Yuan Xiao was stunned, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
Yang Xuan pointed to the armor and weapons that the old and weak had taken off, "Pick them up, put them on, and follow me to defend the city."
Yuan Xiao smiled, "I'm afraid your envoy doesn't know about it. Just let those thieves join the army to do such things."
"What about you?"
"Just give me command."
"Can you command?"
"???"
In front of this young general who was said to be indistinguishable from killing foreigners in northern Xinjiang, Yuan Xiao hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "I have also read military books!"
I have never seen such shameless officials!
Yang Xuan swore that if Yuan Xiao were a civil servant of the Tang Dynasty, he could beat the shit out of him right now!
He took a deep breath and said, "I don't like to talk too much. I want to ask you one last time, would you like to wear armor and defend the city?"
Yuan Xiao glanced at Wang Zhong.
The kings looked at Yang Xuan's hand holding the handle of the knife, and saw veins popping out on the back of his hand, which was a sign that he was about to exert force.
"Your Majesty..."
Yang Xuan looked back at him with murderous intent in his eyes.
The kings all trembled, "Put on armor!"
Mudd!
A stick that bullies the weak and fears the strong!
Civil servants were wearing armor, but the eyes of those sergeants were wrong.
Yang Xuan actually saw it and was gloating about his misfortune.
Damn it!
How deep was the gap between the civil and military forces in the Southern Zhou Dynasty?
The corners of Yang Xuan's mouth turned up slightly, and he could not help feeling gloating about his misfortune.
"The rebels are attacking the city."
Outside the city, Cai Mo had just finished his lecture and pointed his sword at the top of the city.
"After the city is broken, you can sleep with all the women, and all the money and food are for you. Kill them!"
"Kill!"
Zheng Zan said: "Give it all to them?"
Cai Mo said in a low voice: "When we first met the officers and soldiers, they didn't dare to go up. It was me who was the first to kill the officers and soldiers and promised to share the property equally, so they were tempted. Old Zheng."
"Um!"
"The so-called knighthood is just a lie. Even if we can successfully rebel, the people here will not survive to the end more than fifty. Therefore, most people will not die to receive it. In this case, what do they think?
?I just want to eat enough and sleep with women."
Zheng Zan nodded, "Then give it to them!"
The thieves rushed up like crazy.
"Fire the arrow!"
The arrows flew down sparsely, but only killed more than ten people.
"Bang!"
A ladder was set up on the top of the city.
Yang Xuan stood on the front line, as did Zhang Chunqiu and others.
"Let's see how it goes!" Zhang Chunqiu stared at Yang Xuan.
A thief climbed up.
After seeing Yang Xuan, he shouted ecstatically: "It's the envoy of the Tang Dynasty! It's my credit..."
The sword flashed.
The credit goes to the ground.
"The sword skills are sharp." Zhang Chunqiu said: "The reputation is not in vain!"
"Catch Tang Envoy, first success!"
Someone outside the city shouted.
Wang Laoer looked at Yang Xuan and said, "Lang Jun, you are the best."
Damn it! Yang Xuan's cheeks twitched, "You can't be moved by a minister, but you can't let go of an envoy. What's wrong!"
Everyone was struggling to kill, and from time to time thieves broke through the city, and were immediately driven down by the reserve team arranged by Yang Xuan.
Wang Zhong and others were in the reserve team, hiding at the back, holding their weapons tremblingly, but not daring to approach the thief.
The art of war that was invincible in the past is now gone.
"Kill!"
Zhang Chunqiu was the most courageous in slashing. His fat body nimbly moved among the thieves, one by one, without any hesitation.
"Doesn't this violate mechanics?" Yang Xuan glanced at Zhang Chunqiu and felt that such a figure could be so dexterous. This shows that the attraction of the earth is different for everyone.
A burly thief rushed to the top of the city, and then started slashing and killing. The thief behind him kept coming up.
"The city is broken!"
Someone cheers!
