Chapter 547

Li Xianlin was stunned. Then he remembered that at the most dangerous time yesterday, the civilian men also went to the city wall and used stones, hot oil and wooden stakes to prevent the golden soldiers from climbing the city. Almost all the unarmed civilian men died on the city wall.

And the young people in the city today also went up the wall with swords and guns.

"Only women can be civilian husbands." Another general whispered.

Li Xianlin was silent for a moment. He stepped over the dead and wounded soldiers and looked outside the city. The golden soldiers outside the city were gathering and retreating. The previous siege left them dead and injured, and the damaged ladder in the North should be repaired.

There are only a thousand golden soldiers left under these cities, and they are all wounded, which is not enough to fear.

Li Xianlin should be more concerned about the distance. He raised his eyes and looked ahead.

Xiongzhou city is flat and wide. At a glance, you can see that it is far away. Just two miles northwest of the city, you can see the golden man's camp. At this time, there are many flags and soldiers in awe. There are at least 5000 people and horses, or even more.

There are 50000 golden thieves. Because the cavalry is fast, they are divided into three routes. These 5000 people are the main force sent from one of the three routes.

In recent days, the soldiers and horses there have been dispatched in turn to attack Xiongzhou city.

"If reinforcements come, I'm afraid it's easier to go from the south." Li Xianlin said suddenly.

This made the generals behind him look gloomy.

"No reinforcements will come." A general muttered.

They have been holding on for seven days. If there were reinforcements, they should have come long ago, but now they only see more and more golden soldiers gathering, but none of them.

"The sentry said that the gold thieves were divided into three routes, and other places were too busy to take care of themselves. Either there were no surplus troops, or they were blocked on the way." Another general whispered.

Several generals in the city were silent for a moment.

Xiongzhou city has no meaning of rescue. It's better to stick to the city behind it.

As generals, they also understand this truth. If they are generals in other places, they will make such a decision.

Li Xianlin moved his cheek and clenched the knife in his hand.

"Reinforcements will come." He said, "cheer up and have a rest. I think the golden thieves will attack the city again at night."

He said and turned around.

"I'll tell Tong Zhifu that another batch of Ding Zhuang will go to the city."

After that, he strode down the wall. The generals looked at his back and felt particularly solemn and stirring.

And there is also sadness in the mansion.

According to the previous orders, the people under the rule have fled to the solid city. At this time, the streets are full of people. The rich and powerful businessmen have already released the rice grain in their homes. They don't pay attention to the identity level. Your city and mine can keep everyone alive together. When the city is broken, everyone is a dead body.

"Do you know what will happen after the city is broken?" An old man sat on the ground with a dull look and muttered.

No one answered him, which was not a pleasant topic.

"I remember more than ten years ago, when Jin Bing entered the country, the city next door was broken, and the people in the whole county were killed. Not counting the killing, he stuffed it into a well, hung it in a tree and set it on fire..." the old man didn't mind that no one asked. He went on talking to himself. His eyes were a little crazy.

It is fear and despair that bring madness, which will spread like weeds and drown people's divine wisdom.

"Our city will not be broken."

A steady voice fell overhead.

The people looked up and saw a thin middle-aged man standing over at some time. Even though the street was in a mess, his official robes and hats were clean and dignified.

This is Tong Jie, governor of Xiongzhou.

"Magistrate." The people were busy giving gifts.

"Our Xiongzhou city will not be broken. Li Jianjun leads the army to resist the enemy, and the reinforcements are coming soon." Tongzhifu said, "it's just hard work. Let's work together to get through the difficulties."

The previously crazy old man also gradually calmed down.

"Yes, at your command." He caught the crowd and shouted.

The officers came forward and divided the old and weak women and children into three classes according to the arrangement of governor Tong's office to take care of the wounded soldiers and carry the dead bodies from the city wall.

Looking at the busy people running down the street, magistrate Tong's eyes flashed sadness.

"How long can it last?" He turned and looked at the approaching Li Xianlin and asked in a low voice.

