The king behind the empress

Chapter 361
Mo Chao, who had finished speaking harshly, took advantage of the chaos and escaped from Cangyi City with the few remaining men. After they left the city, the sharpshooters at the top of the city seemed to know that Mo Chao could not be killed, so they shifted their targets and aimed at Mo Chao's men took one arrow at a time, and none of the arrows missed.

After Mo Chao fled to a safe distance, he counted the number of people. There were originally 300 people, but now only a tenth of them came back. The rest were either shot or killed, or took advantage of the chaos and fled directly.

Looking at the few dozen people left, Mo Chao's face was ashen. He was full of confidence and wanted to swindle the city, but he failed to swindle the city, and he almost confessed to it, which filled Mo Chao with a sense of frustration.

He took a deep breath and looked in the direction of the city of Cangyi. The reason why he stumbled so badly this time was entirely because he was too arrogant.

After returning from the frontier army, he had seen the ferocity of the barbarians and experienced the mountain of blood and corpses. In fact, he really looked down on this Cangyi city, which had never experienced war. Because of this, he knew that there was an ambush in Cangyi city. Still insisted on entering the city.

Because he felt that this kind of city that had never fought a battle didn't know what war was at all. Even if there was an ambush, with his own strength and three hundred elites, it was enough to fight a bloody road.

But it turns out that he was wrong. The guards of Cangyi City may not be worth mentioning, but Du Cang, the county magistrate of Cangyi City, is definitely a difficult character!

Mo Chao has reason to believe that Du Cang has definitely known his own strength for a long time. Although he doesn't know where this sharpshooter came from, he is probably Du Cang who specially recruited him to deal with him.

"Do you think that a sharpshooter can hold the city?"

Mo Chao felt ruthless in his heart, "Wait, I'll let you know what it means to be overwhelmed by an army!"

……

On the city wall of Cangyi City, looking at Mo Chao who was fleeing, Du Cang sighed regretfully and said, "It's a pity that I couldn't kill him."

The sharp archer was a little dull, he put away the big exaggerated bow in his hand, carried it behind his back, then took a step forward, came to Du Cang's side, was silent for a while, and then asked: "Master Du, does it worth?"

This sharpshooter was extremely tall. Standing beside him, Du Cang was already tall and straight, but standing beside him, he looked like a child.

Hearing the sharpshooter's question, Du Cang said resolutely: "It's nothing worth it, eat the king's salary, and worry about the king's worries."

"Since I am the county magistrate of Cangyi City, I should be responsible for Cangyi City. Unless I die, I will never let these rebellious officials and thieves step into Cangyi City."

Hearing what Du Cang said, Sharpshooter shook his head lightly, he was not good at words, seeing Du Cang's resolute expression at this time, he didn't know how to persuade Du Cang to be good.

After being silent for a while, he said again: "Cangyi City is the gateway to Pingzhou, King Yu will definitely not let it go."

"If they send a large army to attack regardless of the cost, with the strength of the city, I am afraid that even with me, it is impossible to hold for too long."

"I know, but we don't need to guard for long."

Du Cang is well aware of this problem, but he is not too worried about it, "King Yu is the first to stand up to rebel, no matter what the current court situation is, His Majesty will never tolerate King Yu .”

"Now His Majesty has [-] Yulin Army and the [-] Yuzhi Army composed of warriors. As long as His Majesty sends them out, no matter whether King Yu can be wiped out, Cangyi City will not be in danger."

When Du Cang said this, he directly wiped out the [-] Yuzhi troops newly recruited by Mo Zizai. After all, in his opinion, [-] new troops are better than farmers, and they are not considered combat effectiveness at all. There is no need to count them at all.

"But all of this has a premise."

Speaking of this, Du Cang looked up at the sharpshooter and said, "That's our Cangyi City, can we hold it until the Habayashi Army arrives?"

"From the capital to here, it will take about five days to travel in a hurry."

The sharpshooter pondered in his mind for a while, and then said: "If King Yu doesn't send more than [-] troops, with this little force in the city, I'm sure I can hold out for five days."

"Ten thousand..."

Du Cang thought about the information about Prince Yu's Mansion, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "What if there are more than 3 people?"

"Ok?"

The Archer looked at Du Cang in disbelief, "Where did Prince Yu's Mansion get so many troops?"

