Chapter 38 First Siege
"What did you say? People in this city don't actually need to participate?"
The moon was in the sky, and Duer, who was pulling Watson to talk all night, widened his eyes.
"Miss Du doesn't know?" Watson was even more surprised.
"Although there are countless cities in the world, Sihai City is also the top cities. Duer doesn't know how Sihai City came from? Did Miss Du jump out of some stone?" Watson was surprised and even shouted Duer's name.
You just popped out of the stone, and Duer glared at Watson directly. But he didn't say anything. This... she just didn't know, and it wasn't her fault.
"This is this--" Watson saw Duer's reaction and had to believe that Duer knew nothing about it. Fortunately, Watson was a good teacher. He spent all night with Duer to make up for it, so that Duer finally understood the current situation in Sihai City.
Simply put, it turns out that the Sihai City itself is not rich, there are no big rivers around, and even the well water is very small, and the food is short of water, making it difficult to maintain people's daily needs. Some people moved out of this place, and the remaining people made another way to make a living. They gradually gave up farming and reselling some goods everywhere, which made the prototype of Sihai City. Perhaps it was God's favor that people gradually discovered that this place happened to be in the center of nearby towns, so they simply set up a city to trade.
Prosperous. Gradually, the number of foreigners gradually increased, and the people in the city signed a treaty with the people who came to visit. They allowed the people from outside to come in, but if there was a war, the locals did not participate, and the people from outside needed to protect their homes; if there was a construction of canals, such as the moat dug outside the city wall, the people from outside must contribute their efforts and money, but the locals do not need it. In summary, in one sentence, if you use my place, you will rush ahead if you encounter anything.
"Then there are quite a few locals?" Duer asked.
"Not too much, no less. Locals have been intermarried with locals for generations, few people marry outside the family, and few people marry into their families. And they all live in the center of the city - the place you just passed by. Until now, they should be the four major surnames of Cong Guo and Li Ji, and the remaining dozens of small surnames. Even one-quarter of the total number of people is not enough."
"What about the city lord? The city lord is also a local?"
"It should be." Watson hesitated for a moment and said, "It should be the lord of the Cong family, but the lord of the Cong family abdicated more than ten years ago and gave way to the lord of the City Lord Xiao."
This sentence is very informative. Although the outsiders are not natives, I heard from Watson that at least there have been many generations of foreigners who have been here, and they are still receiving unfair treatment. I am afraid they are dissatisfied. However, the number of locals is relatively small, but they can be much larger than that of foreigners in such a long time. They are also skilled. The power of the Cong family must be deeply rooted in the four major families. Suddenly, they are wise, and the power of the Cong family must be deeply rooted. Suddenly, they are wise, making people believe that this is voluntary and it is really difficult. So, the locals are still so happy at this emergency stall that they don’t have to expect them to take into account the overall situation. It is reasonable for Ronghua to arrange a relatively large number of people to be responsible for the public security in the city when the troops are so short of force...
"Did those locals have private soldiers? Have you ever put in some force?" Duer asked suddenly.
"This..." Watson hesitated.
"Yes, there are still many. Each of the four major families recruited seven or eight hundred troops, and the remaining small families had hundreds of people, which totaled about 5,000. Now they were all in the inner city." Outside the gate, Ronghua took two steps at the same time and walked to Duer.
When Ronghua came, Watson withdrew himself.
Duer's heart was raised when Ronghua looked so rare.
"Although the five major sects do not take care of the affairs of the city, Xiao Yu has good qualifications, so as long as he is there, those people dare not move."
"Isn't that good?"
Ronghua took a breath, "But Xiao Yu just wrote that something went wrong when he was in seclusion. This time he siege, he probably couldn't catch up!"
"Did they know the news?"
“There are signs of opening the letter paper.”
"It's over, I've beaten a rich child before."
"I didn't beat him to death, I left a living opportunity."
Duer and Ronghua looked at each other and saw the heavy weight in each other's eyes.
"Miss Du—All beasts are sieging the city!" Watson's voice came from outside.
It was too late. The two rushed out, one rushed to the conference hall and the other ran towards the east wall.
When Duer arrived at the city wall, he happened to see a small wave of beasts splitting out of the thousands of beasts. They were all beasts that could run fast and could climb over the wall. Is he going to fight the front line?
The master frowned when he saw Duer as he arrived on the city wall, "This year's beast tide is quite strange. The old man has never seen such a well-organized person. He also knows how to fight in front of him."
Seeing this, Duer raised his eyebrows, "Was it a rushing over?"
"Really--look at that place!"
Duer looked along the place where the master pointed. It was a strong leopard. Unlike other companions who rushed over, it moved a lot of meters while talking. Looking at its route, it seemed like it wanted to take a detour and touch directly under the wall. Is it possible to get knocked down by siege on the front?
