As the east is white, Wu'an County gradually reveals its outline.

It was said that this city was built by Bai Qi, the king of Wu'an in the Qin Dynasty. It was surrounded by three miles and two hundred and seventy steps. The original city wall was only 18 feet high. Fortunately, I met the former good magistrate, Liang Min, Zhengliang. In the fifth year of Zhengde, it was easy to use brick city.

, three meters high, two meters wide, and strong and can be protected.

This prevented the repeated attacks of bandits and refugees.

On the city wall, Wu'an County Dianshi Liu Cong squeezed his dry and sore eyes hard, shook his head, as if he wanted to make himself more awake, spit on the ground, lifted his legs and kicked his face, his tired eyes almost stuck together.

The constable kicked, scolded Niang in a hoarse voice, urging him, "Wake up quickly, it's dawn, be careful that the beast raised by the bitch climbed over the wall."

The constable woke up and rushed to summon others. As they shouted, the officers and soldiers who had just taken turns sleeping for a while on the city wall in the middle of the night, the brave men cheered up, reminded each other and became alert to the city.

Although the bandits robbed Guzhen Inspection Office, they did not obtain many weapons, and there was no household to attack the city. They had no experience in siege, so they could only adopt the most primitive method of piled soil.

The city walls are piled with mounds to shore up, and then people are stacked and climbed.

This is inefficient, but it cannot withstand many people.

Especially life and death are at stake - if you don't enter the city, you will freeze and starve to death. There will always be brave people who can step on others and jump up to the top of the city.

The people guarding the city are also inexperienced. Not to mention rolling wood or boiling oil, in the years of severe drought, the well is only a shallow layer, not even boiling water. The only thing that is better than the refugees is weapons, which always have long ones.

Knife and spear and a few arrows are available.

For the people in the city, life and death are also at stake - all the soldiers of Guzhen Inspection Department were cut off their heads, Xixiang Nanxiang was robbed, Ding Zhuang was driven to attack the city, and there are rumors that refugees were short of food and wanted to eat people

Yes! If the refugees really attack the city, if there are any people in the city, how can they end up well?

The attack and defense of the tunnel are all fierce and fierce in fighting with their lives, and the battle situation is extremely fierce.

Within two days, the food was cut off in the city, and the hungry refugees really started to eat people!

It would be fine if the body of the dead person was killed in battle and starved to death, but even the injured person was dismantled and filled with his stomach with one knife, which scared the people in the city very much.

Even if the military and civilians guarding the city have heard the rumors of refugees being cannibalized, they would not be terrifying if they saw it with their own eyes!

Everyone almost collapsed, and they even defended the city desperately, for fear of becoming a refugee in the pot.

Fortunately, in the critical moment, the magistrate, county magistrate, chief clerk and other officials all stepped onto the city wall and stood firm with the military and civilians. Even if they were injured by the murderers, they did not retreat, which greatly boosted morale.

The county government also promoted that as soon as the news of Guzhen was bloodbathed that day was sent to the county government, the magistrate sent several cavalry to the surrounding prefectures and counties and prefectures for help - long before the siege, the reinforcements would arrive in the next few days.

Only by uniting the whole country can we defend this Wu'an County.

But in fact, several chief officials had little confidence in reinforcements...

"Even if the road in Lin County is far, it's time to climb." County Magistrate Wang Cong looked for a place with a leeward and whispered with Liu Dianshi.

Zhangde Prefecture has only one thousand households in Lin County, with a total of more than 2,300 soldiers, about 70 or 80 miles away from Wu'an County. It has not arrived yet, and it is obvious that it is because it is full of troops and cannot be rescued.

"Cizhou can't be more likely to rely on. The surname Du is so fast. Let's see how many days he can be safe in Cizhou." Liu Dianshi gritted his teeth, "The beasts raised by this group of bitches are gone, and they can't eat them. Wu'an can't be eaten by them.

, I must go to Cizhou."

The Du surname is talking about the Henan Provincial Censor Du Min.

As soon as the news of the rebellion arrived at the county government that day, Du Min immediately stated that he could go to Cizhou and even the capital city to dispatch troops, and then quickly took his servants out of the city.

Even if the county government knew that this guy was going to run away, no one dared to stop someone like the inspector and the censor.

