weaving

Chapter 507
Outside the ditch on the west side of Kaifeng Fucheng, Liu Chengzu carried a small bag of soil in a trance, and walked forward staggeringly. Facing Uncle Wu's kind reminder, he didn't seem to be aware of it.

"Snapped!"

The leather whip lashed Uncle Wu's shoulders, making a crisp sound.

Liu Chengzu was watched and raised by Uncle Wu since he was a child. Although he was a servant, he respected him very much, especially after the death of his parents, he even regarded Uncle Wu as his relative.

In desperation, he turned his head and glared at the bandit soldier, and then there was a crisp sound of "Pa!", "Damn it, look at your mother, hurry up and fill in the ditch for Laozi Ge."

The bandit was puzzled, and when he finished speaking, he kicked Liu Chengzu fiercely. He staggered and almost fell like a dog, but Uncle Wu had quick eyes and quick hands, and he happened to support him with a stride.

"Young master, hold on, the young lady and the two children are still waiting for us to fill in the trench and bring food back."

"Didn't it say, 'Open the door to welcome King Chuang, and everyone will be happy when King Chuang comes'? Didn't you say 'Only kill officials, don't hurt the people'?"

"Alas! Who says it's not true? Go quickly. If you walk slowly, you will be whipped again."

Uncle Wu seemed worried about Liu Chengzu, he didn't dare to look back this time, and he couldn't stop telling him in a soft voice while walking in front: "My lord, you scholar have never suffered this kind of crime, you must follow me, right here Follow closely behind, don't run and bump around."

"Ah."

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"Lord Gao, Thief Li is filling the trenches to drive out the hungry." Cao Kun, the servant of the Zhou Palace, said beside him.

"Huh, the bandits have always been like this. Every time a battle comes, they drive the hungry people to the first battle. This consumes our army's guns and arrows, and also drains our army's morale. Every time they attack a city, the hungry people rush forward to fill in the trenches and caves.

It is nonsense to say "only kill officials, not harm the people". Today, I will teach the soldiers and civilians in the city to see the viciousness of thieves, so that our soldiers and civilians will be more determined to stick to Kaifeng. "

Gao Mingheng had a calm expression on his face, and there was no sign of panic. He had already taken off his official uniform, and put on a short jacket with fine leather armor on the outside.

He put his hand on the sword hanging at his waist, and shouted in a deep voice: "Left and right, quickly pass on our military order, and the archers and gunners are all ready to shoot according to the order!"

Several small schools quickly ran to the walls on both sides to issue orders. After a while, the soldiers and civilians who were still in a panic gradually calmed down, and those who could shoot arrows and fire guns were ready.

With the conveyance of military orders, the hearts of the soldiers and civilians gradually settled down.

People are all the same. When they get together and encounter sudden changes, they will be flustered at the beginning, running around like headless chickens, but if someone in charge sends orders in time, everyone will consciously obey them. If everything becomes orderly Get up, people will not be so flustered.

This was the case on the city wall of Kaifeng. Although the 48 clubs were also organized to practice bravery, they did not have any formal drills after all. At best, they formed a team and everyone knew where they were.

Now seeing bandits and hungry people slowly approaching outside the city, everyone was nervous and flustered, but as the military order came, those with bows and arrows, blunderbusses and cannons waiting for the bandits to approach were lined up behind the wall.

While other soldiers and civilians were sorting out the big wood, bricks and stones brought up to the city, burning the piles of bonfires, and boiling the cauldrons on top of them, there were still people carrying the newly dismantled bricks, stones and wood to the city wall. .

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"Headed the order, everyone ran, and everyone had to fill the trench three times, and the meal was served as early as possible."

Zhang Nai rode his horse on a high slope and watched the team of hungry people approaching the city wall. When he was less than [-] steps away from the city moat, he shouted orders.

Immediately, a few bandit soldiers rode forward on horseback, loudly conveying Zhang Nai's military order, and there were more than 300 bandit soldiers behind the hungry people. Rush up.

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

A few timid hungry people walked a little slower and fell at the end of the line. "Whoosh..." Several arrows were shot, and they all fell to the ground and howled.

More than [-] hungry people were frightened to the point of screaming and rushed to the city moat. Most of them were dressed in thin and tattered clothes, and they rushed forward staggeringly. Although they didn't have much strength, none of them wanted to be left behind. , was hacked by bandit arrows and bayonets.

"Boom... boom... bang... bang bang bang..."

When they were less than [-] steps away from the trench, the guarding army and horses on the city wall of Kaifeng also began to fight back. I saw smoke rising from the city, and arrows, guns and guns flew together.

The team of hungry people rushing towards the moat was also stagnated. In an instant, dozens of people fell to the ground, screaming again and again, which made them hesitate.

At this time, the bandit soldiers who were supervising the battle rushed up again, "Fuck, hurry up, fill up the trench, and then come back to fetch soil. Whoever turns back, I will cut him down first."

As the cold wind howled, thousands of hungry people uttered a cry and rushed forward again. In their view, although the arrows and guns on the city were dangerous, they might not necessarily hit them.

But those devil-like thieves behind him were different. As long as they walked a little slower, they would immediately be joined by bows, arrows, knives and guns. They could also estimate in their hearts which was more important.

Liu Chengzu followed behind Uncle Wu with his face covered in blood. Just now a starving man beside him was hit in the head by a bullet fired from the city, and the bright red blood mixed with unknown viscous splashed all over his head and face. .

At that time, he was so frightened that he stood there dumbfounded, he didn't know what to do, but thanks to some incidents, Uncle Wu grabbed him in time and ran forward a few steps, only to avoid being slaughtered by the bandits on the spot.

I heard Uncle Wu say in my ears: "Chengzu, follow me, and take the first ten steps to raise the soil in the bag into the moat. Remember it, but don't dare to throw away the cloth bag, it will be beheaded." Yes!"

As he said that, he ran quickly, and when he was two steps away from the ditch, he firmly grasped the two bottom corners of the cloth bag with both hands, and flung it forward vigorously, and the half bag of soil flew into the ditch.

Uncle Wu turned sideways and shouted loudly: "Chengzu, raise the soil quickly..."

Liu Chengzu was still a little dazed, he also ran up like the people around him, raised the cloth bag in his hand with all his strength, "chucked", and flew into the ditch with the cloth bag.

In a panic, he thought that the bag would be beheaded if he lost it, so he rushed down to grab the bag back, but Uncle Wu grabbed him and said loudly, "Don't worry, go back."

Liu Chengzu's eyes were full of panic, and he said: "Bag...bag...without the bag...you can't get a bun..."

"It doesn't matter... go back first... go back... then... ah..."

Uncle Wu dragged Liu Chengzu back and ran back. Suddenly, a sharp arrow hit his left shoulder. He swayed but did not fall. Regardless of the bleeding shoulder, he forced Liu Chengzu to go back sprint.

Suddenly, a hungry person on his left fell on the cold and hard ground, spitting red blood foam from his mouth, and clutching an empty cloth bag feebly in his hand.

Uncle Wu quickly bent down, stretched out his left hand and grabbed the cloth bag, then ran quickly towards the bandit soldiers, and handed the blood-stained cloth bag to Liu Chengzu: "Chengzu, take it well, don't dare to throw it away again." It's gone!"

Liu Chengzu didn't see the arrow on Uncle Wu's left shoulder until then, and he shouted, "Uncle Wu, you've been hit by an arrow!"

(End of this chapter)