you go to the city gate again, when the thieves rush to the city gate and drag the defenders into a melee at the city gate, the city will be in danger...
"...Guan the city!" Zhu Su's eyes were red and he gave the order to close the city gate.
"There is an order from the east of King Wu's palace! Close the city gate!"
"Close the city gate!!"
The city gate official, who had been sweating for a long time, felt like he had been granted amnesty. He immediately turned the winch of the suspension bridge at the city gate, and the heavy city gate slowly closed, making a rumbling sound. Several people who were about to run into the city immediately rushed to the city.
He was anxious, speeding up his pace, but still didn't have time to enter the city, so he was left outside the moat in vain, looking at the city gate with blank eyes.
Immediately, the Japanese bandits got close to him and slashed him to death with their swords...
"Fire arrows!" Cao Yuan seized the opportunity when the thieves were blocked by the moat and released another wave of arrows, killing a wave of thieves.
Seeing no chance, the Japanese pirates raised their shields and retreated slowly.
Whether the defense of the city had won the first battle, there was no excitement in the city east of the city. No one cheered or rejoiced. The people who were lucky enough to be rescued into the city walked speechless and could only breathe. Some people
They looked everywhere for their relatives who had run into the city together. Many of them could not find their relatives, so they shouted the names of Han Xuan's relatives and cried loudly.
"Lao Wu?"
Zhu Di saw Zhu Su staring blankly in the direction outside the moat, and pushed Zhu Su with some worry. There were a pile of messy corpses lying there now, and it was impossible to tell whether they were thieves killed by arrows.
, are not the common people who were hacked to death by thieves. "Lao Wu, am I okay?"
"...It's okay." Zhu Su withdrew his stunned eyes. "Fourth brother, they won the first battle."
"No, I won, haha..." Zhu Di forced himself to laugh twice, and finally stopped laughing. Zhu Xi looked at Zhu Su, and then at the pile of corpses outside the city, as if he understood something.
"East of the palace." Deng Xuan, the commander of Qin Wangwei, and Gou'er came to the city wall full of blood. Gou'er knelt down to the east and said to Zhu Su: "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life. I saved the body of Vincent."
"That little father-in-law has such handsome legs." Deng Xuan looked at the dog kneeling in front of Zhu Su with admiration. "Just now outside the city, the little father-in-law was galloping around, killing three thieves in a row, and setting up his bow and arrow.
, turned around and shot a Japanese general to death."
"Even if Meng Yuan's eagle legs are in the north, it is rare to see such a handsome body and legs!"
"No?" When Zhu Di heard this, he looked at the dog in the east with interest. "Lao Wu, one of my personal eunuchs also has such handsome martial arts?"
"Prince Yan's palace is full of praise." Gou'er lowered his head and bowed with great respect. "But Commander Deng is too harsh. Gou'er doesn't have much merit."
Zhu Su smiled with satisfaction, turned to Deng Xuan and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Commander Deng. We are so brave just now. They can clearly see it in the city."
"Let the brothers of Qin Wangwei go and rest. I will send the reward to you later."
When Deng Xuan saw that Zhu Feng was speechless, he immediately thanked him and retreated to the east. Zhu Su cheered up and ordered: "Dog, I will personally send someone to put the scholar's body into the coffin and wait for an opportunity for him to pay homage in person."
"Find someone to identify the scholar, and then find Mr. Luo."
"Let Mr. Luo and the storytellers attack the city from thieves and kill innocent people indiscriminately. The story of the scholar who was not afraid of the strong bandits and died heroically will be spread throughout the city, so that all the people in the city will know it."
"The people in the east of the city have a chance to be saved, but only because of this scholar's broken bones."
"Heroes have no vitality anymore. We can no longer teach heroes to lose their names."
"No." Gou'er responded respectfully. Although No was covered in blood, he was not dissatisfied at all. After just a few steps out, Zhu Su called him back: "Gou'er, wait!"
"What's your order from the master of the palace?" Dog hurried back and asked respectfully.
"...Get paper and pen." Zhu Su asked others to get paper and pen, and wrote a poem. "Show the poem to Mr. Luo and ask him to pass along the name of the scholar."
The whole city.”
"No." The dog held the poem in his legs, cherishing it and retreated.
"Lao Wu, that's awesome!" Zhu Di gave Zhu Su a thumbs up. "As soon as this method came out, the people in the city who still had hopes for Zhang Shicheng's descendants began to give up all their thoughts."
"He thought that just asking for help to save the people in the East would be a great merit..." Zhu Di thought thoughtfully: "Then it would be a heart attack..."
"I didn't think so much." Zhu Su smiled slightly. "The scholars and the common people who took the lead in resisting are indeed brave. If not everyone is so brave, there will be no need to worry about bandits in the East tomorrow."
"No, we won't be able to save too many people after all."
Zhu Xi looked at Zhu Su with some worry, patted his shoulder and said: "Lao Wu, I think the thieves will not attack the city again after Mingyue comes."
"I'll go back to the city gate tower to rest. I don't want to be exposed to the wind here. I haven't used my breakfast yet."
"...Yeah." Zhu Su nodded. Seeing that the thieves were out of range and retreated into the built camp, he entered the city gate tower with his two brothers.
…
In the city, Luo Guanzhong, who was responsible for reassuring the people in the middle, gathered and mobilized a group of literati and students in the city, ready to disperse the students to calm the people. Zhu Su was well aware of the power of those scholars who were still passionate, not to mention that in that era, the seeds of literate reading were
They have a powerful influence in the hearts of the illiterate people.
Organizing them to pacify the people would be much more effective than using large numbers of soldiers to suppress them.
When Luo Guanzhong saw the still-blooded dog, he asked worriedly: "My young father-in-law is accompanying me to the east of the palace, why is he so stained with blood?"
"I heard that there was a battle with thieves in the east of the city. Is the east of the palace okay?"
"The master of the palace is fine. He has been ordered by the master of the palace to come to Mr. Luo to do something." Gou'er said, after which he told Luo Guanzhong exactly what Zhu Su had ordered and what had just happened.
"...I didn't expect that there was such a righteous man!" After hearing this, Luo Guanzhong couldn't help but kneel in admiration. "Although the scholar was young, he did not want to follow the thieves' wishes and died shouting about the righteousness of a saint."
"The scholars of his generation long for him! He will write a story about him so that everyone in Tiandong will know that there is such a brave scholar in the Ming Dynasty!"
"The master of the palace has composed a poem. I beg you to pass it on to me, sir." Gou'er took out the piece of paper from his arms with great care and handed it to Luo Guanzhong with his legs crossed.
"Oh? There are poems in the east of the hall?" Next to Luo Guanzhong, the great scholar Gao Qi, who was invited by the prefect Wei Guan and walked with Luo Guanzhong to the town, suddenly became energetic after hearing this, and then he stood up involuntarily to face the thin piece of paper.
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"As far as Suzhou Prefecture from the east of the palace, I have never composed a poem. I deeply regret it. Unexpectedly, Mingyue was lucky enough to hear it!" Gao Qi opened his legs to receive it, but suddenly realized, "Old friend Luo, open it quickly and read it."
Look, what poems did Dian Dong write? Are you impressed by the iron horse fighting just now?"
"My poetry fanatic..." Lan Xingxing squinted! Press him to see what masterpiece Dian Dong has created..." As he said this, he opened the wrongly folded page.