In Youzhou North City, on the street between Guihoufang and Yinpingfang, there are some busy figures running back and forth.
Although their outfits and equipment look a bit messy, the expressions of most people are filled with some kind of perseverance and determination; after all, here
It turned out to be their home and hometown. Even under the defeat of the government when things went badly, it was definitely not easily surrendered to the ravages of the foreign enemy.
reason;
Moreover, according to what many people who came back from the front swore, wherever the Huai army passed, no chickens or dogs were left behind, but scorched earth was everywhere; the old and the weak were worthless
Women and children will be slaughtered on the spot, but only young men and women will be taken as slaves in the rear; in order to prevent their families from suffering such a fate and outcome,
They can only try their best with this simple equipment and conditions.
However, there are also a few people who show some reluctance. It seems that even the hands holding the weapons are trembling and unsteady, and
It just moves mechanically with the flow.
"Be prepared to engage the enemy"
"The troops behind us will retreat immediately"
A bearded Pinglu officer stood on a cart on the street distributing various weapons while looking at the demolished and collapsed buildings lurking in the air.
Among the ruins of buildings dumped on the street, various archers and soldiers, as well as temporarily recruited civilians, greeted and encouraged them.
"Everyone, please cheer up, we will definitely give the enemy a good time."
"So that these thieves on the Huaihe River can learn from me the bloody spirit and bravery of Yan Di's athletes"
The originally neatly planned and spacious streets have been blocked section by section with various debris and debris, leaving only the twists and turns next to them.
The alleys and lanes, which are complicated and as thin as spider webs, serve as their entry and exit and hiding places.
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What they were waiting for was the endless coldness and loneliness, as well as the smell of blood and fireworks from afar. It is said that he is responsible for cutting off the aftermath.
Various groups of men and horses were setting fire to some castles adjacent to the city wall to block the enemy's move.
It¡¯s just that it seems to have little effect at present, because the organization and arrangement are relatively scattered and everyone does their own thing, and the fire has just been ignited in many places
As soon as he got up, he was attacked by the Huai army, which was coming at a gallop. They broke up or fled in all directions, and the fire was extinguished again;
Therefore, as long as you stand on the city wall and look at it from a distance, you will find that although there are actually many places where smoke is coming out, there are only a few places that are actually burning.
There are only a few sporadic and isolated places.
But in the occupied city, there was no looting, burning or killing as expected. There were even exclamations and screams from women, or unexpected events.
There were no temporary cries or pleas;
Since the Huai army entered Youzhou City from Kaiping, in addition to the long or short killing shouts and volleys of firecrackers that were heard from time to time due to encounters with the enemy,
, there is no other unnecessary movement and noise.
This can¡¯t help but make them, the local soldiers who lurk and want to stop the enemy, feel a little surprised and uncomfortable; don¡¯t those who have been in the army in recent years sometimes
At that time, the Huai army broke into the territory of Pinglu Road, burned the city, looted the land, burned, killed and captured the population. Did their temperament suddenly change?
In other words, these Huai army did not receive the temptation of the goods as expected, and then began to scatter and burn the city, but continued to divide into groups in an orderly manner.
Groups of battle groups moved forward alternately under the cover of various types of firearms, step by step to help clear up areas one by one and build buildings one by one, slowly and steadily.
Resolutely push forward everywhere.
From time to time, people are found hiding in houses and courtyards, covered with soot and pot bottoms, and then driven out to the big house with soft, suppressed cries.
Street, groups of people marching in the opposite direction gathered together, and finally passed through the occupied Kaiping Gate and were escorted out of the city.
Of course, under certain rumors and panic, some residents in the city tried to resist and escape, or were reluctant to let go of their hidden belongings
, and even tried to do something for themselves to escape this fate, but without exception they were the result of brutal suppression.
Without even a splash of water, it completely disappeared and was submerged in the rolling advance of the Huai army.
And in the area close to the occupied city gate, as it was being demolished and clearedThe current Fang District is a new camp area with Kaipingmen as its core and many corresponding areas.
