Chapter 300: Burning City (2-in-1)
Chengchao warehouse is the largest Yicang in Baizhou, located in Shui'an Town in Chengchao County, covering an extremely wide area, and has stored millions of stone of grain at the most.
Wen Sheng rushed to the Chengchao warehouse with the team, and Jing Jie beside him told everyone about the situation of this granary more than a year ago.
Jing Jie is not a local, but he has stayed in Baizhou for a long time, and during this time, he has followed Ji Nantang to protect grain here.
In the past, the nest warehouse was like a city within a city, the grain depot was built in the center, the caves, the warehouse building, the cloister, and the grain field in the warehouse city were reasonably distributed, and they were scattered, and the outside was surrounded by the wall, and there was a trench dug outside the wall.
But since the county seat of Chengchao fell into the hands of the Dongyi people, the grain guards were slaughtered, and the Chengchao warehouse has long been gone.
The walls had been demolished, the ditches had been filled, and the entire grain depot was stripped of its arms like a warrior, naked from top to bottom, exposed to the public.
The barn collapsed, the grain and grass were scattered everywhere in the cloister and the barn, and many sacks had been loaded onto flatbed trucks.
Wen Sheng came all the way, but saw a forest of low shacks, and the more he went to Cangcheng, the more these simple sheds were.
Jing Jie pointed to these dense shacks, and said to Wen Sheng, Zhong Tianzheng and others: "From these, we can almost estimate how many Dongyi people lived around here to guard grain before, I heard that in Dongyi, there are very few houses built of bricks and adobe, and they are used to living in this kind of shacks built of broken wood. ”
Yang Lanyi couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this: "This is not much better than the pigsty and horse shed." ”
Zhong Tianzheng replied coldly: "Do you look down on them and think they live like animals? But now they are grabbing it in the coastal states of Daliang. If you want to kill, you can kill, not to mention other places, just look at the people in this city. Who is more undignified? ”
Yang Lanyi was speechless for a while, Zhong Tianzheng was outside the city and Wen Sheng didn't speculate, so he had a cold face, like someone owed him money, Yang Lanyi knew that he couldn't afford to provoke him, so he hurriedly leaned over to Wen Sheng, almost sticking to the other party's buttocks.
Zhong Tianzheng mentioned it. Many people have noticed that at this time, in the gap between the shacks, there are a lot of unkempt people hiding and hiding. And the farther you go to the granary, the more people gather.
Jing Jie was worried: "Look at this, almost all the people who are still alive in the city have come, so I don't know if there are any Dongyi spies hiding inside." ”
Vice General Peng and Gao Qi, who led the team before, also discovered this situation. Urge the whole team to hurry to the granary. Don't just beat the Dongyi people away, but let the people rush up and rob the grain, if something like this happens, it's not easy to follow the explanation.
Fortunately, according to the report of Tanma, there were still more than 100 Dongyi people in the grain depot who had not had time to evacuate, and were blocked by the hungry and crazy people. It's impossible to set fire to it, although there are many people. But he didn't dare to go up, and the two were facing each other.
Vice General Peng was overjoyed to get the news and discussed with Gao Qi that he would unite with the musician to directly lead his troops to rush in to take over the grain depot.
Gao Qi was still complacent about the victory, and when he heard that the other party only had about a hundred people, he agreed without paying much attention.
Sure enough, with the cooperation of the musicians, it was just a wave of impact, and the remnants of Dongyi were directly taken down without even making a decent resistance.
When the granary arrived, Vice General Peng immediately sent someone to the city to find Mi Jingyang and report the good news to him, the task sent by the second prince was successfully completed, and the recapture of Chengchaocang was of great significance than the several victories that Ji Nantang fought after coming to Baizhou.
Mi Jingyang couldn't suppress his excitement when he heard the news, this trip was too smooth, it was like even God was helping, it seemed that the ghost boy was not in the nest, otherwise the Dongyi people would not be so vulnerable.
He was already on the way here, and immediately ordered thousands of men and horses to be left to defend the city, and the rest of the people all went with him to the granary, and the top priority was to find a way to pacify the nesting people gathered outside the granary.
The most difficult cities and granaries have been defeated, and there must be no mutiny at this time, casting a shadow over this hard-won victory.
The arrival of the brigade really had a deterrent effect, and the people who swarmed stopped outside the granary, looking at the life-saving food that was close at hand.
Mi Jingyang took his own soldiers to meet with Deputy General Peng and others, and before he could ask about the situation in the granary, hundreds of ragged people outside the barn took the lead, came out from behind the shack where they were hiding, and slowly came to the open space and knelt down.
The cries became louder and louder, and the old and infirm fainted directly.
"It's General Ji's people, General Ji, save us!"