"According to my calculations, Prince Yu's Mansion can support at least [-] troops."

Du Cang's tone was very firm, and he asked the sharpshooter: "If there are 3 people, can you still hold out for five days?"

"cannot!"

Sharpshooter shook his head simply, "With these county guards in the city, let alone five days, it's a blessing to be able to hold on for one day."

There are only [-] county guards in the city now, many of whom were temporarily called by Du Cang some time ago. Although it is no problem to use them to defend the city, it is impossible to expect them to have any fighting power.

If there are only 1 people attacking the city, then I can think of a way to hold on for three to five days, but if it is 3 people, then I should surrender early.

"If you can't keep it, you have to keep it."

Seeing that there was not even a little hope in the words of the sharpshooter, Du Cang couldn't help but look a little ugly. He took a deep breath and said, "If 2000 people are not enough, then I will recruit more people."

"If it doesn't work, I will mobilize people from the city to defend the city. In short, Cangyi City must not be lost before the arrival of the Habayashi Army."

Hearing what Du Cang said, the sharpshooter couldn't bear it anymore, and asked, "Master Du, what if the imperial court doesn't send reinforcements?"

There are only [-] Habayashi troops left in the imperial court, and the [-] Habayashi troops are still defending the capital. How can Du Cang be so sure that the empress will send the Habayashi troops?
"The imperial court will definitely send reinforcements."

Du Cang glanced at Archer, and said without any doubt in his tone: "Now the king is the king of the court. He has never been a loser. Now that King Yu dares to rebel, even if he ruins Da Zhou's family, he will not Let King Yu go."

"So until the imperial court's reinforcements arrive, we must defend Cangyi City."

After finishing speaking, Du Cang didn't say any more. He turned around and went down the city wall. King Yu's army may arrive at any time. Now he is going to the city to wake up those big households from their sleep and discuss together how to resist King Yu's army. .

The sharpshooter's name is Du Yu, and he and Du Cang belong to the same family, but Du Cang is the legitimate son of the Du family, and his identity is the son of the family. Although the same surname is Du, he is Du Given the surname, before the low status was abolished, his identity was just the son of the Du family's servant.

Because his figure was different from ordinary people since he was a child, Du Cang felt that he might be very talented, so he used his own resources to let him practice martial arts, and later even used his contacts to send him directly to the army. To become a sharpshooter.

So even though there is no low-class status system now, and Du Yu also relied on his military merits to come out of the Du family to stand on his own, but he always felt that he owed Du Cang, so when he received the news from Du Cang a few days ago, he He rushed over without any hesitation at all.

Du Yu looked at Du Cang's leaving figure and sighed slightly. The young master was still as stubborn as he was then, and only wanted to serve the country loyally. He didn't know that the current Dazhou is no longer the Dazhou of the past.

In his opinion, the current Great Zhou Dynasty is already on the verge of collapse, and now King Yu's rebellion directly rings the death knell for this ancient empire.

However, the young master is such a smart person, he can understand things that he can understand, but he doesn't know why the young master insists so much, does he really think that he can help the building in the future as a county magistrate? lean?

"Forget it, it's nothing more than death."

Du Yu didn't think about it anymore, since the young master decided to stick to it, he would fight with him until the last moment. After making up his mind, he didn't hesitate any more, and went directly to the tower. There must be another fierce battle tomorrow. Hurry up and recharge your batteries.

……

The next day, almost at dawn, Mo Chao's army appeared outside Cangyi City.

Mo Chao, who suffered a loss once, became very cautious this time. He adopted the tactic of encircling three corners, surrounded three sides of Cangyi City, and let go of one wall.

Then he was not in a hurry to attack, first let the army start camping in place, and made some simple siege equipment, then he selected some soldiers, approached the city with a huge shield and began to shout to the soldiers on the city wall to persuade them to surrender.

"Hmph, I don't know."

Du Cang snorted coldly when he heard the words that as long as he had his own head, the rest would not be held accountable. He didn't care.

He had been the county magistrate in Cangyi City for so many years, and he had already managed the place like an iron bucket. With a few simple shouts, he wanted to recruit the soldiers in the city, which was a dream.

And the soldiers on the city wall were indeed as he imagined. Although they were a little scared when they saw the dark army below the city, none of them really wanted to surrender.