But it wasn't that easy. Duer hummed softly. "Master, follow the original plan."
Seeing this, the master nodded in agreement, waved his hand and sent a few signals to the other city walls.
When the beasts arrived at a certain distance from the city wall, it seemed to trigger a signal. Except for the east city wall, the west, north and south city walls, thousands of arrows were fired at once, and many beasts were shot into sieves.
Roaring and wailing, they died immediately, but they were shot but could still move. They struggled on the ground, red and white, and flowed all over the ground. Behind them, the companions stimulated by blood rushed up, and the broken beasts were directly stepped into pieces by their companions. The empty land outside the city was dyed bloody at once.
It was probably the first time that many soldiers saw this scene. Many of them lay on the ground and started to retching, completely disappearing their previous heroism. They were picked up by the general in charge and continued to do things.
It was also the first time Duer, but unfortunately she had no time to disgust. Instead, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief. According to this situation, not all beasts have such a scheming. Originally, they had fewer people. If all beasts were more powerful than humans, what would they beat?
After the deterrence of the three city walls and the bleeding in front of them, the beasts seemed to know that they should pick a soft persimmon. Many animals changed their direction and ran directly towards the east wall where Duer was located.
Duer's eyes stayed up all night, staring at the progress of the beasts without moving. The hands that were gathered in his sleeves formed a fist.
The East City Wall cannot withstand the blows, so the first time we have to let thousands of beasts know that the East City Wall cannot be touched.
It was closer, closer. Duer slowly raised his hand and waved it hard.
The palm of my hand broke through the air, and because I tried too hard, a whistling sound actually slid out.
The dead soldiers who had already been at the gate of the city were ordered to rush towards the beast tide. The forward rushed to the connecting passage with the moat that he dug first. Several people worked together to gather forces to connect the passage to the moat, and the water instantly spread across the river. He also worked together to push the mechanism designed by Duer, which was previously installed there, so that the two water systems that should have been separated.
If you look at Sihai City from the sky, you can see that the moat in the eastern section that had surrounded Sihai City for one week was divided into two groups on the part of the East City Wall, connecting the two points of the East City Wall and the north and south city walls respectively. Together with the East City Wall and the East City Moat, the moat in the East City Wall, became a rectangle. However, the other parts of the moat were separated from the connection with the eastern section river because of the previous mechanism of Duer.
The people behind rushed up and pushed the crock pots one by one. At this moment, without hesitation, they smashed the crock pot into the river. The rich aroma of wine! Ronghua asked for wine under the guise of celebrating Duer! It was still a round of strong wine that had been quietly condensed by Duer!
A jar of clay pots were also brought to the city wall.
After the forward did it, he did not retreat. He took out a quiver from behind. More than a dozen men were covered in tendons and muscles could tower into a hill, otherwise they would not have been chosen to do this. With a long arm, he shot several arrows in a row, and the beasts rushing towards him were missing one layer.
The big men took this opportunity to retreat dozens of steps and led the bow again.
In this way, the beasts finally rushed to the eastern moat. The big men's bows and arrows were exhausted, and they laughed a few times, put away their bows, and ran into the city gate in a flash.
The beasts were teased several times and could no longer help but rushed up even more fiercely. The people behind just finished pouring the wine, and each hand bowed and fired for a while. The beasts could not have expected that they would have such a hand, and they were hit by a lot.
The companion's roar, walking in front and behind, slowing down the speed again. Moreover, the beasts who lived to this day were also a little scared, and their speed was slowed down for a moment. Taking advantage of this, the people behind pushed the small cart soaked in the wine into the group of beasts, and ran away.
So far, the beast striker has lost half of the beasts before they have contacted humans.
The master patted Duer on the shoulder and couldn't help but praise, "So you are such an idea!"
But when Duer was tense all over, he suddenly turned around and shouted to the city, "Hurry up, go collect beans, no matter what kind of beans it is, small round stones are fine, hurry!"
The master didn't react, but he quickly ordered. Just as he was about to ask what was wrong, he saw Duer continue to rush to the city, "Come back! Hurry!"
Under the city wall, the last wave of people was still running back.
Duer's face was as deep as frost.
The white tiger behind him roared, and some of the forwards rushed forward as if they were injected with chicken blood.
Seeing this, the master waved his hand and began to throw clay pots downwards, almost behind the retreating person.
"Roar--" A leopard saw that it grabbed the back of the person in front of him.
The man was so scared that he moved his heart and stepped faster under his legs. He only regretted that his parents had less than two legs. However, he could not run away from the leopard that was accelerating. The leopard stretched out his scarlet tongue and had to go up the next second.
"bump--"
A can of earthen clay hit the leopard's head, smashing out his brain.
Chapter completed!