"General, we haven't eaten for days, and the grass roots and bark in the city have been gnawed away, please, give me something to eat."
I don't know how many people gathered around the granary, and the preliminary estimate is that there are at least tens of thousands of people, and gradually, they synthesized a voice and shouted loudly outside: "Divide the grain!" Open a position! Divide the grain! Open a position! ”
It's like this, it's impossible for Mi Jingyang not to hear it, he has led the army for many years, and he has never encountered such a thing.
Although it was Ji Nantang who shouted, his handsome face was also burning, and he quickly called a few henchmen to discuss.
"According to the end of the general, it is better to divide it, there is no reason to guard tens of thousands of stones of grain to watch the people starve to death, as long as the order is not chaotic, each family will send a little, and it will not take much. Just to let the common people know that the one who won the battle and gave them food was you, General Mi. ”
As soon as this remark came out, the rest of the people echoed it, and some generals asked the musicians to help appease the people.
Mi Jingyang sent the order, and the soldiers either opened a warehouse to get grain, or maintained order, and even Wen Sheng and others were busy.
The news spread, and a burst of cheers erupted in all directions.
In the midst of this deafening cheer, a commander suddenly passed through the crowded soldiers with a panicked face, and ran to report something to Mi Jingyang loudly.
Mi Jingyang didn't hear clearly, and asked him to say it again.
At this moment, the noise inside and outside the barn suddenly subsided, and a terrible scream came from afar.
The scream grew louder and louder, and the volley flew close in front of it, stopping abruptly.
An arrow "banged", and the rice-shaped flag floating in the wind over the granary was in the middle. The flagpole snaps from the air and the top half falls down.
At this time, Mi Jingyang finally heard what the commander was shouting. He said: "Report, deputy marshal, the big thing is not good, the two warehouses of Bingding and Ding are on fire at the same time, the fire is very big, and it can't be extinguished!" ”
Mi Jingyang only felt a "buzz" in his head, and the grain depots in the nest warehouse were all open. Once the fire breaks out, no matter how much grain you have, it will be reduced to ashes.
This is really afraid of something, he glared at the commander with a panicked face. I couldn't wait to go up and kick it, and shouted angrily: "How can it not be extinguished, why don't you hurry up and bring someone to put out the fire!" ”
The commander was at a loss and said, "Deputy marshal, all the wells have been filled. The curry was again filled with oiled firewood and grass wool. The fire is too strong......"
When he said this, Mi Jingyang had already reacted: he was in the middle of the plan.
Without waiting for him to say anything else, the arrows followed closely, and the dense clusters of arrows flew from all directions, the arrows themselves were lightweight, and the attackers were far away, and they all shot at the huts on the outskirts of the threshing floor.
This time it's all rockets.
The shacks, large and small, were apparently treated and caught on fire.
Smoke rose everywhere. The flames were raging, and the common people were frightened by the sudden spread of the sky-high fire. Ran to the threshing floor without a head or a brain.
For a while, I don't know how many people were pushed and trampled, and what made Mi Jingyang even more heartbroken was that in this way, his army was blocked inside, and he watched the fire burn more and more, surrounded from all directions, mercilessly devouring the defenseless people and his soldiers.
The fire can't be extinguished, this is a poisonous plan set up by the Dongyi people, they have already emptied the nest warehouse, maybe there is a surplus of food, it is just for show, the warehouse is more tattered cotton wool and firewood.
Thick black smoke and scorching heat waves can choke people without a fire.
Staying is definitely death, some generals saw that the situation was not good, and without waiting for Mi Jingyang's order, he led his soldiers to wave knives and guns to face the people and kill them, trying to kill a bloody road.
Mi Jingyang sighed and didn't stop it, more soldiers saw this scene and were ready to rush out.
Blood and fire filled people's eyes, causing them to ignore the arrows that flew through the flames.
The screams were incessant, and the team of people who rushed out in a hurry died in a blink of an eye.
As far as the eye can see, there is fire everywhere.
At this moment, the nesting city has fallen into a sea of fire.
The soldiers didn't care about anything else, took off their clothes, coughed and fought hard to fight the fire that burned in front of them.
I don't know how many people crowded around Mi Jingyang and asked nonchalantly: "General, what should I do?" ”
Mi Jingyang was weak in his heart, and said forcefully: "Order, rush out, as long as the whole army is not wiped out, even if there is one person left, you must rush out." ”
As soon as the fire broke out, the musicians of Xuanyin Pavilion were also very panicked, and Hua Feizhou, Ge Bin and others spontaneously gathered around Wen Sheng.
There was a lot of commotion in all directions, Wen Sheng glanced around, he was busy playing the piano and playing the flute to appease the people, Jiang Huan took more than a dozen musicians with Gao Qi, at least dozens of zhang away from him, and he was blocked by the fire twice, and he was afraid that he couldn't save them, so he could only break through separately.
