please make me king

Chapter 158 Night Attack (Three Thousand Chapters)
Runcheng, which has been devastated by bandits, has long lost its former prosperity.After night fell, basically everyone went back to their respective homes, each looking for his own mother.After dinner, most of them just closed their eyes and waited for tomorrow to come, or waited for tomorrow not to come.

In the past few days, the righteous man Wu Xian led the officers and soldiers to garrison the city. Although he dare not say that Qiu has committed no crimes, it can be said that the discipline is strict, so the people of Runcheng can sleep soundly.

As the saying goes, the years are quiet and good, just because someone is carrying the weight for you.In this Runcheng, it is the strong soldiers guarding Runcheng who are carrying the burden for everyone.Among these people, there are both locals from Runcheng and recruits recruited from Zezhou.Although he lacks weapons and equipment and organizational training, he is doing his best to guard his hometown.

Since Run City itself is a merchant town, merchants often came and went in and out no matter day or night, and now it faces the threat of bandits all the time, so the night watch in Run City is a top priority.The people in Runcheng were afraid that the rogues would sneak in and bring disasters to everyone, and they were also worried that the merchants in the past would be turned away by them, resulting in losing their jobs.

The contradictory feelings of the people in the city are reflected in the vigil, and the vigilance and reincarnation vigil should be strengthened.At midnight, after the end of the first half of the night, the next wave of people will take over the vigil.

At this time, the weather had already started to cool down, and the next wave of night watchmen would come out of the warm blankets to run the city.Facing the chilly night wind, they gathered around the bonfire, chatting about family affairs, or counting the stars in the sky in boredom.

Originally they thought they would have an ordinary night as usual.Unexpectedly, they suddenly heard the sound of cars and horses approaching from far.Everyone hurriedly put on the simple iron armor, put on the iron armor, and took out the weapon, and everyone was nervous for a while.

This Runcheng was originally an important iron smelting town, but there was no shortage of iron parts, so under Wu Xian's leadership, they even added some simple weapons as an emergency.

When the noise gradually changed from low to high, dozens of people and a four-wheeled ox cart gradually appeared in the darkness.As soon as the men and horses arrived at the gate of the city, the guards of Runcheng hurriedly stopped their footsteps and shouted: "Who is here? Stop! It's midnight, what are you doing for a living!"

At this time, a person patted his horse and shouted: "Your Majesty has worked hard. I am waiting for a merchant who came to buy iron goods. I missed my residence because I was greedy for the journey. A gangster passed by. After scaring the gangsters away, I was worried that the gangsters would call up their accomplices and come to rob us. So I waited to drive all night, thinking of resting in the city. Wait until dawn before buying goods.”

From the top of the city to the bottom of the city, it's dark and rumbling, but you can't see clearly.The guards didn't know what to do for a while, but luckily one of them asked, "So you are all merchants? Then what kind of goods are you going to buy and how much are they worth?"

"The official is joking. Yangcheng's plow mirrors and plowshares are famous all over the world; Dayang's steel needles and iron nails; Nancun's pots and iron pots are all first-class goods. We will take risks and travel hundreds of miles. It is for these objects."

"As for the price, there are different prices. Yangcheng's "iron is as cheap as mud" is only a few pennies to a few tens of pennies. Even if it is a good product, it is only more than a hundred pennies. I have been in the 'black trade' for many years, and I have already become familiar with it. Rotten in the heart, sir, don't make it difficult for us anymore."

"I can't rest in the middle of the night, and I speed up my schedule during the day. Most of them are tired and need to go to the city to rest. If you want some personnel, wait until I go to the city, and I will definitely not treat you badly!"

What the person in charge of the city said made the night watchman in the city quite moved.But fortunately, he was guarding the city for his own hometown, so the night watchman was quite cautious, so he shouted: "In this case, you move the torch closer to the face, and let me see who it is, so as to prevent thieves from pretending."

The people in the city laughed and said, "The thieves are powerful, and the officials are cautious, as it should be!"

After finishing speaking, the person turned back, and after some words, he brought two people and a torch over.The person who answered first shone a light on himself with a torch, and the people in the city stretched out their heads to look, only to see that this person had a red face and a beautiful long beard, and he was upright at first glance, which was by no means comparable to the vicious and cunning bandits , I believed even more in my heart.

Then use a torch to shine on the person next to him, but it is an old man.The old man cupped his hands towards the city, and shouted: "I am the master's housekeeper, I have met all the military masters!"

When everyone in the city saw it, they believed it again.The big guy was born and grew up so big, I never heard of a few old men becoming bandits, and what this person said was true.

Finally, the red-faced man took a torch to shine on the person in the middle, and saw that the person was extraordinary, with a somewhat refined appearance, he seemed to be a "Confucian businessman".Sure enough, the man cupped his hands towards the city, and said: "Please trouble me, brothers, I will give you some money to buy wine in a while, everyone warm up!"

The night watchman on the city heard the words and demeanor, but he really didn't look like a bandit, so he sent a few people down to open the gate to let people into the city.The door bolt for this matter was big and heavy, and it was very difficult to handle. In addition, iron pieces were specially added to the Runcheng door bolt to strengthen it, so seven or eight people from the city took half a day to open the city gate.

