The next day, in the early morning, Tang Yin woke up at dawn. He walked to the door of the woodshed and stood silently, listening to no movement outside. Then he walked out of the woodshed and climbed out along the courtyard wall.
Although it was early in the morning, there were many pedestrians on the street, at least much more than during the day. It could be seen that the people were really frightened by Geng Qiang's indiscriminate arrest of strong men. That is to say, in the early morning, the officers and soldiers were all
Only when you are sleeping do you dare to go out of the house to buy some food or daily necessities.
Tang Yin strolled to a small alley. It was a remote place, but it was very lively. The streets were lined with stalls, with food, clothing, and everything needed. Tang Yin felt his stomach and felt a little hungry.
I walked to a stall selling steamed buns, took out a handful of scattered copper coins from my pocket, bought five steamed buns, and ate them while standing there.
The steamed buns were vegetable steamed buns, with not even diced meat in them. They were dry and astringent. Fortunately, Tang Yin was not picky about what he ate, as long as he could fill his stomach. While eating, he checked the people passing by on the street. People rarely talked to each other.
, they all come and go in a hurry, as if being chased by ghosts, they buy something and leave immediately after paying.
But even so, there are still many people in this morning market. After looking at it, Tang Yin secretly smiled in his heart. The extent to which the people of Xibaicheng have been oppressed by Geng Qiang can be seen from this. People's disgust towards him can be imagined.
And I know. When Tang Yin was thinking about it, suddenly, there was a big chaos in the south of the morning market. A large number of people were seen running from south to north, and they shouted from time to time: "The officers and soldiers are coming! The officers and soldiers are coming.
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As soon as they heard the words "the officers and soldiers are coming", the whole morning market went into chaos. Even the vendors who set up stalls were so frightened that their faces changed. They didn't even want the things they were selling. They grabbed whatever they could.
What, he ran away. The long alleys and the huge morning market were deserted in an instant with the arrival of the government troops.
Tang Yin squinted his eyes and was still standing on the roadside eating buns. Some kind-hearted people passed by and saw this and hurriedly shouted: "Stop eating, run away. If you don't run away, the army will arrest you!"
Hearing this, Tang Yin's eyes curled up, he put down the bun from his mouth, exposed two rows of white teeth, and smiled. People just thought he was a fool and had no time to care about him. They could only shake their heads and sigh, and continued to run away.
Soon, there was no one on the street, but there were chaotic footsteps at the entrance of the south alley, and shouts were heard from time to time: "Don't run! If you run again, we will shoot arrows!"
No need to look, the people shouting these words must be officers and soldiers.
Tang Yin stood still and continued to eat the unfinished buns in his hands. However, thick black mist suddenly rose up around his body. The black mist gathered behind him and refused to disperse. Time was running out.
The gaseous state condensed into a solid state, and a person exactly like Tang Yin was condensed into life. That was the shadow clone.
The shadow clone didn't even look at the officers and soldiers running in the distance, took two steps back, then stood up, touched the wall beside the street with his toes, and ran straight to the roof of the roadside like an arrow, then jumped.
Then he disappeared into the house without a trace.
It ran away, but Tang Yin's true body was still in the alley. He didn't want to run away at all, waiting for the army to capture him and send him to the army.
Not long after, hundreds of officers and soldiers rushed to him. Suddenly they saw a young man eating steamed buns on the roadside. The officers and soldiers were also startled, wondering if there was something wrong with the young man in front of him.
"Hey, boy!" An officer quickly walked up to Tang Yin, flicked his arm, and knocked half of the bun out of his hand. Then he looked at him up and down and asked, "What's your name?"
"Early Tang Dynasty!" Tang Yin made up a random name.
"Oh! Okay, okay, okay!" The officer shouted three times in a row, not because he thought the name Tang Chu was good, but because this young man could still answer his own name. Even if he was not very bright, he was still stupid.
Not going anywhere. He put his hand on Tang Yin's shoulder and said with a smile: "Boy, don't eat. The military master will take you to a place where you can eat for free!"
"Ah?" Tang Yin deliberately pretended to be stupid, his face full of confusion.
"Don't be wordy, let's go!" As he spoke, the officer pulled Tang Yin's clothes and strode out of the alley.
Tang Yin was not the only one caught by the officers and soldiers, there were more than fifty unlucky people, including middle-aged people in their forties, some fat young men with shiny faces, and most of them young people who were as thin as a stick.
Poor people. They were gathered in an open space by the officers and soldiers. The leader of the team came out from among the soldiers and counted the number of people like cattle.
At this time, the captured young man squeezed out from the crowd, walked up to the captain, bowed and bowed, and whispered a few words into his ear. Then he took out a wallet from his pocket.
He handed it to the captain. The latter took it as if no one was watching, weighed it in his hands, and felt that it was very heavy. Then he nodded with satisfaction and waved impatiently at the young man.
