Only one day passed, and Si Hu, who was unconscious from blood loss, was like a freak, and he was jumping around in the village again.
From time to time, refugees outside Zhuangzi came to Zhuangzi and asked pitifully to enter the village. For safety reasons, Xu Mu did not dare to take in groups of people, but only scattered poor people.
Now, there are almost fifty people in the entire village. The arrangement is also very simple. The young and strong men protect the village and kill enemies, while the women, old and weak, practice the art of longbow.
Even Xu Mu himself didn't know how long Wangzhou City could be defended. On the day the city was breached, thousands of Beidi people would surely ride into the hinterland of Daji.
"Master Xu." Zhou Fu rubbed his anxious face and walked over solemnly.
After withdrawing his thoughts, Xu Mu slowly walked down the arrow tower.
"Master Xu, time is running out. A certain family still has the same intention. No matter what, we must leave Wangzhou first."
Wangzhou has become a dead end.
As early as early this morning, Xu Mu asked Chen Sheng to take two people to carefully explore the road in the direction of Hezhou.
Counting the time, it's almost time to come back.
"Mr. Xu Fangzhu, I have a solution for those poor people you mentioned before." Zhou Fu rarely smiled, "Over there in Hezhou City, I have a familiar farm owner who is also a heroic man. It just so happens that
We need to expand Zhuangzi, but we also need manpower."
"Don't worry, Master Xu Fang. In comparison, Hezhou City is much stronger. Unless the Di people attack with a hundred thousand troops, it should be safe."
Seemingly sensing Xu Mu's worries, Zhou Fu added at the end.
From Wangzhou to Hezhou, if you think about it seriously, it is almost more than a hundred miles, and there are many beacon fire camps along the way.
Unfortunately, due to the Beidi people's 700-mile attack, the Hezhou camp did not rush to rescue in time, resulting in the imminent destruction of Wangzhou city.
"Master, I'll be back soon!" The village door opened, and Chen Sheng hurriedly dismounted, with a solemn expression on his face.
"How's it going?"
"Naturally, there will be no soldiers killing people during the day. However, because there are too many people fleeing, the officials in Hezhou are worried about spies mixed in, so they have sent people to guard outside the city for interrogation. If there are no problems in the interrogation, they can enter the city.
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"However, the refugees outside the city were crowded for at least five miles."
Xu Mu frowned, "Five miles away, I checked them one by one, and the day lilies were even cold."
If we have this time, we might as well rush to help Wangzhou.
Suddenly, Xu Mu felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
"Someone asked the officers and soldiers in Hezhou why they didn't rush to help Wangzhou. Those officers and soldiers said that Wangzhou was already destroyed." Chen Sheng's voice was deep.
"My boss, Wangzhou hasn't been defeated yet. I asked the people who came from there and found out that there are only a thousand people left in the Three Thousand Tongzi Camp."
"While the fight was still going on, those Beidi dogs wanted to surrender, so they sent envoys to get closer, but they were shot dead by the Tongzi camp."
Everyone present could not help but look sad after hearing Chen Sheng's news.
"I will inform everyone that we will prepare our luggage tomorrow and set off for Hezhou the day after tomorrow."
Now and in the past, when refugees were blocked for miles, disasters would also happen.
Xu Mu could only beg to stagger the time for the Beidi people to attack the city, so that the entire Xujiazhuang could survive.
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"Master, there are... soldiers coming from the camp on horseback!" The next morning, just as people in the village got up, they heard Zhou Zun's voice from the archery tower in the distance.
Xu Mu was suddenly startled, thinking that the soldiers from Hezhou were coming, but unexpectedly, he walked up to the archery tower and looked forward, only to find a horse and a man covered in blood, galloping hard in the morning mist.
"Could he be a deserter from Wangzhou?"
"No." Xu Mu gritted his teeth. He recognized that the riding figure was the junior captain who escorted Erli Land.
At this moment, the captain was already dying, lying on the horse's back, letting the horse run wildly on its own.
Bang.
The fierce horse hit a tree stump, and the captain was thrown into the air and hit hard.
"Si Hu, hurry up! Save the people back to Zhuangzi."
After receiving the order, Si Hu immediately got on his horse. After a while, he carried the dying captain onto the horse and quickly brought him back.
"This -" Even people like Zhou Fu, who are used to seeing wind and waves, couldn't help but have red eyes at this moment.
God knows that the little captain in front of him suffered several injuries all over his body, not even an inch of his skin was intact.
"Look, urgent report from Wangzhou... Xiaofeng Camp in Hezhou, please send troops for reinforcements." The little captain struggled and opened his mouth, and there was blood oozing between his gums and teeth.
Xu Mu's heart sank, and he immediately understood that the captain wanted to go to Hezhou to rush for reinforcements. After all, he had been guarding the area for several days, but the reinforcements from Hezhou had not yet shown up.
"Caiwei, bring me the golden sore medicine."
"Xu, Master Xu, I have something better." Li Xiaowan squeezed through the crowd, trembling hands, and handed an exquisite porcelain vase to Xu Mu's hand.
After the bleeding stopped and Li Xiaowan's golden sore medicine was applied, about two hours later, the captain opened his eyes in panic.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, he wanted to reach back and touch the knife.
"Don't panic, this is Xujiazhuang. I saw the official fall from his horse, so I rescued the official back to Zhuangzi."
"Prepare, prepare your horses! I'm going to Hezhou." The junior captain stood up, staggered a few steps forward, panting heavily, and held on to a wooden wall.
The linen that had just been bandaged suddenly oozed blood again.
"Chen Sheng, get a good horse for the official." Xu Mu's face darkened.
Chen Sheng hurriedly ran back and brought a strong horse, a pot of water bag and dry food.
"There is no time. I will thank you later. Wangzhou City is about to be destroyed, and there is no news from the seven-horse scout Yao!"
The seven cavalry scouts who called for reinforcements probably died on the way. It was very possible that they were all ambushed by the refugees.
Moreover, those people who fled should have told the situation in Wangzhou long ago. If the Hezhou camp really wanted to rescue them, why would they have stayed put?
"Master, he can't even get on the horse." Chen Sheng's tone was bitter.
The little captain struggled to stand upright and stepped over several times, but fell to the ground in embarrassment. Finally, Si Hu approached and picked him up on the horse.
"The ninth post of the Daji Guan Army, Tongzi Camp!" Xu Mu raised his hands and bowed.
The little captain who got on his horse turned around and showed a rare expression of relief.
"To be honest with this boss, I, Zhao Qingyun, have never thought that I would be so courageous in this life."
After saying this, the captain roared angrily and ran out of Zhuangzi on his horse.
However, he hasn’t run very far yet.
On the forest road not far in front of Zhuangzi, there was another camp soldier covered in blood, crying and running forward.
"This is to inform you all! Wangzhou has fallen! Tongziying died for the country!"
"I waited too long, wuwu...Wangzhou City fell!"
"My Grand Ji Wangzhou has been lost!"
The soldiers in the camp who reported the bad news only shouted a few times, and just like Zhao Qingyun before, they fell powerlessly from their horses to the ground. Behind him, dozens of fleeing civilians trampled past him without caring to distinguish between them.
Xu Mu stood in the arrow tower, upright and silent for a long time.
Outside Zhuangzi, the junior captain Zhao Qingyun got off his horse, took off the wild goose feather helmet on his head, held a simple knife with one hand, covered his face and burst into tears.
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The eighteenth year of the reign of Emperor Xingwu.
The important town of Wangzhou on Jibei Road fell again within half a year after the fall of Yongguan.