The journey of giving birth to a son

Lu Zhan was transferred back to guard the city gate. From today on, the original one small flag station and one squad guard will be changed to two small flag stations and one squad guard. In other words, there were originally eleven people guarding the city, and now there are twenty-two. People were guarding the city, but the time for changing the guard became two shifts, twelve hours.

The above orders require strict defense and always pay attention to what is going on outside the fort.

Lu Zhan guarded the city gate every day, and there were even fewer days to come back. He couldn't help with family matters, and Lu Zhan felt full of guilt.

Because the Tatars came again, all the city gates were closed, and the only way to enter and exit was through Wengcheng.

The urn city is a small city built outside the city gate, in the shape of a half moon. The urn city is attached to the city gate and integrated with the city wall. The wall is as tall and strong as the main city wall.

The Wengcheng gate is not in the same straight line as the main city gate, but is opened on the west side. The advantage of building it this way is that if the enemy attacks, on the one hand, it cannot drive straight in, but needs to turn the siege weapons in another direction.

On the other hand, when the enemy invades the Wengcheng, if the main city gate and the Wengcheng gate are closed, the defenders can form a trap against the enemy.

At this time, there was a group of people gathered outside the Wengcheng Gate. Most of them were in ragged clothes, with sallow faces and sad faces. They were all military households and refugees living outside the city wall, and there were also some unfamiliar faces, probably... Fleeing from other places.

The Tatar army was coming, and this group of people begged to take refuge in the fort. Some even knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

Lu Zhan and Wei Hu couldn't bear it, but they could only turn their heads to the side helplessly.

"Sir, please let us go into the city to take shelter." The refugees outside the door kept begging, pushing some military households behind.

"You all go away quickly. We have to prepare for war now. A drop of water and a grain of food are very precious. We cannot support idlers like you!" Wu Liang stood aside and shouted at the refugees.

The refugees continued to beg for mercy, "Please let us in! If the Tatars come, we will die!"

"I'll say it again," Wu Liang remained unmoved and said to Lu Zhan and Wei Hu, "Only military households are allowed in, not any refugees! Did you hear that?"

Lu Zhan turned around and saw Zhang, Xie Zhaoyu, Lu Xiang, and Jiang Shiyi also crowded among this group of people.

Lu Zhan hurried over and said, "Mom, why didn't you wait for me to go back and clean up together?"

Mrs. Zhang looked anxious, "After you left today, the neighbors were all in a hurry to move. We couldn't stay any longer. We were so panicked that we packed up and came over. I know you are busy." , you don’t have to worry about us.”

How could Lu Zhan not care? Just as he was about to say something, Wu Liang shouted at the side, "Lu Zhan, what are you doing there? You don't see so many people here, why don't you come over quickly to maintain order? What if you let the spies go?" Come in and I can’t spare you?”

Lu Zhan had no choice but to come over and guard the city gate while looking at Zhang and the others. There was a lot of noise at the gate of the city. Mrs. Zhang was carrying a huge baggage that almost bent her waist. Xie Zhaoyu was holding a child in her arms and was also carrying a big baggage, which contained Panpan and her. clothing.

It’s dark and cold below the city gate! The wind was also very strong, maybe it was cold or hungry. Panpan kept crying. Xie Zhaoyu was looking around in fear at this moment. She wanted to feed her child, but there were too many people around. .

Jiang Shiyi stood next to Xie Zhaoyu. He carried the largest baggage on his back. The baggage was almost half her size. His hands were not idle either. He was holding two cloth bags with grain in them. He looked anxiously at Xie Zhaoyu's arms. The hope.

This child has suffered a lot today!
Lu Xiang stood nearby with two braids. Lu Xiang couldn't bear to part with those cotton-padded clothes, so he had no choice but to put on layer after layer. However, it was cold and cold under the city wall. Lu Xiang's face was still red from the cold, and he was carrying a big bag on his back. The baggage has a big iron pot attached to it, and the family's dairy goat is still tightly held in his hand. You can't take anything away. You must take this dairy goat with you. Xie Zhaoyu doesn't have a lot of milk. This is Panpan. rations!
People were crowded around, and the dairy goats were bleating "baa baa baa" in the crowd, looking around blankly!

Lu Zhan looked at Jiang Shiyi, his eyes filled with distress! Tears are stuck in my eyes!

Lu Zhan looked at the booklet in his hand and checked each house one by one, speeding up! Only military households can be allowed in, not any refugees!

Jiang Shiyi and others slowly walked towards the city gate with the refugees. I don't know what happened in front of them. They were noisy and Panpan cried even louder! Xie Zhaoyu couldn't feed the child, so he had to turn and coax the child softly!

Jiang Shiyi turned around and saw Huang Yuehua in the crowd. Huang Yuehua was five or six months pregnant. She had a bulging belly and a big package on her thin shoulders. She was walking slowly behind, with one hand tightly protecting herself. His pale and thin face was full of fear, fearing that the crowded military households would squeeze him.

Jiang Shiyi couldn't help but sigh. Cui Zhiyuan went to Biandun to defend for more than a month, returning at most once or twice during the process. It was freezing cold, and he didn't know how a weak woman like her lived.

I really want to help her, but now I have too much time to take care of myself!

Xiao Shao rode his horse to the city gate. When he saw the city gate was in a mess, mixed with the cries of children, Wu Liang was still shouting loudly, and he went up and kicked him hard!
"Which bastard dares to kick me..." Wu Liang turned around and saw that it was Xiao Shao. He immediately bent down to salute and stammered, "I don't know who you are, but I spoke carelessly. Please forgive me!"!
The enemy is at hand. Xiao Shao has been wandering back and forth in the fort for the past two days, punishing many people. Wu Liang's hands and feet get cold when he thinks of Zhang Yuan's beheading that day!

"How do you maintain order? Are you a pig? Now the military households and the refugees are crowded together. Can't you let the military households and the refugees line up in two lines and let the military households in first? Why are they sitting at the gate of the city? ?”

Wu Liang didn't dare to say anything, so he arranged everyone in two rows as Xiao Shao said. This made the process much faster. Jiang Shiyi breathed a sigh of relief and they came in.

After entering Wengcheng, the official in charge of the military register counted the heads and ticked the names one by one in front of the book, very seriously.

After the headcount was completed, Jiang Shiyi and the others followed the team into the main city gate and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the tall city walls surrounding them.

Inside the city gate, officials sent by Xiao Shao were waiting. Seeing these military households carrying large and small bags, looking around with nervousness and confusion on their faces, they comforted them, "You are all the people of our Mighty Fort, Mr. Xiao." I won't leave you alone. If you have an acquaintance who can provide you with a place to live, go and seek refuge there. If there is no one you can seek refuge with, there are a few barracks for you in the fort. It's just that time is urgent and the rooms haven't been packed yet. Just come with me and help clean up." (End of Chapter)