Unexpectedly, the Dongyi people still ambushed so many troops in this city.
There are not ten thousand, there are thousands.
Where did this soldier come from, Wen Sheng calmed down and thought about it, he understood that Yang Haojian's information was wrong, the Dongyi people were suspicious before, and Dongyang Mountain was bluffing, singing about the empty city plan.
The defeat is decided, and it's too late to say anything at this point.
Zhong Tianzheng said coldly beside him: "Don't you want to leave, do you really want to be buried here?" ”
Wen Sheng looked around her, Yun Lu, Jing Jie, Yang Lanyi were all there, as well as a group of musicians from Xuanyin Pavilion, she subconsciously took a deep breath, but what she inhaled was hot and choking smoke: "Go!" Try to get as close to me as possible and don't scatter. ”
Let's rush out first, save as many people as possible, and save your life before we talk about anything else.
Yun Lu asked worriedly, "When you attacked the city just now, you were already ...... Can it still hold up? ”
Hua Feizhou and the others also looked at her uneasily, not only for fear that she would consume too much and not be able to hold on, but also worried about whether Wen Sheng's piano sound could isolate the fire.
Jing Jie has been on the battlefield for a long time and has experience in dealing with fire: "This smoke is more deadly than fire, everyone tears off their clothes and pees to cover their mouths and noses!" ”
At this time, one wrong step is death, even if Hua Feizhou is a few people, he no longer dares to hold his identity, until Ge Bin scolded in a low voice, he is a, how to blow it when he covers his mouth and nose.
Zhong Tianzheng told them to do the same, and the sea of fire was all on defense, and it didn't make much difference whether the flute was blown or not.
When the fire burned to the front, Jing Jie led people to erect shields, so that Wen Sheng would not be crushed by the retreating crowd.
Wen Sheng held the "Taiping", his hand stroked on the seven strings, and the sound of the piano sounded, as if a swimming dragon rose from the strings and flew around the hundreds of people around her.
Wherever it passed, the flames were forced to retreat.
This is even more shocking than the scene of Wen Sheng's siege of the city, Yang Lanyi was stunned and suddenly came back to her senses: "What about Wang Thirteen, let's take Wang Thirteen and escape together." ”
Wang 13 came to Baizhou not as Yang Lanyi's attendant, but as a military attache with rank.
It's just that as a general, he knows his identity, and everything will not come out, this time he should have stayed in Huaning, but he was not worried about Yang Lanyi, so he deliberately spent money to bribe Shangfeng and transferred Mi Jingyang.
Tens of thousands of soldiers under Mi Jingyang's command perform their duties, and Wang Shisan has his own soldiers to bring, and these days he is commanded by Mi Jingyang to run around, and he does not dare to leave his post without permission.
But at this time, his life is almost gone, and he doesn't care if he gives orders or not.
Wen Sheng followed Yang Lanyi and turned his head to look around, there were people everywhere, where could he find Wang Shisan, and at a glance he saw Mi Jingyang, the deputy marshal who broke through under heavy protection.
Mi Jingyang rushed into the sea of fire and was shot back by a rain of arrows.
The fire burned his beard, and the armor on his body was even more scorched, and he looked unusually wolfish.
Zhong Tianzheng followed Wen Sheng's gaze and reminded her: "The enemy is staring at him, you can pay attention." ”
Wen Sheng nodded, having said that, she clearly knew that Mi Jingyang couldn't die yet, and she had to save him.
Wen Sheng didn't care about anything else, stroked the piano with one hand, and stepped forward against the flames.
In the chaos, some people noticed the strange appearance of this group of people and gathered here one after another, and Mi Jingyang's personal soldiers also found out: "General, it was Miss Gu who was trying to break through, and she was leading people to meet us here." ”
Mi Jingyang immediately decided: "Catch up!" ”
The relatives around him have broken a lot, and most of the rest are people from the rivers and lakes sent to Baizhou by the Lu family, the Duchess of Cheng Guo.
The two struggled to get together, Wen Sheng had no time to speak, Hua Feizhou covered his mouth and nose and said in a muffled voice: "Let's go, General Mi, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood." ”
Mi Jingyang finally breathed a sigh of relief with the protection of Wen Sheng, he looked around, at this time the sun had sunk in the west, the remnant sun was like blood, reflecting the flames flying all over the city, and the eyes saw a cruel red.
He is the chief general of the tens of thousands of people who suffered here, although Mi Jingyang felt that the fault of the fiasco in this battle was not him, tens of thousands of people were almost wiped out, and the people of the whole city were buried in the fire, in the end, it was difficult to escape the blame. (To be continued......)
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