When a passerby becomes a princess

Huzi retreated to Wanjia Township less than five miles away. He first looted the food and belongings left by the villagers, burned down the houses, and arrested several old people who were hiding at home. They took the old people to the city and guarded them. In front of the army, several old people were brutally killed in order to blow the morale of the people in the city.

Several old people were also stubborn, and the sword and body did not beg for mercy and help as Hu Zi asked. One of the old people was an old man from the Wan clan in Wan's hometown. Kill the enemy to avenge us." The villagers of the Wan family on the top of the city cried loudly and were about to go out of the city to kill Beard.

It is said that there are troublemakers in poor villages, and the poorest in Beimo County is Wanjia Township. They even went to Jiuwan Township to gang up on men, women and children carrying hoes and sticks for a canal.At this time, the crowd was so angry that even the prince couldn't control them, and finally they were scolded by the county lieutenant who was from the same hometown and went back.

Liang Xi stood at the top of the city and looked at it for a while, then suddenly called Mrs. Li, and asked him to write a sacrificial oration with a flattering face, which almost made Mrs Li so angry that he beat him, but when Liang Xi said, it was for this time to defend the city And the more than 20 defenders who died, and the old man who was killed outside the city, Taifu Li finally agreed after being slightly stunned.

Looking at him from the side, Lin Qiu felt that the current Liang Xi seemed to be shining brightly, a light called self-confidence shrouded him. This light was so strong that even Lin Qiu couldn't help but dazzled his eyes. Looking at him without a moment.

In the evening, the yamen ordered all the people to gather in the open space in front of the county yamen. At the gate of the county yamen, there were two rows of more than [-] defenders who were killed by arrows while defending the city. Sir Ling, what is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Daliang Kingdom going to do.

When the time came, the gate of the county government office opened, and Liang Xi walked out holding Lin Qiu's hand.

I have to say that Liang Xi's appearance is really good, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and temples cut like knives. Although the original fair and delicate skin has become rough after returning from the grassland, after this period of exercise, it has become healthier. The wheat color is more masculine.Coupled with the fact that they are often "trained", their posture is more upright and strong, even the strong men in northern Xinjiang will not underestimate them when they see it.

In the entire Beimo County, only Chen Fan and Qin Yu, the two sons of aristocratic families, can compare with Liang Xi, but the "black and white twins" always have a cold face, unlike Liang Xi who often greets people with a smile, so Beimo County Even if the common people know that he is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Daliang Kingdom, they still can't help but feel close to him from the bottom of their hearts.

At this time, seeing Liang Xi wearing a plain robe, without a crown, but with loose hair, and even Lin Qiu who was next to him also changed into a white thin coat, everyone was surprised.

Since the county magistrate is the crown prince, almost everyone in Daliang Kingdom knows who the county magistrate's wife is, not to mention the northern frontier residents who have been protected by General Lin Lian all the year round, so even if it goes without saying, the common people can guess, His Royal Highness The little man next to him must be the general's little son.

Liang Xi first pressed his hands in the air a few times to calm everyone down, and then he shouted: "Fathers and folks in Beimo County repelled Huzi's two attacks today, this is the result of our concerted efforts! After a pause, everyone smiled, and said, "But the beards didn't go away. They not only burned down the house in Wan's hometown, but also killed the old people in Wan's hometown."

Daliang State respects the elderly. The elderly represent wisdom and inheritance. A family without the elderly is incomplete. This is also the reason why all the officials involved in the incident were dismissed and beheaded after the murder of the elderly occurred in the nursing home.

Hearing Liang Xi's words, almost everyone couldn't help crying, especially the villagers in Wanjia's hometown, who were sobbing because of the sudden arrival of the beard, and they fled into the county in a hurry without having time to count the number of people. Forgot a few old people at home, let them be brutally killed by Beard, and even the corpses were thrown into the fire.

But Liang Xi didn't come to criticize everyone, he continued: "I don't need to talk about Huzi's cruelty. If the city is destroyed, we will all be killed by Huzi, just like the old people in Wan's hometown." Having said that, He couldn't help but squeezed Lin Qiu's hand tightly.

When Huzi killed several old people just now, in addition to the villagers from Wan's hometown, many city residents and other villagers flocked to the city. They all saw the scene of several old people being killed.There are only a small number of villagers in Wan's hometown. Although other people feel sorry for those old people, they are separated by a floor after all. Now Liang Xi points directly at the center and tells everyone, don't think Huzi will let you go, the next one says It is you who may die.

Seeing that everyone started to show fear, Liang Xi threw out another message: "Besides, Beard will attack the city tonight!"

"What?!" Now everyone panicked.

Someone immediately shouted: "His...His Royal Highness, how do you know they are going to attack the city tonight?"

Someone said: "It can still be seen during the day, how can you defend the city at night?"