Du Cang listened for a while, and saw that there was really nothing new, and he didn't bother to talk to them, so he went directly to watch the people in the city making the defense equipment.

For city defense, besides kerosene and bows and arrows, gold juice and stones are also excellent defensive weapons, and these two things are low in cost and powerful. If you can get more of these things, it will definitely be easier to defend the city many.

And last night, after a cordial and friendly negotiation between him and the big households in the city, the two sides reached an agreement that he would be responsible for defending the city, the people would be responsible for contributing, and these big households would be responsible for paying the money. No matter what things are used to defend the city, they will all be reimbursed by these big households.

Du Cang, who is backed by a large family in Cangyi City, is very generous in his work. Whether it is making gold juice or cutting stones, the people in the city have money to get them, and the price is not low. If they can be more diligent, Earn more money in a day than in a season of land.

As a result, the entire Cangyi City suddenly became very lively. In the entire Cangyi City, the people who boiled the golden juice were the ones who cut the stones. Almost every family did it. Under the city wall, the accountant of the county government will conduct a unified count, and then distribute the money on the spot.

"The defense equipment is enough."

Du Cang covered his nose and looked at the golden juice and stones below and nodded slightly. With these things, Cangyi City can at least last for a while, but it is a little troublesome because of the lack of manpower.

No matter what he said yesterday, the knives were on the necks of those big households. They still refused to pay, and at most they would pay some money. Du Cang thought that things were not yet the most critical time, so he didn't Pushing them too far, but seeing the [-] black army outside the city today, he couldn't help but feel a little headache.

Without enough manpower, even if there is enough gold juice and stones, they will not be scattered on the enemy's head by themselves.

Du Cang looked at the man carrying the vat of gold juice below with some distress in his heart, and finally became ruthless and made a decision.

"Go to the city and spend a lot of money to recruit some people to defend the city."

Du Cang called the master and said: "For them, they don't need to fight the enemy, they just need to throw gold juice and stones on the top of the city. If anyone is willing, each person will be given 100 taels of silver per day."

"If someone is accidentally killed in battle, the pension will start at least 1000 taels!"

"This……"

The master felt that the price was a bit high, so he hesitated for a moment, but seeing Du Cang's unquestionable eyes, he nodded and went to the city to recruit people.

It is said that there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. The temptation of 100 taels of silver a day is still great. In addition, Du Cang is very prestigious in Cangyi City, and his promises are rarely not fulfilled. Therefore, nearly a thousand guards came from the city. city ​​people.

After the people here have registered one by one, and after the location of each person's responsibility has been divided on the city wall, Mo Chao's army outside the city is almost ready.

Under Mo Chao's order, those ordinary soldiers who served as cannon fodder braved the rain of arrows and used the newly built siege ladder to overwhelm the city wall. Then a dozen people pressed the ladder in an instant and immediately climbed up. go.

"Ah~"

The soldiers who were besieging the city almost climbed two steps up the ladder, and the hot golden juice was immediately poured down the ladder. His body suddenly made him let out an inhuman scream, and his whole body was immediately burnt to pieces, and after rolling on the ground for a few times, he completely lost his vitality.

The terrifying experience of this soldier did not frighten the rest of the soldiers at all. Under the pressure of the supervising team, after the soldier fell, they almost lay down on the ladder with red eyes, and then continued to climb up.

"Are you pigs? Is that how the golden juice is sprinkled?"

On the city wall, Du Cang, who is usually gentle and elegant, changed his appearance. He roared loudly at the people who splashed the golden juice: "Haven't you ever planted the land? How do you fertilize it in normal times? Now you can spread it like this." Golden juice."

"Close your eyes and don't worry about the bottom. Sprinkle the golden juice evenly, treat them as if you are farming, treat them as Chinese cabbage, aim at them, and sprinkle it vigorously for me, don't stop!"

"And those throwing stones, don't you have any brains? Isn't it tiring to lift so high? Don't you put stones on their ladders and let them roll down the ladder?"

"Remember, stones are not for smashing. You don't need to use your strength. If you have that strength, save me and throw a few more, wouldn't you?"

Under Du Cang's earnest instruction, these ordinary people who were honest and only knew how to grow crops, instantly mastered the knack of defending the city, directly causing huge losses to the siege soldiers below the city.

(End of this chapter)