Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 423
How could Li Xiuyuan, who was in Guobei County, not know about the news that the rebel army was approaching the city.

It's just that the rebels came too fast, and by the time he was fully prepared, the rebels had already reached the gate of Jinling City.

"Boom~!"

A series of roars of iron hoofs sounded, and eight thousand cavalrymen rushed forward from the direction of Guobei County. Li Xiuyuan was wearing a black armor, holding a golden spear, riding a dragon horse, and rushed to the front. His face was solemn, Running like the wind, even though he was extremely anxious, he had to stop for a while in front of Guo Beicheng.

In front of a temple outside Guobei City, there were large boxes containing golden armor and weapons. These armor weapons were placed on the ground and circled the Taoist temple several times.

At this moment, a boy in Taoist robe was standing in front of these weapons and armor with a whisk in his hand, watching the eight thousand iron hooves galloping towards them with a smile on his face.

"Stop~!"

Li Xiuyuan's dragon horse came neighing, landed in front of the temple and raised his gun to drink.

"Wow~!"

The horses neighed behind them, and the eight thousand cavalry stopped quickly, and the rumbling roar stopped.

"It seems that the weapons and armor are all ready. Although it can only be used for ninety days, my Li family is already casting weapons and armor. The ninety days can last until the next change."

Li Xiuyuan thought to himself, he got off his horse and strode forward.

After glancing at it, he suddenly said lightly, "Little boy, where is my master? Have you seen a taoist with a rather wretched appearance?"

"Disciple, do you only have the word wretched in your heart for being a teacher?" Xiao Daotong suddenly gave him a look and said very annoyed.

"Master?" Li Xiuyuan said in shock when he saw this, "How did you become so small?"

The blind Taoist who turned into a child said: "Didn't I tell you before I became a teacher, and now I am about to attain the Tao and start to regenerate my old age. This is the highest state of human cultivation. If you want to become a baby, then you can get rid of the shackles of the physical body and become a fairy in the happy world."

"It turned out to be like this. I thought, master, you were scared and hid in the deep mountains and old forests when you heard the war broke out." Li Xiuyuan said.

The blind Taoist said: "Why are you so timid as a teacher? Don't defile people and be innocent. Thousands of people are watching. Let's save some face for the teacher. He will walk around in the world in the future."

"Let's not talk about that for now. This time, thanks to the master, you prepared the armor and weapons, which saved a lot of time. Otherwise, my [-] cavalry would have to wear winter clothes and go to the battlefield with a knife."

After Li Xiuyuan finished speaking, he turned around and shouted: "All get off your horses, get your weapons and armor, and prepare to follow me to Jinling City."

"Yes, General."

All the battalion commanders shouted in unison, and immediately took their own people, got off their horses to get their weapons and armor, and then began to put them on quickly.

"My God, the young master's family is so rich, such a good weapon and armor, how much money does it cost?"

"Couldn't it be made of gold? It's so dazzling, even the Guangmingjia of the previous dynasty passed down from my family in the same village is not so magnificent."

"It's so strong, my knife has cut the blade, it's terrible, it's terrible, I'm afraid of fighting with this armor on my body? I dare to learn from Zhao Zilong, seven in and seven out."

These people were extremely excited when they got the weapons and armor.

Which guy doesn't love such good weapons and armor?
Not to mention sitting down on that tall horse.

It's not a loss to follow the young master's family to work hard.

At this moment, outside Jinling City.

A group of refugees who left the city were cleaning up the battlefield, picking up useful armor, weapons, and arrows, and were going to take them back to the city to exchange for a bite of food.

At the beginning, the refugees were still a little worried, but they were relieved when they saw that the rebels had not moved. They dispersed one after another and started to walk on the battlefield.

"My grandson's steamed buns are gone." An old farmer saw a corpse lying on the top, wearing a pair of iron armor on the corpse. This should be a small leader of bandits.

The old farmer walked over quickly, pulled off the armor, and touched the corpse again.

When he took out some broken silver, his old face turned red with excitement.

With this money, I can survive this winter.

There was another young man, leading his sister, walking on the battlefield, picking up arrows scattered on the ground, but because they were not as agile as those adults, they didn't pick up many arrows, less than ten arrows in total.

"Brother, I'm hungry, why don't I pick it up, let's go and exchange for steamed buns."

