Chapter 241: The Rebellion of Wu Yongdu 2

Cheng Ji was lying on the bed. Even after a long battle formation, he didn't sleep very much late at night. He heard the sound of rapid footsteps outside in a daze, and immediately jumped up from the bed. He touched his right hand on the pillow, pulled out his sword in his hand, and shouted in a low voice: "Why is it so noisy?"

The door suddenly banged open. Outside the door was Qian Miao's son Qian Chuanying and Sancheng Commander Ma Chuo. Both of them were wearing armor, holding white blades, and their faces were full of murderous aura, as if they were about to go out of the city to fight with the enemy soldiers.

Seeing this, Cheng Ji understood three or four minutes and asked in a low voice: "Are there any soldiers outside the city causing chaos?"

Qian Chuanying nodded and said hatefully: "That is, Xu Zaisi, the left commander of the martial arts commander outside the city, lie to open the gate of the outer city and set fire to the four robberies."

Cheng Ji was shocked when he heard this: "When the king came to Yi Jinjun, the guy who was accompanying him to guard Xu Wan. These two of them were both Sun Ru's old subordinates, so they must have colluded in advance, just afraid." At this point, Cheng Ji suddenly stopped, but at this time the three people in the room understood what he meant. Xu Zaisi was in trouble here, but I was afraid that Qian Miao would be in trouble at this time.

"The bandits in Wuyong Capital are only more than 4,000. When I lead my troops out of the city to resist, I will select my close soldiers and rush to the surrounding prefectures and counties, and transfer troops from other towns to aid." Qian Chuanyingqiang cheered up and said.

Cheng Ji and Ma Chuo nodded, and Bentan rushed to Qian Miaojietang to get the seal of Liangzhe Jiedu. Cheng Ji quickly finished the stop and went out to the Neiya Army camp stationed in Yacheng. The place where he lived was in Yacheng, Hangzhou. The terrain was very high. When he had just left the door, a gust of wind blew from his face, and a gust of smoke rushed into his nostrils, full of burnt smell.

At the same time, a red light flashed on the sky in the distance.

"This is the fire!" Chengji said to himself in pain.

It was already late at the fourth day, and the sky was already dark, and the moon had already been reflected in a dark red by the fire, as if stained with blood. The highlands near Yacheng flashed with golden and light red light. I don’t know whether it was the fire or the morning light projected. Chengji caught a few steps and came to the railings, and a terrible scene came into his eyes.

The yard not far from Yacheng was covered with smoke, as if it was formed into a sea of ​​clouds. Houses, walls, streets and trees were all invisible in the clouds, but on the other side of this fog, the outer city was burning on the undulating hills.

This fire did not appear as a fire pillar like a building as big as the hall of Lingyin Temple burned, it was a line, but it looked like a wall, a wall that swallowed everything.

Above this wall, the clouds of smoke were wavy black, and some places were light red or blood-like colors. Widths of smoke gradually expanded, and a black ball was lingering and rising above the flames, like a huge snake. This strange wave sometimes even covered the fire wall, and could only see the shining red light from the gaps of the smoke, but after a while, these little red lights illuminated the smoke from below, turning the smoke from the bottom into the waves of flames. The waves of flames and smoke extended from one side of the sky to the other side, covering the lower half of the space, just like a forest sometimes blocking the horizon. Longquan Mountain in the distance could not be seen at all.

Cheng Ji suddenly looked at it and felt that the whole of Hangzhou was burning, and it seemed that no living person could be saved from this catastrophe.

From the direction of the outer city, wind blows at all times. This is the wind of Qiantang River. It is getting stronger and stronger. It is not the dregs and smoke of burning objects floating. The servants who are waiting on the side also cough violently. At this time, the sky gradually became brighter, and the light of the morning light passed through the smoke, as if it was a little bloody, and the gangsters were heavy. The open space under Yacheng was gradually shrouded in thicker and more opaque smoke. The entire Hangzhou city was obscured in the smoke. From time to time, the people who were in a daze escaped from the burning yard. While coughing in pain, they shouted loudly at the defenders of Yacheng, asking them to open the door and let them come in to avoid the fire.

Despair seemed to have strangled Cheng Ji's throat. Even when he was captured by Yang Xingmi in Suzhou, he had never been so desperate. Hangzhou had been burned down, and most of the King of Yue had died and lost his leader. The Neiya Army and the Badu soldiers of the Outer Town would fight each other, and the Badu soldiers of the Outer Town would fight each other, just like more than ten years ago. The difference was that at this time, the two Zhejiangs were already powerful and ambitious enemies on three sides, and the other was the vast sea. These enemies would cunningly provoke them to kill each other, and then when they were exhausted, they would rush in and destroy them all. In the end, they would squeeze out the last drop of blood and sweat from the people on both sides of Zhejiang like the Chang'an imperial court to squeeze the east and west Jiangnan and squeeze out the last drop of blood and sweat of the people on both sides of Zhejiang.

