Deep in the bamboo forest is my home

At night, the barbarian once again blew the horn.The sound of rumbling horseshoes seemed to extend from the sky under the city wall, as if to overthrow a yellow dragon.Soldiers stationed on the first line of defense of the city wall, veterans who have experienced many battles, and new recruits who have just joined the army, are separated by two, each holding their weapons tightly.The chain of the catapult was twisted tightly, only waiting for the barbarian cavalry to come within range.Liang Qi stood on the sentry tower, watching from a height.

The Hu people took advantage of the darkness to attack, without lighting torches, and only judged the number of Hu people by the louder and louder hoofbeats.Liang Qi looked back at the few torches on the city wall, and tightened his grip on the spear.

"It's close, General, the barbarians are within range."

Liang Qi waved his hand, and the catapult on the top of the city hummed and muffled, cut through the sky, and smashed down hard.After bumping and muffled noises, the sound of horseshoes seemed to become less and less, but it didn't slow down the speed of advancement at all.

Liang Qi raised his hand again and swiped it down.

"Fire the arrows!" the orderly opened his throat.The sharp voice was like a thunderbolt breaking the silence of the city.

The muffled sound of the bowstring piercing the air, the sound of the bowstring piercing the flesh, the sound of the iron piercing into the flesh, was originally insignificant, but it was especially loud in this dark night.The sound of horseshoes gradually faded away, and everyone in the city could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.Is it over like this?

"Liang Qi!" He Xiaohu's figure appeared in the sentry tower, "I feel something is wrong."

"What are you doing up here! You are a civil servant, go down, don't get in your way!" Liang Qi glared at He Xiaohu, wanting to drive him down.

"It's too dark tonight. You see, the sky is so dark that you can't even see the moon. I'm worried that the barbarian's attack is deceitful."

Liang Qi looked up, and sure enough, the moon, which only showed half of its face in the past, was completely hidden behind the thick clouds.

"With the torches on the top of the city, we can't see the actions of the barbarians at all. Liang Qi, order all the torches to be lit, and we must clearly see the situation under the city."

Liang Qi hastily issued an order to the messenger. The messenger was stunned for a moment, then recovered his senses immediately, trotted to the top of the city, and told everyone to light the torches.

The flames slowly spread from the south to the north.

what……

A shrill scream sounded from the southernmost point, and the newly lit fire was extinguished in a flash.

Liang Qi and He Xiaohu looked at each other, and sure enough something happened!

Without He Xiaohu's reminder, Liang Qi immediately ordered, "Light the torches, beware of fools!"

Scattered fires lit from the north, east, and west.

"Just throw the torch down."

Liang Qi gritted his teeth, "Archer, light the fire and shoot!"

Boom, the bowstring was drawn rapidly, the flames pierced the sky, and slowly fell towards the city.The light of the fire was weak, but it allowed the people on the top of the city to see everything below the city clearly.

Under the city, there were countless horses lying in disorder.But the barbarian set up a ladder and ran to the foot of the city.At the southernmost city wall, the barbarians had already set up ladders and climbed up to the top of the city one by one.

He even abandoned his horse and used the horse to lure him to hit the bow and arrow at the top of the city. However, he took advantage of the fact that the soldiers at the top of the city could not see what was going on under the city.When the guarding soldiers were relaxed, the Hu people took advantage of the night to run to the bottom of the city, climbed up the ladder, and took the opportunity to attack the city.

Having figured out this joint, He Xiaohu and Liang Qi whispered viciously in their hearts.At the same time, I also understand that this may be the last battle between Anhua City and the Hu people.

He Xiaohu snatched the sword from Liang Qi's waist with one hand, and raised the sword first, "The barbarians are attacking. Fellow villagers and brothers, rush up and drive the barbarians out!" Step on the heads of barbarians on the city wall.

The soldiers on the top of the wall were stunned by the scene below the wall, they were stunned for a while, they didn't know how to resist, and when He Xiaohu shouted angrily, some people finally regained their senses, pulled out their weapons one after another, shouted violently, rushed forward, hacked people, and pushed the ladder.

The barbarians in the city found out that the plot had been seen through, and the horn was sounded immediately.The humming of the horn urged the Hu people under the city wall to attack again and again.

Liang Qi stomped his feet, even though He Xiaohu grew up fighting in Nanhe Village, but this is a battlefield, swords have no eyes, he just stays in the city as a civil servant, what to do here!Not caring about other things at the moment, he ordered the archers to light the fire and shoot arrows down the city.

The north wind was blowing tonight, and the fire ignited the corpses of the horses. The small fire suddenly turned into a raging fire, illuminating the whereabouts of the enemy for the soldiers of Anhua City, and also for the enemy to clearly see the movement of Anhua City.

But the smoke blown by the wind drifted towards the camp where the Hu people were stationed. The thick smoke blinded the Hu people who kept rushing forward and climbing up.Suddenly, the person in front stepped on the ground, and the person behind screamed and fell to the ground.

The leader of the Hu people was also aware of this problem, and Hu people kept rushing out of the camp, intending to put out the fire.How could the soldiers in Anhua City make them willing.The Hu people extinguished one fire, and then lit two fires. For a while, the strong fire light illuminated the outside and inside of the city red.

Seeing that there was no way out, the leader of the Hu people immediately gave up fighting the fire and ordered the soldiers to storm Anhua City.

Up and down the city, there was a lot of shouting and killing.

Liang Qi cut down a few barbarians one after another, and rushed to He Xiaohu's side, "Go down for me. Don't make trouble up there."

