The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 858
"As long as we can safely transport all the explosives to the city gate, it doesn't matter." Xuan Shijing said, "Even if they are all withdrawn, this Marquis needs to ensure that the folding city gate will not be opened before the army arrives! "

Speaking of this, Xuan Shijing's tone and expression were firmer than ever before.

Once the enemy opens the city wall before that, everything arranged tonight will lose its meaning, and the vanguard battalion will also fall into an embarrassing situation, or in other words, not only the vanguard battalion, but also the army behind.

Xuan Shijing listened attentively to the movement above the city wall, except for the occasional footsteps and conversations, there was no other movement, and it was very quiet at night, and occasionally some weird animal sounds could be heard from afar .

For the next period of time, people fumbled into the city gate, put down the oiled paper bag wrapped in gunpowder, and then left.

After the soldiers left, according to Xuan Shijing's instructions, they would go back to the army to find Shihu and Xue Rengui. Xuan Shijing and Chang Le were not there.

In the middle, there was a commotion on the city wall, which frightened Xuan Shijing and others to hide in the city gate, not daring to take a breath. After a long time, the commotion on the city wall subsided, and the soldiers hiding under the city wall finally Carefully touch the city gate hole.

There are more and more oiled paper packages in front of Xuan Shijing. Xuan Shijing began to arrange them and stick them tightly on the city gate. The viscosity of the original gum that has not been boiled is a bit poor, but there is no better choice now. , and only so.

Six hundred catties of gunpowder were all piled up in the city gate, taking up quite a lot of space.

"Master Hou, if we don't retreat, it will be dawn." Chang Le said to Xuan Shijing while helping to sort out the gunpowder by Xuan Shijing's side.

"Soon." Xuan Shijing said perfunctorily.

The gunpowder is divided into three hundred parts. If they are put together in such a scattered way, even if it is an explosion, it will be enough to destroy the city gate completely. All the packages together exploded, and once dispersed, there was no power at all.

And what Xuan Shijing is doing now is to arrange and glue these gunpowders together, then twist the leads together, put them on the ground, and sprinkle scattered gunpowder.Only after doing these things, Xuan Shijing and Chang Le could evacuate from the city gate.

Seeing that the sky was gradually turning pale, Chang Le in the city gate could almost hear the yawning of the guards on the city wall.

"Lord Hou, let's"

"En, let's go." Before Chang Le could finish speaking, Xuan Shijing got up, stretched his muscles, and looked at the scenery outside the city gate.

Usually at this time, it should be when the scouts outside come back to change shifts.

The night scouts go out and come back, and their shifts are shorter than those of the daytime scouts. Usually, at this time, some scouts should start to rush back.

In the current environment, it really took some effort for Xuan Shijing and Chang Le to run back.

It's just that the two of them had just groped under the city wall, and both Xuan Shijing and Chang Le heard the movement from a distance because they were relatively heavy against the ground.

cavalry!

With such a sound, the two of them looked at each other and knew everything in their hearts. This is the arrival of the army.

Both of them heard the movement, and the vision of the people on the city wall was wider than that of the two people on the ground. Naturally, they also noticed the intertwining of black and fire coming from a distance.

The city wall suddenly became lively!However, the soldiers on the city wall shouted Goguryeo, which Xuan Shijing and Chang Le couldn't understand at all.

But at this point, it doesn't matter what they shout, it's nothing more than "the enemy is coming" or something like that.

The only thing Xuan Shijing and Chang Le have to do now is to run quickly, out of the range of the bows and arrows guarded on the city wall.

There was a mess on the city wall, and the two of them ran with more concentration.

The soldiers on the city wall had indeed discovered the movement of the Tang army. After the captain on duty heard the news, he roared that the entire defenders on the city wall became energetic.

"You stay here, I'll report to the Lord City Lord!" After the captain finished speaking, he hurried down the city wall and rushed to the City Lord's Mansion.

"Look, there are people below!" The one with the better eyes on the city wall finally found Xuan Shijing and Chang Le.

"Look at their clothes, are they the scouts who came back?" Someone next to them said.

"No, our scouts are not so young, and look at the long knives on their waists, they are the horizontal knives in the Tang army!" Another person pointed to Xuan Shijing and said.

"That's the enemy's scout! Quick! Let the arrows go!" A school lieutenant on the city wall quickly picked up the bow and arrow on his back, bent the bow and set the arrow and shot towards Chang Le.

From the perspective of age, in the impression of Goguryeo people, it is natural that the older Changle is more valuable.

Chang Le, who was outside the city, heard different shouts on the city wall, and turned around quickly, just in time to see the guards on the city wall bending their bows and aiming at the two of them.

"Master Hou is not well, they found us." Chang Le quickly turned around, pulled out the long knife at his waist and protected Xuan Shijing's back.

At this time, Xuan Shijing also turned around, saw the situation on the city wall, pulled out the long knife at his waist and said to Chang Le: "Back slowly!"

Chang Le nodded, and then the two concentrated on waving the long knife in their hands, resisting the arrows shot from the city wall.

At first there were not many arrows, because it was only the sergeants on the left side of the city gate who found Xuan Shijing and Chang Le. When the second wave of arrows rained, it was very obvious that the arrows were much denser. .

The two fought and retreated at the same time, their speed was not fast, facing the sky full of arrows, they seemed a bit alone.

"Hou Ye!" Chang Le resisted the arrows bitterly, but they were still very secretive. Some arrows passed Chang Le and pierced straight towards Xuan Shijing.

Xuan Shijing only felt a sudden pain in his shoulder, and in the corner of his eyes, an arrow appeared and stuck in his shoulder.

Xuan Shijing held back the pain, raised his right hand and swung the knife to cut off more than half of the outer arrow shaft, and then continued to wave the long knife with difficulty.

This is not the time to be afraid of pain, don't insist on it, you have to stay here.

As soon as Xuan Shijing was injured, the long knife in Chang Le's hand danced even more airtightly. It's just that, after all, it's not a solution.

Not long after Xuan Shijing was injured, arrows were inserted into Chang Le's legs and arms, and the speed of the two slowed down even more.

"Chang Le!" Seeing Chang Le staggering, Xuan Shijing hurriedly stepped forward to support Chang Le, with more than half of his body in front of Chang Le, waving a long knife with his uninjured arm to block the arrow.

(End of this chapter)