The little girl took his hand with a pitiful look.

Young Anwei said to her: "Little girl is obedient, let's pick up more. We don't have enough to exchange for steamed buns now. They've been picked up here. Let's go there." He pointed to a place far away from the city wall.

The little girl bit her finger, swallowed her saliva, nodded, and followed behind while grabbing the hem of her brother's clothes.

It is true that there are more arrows there, but because it is far away from the city wall, the refugees are reluctant to go there, fearing that it will be too late to return to the city.

There was also a woman, holding a crying baby, walking on the battlefield with frightened eyes.

This woman is only in her twenties, and it seems that she has not been married for a few years. She has never seen such a bloody place, with corpses and broken arms and limbs all over the ground. She was so scared that she didn't dare to approach. Just managed to pick up a waist knife.

But when these refugees were cleaning the battlefield, suddenly, a gust of wind howled outside Jinling City, and a blizzard suddenly fell from the sky.

For a while, there was a vast expanse of white outside the city wall, and the situation could not be seen clearly.

However, the strange thing is that the wind and snow only whizzed around Jinling City, and there was no wind and snow happening less than one mile away from Jinling City.

"Woooo~!"

In the barracks of the rebels, the horn of attack was blown.

Tens of thousands of bandits, rebels, and rogues rushed out of the barracks, and rushed towards the tall Jinling City not far away with simple weapons.

When these bandits rushed close to the city wall, the howling wind and blizzard outside the city stopped abruptly, and then dissipated immediately, as if even the heavens were helping them capture Jinling City.

As the blizzard dissipated, the vision in front of him soon became clear.

"The gods in the Heavenly Palace seem to be unable to sit still."

After the rebels, Shi Hu rode on the horse, watching the blizzard that suddenly appeared and then stopped abruptly, his eyes focused, and he cast his eyes on a cloud in the sky.

Two vague figures were hiding in the clouds, and no one found them.

Under the cover of the blizzard, the rebels were already approaching the city wall.

The soldiers guarding the city suddenly turned pale with fright. They were happy that the storm had stopped just now, but when they saw the densely packed rebels not far from the city wall, they were shocked again.

"Quick, go and report, the rebels are attacking the city."

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

For a while above the city wall, the alarm sounded loudly.

"What? The rebels attacked the city?"

Inside the city tower, the envoy Yang jumped up in shock when he heard the news. Immediately, he thought of something and shouted: "Quickly, close the city gate and guard the city wall."

"Yes, my lord." A general responded and walked out.

Zuo Qianhu clasped his hands and said, "My lord, there are still people cleaning the battlefield outside the city, shall we close the city gate later?"

"There are only a few hundred refugees in the area, and they are not as important as the city. Don't talk too much, close the city gate quickly, and don't care about the life and death of the refugees outside the city." The envoy Yang said loudly.

Yet outside the city.

When the refugees heard the sound of the drums, a group of rebels rushed towards them shouting to fight and kill. At this moment, their faces turned pale with fright, and they ran to the city immediately without caring about cleaning the battlefield.

"Brother, brother, look, there are a lot of arrows here, and I picked up two more."

The little girl was holding seven or eight arrows, her little face was flushed from the cold, and she happily said to her brother.

At this moment, the boy panicked and said: "It seems that there is going to be a fight again, let's go into the city quickly, we can't stay outside."

"Oh."

The little girl nodded, holding the arrow and trotting forward with her brother.

But the weaker girl couldn't hold the bundle of arrows after running far. She let go of her arms and the arrows scattered all over the ground. She squatted down again, picked up the arrows one by one, and stuffed them under her armpit Hold on, after picking it up, she stretched out her red hands and let out a breath, then rubbed her legs, it seemed to warm up a bit, and then trotted forward with the arrow in her arms.

"Hey~!"

An arrow was shot from the rebels not far behind and landed next to the little girl.

The little girl's eyes lit up, she took a step with her little feet, and ran over to pick up the arrow stuck in the ground.

When she picked up this arrow, two more arrows fell beside her. She happily ran over to pick it up again, and then let out a sigh of relief at the cold little hands.

"Brother, brother, I have a lot of arrows here." The little girl said happily, arrows kept falling around her, making it impossible for her to pick them up.

