"What do you see there?" He Jing suddenly pointed at a group of people marching quickly along the foot of the mountain in the west. He saw one person running wildly in front of him, about half a mile away from the small town, while more than ten riders were chasing him closer and closer.
The distance was less than a hundred steps. Looking down from the top of the mountain a hundred feet high, it was impossible to see clearly who they were.
He Qizhou suddenly said loudly: "Quickly shoot the pursuers behind and save those escaping in front."
"Shoot the pursuers! Save people!" He Jing immediately yelled, and the deep voice could be heard clearly even in the small town opposite. Just the shout also reminded the other party, and several knights immediately rushed out from the opposite city, riding armor.
The army and horses came straight to Zhenbei Gate, and their target was obviously the person who escaped!
Hearing He Jing's shout, the people from the top of the mountain in the west began to shoot arrows at the pursuers down the mountain. Although the distance was far away and they were not accurate, they fired more than twenty arrows in one round and still knocked over two horses, while the northern city wall
The officers and soldiers on board also began to shoot arrows at the pursuers who entered the shooting range. Those pursuers had to go around the outside to avoid the condescending rain of arrows.
The person who was escaping in front finally ran to the bottom of the city gate and was about to knock on the door when he saw a rope flying down from the city wall and hurriedly climbed up. The soldiers on the wall worked together to pull up. The man quickly approached the top of the city.
When they were about to escape, the armored cavalrymen who rushed out from Zhennan Pass began to charge and shoot. They were not afraid of the arrows flying from the city, and aimed directly at the fleeing people who kept climbing up.
The escaping man obviously had good skills. He held the rope in one hand and drew a knife with the other hand to hit several flying arrows that were chasing him. However, less than three feet away from the crenel, the right arm holding the rope was still hit by an arrow.
After a scream, his hands loosened and he began to fall!
At this critical moment, an armor-covered arm stretched out from the battlements, grabbed the visitor's left wrist, and lifted him into the city. The armor-clad man was Jiang Damin, who was responsible for guarding the North City, and was rescued.
The man was Jiang Li, the fourth brother of the Salt Gang! Seeing Jiang Li escape, the people chasing him from two places gathered together and then retreated angrily to Zhennanguan.
He Qizhou and Jiang Shuo went down to the North City wall together, and someone was bandaging Jiang Li's arrow wound. Seeing He Qizhou coming, Jiang Li hurriedly came up to him regardless of his injury and said: "A large number of people from Qinglong Temple have already come around from both wings!
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"We all know this. This is Jiang Shuo, the guard of Zhenbeiguan. Is there any news? You can talk while treating the injury." He Qizhou pointed at Jiang Shuo and said.
Jiang Li said: "Zhai Biao secretly handed me the note early in the morning. When I saw that you only wrote the word 'escape', I knew something was wrong. I tried to run away several times, but found that someone was always following me closely. Then
This person is none other than my subordinate!"
"He really came to Zhou?" He Qizhou asked.
"That's right! I returned to my room in the afternoon, called him over, and told him that his identity may have been exposed, and he must be under the close surveillance of the Zhou army now. I asked him if he wanted to surrender to the Zhou army together?
The guy actually said with a smile on his face: Sikong Lang gave him the task to persuade me to surrender to Zhou! But now he only needs to monitor me, and the matter of persuading me to surrender will be discussed after the transaction is completed.
That guy has been following me for three years. I couldn't bear to kill him, so I just knocked him unconscious. Then I dug two cave dwellings and sneaked out of the empty house you lived in. I saw the cave dwelling I lived in.
There are several people guarding the perimeter."
Jiang Li took a breath and continued:
"After avoiding the spy, I killed a Zhou soldier, changed his clothes, and was about to flee from the west gate. Suddenly I heard someone shouting from the watchtower in the city. It must be that something happened here, and then there was a gathering of soldiers.
command.
I was mixed in the crowd and heard the soldiers asking each other whether they should move in advance? Some people asked if the people from Qinglong Temple had turned over from both sides? Some asked when the main force arrived?
I wanted to rush over to report the news. At this moment, the few good guys guarding my door probably noticed something and rushed into my cave. Seeing that the situation was not good, I took advantage of the chaos and went to the stable to steal a horse.
, there happened to be messengers coming to fetch horses, so I followed them and went out from the north gate.
After running a short distance, he abandoned his horse and came over the hill. Unexpectedly, he encountered pursuers at the fork of the road leading to the two cities. You have all seen what happened next."
"As long as you escape, I will ask for credit from above. Welcome home." Jiang Shuo said.
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with it. Quickly find a way to notify Yuzhou to send more troops. We can't defend this place!" Jiang Li said.
"We have been notified. Look, the smoke has started!" He Qizhou said, pointing to the fireworks on one side of the mountain.
"Where's Sikong Lang? Didn't you let him go? It seems that he is undoubtedly from the imperial court." Jiang Li said.
"Dead! He was the deputy master of the water hall, and He Lianjue was also dead! Originally they were going to take action tomorrow morning, but something happened and they took action ahead of time!" He Qizhou said.
"That's good." Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief, but was shocked when he saw a huge crash car and twelve ladders being pushed out of the Zhennan Pass gate one after another!