Li Xianlin's cheek moved again.

"Tonight at most." "The number of golden soldiers has increased again," he said

So fast!

After seven days of persistence and three days of fierce battle at the head of the city, there are not many guards here in Xiongzhou, but the golden soldiers are still flowing.

Rely on these old, weak, sick and disabled?

Isn't that over? Magistrate Tong's figure seems to shake for a while.

"Reinforcements..." he said.

"Reinforcements will come." Li Xianlin interrupted him in a hurry.

Magistrate Tong looked at him for a moment.

"Li Jianjun, I don't want to ask about the reinforcements." He said, "I just want to ask, why are only 2000 of you guarding Xiongzhou city? What about the other Guangxin army?"

The main force of Guangxin army is nearly 5000, and there are more than 6700 auxiliary soldiers. Now only 2000 people come to guard Xiongzhou city.

Hearing this, Li Xianlin was a little confused.

Yes, why is it so difficult for them to defend the city? It's because the Guangxin army that should have come suddenly disappeared. I thought they had gone to other Tunbao, but if it was a nearby Tunbao, it was impossible not to come to the rescue. The sentinel also came back and said that the Guangxin army had retreated.

How is that possible? What went wrong?

"I don't know." He murmured.

The sound of the whimpering horn came suddenly, which made the two people tremble violently, even the shaking of the horses' hooves gathered under their feet.

"The golden thieves attacked the city." The magistrate said, looking a little pale, "it's just over. It's not long."

"It seems that they are going to take Xiongzhou city before dark." Li Xianlin said.

"What should I do?" Tongzhifu blurted out.

Li Xianlin pulled out his waist knife.

"What can I do?" He snapped, "draw a knife, draw a bow, just die."

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When he went back to the city wall, the setting sun like blood had not disappeared. The city wall was as red as blood, and Li Xianlin's face was also red. Looking at the golden soldiers rolling down the city, the wolf's head was covered all over the world, sweeping away thousands of people at a glance.

This is the golden soldier who goes to war in turns from the camp over there. He has enough to eat, drink and rest, just like an hungry tiger going down the mountain.

Li Xianlin looked back at the soldiers on standby on the wall. At this time, it can't even be said to be soldiers. The disabled soldiers and the men who can gather in the city looked at a loss. Many people didn't even hold knives and guns in the right position.

It's all death.

If you die, you'll die. It's better to die in war than to be captured and killed.

"Let's think about the wives and children behind us." Li Xianlin said, looking back at the mansion, "if they can hold on for a moment, they can live another moment, as long as they wait for the reinforcements to arrive..."

Reinforcements

The generals around looked numb.

Will there be reinforcements?

"Back, back..."

A voice suddenly sounded.

What's back?

Li Xianlin looked at the man. The general looked stunned and stretched out his hand to point out outside the city.

"Jin Bing, retreat." He said, his voice full of doubts, as if he didn't believe what he said.

How is that possible?

Li Xianlin hurriedly looked over, and sure enough, he saw that the golden soldiers who had rushed to attack the city suddenly retreated like a tide.

What is going on?

In the distance, a sound of war drums came, like ten thousand horses galloping, knocking on everyone's heart.

At the same time, a flag appeared in the sky.

First on one side, then on two and three sides, the ground is densely covered, and under the flag is a forest of long guns.

In the forest of flags and spears, a big flag gradually appeared. Unlike those bright red flags, this big flag is black with big Zhu characters written on it.

The black flag and the scarlet letter merge with the setting sun falling in the sky. As the flagpole gets higher and higher, it is like picking up the sunset again, and the whole earth becomes bright.

"Duke Cheng..." Li Xianlin murmured, as if he saw a powerful figure sitting at the bottom of the flag.

Cheng Guogong.

No matter how far away he is, he can recognize it. No one can't recognize it. It's Cheng Guogong.

He blew up like a fish thrown into an oil pan, rushed to hold the wall.

"Duke Cheng is coming!"

Cheng Guogong is coming!

Cheng Guogong is coming!