The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Wang Chao repeatedly slapped Ma Han on the back of the head, and cursed: "You are a foodie, what are you doing with so much strength? Are you showing off your strength? You broke this bow and arrow. It's over. <.. ..>"

Ma Han looked at the broken bow in his hand and said aggrievedly: "I also want to draw it full, and I killed that dog official with one arrow. Who would have imagined that this bow and arrow is like a piece of paper."

The dynasty was still waiting to scold, Su Jin waved his hand and said: "It's broken, it's broken, let the old thief live for a few more hours, right now he can't do anything about us, we are just wasting here, the sun is so high, no Ouyang Zhongcheng and his army will arrive soon, so there is no need to be anxious."

Zhu Shiyong didn't have any good way to attack for a while, he just blindly urged Li Du to attack with the whole army, Li Du also used knives to force all the soldiers to charge up several times, but they were all repulsed without exception, and the casualties were not small; Later, when Zhu Shiyong urged him furiously, Li Du just put on a show in response to the situation, and the soldiers just shouted a few words feebly with their swords, and put on a show.

From yesterday evening to today's riri hit three shots, the soldiers who have been tossing for seven or eight hours are all soft-handed, with no rice in their stomachs. Seeing so many brothers dead, everyone is terrified. Numb.

The same is true here at Su Jin, the men can still bear it, the women have all been tortured and their faces are pale; on the stone mill in the circle, Xiao Sui'er, Rou Niang and others spread cotton robes on the ground , supporting Mrs. Wang to rest by the millstone; although the old lady is strong, she is too old to stand the toss, and she is a little tired at the moment.

Su Jin felt guilty, squatting beside Mrs. Wang and softly comforted her, but Mrs. Wang said: "You go to defend yourself against the enemy, and you have suffered as a mother before, these are nothing."

Su Jin knew Mrs. Wang's temperament, she was a virtuous and reasonable person, of course she would not bother Su Jin by crying at such a critical moment, but seeing her tired look, Su Jin was secretly worried.

Su Jin got up with a sigh, and Yan Biyun comforted him, "Don't worry, Auntie is just tired and tired, so it should be fine."

Su Jin looked at Yan Biyun, and was frightened all night, making her pale and haggard, but this woman was still smooth and tidy, and her face was calm, giving people a calm and graceful demeanor, which made Su Jin amazed; A man, but at this moment he couldn't help but have a sad face, and he was also very angry when he spoke. Looking at Yan Biyun's behavior, he suddenly felt like a pinnacle of tranquility fell in his heart.

I have survived the most dangerous time, and at this moment, it is time to celebrate with each other. If you delay for a minute, you will benefit yourself. As soon as Ouyang Xiu's army arrives, Zhu Shiyong's end will come.

The soldiers on both sides, just like the Allied and German troops on the Western Front in World War II, all chose to calm down and recover their strength. Bian could only watch helplessly.

Seeing each other gobble up the food, the four big foodies felt like cats scratching, and scolded their mothers angrily; Tang Jiyuan ordered people to carry a big basket full of big white steamed buns and dangled in front of Su Jin and others like a catwalk, with some The meaning of provocation is actually getting closer; Zhao Hu picked up two balls of rubble on the ground and smashed them with his hands, hitting the heads of two servants carrying baskets impartially. They were also scattered all over the place, but unfortunately they were too far away, Zhao Hu and others could only dryly lick their lips and couldn't pick them up.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the hall had been collapsed several times by the fire, and the collapsed bricks and stones had suppressed the fire, and gradually there was only green smoke around.

Su Jin was very anxious. There was a big fire that could block the gap to the north and half of the east for him. Once the fire was extinguished, the opponent would be surrounded on three sides. At that time, there would be absolutely not enough manpower. But secondly, even if it was enough, there were not so many manpower to set up a meat shield to block the arrows shot from three sides.

Zhu Shiyong seemed to be quiet, but Su Jin knew that they must be trying to find another way.