The big guys rushed down to do this "business" for the bounty outside the staff.At any rate, the leader of this group had some prestige, so he appointed a dozen or so people and took them down to open the city gate.

The gate of the city opened, and when the red-faced guard and the leader came in, the leader shyly stepped forward, thinking of asking for some rewards.Unexpectedly, the old man in front of the member stretched out his hand to shake him, almost making him stagger.

The leader hadn't got his footing firmly yet, and was about to get angry, but he didn't expect the old man to slap his palm behind his ear. He only felt his body go limp, and his ears buzzed, and then he lost consciousness.Everyone saw that their leader had been knocked down, they were stunned for a moment, they didn't understand what was going on, but they saw the red-faced man get on his horse, he drew out the Qinglong Saber, and chopped down three or four strong men with one charge.

At this time, the big guy just woke up like a dream, and he couldn't help shouting loudly and miserably: "Enemy attack! Ah."

That Runcheng Wu Xian had been restless for the past few days and hadn't slept well.The city guard shouted, but Wu Xian, who was not far from the city gate, heard him.

This Wu Xian was very vigilant, and he didn't suspect that he had heard the wrong voice at all.He hurriedly called the rangers he had made with to stand up, and except for one who arranged to summon the soldiers, the others followed him, put on their armor, picked up their weapons and rode to the city gate to call for directions.

When Wu Xian rushed to the front, Chen Changzhu and Jiang Fa had already led the soldiers to kill the city gate guards.Don't look at Jiang Fa and Chen Changliang's seeming incompatibility, in fact, both of them are from Wen County, and they have exchanged martial arts experience before, so Jiang Fa can be regarded as half of Chen Changliang's master.

Regardless of his age, this old man picked up a gun like a dragon entering the sea and a tiger roaring through the forest.He picked up the big gun, and with a flick of it, it was a life.His footsteps were extremely fast, and he stabbed forward, retreated, attacked, and defended. In an instant, four or five people died in his hands.

That Chen Changliang was even more youthful and energetic, the bay red horse galloped forward, he would be injured when he knocked it with a big knife, and he would die when he scraped it.

When Wu Xian saw this, he couldn't help being furious, and rushed over quickly.Jiang Fa had just taken a few lives, and he was still panting with his gun in his hand, when he saw the enemy approaching, he quickly turned over and jumped on his horse, and together with Chen Changliang, he charged against Wu Xian and the others.

When the two horses collided, Wu Xian and Chen Changliang matched each other, Wu Xian's long sword was not as heavy as a broadsword, so he couldn't help but suffer a dark loss, but luckily his body was not injured.However, the ranger who charged with him was not so lucky, and was beaten down by Chen Changzhu and Jiang Fa respectively.

Fortunately, Wu Xian's subordinates were all cavalry. After rushing past the two, they took the opportunity to attack the infantry around Xu Ziyuan and cut down several soldiers.

It turns out that although Xu Ziyuan is a scribe, he also has a bit of martial arts. This time, Chen Changbing has practiced darts for many years and is suitable for dealing with various incisions; Jiang Fa is older and suitable for reducing the vigilance of the enemy. Good choice.

Fortunately, Zhang Shun remembered that Xu Ziyuan was good-looking, he dressed up a bit, and he was just right to be a Yuanwailang.Poor Xu Ziyuan joined the gang, before he had time to make some achievements, he first played the trick of charging into battle like a general.

However, fortunately, both Chen Changzhu and Jiang Fa were good at martial arts, they turned around again and killed Wu Xian's cavalry.Wu Xian and the others couldn't resist, so they had to harass them outside.

At this time Xu Ziyuan had already taken the opportunity to command the team and drove the ox cart in, and everyone carried the ox cart to resist Wu Xian's cavalry. Now Wu Xian couldn't even carry on the harassment.

Wu Xian was so anxious that he didn't dare to show any signs of expression. He stared at Xu Ziyuan and the others from afar while waiting for the soldiers in the city to arrive.Just when Wu Xian felt that the soldiers couldn't wait, the ranger he sent hurried over with two or three hundred people.

Wu Xian was waiting for someone, but Xu Ziyuan was also waiting for someone.There is still hope for a dozen of them to cheat the city. If they are expected to win this kind of city, it is obviously impossible to succeed.Zhang Shun had already arranged for Jiang He to lead his vanguard battalion to ambush outside the city, and after Xu Ziyuan and others cheated to open the city gate, they rushed towards the city.

It's just that at that time, in order to prevent the guards on the city from discovering their movement, the ambush was a little far away, and they hadn't arrived in time for a while.Zhang Shun's reinforcements hadn't arrived yet, but the reinforcements from the city arrived in time.Xu Ziyuan had never personally commanded a battle, so he couldn't help feeling a little anxious, so he quickly gathered the team together and tried to hold on for a while.

Chen Changbing looked at it, and felt that this person's way of dealing with it was quite satisfactory, so he stopped talking, just rode with Jiang Fa, and charged against Wu Xian's team again.

(End of this chapter)