Chapter 1592 Attack the City and Nail It to the Ground

"What? The Rong army is coming!" Magistrate Luo, a civil servant, was so frightened that he started to speak rural slang. He dragged Qin Sanlang and said: "Qin Baihu, the Rong people in the county only have the strength of two hundred households. It’s so difficult to fight. Now that the Rong army is coming to kill us, how can our small county town resist it?”

He's dead!

Qin Sanlang pulled back his arm, drank the rest of the sorghum porridge in one gulp, and said to Magistrate Luo: "My lord, magistrate, there is no need to worry. The Rong people are rushing to Xing'an Prefecture and will not spend time attacking the small county. Hurry up. Order the east city gate to be opened to allow people from Shiming Town to come in and avoid the disaster."

From Guanlu County to Dachen County, Qin Sanlang had clearly seen the purpose of the Rong people, so he dared to say such words.

He added: "Prepare more food. The people in Shiming Town brought their families with them, and farmers from other villages will also flock to the county town, so they have to prepare more food. If there are too many people and no food, there will still be chaos in the city. .”

Although the county seat of Ancang County is not very good, at least it is protected by a towering city wall, which is better than staying in a town without city walls.

Magistrate Luo's face turned dark when he heard this.

The granary in their county town might not be safe, but rather than eating up all the grain, he was more afraid of soldiers coming into the city and committing crimes, so he could only do what Qin Sanlang ordered: "Team leader Liu, quickly go to County Lieutenant Liu and ask him to Open the east city gate and let the people in to avoid the disaster. After the people enter the city, immediately close the city gate."

"Yes." Bantou Liu is the nephew of County Lieutenant Liu. He ran back to the County Lieutenant's Mansion to protect his family. Now he does not dare to say anything after returning and only follows Magistrate Luo's instructions.

"General Tang Banner, you stay in the county seat. If the Rong people attack the city, you will lead the troops to resist it first." Qin Sanlang was sure that the Rong people would not attack the county seat, but just in case, he still left a soldier from the general banner. Ma followed the people from the county government to defend the county seat: "Magistrate Luo, we need a lot of medicinal materials to defend against the enemy. Please ask Brother Ye to take Brother Ye to the medicine shop in the city. Give him whatever medicinal materials he needs."

They were almost running out of poison and had to prepare some quickly so they could use it to deal with the Rong who were chasing them when they escaped.

"Remember to cook more, the brothers outside the city haven't eaten yet." After Qin Sanlang finished explaining, he called on the soldiers to run out of the county, leaving behind Magistrate Luo who looked aggrieved.

Yes, the granary is definitely going to be empty.

Magistrate Luo accepted his fate and ordered the government servants: "Let the handymen in the kitchen continue cooking. The soldiers outside still need to eat...cook more porridge."

There is a lot of water in the porridge, so you will be full after drinking two more bowls.

"Yes." The Yamen servant hurried to the kitchen to inform the handyman.

After the government officials came back, Magistrate Luo said again: "Take Dr. Ye and the others to the city drugstore to get medicinal materials. Tell the drugstore shopkeeper to help Dr. Ye. If he dares not to help, I will throw his family out of the city!"

"Hey." The yamen servant was going crazy with his work. After responding, he called to Ye Dakou and the others: "Doctor Ye, come with me."

Ye Dakou took Panax notoginseng, Ophiopogon japonicus and others and followed the government servants to the largest pharmacy in the city. With Magistrate Luo's order, he was able to get the medicinal materials he wanted without paying.

Then he called to the doctor and medicine boy in the medicine shop: "Please help crush these medicinal materials, hurry up!"

The people in the medicine shop knew that the Rong people were coming, and they also knew that Ye Dakou was the doctor brought by the anti-Rong soldiers. They did not dare to neglect, and they all helped to get busy, pounding the medicine and preparing the medicine.

In addition to the drug store, the county government was also crazy busy. Magistrate Luo was afraid that something would happen to his family, so he asked the government servants to fetch all the family members, thinking that if the city was destroyed, the whole family would die together... Magistrate Luo thought about it Thinking about the scene of a family committing suicide, it made me cry. I could only pray to God to bless Qin Sanlang and they must win.

