The villain and traitor is my brother

Chapter 71
Sun Peng has been guarding Linjiang County with 200 people for the past two days. Linjiang County soldiers are patrolling and guarding outside. The security is tighter than before.Zheng Wu'an took 500 people to Qingzhou and resettled the people who were fleeing when they met on the way.

At night, the Chrysalis did not enter through the city gate, but took a detour. They were first hit hard in Zhutian Village, the outermost part of Linjiang County.The women, children and the elderly didn't know what was going on, they only saw the fire outside.They hid in Zheng Qiuyungai's tomb and did not dare to come out.

The Chrysalis took advantage of the unpreparedness of the villagers in Zhutian Village and set fire to the village.Then the leader sent people into the village to check, and if there were women's belongings, they would take them back.

After the fire stopped, the man entered a farmer's house and found that there was no one in the house. He checked several houses and found the same scene.The man was a little panicked and hurried to report to the leader.

"Lord Wutu, there is no one in this village."

Wu Tu went to see them personally, but found no one. They were surprised when they heard voices coming from all directions, "Surrender without killing."

The Chrysalis looked at Wu Tu, who sneered: "It's just a trick to fool people. How can it scare us away? Prepare to fight!"

Then, only the sound of whizzing arrows was heard, and arrows were shot from all directions.They were not paying attention for a moment, and the man who was hit by the arrow fell to the ground and howled.

Wu Tu ordered, "No retreat!"

Seeing that they were unwilling to surrender, the villagers showed no mercy.With red eyes, everyone threw torches into the village, and the houses that had not been burned before continued to burn along with the trees.The villagers shouted, picked up the shovel, and the sickle came to take their lives.

Wu Tu rode his horse and faced Chu Lian.He thought it was just a woman, and he wanted to take out Chu Lian's head with a wave of his spear.Chu Lian grabbed his spear and used his strength to pull him off the horse.

Wu Tu stood up quickly and was inspired to fight by Chu Lian.He threw down the spear in his hand, shortened the distance between the two, then pulled out the short knife from his boot and slashed at Chu Lian.

Chu Lian turned sideways, raised his leg and kicked him on the waist, and took a few steps back.Wu Tu took advantage of his strength and grabbed Chu Lian's ankles when she retreated, and directly lifted her up.Then he raised his dagger again, intending to stab Chu Lian through.

Unexpectedly, he was suddenly hit by an arrow from behind and fell straight backwards.

Zheng Qiuyun held the crossbow in his hand and smiled at Chu Lian, "Continue."

On Zhao Dahu's side, they worked as a group to surround a man.Anyway, this is the vanguard of the Chrysalis people, and their army has not arrived yet.In terms of numbers, the villagers of Zhutian Village have a great advantage.

They just used shovels and several people went up together and beat the man to death on the spot.

After a fierce battle all night, the Chrysalis suffered heavy casualties, and all the survivors were captured by Zheng Qiuyun and the others.

The villagers had mixed emotions. Fortunately, they won the first battle after all.Sadly, his home was burned down.And this is just the leading soldier, we don’t know how many people are behind.

In the tomb, the old man and the child were cooking.As soon as Zheng Qiuyun and the others came back, they had hot meals to eat.

Zhao Dahu said while eating, "Qiuyun, fortunately you let us hide in advance, otherwise we would have been burned to death."

Sun Shaoyan also agreed, "Yes, although our house was burned down, at least we are still alive."

Zheng Qiuyun waved his hand, "Our Zhutian Village is on the outermost edge. Even if we save the house this time, it is inevitable that it will not be burned next time."

The villagers could figure it out. Fortunately, Zheng Qiuyun built the tomb in advance for them to hide.

At dawn the next day, Sun Peng sent someone back to report the news.Seeing that the explorers had not returned, the Chi people changed their strategy and let the main force attack the city.Now there is a melee at the city gate.

Some people were left behind to guard against another sneak attack by the Chrysalis, and Chu Lian protected Zheng Qiuyun as they headed for the city gate.Although he had experienced war yesterday, it was night after all. Now seeing casualties in broad daylight, Zheng Qiuyun's face turned pale and he could hardly stand.She endured it and found Sicang.Sicang knew that Zheng Qiuyun had warned everyone before the war started.Therefore, he will not look down upon Zheng Qiuyun, let alone think that she is causing trouble, and will answer all questions.

Zheng Qiuyun asked: "What is the situation now?"

Sicang said: "The spies from the front came to report that the eldest prince was drunk and neglected his duty, allowing the Chrysanthemums to attack Qingzhou City. Now the Chrysanthemums are divided into three groups to attack Jiangzhou. The number of Chrysanthemums attacking our Linjiang County is around [-]. "

He sighed, "Although the Chrysalis has always been restless, he has never crossed Qingzhou. If the eldest prince hadn't been drunk this time, it gave the Chrysanthemum an opportunity to take advantage of. How could we, Linjiang, have suffered such an unreasonable disaster?"

Zheng Qiuyun nodded, indicating that he understood, "Maybe I can go to the city wall and have a look?"

Sicang led her to the place to climb the city wall, "Yes, but girl, please be more careful."

Under the escort of Chu Lian, Zheng Qiuyun climbed onto the city wall of Linjiang County.All I saw was a crowd of people.She thought of a poem she had memorized before, "Black clouds threaten to destroy the city."

Zheng Qiuyun asked Sicang, "Is there any chance of winning?"

Sicang shook his head, "These locusts are well prepared and well-trained. Our soldiers can only resist for a while, but it is far from enough to drive them out."

Just as he was talking, the men began to attack the city again, and the iron cavalry carried solid pillars and hit the city gate.The arrows knocked down one wave of locusts, and another wave.The men built ladders to climb up the wall, but the soldiers on the wall rushed to respond and overturned the ladders.Finally, they didn't succeed.

After going back and forth several times, the Zhi people didn't seem to use all their strength to attack the city. On the contrary, the soldiers of Linjiang County responded to the challenge again and again, their spirits were tense and they were exhausted.

Zheng Qiuyun thought of the story about the boy who cried wolf, and how Linjiang County's morale had been boosted by the constant temptations of the crickets.Now it is declining again and exhausted three times, which is not good for them.

Sicang also saw this problem, "The soldiers still have the mental capacity to deal with it during the day, but they are afraid of sneak attacks at night."

Zheng Qiuyun said: "I am just making a suggestion. Whether it is adopted or not depends entirely on Sicang's will. We can give him a plan to use it."

Then, the villagers in Linjiang County put on warrior clothes and stood on the city wall to prevent the larvae from attacking.They have been trained to withstand the temptations of the cockroaches again and again.However, their mental state and physique were different from those of the soldiers, so they thought it was due to their mental fatigue.

In the evening, the soldiers rested for a long time and climbed onto the city wall again.Many of the villagers in Linjiang County who had replaced them before were their uncles and relatives, and the soldiers were very moved.All of them were radiant and energetic.

The Chrysalis people couldn't see their expressions clearly. They only saw a few people sleeping with their heads tilted on the wall. They thought it was time to attack the city.

"Defend the city!"

As soon as there is any movement among the locusts, the war drums in Linjiang County will sound.The morale of the soldiers was boosted, and they fought bravely against the enemy without any signs of fatigue as others mistook them for.

　"Dark clouds overwhelm the city and try to destroy it"

　　——"Yanmen Governor's Journey" by Li He of the Tang Dynasty
　　"Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted."

　　——"The Debate on Cao GUI" Pre-Qin Dynasty. Zuo Qiuming

　　Happy holidays everyone~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)