This person from Qi Nanxun had a small reputation in Suizhou City in his early years. His family background was not bad when he was young. His father was well-educated and educated. He always believed that learning was not just about entering the court and getting an official position. Therefore, even though the Qi family was in decline, they still sent Qi Nanxun to the school and made him familiar with many sages' articles and old works before letting him go to find work elsewhere.
The most rare thing is that even though he has a heavy academic load, Qin Nanxun has never neglected his martial arts. In addition to taking care of his husband's studies, he has learned very advanced martial arts from many martial artists in Suizhou City. He actually gained quite a reputation in Suizhou City. When he was young, he was highly regarded by the people in Suizhou City. Firstly, he was very good at martial arts, and secondly, he understood poetry and calligraphy in general. Have a reputation.
Suizhou is located outside Shangqi Pass, so there are more rogue bandits than in other areas of Shangqi. Banditry was rampant for a while. Even though Shangqi Border Gate often dispatched troops and horses to help, it still had no effect. The rogue bandits outside the pass were on the run, and they knew the border. Soldiers and horses come and go in a few hours, and they are most cunning and cruel. Although there are troops stationed in Suizhou City, after the alliance is established, there really cannot be many soldiers and horses left, and they are also ridden with laziness. How can they care about it? Despite the fate of these desperate bandits outside the customs, even the respected old city lord was still unable to reverse this change.
Unless strong medicine is used to cut off the retreat route, it will be difficult to accomplish the evil that has been going on for a long time. Although the old city lord is very virtuous, he has never had such a heart-breaking mentality, so he really cannot make the entire Suizhou City guard. The military may have some improvement.
However, Qin Nanxun, who finally left the city and wandered around, joined the army and did not win an official position based on his writing. The literary style of Shang Qi was very popular, and there used to be such exquisiteness. It is said that this is the imperial city of Shang Qi, but most of the courtiers who were defeated by bluestone bricks were civil servants. Therefore, they were neither from a noble family nor even a poor family. , it is difficult to get such a post in the court, so he simply joins the army and joins the army at the border. With his achievements in suppressing bandits and killing thieves for many years, he can get the rank of captain in the border. It happened that the old city lord of Suizhou City had resigned because he was too old, and it was approaching the time to resign and return to his hometown. He also recommended the Qinnan Tour to the court. In this way, the Qinan Tour, which was highly valued by the military attachés in the court, It was almost a matter of course that he took over the position of city lord of this city and took office. He suddenly transformed into a city lord and captain who was rare in border areas and held two positions.
It's not that he is a chess piece for others, but that for many years, almost all the military officials in the Qi Dynasty have been squeezed by the civil servants. Seeing such a man who is still in his prime at an appropriate age, almost all the military officers are united and will Qi Nan. Keeping the patrolling city lord's position can not only keep the situation at the border with such a talented captain guarding the border, but also exclude the civil servants from the outside. Therefore, unexpectedly, without any obstruction due to old grudges, Qin Nan will be guarded. Patrol pushed to this position.
It has been five years since I took the post, and my skill in patrolling the south of Qi is really extraordinary. I have led one group to attack another, and actually transformed the garrison in Suizhou City from having nothing to do, to an elite army that the surrounding bandits dare not invade. No matter in terms of skill or mentality, Compared with the soldiers guarding the border, they are only stronger but not weaker.
Suizhou City is quiet, with only the sound of rain remaining.
More than 20 hours after the Beiyanze Border Pass was lost, Qi's southern patrol had already placed all the Border Pass subordinates together with the Suizhou City garrison around the city, set up crossbows, and arranged archers. The city head was covered with antlers and spikes. Moreover, the craftsmen were forced to dig out a small hole every ten steps in the solid city wall. The kerosene tightly wrapped around the city wall alone almost completely covered the city with nowhere to stay.
Even in the season when the war was at its peak, there had never been such a battle. However, the Qinnan patrol did not reveal anything to others. He only asked everyone to hang armor and hang wooden plaques on their chests, waiting for their orders. Then he went to drink tea at the home of the old city lord who was dying.
"If you are really going to fight such a tragic war with no clear outcome, have you ever thought about whether the southern patrol has thought about the fact that the food reserves in Suizhou City are sufficient, but after all, Suizhou City is a small town, and there are so many households in the city. It is not enough to feed the soldiers at the border. Now if we add three to five thousand mouths, together with the garrison in the city, there will be more than eight thousand soldiers. However, if the war is serious, it may not be able to last for two or three months, let alone this matter. The situation in the court is not very clear, so it is better to wait until the court has made a decision, send troops to rescue, and then fight hard."
The old city lord's family was poor, and he did not even accumulate the salary in his early years.
No matter how much money he saved, most of it was given to poor families in the city to subsidize the family. He himself never left any money. This large and empty old house alone was considered the ancestral property of the old city lord. After he resigned, it became I have always lived here, and for many years I have had some entertainment by growing flowers and plants. My body and bones are still strong, but my legs and feet are not very agile. Nowadays, I often need to use a stick when walking around.