County Magistrate Wang nodded, his voice lowered a little, and said, "Old Liu, think of a way to lead them to Cizhou?"

Liu Dianshi was stunned. It was one thing for refugees to go to Cizhou by themselves, but it was another thing for them to cause trouble to the East.

Hearing Wang County Magistrate said, "Don't say that this group of mobs cannot get out of Cizhou, even if they get out of it, they will go to the city and will not turn back to chew a small Wu'an. The Qianhu District of Lin County dares not come to rescue Wu'an, do you dare

If you don’t save Cizhou or Fucheng?"

While Liu Dianshi was hesitating, he suddenly heard people shouting that breakfast was delivered. He felt relieved and hurriedly accused the county magistrate Wang, saying that it was important to fill his stomach while the city had no response.

County Magistrate Wang had no choice but to stop, get up and pick up the meal, and then say hello to the magistrate who took the lead in delivering the meal.

Although Wu'an County is small, there are a lot of intrigues in the officialdom. The magistrate, county magistrate, and chief clerk are not very harmonious.

The current magistrate is a scholar, but he is even older than his predecessor magistrate who was born in Jinshi. He looks arrogant and arrogant, which makes the county magistrate who is just a prison student very unhappy.

However, at this critical moment, the magistrate was quite responsible. He immediately went up to the city and motivated the soldiers and civilians to defend the city, but he kept holding on. He was injured by the murderer and did not go down to the city.

The magistrate's wife who looked thin and thin and fell down by the wind was even more surprising. She, who had always liked quietness, could take the initiative to stand up and take charge of the matter and lobby for wealthy households to donate grain.

When the men in the city were guarding the city walls and were short of labor, they organized a deputies of women, including the officials and wealthy women, to coordinate the mobilization of grain and other materials, and uniformly cook dry food and distribute it to the four cities.

He had no pretext of being an imperial edict. He had to walk on the city walls twice a day, personally distribute dry food, thank all the soldiers and civilians who defended the city, and boost morale.

When delivering meals every day, simple documents containing the situation in the city and the surplus of grain and rice will be sent to the magistrate, county magistrate, chief clerk, and dictionary, so that they can know what they want and make the next plan.

County Magistrate Wang was quite dissatisfied with the magistrate Gu Yong, but he really admired the magistrate's wife. He met with the chief clerk and Dianshi, and in private he also said that the magistrate's wife is not inferior to that of a man, and she is truly a hero.

At this moment, when Wang County Magistrate saw the magistrate's wife, he said a few polite words as usual, and asked about the magistrate's injuries. While he was talking, suddenly a harsh gong sounded from the building.

Everyone was shocked, thinking that the refugees were attacking the city again, and they were fucking the guy while filling the dry food in their mouths.

Unexpectedly, the shouts from the tower over there were heard, smoke and dust rolling in the north, and a large group of people came over.

Lin County is south of Wu'an, Cizhou is east of Wu'an, and suddenly someone comes to the north, I'm afraid it's an enemy but not a friend!

Everyone couldn't help but be even more shocked, and the city was a little confused for a moment, especially the woman who came to deliver the meal was even more panicked.

Liu Dianshi couldn't choke and spit out the cake in his mouth. He pulled his neck and shouted: "Don't be in chaos! Return to the position and defend the city! People are still far away from there, don't ask the group of beasts under his nose to take advantage of the chaos to pick up the bargains.

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County Magistrate Wang didn't care about the magistrate's wife, and hurriedly said, "Go down to the city and avoid it, so he was busy arranging people."

The magistrate's wife was even more anxious, but the magistrate brought people to guard the north gate. If the bandits came from the north, they would be afraid that the north gate would be in danger.

But the Detachment of Women who delivered the meal gradually gathered around her, and they were all in vain. It was the time when she needed her to be the backbone.

The magistrate's wife tried her best to calm herself down and ordered the few people who had been used to lead everyone to collect the remaining dry food and put it in one place for the soldiers to take it back, and then quickly retreated from the city wall from one side in turn.

The Detachment of Women acted as her orders in a hurry. As soon as he got off the city, he suddenly heard a cheer from the city. He couldn't help but look up at the city wall on the spot.

The magistrate's wife suddenly felt hope in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it easily. She just ordered the maid beside her with big feet: "You have a quick walk, hurry up and ask what's going on?"