He Xiaohu turned around and blinked at Liang Qi, Liang Qi was stunned for a moment, but saw Xiaohu raised his sword and dropped it.Nourishing, the warm liquid sprayed all over the head and face.

"He Xiaohu!"

"I saved your life, so you treat the savior like this." He Xiaohu kicked a barbarian over, ignoring Liang Qi's anger.

"Get down!" Liang Qi felt that he was trying to reason with He Xiaohu, even if he had a big reason, he would still let him go around.He simply didn't speak, and directly tried to pull people down.

He Xiaohu dodged and avoided, "Give me your token, I'll go down and have a look, be careful yourself!" He said, grabbing the token around Liang Qi's waist with one hand, and galloped down.

Liang Qi was startled by Xiaohu's actions instead.But the situation was critical, so Liang Qi couldn't help thinking about it, picked up his spear and rushed to the south.

The southern city wall was first attacked by the Hu people, and now only hundreds of soldiers are left to resist.Liang Qi rushed over with his men, no doubt encouraging the courage of the soldiers in one fell swoop. With a hoarse voice, he tried his last strength and rushed towards the barbarians.Those who were seriously injured picked up the barbarian and jumped down the city; those with lesser injuries, regardless of the wound, wielded their swords and spears and continued to entangle the barbarians.

Behind them is their home, their family, once the Hu people break through the city wall and rush in, their family can only be killed with their hands tied.For the sake of his family, even if he could no longer lift a weapon with both hands, he still rushed forward, bit the barbarian's neck, and clenched it hard, letting the sword hit him, but he still did not let go.

He Xiaohu ran down the city wall, looked back at the figures swaying on the top of the city, and said silently in his heart, Liang Qi, hold on, must hold on to the city wall.

Gritting his teeth, he turned and ran towards the resting place of the wounded soldiers.In order to maintain their strength when the Hus attacked, soldiers with minor injuries had to lie in bed and rest even when the Hus attacked without receiving the assembly order.

He Xiaohu rushed over and kicked open a door, "Assemble! Assemble!"

A military officer ran over to stop He Xiaohu, so Xiaohu held up his token, "The southern city wall is in danger, the general's token orders to immediately send reinforcements to the southern gate."

The officer's face was serious, and he took the order.Over a hundred soldiers ran out from the resting house, raised their weapons and rushed towards the south wall.

Liang Qi immediately rushed back to the county government gate, opened the gate, and saw Huang Yun, the county magistrate of Anhua, rushing out.

"It's dark tonight, and the barbarians attack at night, can General Liang hold it?" Huang Yun couldn't help being surprised when he saw He Xiaohu was covered in blood. Is the situation so bad that He Xiaohu, a civil servant, went into battle to kill the enemy?

"If you can't hold it, let the people in the city take up arms and fight to the death to kill all the barbarians."

Huang Yun's face turned cold, "I am the parent officer of this city..."

"Two cities in front of Anhua have been breached, but none of the people have fled to Anhua. My lord, what does this mean? Either the barbarians slaughtered the city, or they were plundered to the north as slaves. My lord, the people in Anhua city There is no turning back!"

"Good! Good!" Huang Yun is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. He also understands that in such an environment, it would be even worse if he fell into the hands of the barbarians. It would be better to die in battle.In the future when the imperial court recovers Anhua, they will be able to recite the merits of their death in battle, and their family members will be taken care of.

Huang Yun immediately ordered the yamen servants to send an order to the whole city, regardless of the boy or husband, to take up arms and guard the streets and alleys of Anhua City, just waiting for the barbarians to break through the city wall and rush to the streets, and immediately rush to fight.

The bloody boy rushed to the street with a stick and a kitchen knife, but He Xiaohu ordered the government officials to stop them, and ordered people to send all kinds of weapons from the barracks, so that everyone could choose the weapon that was at their disposal.

He Xiaohu ordered people to tear down the facades of the shops on both sides of the street, and move all the tables, chairs, and stools to the street.The Hu people had no horses, so even if they rushed into the city, they could only walk. More obstacles might not stop the Hu people, but they would definitely bring them a lot of trouble.

Yamen servants were assigned to each street to lead the common people.The husband and the child picked up the thrown sticks and kitchen knives and hid behind the door.

That night, outside Anhua City, there was constant shouting and killing, but inside Anhua City, there was a dead silence.

He Xiaohu looked up at the sky, and kept praying in his heart, dawn, hurry up.At dawn, the Hu people who had been attacking for a whole night must be exhausted. As soon as the Hu people retreated, Anhua would defend.

I don't know how long I waited, and I don't know if I can see the morning light tomorrow, and everyone is frightened and sad.

Suddenly, a cry came from afar, "The southern city wall has been breached!"

He Xiaohu and Huang Yun looked at each other, He Xiaohu picked up the long sword and ran to the front of the long street.The street leads directly to the south city wall. If Hu people rushed in, they would definitely come straight.

After a while, two soldiers dressed as barbarians appeared on the street.Without further ado, He Xiaohu picked up his long sword and charged straight there, beheading the two barbarians in a few strokes.Behind him, the teenagers burst into cheers.

He Xiaohu looked up, only to see that the front of the long street was empty.Ahead, a figure swayed back and forth, and a gun shadow pierced through several figures again and again.There are few people on the southern city wall, but there are still people firmly guarding it.

A bright light flashed in front of his eyes, and He Xiaohu was dazzled.I just felt that the light dazzled my eyes, and there was an exclamation from behind, "Ah!"

"The sun is coming out!"

He Xiaohu raised his head to look at the sky, and a light yellow streak appeared for a while.Although the body is still shrouded in darkness, the little rays of light emitted are refreshing.