Yang Xuan took a look and saw that there were less than 300 sergeants at the head of the city. It was very difficult to protect the entire city.
The young people in the city are still gathering, like a little lady who has never been out of the house, shy, turning back every step of the way, refusing to leave the house.
He shouted: "Second brother!"
"oh!"
Wang Laoer flew over with his horizontal sword.
The burly thief smiled ferociously and said, "You are mine!"
The sword flew past.
clang!
The long knife and the head flew down to the city together.
Wang Laoer slashed wildly among the thieves.
Even though he has mastered cultivation, it is difficult for him to defeat four hands with two fists!
Yang Xuan gritted his teeth and looked at Wang Zhong and others who were hiding behind him, and cursed: "Take a spear and stab him!"
The kings trembled and changed their spears, "Where to stab?"
Such a civil servant, in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Xuan could kill him right now!
"A poke in the eye!"
Wang Zhong was startled and followed the reserve team forward, carefully poking forward through the cracks in the crowd.
"Ouch!"
Someone in front covered his buttocks and howled miserably. When he looked back, he saw that it was one of his own.
This is a mistake, you're a waste!
Say hello!
Yang Xuan looked at the sky speechlessly and was almost hit by an arrow.
After killing the thieves who rushed to the city, he picked up a long bow and fired arrows like meteors.
Whoosh!
The thieves around Wang Laoer were constantly hit by arrows and fell down.
The old thief drove away the thief in front of him and arrived in time.
The three of them worked together to kill the thieves and drive them away.
Clang clang clang!
The thieves retreated.
The city was in a mess.
Yang Xuan slowly sat down, leaning against the city wall, panting.
Wang Zhong came over and sat down next to him, breathing loudly like a bellows.
"Your Majesty."
"Um!"
"Will the thief retreat?"
"Won't!"
"Why?"
"They didn't have many casualties. It was more like a test just now."
"Do they know the art of war?"
"At least I know better than you!"
Wang Zhong's face turned red and he felt humiliated. "I don't have soldiers under my command, otherwise I should show it off."
"How about you take charge next?"
"I'm... a little dizzy."
"Wang Shilang."
"Um!"
"You are so shameless and refreshing."
Yang Xuan didn't know why the warriors of the Southern Zhou Dynasty could tolerate the rule of such shameless civil servants. Damn it! If it were the Tang Dynasty, they would have rebelled early.
Wang Zhong said calmly: "It takes ten thousand people to demonstrate my art of war."
Yang Xuan gave up arguing with this shameless man and said, "The young men in the city will gather together right away. Right now."
But the kings said: "Those officials are taking action."
Yang Xuan sneered, "The city will be captured later. I will break out with my men and leave you here. Do you know what those rebels will do to you? They will sharpen the wooden stakes and strip you naked with your buttocks facing down...
…”
call out!
The kings disappeared into the city in the blink of an eye.
"Gather together."
"Anyone who refuses to come out will be killed!"
"Hurry!"
The old thief sighed: "Sure enough, your own life is noble."
"This has always been the case." Yang Xuan was not surprised.
"This Wang Shilang has always been quite reserved and arrogant. I didn't expect him to be this kind of guy!"
“Under every seemingly glamorous exterior, there is an unknown ugliness.”
"Mr. Lang's words are quite wise."
"Just judge others by yourself."
Old thief: "..."
"There are no fairies or fairy men in this world. No matter how beautiful the man or woman is, they still have to eat, drink and have diarrhea."
"That's the truth. Lang Jun, the Southern Zhou people want to use their national power to frighten us, but what does it mean now?"
"The performance was ruined!"
"In that case, let's break out!"
"What the hell!"
"Lang Jun used this to threaten the kings before."
"That's what I coaxed him to do!" Yang Xuan pointed to the outside and said feebly: "There are thousands of thieves, and dozens of us rushed in, just like a drop of water falling into the river. If it's just us, we can't do it."
There are Qin bamboo slips and others."