At this time, the shout of "reinforcements arrived" was clearly heard from the city wall over there!

After a brief confusion, the women were all overjoyed and cheered and laughed.

Some people turned around and ran to the city wall, wanting to see it with their own eyes, and some suddenly burst into tears, venting the fear that had been suppressed in their hearts these days.

The magistrate's wife also cried with joy, hurriedly wiped away her tears, greeted several leading women, saying that she wanted to go to the north city and asked them to take care of her.

Those who knew that since reinforcements came, the magistrate needed to greet each other, and they were busy responding.

The magistrate's wife took a ox cart that was pulling dry food and hurried away.

Halfway through the car, he met a small official guarding the north gate. The man shouted from afar: "Adminton learned that reinforcements were coming, he fainted in joy. He started a high fever and was sent back to the government office.

Go and take a look.”

There is no joy! However, the magistrate has been in the battle with injuries these days, and he has been fighting with one breath. Now that he has learned that reinforcements have arrived, he has even caused his illness when he hears this.

The magistrate's wife was anxious and distressed, so she rushed to the government office, and did not forget to instruct the minor official to go and notify the county magistrate Wang. The magistrate was unconscious and could only ask the county magistrate to welcome the reinforcements.

But when the minor official arrived at the city, County Chief Wang and Liu Dianshi were watching the battle with great enthusiasm.

The reinforcements from the north were all cavalry, which were really fast and ruthless, like a steel knife cutting into tofu, instantly rushing out of the refugee camp, and taking straight to the bandits behind the formation who drove away the refugee to resist.

After a brief panic, several people suddenly came forward to the bandits, and the rest began to run desperately in multiple directions.

But the cavalry were not willing to let them escape. He heard the forwards' sharp whistle, and dozens of fast horses scattered immediately, staring at the same time, chasing them reluctantly. Many people immediately bent their bows and arrows to start shooting the bandits.

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The cavalry did not let the dead stay for a moment, but in just one or two rounds, they were killed in vain.

After the refugee army was washed away, it was in chaos due to lack of organization. It was like a crazy person and rushed to the cavalry. Naturally, it was easily killed, and more people fled in panic.

Cavalry came continuously and began to run horses to form a large encirclement, shouting and whipping the horse whip, and swinging the refugees back like driving cattle and sheep. Thousands of refugees were gathered together.

After all, most of them are people who are used to obeying the people. When no one is coerced or instigated, facing the powerful imperial army, there is no desire to resist, and there is only a trembling position.

When dozens of cavalrymen shouted and put down their weapons and other words, the refugees were stunned for a moment, and they threw down their long sticks, wooden shovels, bamboo forks and other household items in their hands, and squatted on the ground with their heads in their arms.

The extremely vicious hungry wolves in the eyes of the military and civilians in Wu'an County, who were invincible, became obedient lambs. No one had ever seen such a scene, and they were all stupid.

Liu Dianshi smacked his lips and said for a while, "Which immortal is this? This, this is the border army, right?!"

In his heart, only the border troops that fought against the Tartars on the Nine-sides had such ability.

He put on a shed in his hand and looked into the distance, but saw a large flag in the army over there fluttering in the wind, embroidering the word "high", and he couldn't help but mutter the surnames of the generals of the guards who knew about the border.

County Magistrate Wang's mind flashed, and he remembered the earlier official documents. The surname was Gao from the north! He was excited in an instant and said loudly: "Is it because General Gao Wenhu, General Gao, who has arrived?! General Gao, who escorted the governor, Lord Shen!"

Liu Dianshi was stunned for a moment, then he was also ecstatic, and turned his head to shout at the silence official who was passing the message, "Go quickly, go quickly, ask Teacher Wang to come! Tell him that Governor Shen is coming! Hey, take the lead in the donkey,

He must be coming, don't exhaust him!"

County Magistrate Wang originally thought that he would replace the magistrate to welcome the big shot, but he was very nervous. He subconsciously pulled his clothes. When Liu Dianshi shouted, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

He shook his head and stopped him, "How could the governor be in danger? It must be General Gao who sent a team of people to rescue Wu'an. Lord Shen still thought it was just walking on the post road and going to Cizhou through Handan. Don't let Lao Wang Bai be happy

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To be continued...