A shout caused everyone on the city wall to look outside the city.
Through the dim light of the sun that had just set, the people on the city wall could vaguely see that there was a small team running on the road outside the city gate, heading towards them quickly.
Come.
"Not good! Enemy attack, alert!"
Cui Jingzhi was still trying to open his eyes wide, trying to confirm the identity of the person coming. Unexpectedly, a deafening sound of gongs suddenly exploded from the top of the city. He was frightened and almost fell from the wall.
"Quick, light the fire, the enemy is attacking!"
The sound of the gong just now was like a firecracker being set on fire. Everyone who had been calm just now was completely thrown into chaos!
They are all Yangzhou people who have lived in peace for a long time. Let alone siege the city, the bandits have not been seen a few times!
Coupled with the fact that three thousand brothers and sisters were killed outside the city by those thieves a few days ago, the remaining Yangzhou soldiers in the city have long been frightened!
It was easy to say that the moment of peace was just suppressing the fear in the bottom of my heart, but now I saw that the "enemy" was indeed here, and they could still remain calm.
So, in the eyes of Cui Jingzhi and Yang Wenwen, who were almost furious, countless soldiers screamed like headless flies, running and bumping around the city. From time to time, some people accidentally tripped over the debris on the city wall and fell into pieces.
A rolling gourd!
"Who shouted enemy attack?!"
Yang Wenwen was shocked and angry. He jumped up and pointed at the running soldiers and shouted!
But his little voice, before it could be heard, was already suppressed by all the shouts, shouts, and cries of pain around him, and no one heard him at all!
Cui Jingzhi was also in a hurry at this time!
Seeing that these soldiers were already in disarray before they were beaten, he finally understood why the thousands of soldiers were defeated by the thieves in one blow!
"Calm down! Calm down!"
Rushing to Yang Wenwen, Cui Jingzhi roared in vain! But his roar was the same as Yang Wenwen's. Not only was it of no use, but if he was not careful, even he himself was hit hard by the soldiers who were circling around with their heads covered.
Arrived to the side.
"Ouch..."
My head hurt a little, and most of my vision was dark, and there seemed to be stars shining randomly on it.
With a groan, Cui Jingzhi tried his best to hold on to something beside him and stood up. He reached out and pulled off the official hat that was tilted in front of his eyes. He took a few breaths and was about to step forward to stop the panic when he accidentally saw the person he was holding.
It's just a snare drum stand!
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"Dong dong dong..."
Soon, the dull sound of drums began to sound from the top of the city.
The nearly crazy soldiers were shaken by the sound of the drum, and they all turned their heads to look at the man beating the drum.
Under the huge cowhide war drum, Cui Jingzhi, with his hair disheveled, desperately smashed the drum hammers as thick as his two forearms against the somewhat old drum head in front of him. When his arms were heavy and could no longer be lifted, he
Then he dropped the drum hammer and turned around suddenly.
"No chaos is allowed! Everyone returns to their positions immediately, and the archers are in position! The infantry prepares wood and rolling stones! Notify the defense personnel in the city, cancel the rest immediately, and all return to the team!"
There was silence on the top of the city. The sound of drums just now had awakened them from fear. Now only Cui Jingzhi's roar echoed in it!
"Here..."
"yes……"
After Cui Jingzhi finished shouting, there were mixed responses. It was only then that the soldiers began to act in accordance with the orders as if they had recovered their souls.
"It's time for the soldiers in Yangzhou to be sorted out!" Cui Jingzhi breathed heavily, looking at the soldiers who were moving dully with red eyes, but his heart was filled with sadness.
He knew that Yangzhou's troops were weak, but he didn't expect that they would be so weak! The battle had not even started yet, but they had already thrown themselves into disarray. What would be the result if a fight actually broke out?
"Master Cui!"
Cui Jingzhi was still thinking, but someone beside him started shouting anxiously.
"What!" Cui Jingzhi came back to his senses, turned his head, and when he saw that it was Yang Wenwen calling him, he asked with a difficult smile.
Yang Wen Zhang didn't have time to care whether Cui Jingzhi had been injured just now. Seeing him turn around to look, he immediately pointed to the outside of the city and said, "Who are those people?"
Cui Jingzhi smiled miserably: "How do I know? There are no scouts out there trying to find out the news!"
Having said this, Cui Jingzhi suddenly felt that this sentence seemed to mean blaming Yang Wenwen! And this time was definitely not the time for the chief officials to be angry with each other.
So he frowned, and then changed his words: "No matter who it is, whether it is a blessing or a curse, you can't avoid it! If the bandits really come, Lao Yang, it's up to you and me here! For the hundreds of thousands of people in Yangzhou City,
If we can hold it, we must hold it, and if we can’t, we must hold it!”
"Okay!" Yang Wenwen didn't say any more nonsense. He just gritted his teeth and his usually straight back seemed to be straighter at this moment!
"I swear to be with the city! When the city is there, the people are there! When the city is broken, the people are dead!"
The low oath sounded at the top of the city, and hearing it in the ears of the frightened soldiers somehow gave them some inexplicable confidence!
Outside the city, the group of people had arrived a hundred feet away from the city. Because the sun had completely set at this time, only their vague figures could be seen, but their specific identities could not be seen.
The panic, the sound of gongs and drums at the top of the city just now naturally fell on the ears of this team, so they have stopped now, and then one person stepped forward. From the looks of it, he seemed to be fighting with the people at the top of the city.
People spread the word!
"Who is outside the city!"
Yang WenZhang looked at the figure trotting closer, and then looked at Cui Jingzhi's slightly trembling arms. Knowing that he had exhausted all his strength, he took a step forward for him and shouted down!
The man at the bottom of the city stopped when he heard the words. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but he happened to stop just a stone's throw away!
Then, I saw this man clasping his hands in the shape of a trumpet and shouting loudly towards the city wall: "We are the new commander of the Fire Guards under the banner of General Xiao! We were ordered to meet the enemy. Now that we have returned victorious, why don't you open the city quickly?"
Door, welcome me?"
"What? The new Fire Guards under Xiaohou's banner?" Yang Wenwen listened carefully to what the man shouted and couldn't help but be a little stunned!
Then he subconsciously looked back at Cui Jingzhi, as if asking: Among the twenty-four guards, are there any called new fire guards?
However, although Cui Jingzhi is a city official, he also has a governor and a prefect above him!
The Governor's meeting at the beginning of this year was also attended by the governor. He did not go, because he had never heard of the newly added new Phobos!
"Never heard of it!" Cui Jingzhi thought for a while, then shook his head and said hoarsely.
"Hmm? Could it be that the thieves want to open the city gate by fraud?" Yang Wenwen's heart sank when he heard this, and he couldn't help but think of this!
"Why are you standing there stunned? Why don't you open the door quickly!"
Under the city wall, the fat man was very dissatisfied with the fact that Yangzhou City still closed its doors. What kind of bastards are there in this city? Is this how they treat heroes?