"Leave them behind!"
"You think I don't want to? When I encountered a thief, the envoy escaped with his men, but left all the members of the mission in the hands of the thief. When I return to the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple will be ashamed of me. From now on, these two
The local government will regard me as a rival. Also, my reputation will be ruined."
Greedy for life and afraid of death!
Regardless of the overall situation!
Only now did the old thief think of the envoy's duty, "The envoy is in a foreign country. He would rather die than humiliate the Tang Dynasty."
Yang Xuan nodded, "Once I abandon Qin Jian and the others, my career in this life will be gone. Do you understand?"
Otherwise, he would have run away with his own people earlier.
The old thief plus Wang Lao'er, plus the twenty guards brought by Wu Da, and the officials of the Southern Zhou Dynasty and the officials of the mission were dragged behind as bait, so it was not too difficult to escape.
Over there, Qin Jian heard Yang Xuan mention his name in a daze and asked, "Is the envoy called me?"
Qin Jian just went into battle with his sword and killed two thieves.
Yang Xuan smiled hypocritically, "Nothing, I just want to praise you for your civil and military skills."
Qin Jian said proudly: "The civil servants of the Tang Dynasty can kill enemies when mounted, and can herd people when dismounted."
But if it weren't for Wu Da's help earlier, Qin Jian was almost killed by the rebels.
The force value is still too low, otherwise Yang Xuan would really dare to lead them to break out. As for the Southern Zhou people, it's none of my business!
The young men in the city were gathered together.
Just below the city head.
The kings shouted: "Everyone cheer up. If you kill one enemy, you will be rewarded with a hundred coins!"
He felt that the reward of one hundred dollars was very high, but he found that the young men showed no reaction.
"What's the meaning?"
Yuan Xiao said: "I'm afraid I'm greedy."
The kings sneered, "Then resort to tricks!"
"Ahem!"
The two turned around, but it was Yang Xuan.
"Make way!"
The two of them couldn't help but move out of the way.
"What does he want to do?" Seeing Yang Xuan walking up to the young men, Yuan Xiao said, "He is from the Tang Dynasty. How can these young men listen to him?"
Yang Xuan stood still.
"I am the envoy of the Tang Dynasty."
The crowd was silent.
"I am leading the army now, not for the sake of friendship between the two countries, but just to save the lives of the Tang Dynasty envoys."
As for other people, it has nothing to do with me.
"I summoned you and others not for anything else but for the thieves outside."
Yang Xuan pointed to the direction outside the city, "Once the city is broken, your wives and daughters will become their slaves and ravaged by them. Once the city is broken, your family members will be killed by them..."
"The last survivor must join them to survive."
"I don't want to die, I don't want to become a thief..."
"Then, I have one request."
Yang Xuan pulled out the horizontal sword.
"Go pick up weapons and protect your wife and children who are waiting for you!"
A young man walked up, picked up the long knives piled on the ground, and silently walked towards the city.
The second person appeared.
The third person...
The young men silently picked up their weapons and walked up to the top of the city one by one.
Yang Xuan pointed at Zhang Chunqiu, "Form up the formation and briefly teach them how to give orders and assemble to kill the enemy."
There was admiration in Zhang Chunqiu's eyes, "Take the order!"
A civil servant cursed in a low voice: "That's the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, but you agreed so crisply!"
Zhang Chunqiu said: "He understands what I am waiting for!"
The civil servant opened his mouth: "..."
Do thieves and armies need to understand?
Just drive them to kill the enemy, who has nothing better to do to understand what they are thinking?
Yang Xuan came over and patted the defenders on the shoulders one by one.
"Do you have the confidence that I will protect this city with you and others?"
"have!"
"Do you dare?"
"dare!"
Yang Xuan walked past the defenders, and behind him, their morale was greatly boosted.
He turned around and said: "You are a bit young and strong."
Zhang Chunqiu followed him, "It's a little less."
