Chapter 112: Burning the City
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A fast horse came from the south and went straight to Qin Mushuaiqi, and Qin Mu, the man on the horse, saw that it was Qian Erxi who went to him last time and reported Li Xiangjun's accident in Nanchang.
Qian Erxi was dressed in dust, probably because he didn't even care about drinking water on the road, his lips cracked, and he bowed when he saw Qin Mu.
Qin Mu frowned without a trace and asked, "Qian Erxi, what are you doing?" ”
"Back to my lord, the Ganzhou flying pigeon passed the book to Ji'an Mansion, and the villain rushed over non-stop after receiving the book." Qian Erxi is somewhat of an invitation to merit, last time he went and reported the news that Li Xiangjun was in distress in Nanchang, and afterwards he was rewarded by Qin Mu, "My lord, please take a look." ”
Qin Mu took the note handed over by Qian Erxi, and saw that it was written on a certain day in a certain month, and the prefect Yang Tinglin woke up.
Qin Mu handed the note to Sima An next to him, and then said to Qian Erxi: "Erxi, thank you for your hard work." ”
"Don't say that, adults, villains can't afford it, and it's a great honor for villains to do their little bit for adults."
"You rest for a while, and then rush back to Ji'an as soon as possible, help me send a message back to Ganzhou, the prefect is seriously injured and needs to recuperate in peace, let Xiang Liancheng be sure to guard the back office, and no one is allowed to disturb the Yang prefect's recuperation."
"Don't worry, the villain will rush back to Ji'an and send the adult's words back to Ganzhou."
In order to ensure safety, Qin Mu sent five cavalry to escort Qian Erxi back to Ji'an.
Sima An said happily: "My lord, it's okay now."
"It's hard to say whether it's good or not." Qin Mu looked at the city, the battle between the captives and the rebels on the city was still going on, Gao Ze had a lot of people after all, and he had a good position, even if his morale was not high, he could still turn the situation back little by little, and the captives were driven down the city one by one. Some fell directly from the city, presumably not survived.
Looking from the high slope where Qin Mu was, the figures at the head of the city were as small as ants, and the shouts and screams were only faintly heard, as if the city was really a group of ants biting, and they didn't feel too much blood, too much tragedy, maybe they had stayed in this troubled world for a long time, and they had seen too much blood. I'm a little numb.
"My lord is worried that after the prefect wakes up, Xiang Liancheng and Tian Yimu will not be able to control the situation in Ganzhou, right?"
"Well, Xiang Liancheng is alone for the first time, it is inevitable that there will be some omissions, although Tian Yimu is thoughtful, but the overall pattern is narrow, Mr. Sima should go back to Ganzhou first, with you presiding over the overall situation, I can rest assured."
When I first set out on the expedition. Qin Mu once instructed Xiang Liancheng that if Yang Tinglin woke up, he would first put him under house arrest in the back office on the grounds of recuperation. But Yang Tinglin is not an ordinary person after all, and it is really hard to say whether Xiang Liancheng can control the scene.
"Since the adults have this concern, they should share their worries for the adults, but Yuan Zhou is here. I wonder what you're going to do next? Do adults really plan to retreat for thousands of years and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight? ”
"Those who know me, Mr. Sima too."
Sima An hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord." The road to the west is difficult and dangerous, and it is still necessary to weigh it carefully, and once the adult is in this risk, the north of Ganzhou will open the door widely, in case the situation changes, the adult is afraid that the whip will not be able to reach it. ”
"I know, so I won't go now, I have to see if the two tigers Lu Daqi and Zhang Xianzhong have a rough result before acting."
"Then don't worry about the lowly, and please rest assured about the affairs of Ganzhou."
The two chatted for a while, and Qin Mu instructed Zhu Yijin: "Mingjin should collect the troops, let the rebels in the city take a breath and drink hot water." ”
"Yes, sir."
Li Tongliang and fifty people mixed in the rout, and entered Ganzhou City smoothly, but after entering the city, they encountered big trouble, all the rout soldiers were isolated by Gao Ze in a military camp in the south of the city, the camp gate was guarded by the rebels in the city, and those who had just fled back were not allowed to leave the camp without authorization, Li Tongliang and they were equivalent to being imprisoned.
Li Tongliang and his group were so anxious to talk to the ants on the hot pot, Qin Mu asked them to come in to do internal response, and the brothers outside the city were all counting on them, if they couldn't complete the task, how to explain to Qin Mu?
Fortunately, in the afternoon, there was a sound of killing at the head of the city, and the rebels guarding the barracks were constantly being transferred to the city, and the rest were also panicking.
"Everyone, listen, we have already escaped once, if the officers and soldiers enter the city again, they will definitely not accept our surrender again, and they will definitely cut off our heads to build a capital view."
"That's it, that's it, now that we're locked up here, we don't know when the officers and soldiers will come in, and they can't escape if they want to."
"We managed to escape back, but we ended up locked up like prisoners, damn it, what kind of reason is that."
"If I had known this, we might as well not come back."
"Don't wait stupidly, listen, the sound of killing at the head of the city seems to be getting closer and closer, my God, maybe the officers and soldiers will come in soon, let's run for our lives."
The more the thousands of defeated soldiers in the camp heard this, the more frightened they became, and under the agitation of Li Tongliang and others, they kept rushing towards the camp gate, and the dozens of rebels guarding the camp gate were also panicked.
