Chapter 888

The solemn and stirring atmosphere at the head of Jiulong County did not affect the bureaucrats outside the city.

After brutally killing the Yamen serviceman and stripping his head skin for sacrifice, the bronze drum of the Liao people sounded again.

The bureaucrats directly pulled out many wooden ladders from the woods to prepare for a strong attack on Jiulong County.

These so-called wooden ladders are extremely simple.

After cutting off the branches and leaves of the long trunk, tie some short sticks to it with ropes to trample on it. A pair of wooden ladders is completed.

But even such a simple wooden ladder, Li forget worry and others, but they dare not despise it.

Li forgot to worry. When he saw that the Liao people were really ready to attack the city, he turned around and looked at the Jiulong County behind him. He couldn't help turning pale immediately.

Jiulong County is Xiaxian county with a small area.

However, even if the county is small, the total length of the square city wall is close to four kilometers.

At this time, all the government soldiers, yamen servants and minzhuang went to the city to prepare for defense, but there were only more than 300 people.

A simple calculation shows that there is only one government soldier or yamen guard next to the women's wall of the city wall almost every ten meters.

Looking at the thousands of bureaucrats under the city, Li forgets worry and feels numb.

He grabbed Dugu Feng: "Dugu Mingfu, count to gather the people in the city, mobilize all the young and strong people, and go to the city wall to help the government soldiers defend. The government soldiers alone can't defend the county!"

Dugu Feng was stunned, and his face changed greatly.

Since ancient times, if you want to defend the city, it is necessary to mobilize the people in the city.

Although Dugu Feng was a clean and honest official, he had never been in battle. He had experienced such a thing for the first time. He actually forgot to mobilize the people in the city to help defend the city.

After being reminded by Li forgetful, he realized his mistake.

"Wait, in addition to mobilizing the young and strong in the city, all doctors must also gather together, prepare medicinal materials and treat the wounded. The big families in Jiulong County and the servants guarding the house in the government all requisition them on the spot and ask them to come to the city wall immediately to help fight."

Li forgot to worry and continued to tell him that although he had never experienced war, he knew these common sense.

After Dugu Feng was ordered to leave, Wang Yichun sneaked up to Li forgetful.

"My Lord, according to my subordinates, it would be better if I didn't agree to the conditions of those bureaucrats. How can I keep it in Jiulong County with only 200 government soldiers? My Lord is so precious, why should I risk meeting those barbarians? If..."

"Shut up!"

Before he finished, he heard Li forget his sorrow and drank violently.

"At the moment of the war, if you dare to talk like that again, be careful that I will cut off your head and sacrifice the flag!"

Wang Yichun turned pale when he was scolded by Li Qieyou, but he didn't dare to say a word. He had to bow down and apologize.

Li forgot to worry about him, so he simply sent him down the city wall to help Dugu Feng and mobilize the people to help the war.

After Wang Yichun walked down the wall with his back, his eyes were full of resentment

Although Jiulong County is not big, it is divided into several Lifang like Chang'an city.

Fang Zheng not only urged the people to pay taxes and corvee, but also supervised adultery and maintaining public order.

Dugu Feng ordered the Yamen to go to each lane to inform the leader of the lane. Soon, there was a dense sound of gongs in Jiulong County. The workshops of each lane are beginning to gather young people in the workshops to participate in the defense of the county.

This is not voluntary participation. The young and strong of every family, both men and women, must participate compulsorily.

The men carried weapons and went up to the city wall to assist in defense. The women began to carry materials under the leadership of the county government scribes.

The Tonggu of the staff outside the city became more and more urgent, and the war was imminent.

Li forgot to worry and stood on the wall, watching coldly as the staff below prepared to attack the city.

Obviously, the equipment of these bureaucrats is extremely simple.

There is no need to say more about armor. There must be no armor.

Most of the weapons in their hands are only short blades of the same length as the barrier knife.

Long range attack weapons, there are only a few colleagues with bows and arrows in their hands.

As for ordnance such as siege vehicles, assault vehicles and stone catapults, it is obviously impossible to exist. The only thing that can make the Liao people attack the wall of Jiulong County is those shoddy wooden ladders.

However, the equipment of the staff did not reassure Li. After all, the number gap between the two sides is too large.

And now he still has a question in his mind, that is, why did these bureaucrats rebel and besiege Jiulong County.

Although Dugu Feng whipped the son of the Liao leader, he should not trigger the rebellion of the other four Liao tribes.

Are these bureaucrats really so united?

This is obviously impossible.

Although Li forgets you little about the Liao people, he also knows that the Liao people are almost still in a very primitive state of life. They are aggressive by nature and like to kill each other.

Fighting between different tribes is common.

Moreover, the Liao people were more popular with slavery. The defeated prisoners were directly sold into slaves. The slave trade was not only popular, but also cheap.

"A big dog buys a lifetime", that is, an adult dog can be exchanged for a robbed slave.

Even in Chang'an City, Li forgets to worry about the sale of Liao slaves whose front teeth have been chiseled off.

In addition, such things as robbing relatives, the relationship between these bureaucrats is not friendly at all. It is impossible to expect them to take revenge together because the sons of other tribal leaders were whipped and scolded by Jiulong County Magistrate.

There must be something hidden in it!

Li Lianyou doesn't doubt that Dugu Feng lied to him. After all, although he didn't know Dugu Feng for a day, since Dugu Feng can be remembered in history, he should be trusted.

While he was thinking about these things, a horn suddenly sounded under the wall, and the staff began to attack the city.

Niu Wu directly pulled Li forgetful aside: "Lang Jun, the Liao people began to attack the city. Please avoid it for a while. If you don't go back to the hostel to accompany Mrs. Su, will you? The sword has no eyes on the city wall, but my brother Zhang and I may not be able to protect Lang Jun's safety."

Li forgot to worry and hesitated.

According to his temperament, it is natural that a gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, but the tragic death of the Yamen servant just now makes him feel uncomfortable.

"Niu Wu, don't worry. When I go out today, I have put on my inner armor and find a shield for me." Li forgetful finally decided to stay and see the situation first.

The inner armor he mentioned was the protective deck made by Yan Liben after Li Er led a group of national leaders to ruthlessly "loot".

The inner armour is also made of 100 steel. It is lined with silk and cowhide, just as when Niu Wu was used to test.

The armor is divided into front and back parts to protect the key points of the front chest and back respectively, and the middle is connected with cowhide buckle. It is usually worn in clothes, just like the bulletproof vests of later generations.

Li Qieyou made Yan Liben create more than 100 sets of such internal armours, including one in the central part of the mansion.

Although he spent a lot of copper money, it was quite worth it.

For this set of inner armour, including Niu Yong and Niu Wu, there is no one in the house who doesn't like it. Even many episodes are said to be reluctant to take off his inner armor when he was with his daughter-in-law Dunlun, making Li forget his worries and speechless.

Now the inner armor is useful. At least he, Niu Wu and the Zhang brothers have strong inner armor under their robes.

Niu Wu advised Li to forget worry again. Seeing that he insisted on staying on the wall, he had no choice but to find a shield and give it to him. He also told the Zhangjia brothers to protect Li to forget worry.

At this time, outside Jiulong County, in the sound of ox horn and bronze drum, the Liao people lined up in a chaotic formation and began to attack the city