"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
The sound of drums slowly sounded from the walls of Chunhua City, and spread throughout the city in an instant.
Everyone who was outside the house all turned their attention to the location where the war drums were ringing in the east city, and without exception they all saw the three streaks of wolf smoke flying in the wind.
Everyone understands what this means.
The soldiers have received the general's order, and the rising smoke means that the enemy has arrived.
Wang Zhaolin also sent government officials early to inform the people in the city.
"Woo————"
Echoing the sound of war drums is the endless sound of horns in Chunhua City.
In Chunhua City, the three camps of the Ming Army were already in a state of uproar.
The drums of the gathering troops in the Ming army camp rang loudly, and generals at all levels hurried towards their respective troops.
The camp of the young guardsmen was the most chaotic, but in the past few days, they had eaten enough and learned something at least under the guidance of the military sticks.
Luo Guizhong and other officers of the Guards met the bandits when they were in Xi'an. Knowing the situation, they immediately led their servants to maintain order.
These guardsmen were already afraid of their superior officers. They were all trembling with fear when they saw the officers coming with swords and guns. How could they dare to continue to act recklessly?
A group of guards officers and a hundred famous servants maintained order. Although the guards were a little chaotic, they still gathered together.
"Don't run around, don't run around!"
Wang Zhaolin held the black gauze hat on his head with one hand and pulled the jade belt around his waist with the other. He stood on a low platform wearing a blue official robe and shouted loudly.
It was almost noon, and a porridge stall had been set up early near the county government office. Everyone was obeying the order and waiting to receive porridge and rice.
But Dongcheng's sudden drum beat caused a commotion among the crowd.
Someone shouted "The bandits are coming", and the crowd instantly fell into panic.
Some people wanted to run home, some wanted to escape out of the city, and some wanted to take advantage of the chaos to get rice and porridge.
For a moment the whole street was in chaos.
The scariest thing is when most people lose their minds.
The crowd squeezed and pushed each other, and the sound of crying and wailing made everyone panic and aggravated the commotion among the crowd.
Wang Zhaolin looked anxious and kept stamping his feet and shouting, but with little effect.
There was a chaos around the entire porridge shed. Several large pots that had been set up were knocked over to the ground during the fight, and the white rice porridge instantly overturned to the ground.
Some people were burned by the hot rice porridge and couldn't help but scream, but more people used their hands or bowls to hold or catch the rice porridge that fell on the ground.
However, they had just lowered their bodies when the crowd behind them had already surged over and knocked them to the ground.
Two government officials holding water and fire sticks guarded Wang Zhaolin, fearing that he would also be hit by the crowd.
A group of government officials on the periphery who originally maintained order were frightened when they saw the chaotic crowd, and they hesitated and did not dare to step forward.
Wang Zhaolin saw a woman holding a child being submerged in the crowd. His eyes turned red instantly. He yelled and waved his hands. He jumped off the low platform and squeezed in. into the crowd.
The two government officials were suddenly startled. They had been guarding against the crowd outside, but they did not expect that the magistrate himself got into the crowd.
"Protect the great master! Protect the great master!"
The two government officials looked pale and were so frightened that their three souls were shaking and their seven souls were wandering.
If something happened to Wang Zhaolin, how could they survive?
The two government officials held water and fire sticks and no longer cared about anything else. They beat them randomly in an attempt to separate the crowd, but it had the opposite effect and caused a greater commotion.
A group of government officials on the periphery also saw Wang Zhaolin jumping into the crowd. No one dared to stand on the periphery, so they all moved forward and tried their best to separate the crowd.
But the crowds were huge, thousands of people were crowded together, and the place was so small that they couldn't be separated for a while.
Seeing that the crowd was about to lose control completely, but at this moment, a group of government officials standing on the periphery suddenly felt that the street they were standing on seemed to be shaking.
Immediately, a roar as loud as a river rolled in from behind.
Several government officials turned around subconsciously, and then the water and fire sticks in their hands froze in mid-air.
A large number of cavalry came from the streets in the north, their armor was clanking, their arms were covered with cold weather, and a murderous aura swept over their faces!
"boom!!!"
The bang of the three-eyed gun suddenly sounded, overwhelming all the human voices.
The originally surging crowds all fell silent at this moment, and all the eyes of those who could still move were looking towards the streets to the north.
Wherever you look, there is a bright red, with countless flags moving in the wind.
Chen Wang put down the fire in his hand, and the smoke rose slowly, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke filled his nasal cavity in an instant.
"Those who push, move, and crowd..."
Chen Wang threw the three-eyed gun that had been fired in his hand to the guards on the side, glanced coldly at the stagnant crowd, and shouted coldly.
"die!"
Chen Wang didn't really want to kill anyone. In this situation, he had to quickly subdue everyone with his power.
This is not the first time I have encountered this situation in my memory. When the army was defeated, it was ten thousand times more terrifying than the current situation.
"disperse the crowd!"
Chen Wang raised his riding whip and ordered to the stunned government officials.
All the government officials came to their senses. Although Chen Wang was not their superior, their magistrate was still among the crowd, and everyone who dared to neglect them came forward one after another.
The commotion of the crowd was contained at this time, and they were easily separated. No one was afraid of the officers and soldiers armed with swords and guns.
Chen Wang was originally commanding the generals on the city wall, but he saw a commotion near the county government office, so he immediately led his troops and rushed over.
The smoke is just a warning. It will take some time for the bandits to reach Chunhua. The situation on the city wall is not critical now.
He just glanced around and didn't see Wang Zhaolin.
Chen Wang remembered that every time he served porridge, Wang Zhaolin would personally preside over it for fear of causing too much trouble, so he asked a small official wearing a turban on his head.
"Isn't anyone from Wangzhi County here?"
The clerk's face was pale. Chen Wang didn't ask if he was okay, but when he asked, he howled loudly.
"The eldest man...the eldest man is stuck in the crowd!"
Chen Wang frowned. If the magistrate of a county died while he was in charge of Chunhua's defense, no matter what the reason was, he would have to bear some responsibility.
The crowd gradually dispersed, and more and more injured people were discovered, and some even died due to stampedes.
Wang Zhaolin was not seriously injured. He squeezed into the crowd for a short time, and he was quite fat, so the crowd did not hurt him.
When he was discovered by everyone, Wang Zhaolin was standing next to a wall, with a woman holding a baby behind him.
The black gauze hat on his head had long ago fallen to someone unknown, the official robe on his body was also covered with dust, and the jade belt around his waist had also disappeared.
