The rapid sound of gongs on the east wall came in waves, and countless panicked people on the Doujia Bridge fled in all directions. There were screams of "rogues have entered the city" everywhere.
He Xianya shouted and galloped on horseback, quickly turning into Xiangyangmen Street. As he approached the city gate, there was a whistling wind above his head. He Xianya looked up and saw many arrows flying high into the city from the city wall and landing on nearby streets.
There was a snapping sound when it hit the tiles on the roof. Occasionally, fleeing passers-by in the street were shot, hiding on the road and crying loudly.
"Hide under the eaves."
He Xianya roared at the man, and his horse's speed did not slow down at all. In front of him, Ruan Jin was galloping towards the city gate with a few quick hands.
At this time, he was not far from the city gate. He Xianya quickly passed the group of fast riders and jumped off the horse before the horse stopped. He was not good at riding and had never dismounted like this. When he landed, he was unstable and his bow
He leaned forward and threw himself on the ground. He didn't care to look at his palms and stood up quickly.
There was a chaos of war inside the gate, with blood on the stone slabs all over the floor. There were more than a dozen corpses placed everywhere and no one paid attention to them. Several wounded people were howling hysterically. Many soldiers and civilians were running around in the streets like headless flies.
The soldiers abandoned their short spears and fled into the city, while there was a commotion on the city walls.
There was a bright gap in the dim doorway, and dense crowds of people were surging inside, and roars with echoes were heard constantly.
Someone shouted in front of the doorway, calling for those who arrived to enter the doorway to support.
The sounds of gongs, cries, and shouts were mixed together, and He Xianya's mind suddenly went blank.
When Pang Yu called him over, he asked him to arrest people and close the door. What he kept thinking about on the way was how to get the strong men to arrest six people smoothly. He never imagined that it would be such a chaos.
Ruan Jin rushed to the door with a few quickies and rushed directly into the doorway.
He Xianya suddenly shouted in excitement, "Go to the city head!"
In the din, Ruan Jin didn't hear his words at all, and some of the government officials who arrived sporadically rushed into the doorway.
He Xianya ran directly to the city ladder, taking three steps and then two steps to climb up the city.
After running up the city ladder and climbing to the top of the city, I heard shouts of killing outside the city. A bow and arrow flew past the battlements with a whoosh, grazing He Xianya's hair bun and falling far away towards Xiangyangmen Street.
He quickly crouched down, bowed and ran forward.
When I arrived at the gatehouse, I stopped and took a look. I saw people squatting on the ground. The wooden wall facing the gatehouse was covered with arrows. Three people were lying under the pillars, with an arrow stuck in each face. Two of them were already there.
There was no movement, and there was still one person writhing on the ground, covering his eyes and screaming loudly, while the others were hiding under the walls and shaking.
He Xianya approached the battlements and looked around. He saw that the streets below the city were full of red figures, and the tile roofs on both sides were also covered with bandits with bows and arrows. As soon as he looked out, someone fired arrows at him. He Xianya quickly shrank his head.
An arrow immediately hit the gap in the battlement, snapped in half on the wall, and quickly circled in the air and flew into the wall.
A soldier nearby cried, "Don't look, you'll be shot to death at the first glance."
There were stones all over the ground, but no one dared to throw them down. He Xianya looked at the two broken arrows on the ground, breathing violently, his heart beating wildly, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.
A figure ran past and rushed into the gate. In the blink of an eye, he grabbed two cans and threw them down below the battlements. Without even looking at them, he turned around and returned to the building.
Amidst the noise below the city, there were two sounds of earthen jars breaking, followed by a scream.
He Xianya turned around and saw a burst of white smoke rising into the sky. It turned out that what he was throwing was a gray bottle.
Only then did He Xianya remember that there was no straw factory in the gate tower, and that ash bottles, fire bottles, bundles of straw, and gunpowder were all stored in the gate tower.
Because there was no warning, these things that were easily affected by moisture were not moved out. Therefore, the city was not prepared, and even the curtains to prevent arrows were not hung up.
At this time, the man turned around again and threw two more gray bottles. This time he shouted, "Get up and smash them! Kill the thieves for the country!"
This time He Xianya saw clearly that the man turned out to be Jiang Guoyong, who had been vacated by the county government. He did not know which community soldier he was involved in, but he appeared on the tower at this time.
White smoke rose into the sky below, and there were bursts of screams and roars. He Xianya stayed for a moment, then ran to the gate building, imitating that man's example, grabbing various bottles and cans and throwing them randomly down below.
...The door was cracked with shouts of "kill Zhentian". The strong man who pushed the door shouted the slogan and pushed the door leaf out with all his strength. The bandits outside also shouted loudly, and the voices of both sides echoed in the doorway.
Seven or eight short spears and long knives collided in the crack of the door, and the blades were waving randomly in the opposite space. The two sides were fighting in a melee through the door, and there was no time to observe the target.
