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Zhao Song glanced at the others, and someone sighed: "Then just keep it."

"Keep it."

Zhao Hu cursed, "There are only more than four thousand people. We have almost as many strong men in Wubao. Are we afraid of them?"

Zhao Ming did not mention the gap between the two sides and continued: "Since we are determined to defend, let's take advantage of the chaos outside to send out the fire."

"Send to where?"

"Go to Governor He of Aoyang and ask him to send someone to Luoyang to join the clan leader."

Zhao Ming said: "No, send it to Shangcai and give it to Sanniang."

After a while, a loud shout of killing came from the gate of Wubao. Zhao Ming wrote a letter and handed it to Bu Qu, then turned and went to the tower. Zhao Song took the three young men and a five or six-year-old boy he had picked out. The little girl was handed over to a group of soldiers and asked to leave from another part of Wubao with their four children.

Zhao Hu was still puzzled, "What's the matter? With just over 4,000 people, will we not be able to defend Wubao?"

Zhao Song said solemnly: "It's different, they are desperate people."

The ditch outside the Wubao is not wide. Although it is more difficult to climb up after jumping down, there are still people shooting arrows and throwing stones on the Wubao. However, these rebels are in ragged clothes, with yellow faces and thin muscles. They have obviously been forced into a desperate situation. At this time, they can only see Wubao. Castle, not afraid of life or death.

Corpses filled the ditch. Some people jumped over them by stepping on the corpses. Others chopped wood from nearby and carried it on the ditch. They were killed by arrows before they could walk over...

Before the man fell down, he was pushed away by the people behind him, and then he jumped over the ditch by stepping on the wood. The big man on the horse brandished his knife and shouted: "The first one to rush into the fort, I promise he won't be able to finish it." The white rice contains chicken, duck, money, and women! Come on—"

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers' eyes turned red, and they could only see the ruthlessness. They roared and rushed towards Wubao...

Zhao Ming kept asking people to replenish arrows and stones. When he saw that the rebels had rushed to the bottom of the city tower and were hitting the gate, he immediately said: "Bring boiling oil!"

Buckets of boiling hot oil were poured down and sprinkled on the rebels who hit the city gate. Zhao Ming asked people to throw down torches without changing his expression, and the bottom of Wubao became a sea of ​​fire.

The wailing sounds of the rebel army began, and the rebel army, which had been relentlessly attacking, finally regained some sense and retreated out of the ditch.

Zhao Hu laughed loudly when he saw this, and said happily: "We didn't even hurt a few people, but they killed hundreds of people. What are we afraid of?"

Zhao Ming glanced at him. Although he wanted to throw the person off the tower, he still didn't do it because of his military spirit.

Zhao Song was not optimistic, and other clan elders also had serious expressions on their faces. They looked at the rebel army that refused to retreat, and then looked back towards the county seat.

There was thick smoke billowing and fires shooting into the sky. It looked like there was much more movement than here. "I wonder if there are more enemy troops on the other side of the county town. If the county town is captured, they will definitely turn and target us."

Zhao Hu, the elder of the clan, pulled him aside and said: "Nephew Zi Nian is upset right now. Don't bother him here. It's for the benefit of the clan. You should go back now and gather the servants at home. Maybe they can be used to defend the city." On."

"That's right, not many Wubao have been taken down because of the rebels and the refugee army in the past two years. Maybe they will be exterminated like them at some point, and you are still here to cause trouble."

"Why are you causing chaos? Other clans will be destroyed, but our Zhao family can be destroyed?" Zhao Hu said: "My children and grandchildren are all outside, and there are two families in Luoyang. You can only think of the worst, but you can't think of the good. think?"

A group of middle-aged and elderly people who were several hundred years old started arguing in a corner of the tower.

Zhao Ming was too lazy to pay attention to them. He stared at another mottled flag among the rebels and finally recognized it, "Stone?"

His eyes widened slightly, "Shi Le?"

"Who?" Zhao Song stepped forward, "That Qiang Hu Shile from the refugee army? Isn't he in Jizhou? How come he came to our Runan?"

At the same time, it was not only Xiping that lit up the smoke, but also Aoyang, which was not far from Shangcai.

And because Governor He was in Aoyang, the smoke from Aoyang was transmitted and ignited as quickly as possible. Zhao Hanzhang was practicing riding with Fu Tinghan on the hillside. When he saw the thick black smoke burning in the distance, he didn't react at first. , "It's dry and dry. Is there a fire somewhere?"

Ji Ping, who came to practice with them, turned his head and glanced, his expression changed drastically, "Girl, it's Lang Yan!"

The smile on Zhao Hanzhang's face fell and he looked in the direction of Langyan, "Is that Aoyang?"

While hesitating, Fu Tinghan suddenly pointed in another direction and said, "There's one there too."

Zhao Hanzhang turned his head and saw the slowly burning wolf smoke in the distance. He immediately tightened the reins in his hands and said, "It's Xiping."

Zhao Hanzhang controlled the horse and said to the people around him: "Go and ask Mr. Ji, Uncle Qianli and Ji Ping to send someone to the county town to have a look. Professor Fu, let's go."

The two of them hurried back to the other courtyard. Everyone saw the smoke in the distance, but because it was still far away from them, no one had much reaction.

But Ji Yuan and Zhao Ju rushed over because they both saw the smoke in Xiping.

"How could Xiping and Aoyang erupt at the same time?" Zhao Hanzhang was puzzled. "Luoyang has been taken back, the rebels have retreated, and the Huns have also withdrawn. Runan County in the southeast of Luoyang should be the safest."

Ji Yuan: "What if the retreating rebel army and the Xiongnu army did not go north, but went south?"

Fu Tinghan: "There is too little data. Whatever you talk about now is just speculation, with little analyzability."

He said: "Let's think about what to do. Shangcai is between Aoyang and Xiping. No matter which side of the two places is lost, Shangcai will face the enemy directly next."

Zhao Hanzhang: "Now we have no walls, and we don't even have enough weapons. We only have food and money. This is just a fat goose in people's eyes. It really allows the enemy to get here..."

Then they will have no choice but to flee again.

But it was easy to settle down, and everything had just started, so Zhao Hanzhang gave up, and she was unwilling to say anything.

Zhao Hanzhang looked at Ji Yuan, "Mr. Ji, we have to defend Shangcai and this manor."

"That can only keep the enemy in Aoyang and Xiping."

"There are Runan troops stationed in Gaoyang, and there are also governors there. They can't be attacked for a while," Zhao Hanzhang said, "There is Zhao's Wubao in Xiping. I don't know what happened to them."

Ji Yuan heard Zhao Hanzhang's tendency and asked, "Sanniang wants to go to Xiping?"

Zhao Hanzhang nodded.

"But we only have such a small number of people. Even if we count all the strong men, we can only count a thousand people."

"You don't know how many enemies there are yet, why should you be discouraged, sir?"

"Whether it's Xiping or Gaoyang, if they can light up the smoke in such a hurry to convey the message, the enemies they will encounter will definitely not be few or weak."

Zhao Hanzhang had already decided, "I have to go and take a look, not only to keep the enemy out of Shangcai, but also because my clan is in Xiping. The smoke has started and my clan members are dying. How can I pretend that I don't know?"

Fu Tinghan said: "I'll help you."