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Chapter 512 My lord, the thieves are attacking the city...

After Gao Mingheng settled Fang Han, who was going to the city to send letters, he returned to the west gate building to sit in charge.

It wasn't until the third watch that he lay down in the city gate tower with his clothes on. He was exhausted from worrying about the city guards for several days. Waking up with shouts.

He opened his eyes, woke up suddenly, turned over, and cursed in his heart: "Damn it, it really came!"

Then he took a group of personal guards and rushed to the top of the city to see how the bandits would attack the city.

"My lord, the bandits are attacking the city..."

Li Guangxun, a wealthy gentleman in Kaifeng City, was in charge of defending the west gate. In the city, the soldiers and militias of 84 workshops were organized. The 84 clubs assisted in guarding the five gates of Kaifeng, and each gate set up a head office for unified command.

Minyong, who led twenty clubs under Li Guangxun, was in charge of guarding the city defense on the Ximen side. He was the president of the Ximen Headquarters and was called Li Zongshe.

Seeing that he was anxious, Gao Mingheng asked, "How did the bandits attack the city? Why did they only hear shouts to kill, but no bandits?"

Li Guangxun hurriedly said: "My lord, the thieves are digging under the city wall, and they use the door panels to cover them, so it's hard to drive them back!"

At this time, Huang Shu, the pusher, also rushed over. Hearing the words, he said urgently: "Why don't you recruit warriors to come down from the city and kill these thieves who dig the city?"

Gao Mingheng didn't say a word, he hurried to the edge of the city wall, looked down from the crenel of the wall, and saw a bunch of thieves gathered at the base of the city wall, struggling to dig into the city.

He turned back and said: "The city is full of social soldiers and militias organized temporarily, and they are not good at fighting. If we go down to the city at this time, it may be difficult to drive away the thieves."

He turned his head and said to Li Guangxun: "Hurry up, order someone to get some firewood quickly, the more the better, you need quilts, cotton wool and other inflammable things, and you have to pick up a few loads of oil."

Li Guangxun was also a smart person, he immediately understood what he said, so he hurriedly turned around and arranged for the social soldiers to carry the things.

Huang Shu also understood, and said loudly: "My lord, it's a brilliant move!"

Gao Mingheng's face was calm, and he didn't see the slightest joy. He said to Huang Shu in a deep voice: "There are still some 'ten thousand enemies' in the city, and they ordered people to move to the crenel. After a while, let the thieves know that Kaifeng is not Luoyang. .”

At this time, the sky was gradually brightening, and the thieves outside the city even brought out some artillery captured in Luoyang, and were directing the hungry people to build forts outside the trench, and thousands of hungry people were driven to the trench.

Many archers among the bandits were also among the hungry people. They could not only supervise and urge the hungry people, but also rushed to the trench and shot a burst of arrows towards the top of the city.

Amid the shouts of killing, Gao Mingheng poked his head out of the crenel again to observe the situation of the thieves digging the city. Huang Shu pushed him violently, and an arrow flew past his ear with a "swish". Arrow feathers scraped his ear to pieces of blood.

"My lord, be careful..."

Gao Mingheng ignored the arrow wound on his ear, grabbed a brick himself, and smashed it down with all his strength, but was blocked by the door panel held high by the bandits.

At this moment, another sharp arrow flew over his head and hit a social soldier defending the city behind him. Huang Shu hurriedly said to him: "Master, the bandits are in a hurry to attack the city now, my lord." The safety of the whole city is in danger, so you can't be in such a dangerous place on the crenel."

Gao Mingheng took two steps back and said to him: "Send down the order to tell the guards and civilians not to panic, my city wall in Kaifeng is several feet thick, and it will be difficult for the thieves to dig it in ten days.

Then send an order to recruit warriors and when the time comes, they will go to the city to kill the thieves. Everyone who goes down to the city will be rewarded with 30 taels. If you kill a thief, you will be rewarded with 50 taels. If you take the head of a thief, you will be rewarded with [-] taels of silver. "

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Under the city of Kaifeng, there used to be many burrows for the guards and civilians to sleep in. For the convenience of heating and cooking, a lot of dry firewood was piled up beside the burrows.

Under Li Guangxun's command, the social soldiers did not care about the three sevens and twenty ones, and transported all the dry firewood piled up under the city to the city. Because they were too eager, they even demolished some huts, and removed the quilts and cotton wadding inside. He hugged the head of the city.

Some people even went to Shangfang Temple to fetch many incense and lamp oils stored in the temple.

Gao Mingheng yelled loudly to throw bundles of dry firewood into the city, poured lamp oil on them, and then threw torches one after another. It was a piece of flames rising.

After a while, black smoke rose everywhere under the city walls on the north and south sides outside the west gate, and the fire everywhere burned like a fire dragon that could devour everything. As more and more firewood was thrown, the fire dragon spread rapidly.

Looking at the bandit soldiers crawling and crying under the city, Gao Mingheng felt extremely happy in his heart. He loudly ordered the soldiers and civilians on the city to shoot a volley of bows, arrows and guns, bombarding the hungry people and bandit soldiers who were constantly pouring in outside the city.

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Liu Chengzu was still in his sleep, in a daze, he dreamed that a large number of officers and soldiers came suddenly, repelled the thieves, and rescued himself and many other hungry people.

But I actually found a large family in Kaifeng City, and used it as a teacher. When the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming in the coming year, it coincides with the current emperor's kindness, and he specially opened Enke. The position was shaken.

He was suddenly woken up by someone, and he was still immersed in the sweet dream just now, and he hadn't fully awakened.

Under the biting cold wind, he got out of the small nest, and a shock instantly woke him up. Liu Chengzu, who was among the hungry people, heard that he was going to go under the city wall today, and only by digging out three city bricks could he get back two buns group.

When he heard the news just now, he felt extremely terrified in his heart. Filling up the trench yesterday already cost him half his life, and today he has to rush to the city to dig out the bricks on the city wall. Isn't this fatal?
Due to the small space of the diwozi, Liu Chengzu and his wife lived together, and the two children lived with Wu Bo in the diwozi next to it. Although the diwozi was built close to the ground and there was no stove available, it was It is the only choice for poor people to survive the winter.

Uncle Wu's shoulders were wrapped with a thick cloth, and the dark red oozes outside and has dried up. His black face is covered with mottled spots. Maybe he is used to working hard, although he can't eat or sleep well for several days in a row. , but still energetic.

After he came to Liu Chengzu's side, he quietly handed him a two-foot-square plank, and Liu Chengzu asked suspiciously: "Uncle Wu, what's the use of this?"

Uncle Wu whispered in his ear: "I exchanged a silver lock with the military master, it will be of great use!"

He continued to speak softly: "Put it under the armpit, look after it, I will use this to put on my head later, to block the crossbow arrows and guns at the top of the city, run directly to the city, grab the city bricks and return."

He seemed a little worried, and said again: "Look closely, this is very rare, don't dare to lose it again."

(End of this chapter)