There were two strong men with short spears beside Yao Dongshan. They stabbed each other with the bandits outside through the crack in the door. The bandits did not have the upper hand. Because of the sneak attack, long weapons could not be hidden on the carriage. Their weapons
The so-called long spear is shorter than the short spear of a strong man.
Yao Dongshan kept turning the angle to control the position of the door close to the gap. He had stabbed to death two bandits in succession. Because the door was opened inward, the bandits could not attack the government officials behind the door, and Yao Dongshan's
The angle is just right to attack the opponent through the gap. By controlling this section of the door panel, the rogues cannot all get up and push the city gate.
Therefore, although there were many bandits outside the gate, they could not push away the government officials inside the gate.
There was a sound from a bowstring outside, and an arrow flew in diagonally, hitting the arm of the strong man on the left side of Yao Dongshan.
"Captain, make room!"
When Yao Dongshan heard Tuesday's voice behind him, he ducked to the side, and a javelin flew out of the crack of the door. There was a scream outside the door, and a spear in the crack of the door rose up, and then fell down again.
It hit the ground with a thud.
The other spears and knives suddenly retreated, and someone outside roared, "Anyone who retreats will be killed!"
Then someone shouted, "Get out of the way!"
Several blades retracted, and just when Yao Dongshan thought they were about to retreat, a figure swooped on the gap and squeezed the two short spears inside the door into the gap.
Yao Dongshan struggled to withdraw his short spear and stabbed the man twice without hesitation. The figure showed no reaction. After a closer look, he found that the man's eyes were rolling. He had been dead for a long time and it was actually a corpse. He
With his head hanging down, his body was pushed hard into the crack of the door, slowly getting squeezed further and further down.
Yao Dongshan stared at that position without blinking, waiting for the corpse to slide down and assassinate the bandit behind him. Unexpectedly, another corpse squeezed up and completely blocked the door. Yao Dongshan could no longer control that section of the city.
Door.
The bandits outside shouted in unison, threw themselves at the door and pushed, causing the door leaf to begin to move slightly inward.
Yao Dongshan went up to the mountain and pushed the body desperately, but he couldn't push it. Knowing that there were bandits outside, he didn't dare to drag it inside. In this way, he would be helping the bandits push the door open. At this time, the fourth corpse appeared.
It was stacked on top again, and the bandits outside the door all used their strength, and the gap became wider and wider.
Yao Dongshan ran back to his position and picked up the short spear on the ground, preparing to deal with the bandits who might rush in through the crack in the door.
Just when he was in a panic, there were continuous crackling sounds outside, and the bandits screamed in surprise. A burst of white smoke poured into the doorway from the crack in the door. Yao Dongshan smelled the strong smell of lime.
A voice outside roared, "Don't retreat!"
The crackling sound was continuous, the white smoke pouring into the door became thicker and thicker, and there were many coughs coming from outside the door.
The voice continued to shout, "Close your eyes and keep pushing the door!"
With this chaos, the power outside the door decreased, and the door leaves began to close again, but when they reached the position of the corpses, the door leaves got stuck there and could not be closed any longer.
Several corpses could not be pushed or pulled in, and Yao Dongshan did not know what to do. He was only looking forward to something coming from the tower.
Just as he was thinking this, there was another scream outside the door. With a muffled sound, a fireball fell from the sky, and then white smoke wrapped in ashes rose into the sky. Yao Dongshan looked through the gap and saw the flames on the body.
Moving above.
...Jiang Guoyong squeezed into the corner with a bundle of grass and smashed a fire bottle on the wall. The tung oil splashed on the bundle of grass. He then raised it to the burning brazier. When the fire ignited, Jiang Guoyong
He put bunches of straw on the gap in the battlements, and there were rogues shooting arrows from below. They struck the haystacks with a pop-pop sound, but had no effect at all.
Someone below shouted, "Here we go again! Get out of the way!"
With the help of tung oil, the flame of the grass bundle quickly became strong and white smoke billowed up. Jiang Guoyong waited until the entire bundle of grass was covered with flames before pushing it down.
The moment the bunch of grass fell, a bow and arrow swished through the white smoke, streaked across Jiang Guoyong's forehead, and opened a long gash.
Jiang Guoyong didn't even scream. He turned around and roared at the soldiers hiding under the battlements, "Get up and smash them. You can't save anyone if you squat down! This is the time to serve the country by killing thieves!"
He went to pull a soldier in front of him again. The soldier had tears streaming down his face, shaking his head and shouting.
Jiang Guoyong couldn't pull it, so he turned back upstairs and grabbed another straw bundle and did the same thing, and continued to shout, "When a man dies, he will die. When he deserves to die, all rise up and kill the thieves!"
Those social soldiers were still ignored. Jiang Guoyong moved quickly and pushed down another straw bundle. The thick smoke from the burning below floated up to the top of the city. He Xianya kept throwing ash bottles and fire pots aside.
Although there was an endless stream of bows and arrows below, none of them could hit the two of them because their heads were not exposed at all.
