Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Damn you, officers and soldiers!

She looked at another team of soldiers approaching the city gate, and her heart skipped a beat.

I was careless! Such a big city, and it is also a provincial capital. There must be more than one team of soldiers.

Since we need to set up checkpoints at the city gates, this team of people is definitely not enough.

Zhao Yuanzhen quickly untied the horse and rode back.

By this time, half of the village had passed through the city gate, and the other half was still passing through.

When she rode over, the soldiers who had come over were talking to the soldiers guarding the city.

The general meaning is that an order has been received from above to start recruiting soldiers in Xingzhou Prefecture, and checkpoints will be set up at the city gates starting today to prohibit eligible men from sneaking out.

When the officers and soldiers guarding the city heard that a checkpoint was going to be set up, they quickly shouted to the crowd passing by!

"Everyone stop, we need to conduct an inspection! The city gate is temporarily closed to traffic."

When the officers and soldiers in front heard this, they also began to stop those who were preparing to leave the city.

Looking at the carriage team that had already passed by more than half.

Zhao Yuanzhen took out a ceramic whistle.

He blew twice. These two sounds were quick and short.

This was the code they had worked out in the cave. Everyone in the village knew what it meant.

Two short, urgent whistles mean: emergency retreat.

The villagers who heard the soldiers' shouts were so scared that they didn't know whether to stop or continue running.

At this time, Zhao Yuanzhen's whistle was heard.

run!

The rest of the villagers who had not yet passed through the city gate didn't care so much.

If they don't break out of this city gate today, all the adult men in their village will die.

So they continued to ride their horses and run.

"Stop, stop immediately. This is the imperial decree. If you disobey it, you will be beheaded."

The officers and soldiers guarding the city saw this group of people not only did not stop, but also started running.

He shouted again, but no one listened.

I wanted to step forward to stop it, but the carriage was moving so fast that I couldn't get close to it.

"Lower the Qianjin Gate!" A man who seemed to be the leader immediately and decisively gave the order.

The gate is a large solid wood board covered with iron sheets. There are iron spikes on both sides. It is 6 meters wide, about 6.5 meters high, 9 centimeters thick, and weighs 1990 kilograms.

This gate jack is placed in a groove in front of the city gate.

It is usually stored in the city wall above the gate, with two thick iron chains connecting one side to the gate and the other side to the city gate.

The two iron chains are passed through the holes above the city gate tower and tied to a hand-cranked, windlass-like lever shaft. The iron chains can be raised and lowered by controlling the rotation of the lever.

When the gate is lowered, two iron chains will also fall down, and then the descending iron chains will close the city gate.

This 4000-jin gate weighed nearly jin, and even Zhao Yuanzhen, who had taken a powerful pill, couldn't handle it. What's more, the -jin gate's downward momentum, coupled with its own heaviness, made it impossible to handle it.

But Zhao Yuanzhen had read in a book before that Confucius' father once lifted a 190-pound gate with both hands. Now it seems that he was really a macho man, no wonder Confucius was so tall, cm tall.

Chang Kuohai of later generations also tried to lift the thousand-jin gate with his hands, but was crushed to death instead.

But it seems that Chang Yuchun can lift the jack with one hand! I don't know if this is true. How brave must this person be!

Zhao Yuanzhen was feeling emotional and worried.

This jack cannot hold it.

The chain was very thick and could not be cut in a short time.

The only solution now is to jam the lever to prevent it from lowering the chain.

I heard the leader giving the order to lower the brake.

Several people walked towards the stairs of the city wall.

This staircase leads to the city gate on the second floor, and the lever shaft that looks like a windlass is also on the second floor.

They must be stopped.

While everyone was looking at the city gate and no one was paying attention, Zhao Yuanzhen took out her solid iron rod.

He hit the horse's butt hard with a whip.

The horse felt pain and ran madly.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly! The horse is out of action!" Zhao Yuanzhen shouted.

The people in front heard her shouting and turned to look back. They saw a mad horse charging towards them, so they all dodged and hid to the sides of the road.

The few people who were about to go up to the city wall were also startled and stopped.

Zhao Yuanzhen watched the horse approach the stairs of the city gate and directly grabbed the reins and stood on the horse's back. This was very difficult, mainly because the horse ran too fast and too crazy. If she had not learned advanced horse riding, she really would not dare to do such a thing.

Then she jumped hard, and because of the height of the horse and the inertia of the horse's gallop, she jumped halfway up the stairs and quickly used the iron rod to support her body, otherwise she would definitely roll down the stairs due to inertia.

After standing firmly, Zhao Yuanzhen ran up to the city wall in two steps.

Find the lever that looks like a windlass.

This lever cannot be destroyed. If it is destroyed, the jack will fall down.

We have to find a way to jam it and prevent it from moving.

Zhao Yuanzhen studied the lever. It had a clip that was used to lock the jack when it was closed.

Only this one is movable.

Zhao Yuanzhen thought about it, took her small iron rod, and pushed it into the clamp again.