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Qin Sanlang had already led his troops out of the city, but not to Shiming Town, but to Sangui Town behind the county seat. After choosing a strong terrain, he said: "Brother Xie, lead people to dig ditches and set traps."

Setting up ambushes in the two towns would further delay the army's attack.

Then he said to the general banner of labor: "Lead troops into Sangui Town and ask the people in Sangui Town to immediately go to the county seat to escape. After the Rong people are ambushed once, they will be extremely irritable. If Sangui Town is attacked, the people in the town must withdraw."

"Eh." Mr. Lao immediately rode into Sangui Town with a small banner of cavalry and two government officials.

As soon as he entered the town, he went straight to the Secretary's Office, found the scribe and the town yamen servant, and told the matter.

Sangui Town is not far from the county seat, but from a distance, you can see thick smoke coming out of the county seat. The General Labor Banner also carried handwritten letters from the Yamen servant and the Luo County Magistrate. After reading it, the scribe immediately believed: "Knock the gong and let us know. The soldiers are calling, you guys, hurry up and grab your valuable belongings and go to the county town to avoid the disaster!"

"Hey!" The government officials immediately started to inform the people in the town.

But they also had family members. After beating the gong and shouting once, they rushed back to the village, informed the villagers, and then took their families to the county seat.

The General Labor Banner had long expected this to happen. He rode his horse and galloped through the town, beating the gong and shouting: "The Rong are coming. Magistrate Luo County has issued an order. All the families in the town should go to the county seat immediately to avoid the military disaster. Hurry up." !”

He shouted until his voice became hoarse. Occasionally he had to stop and explain to the frightened people. After they understood, the General Labor Secretary and others continued to beat the gongs and shout.

After working for a full hour, the people in the town were driven to the county seat.

Nearby towns and villages were also notified and rushed to the county seat.

Those who were too far from the county seat ran directly into the mountains. In short, everyone was running for their lives.

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Outside Shiming Town, Cao Baihu and the others, with several hundred soldiers, used trenches, traps, arrow rain, and poison to hold off the Rong army for nearly two hours.

But there were too many Rong people, and they had strong bows and fast arrows. Cao Baihu and the others fought hard and had already retreated to the third trench. When the Rong people advanced again, they would be finished.

Cao Baihu was afraid of death, so he said to Hu Baihu: "Old Hu, the Rong people are too powerful. Let's withdraw quickly, otherwise it will be too late."

Seeing that there was still half a bag of poison, Hu Baihu said: "If we hold on for another half hour, we are running too fast. The trap in Sangui Town has not been dug yet. Qin Baihu and the others will be in danger."

Moreover, Qin Baihu asked them to guard for three hours, so they couldn't just run away after two hours.

"Qin Baihu has a bad temper, let's hold on." Hu Baihu said, and ordered the archers: "Fire arrows!"

Whoosh whoosh!

The arrows shot at the Rong people in unison, but did not cause much damage to the Rong people.

These soldiers were wearing armor, and even if sharp arrows could penetrate their armor, they could not pierce their heads.

Cao Baihu cursed in his heart when he heard this, but that boy Qin Sanlang really had a bad temper. He made a mistake during the bandit killing. If he did it again, that boy would definitely kill him.

When the time comes, it will be said that he was killed by the soldiers, then his death will be in vain.

The young man is ferocious, and he cannot afford to offend him at his old age, so he can only continue to take risks and stay, leading the troops to fight with the soldiers: "Tine oil, light rockets, attack with fire!"

If sharp arrows cannot penetrate the armor of the Rong people, then burn them to death with fire.

When the archers heard Cao Baihu's words, they immediately made rockets from pine oil and cloth and shot them at the advancing Rong people.

Whoosh whoosh!

The blazing rockets ignited the clothes under the armor of the Rong soldiers. The Rong soldiers panicked and hurriedly rolled to the ground to extinguish the flames on their bodies.

"It works, keep attacking with fire!" Cao Baihu was overjoyed and continued to order.

But he was happy too early. There was a whistling sound of wind from the side, and then...

Whoosh!

A crossbow arrow came like lightning and shot through Cao Baihu's shoulder. The powerful force knocked him flying a foot away, and then nailed him to the ground with a loud bang.