"Is there anything else?" Yang Xuan knew the tricks of local officials, and he could be exempted from service by paying him. At this critical moment, there were countless people who were willing to give him money.
Zhang Chunqiu smiled bitterly, "I'm in jail."
"bring."
Dozens of stinky prisoners were brought up.
"Kill the enemy or be killed." Yang Xuan pointed to the weapon.
He gave these people no choice.
When the prisoners picked up their weapons, they actually felt more alive.
The last prisoner looked to be forty or fifty years old, squatting there but not moving.
Yang Xuan walked over with a cold face, "Why don't you go?"
The prisoner looked up, with an ordinary face and dull eyes, like a piece of dead wood.
"I don't want to go."
The jailer who came with him said: "Your Majesty, this is a bitch. Even if you beat me, you won't obey."
Yang Xuan wanted to kick the criminal down, but as soon as he moved his foot, he found that the criminal's right hand suddenly trembled.
A piece of dry grass beneath his feet actually started to float in the wind.
I'm not dazzled, right?
Yang Xuan still kicked him away.
The criminal was kicked down.
Dazzled!
I'm used to big scenes, so why am I distracted in such a small place?
Yang Xuan laughed at himself.
The prisoner sat up, still numb.
But Wang Laoer liked him and asked: "Why are you not afraid of death?"
The prisoner said numbly: "The whole family is dead."
He raised his head, his hair spread out, revealing a tattoo on his forehead.
This is the sign of a criminal.
Wang Laoer took out the oil paper bag and said, "Here you can eat."
There was beef jerky in the oil paper bag. The prisoner refused to eat it, so Wang Laoer forced it into his mouth and said, "You eat it, it's really delicious."
The criminal looked at Wang Laoer blankly and chewed mechanically.
"beef."
"Yes!" Wang Laoer asked: "Is it delicious?"
The old prisoner just looked at him intently.
The eyes gradually became more lively.
"beef."
"yes."
"Eat beef."
"Eat it!"
The old prisoner still looked at Wang Laoer intently, "How old are you?"
"I'm eighteen."
"Where's Ye Niang?"
"They're all dead."
"picture!"
"Like who?"
The old prisoner stretched out his hand, but Wang Laoer didn't avoid it, and he just gently stroked his cheek.
"The thief is coming!"
Wang Laoer handed the oil paper package to the prisoner and said, "Eat it, stay away and eat it."
The old prisoner watched him rush forward, picked up a piece of beef jerky and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Dalang."
Thieves came in droves.
This time they went all out.
"We have no way out. Officers and soldiers from all sides will definitely surround us. They must either seize Yecheng and use the officials in the city to threaten the officers and soldiers to find a way out, or... all of them die!"
The desperate thieves burst out with surprising fighting power.
Yang Xuan gathered members of the envoy and formed a small team to carry out rescue operations frequently.
Wang Laoer took the lead and killed so many people that there were many gaps in the horizontal sword.
He slashed one person to death and kicked another person away. From time to time he glanced at Qin Jian, who was panting like an ox, and shouted: "Deputy Qin, my head!"
Suddenly his feet stopped.
But the two thieves lying on the ground hugged his calf, opened their mouths and bit him.
"Ouch!"
Wang Laoer opened his mouth and howled miserably.
"Second dick!"
The old thief's eyes were about to burst and he flew over.
Yang Xuan also abandoned the Qin slips and rushed towards Wang Laoer, slashing and killing him.
Several thieves held long spears and stabbed with all their strength...
Wang Laoer kicked away the thief who was hugging his calf, but the spear was about to come.
"Second dick!"
Yang Xuan felt that his mind was blank.
A long gun was thrown on the ground.
One hand picked up the spear.
Manually.
The spear passed by.
Limang flashed across the chests of several thieves.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
The thieves flew backwards, blood splattered on their chests in mid-air, and made no sound after landing on the ground.
Everyone slowly looked around.
The old man stood with his spear in his hand and waved at Wang Laoer.