"Master Dianshi, the bandits are coming to attack the city."
On the wall of Shouyang City, a guard on the watchtower discovered that the Tiger Flag army outside the city was approaching Shouyang City, and hurriedly ran down the watchtower to deliver a message.
"Why are you making such a fuss? It disturbed my sweet dream, sir." Dianshi sat up from a bed in his bunk in a daze, letting out a long yawn.
Because it was too cold at night, I drank a lot of wine. When I was woken up, I was still confused and thought I was in the bedroom at home.
"The bandits are here, and they have brought a lot of cannons. They have arrived outside the city now." The guard said eagerly.
Dianshi patted his uncomfortable forehead with his hand, and said with blurred eyes: "What kind of bandit, what kind of cannon?"
"Master Dianshi, have you forgotten? A group of bandits came outside Shouyang City last night. The county magistrate asked you to guard the city. You don't remember anything?" The guard explained to him, but his eyes were darting around, wanting to Find water to wake the other person up.
"Defend the city? Bandits?" Dianshi chewed these two words, and suddenly his eyes widened and said, "What did you just say? The bandits are coming?"
The guard nodded vigorously and said: "The bandits are coming with cannons to attack our Shouyang City."
"Damn it, why didn't you call me earlier?" Dianshi cursed and hurriedly picked up clothes from the side and put them on.
The guard looked aggrieved.
Dianshi, who took a while to put on his clothes and mail armor, looked at the guard standing in front of him and said, "What are you doing here? Hurry up and send a message to the county magistrate."
"Oh, yes, yes." The guard reacted and hurriedly ran away from the nest.
Dianshi picked up his Yanling knife and walked out of the nest.
On the city wall, many guards were running.
Some of the guards were busy guarding the city, moving some things used to defend the city, while others were just running around because they didn't know what to do.
Most of these people who were running around were young men who were temporarily transferred to the city wall to defend the city.
Dianshi pushed away a young man in front of him who didn't know what he was doing, and took a few steps to the crenel beside the city wall.
He leaned out his upper body and looked outside the city.
At first glance, he was shocked.
"Why do the bandits have so many cannons? How can they defend the city?" Norihi looked at the dozens of cannons outside the city and swallowed.
Although he was only a Dianshi in Shouyang City and never had the opportunity to operate cannons, he had heard of the power of cannons.
Seeing so many cannons at once, everyone didn't know what to do.
"Master Dianshi, the bandits have too many cannons, and the door panels we prepared are not enough!" A guard on the city wall came to Dianshi and interrupted his thoughts.
Dianshi looked back at the visitor and said, "Can a cannon be blocked by a door panel?"
"It's difficult, but it's better than nothing. If you can find some quilts and spread them on the door panels and sprinkle water on them, they might be able to block the bandits' cannons," the guard said.
After hearing this, Dianshi seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and said hurriedly: "Quick, go and prepare the door panels. Be more prepared. No matter what you do, the more door panels the better."
If you want to find a suitable door panel, it is only possible to dismantle the door and the wooden bed at this time.
"What about the quilt?" the guard asked again.
Dianshi looked hesitant.
Most of the families who can afford quilts are wealthy households and urban gentry. Poor families cannot afford quilts at all, and at most they can have some door panels.
"With quilts, we can better resist the cannons of bandits." The guard said again.
The look on Dianshi's face was green and white, and he gritted his teeth for the last time and said: "Try to find some quilts and bring them back. Don't go to those big households. If they are willing to give it, just take it. If they don't want to give it, forget it. It's not less than one tael." A quilt.”
He is not afraid of offending ordinary wealthy households. Even the county magistrates of the big households in the city dare not offend easily. He, a Dianshi, is even less afraid of offending those people.
"I'll take note of it. I'll take people to collect the door panels and quilts." The guard in front of him agreed, turned around and ran away quickly.
It was Dianshi's first time to defend the city. He didn't understand many things at all. At this moment, he could only let the guards on the city wall do what they wanted. All he could do was stand here and stare at the invading bandits outside the city. When to attack the city.
The magistrate of Shouyang County got the news and rushed to the city wall with his people.
"The lower official has met the county magistrate." Dianshi looked at the county magistrate walking over and stepped forward to salute.
The county magistrate waved his hand and asked: "What's going on outside the city? Have the bandits taken action?"
"Not yet." Norihi said.
The county magistrate walked to the edge of the parapet, stood in front of the crenellations, looked out of the city, his eyes narrowed, and he turned back to Dianshi beside him and said: "The bandits carry so many cannons, do they have any means of defense?"
"The lower official has sent people to prepare door panels and quilts specifically to resist the cannons." Dianshi repeated the two things the guard said before.
The county magistrate nodded slightly and said: "Well done. I have also heard that these two things can be used to defend against cannons. Remember to ask people to prepare more."
"People have been sent to prepare, but quilts are scarce." Dianshi said about the quilts.
The county magistrate frowned when he heard this and asked, "Isn't there anything else that can replace it?"
"No." Dianshi shook his head.
I don't know if there is him or not. He will just say whatever the guard said before. If something goes wrong, he can't be blamed.
The county magistrate sighed: "Try to get some together!"
He also knew in his heart that it was impossible to collect too many quilts. Several large households in the city would not listen to him as a county magistrate. On the contrary, he, the county magistrate, often relied on these large households to protect the place.
"Dong Weng, let's go back to the Yamen first and hand this place over to He Dianshi." The master who came to the city wall with the county magistrate looked nervously outside the city.
The county magistrate's face sank and he said: "As the magistrate of Shouyang County, I should stand with the soldiers in the city. If you want to go back, you can go back alone, and I will stay here."
"Please also ask Dong Weng to consider the people of the city and stay in the Yamen to take charge." The master persuaded again.
Seeing Wang Er's begging look, he said: "The news brought back from this trip was obtained through him, so I want to take him with me."
Only then did the visitor look at Wang Er.
After a moment's hesitation, he finally nodded.
The two people were taken away from the camp and brought to the heavily guarded Chinese army tent.
"Are you a powerful secret agent of the Foreign Intelligence Agency in Shouyang?"
As soon as the two people entered the big tent, a strong man in the tent was the first to ask them.
"Reporting to Deputy Master Zheng, my subordinate is Niu Meng." Niu Meng glanced at the bronze medal in the big man's hand to prove his identity, and guessed that the other party should be the Deputy Master Yu mentioned by the man who brought them here.
