The journey of giving birth to a son

The Tatar army was coming to attack the city. When Zhang Yuan heard the news, his whole body stiffened. How could there be so many hundreds of people in the fort withstanding the iron hoofs of the Tatar army? So he came out and said tremblingly, "Sir! The Tatars have ten thousand troops attacking the city, and there are only a few hundred of us. This is obviously a death penalty. It would be worse, we might as well surrender... At least we have a life left..."

Zhang Yuan hasn't finished speaking yet. Xiao Shao's expression changed and he stared at him coldly, "Zhang Baihu, do you know that if we can't defend Mighty Fort, the Tatars will take the opportunity to invade and seize Dingbian City and then Xuanfu. As long as we conquer Xuanfu, the capital is in danger. As an official and a soldier, how can you say such words to shake the morale of the army at such a critical moment? "

"But we only have a few hundred people, how can we face the enemy..." Zhang Yuan kept looking at Wang Qingshan when he said these words.

Wang Qingshan lowered his head and said nothing!

"The enemy is at hand, Zhang Baihu, are you so greedy for life and afraid of death? If I remember correctly, a few days ago, the Tatars came to Yongshun Gate to burn, kill and plunder. It was you who kept those innocent people away. , and did not send troops to meet the enemy, resulting in the tragic death of our people in Dayan? "

Zhang Yuan was still quibbling, "Sir, there were only a few dozen people at my city gate at that time. If I opened the city gate, the Tatars would come in. For the sake of the safety of the fort, I am not allowed to do that!"

"It's a last resort!" Xiao Shao slammed the table, "Can such a sentence cover up the crime you committed? Then I'm asking you, the houses of the people outside the city were burned down? You Have you ever gone to comfort me?”

"Xiaguan..." Zhang Yuan wiped the sweat from his head, really hating himself for talking too much, "Xiaguan... Xiaguan exempted them from taxes and grain!"

Unexpectedly, Xiao Shao became furious and stood up suddenly, "The people outside the city have nothing to eat and drink, so you exempt them from taxes and grains? Do you think I don't know? The best land in the fort has been used by you guys Take it away from the officials! If you give them some saline land filled with rocks, can they grow crops? You said they would be exempted from taxes! Where have all the relief food allocated gone to now?”

Xiao Shao questioned loudly, and Zhang Yuan was even more embarrassed. All the relief grains had been embezzled by them! He was speechless and couldn't help but look at Wang Qingshan, hoping that he could say something nice for him.

Wang Qingshan turned his face, like an old monk in meditation, lowering his head and saying nothing.

Xiao Shao picked up a brochure and threw it over, "You embezzled their relief food. Do you know how many people died outside the city? Now you ask us to abandon the city and escape? The enemy is in front of us, disrupting the morale of the army. I can use military law now Deal with you!"

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but kneel down when he heard these words, "Sir! Spare my life!"

Xiao Shao was unmoved, Zhang Yuan crawled over and knelt in front of Wang Qingshan, "Sir, save me, sir, save me, save me!"

Wang Qingshan stood up and cupped his hands, "Sir, you also said that the enemy is facing us now, why not let him go to the battlefield to kill thieves and take the blame for meritorious deeds!"

"Yes, yes! Sir, I am willing to take the blame and perform meritorious service!" Zhang Yuan kowtows like a fool!

Xiao Shao was unmoved. Usually these people didn't listen to his orders and bullied him for being young. Today he was going to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys!
"I'm afraid that you are also a coward when you go to the battlefield and can only hold us back!"

Xiao Shao waved his hand, and two soldiers came in, dragged Zhang Yuan out who begged for mercy loudly, and beheaded him!

Seeing Xiao Shao beheading Zhang Yuan, the remaining officials were horrified!

Xiao Shao stood up with firm eyes, "In the face of a powerful enemy, if anyone dares to say the word surrender, this is what will happen! Remember my words, the city will survive but the people will survive! As a soldier, we We must hold the line of defense, anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!”

As soon as Xiao Shao's words came to light, all the officials knelt down in a hurry, and Wang Qingshan even said loudly: "Please rest assured, sir, I will defend the Mighty Fort to the death."

Other officials also expressed their loyalty.

Xiao Shao looked at Wang Qingshan, who was kneeling at the front and looked panicked, and his expression softened. "Everyone, please stand up!" All the officials stood up, and Xiao Shao began to deploy and prepare for war.

Xiao Shao looked at everyone and said solemnly, "No matter whether the Tatars will attack or not, we must prepare for the worst and make the most adequate preparations. From now on, we instruct the soldiers guarding the city to always pay attention to the dynamics outside the city and strengthen Guard, if there is any trouble, report immediately."

Xiao Shao looked at Wang Qingshan again, "Master Wang, how much food is left in the granary in the fort?"

Liu Qingshan hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Currently, there are more than 2,500 shi of wheat, more than 1,700 shi of chestnuts, and 2,000 shi of corn in the granary."

"How long do you think this food will be enough to last?"

Wang Qingshan and I are speechless!

do not know anything! It's in vain to ask.

Xiao Shao turned to look at Chen Wei, "Mr. Chen, go and count how many military households there are in the fort that can fight? You go down and gather them all, and follow them in the drill. We must all prepare for war."

"Yes!"

Xiao Shao looked very satisfied with Chen Wei and asked about the weapons and equipment!

Is there enough weapons in the arsenal now? If there is a shortage of weapons, we need to ask the craftsmen to build them quickly!
It was getting late at this time, Xiao Shao looked outside, and when he was about to disperse, Chen Wei asked again, "Sir, there are thirty or forty military households and more than twenty households of refugees living outside the fort, how should we deal with them? "

Xiao Shao thought for a while and said, "The military households are all children of my fort. We naturally have to protect them. You can make arrangements for them to move to the fort as soon as possible. Those who have acquaintances can go to seek refuge with relatives. If there is no place to seek refuge, , Temporarily free up a few barracks to allow them to make a transition. They also have children at home who are serving in the army. If they are not settled, the soldiers will have worries and will not be interested in fighting. "

All the officials hurriedly took orders and retreated to prepare to meet the enemy.

"Do you think our small military fortress can withstand an army of ten thousand?"

"There are only a few hundred soldiers in the fort, why don't you send troops from other forts?"

"This time we are not fighting a military fortress. Everyone is fighting. Who can survive? You can only hope for yourself!"

"I heard that all those officials have run away. What should we do if we can't run away...are we going to let the Tatars kill us?"

The news that the Tatars were about to attack the city flew to every corner like wings, and the entire military fort felt like it was exploding.

In the streets and alleys, people everywhere were panicking about the upcoming Tatar attack on the city, and people were panicked.

Jiang Shiyi was walking on the North-South Street, listening to the people talking like this, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It was hard to live peacefully for a few days, but something unexpected happened again! (End of chapter)