"I'll go! How did this happen?" Jiang Damin exclaimed. Because he couldn't see clearly what was going on in the southern pass of the town on the north wall, he just knew that the other side had actually prepared so many siege equipment.
"You see, those ladders are made up of sections. Each section is no more than three feet long, which can just fit in a salt bucket. I think they were transported in salt buckets," He Qizhou said.
"But haven't you inspected the goods here?" Jiang Li shouted.
"You have already seen the two people responsible for the inspection, they are hanging under the city gate!" Jiang Shuo said coldly, and then issued an order: "Make a fire and boil the oil! Remember it all, there is only so much oil, only
Only when you really can't hold it are you allowed to pour boiling oil on it!"
He Qizhou suddenly remembered the assassination of Han Chong and had an idea. He said to Jiang Shuo: "Didn't Bailiju leave a lot of porcelain?"
"What's wrong?" Jiang Shuo asked doubtfully.
"Have someone bring all those porcelain bottles and jars, fill them with boiling oil and smash them with porcelain!" He Qizhou said.
"Wonderful! This can be used many times. Come on, please bring me all the small-mouth porcelain that can hold boiling oil." Jiang Shuo said happily.
"It doesn't look good! Find me a set of heavy armor. I'll come as soon as I go." Compared to Jiang Shuo's great joy, He Qizhou began to frown when he saw a few riders walking out of Zhennan Pass.
"The leader of the Northern Zhou army is Helian Changying? Since she has been expected to come, there is no point in being afraid. You, take off your heavy armor! Go to the mountain and throw stones." Jiang Shuo pointed to a man with a similar build to He Qizhou.
Soldier, let him take off his heavy armor.
"Did you see that bald head? The only one who can walk side by side with Helian Changying is Wu Shi! The old guy actually came here injured, and the one next to him should be Shen Tinggu, the leader of the Fire Hall.
, it seems that the Northern Zhou Dynasty is determined to capture Yuguan!" He Qizhou said.
"Everyone, listen up, keep an eye on that bald man! If that man attacks the city in person, no matter how serious the injury is, he must be stopped first!" Jiang Shuo shouted, not only for his own soldiers, but also for his soldiers.
It was also called to Wu Shi, who was slowly approaching with his army!
He Qizhou picked up the heavy armor that the tall soldier took off and ran down the wall, as if he was running back to the restaurant. Jiang Shuo frowned and said, "You have to hide in the room just to change clothes, how come you have become such a girl?"
He Qizhou didn't look back, and raised his middle finger while running. He wanted to stick to that face. The real Deren had already gone south with the caravan. With Wu Shi and Helian Changying here, he would not let them see it.
to your true face.
When I returned to the city wall again, I happened to hear Helian Changying shouting to Jiang Shuo: "If you are smart, retreat now. I can give you one hour to evacuate!"
A hundred feet away from the city wall, a huge crash car was lined up at the front. Five hundred heavily armored soldiers were ready to go. The twelve ladders mounted on the cart were all ready. Helian Changying and Wu Shi were right next to the crash car.
"I'm stupid, can you give me a hundred hours?" Jiang Shuo said seriously.
"Then let's see if you have this ability?" Helian Changying waved his hand, and everyone behind him took action. The heavily armored soldiers pushed the crash cart and the ladder and rushed towards the city wall quickly.
"Hey, do you understand the rules? You should bargain, give it two hours first, and then I'll give in a little more, so that we can reach a consensus..." Jiang Shuo yelled angrily, while letting the left and right sides of the city wall move.
The three bed crossbows were aimed. Ordinary bows and arrows were useless against these heavy armored soldiers. Only bed crossbows and boulders were the nemesis of heavy armor.
"Why did we attack so quickly?" He Qizhou ran up the tower panting. Even though he was strong and strong, he had to wear more than fifty kilograms of heavy armor and ran for more than a mile in one breath, but he was still very tired.
"You're putting on makeup!" Jiang Shuo said angrily. When he turned to look at He Qizhou, he was startled again: "What the hell? Damn, Xu Mu is really nice to you. He even gave you his face!"
"Where are all the nonsense? I don't want the other side to recognize me and harm innocent people. Get ready to fight!" The big battle on the other side suddenly aroused He Qizhou's bloodshed.
Outside the North City, twelve ladders followed the collision and slowly pushed towards the city gate. When they were about thirty feet away from the city wall, all the ladders stopped, and then each ladder was supported by a dozen heavily armored soldiers.
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The tall ladder is made up of three-foot-long sections of iron-clad hardwood connected by steel pipes. The components support each other and look extremely solid. When fully erected, it does not look like an ordinary ladder, but rather looks like a series of triangular steel attics.
, the highest point is two feet higher than the ten-foot-high city wall!
He Qizhou said anxiously: "Fuck! What kind of monster is this? Why don't you use a bed crossbow to shoot them?"
"The effective range of the bed crossbow is twenty feet. Even if it is from a high position, it cannot hit thirty feet. They calculated well and will shoot the ladder that is coming towards them later!" Jiang Shuo said.
"Then there are so many shooters on your wall, you can shoot the soldiers pushing the carts first!" He Qizhou said again.
"Do you think all they have in their hands is your two-stone bow? Most of them are one-stone-two, and a few are one-stone-five. Shooting those heavily armored soldiers from such a distance is a waste of arrows! Against heavy armored soldiers, archers