Thinking that these arrows could be exchanged for steamed buns, she became elated again and picked them up one by one.

But the rebels behind her were getting closer and closer to her, less than a hundred feet away.

The young man looked back and saw his younger sister was still squatting there picking up arrows. He was frightened and hurriedly shouted: "Little sister, run quickly. Don't pick it up, those bad guys are coming."

"Oh, I'm here, brother, wait for me, I can exchange a lot of steamed buns with these arrows."

The little girl replied, and ran forward with the arrow in her arms.

But before she ran a few steps, an arrow flew over, piercing through her thin clothes and thin body.

The little girl fell to the ground, and the arrows fell to the ground again.

She struggled and tried to get up again, but her young body couldn't exert any more strength, and she couldn't get up no matter what, so she lay down on the ground and picked up the scattered arrows one by one to protect her arms.

"Little sister, how are you? Little sister, you are bleeding."

The young man ran back in panic. When he helped the little sister up, he saw an arrow protruding from the little sister's chest, and blood gushed out from the wound.

The little girl touched her chest with her little hand, and when she saw the blood on her hands, she cried: "Brother, I didn't eat enough, I fell down, and now I can't walk, I want to eat steamed buns, I want to eat steamed buns. "

The young man was at a loss, he reached out and tried to pull out the arrow stuck on his little sister, but as soon as he moved, the blood flowed faster, and the little girl who was crying to eat steamed buns soon turned pale In my arms, I didn't cry or shout.

He wiped his tears, hugged his little sister, and prepared to carry her back: "Little sister, don't cry, you will eat steamed buns once you enter the city."

"kill"

But before the young man could carry his little sister on his back, the rebel army rolled in behind him, instantly submerging the pair of brothers and sisters.

Next to them, seven or eight arrows were scattered, and there were two neatly bundled arrows. If they were taken to the city, they could be exchanged for ten steamed buns.

"Don't kill my child, don't kill my child."

A woman was holding a baby and ran desperately, not even wanting the weapons she picked up, but just covering the hungry crying baby with both hands and ran frantically towards the city.

This woman, who was not even in her twenties, had a look of horror on her face. She looked back, but saw that the bandits were getting closer and closer to her.

"Ah~!"

Accidentally stepped on a small pit in front of her, and her foot turned, the woman fell to the ground, and the baby in her hand rolled to the side.

"Wow!" The baby cried even louder.

The woman scrambled and ran over in horror, and saw a bandit soldier passing by, and screamed: "Don't kill my child." She rushed up to protect her child.

Then she felt that someone had chopped a knife behind her, and countless feet stepped on her body. She screamed in pain, and even the bones in her arm were crushed. The woman felt that her whole body seemed to be trampled into a puddle of mud .

In the end, I felt a shock in my head, and I lost consciousness again.

"Don't, kill my child."

At this moment, the rebels had rushed under the city wall, but the city gate was closed, and even the small gate was firmly blocked.

There were hundreds of refugees outside the gate. An old farmer was wearing an iron armor and slapped the city gate in horror, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Open the door quickly, let us in, open the door quickly."

But behind the city gate.

A small officer was in command of the soldiers, and shouted loudly: "Bring over the stones and wood, block the city gate, make it stronger."

Seeing this scene, the refugees cried and howled for a while, and wanted to rush to open the door, but were stopped by soldiers, and even a few stubborn refugees were hacked to death.

"Grandma, why hasn't grandpa come back yet, I'm hungry again."

A young child in the arms of an old woman shook her grandmother and said.

The old woman curled up in a ball with her grandson in her arms, her limbs were already stiff, and her face was icy cold.

"Grandma, wake up, why don't you talk, grandma." The young boy said.

However, outside the city wall not far away, the old farmer who went out of the city fell into a pool of blood like other refugees. He was hit by several arrows and hugged a pair of armor tightly before he died. , to protect the few taels of silver in his arms.

"Too, too many people."

The soldiers guarding the city were stunned when they saw the rebels coming in densely like a tide. There are at least a hundred thousand people, which is completely different from the tens of thousands of tentative sieges before.

"Impossible to stand, there are too many rebels."

The arrows shot from the city wall were like stones entering the sea, without stirring up a single wave.

Less than [-] defenders are distributed on the city wall. How many people can there be in each place?
　[-] words, no cutting.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)