"It's rare to come to an old man's house to sit and drink tea, so it's best not to mention all the bad things that are bothering you." Even Qi Nanxun felt that the tea soup was really unpleasant. He only took a few sips and put the tea cup on the table. On the side, he folded his hands and looked out at the rainy sky, but he could still see some gloom on his face. Although it was said that Qi's soldiers and horses were in urgent need of dispatch, it was clear that Birds and Birds had already sent reports to several places in advance, but until now, there had been no sporadic movement.
The old city lord and Qi Nanxun are both teachers and friends, so they often have to make suggestions for the still vigorous Qinan Xun. Qinan Xun is often good at investigating elegant words, which always makes the old city lord feel happy. Although he has resigned over the years, , but the city of Suizhou is really prosperous, and it is better than when he was in power. Moreover, because Qin Nanxun is very capable, he is more willing to share the joys and sorrows, and often distributes the salary of the city lord to the officers and soldiers in the city. In this way, This is the isolated city of Suizhou outside the border, but few rogue bandits and horse thieves dare to invade.
But this matter is actually somewhat worrying.
"I can guess what Nanxun wants to do, but I still have to show off some of the so-called senior posture. I wish I could let you know." Knowing that Qi Nanxun is actually quite stubborn, I still want to persuade him this time. , it is a pity that this matter has become an urgent matter, and there is really no time for long-term planning. The old city lord certainly knows the character of Qinan Xun, who has almost watched from a child to a mature man now, but he is still He shook his head and said, "But think about it, even if Bei Yanze has not stopped the demon tide, with such an isolated city outside the border, even if it can stop most of the demon tide, if we can't wait for the reinforcements to rescue us, we will not be able to stop it. The people of a city are in such a dangerous situation, so what if they besiege the city for several months, eat each other, and be stigmatized in future generations."
"Those who are willing to stay will live and die with this city. Those who do not give an inch. Those who are unwilling to stay have been escorted out of the city by my subordinates. The emperor is kind and will definitely send reinforcements to rescue. Besides, it is not far from the border, but As long as there are grain, grass, baggage, and reinforcements, the city of Suizhou will not be destroyed." In the dim candlelight, Qi Nanxun's eyes were slightly closed, and he had already made up his mind. Even the tea soup in the old city lord's house was really too bad. He also added several cups of tea soup one after another, poured it slowly and drank it slowly, then said goodbye softly, stood up and left.
Therefore, in the very old house, there are only some dead branches and leaves of flowers and plants that cannot survive the cold autumn, and an old man who stood up tremblingly to see each other off, reluctant to return to the house, leaning on his stick and looking at the long man. At the end of the street, the Qi Nan Patrol was walking very steadily, and the armor was fully dressed. It was the time when the Zihao Iron Cavalry almost entered the gate of Shang Qi. The Suizhou City Guard General was wearing it, and the armor was mottled. But it fits surprisingly well.
Thirty hours after the North Yanze Border Gate fell, looking from the top of Suizhou City, the demonic tide looked like the sea.
Even though the demonic tide is divided into several strands, their numbers are still connected to the sky and the ground, often exceeding tens of thousands. Those figures are the most burly and strong. The obstacles left in the deadly battle between Beiyanze and Sucheng are almost complete. He was so hungry that his whole body was filled with murderous aura, and the south wall had different shapes, some of which were even taller than the city wall. They were strangely shaped, and behind them, a mighty force of foot soldiers flew to steal the heavenly Gu, and surged forward, causing the ground to shake.
Qi Nan patrolled for three days without ever going down to the city.
The kerosene stored in the city and urgently mobilized was almost exhausted, and the catapults repeatedly threw stones at the demonic tide outside the city. Three days later, the bluestones and roof tiles were used to pave the streets in the city, but Even so, they still never stopped for a moment, and even the number of rolling logs on the city was exhausted. In exchange, the city wall and the front of the city were filled with thousands of monster corpses, densely packed, almost filling the city wall within a hundred steps. The Qinnan patrol first sent craftsmen to drill small holes in the city, first pour kerosene along the city wall, and then use the small holes to fire arrows quickly, so that the monsters were buried alive in the sea of fire. They stayed outside day and night, poking at the monsters coming from the city wall, and they could barely hold on for another day.
But even if we hold on to the city gate, we still cannot avoid losing troops. Firstly, the blocking tigers and the southern wall are really unable to deal with it. We can only get some respite from it by driving them away with tongues of fire and suppressing them repeatedly by ballistas.
There are gaps, but the total number of roadblocks destroyed is not very large. During the siege season, there are still countless roadblocks standing under the city, blocking arrows with their porcelain body, except for the heavy stones or the crossbows piercing their bodies. There is no response. moves.
However, what caused the most serious damage to the city was that the defenders in the north of the city were lax and let two or three of them fly into the city. Most of the food and grass were burned down without anyone noticing. By the time someone noticed and came to put out the fire, only a few of them were left. Less than 30% of the grain reserves.
However, a mere Suizhou city stopped the monsters rushing to Qi Border Pass. Moreover, due to the continuous fighting, the monsters who came all the way from Bei Yanze rarely showed signs of fatigue and retreated one after another. They surrounded Suizhou, blocking the border gates in the west for help, and blocking the remaining city gates in the south. No one carrying heavy supplies of food and grass could enter the city even half a step away.
Come and go, very organized.