Comprehensive function places are constantly expanding and taking shape
Shi Xiu, who has just become a united recruit, is undoubtedly one of these people who have been suffering and waiting. He is holding a hunting bow and hiding in a wall.
Behind the half-collapsed wall, I looked forward to the empty street with sweaty palms.
As one of the nine important towns in the North, Youzhou City once accommodated hundreds of thousands of people during its most prosperous and prosperous years; it also absorbed
Naturalized people from various surrounding ethnic groups such as Khitan, Xi, Mohe, Shiwei, Silla, etc. became permanent residents of the area;
Among them, there are even losers from the battles on the grasslands outside the Great Wall, or out-of-power factions who were exiled and expelled by the Andong princes. Nicknamed "Desperate Saburo"
"Shi Xiu's ancestors from Raole Dudu Mansion are one of the representatives; but after seven or eight generations to his generation, the ancestors' Yu Ze has already
There was nothing left, but his family was saddled with a lot of debt in the neighborhood.
So, as a man who was so dilapidated that his shelter was taken away, he could only live on the streets and perform boxing shows for others based on how much courage he still had.
He and Jiaodai make a living by fighting and gambling. Because he performed very hard and desperately in the gym, he got such a nickname.
As a result, since the fall of the Northern Dynasty, the situation in Youzhou City has been getting worse and worse. Although several disputes and mobilizations of troops have not affected it too much,
They are the people who have risen rapidly in the market without overnight food, but they are willing to spend a small amount of money to watch their warriors, strong men fighting boxing and wrestling performances.
People are also gradually extinct.
So he could only run to the porridge farm, and then, because of his passable 180 kilograms of meat, he became one of the newly recruited soldiers in the city.
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It¡¯s a battlefield.
And because he seemed to have long and strong arms, he was given a new and not old hunting bow to use as a shooter, and even the process of testing the effectiveness of his skills was omitted.
I ignored it and arranged it in this ambush position.
As the sun gradually moves, my stomach, which I ate a bowl full of gritty corn porridge in the morning, has become a little empty again and I secretly wake up.
When he came, he had to endure the increasingly obvious feeling of hunger, and kept swallowing his saliva to calm down a little, and then tried hard to recall the scene when everyone first entered the military camp, eating cakes and drinking vegetable porridge.
Suddenly the whistle of the watchman from high up sounded, and suddenly there was the sound of running footsteps on the street. Shi Xiu couldn't help but perked up and involuntarily poked his head out from the side, and saw a group of people running over non-stop. , while still dancing and shouting something.
He couldn't help but feel nervous for a moment, his hand slipped, and the hunting bow that was half fully drawn flew out. Then, after drawing an unpredictable arc, he landed on the head of the running people and horses, and in an instant he was in the middle. One of them screamed and fell down, and was submerged in the countless legs and feet that couldn't hold back and stepped on him.
And this scream seemed to suddenly kick off something, and it also seemed to accidentally trigger the tense strings of these soldiers who were waiting in the neighborhood, both good and bad. In an instant, many arrows followed. Following Shi Xiu's path, he shot at the running people and horses from everywhere, and suddenly there were screams.
"stop it"
"It's one of our own"
"There is an ambush"
"Help"
"Let me pass quickly"
"The enemy is coming"
The opponent whose head was covered by this hail of arrows was almost dodging and escaping while shouting and trying hard to distinguish his identity.
¡°After this delay, there is no other possibility;
Because the uniform light gray array of the Huai army was slowly pushing over from the street like a molten iron stream, and the remaining men and horses who could not escape were attacked from behind and knocked to the ground one after another.
Then, before the "ambushes" who had already exposed most of their locations, the officers around them scolded and kicked them, then strung their bows again and fired a second round of arrows.
From behind the opponent's stopped array, some spheres thrown over with smoke trails were already rolling down and bouncing on the ground.These preset ambush positions then turned into roars and explosions one after another.
In an instant, Shi Xiu was pushed hard by a wave of air, and his back hit the uneven wall. At the last moment when he lost consciousness, he was thinking about his sister-in-law named Pan, who could no longer earn money. Some food went back to support her.