As soon as Magistrate Tong said this, all his subordinates' eyes turned red with anger.
The people still living in Shiquan City are basically the families of the 20,000 soldiers defending the city and their yamen runners and guards.
Most of the people in Shiquan City were probably among the rebels outside the city at this time.
A small number of ordinary people and merchants with some wealth have already fled to the south.
If Mr. Dong wants to use the people as human shields, doesn’t that mean he is going to use their families as human shields?
What a beast!
Tong Zhifu looked at the angry expressions of the crowd and continued,
"Of course I won't go along with such people. What's more, your families are all in Shiquan City, and they are all citizens under my jurisdiction. I can't do such a cruel thing..."
"The reason I summoned you here is to have you quietly transfer all the people near the North Gate to the South Gate."
".....Sir!" Everyone looked at Magistrate Tong with gratitude.
Tong Zhifu waved his hand, signaling everyone to continue listening to him.
"Time is limited, so you should act separately."
"Remember, if there are elderly people in your home who can't walk, hide in the cellar and don't run away blindly."
"You can also hide in the prison cells of the prefectural yamen. Take the keys and vacate the cells so that the people can hide in them."
"There are also warehouses and other places. If you can walk towards the South City Gate, try to go there..."
“.......”
Magistrate Tong gave detailed instructions and immediately asked everyone to act separately.
The master cooperated and divided everyone into 20 small teams, specifying which team would be responsible for which area and which path to take...
“Hey~~”
The master looked at the backs of the people leaving and sighed deeply.
"Sir, what should we do then?"
Their families have already fled and the people have been resettled, so there is nothing to worry about.
"......." Magistrate Tong looked up at the sky for a long time, "Wait!"
All they can do now is wait for the rebels to capture Shiquan City.
At this point, he no longer hoped that Dong Wenfeng could win.
If Dong Wenfeng wins, he will only die faster.
If Dong Wenfeng lost, he could just abandon the city and escape.
The city was broken, and there was no point in keeping him as a civil servant unless he escaped.
Even if the emperor knew that he had escaped, he could not say anything to him.
It's not like he didn't defend the city at all. It's just that the military generals failed to defend it, so why blame him, a civil servant?
The lawyer took a deep breath, stood beside Magistrate Tong, and nodded slowly.
There is no other way except waiting...
.......
"Fourth brother, you can do it. You are quite strong."
Xiao Yunchao was carrying a big stone and his face was red with fatigue. When he saw Xiao Yunzhan standing next to him with a relaxed look on his face, his eyes were full of envy.
Originally, his martial arts skills were not better than his eldest brother's, but he could still compete with his fourth brother.
Now, he felt that he had fallen to the same level as his second brother.
Xiao Yunchao glanced at Xiao Yunyou, who was standing next to him and talking, directing everyone how to place the stones, and sighed deeply in his heart.
He is now neither as good as the best nor as good as the worst.
Not only was he not as good at martial arts as the other men, women, young and old in the Xiao family, he was also not as eloquent as his second brother.
"Third brother, you go up and guard this pillar on the east side later."
Xiao Yunzhan's eyes paused slightly, and he changed the subject directly.
He placed the big stone at the bottom of the pillar, clapped his hands, and glanced at the tall pillars around him.
Each pillar occupies an area of 20 square meters and is ten feet high, just over three feet higher than the city wall.
Originally, four pillars were planned to be built, but after on-site measurements, six pillars were finally built.
The catapult was also modified to four taels.
"Okay, the ladder is set up, it's easy to go up."
Xiao Yunchao nodded, put down the stone in his hand, and looked up at the top of the pillar.
"Dad and I will be in charge of the two pillars on the east side, and I'll let my brother and you take care of the four pillars on the west side."
The area on the east side is smaller, while the area on the west side is wider. The eldest brother and the fourth brother are better at light work and can jump over.
He and his father are good at using crossbows, and it is just right for each of them to be responsible for one pillar.
"Okay, let's get the crossbowmen ready to go."
Xiao Yunzhan nodded, looked in the direction of the catapult, and walked over.
Xiao Yunchao hurriedly called the crossbowmen who were resting over.
When Lin Yiran looked up, she saw Xiao Yunzhan striding towards her.
"Yun Zhan, look, this stone can be thrown at least five hundred meters away."
Lin Yiran smiled and waved to Xiao Yunzhan, then quickly attached a large stone to the catapult and launched it towards the forest.
"Bang!"
A huge rock weighing one or two hundred pounds fell heavily into the forest, causing a huge vibration.
"Okay! Okay, okay! Hahaha~"
Xiao Yunhao shouted with laughter.
It was a wise move to change the catapult into a large slingshot.
It just so happened that there were so many strong people in their family, so they only needed the soldiers to help pass them a stone and they could directly turn into stone-throwing monsters.
This rain of stones fell towards Dong Wenfeng, and Dong Wenfeng was afraid that he would think that their catapult had become a spirit.
The soldiers didn't even have to do anything to beat Dong Wenfeng to a pulp.
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