Chapter 267 Who will save us?
Boss Li wanted to persuade Gu Nanxi, but suddenly stopped, and a bold guess came to his mind.
Could this be the master’s intention of going all the way north and deep into the mountains? !
The master wants to conquer Fu Mingyuan and his group!
Boss Li couldn't turn his head around. Is it more important to conquer this group of people than to rush to the border?
I can’t figure it out! It’s really hard to figure out!
Old man Geng saw Mr. Li squatting outside the tent with his head in his arms and took a puff of dry cigarette: "Don't think about it, some people are born with eight hundred tricks. We just follow the smart people!" ”
< br>Boss Li raised his head: "Where did you get the tobacco leaves?"
"Rolled with leaves. Can a living person be suffocated to death by urinating?"
Boss Li... always feels that this is so outrageous There is something in the old man's words.
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There is no time in the mountains.
At this time, the war at the border was in full swing.
Amidst the loud sound of the trumpet, Fuming Town also mobilized.
"Quick! Where is the night incense pourer? They are going to attack the city wall, and the team leader asked us to burn gold juice!"
Burning gold juice is to heat human and animal excrement and then pour it from the top of the wall.
Liquid will flow in through the gaps in the armor and burn the skin, and the bacteria contained in the gold juice can also cause wound infection.
The old man who poured the night fragrance was so anxious that he was sweating profusely: "My lord, all the gold juice harvested today has been transported to the city wall, and there is no more!"
"Then go to Zhuangzi Collect the livestock dung! Go faster and let the group of Tatars rush to the city wall, and you and I will not be able to catch it!"
After giving the order to pour the night fragrance, the soldier who sent the order ran to collect the firewood.
This time, adequate preparations were actually made before the war, but no one expected that the war would become as intense as it is now!
All the firewood originally stored is in short supply.
On the other side, Gu Shisan went to knock on the doors of various wealthy households.
Unfortunately, the grain and herbs shipped from the Central Plains are of poor quality. They are often mixed with sand and gravel and are short of a pound or two.
This time, it was even less than half!
One of the grain transport teams was also attacked by a small group of northerners in the northern part of Hezhong County, which made the already poor grain even worse!
Gu Shisan’s attitude was very tough, and he quickly collected a batch of stored grain from the cellars of wealthy households.
Although this food is a drop in the bucket for the defenders, it is better than nothing.
"Woo woo woo..."
Three long and one short horns sounded again on the city wall, which was the signal to gather!
Gu Shisan and others rushed to the wall again, drew their sabers, and chopped off the head that came up!
In this offensive and defensive battle, the opponent did not withdraw his troops until the sky and the earth turned completely dark.
The defenders were leaning against the cold stone wall, their noses filled with the strong smell of blood, both from comrades and from enemies.
Gu Shisan glanced around and saw that all of his comrades were covered in blood, and their expressions showed exhaustion that could not be concealed.
The Tatars in the north have been attacking for seven days and nights, and both sides have suffered heavy losses!
The deputy general endured the severe pain in his knee and stood guard on the wall like a mountain: "Come on, the decisive battle is coming soon!"
Gu Shisan breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, every household no longer had much food. .
It’s not that they don’t want to leave, it’s that they simply can’t leave!
The evening breeze of autumn brought a bit of coolness. I don’t know whether the wounded soldiers lost too much blood or were afraid, and their teeth made a clicking sound.
Gu Shisan didn’t know what others were thinking at this time. He was just glad that the lady didn’t come.
The warring parties reached a truce for two days with a tacit understanding.
In the past two days, the Gu family soldiers used whetstones to sharpen their sabers.
The archers made arrows and filled their sword pouches to the brim.
The people in the city silently carried gold juice and firewood to the city wall, and then returned home and picked up all the weapons they could find, including sickles, machetes, long sticks... Two days later, a trace of golden light appeared in the sky.
On the withered yellow fields, there are endless northern cavalry.
On the towering city wall, stood the Gu family army waiting in full formation! The black military flag flutters in the wind!
The two armies are facing each other, and the war is about to break out.
Seeing that Gu Nanxi never came, the Great Khan of the North thought that Batu had succeeded.
Looking at the strong warriors under his command, he felt so heroic that he ordered an attack!
Golden light shines all over the place, and outsiders in Fuming Town shout horses neighing.
The deputy general looked outside the city, with galloping horses and towering Tatars in the north.
The Tatars all over the mountains and plains were sweeping in like a flood.
The sound of shouting and killing, the sound of galloping horses, and the sound of metal clashing echoed in the wilderness, deafening.
"Attack! Whoever climbs the city wall first, I will reward him with a hundred horses and a hundred beauties!" Seeing that the city wall could not be attacked for a long time, the Great Khan of the North issued a huge reward.
Stimulated by these words, the war drums in the north were beating, and a black rain of arrows from the rear row was fired into the city to cover the front army.
Thousands of war horses arrived under the city wall in an instant, with terrifying power.
Suddenly, buckets of hot golden juice were poured from the city wall!
"Ahhhh!" The Northern Cavalry who was burned let out a heart-rending cry.
"Climb! Don't retreat! Climb up!" The supervisors in the north waved their whips and whipped the soldiers who wanted to retreat.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
After the golden juice passed, there was a powerful sound of crossbows, followed by a rain of arrows from the sky.
The arrows were extremely fast, making bursts of sound piercing the air, and in an instant they skewered the northern Tatars into candied haws.
However, the number of Tatars in the north was simply too great.
They are like ants, densely packed, if one group dies, another group will remain!
Even though the Gu family's army could hold off ten with one, they were still attacked by the northern Tatars on the city wall, causing a commotion.
The Great Khan, who was sitting in the main tent, couldn't help laughing loudly when he heard the cheers from the front army!
"Agula, remember, when attacking a city in the Central Plains, if the city has an urn, don't go to all the trouble to attack the city gate! Simply climbing up the city wall is the only way to break the city. way!"< br>
Agula was overjoyed to see that his father Khan actually started to remind him, and quickly replied: "My son will bear this in mind!"
Seeing that Fuming Town was about to be broken, the Great Khan of the North was filled with excitement. Trembling.
More than ten years!
For more than ten years, the line of defense drawn by that man with the edge of his sword was finally broken!
For so many years, because of the fear of him, the entire grassland has not dared to go deep into the Central Plains. Even if it went south to thresh grass, it was only limited to border towns!
Now, I will be the first person to break his mighty image!
From today on, no one can stop the cavalry of the grassland!
In Fuming Town, the defenders were still fighting. Even though they were at a disadvantage, they still held the Tatars to death together without hesitation!
Behind them are their parents, wives and children, and they have no way to retreat!
In the dilapidated thatched houses in the city, women smeared their faces with plant ash, making their neat hair as messy as grass. The skinny children in their arms were still crying weakly like kittens. .
The old, weak, women and children stared at the wooden door in despair. Will the one who opens the door later be their relatives or the barbaric Tatars?
The low and suppressed cries came and went.
"Who will save us?"
"Why is our life so miserable?"
"Please protect me from Bodhisattva. As long as I can keep it this time, I am willing to shorten my life by ten years."< br>
“Where is the general? Why hasn’t the general brought reinforcements yet?”
(End of this chapter)