Upon seeing this, the young master hurriedly thanked him, and without delaying for a moment, he turned around and ran away quickly.
As the saying goes, money can make the world go round. No matter what time or dynasty, money has the power to reach heaven.
The captain stuffed the silver bag into his armor, then looked around at the people who were arrested, and said in a strong voice: "Today the military master has opened mercy. No matter who it is, as long as you can pay fifty taels of silver, you will be released immediately."
Let’s go, if you don’t have money, hey, then go to war with the military master!”
"Master, Master, I don't have enough money!" After listening to the captain's words, more than a dozen people dug out all their money and handed it to the captain, wailing and pleading.
The captain was not polite. He took money as soon as he saw it. He accepted all the money from more than a dozen people, but he had no intention of letting them go. Looking down at the scattered silver and copper coins in his hand, he shrugged and sneered,
Said: "This little money is enough for you? It's not even enough to stuff the gap between the military master's teeth!" As he spoke, he looked at a dozen people, and said: "You are lucky today. The military master is happy, since we have paid
After receiving the money, the military master has to take care of you. I will arrange for you to guard the city wall. Those..." As he said, he looked around at the common people, including Tang Yin, who had no money to pay, and continued: "Those who have not paid,
If you don't take care of the military master, the military master can't take care of you anymore, so you all have to guard the city gate for me!"
You must know that in a siege, the city gate is always the focus of enemy attacks. Guarding the city gate is also the most dangerous position, and there is a possibility of death at any time. This captain has no regard for these common people who have not paid any money.
He was polite and arranged to guard the city gate directly. Of course, among the people, only Tang Yin was secretly happy that things went much smoother than he expected.
The soldiers took them to the North City Gate, which was the most violently attacked by the Tianyuan Army. On the way, Tang Yin looked at the people around him. These people were all in rags, with patches on their clothes and leaking shoes underneath.
He entered the cave. The young man on his left was only in his early twenties, and he sighed and hissed all the way to the north of the city.
Tang Yin asked: "Brother, who are these soldiers?"
When the young man heard this, he looked at Tang Yin strangely and asked, "You don't even know who you were arrested by? They are all the personal soldiers of the county chief!"
"Since you are a soldier of the county chief, why do you dare to accept bribes openly?"
The young man smiled bitterly and shook his head. If Xibai City had not been besieged by the Tianyuan Army for several days, he would really have doubted whether Tang Yin had just arrived in the city. He whispered: "The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked! Since the Chief of the County,
We haven't had a good day since we came to Lehu County!"
These words immediately resonated with the surrounding people. People sighed and said: "Instead of suffering like this, it is better to let the Tianyuan Army invade the city!"
"That won't work! I heard that the Tianyuan Army will massacre the city as soon as it captures it!"
"There is no difference between dying in the hands of the Tianyuan Army and dying in the hands of the county chief..."
The common people vented their depression and dissatisfaction with each other, and it was not difficult to tell that although the people in Xibaicheng hated Geng Qiang, they were also full of fear of the Tianyuan Army. Tang Yin didn't know where they came from.
When I heard about the Tianyuan Army meeting to massacre the city, I was about to ask, but after thinking about it, I realized that this must be Geng Qiang's propaganda to fool the people. Its purpose is nothing more than to make the people fear the Tianyuan Army so that they can help.
He guarded the Western Hundred City.
He took a deep breath and said firmly: "The Tianyuan Army will not massacre the city, at least it will not massacre Feng Kingdom's own people!"
People looked at him one after another and asked: "How do you know?"
Tang Yin smiled and said: "Because I have met Tianyuan Army before! We are Feng people, and Tianyuan Army is also Feng people. How could Feng people kill Feng people indiscriminately?"
"But……"
People still wanted to talk, but several soldiers walked over quickly and shouted in a loud voice: "What are you talking about? Don't even think about running away. If you dare to run away, I will break your legs!"
Everyone shrank in fear and did not dare to say another word. They lowered their heads and walked silently.
Beicheng.
Tang Yin and more than 30 people were led directly to the north gate by the soldiers. He looked up and saw that there were huge rocks and rolling logs piled under the city wall. Bundles of arrows were piled together like hills.
The amount of equipment used to defend the city is staggering.
Looking straight ahead, there are ten trebuchets in front of the city gate, which can launch boulders, kerosene and other objects from the city. They are a great threat to the soldiers attacking the city outside the city. Looking further ahead, there is a heavy trebuchet.
Although the city gate is not blocked, it is held up by dozens of thick wooden stakes. It is basically impossible to break open the city gate from the outside.
This is the city defense of the north gate of Xibai City, with a wall as high as three and a half feet as a barrier. With such sufficient city defense facilities, it is indeed safe to wait and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is no wonder that our own army has been attacking for four days but has achieved nothing.
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Tang Yin slowly clenched his fists while watching. At this time, the captain of the army ran to a Peng general wearing a general's armor, smiled at him, and said: "General Li, I will give it to you again this time."