The person responsible for guarding the north gate of Nanhe City today is Guard Chief Liu Zhi.
He had a stomachache just now, so he went to the toilet a hundred steps away and squatted for a while. He heard someone screaming at the city gate.
However, there are three urgent things in people, and Liu Zhi can't always keep them in his pants.
So after a while, after solving the most urgent problems, he hurriedly pulled up his pants and came out.
Just when he returned to the city gate, he was shocked.
In the city gate passage that was less than twenty steps away, blood spattered like arcs, a little bit of meat was stuck to the city wall, and seventeen or eighteen incomplete corpses lay on both sides!
"What the hell is going on?!" Liu Zhi lifted up his subordinate Wang He, who was squatting by the wall with his head in his hands, and yelled angrily.
The seven-foot-tall Wang He just shouted: "Don't kill me!" His whole body was shaking like chaff, and urine was dripping from his pants.
Liu Zhi pushed the trash to the ground, raised his head and looked around.
The men under him, who were usually shouting and shouting, and extremely fierce, are now like frightened rabbits, clinging to both sides of the city wall - which is not bad, there are also some people like Wang He squatting with their heads in their hands. On the ground, it seemed as if he had lost his soul.
"Hoo-ho-ho-"
It seemed that he was awakened by Liu Zhi's angry shouts. One of the veterans, who had a bronze face and some wrinkles on his face, started up, as if he had woken up from a nightmare. He took a few quick breaths, relaxed his body from a stiff state, and leaned against it. The city wall slowly slid to the ground.
"Old Ma, what happened?" Liu Zhi rushed over and asked.
"Not a human being, really not a human being--" The veteran named Lao Ma just shook his head.
"What is not a human being? What happened?" Liu Zhi asked anxiously.
"Huh - wait a minute, let me take a breath before talking." Lao Ma waved his hand and said weakly.
Seeing Lao Ma's virtue, Liu Zhi had no choice but to wait no matter how anxious he was.
After a long time, the old horse finally regained his breath, sat on the ground, raised his head, and said: "I was scared to death - damn, I heard books before about how powerful military generals are, but I always thought they were nothing more than that. That's an exaggeration. Everyone has two arms and one head. Even if they are powerful, can one really defeat a hundred?
At most, relying on the strong armor, sharp weapons, and excellent horses, they can bully and bully us unarmored soldiers. If we are really besieged by armored soldiers, no general can stand it. "
"It turned out to be true. There was a general just now, riding a black horse and wearing black armor. One man and one horse suddenly came from outside the city. Lao Wang and Lao Li led people to line up with spears to block the road - ugh"
Lao Ma pointed to the minced meat and limbs in the city gate passage, did not say anything more, and just sighed.
"Only one person! One person killed so many brothers? What do you do for food?" Liu Zhi was furious.
Guarding the city gate is a very important position. There are hundreds of guards and horses, ten armored men, ten crossbowmen, fifty gunners, twenty sword and shield bearers, and ten are responsible for closing the city as soon as possible. The door of Hercules.
If these people cooperate and take advantage of the terrain, even thousands of troops can resist for a while.
"The man and horse were too fast. We saw him rushing towards us from a distance. Since it was only one person, we didn't pay much attention at first. Only Lao Wang and Lao Li led 20 people to form a three-layer gun array to block the passage.
But when we got closer, we realized that the horse was extremely handsome and could not be controlled by others. But it was too late. The man rushed over and broke the gun array with just one halberd. The brothers died in pieces, and the crossbowmen were all killed. No chance to wind up. "
"The brothers who formed the spear formation were minced into rotten flesh almost immediately. Everyone was frightened."
Liu Zhi only felt that he was listening to someone talk about myths.
However, these people in front of him are all his subordinates, and they are not timid people in normal times. It is absolutely impossible to fake being frightened into such a scared look.
A chill spread from the top of his head to his feet, and Liu Zhi's anger disappeared instantly.
I still have to think about revenge for my brothers.
However, even if he doesn't avenge his brothers, he will still be in trouble.
The guard at the city gate neglected his duty and allowed people to rush through the city gate and rush into the city. So many soldiers died. As a city gate guard, he was responsible.
Liu Zhi's expression changed back and forth several times, but he still couldn't figure out how to get rid of the responsibility.
As for what the general wanted to do when he entered the city, he had no control over it. He had to find a way to protect himself first.
While he was racking his brains, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance. When the sound first sounded, it was still far away, but it was just Liu Zhi who was stunned. The sound of horse hooves had become like a strong wind and rain. Very close at hand.
So Liu Zhi no longer had to worry about how to shirk the responsibility for the city gate's failure.
When his head flew high, the last thing he saw was that the old horse was already lying flat on the ground, covering his whole body, with the highest point being his butt.
"Damn it, you know how to get down on your own, but you don't know how to remind me?" Liu Zhi's last thought came to him, and then he fell completely into darkness.
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Cyclamen Inn, Tingyun Courtyard.
Sun Ben was so anxious that he walked back and forth in Tingyun Courtyard. Every half minute, he would look outside, for fear that the army would come and surround Tingyun Courtyard. There was no need for an army, just a hundred or so people with bows, crossbows and swords. He had no choice but to arrest the yamen servant who was trying to catch him.
From the very beginning, the matter deviated from the direction he and Jiang Min had discussed.
Ever since he and Jiang Min's men gathered in the city wall and met the generals of the Lu family who were hungry for information, and got the news that Jiao Heng had been captured by the Chu people, the two of them felt that this was an opportunity to find a way to get rid of the current situation. Awkward situation.
Although the two of them were ordered to come and be at the disposal of Jinwu Doctor Lu Wu, after a few days of observation, they found that Jinwu Doctor Lu Wu really didn't look like a good boss.
——It’s not that he’s not generous in his actions, it’s that he doesn’t know how to live or die.
He clearly destroyed the Chu State's conspiracy and killed the Chu State general on the river. Logically speaking, he should keep a low profile on the Chu State's territory no matter what.
But it's good for Doctor Jinwu. Even the lord of Nanhe City has come to visit him. He actually doesn't have the slightest sense of crisis and is lingering in this city. Are you afraid that they won't be able to mobilize soldiers in time to besiege him or something?
Although he had the king's destiny, Jiang Min and Sun Ben didn't want to accompany Dr. Jin Wu to die.
That's why the two of them observed in secret and did not come directly to reveal their identities.
Now that they heard that Jiao Heng, the leader of the Lufu family, had been captured by the Chu people, Jiang Min and Sun Ben divided their forces into two groups. One of them took the Lufu family general to inspect the vicinity of the camp, trying to find a way to rescue Jiao Heng; the other continued to squat. Tingyunyuan is adapting to the situation.