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Liang Xi let them quarrel for a while, then waved his hand to silence everyone, and said, "Since Beard started the war against our Daliang Kingdom in November last year, eight out of ten times have launched sneak attacks at night. This time Beard has more than 2 soldiers. There are tens of thousands of people, but our defenders are only a few thousand people. If they attack the four walls at the same time, we will not know which side is real and which side is fake in the dark. .”

Without waiting for everyone to speak again, Liang Xi suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "But Beard forgot, we have 10 people in Beimo County! Even now, there are more than 9 people in the county! There are more than 16 young and strong people over the age of [-] ! There are only [-] beards, less than half of our number!"

Liang Xi's words were correct, but he didn't say that women were included in the [-] young adults.But obviously, Liang Xi's words gave everyone hope.

"His Royal Highness, I want to join the city defense army!" A big man shouted in the crowd.If you look closely, you can see the unconcealable gangster look on this man's face, he is clearly a member of the horse bandits.

"His Royal Highness, I want to join the city defense army too! Kill Beard!" Someone shouted not far from him.

"His Royal Highness, I also..."

More and more people shouted, at first it was the horse bandits hiding in the crowd, then it was the villagers of Wan's hometown, and then all the people, no matter men, women, old or young, almost all shouted "I want to defend the city" "Kill Beard for revenge".

After Liang Xi successfully aroused the hearts of the people, he led everyone to summon the souls of the dead city guards and the murdered old people outside the city.Being a prince but calling out souls like an onmyoji, not only did not make people look down on him, but made the family and villagers of the deceased feel very grateful. Aroused the blood in the heart.

Back in the county government office, Liang Xi only smiled and squeezed Lin Qiu's hand tightly in the face of the admiring gazes of Li Taifu, Chen Fan, Qin Yu, county lieutenant, master secretary...and a lot of officials and small officials.

To defend the city, Beimo County lacked almost all of these conditions, such as general ability, military courage, sufficient food, land insurance, and solid city, so we could only ask for the support of the people.This is what Lin Qiu said when explaining the phrase "United will makes one city".Being able to marry Lin Qiu is really his greatest blessing.

While Liang Xi was nervously arranging the night watchmen, he asked Nanny Liu to take out a lot of things from the warehouse.

"What is this?" Everyone was a little puzzled when they saw the kraft paper, bamboo branches and other things on the ground.

"This is the Kongming lantern that Qiu'er taught me to make." Liang Xi said, and quickly installed one, pointing to the tray below, and said: "Light this place, and this lantern will fly. There are a total of [-] lanterns here. I wanted to put it on during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but now I can use it."

Chen Fan came to his senses immediately, praised him repeatedly, and said: "Although there are only five lamps on one side, if you hang a windproof lamp under the lamp, you can barely illuminate a lot of places."

"That's right!" The county lieutenant and other officials also wanted to understand.

In the dark night, the most fearful thing is that you can't see the number of beards. Since the beards only have [-] troops, if you want to sneak attack, you must attack on one side, and the rest are all fake.If it is daytime, the main direction of attack is naturally the west and south, which are suitable for charging, but at night, the north with woods and the east with rivers become good choices.Of course, it is also possible to continue to attack from the west and south, after all, the terrain on those two sides is more familiar.

Now with Kongming Lanterns, you can clearly see the number of people attacking, and know which side is the main attack at the first time.

When it was dark, Kongming lanterns were put up on the city walls of Beimo County, but there were only lights on the east, west, and north sides, while the south side was pitch black, and only a few torches were lit.

"Master County Magistrate, why don't Kongming lanterns be lit in the south?" The county lieutenant put on his armor and held a long spear, looking majestic and majestic.Back then, he was also a martial artist, and because his mother was in poor health, he returned to his hometown and became a county lieutenant. Otherwise, his ideal was to go to the border to kill Huzi and become a general, instead of managing the city defense in a small county town and catching small thieves .Liang Xi's words today also aroused his blood that was almost wiped out, and he also put on the armor he wore when he took the martial arts examination, but... ahem, it seems that he has gained a lot of weight, and the armor is so tight.

"South?" Liang Xi really wanted to make a smirk, but unfortunately he couldn't make a smirk on his face, so he said a little depressed: "What I hope most is for Huzi to attack the city from the south gate. Look at the wind. , during the day it was a bit southeast, but now it blows straight from north to south."

"Oh, is it because of the smoke?" The county captain nodded again and again. The yellow smoke is really useful. Not only can they not see the beards at night, but the beards can't see the yellow smoke too well. During the day, the beards run away when they see the yellow smoke. Wait to be smoked down after black.Thinking of this, the county lieutenant clasped his fists and said, "I admire the humble job!"

Liang Xi smiled and took Qin Yu to inspect the city wall.

The county lieutenant looked at the Kongming lantern floating in the air, and felt sincerely that Beimo County was really lucky to have a prince here, but at the same time he was still a little puzzled.

"Why is it called Kongming Lantern? Who is Kongming?"