One end plunged into the city wall, and the other end was stuck on the lower card.

Afraid that he didn't have enough strength and couldn't insert it deep enough into the city wall, he was about to take out a big hammer and hit it a few times.

The guards on the city wall have already rushed up.

The defenders on both sides of the city wall also came over. Most of the soldiers on the city wall were ranged soldiers and archers.

A row of archers aimed their arrows at Zhao Yuanzhen.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the situation!

Fuck! A plant!

So many archers!

"One, two, three, release!"

In an instant, countless people began to draw their bows and shoot arrows.

Zhao Yuanzhen fell to the ground and quickly rolled away, rolling behind the lever. Then, she took cover and took out her Red Cherry Sword.

While waving the sword to block the arrows, he looked outside the city wall.

Arrows were shot at one after another in dense waves.

Zhao Yuanzhen took a look and saw that all the villagers had left the city. But it was not enough.

She needed to buy another two minutes to get them out of the shooting range of the bows and arrows.

Fortunately, this city gate belongs to the inner city gate, and there is no city wall set up on the city wall, otherwise they would really be caught in a trap and it would be difficult for them to escape today.

There are more than 50 people guarding this section of the city gate near the tower, but people on other sections of the city wall are rushing over here. The longer it takes, the more people will come.

Maybe they were afraid that she would destroy the gate, after all, the gate was too important for the city. It was the last defense of the city.

Therefore, all the main firepower was directed at her, and not too many troops were sent to deal with those who quickly escaped.

Many refugees who heard the news and people in the city also ran over quickly, trying to take this opportunity to cross the city gate.

Zhao Yuanzhen couldn't take care of too many people, she could only keep her own village safe.

It looked like the village was moving away from the shooting range.

Zhao Yuanzhen half stood up, using the lever as cover, and quickly shot down the incoming arrows with a sword in one hand, while pulling out the inserted iron rod with the other hand.

I tried hard to pull it out, but couldn't.

I pushed too hard when I inserted it. Now it's hard to pull out.

She could only use one hand.

She had no choice but to push against the wall with one foot and pull hard with the other hand.

The group saw that her legs were fixed and shot at her legs.

Zhao Yuanzhen had no choice but to block the sword while pulling it out.

It took a lot of effort to pull it out.

She pinned the sword to her body.

He held a long iron rod to block the incoming arrows.

Then he returned to the lever.

She quickly opened the lever that held the chain, turned the handle on one end of the lever with one hand, and lowered the jack.

Don't you want to release the jack? Let me help you.

The melee infantry began to rush over. Zhao Yuanzhen had to be careful of the arrows in the distance while also dealing with the melee attacks.

She picked up some arrows that had fallen on the ground, and then threw them at the people rushing towards her.

The people who came didn't expect her to do this. Those who rushed to the front without shields were all hit by arrows. After that, no one dared to rush forward. After all, their lives were their own.

She looked at the infantry who began to be cautious again and did not dare to rush forward, and began to release the brakes.

The archer began to focus on attacking her hands again, so she had to jump back and forth between letting go, grabbing again, and letting go and grabbing again.

It took two minutes to release the short jack gate, which was only a few meters long.

At this time, the archers began to retreat, and the city guards began to rush over with shields.

The gate had been lowered and the city gate was closed. Zhao Yuanzhen kicked the gate hard a few times and broke the wooden handle of the gate lever.

It would be impossible for them to raise the gate in a short time. Without the lever, the gate weighing more than 4000 kilograms could not be raised.

The city gate and the sluice gate are connected by an iron chain. If the sluice gate is not raised, the city gate cannot be opened.

Zhao Yuanzhen was not going to continue to bother with them.

Use the iron rod to knock down the infantrymen who rushed over. Fortunately, she learned the swordsmanship of Yue women, which can deal with group battles. Ah Qing can fight more than 3000 people and break Yue armors with one sword. Although Zhao Yuanzhen is not that powerful, she can still deal with these people in front of her.

Because the melee infantry surrounded them, the archers stopped attacking.

She whistled and her horse came galloping over from the side of the city wall.

Good horse, it’s worth the beans I feed you every day.

When the horse was almost at the city wall, she retreated towards the wall while fighting.

When they reached the edge of the city wall, they gave up fighting and jumped onto the battlements.

Then he leaped off the city wall.

The soldiers who were besieging her were all shocked. After all, they thought they had captured her in a safe place, but who would have thought that she would jump down just like that.

This is a city wall that is more than ten meters high! If you jump down, you will be crippled at least.

While falling, Zhao Yuanzhen kept using a long iron rod to scratch the city wall to reduce his falling speed.

She watched the horse's position carefully, exerted force with her hands, and used the direction of her force to fly onto the horse's back.

Riding on the horse's back, she supported herself with her hands, flipped her legs 360 degrees, and turned directly, facing the city gate, riding the horse backwards.

Everything happened very quickly, in just a dozen seconds. By the time the archer reacted, she was already on horseback.