Sure enough, not long after, the west wall that Su Jin and others depended on made rumbling noises. The west wall was built next to the Feishui River passing through the city. It is impossible to be attacked, which is why Su Jin chose to lean against the west wall; but right now the rammed earth of the wall is bombarded with mud and sand, obviously there are heavy weapons attacking.

Su Jin ordered Zhang Long to climb up to the top of the wall to see what the enemy was doing. As soon as Zhang Long poked his head out, he fell down with a thud, and then there were two "dong dong" sounds from the wall, just like the knocking of a heavy hammer. .

Su Jin hurriedly asked, "What is it?"

Zhang Long scolded: "Damn it, even the bed crossbow has been brought here, and they are bombarding the wall on the other side of the river."

Su Jin's heart sank, and he hurriedly asked, "How many sets are there?"

Zhang Longdao: "Two or three bed crossbows, it seems that they want to blast open the wall, and use the bed crossbows to shoot into our crowd; dogs, mothers, are really poisonous."

Although Su Jin has never seen a bed crossbow, later generations have also learned history and know that there is such a long-range offensive weapon in the ancient cold weapon era. This thing can be called a crossbow. The bow, all the strength of the bow and arrow is used to launch a crossbow arrow thicker than an arm, but it is extremely powerful when fired five hundred steps away; I didn't expect that there was such a thing in the Luzhou Xiangbing.

This thing is too heavy and heavy, so it must be difficult to move it into the yard, otherwise, once it is moved into the yard and shot into the crowd, it will always be a situation where there are more layers of meat shields.

Zhu Shiyong also had no choice but to fight all night without taking down Su Jin, and Su Jin Ce turned over 80 or [-] people. Come on, he was also afraid that what Su Jin said was true. If Ouyang Xiu really brought troops to attack the city, he would not even have a report.

After much deliberation, he suddenly remembered that there were still two big guys in the armory. There were originally more than ten bed crossbows, but seven or eight were taken out by the bandits several years ago and destroyed, and only two were left usable. Therefore, while giving the soldiers food to restore their strength, he ordered to place the bed crossbow on the west bank of the Feishui River, which is only a hundred paces wide. String up Su Jin and others like candied haws.

At that time, Su Jin had no choice but to take the initiative to attack if he didn't want to be shot to death by the bed crossbow.

The situation was just as he expected. Although Su Jin and the others saw the bed crossbow bombarding the wall, they could do nothing. After a while, they heard two bangs, and the wall collapsed in one place, revealing a width of three or four feet. gap.

Su Jin hurriedly told the crowd to disperse to both sides and hide under the protection of the wall outside the gap. A moment later, a crossbow arrow shot straight in from the gap with a buzzing low trembling sound, kicking up the dust on the collapsed wall. A tree trunk with the thickness of a bowl exploded with a bang, and sawdust flew everywhere, splashing on everyone like a stone being hit, causing great pain.

The thick trunk was cut off in half, exposing the white core inside, and the dead branches of the tree fell like rain.

All the elders sticking out their tongues were horrified by the power of this bed crossbow. If it got stuck into the crowd, it would directly plow out a passage for human flesh.

Su Jinhu stood in front of Mrs. Wang and Yan Biyun, unaware that the dead branches fell on her body, and her heart was burning with anxiety.

The thing that worried Su Jin the most happened immediately. The bed crossbow got Zhu Shiyong's order and began to bombard the walls on both sides of the gap. Once the gap was opened, the walls on both sides were easily blasted away. After two bangs, the gap in the wall widened To Zhang Xu; people moved closer to both sides, forming a no-man's land along the gap, and the gathered formation was abruptly divided into two halves.

Su Jin understood that when all the walls in Xishou were blown away, it would be the last moment.

"My lord, what should we do?" Chao Mahan and others asked anxiously.

Su Jin gritted his teeth and was about to give the order to fight for a bloody road, when suddenly he seemed to hear something in his ear.

At the same time, everyone at the scene felt something, and they all turned their ears to listen carefully.

Su Jin's heart was ecstatic, and his heart was beating wildly. The sound came from the north city gate, and it was the sound of shouting and killing. No need to ask, Ouyang Xiu led the army to arrive.