After driving the thieves out of the city gate, Lan Ziyi was busy directing the soldiers to deploy and transport the materials stored in the city gate to the city wall.

When everything was arranged, it was already more than half of the hour, Lan Ziyi didn't close his eyes all night, and he couldn't support it anymore, so he found an open space in the city gate tower to lie down and rest.

As soon as he closed his eyes, Lan Ziyi lost consciousness, and after a deep sleep, violent shaking outside of consciousness woke him up.

Lan Ziyi heard Tao Zhulu's familiar voice and said in his ear:

"Wei Hou, Wei Hou, wake up."

Lan Ziyi was woken up from a deep sleep, his eyes were dry and his body was sore.

After taking a few breaths, Lan Ziyi reluctantly came back to his senses and said:

"It's nothing important, just let me sleep again.

I'm dying of exhaustion. “

Tao Zhulu shook Lan Ziyi's shoulder vigorously, lest Lan Ziyi fall asleep again,

桃扵鹿 says:

"Lord Gao invited Wei Hou to go to the West Gate City Tower to drink celebration wine."

When Lan Ziyi heard this, he closed his eyes and said in a daze:

"What's this?

Tell him I woke up. “

Tao Zhulu said again:

"Wei Hou, there is movement of the thief."

When Lan Ziyi heard this sentence, his head buzzed, and a cold sweat broke out on his body, and he immediately came to his senses.

Lan Ziyi pinched his temples, stood up, and after holding on to the wall and steady, Lan Ziyi asked:

"Are the thieves going to attack the city?"

Tao Zhulu got up and replied:

"There are signs of that, but they can't be sure yet."

Lan Ziyi put on his helmet and walked out of the city gate tower, and a strong wind blew in his face, and Lan Ziyi was blown to tremble

"It's cold." Lan Ziyi said.

Lan Ziyi looked around, there were still some soldiers on the city wall resting on their stomachs, but most of them had been aroused and were busy on the city wall.

Lan Ziyi passed through the busy soldiers and came to the outside of the city wall, only to see that the thieves had already begun to line up, but they did not approach the trench.

Lan Ziyi frowned and looked outside the city, and said:

"The thief doesn't look like he's leaving."

Tao Zhulu said next to him:

"But if you attack a city, it is impossible to build a siege machine only in one night."

兰子义 says:

"Order the troops, keep a close watch, be ready."

Then Lan Ziyi thought for a while and asked:

"Since it is possible for the thieves to attack the city, then I should defend the city gate here, why did the second brother let me go to the west gate to drink?"

Tao Zhulu replied:

"Although Chasing Rabbit is skilled in arching horses, he has too much playfulness, too little understanding, and too few battle formations, and he is not yet capable of commanding and defending the city.

Gao County ordered a civil official, and I was not particularly at ease with him,

Since Gao County ordered Wei Hou to come over, Wei Hou happened to go to command the battle. “

Lan Ziyi nodded, and then asked:

"In this case, the second brother can go in person, and I can guard this West Gate."

Tao Zhulu shook his head and said:

"No, defending the city is no better than fighting in the field,

Wei Hou is skilled in riding, hiding in the army during field battles, and he can escape if the battle situation is really unfavorable.

When defending the city, the soldiers are close to each other, the arrows are raining down, the two armies are mixed together, and there is no one around the guard to protect them.

Wei Hou, you will definitely not go back to the mansion to stay, so I can rest assured that San Lang is by Wei Hou's side. “

Lan Ziyi looked at Tao Zhulu, stretched out his hand to support his shoulder, and said:

"Second brother has thought it through!"

Then Lan Ziyi turned around and walked towards the stairs of the city gate, and asked as he went:

"Have you made contact with the people we scattered?"

桃扵鹿 says:

"Not yet, I'll figure it out these days."

Lan Ziyi asked:

"Didn't you take advantage of the chaos last night?"

Tao Zhulu replied:

"The thieves were defeated last night, the camp must be watching closely, it's too dangerous to send people out."

At this time, Lan Ziyi had already walked to the staircase, and Tao Zhulu pointed to two soldiers from the Tiger Battalion to escort him.

兰子义 says:

"It's all up to the second brother to do the details, and the second brother decides by himself, so you don't need to ask me."

Then Lan Ziyi pointed to the long "Ya"-shaped poles on the city wall that were placed a few steps each and asked:

"What the hell is that thing for?"

桃扵鹿 says:

"I don't know, maybe it's some kind of equipment to defend the city."

At this time, the soldiers of the Jihu Battalion assigned by Tao Zhulu were ready, and Lan Ziyi saw that they were about to separate, so he grabbed Tao Zhulu's hand and said heavily:

"Second brother, be careful!"

Tao Zhulu also held Lan Ziyi's hand and said:

"Young master, it doesn't matter if I die, you have to spare your life!

The general only has one son, you, if the young master has three long and two short, I can't die a hundred times. “

Lan Ziyi listened to Tao Zhulu say this, his eyes were oozing tears, and he said:

"Second brother, don't talk nonsense, the grassland outside the plug is still waiting for our brothers to gallop wildly, how can the small county of Xiangcheng tolerate us?"

The two looked at each other for a moment, unable to speak anymore, and then Lan Ziyi said again, "Take care!" Then he took the two soldiers of the Jihu battalion and walked down the city wall.

After the three of them went down to the city, they took the horses, galloped all the way to the west gate, and went to the county before the county government Lanzi ordered the officials to bring a message to the father and son of the enemy family, that is, the matter of allocating grain and grass and stockpiling materials.

After that, there was a wild run to the west gate.

