"Your Majesty, are you just going to let him go?" He Dianshi narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the master's retreating back.
The county magistrate snorted coldly and said: "A person like this who is unfaithful and unjust is a scholar in vain. Don't pay attention to him. Now the four gates in the city are closed and he can't get out of the city."
Only then did He Dianshi withdrew his gaze.
boom! boom! boom!
The sound of artillery outside the city suddenly rang out.
The county magistrate and He Dianshi were not aware of it for a moment, and were frightened by the sound of cannons and hurriedly crouched behind the parapet to take cover.
"Where's the door panel? Didn't you ask someone to prepare the door panel? Why haven't you sent it over yet?" The county magistrate shouted to He Dianshi who was crouching next to him with an ugly face.
He Dianshi also looked in the direction of the horse path with a bad expression.
Seeing that there was still no one on the horse road to send the door panels and quilts for the defensive cannons to the city wall, he had no choice but to explain: "Don't worry, my lord, the people who prepared these things will be back soon."
"Don't make excuses in front of me. You have to understand what you can do to resist the bandits' attack if you don't have anti-cannon equipment. Now go and get door panels, quilts and other things for me." The county magistrate's back was pressed against the female wall. His face was gloomy.
When he felt the shelling for the first time, he only felt that his legs were weak, and his ears were still buzzing from the sound of the shelling.
"Yes, I will hurry them up now." He Dianshi moved out and tried to stand up.
At this time, I heard the county magistrate say with a cold face: "It's not about urging, it's about getting things."
"Yes, yes, yes." He Dianshi nodded in agreement, but his feet were still weak. He failed to stand up several times and almost fell to the ground.
When the county magistrate saw this, he snorted coldly and said, "Let others do it, and you just stay on the city wall!"
Seeing the other party's incompetence, I wondered whether it would be appropriate for such a person to be the general who defended the city.
However, he knew it.
The opponent who can serve as this guard is definitely the taller one among the short ones. There really is no more suitable candidate in Shouyang City.
"Here it comes, here it comes, we've got all the defensive artillery items back."
Before arranging people to go, He Dianshi noticed that there were many people carrying door panels and quilts on the city wall in the direction of the horse road.
The county magistrate turned his head and looked over. After noticing, he said to him: "What are you doing here? Why don't you go over and make arrangements."
"Yes, yes, yes." He Dianshi agreed repeatedly, stood up holding the parapet, and then walked quickly towards the guards carrying door panels and quilts.
As he approached, he shouted: "Quick, get everything ready, the bandits are about to fire."
Keep moving forward with your feet.
boom! boom! boom!
The sound of cannon outside the city rang out again, and this time the sound of cannon was obviously much louder than the one just now.
Several cannonballs fell from the sky, and the county magistrate was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind the parapet with his head in his hands.
When the gunfire stopped, he looked up.
The guards on the city wall were in a mess, and wailing sounds could be heard from time to time.
Not far from his eyes, a headless corpse was lying on the ground with its back facing up. There was a stain of blood near the neck. A Yanling knife that had not been unsheathed was dropped next to it.
The clothes on the headless corpse looked very familiar to him. It was He Dianshi who had just left.
"Quick, go get the door panel and quilt."
When He Dianshi died, there was no general in the city. The county magistrate knew that he wanted to prevent the guards on the city wall from causing chaos, so he, the Shouyang magistrate, could only take over He Dianshi's position and personally defend the city.
Although this was his first time defending the city, he believed that as a civil servant and having read several military books, he was still better than the deceased He Dianshi.
Seeing that no one was moving, the county magistrate looked back.
Several government officials who came to the government office on the city wall with him were crawling on the ground and shivering.
Seeing this, the county magistrate angrily kicked the nearest person and ordered: "What are you doing standing there in a daze? If you don't want to die, go and get the door panel quilt."
"Young man, let's go, let's go." The Yamen servant climbed up from behind the parapet cautiously, peeked out through the crenel, and then lay on the ground with his butt sticking out again, exclaiming, "Oh Oh my god! Here we go again.”
The county magistrate was so angry that he wanted to kick him again.
But at this moment, the sound of gunfire came from his ears, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly fell to the ground.
boom! boom! boom!
A series of cannons exploded, causing bricks and rubble to fly on the outer wall of the city wall. Many of the guards on the city wall were hit by cannon fire, and several lives were lost on the spot.
The few guards who had already obtained the door panels and quilts were not safe. The door panels shattered into several pieces after the cannon fell. Several of the guards hiding underneath were injured and one died.
"Sir, please run away quickly. The bandits' cannons are too powerful and we can't stop them." A government official hiding behind the female wall stammered.
The flustered county magistrate hesitated for a moment and then said: "You can't leave. No one can leave. Once I leave, the guards on the city will also flee. Shouyang City cannot be lost. It must not be lost."
There were several shellings outside the city. He, a civil servant, had never seen this formation, and he had long wanted to escape back to the city.
However, he understood better that it would be easy for him to escape back. There was no one to control the guards on the city wall, and the city wall would surely fall. Even if he returned to the city, it would not be safe, unless the dead He Dianshi could come back to life and leave the city wall to command for him. Defend the enemy.
"Sir, the bandits' cannons are too powerful. Many people have died. Please stay here. I'm afraid of hurting you." Seeing that the county magistrate refused to leave, the Yamen servant on the side quickly persuaded him.
"The younger one is willing to protect the eldest man and ensure that he is returned to the city safely."
They were just yamen servants on duty in the yamen, and they really couldn't do the job of defending the city.
The county magistrate knew what these government officials were worried about, so he said: "The door panels and quilts can block the bandits' cannons. You guys go over and find some door panels and quilts. You don't have to worry about the bandits' cannons when you hide underneath."
"Sir, the bandits' cannons are so powerful that they can't be stopped by door panels and quilts alone." The officer who spoke secretly looked at the door panels not far away that were broken into several pieces.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, another officer next to him hit him with his arm.
At the same time, I heard this government official say: "Just do whatever the master tells us to do. There is so much nonsense. You guys, follow me. Let's go find some door panels and quilts."
As he spoke, he winked at several other government officials and took the lead and rushed forward.
The few government servants behind were also not slow in their movements and followed closely behind.
The county magistrate was very satisfied with the government servant who had just spoken on his side. He thought that after the bandits were defeated, he would be promoted and kept by his side.
boom! boom! boom!
The roar of cannons sounded, and the county magistrate hurriedly huddled behind the parapet.
The few government officials who left ran faster when they heard the sound of cannons.
