Chapter 96, Smoke Attacks Xicheng
The Yuanfu Inn is only a mile away from the east gate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ infoThis rebellion was mainly in charge of the Ba County Taishou Li Mu, who transferred 1,000 standing troops to join the 1,000 standing troops in Xicheng.
At this moment, Xicheng County ordered Liu Qing to stand on the lookout platform with Li Mu, and Li Mu said: "There are only 500 epidemic people, just shouting for the official's head, hum, it's really ridiculous." After speaking, he turned around and patted Liu Qing on the shoulder, "Two thousand soldiers and horses are not enough to deal with five hundred epidemic people, Liu County Ling is relieved." The battle just now is enough to make them afraid, this group of small people will never act rashly tonight, if we go and rest for the night, and come back tomorrow, this official will definitely take them all. β
Liu Qing's expression was slightly complicated. But he still said respectfully: "By all means, the lower officials think that they have not moved for a long time, I am afraid that they are cheating, besides, these people are not ordinary people." β
Li Mu raised his chin slightly, clasped his hands behind his back, examined Liu Qing, and said, "Ridiculous, how come you are not an ordinary person?"
"My lord, these are not ordinary people. There is a saying among the people that adults should have heard, it is called 'those who rush are afraid of being stunned, those who are stunned are afraid of the horizontal, and those who are afraid of the horizontal are not dying'...... Look, my lord, this group of people is not going to die right now. Liu Qing stroked his beard and said chiselingly: "According to the lower officials, these people are becoming more and more frustrated, and they have all become outlaws...... If each person is a block of ten, it should not be underestimated...... Besides, there is no moon tonight, which is the most suitable for a sneak attack and siege. As the saying goes, soldiers don't get tired of cheating, adults must not be careless!"
Heavy clouds obscured the moon and all the stars.
At the same time, in the opposite col, in the dense woods, a group of ragged plague people crawled here, a total of about five hundred people. All of them had a thick coat of charcoal ash on their faces.
The first leader couldn't see his age clearly, his face was thickly coated with charcoal ash like everyone else, his neck was thick, his voice was slightly low and hoarse, his eyes were blazing and he looked ahead, and said in a low voice: "Brothers, the time for revenge has come, this time, we will no longer attack, we can only outwit." β
"Brother Wang, how can these animals outwit them when they cower in the city and don't show their heads at all?" said a lean little man with his head hung in annoyance.
"That's right! How is this good! Let's save this breath of death just to kill him without leaving a piece of armor, big brother, let's kill him......"
"Yes, let's kill it! We're not afraid of death!"
"Lie down, all lie down for Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu is not afraid of death! But they have archers, and if they are numerous, even if they throw a few stones, most of our people will lose most of them...... Attack Mao!"
The crowd fell silent.
The man known as the eldest brother paused, and then asked, "What about the things you were asked to collect?"
"Take them all..."
"Well, big brother, we all listen to you, and we all take it with us. β
He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and stretched out his hand to sense the air for a moment, "Well, it's a southwest wind right now, just right...... Let's divide the soldiers into three teams, each team only does one thing, and withdraw immediately after completion......" The person called Brother Wang whispered the next thing, and after a while, the sound of squirming sounded, and in a few breaths, the five hundred people were quietly divided into three teams, crawling and outflanking from two sides......
On the city wall, a soldier looked down with a torch and found nothing unusual.
Li Mu continued the topic just now: "Then in your opinion, how will they attack?"
"In the humble opinion of the lower officials, they will definitely not attack, but will only outwit-"
Li Mu's expression was a little contemptuous, "Outwit? Will these people outwit it? Even if the officials don't attack and defend, what can they do? Could it be that they can still grow wings and fly over? Five hundred people, if they throw a stone, they will be half killed." β
"That's what my lord said. β
Liu Qing lowered his head and no longer defended, but he refused to leave. Joke, this west city belongs to him, in case there is a good one who suffers or himself, how can he rest assured? After waiting for a while, he asked the soldiers on the city wall for a torch, and then leaned down and leaned down......
"Ahem...... What is so choking?" "Noβhow can there be chili noodles?" Liu Qing, who reacted, held back the tears that choked out, turned around and shouted loudly, "They are going to attack the city!" All the staff are on alert, beating the war drums!"
After saying that, the blue flag in the herald's hand was erected with a bang, waving in the air, and the deep and distant drum sound on the platform of "Knock-Knock-Knock" immediately sounded. Gradually, the drum beat became more and more intense.
More and more bonfires were lit on the city walls.
Li Muyehuo, who was originally sleepy, stood up, felt the choking smell floating in the air, got up with a curse, inspected the city wall, and suddenly found that the group of plague people was less than a mile away under the city wall - his eyes widened, "This group of Diao people is here, the archers are ready!"
Yellow flags then rise in the night sky, signaling the archers.
Fortunately, after two battles, this group of scattered standing troops became more and more agile in their limbs and movements, and when they saw the yellow banner and their bows and crossbows were fully deployed, they immediately aimed outside the city.
"Readyβ"
Brother Wang, who took the lead, laughed and threw a torch on the ground.
"Boom-" The poured fire oil swished and burned under the city walls.
Liu Qing's eyes were horrified, looking at the unknown figure, his eyes were a little confused, they actually chose to attack with fire?
Why Fire Attack?
"Shoot! Shoot!" Li Mu's eyes widened angrily.
However, the breeze blew a puff of chili noodles, and the soldiers' hands shook and their noses itched.
In just this moment, the fierce fire oil had already flown to the branch in the corner. Soon, Li Mu was choked by the oncoming billowing black smoke......
The weather in the southwest has experienced months of rain and rain, and every branch contains rich water vapor, coupled with the watering of fierce fire oil...... As far as the eye can see, there is billowing smoke all around.
As soon as the southwest wind blew, all the soldiers on the city wall were choked with snot and tears, and the archers were instantly confused. Even the eyes of the drum are so hot that they can't open them, and even if they do, there is black smoke billowing all around.
It was only a moment before the ladder was erected.
Inside the Innββ
"Master, please save us, we can't be implicated!" The shopkeeper took the lead, and more than a dozen people on the first and second floors knelt in front of Su Kang.
"Yes, that's a plague! what should we do if we infect everyone?" a woman cried pitifully as she hugged her two-year-old daughter.
The candle flame jumped slightly, and Su Kang fell asleep crookedly.
Lu Shu postured, twisted the willow waist and walked in front of everyone, "Yo~ I said that you don't have to embarrass our prince, where does our prince care about this, not to mention, our divine doctor came to diagnose and treat the plague only on the emperor's order...... Do you want the divine doctor to resist the decree?"
Resist, resist?
"This ......" The shopkeeper was stunned again, yes, it seems to be such a reason, he can't wait to slap himself hard, confused, is this considered an insult to the emperor's life? Will he be killed?
No, the prince didn't have this attitude before!
Lu Shu's waist twisted, the flaming red lips under the hat hooked slightly, and he smiled and said softly, "We can't control it, you are the people, and those who have the plague are also the people." The miracle doctor helped, maybe... You should be more considerate and considerate, otherwise what else can you do-"