After Lan Ziyi hurried up to the city gate with the soldiers, the soldiers had already packed up and stopped and stood on the battlements, and Gao Yanzong and Tao Zhutu stood on the steps of the city gate tower and looked out of the city.

Seeing Lan Ziyi coming, Tao Zhutu hurriedly greeted him,

Gao Yanzong smiled:

"Why is Wei Hou here now? My wine is getting cold. “

Lan Ziyi smiled:

"Originally, Lord Gao disturbed my sweet dream, but now Lord Gao is the wicked person who sued me first and complained about me?"

Gao Yanzong only smiled slightly when he heard Lan Ziyi teasing.

Lan Ziyi saw that Gao Yanzong was so serious and knew that the situation outside the city was not good, so he stepped forward and asked:

"Haven't the thieves retreated?"

Gao Yanzong pointed to the outside of the city and said:

"Wei Hou, please take a look."

Lan Ziyi looked around, and saw that the thieves had lined up and guarded outside the city.

But the problem is that the thieves are still far from the outermost trenches, and the phalanxes are not close together, leaving a huge space in between.

Peach Rabbit asked on the side:

"What are you trying to do?"

Lan Ziyi and Gao Yanzong glanced at each other, and they didn't know what they wanted to do on the other side.

Then a horse came out of the thief's formation, came to the trench, and said in a loud voice:

"The King of Heaven is merciful, and he thinks of the lives of the innocent people in the city, and as long as you surrender, I will not hold you accountable for the sin of killing our army last night."

Seeing that there was no response from the city, the thief cried out again:

"Xiangcheng Xiaocheng, how dare you stop my army?

Surrender quickly and save you from your death! “

Lan Ziyi listened to his teeth and said:

"Let the kid go a little further, and General Zhutu will be able to take him in."

高延宗 says:

"He's standing close enough."

Lan Ziyi just wanted to turn his head and ask Gao Yanzong what he could do, but he saw a crossbow bed on the city wall on the side.

At this time, several people were pulling the winch to wind, another was loading a half-long spear, and some were aiming at the watchtower.

Lan Ziyi pointed to the crossbow bed and asked:

"Where did you get this?"

高延宗 says:

"When I was looking for something in the warehouse before, it seemed to be something from the previous dynasty, but there would be no gunpowder yet, and the bed crossbow was used a lot."

Lan Ziyi opened his mouth and asked:

"Does that still work?"

Gao Yanzong said:

"I got someone to fix it, no, it's okay to pull it apart."

The people had already prepared the crossbow bed, Gao Yanzong nodded, and let go of the trigger, the head of the gun whistled out, rose into the air, and turned around and went down under the cover of the morning sun.

Before the thief could see what was in the air, the whistling spear tip had penetrated his body, and the thief's whole person was nailed to the ground by the huge momentum of the spear tip, but the others were not dead.

Terrible screams rang out in the sky, and the defenders on the city walls shouted in unison, morale high.

Lan Ziyi looked at the crossbow bed next to him that shattered into several pieces with an arrow, and said:

"It's a good thing."

高延宗 says:

"It's a pity that you can only use it once."

The thieves were clearly enraged, and the generals in the bandits' formation waved their horsewhips indiscriminately above their heads, howling and directing the troops behind the thieves.

兰子义 says:

"I suffered a loss last night, and I don't want to save face if I don't leave today.

The thieves besieged the fortified city because of a moment of anger, and they were sure to be defeated. “

高延宗 says:

"Exactly! I can't wait to get my hands on these thieves. “

Before Gao Yanzong finished speaking, the earth-shattering war drums sounded in the thief array outside the city, deafening in all directions.

Then countless unarmored people poured out of the gap in the thief's array, each carrying a large cloth bag, and when he looked closely, it was full of earth.

The people rushed up to the trench and threw the dirt bags behind them into the ditch.

The people in the front row immediately turned around and retreated, returned to the rear and went to dig again, and the people in the back row followed up to throw out the loess on their backs, moving quickly and without hesitation.

Those who fell into the ditch and were stopped in time to turn around were all buried alive in the ditch as stepping stones.

In this way, the outermost trench was filled in just a few moments.

Lan Ziyi saw this kind of offensive of thieves who did not take human lives as a matter of affairs, and hurriedly came to the city wall and said:

"It's crazy, how can there be such a way of playing?"

Gao Yanzong scolded:

"The deeds of the thief are not as good as the beasts,

This thief is not extinguished, and the righteousness is restless! “

The people outside the city filled the outer trenches and immediately rushed to the next trench.

The defenders on the city wall heard the sound of the thieves' drums, and the people who filled the ditches under the city kept chattering

"The heart has a magic weapon, reincarnated as an immortal,

Slay demons and eliminate demons, and ascend to the sky in one step"

Lan Ziyi was shocked when he heard this familiar slogan, and said:

"I originally thought that these people would come to their deaths because of the coercion of thieves, but I didn't expect them to believe in demon law."

Next to him, Gao Yanzong sighed and said:

"I said a long time ago that the demon thief is confusing, but now you can see it clearly."

The soldiers defending the city were panicked when they saw the thieves and people advancing under the city, and asked:

"What should I do, I'm already in the range of the bow and arrow, can I shoot?"

Lan Ziyi lowered his head in pain when he heard this question, these are innocent people, how to start.

Gao Yanzong jumped to his feet in anger, sighed and said:

"You can't just watch them fill in all the trenches,

Shoot the arrows! “

When the defenders heard the order, they had no choice but to fire arrows outside the city.

The sound of the bowstrings vibrating like locusts flapping their wings, and the people who were still rushing forward under the city, nay, it should be said that the thieves were struck by a dense rain of arrows in a buzzing sound.

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