Standing on the arrow tower, Xu Mu looked up and looked around. From time to time, dung smoke ignited, rising into curls of white smoke and scattering under the sky.
However, no matter how conspicuous the white smoke was, no officers and soldiers came to save them. The entire hinterland of Wangzhou had become a wasteland.
I heard that the camp troops on the Hezhou side probably patrolled only a few miles away from Hezhou, and would not care about the fleeing refugees at all.
"Brother Zhao, I heard that the Beidi people are very good at attacking cities."
Zhao Qingyun, who was next to him, had already changed into a powerful outfit and had two daggers on his back. After listening to Xu Mu's words, he nodded solemnly.
"That's correct. But don't worry, Master Xu. Since we are here for plunder, we won't be bringing siege weapons with us. I estimate that we will only bring two pots of horse arrows at most."
"If there are really some Di people on horseback, don't move around at first. First avoid the arrows fired by the Di people's horses, and then find a way to defeat the enemy."
"Best regards, Brother Zhao." Xu Mu nodded and slightly raised his hands.
Zhao Qingyun looked bitter, "Those who overthrow their nests are just begging for a living."
Tongziying died in Wangzhou, and this little captain was already the last seed.
Xu Mu suddenly felt bitterness in his heart. If this situation continues, the entire Epoch will inevitably be slowly cannibalized by the Beidi people.
"Master, there's someone knocking on the door!" Chen Sheng's voice came from the arrow tower on the other side.
Xu Mu paused, and hurriedly walked forward with Zhao Qingyun. When he got to the archery tower, he saw that there were more than ten fleeing people, covered in mud and dust, and the clothes of three or two people were stained with dirt.
of blood.
Before Xu Mu could speak, Zhao Qingyun, who was standing next to him, quickly raised his bow and shot at one of the common people.
The people who were hit by arrows raised their heads, bulged their eyes, and roared to the sky. The rest of the people also ran forward in a hurry, as if they were crazy.
"Wearing animal skin shoes, we are the Di people's outpost!" Zhao Qingyun's expression suddenly turned pale.
As Zhao Qingyun said, after the civilian who was hit by the arrow roared a few times, he quickly rolled over and ran away. After a while, he was already two hundred steps away from Zhuangzi.
"The outpost has arrived. Next, there will be more Di people."
Xu Mu was a little afraid. If the Di people opened the village gate, all the villagers would die.
"Master Xu, it's time to prepare."
Xu Mu nodded, only hoping that the next batch of Di people would be smaller in number. Sure enough, what the old official said was right. The location of the Four Passes was the first to bear the brunt after Wangzhou was defeated.
"Chen Sheng, sound the gong."
The clanging sound suddenly sounded coldly throughout the entire village.
"Master Xu, please take a look." Even though his tone was calm, there was a hint of panic in Zhao Qingyun's voice.
Xu Mu looked up and saw dozens of small black dots in the distance, wrapped in rising dust and smoke, getting closer and closer.
"How many rides?"
Zhao Qingyun clicked his fingers, his body shaking more and more.
"Fifty or sixty riders...it's quite a large scale."
Xu Mu frowned and continued to look forward, and found that behind these Di people, there were also a group of disheveled women tied up with hemp ropes.
Some of them must be dead. They can't even stand up straight and can only be hung with their knees bent. Their calves are bruised and bloody, and their bones are white.
Zhao Qingyun was extremely angry, with a cruel look on his face.
"Protect the village!" Xu Mu's voice was deep and he raised his hands into fists.
A dozen young men quickly ran up to the archery tower, and the women carrying long bows also hurriedly hid in the wooden houses.
"Remember, Beidi people each carry two pots of horse arrows. They were not allowed to move around as before."
"Remember, boss!"
"After I have accumulated military merit, I will give it all to you without taking any points. When I enter Hezhou City, I will have houses and fields. Those who are not married will have their own matchmakers to break the door! When you are busy, you will collect food, and when you are free, you will listen to books.
, wouldn’t it be wonderful!”
Compared with other harsh regimes, Daji's military merits are relatively humane. Regardless of whether you are a civilian or an official, as long as you kill the enemy leader and send him to the official office, your military merits will be recorded.
And military merit can be exchanged for a lot of land.
But this is by no means an easy task. For example, for the Beidi people, after killing someone, even if they don't cut off the head, they have to cut off the copper ring on the right ear before they can count.
Next to him, Zhao Qingyun's expression changed slightly after hearing Xu Mu's words, but he didn't say anything and began to stare at the approaching Beidi people.
"Stay away and don't raise your head!"
The first short horse arrow was shot less than two inches away from Xu Mu. The cold arrow almost penetrated the wooden partition.
Just like playing a small drum, the sound of thump thump thump hits the ears from time to time.
After an unknown amount of time, when there were fewer and fewer horse arrows, Xu Mu looked down from the bow window and found that the Beidi people outside the village had surrounded Zhuangzi, quickly dispersing in formation, and making strange whistle sounds from time to time.
"These Beidi people are angry and are preparing to massacre the village." Zhao Qingyun said with difficulty, "Although there is no ladder, the Beidi people will carry rope hooks with them and can also climb the wooden wall."
Xu Mu suddenly frowned. He had never heard Zhao Qingyun talk about such things before.
"Chen Sheng, bring a few people over."
On top of another arrow tower, Chen Sheng was stunned for a moment, then he immediately led four young men and walked around cautiously.
"Shoot the arrow out of the bow window."
Shooting an arrow from the bow window will inevitably affect the accuracy, but Xu Mu's intention now is not to kill the enemy immediately, but to reunite the scattered Beidi people.
Not long after, seven or eight big men from Jianlou Mountain all came down one after another, and coldly shot arrows one after another through the small bow window.
Even though the power was not strong, the Beidi people who were hit by the stone arrows became extremely angry and rushed over with a roar. They raised their horse bows and fired back at the arrow tower.
A young man moved too slowly and was shot through the shoulder. He fell to the dirt floor under the arrow tower. Fortunately, two village women ran out and dragged him back to the wooden house.
"Master Xu, what do you mean by this? The Di people are scattered, but we still have a chance."
"No, the Di people getting together is our chance." Xu Mu's voice was determined.
Zhao Qingyun didn't understand for a moment, where did Xu Mu get his confidence from the small arrow shot from the bow window?
"Brother Zhao will understand later."
Seeing that more and more Di people gathered outside the arrow tower, at first glance, they numbered almost thirty.
Xu Mu finally waved his hand coldly.
Zhao Qingyun, who was next to him, turned around in surprise and found that the village women who had been hiding all ran to the open space next to the village, carrying a big bow on their backs.
"Master Xu, these village women have no strength."
"Brother Zhao, you are wrong."
At this time, more than twenty village women in the open space had already opened their long bows in twos and twos.
"Prepare--"
After visually checking the direction of the Beidi people, Xu Mu turned his head and spoke coldly.
"Twenty steps due north."
"Projection!"
Under Zhao Qingyun's dumbfounded gaze, more than twenty village women raised their bows to the sky in unison, and after each shouting, a hail of small arrows was quickly thrown outside the village.