At this time, Dingxicheng, inside the east city gate.
Thousands of people crowded in front of the city gate, their eyes were splitting, and the crowd was furious.
"Why can those people just go out, but we can't?"
"Open the city gate quickly and let us out."
"That's it, open the city gate quickly, otherwise I will be rude to you."
"..."
A middle-aged official wearing a dark blue official robe was leading a group of government officials to block the city gate, waving his hands and shouting at the top of his lungs:
"Everyone, please calm down, please calm down."
"This is Li Zixing, the Prime Minister of Dingxi County. Everyone, please listen to me. There are only 20,000 barbarians, and they are not good at attacking cities. However, the soldiers of this county plus those of Yuzhong County total 5,000. , all are elite teachers.”
"Besides, I have already sent a messenger to deliver the news about Dingxi City to Longxi County. I believe the county governor will send government troops to support him soon after receiving the news."
"Don't worry, everyone, thousands of soldiers in Dingxi City will definitely be able to defend Dingxi City before the imperial reinforcements arrive."
"You should go home in peace."
As soon as Li Xiancheng finished speaking, many people in the crowd lowered their waving arms and showed hesitation on their faces.
Sensing that the people's expressions were somewhat relaxed, Li Xian Cheng hurriedly pursued the victory, bowed and saluted:
"Everyone, you can rest assured that the imperial court will never let these barbarians wreak havoc on our land in the Tang Dynasty. I believe reinforcements will arrive soon."
"Everyone, please go back first."
At this moment, a burly man wearing a black robe and a black bun on his head glanced disdainfully. A middle-aged official in a dark blue official robe at the city gate faced the people and shouted loudly:
"My fellow countrymen, brothers and sisters, please don't be deceived by this dog official."
When the people around him heard this, they all looked at the burly man.
A yamen servant slammed the water and fire stick in his hand on the ground and yelled:
"Hey, how dare you, a lowly person, insult the imperial official. Come on, let's capture him with a certain person and put him in jail."
Li Xian Cheng was shocked when he heard this, fearing that unnecessary commotion would be caused by the leader's words.
Li Zixing was about to scold the leader when he suddenly heard a sneer.
He couldn't help but turn his head and look at the source of the sound.
At this time, the burly man sneered, pointed at Li County Cheng, and said:
"Ha! What happened to the officer who called him a dog?"
"As an official of the imperial court, he does not care about protecting the people he governs, but instead protects each other, regardless of the life and death of the people. What is such an official other than a dog official?"
When Li County Cheng heard this, a flash of panic flashed in his eyes, and then he forced himself to calm down, narrowed his eyes and asked:
"What does Mr. Lang mean by this?"
The burly man turned around and saw the eyes of the people around him, all focused on him, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.
He turned around, stamped his feet, looked at Li Xian Cheng with red eyes, and sneered:
"At this time, you, a dog official, are still pretending to be stupid? Do you think I don't know that most of the people who just left the city are the family members of Dingxi County government officials?"
"I think the family members of your dog official are among them, right?"
"Let me ask you this, you swore that Dingxi City can be defended, so why did you send your family members out in advance?"
"Haha, there is only one answer, and that is that Dingxi City cannot be defended at all, right?"
"Think about it, you are a dog officer guarding the city gate, and you also plan to sneak out of the city as soon as the west side of the city is breached, right?"
"And the reason why you, the superior ones, don't let us untouchables leave the city, is because you want us to be your scapegoats and help you delay the steps of the barbarians."
"Is what someone said right?"
The whole place was in an uproar when these words came out.
Not only the people, but also the dozen or so government officials at the city gate looked at Prime Minister Li in shock.
Li Xian Cheng felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his whole body was shaking uncontrollably, and his entire face turned pale in an instant.
Among the people, a young man with red lumps on his face waved his arms and shouted:
"You, a bitch, dared to lie to us. You deserve to die."
Immediately afterwards, another middle-aged man with red patches on his face shouted loudly:
"Everyone, the barbarians are about to enter the city. If you want to survive, follow me. Let's rush out from the east city gate."
After saying that, the middle-aged man with a red face rushed towards the city gate. With his hands as big as cattail leaf fans, he pulled away the two government officials who were standing dumbfounded on the spot, and then quickly rushed towards the iron-wrapped door. city gate.
Suddenly there were screams and shouts of killing.
"Run quickly! The west city gate can't be defended."
"The west city gate has been lost."
"Run! The barbarians are coming."
At the gate of Dingxi City, a commotion immediately broke out.
Out of the instinct to escape, the people rushed toward the city gate like crazy.
A few moments
Li Xian Cheng, who was desperately dragged out of the crowd by the two chieftains, looked at the people rushing into the city gate like a tide, with a look of horror on his face.
Suddenly, a soldier wearing blood-stained leather armor ran up in panic and shouted in front of Li Xian Cheng:
"Li County Cheng, what's going on? Who is so bold as to let the people leave the city?"
"There are thousands of barbarians' light cavalry outside the city, standing guard!"
"just in case..."
Before the soldier could finish speaking, Li Xian Cheng covered the soldier's hands and said tremblingly:
"Xiao Langjun, what did you say? There are barbarian cavalry outside the city?"
The soldier hesitated for a moment and then said bravely:
"Yes, yes."
Li Xian Cheng shouted loudly, turned his head and roared at the Yamen servant beside him:
"Dynasty, Mahan, go and spread this news."
"We must take back the city gate to me before more people come."
The two bosses took a step forward, bowed and said:
"Here."
After speaking, Ma Chao and Ma Han waved to the remaining government officials, holding water and fire sticks, and ran quickly towards the city gate.
A few moments,
Panting, Li Xian Cheng climbed up to the east wall of Dingxi City. Without taking a rest, he forced himself to take a breath and ran to the edge of the city wall, looking intently towards the outside of the city.
At this time, two hundred feet east of Dingxi City, smoke and dust were everywhere, and countless war horses were rushing towards their direction.
The sound of killing seemed to be coming from the wind.
"hiss!"
Li Xiancheng felt that the hairs all over his body were standing on end, and he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
When the soldiers on the side saw this scene, their livers and gallbladders also trembled, and their calves couldn't help but tremble.
"It turns out what the captain said is true!"
At this moment, a government official stumbled up to the top of the city and shouted:
"County Magistrate, something bad has happened. The east city gate has been controlled by the barbarians. Now they are massacring people at the city gate. The city gate has been blocked by the corpses of the people."
Li Xian Cheng felt his head buzzing when he heard this.
After calming down for a while, Li Xian Cheng slapped himself hard on the face and cursed:
"Li Zixing, you are a minister in vain."
After hearing the officer's report, the soldiers on the side immediately supported the wall stacks and took a look down the city.
When he saw the crowd of people under the city, the city gate was completely surrounded.
The soldier patted the battlements hard, turned around, and said to Prime Minister Li:
"Li County Cheng, now is not the time to blame yourself. You should quickly stop the people from evacuating."
Li Xian Cheng came to his senses and nodded in agreement.
"Yes, what Mr. Lang said makes sense, I will go right now."
The soldier nodded, held the hilt of the horizontal sword at his waist, took a deep breath, and quickly ran towards the city.
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