After midnight, the thieves under the city still did not retreat.
This group of people came to the city and only shot arrows from a distance, not close to the city wall.
Every time these thieves came, Xie Kun would have people shoot arrows to drive them away. He did not require killing or wounding, as long as the gang did not get close to the city wall.
Gradually, the soldiers and civilians guarding the city on the city wall discovered that the thieves did not dare to attack the city. In addition, as soon as they approached, there were arrows on the city wall to greet them, so the enemy could not even shoot arrows.
The city wall at this time is simply not too safe.
Some brave guardsmen even took advantage of the thieves' approach to curse and spit at them.
What's more, people who were nervous at first are now laughing and laughing at the thieves.
When Xie Kun saw this, he ordered everyone to shut up.
The thief is so abnormal.
A sneak attack on a county town protected by a city at night is suspicious. The other party dared to attack the city knowing that they were well prepared.
The key is that during the siege, only these hundreds of people came and left, and came and went. I really don’t know what they were doing.
If it were daytime, Xie Kun really wanted Wang Lie to lead his troops out to test it out.
But it was dark night now, and he was always worried that the thief had some conspiracy that he had not yet used.
In this way, the bandits attacked the city like a child's play for almost a whole night, and it would be dawn in another hour. Xie Kun rubbed his sleepy eyes and did not dare to be careless.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise from Nancheng.
Xie Kun quickly called someone and asked him to go and inquire.
After a while, the guard soldier reported back: "No, there are thieves attacking Shuimen! Master Baihu is deploying troops to support."
Xie Kun's heart tightened: "How many people are there?"
The guard soldier said: "I don't know, the shadows on the Nanmen River are all boats!"
Xie Kun felt calm after hearing this. It turned out that Dongcheng was a feint attack, and the real destination of the thieves was Watergate.
"How did Wang Qianhu arrange to guard the water gate?" Xie Kun asked the man.
The guard soldier said: "Wang Qianhu asked people to use bamboo poles inside the water gate to block the thieves' boats from approaching the water gate to prevent the thieves from setting fire to the door."
"More than forty archers are arranged on the city wall to shoot at the pirate ships!"
Xie Kun nodded and said to himself: "Although Wang Lie is rude and uncivilized, he still has a way of defending the city."
Suddenly, a guard flag ran over from the direction of Nancheng: "Report! Wang Qianhu asked me to inform Mr. Xie to send the people stationed at Fenghuang Dun to the south gate for support!"
Xie Kun said coldly: "Tell Wang Qianhu when the thieves will break through the water gate and come to me to mobilize troops!"
"This..." Xiaoqi was stunned when he heard this.
Xie Kun didn’t want to explain too much: “Go!”
At this time, Hu County Cheng, who was sent to the city by Magistrate Li to assist Xie Kun, said: "Mr. Xie, if there is something wrong with the water gate, this..."
Xie Kun looked at the dark outside the city and said calmly: "I have checked the water gate with County Magistrate Li before. The river outside the water gate is narrow and the thieves cannot swarm up. There are enough people in the south city!"
"Then on the Phoenix Pier...?" Hu Xiancheng looked at the Phoenix Pier not far from the city wall.
Xie Kun shook his head: "Just in case, I hope I won't need it!"
Another half an hour passed, and it looked like it was going to be dawn soon.
During this period, Zhang Jingxian and Wang Lie asked him several times to reinforce Shuimen, but Xie Kun refused.
The hundreds of thieves outside the city also came to shout and curse several times, but they were shot away with bows drawn from the city wall.
Just when Xie Kun thought he was about to get through the night, suddenly a hundred households stationed in the North City sent someone to say: "Mr. Xie, there is someone calling at the door under the city wall!"
Xie Kun frowned: "Who is he, and why are he under Beicheng?"
"The man called himself Xu He and said he was a student of the county magistrate!"
"What?" Xie Kun was shocked, "Does that person have credentials?"
The person who sent the message scratched his head: "The person said that he could ask Mr. Xie to send a message, [I am not tempted when I am forty]."
Xie Kun was overjoyed: "Quick, drop the basket and lift the man up. Let him come to me quickly."
Sure enough, after burning incense, Xu He and Xiao Er were helped to Xie Kun's side.
At this time, Xu He was in a very miserable state. He was haggard, his face was sallow, and his lips were chapped.
"Uncle!" When Xu He saw Xie Kun, he felt weak and was about to collapse.
Xie Kun rushed forward to support Xu He and said, "How did it happen like this?"
Xu He swallowed his foam and forced himself to say: "The siege is fake, the thieves want to attack Bao Dam!"
When Xie Kun heard this, his eyes flashed: "No wonder tonight is so weird!"
Speaking of this, he said to Xu He: "Go down and rest first!"
But Xu He grabbed Xie Kun's robe and asked, "I came from Baocheng. How is Xujiacun?"
As soon as these words came out, Xie Kun froze in place.
Seeing this, Xu He said anxiously: "Uncle..."
Xie Kun organized his words and sighed before saying to Xu He: "There was a fire in Xujia Village in the middle of the night, and I don't know what the situation is! Xiaohe, don't worry, your mother has her own destiny, and everything will be fine."
After Xu He learned the news, his vision went dark, and a fire seemed to overflow from his chest to his forehead. He heard a "boom" and fell to the ground.
"Xiaohe!"
"Brother He..."
The waiter rushed forward to support Xu He.
Xu He got the strength from nowhere and broke away from them, holding on to the wall and looking in the direction of Xujiacun.
Sure enough, there were several fires in Xujia Village in the distance.
Xu He gritted his teeth and remembered the night he returned home from the county exam.
Xie made porridge with the leftover rice at home for dinner. The night she gave it to Xu He was full of rice, but the night she gave it to Xu He was just rice soup.
Although Xu He had to study and had a lot of messy things waiting for him to do on weekdays, he didn't really have much contact with Mr. Xie.
But Xie's maternal love always penetrated his heart.
But now... Xujia Village has been ravaged, and his mother is missing. Xu He's heart is as painful as a knife.
Seeing this, Xie Kun silently stepped forward and patted his shoulder: "Xiaohe, I understand your mood, but the matter has come to this, you have to think for the best in everything. After daybreak, once the thieves withdraw, I will immediately make arrangements I will go to Xujia Village with you to check!"
At this time, Xu He had calmed down a little. He thought of the old, weak, women and children who died tragically on the sandbank. Looking at the fire in the direction of Xujia Village not far away, he couldn't help but feel his hands tightening on the city wall.
After a moment, he shook his head: "No, uncle, after dawn, I will follow you to kill the thieves!"
"You!" Xie Kun looked at the almost crumbling young man in front of him in surprise!
"When we open the city at dawn, it's a foregone conclusion whether my mother will live or die. I go out to kill the thieves. If I live, I will be loyal; if I die, I will be filial!"
"Okay!" Xie Kun slapped the wall and said loudly: "What a good man!"
"boom……"
While the two were talking, there was suddenly a loud noise from outside the city wall, and then fire shot into the sky.
Xie Kun was shocked when he saw this: "No, the thief is really going for Bao Ba!"
Xu He looked at the fire outside the city and said in a deep voice: "Uncle, we can't wait any longer!"
Li Zhijie gritted his teeth and said behind him: "Go, wake up the third squad of the county government in Fenghuang Dunshang, Xiangyong, Minzhuang, Pubing, and Guardsmen to gather in the east city! The rest of the defenders must not move!"