"No, King Yue will not die. Xu Wan and Xu Zaisi should know that capturing is more profitable than killing him. And so far, there has been no news that King Yue was captured. The reinforcements from the outer town will definitely arrive and everything will be fine." Cheng Ji tried his best to cheer himself up, and then walked downstairs with great strides, preparing to organize an army to go out of the city to attack the rebels.

In the northeast part of Hangzhou, the flames have not yet burned there. The open space outside the city, the fields, temples, and even cemeteries on both sides of the road have become camp sites. In the cemetery, the fugitives fought for larger tombs, to protect the cemetery they had already occupied, and some even died. However, all this was just a small rehearsal compared to the situation in the city. At this time, the power of the law, the official position, the family line, and the difference between the rich and the poor were all insignificant. At night, the beggars who could only board under the bridge holes beat the citizens with sticks, and the rogue teenagers formed a large group and waved swords.

The short spear snatched the wine from the market, drunk and shouted wildly, they rushed into the fugitive crowd, stripped clothes from the people who fell to the ground, and snatched their wives and daughters, as if they were the conquerors of this state city. In the infinite chaos, some were sad and desperate, moaned in tears; some were overjoyed, as if drunk and crazy, unscrupulous. On the heads of these crazy crowds, flames roared, blowing the fiery flames to the spiraling crowd, emitting smoke, as if they were going to bury them, and it was impossible to see the blue sky through the smoke.

Qian Chuanying and Ma Chuan led the soldiers of the Sanchengdu out of Yacheng City. They did not encounter the rebels of Wuyongdu, so they began to disperse the mobs and demolished the houses closer to the flames. On the one hand, the flames spread and burned the entire Hangzhou city. The mobs hid in the narrow alleys and began to throw stones and fire bows and arrows at the army. The owners of the houses also cursed loudly while moving as much property as possible from the houses. Qian Chuanying and Ma Chuan could hear the fleeing people around him sending curses such as "Turn the wolf into the house and raise the tiger to be a disaster." They understood that the people were scolding Qian Miao.

The old subordinates of Sun Ru were taken over as the Neiya Army, which led to the evil consequences today. They had a blue face and loudly commanded the soldiers to attack the mobs, shoot with crossbows, chop with swords and spears, and even drove them to the sea of ​​fire to burn them to death. For those owners of the houses who delayed time, they simply asked the soldiers to demolish the houses and bury them in the ruins. Their cold-blooded and ruthless actions finally achieved their goal. After killing thousands of people, they finally controlled the fire and ensured the order of the unfired areas. But they still have no rebels in the martial arts. What are the rebels doing now?

In Luocheng, Hangzhou, the emergency rushing car was hitting the city gate violently. The sparse arrows shot from the tower at the top of the city, most of which were blocked by the wooden boards and cowhide on the rushing car. Sometimes, someone was injured in the middle, and there were soon replaced by reserves. The offensive did not stop. As the impact continued, the solid city gate gradually cracked and cracked, and the city gate was about to be knocked open. Suddenly, a large iron pot stretched out from the top of the city, and then the iron pot overturned, and a black rain fell on the rushing car. Suddenly, a scream came from the rushing car. Four or five soldiers who were splashed with oil jumped out, and then a torch was thrown off the top of the city. Suddenly, the people turned into a fireman, rolling in pain on the ground, making chilling shouts.

"Cowhide, sand, put out the fire!" Xu Wuji issued a cold order, and immediately six or seven soldiers in heavy armor rushed to the rushing car under the cover of their big shield companions. They began to pour wet sand on the place where the rushing car was on fire, and then covered them with cowhide. Although the defenders on the top of the city also began to shoot the selective fronts with bows and arrows, the soldiers were covered with heavy armor again with shields: Secondly, the attacking party was also suppressing the defenders with strong crossbows, and soon the flames on the rushing car were extinguished. The soldiers got into the rushing car and began to continue to hit the city gate.

Finally, with a loud bang, the city gate finally broke and fell into the dust. With Xu Wuji's order, the soldiers of the brigade of Wuyongdu rushed into the city and fought with countless remaining defenders who were not loyal to Qian Miao. Soon Wuyongdu had occupied Luocheng, and a large amount of military resources also fell into the hands of the rebels.

While the rebels of Wuyongdu captured Luocheng, two tall and strong men were riding horses along a remote path from Lin'an Town to Hangzhou City. The two men were gasping for difficulty, pale faces, covered with dust, and mud. But from their outfits and riding skills, they looked like men in the army.

This is Qian Miao and Gu Quanwu. On the night of August 5, they rode away from the Yijin Army and ran with all their might, but they had to choose a longer detour to avoid being caught up with the pursuers sent by Xu Wan. After all, in order not to disturb the Wu Yongdu rebels who were traveling with them, only the two of them escaped, and the rest of their trusted followers stayed in the Yijin Metropolis.
Chapter completed!