As soon as Li Tongliang's 50 people left the barracks, they immediately went to look for a medicine store, there were a small number of rebels patrolling on the street, because of the war at the head of the city, there was chaos in the city, whether it was the rebels or the people who survived the catastrophe in the city, it was like the end of the day, who still had the heart to patrol seriously? Li Tongliang and others walked past the patrolling rebels in an open manner, and no one seriously inquired about them.
The doors of the shops and houses on the street are closed, and Li Tongliang and others finally found a pharmacy, but they couldn't knock on the door. Zuihou forced his way through the door, only to find that the pharmacy was empty, and fragments of various artifacts were scattered all over the ground, as if they had just been ransacked.
Then I found several pharmacies in a row, all of them were the same scene, everyone couldn't help but be a little desperate, and the deputy Huang Erbao said: "Brother Li, let's not waste time, during the war, medicinal materials and food are all in demand, and the pharmacies in Yuanzhou City must have been robbed, and it is useless for us to look for them." ”
Li Tongliang said fiercely: "Damn, I knew this earlier, it was better to directly incite those thousands of defeated soldiers just now, let them make meritorious contributions, and go with us to seize the city gate." ”
"Hey, Brother Li, that's a good idea. Now that the gate of Yuanzhou is locked, where can those routs go? Let's split up and gather them, sow chaos in the city, and then go and seize the north gate. ”
"That's all I have to do now, go ahead."
Fifty people immediately divided into five groups and acted separately.
Those routed soldiers were like headless flies, still scurrying around the city, and Gao Ze personally went to the city to supervise the battle, so he barely held the city. There is no time to take care of the affairs in the city too much, so that the city is in turmoil.
Li Tongliang and others were like mercury on the ground, wantonly destroying and inciting in the city, and soon there were several fires in the city, the fire spread with the wind, and the billowing smoke soon enveloped Yuanzhou City, and Gao Ze on the head of the city couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the fire in the city. Hurriedly sent people to put out the fire, and at the same time purged the people who were in trouble in the city.
Qin Mu outside the city also saw the smoke rising from the city at the same time, and he immediately stopped Zhu Yijin and said: "The situation has changed, don't be busy with Mingjin to collect troops first." Quick, beat the drums, let our men and horses also attack, and try to contain the rebels at the head of the city. Just go. ”
"Yes, sir."
Li Tongliang and his gang in the city not only set fires everywhere, but also kept shouting: "The officers and soldiers have entered the city"
"Run. Officers and soldiers entered the city. ”
"If you don't run away, you'll die."
As a result of the fire, black smoke filled the air, and the figures of people fleeing from and fro on the streets became blurred, and the people in the city could not distinguish the truth from the false when they heard someone shouting that the officers and soldiers had come in.
After Li Tongliang and his team kept creating turmoil and instigated more than 100 routs at the same time, they couldn't delay any longer and immediately rushed to the north gate.
Halfway down the road, he encountered thousands of rebels rushing from the city, and without waiting for the other party to reprimand, Li Tongliang first shouted loudly: "General, general, no, no, no, the officers and soldiers have come in from the south gate." ”
"What, where are the officers and soldiers from the south gate?"
"I don't know, general, you see, the officers and soldiers really came in, they killed people when they came in, and burned the houses when they saw them, and many people's heads were cut off General, Yuan Zhou couldn't hold it, run away, everyone run away" Li Tongliang's words are half-true, Nancheng is indeed on fire, thick smoke is billowing out, the surviving people of Ganzhou and the rebels left in the city are running around, and the scene is indeed like officers and soldiers coming in.
Before the rebel general could ask again, the thousands of rebels behind him were so frightened that they said, "Boom! Suddenly, they scattered and fled, and some of them threw away their armor as they fled, so that they could look like ordinary people.
The rebel kept yelling, but no one listened to him, and his weapons and armor were thrown to the ground, and thousands of men and horses were scattered, so that he wanted to cry without tears.
It is normal for the rebels to have such a reaction, most of them have only joined the rebels for a month or two, some are forced to join the rebels, and some join the rebels just for speculation, wanting to eat or gain wealth;
No matter what the reason, they can't have any loyalty to Zhang Xianzhong in such a short period of time, and when they fight a good war, everyone is naturally obedient, and once they encounter an unfavorable war, they often disperse with a bang.
Zhang Tongliang took advantage of the rebel general's confusion, suddenly burst out, cut him off the horse, after he snatched the armor and the war horse, he immediately asked Huang Erbao and them to shout in unison: "Brothers, don't run, you can't run away in this city at all, everyone wants to save their lives, only to make meritorious contributions." ”
"Let's take the north and welcome the officers and soldiers outside the city in, so that we can avoid death, maybe there will be a heavy reward."
"Quick, this is Zuihou's chance, if you want to save your life, come with us and go to seize the North Gate together."
"Hurry, there won't be this shop in this village anymore."
Not to mention, the gimmick of meritorious service really made many rebels have an epiphany, yes, at this time, meritorious service is undoubtedly the wisest choice, welcome the officers and soldiers into the city, it stands to reason that even if there is no heavy reward, but it is not a problem to save their lives;
Thinking of this, there were really a lot of rebels scurrying around to join Li Tongliang and their team, and when they rushed to the vicinity of the north gate, more than 300 people gathered behind Li Tongliang.
"Kill, take the gates!" Li Tongliang yelled and rushed to the city gate first.
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PS:Dear friends:The first few chapters on the shelves hurt my muscles and bones.,Now I haven't breathed evenly.,But I can't let down the book friends who are still supporting me.,Start two more today.,Well,Next month, I have to live on a full-time attendance subsidy.,There will definitely be five to six thousand words updated every day.。
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(To be continued......)