In the north of Pinglu, on the top of the small Xieguan Pass in the Zhongtiao Mountains, the thousands of households of the Pinglu Guard Station Qi Ce are sweating and commanding his brothers, with the help of the few people in the pass, to strengthen the originally low and dilapidated pass wall, and dig a trench outside the pass according to the drawings urgently sent by Lu Hanqiang.
Walking anxiously on the wall, Qi Ce looked at the endless plain to the north from time to time, where the pole came to attack, according to the continuous intelligence of the trading house, this time his own family Qi Fei, with 40,000 Liukou, is directly pointing at the small slanted pass, he will take 1,200 people this time, in this small slanted pass to block the torrent of the enemy for ten days.
This is almost an impossible task, but it must be completed, because his original master, the current county lord, needs ten days to arrange the offensive and defensive battles on the land, although he has separated from the national prince's personal soldiers and become an upright thousand households, but his background is that he cannot leave the national mansion no matter what.
"This life belongs to the Guogong, so I will die here in battle to repay the great kindness of the young lady's aunt."
This is the simple idea of these former national princes and soldiers.
"Elm spraying needs to do more."
Looking at the elm spray that almost filled the city, Qi Ce once again ordered Zhao Dahai, the leader of the craftsman battalion who followed him and was temporarily assigned to him, and the gunpowder should be fried more. ” Zhao Dahai said embarrassedly: "There is a lot of gunpowder, but the explosives used in the explosives package are different from gunpowder, that thing is strictly kept secret by Lord Lu, and it is not easy to manufacture, so it can't be given more, after all, the flat land defense battle is the key, and the elm spray is even more difficult now, and the materials are not good." ” Qi Ce looked at him suspiciously: "There are more than 100-year-old elm trees everywhere in this Zhongtiao Mountain, isn't it enough for you to use?"
Zhao Dahai explained: "The general is wrong, to make elm spray, you need old dry elm wood without knots, not just any elm tree, in that case, it is not killing the enemy but committing suicide." ” Qi Ce nodded, and then looked at the private houses in the Guannei, at this time Zhao Dahai seemed to know Qi Ce's thoughts, and immediately retorted: "This can't be done, Inspector Lu has strict rules, and he must not encroach on the people's things." ” "I know that."
Qi Ce shook his head helplessly and gave up the idea.
But at this time, an old man carrying a sack heard the conversation between the two, and did not speak, directly put down the sack and went to the city, returned home, looked at the old house left by his ancestors, took out a gong behind the house, and shouted loudly while beating, "Old and young ladies and sisters at home, gather in the square, I have something to say."
With the sound of the gong, the old people who could not afford to go to the city to help transport the supplies came out of the house and came to the small square to see what this honest man had to say.
Looking at the old brothers and sisters who were already standing in the small square, Zhang Laoshi shouted loudly: "Old brother, old sister-in-law, old sisters, rogue came to invade our Pinglu, everyone also knows, the pole is everywhere, the family is broken, the young children are coerced to be thieves, old guys like us, either kill with a knife, or be coerced, and become a livestock that consumes the rolling wood and thunder stones of the official army during the next siege, in short, it is not good, everyone is better than death, but since Lord Lu came to our Pinglu, work for relief, Not only has it relieved countless displaced people, but it has also made our lives very much better.
"I can't."
All the old people left behind shouted together, yes, a stable day, how can the poles be allowed to do any more trouble, nothing can be said.
Zhang Laoshi waited for everyone to stop shouting, and shouted again: "This time the county lord has said that this place can only be guarded for ten days, and asked everyone to hurry up the mountain to avoid the military disaster, the county lord promised everyone, saying that Lord Lu promised, they will compensate for the houses destroyed by the pole, is there such an adult in this world?"
Yes, these are all said in the notice, everyone knows it, but the homeland is difficult to leave, and the old nest is reluctant, everyone wants to see if the official army can block the pole from the outside and avoid this catastrophe.
"I don't know how Lord Lu arranged, I am an honest man, I know that if the pass is broken, my old house will be destroyed in the hands of the pole, and I also know that now the officers and soldiers guarding the city need more elm spray, need to dry good elm, I know that the beams of my old house are just right for these, and the house will be destroyed in the hands of the pole sooner or later, so it is better for us to demolish it ourselves, as long as there are more poles that kill people, I will give my beams to the army to make elm spray, kill more poles, therefore, I hope that my brother and sister-in-law will do me a favor, help me demolish the house, take out the beams, make elm spray, and kill the pole. ” All the old people were stunned, demolishing the ancestral house, this is unfilial piety, this is irresponsible to children and grandchildren.
Zhang Laoshi jumped off the earthen platform in the square and waved his hand: Old brothers, help.
Saying that, he mentioned the pickaxe that had been prepared a long time ago, and took a group of old brothers to go straight to the ancestral house that he had long had, kowtowing to the ancestral spiritual seat that he had brought out, and prayed, "The ancestors and the ancestors are above, in order to help Lord Lu resist the pole, I picked up the ancestral house, and when my children and grandchildren live a stable life, I will build a new house."
After burning incense and praying, he stood up and shouted resolutely, "Do it." ” Qi Ce was still commanding at the head of the city, and suddenly the personal soldiers around him grabbed his hand: "General, look, something happened in the pass." ” Qi Ce hurriedly put down the work in his hand and looked back, only to see that in the small Guancheng, a place suddenly raised dust, followed by two, three, and even more, and after a long time in the dust, he saw that the houses began to collapse, and then they were connected into pieces.
"What's the matter" Qi Cemeng was stunned, but when he thought about it, a cold sweat broke out, "Could it be that there is a pole and a spy sneaking into the city in advance, everyone stops what they are doing, and everyone is on alert." ” All the brothers immediately threw away their work, grabbed their weapons, and stood in the whole procession, and stood on guard in the city.
But after a while, a group of old men walked towards the city gate with huge beams, just in Qi Ce's stunned, the old man in front of him saluted Qi Ce on the city tower: "General, I am waiting for the small people, I am willing to sacrifice our own beams of the house, and supply the army to make elm wood spray to kill the thieves, please accept the general." ” Quiet, deathly still.
Qi Ce lifted his battle skirt and slowly knelt down on the head of the city, and 1,200 soldiers on the head of the city slowly knelt down.
At this time, the dust that covered the sky and the sun began to slowly rise on the northern plain, and after a while, half of the sky was obscured, Qi Ce stood up and shouted at the brothers with a resolute face: "Behind us is our father, for the father behind us, fight to the death." ” The 1,200 guards in the city raised their weapons together and shouted hoarsely: "For the father and the elder behind you, fight to the death and never retreat."
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