Seeing that the two people were coming and going without incident, the crying soldier finally moved. He stood up carefully, carefully picked up a stone, placed it in the gap in the battlement, and pushed it down without probing.
Then several more soldiers started throwing stones. Chiang Kai-shek encouraged them loudly, and more and more soldiers got up to throw. Once they started throwing, these people became faster and faster, as if they were crazy, and they would throw down whatever they caught.
They were smashed randomly, and even a small cannon sent by Anqing Mansion was thrown down, and there were continuous screams from the city.
Soldiers from the nearby city wall also arrived one after another. Under Jiang Guoyong's command, bundles of grass were lit and thrown down one by one. The fire was blazing under the city tower and white smoke was billowing. The smell of burning human bodies was diffused everywhere, and waves of rolling heat were spread.
Flooded towards the city.
A loudspeaker sounded, and someone shouted loudly below, "Back up, back up!"
After a burst of noisy sounds below, it gradually became quiet.
The people at the top of the city still kept throwing bunches of grass, gray bottles and stones.
Just now, He Xianya threw down many fire jars randomly, and sprinkled them with tung oil. At this time, they combined with the grass bundles and burned. Suddenly, the heat wave surged, and no one could stand nearby.
After a while, a strong man ran up the city ladder. He shouted to everyone, "Don't throw it away, the door is closed!"
Everyone stopped at this time, and He Xianya came to the battlements and carefully looked around. The outside was filled with billowing white smoke from burning grass bundles, which made it difficult for He Xianya to open his eyes. He squinted and could vaguely see some things outside.
The red figure was moving, seemingly leaving from the roof. This wave of attacks finally ended, but no one on the tower cheered.
Everything happened too fast, the bandits' attack was very sudden, and no one was prepared. At this time, the bandits retreated, and no one felt any joy. The people on the tower looked at each other, and no one spoke.
"How is the city gate?"
There was a voice coming from the side. He Xianya turned around and saw a man who had just come up from the city ladder. It took him a moment to recognize him as Pang Yu.
Although it was still early spring, Pang Yu was sweating profusely. He was breathing heavily and holding on to the wall with a grim expression. It was obvious that he had just arrived.
He Xianya's reaction returned to normal at this time, and he hurriedly approached Pang Yu, "The squad leader's guess was very accurate. Sure enough, the bandits were trying to attack Xiangyang Gate. When they arrived, there was still a fight inside the gate.
The subordinates immediately went to the city, preparing to attack from the top of the city, but saw that the soldiers were panicking. The subordinates immediately commanded their men, and the soldiers immediately restored order and beat the bandits hard with ash bottles, cupping pots, bundles of grass and stones. The bandits were now defeated.
retreat."
Jiang Guoyong was sitting on the wooden wall of the gatehouse. He was originally looking at his arms. After hearing He Xianya's words, he suddenly raised his head, looking unhappy, but after hesitating for a moment, he lowered his head again, as if he had not heard what he just said.
Normal words.
When Pang Yu heard that the bandits were retreating, his expression softened. He patted He Xianya on the shoulder and said, "Good job. Third brother stayed calm in times of danger. If you hadn't directed the attack on the city, the city gate would have been in danger."
When passing by Jiang Guoyong, Jiang Guoyong raised his head again. Pang Yu also recognized him and nodded slightly to him.
Jiang Guoyong forced a smile, and then buried his head in wrapping his arms with a piece of white cloth. When he pushed the bundle of grass, his arms were burned with strings of blisters.
At this time, Zhuang Chaozheng and Ruan Jin came up from the city ladder. He came over and said to Pang Yu, "Captain Yao is seriously injured. I'm afraid he can't continue to lead the team."
Pang Yu didn't speak, only nodded slightly and said, "Take precautions first, I'll go see him in the evening."
After that, he strode northward for a while, avoiding the scope of the smoke. Looking out from the battlements, he saw large areas of red on Zilai Street. Some of the bandits, armed with knives and guns, began to search nearby houses.
Pang Yu roughly estimated that there were only a hundred or so bandits who launched the first attack, but they almost captured Tongcheng. The preparations he made were almost useless in front of them.
What he didn't know was that when the rogue bandits entered Tongcheng in history, Pan Keda led the troops to fight in the eastern suburbs to meet the enemy, blocking the first wave of the rogue bandits' attacks. Now that there are no Chizhou troops stationed in Tongcheng, the rogue bandits march straight in.
The rogue bandits outside were also observing the city wall. They were extremely tired after all the running and fighting, but they still looked at the city head with ferocious eyes.
"Squad leader, what are we going to do next?"
Pang Yu withdrew his gaze and looked at the three of them, "First block the Xiangyang Gate and the West Gate with bricks and stones, and then guard Duoshe and go up to the city.
There are only about a hundred people in this group, and the rogue band is behind them. They can't seize the gate. It's time to attack the city wall. Our battle to defend the city has just begun."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a faint sound of a trumpet from the northeast, and another one a moment later, but it was much clearer.
Pang Yu looked to the northeast and said softly, "Here we come."