Chapter 500 Chen State Army
The alarm had sounded in the city. Magistrate Zhou and the Jiang family father and son rushed over upon hearing the news and climbed up the city wall with Magistrate Zhou.
Standing on the city wall, it was clearly visible that the black cloud had already turned around the corner of the mountain. The farmers knew that what the child said was true, and they ran desperately towards the city gate.
But two feet could never outrun the galloping horse, and the farmer who fell behind was about to be caught up, and he shouted for help in despair.
"Hurry, get out of the city and save people!" Su Qianqian's third uncle Jiang Nian shouted loudly.
"No, unless these people can create some distance between themselves and the Chen army, the entire Muchuan City will be in danger."
Old Master Jiang frowned and looked into the distance. The black eagle totem on the flag of the Chen State army was already visible.
"A little closer and my bomber can launch." Jiang He said, clenching his fists.
"But those common people are also among them..." Jiang Nian said in a low voice.
Everyone was silent.
At this moment, the Chen soldiers in the front had raised their swords, ready to kill the civilians. A figure quickly passed through more than a dozen farmers and drew his sword to fight against the Chen army. Although there was only one person, he still hindered the progress of the army.
The people ran desperately, and some looked back to see that the Chen people had surrounded the Da Qi man. He was like a leaf, floating in the waves, fighting with those brave soldiers.
Jiang He took out his homemade telescope and said, "It's Qin Shisan. He went to rescue the people alone."
With Qin Shisan's help, the people got a glimmer of hope and were getting closer and closer to the city gate.
"We can deploy the catapults now. The farthest distance they can reach is the center of the army, which will disrupt their offensive plans!" said Old Master Jiang.
County Magistrate Zhou immediately gave the order: "Release the stone eggs and blow up those bastards!"
The catapult started, and a stone egg was thrown towards the dark crowd with a loud bang. It exploded when it hit the ground, and there was a sudden scream and wailing. Dozens of Chen army members were killed or injured in the incident where they were unprepared.
Such chaos gave Qin Shisan a chance to catch his breath, even though he had suffered several knife wounds under the siege. When those people were in chaos in an instant, Qin Shisan retreated and ran towards the city gate.
"Fire again!" County Magistrate Zhou was encouraged and ordered the soldiers to fire the bomb droppers.
However, this time, the stone eggs whizzed past, and the Chen people knew how powerful they were, so they fled in all directions, and only a few were injured by the stone fragments.
A general wearing silver armor in the Chen army suddenly shouted something loudly. The troops immediately stopped to reorganize, and then, under the command of the general, charged forward more quickly.
The people who were about to reach the city gate were soon caught up.
Qin Shisan held the hilt of the knife with both hands, turned around and intercepted the Chen army again: "Fellow villagers, run!"
"Release the javelins and crossbows!" County Magistrate Zhou gave the order loudly, holding onto the city wall and staring at the people.
This time they were not so lucky. Even though Qin Shisan tried his best to rescue them, several civilians were soon caught up. The soldiers of the State of Chen swung their swords mercilessly, and those civilians fell in a pool of blood in an instant.
"Beast!" Old Master Jiang cursed angrily. This was a blatant massacre of innocent people of Da Qi. Even if the two countries were at war, such behavior was inhumane.
"Miss, can we go down and rescue the people?" Qin Shiliu and Qin Shijiu came to the city wall at this time, looking at Qin Shisan who was covered in blood, their eyes were bloodshot.
"Go, try to bring Thirteen back, but do it within your ability. The people in the city still need your protection." Su Qianqian thought for a moment and made a decision.
Logically speaking, she should not allow the two of them to take risks, because there were only three of them left in Qin Hanzhang's secret guard camp, and Jiang Baipin had also gone to Huizhou.
But emotionally, even she herself might not be able to leave her comrades fighting alone. After all, she is not a person of this era at heart. Most of the time, when she handles things, she still acts according to the rules and regulations of that world.
What's more, under the attack of javelins and crossbows, Qin Shiliu and Qin Shijiu had a chance.
The two men immediately turned around, climbed down the city wall, jumped on their horses and left the city. They opened the city gate a crack and then quickly closed it.
Qin Shiliu and Qin Shijiu urged their horses to intercept the Chen soldiers who were rushing in front, allowing the people to escape.
They quickly joined up with Qin Shisan, blocked the attack for Qin Shisan, and forced him to retreat back into the city immediately. The three of them cooperated with each other and gradually retreated to the front of the city gate.
At this time, the crossbowmen and archers on the city fired arrows, and the dense rain of arrows blocked the way of the Chen army.
The common people and the Qin family's secret guards finally returned to the city. Qin Shisan fainted on the ground as soon as he entered the city. There were also injured people among the common people. Jiang Shan, the eldest uncle of the Jiang family, immediately treated the injured.
Among the Chen army soldiers under the city, someone spoke in the awkward Da Qi official language and shouted loudly to the city: "Little Muchuan, why don't you surrender quickly? The general can guarantee that he will not kill civilians!"
【fart! These two-legged beasts colluded with the city guarding generals outside the southern border. After letting them pass through, they turned against them and massacred the border cities, then crossed the southern border and headed straight for Muchuan. They must have some ulterior motive! 】
The system was laughing loudly at this time. Su Qianqian frowned. If they were coming for Mu Chuan, there was no way to avoid this fierce battle.
"Outrageous!" County Magistrate Zhou did not say that word after all.
"You barbarians were once expelled by Lord Wuning to a place 300 miles outside the borders of Great Qi. You were not allowed to cross the borders. Now you dare to bully our people and kill innocent people. I will make you pay with blood!"
Su Qianqian looked back and saw many people looking out at the city gate. Some had packed their belongings and were carrying them on their backs, with their children in their hands. If the city could not be defended, they would have to leave their homes and find shelter elsewhere.
The silver-armored general at the foot of the city listened to the translator's explanation, waved his hand and asked the soldiers to retreat five miles to set up camp, and pointed at the city wall and said something loudly.
"He said that Muchuan is determined to win. If he knows what's best for him, he should raise the white flag and surrender immediately instead of being stubborn."
Qin Hanjue's voice rang out, and Su Qianqian looked back and saw that the Qin family had climbed onto the city wall at some point.
"Grandma." Su Qianqian went to support Madam Qin first.
"The people of Chen are fierce. Although your grandfather won the battle that year, he suffered heavy losses. These people are well prepared and should not be underestimated."
Madam Qin leaned against the city wall and looked out. The people of Chen were obeying the order and retreating to Wuli to set up camp.
"Grandmother, the Marquis is not in Muchuan this time, and the troops that Muchuan can mobilize are less than a hundred. We can only outsmart them. I hope we can wait until the Marquis comes back."
Su Qianqian spoke these words in a very gentle voice. Exiled prisoners were not allowed to leave the place of exile. If what Qin Hanzhang had done was discovered, County Magistrate Zhou would have ended his career.
"Qianqian, we must now guard against this danger with all our might and wait until Hanzhang comes back." Mrs. Du's expression was calm and firm.
"I'm afraid it won't be that easy this time." Su Qianqian looked into the distance, where the Chen army was like ants.
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