Chapter 108: A fire rises in the middle of the night

Knowing that Guiyang City was still in the hands of the officials and soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng was a little relieved.

After a non-stop trek of more than 2,000 miles, if Guiyang City was attacked by the rebels first, there would not be many places left for the officers and soldiers to move around.

But fortunately, Guiyang City has not yet fallen, and the main force of the rebels has no barrier to defend.

If Guiyang is occupied by the rebels, coupled with the surrounding Zunyi, Bijie, and Longchang guards, which have been lost, they will form a corner of each other, and the officials and troops will undoubtedly fall into the net if they rashly attack and suppress them.

But at this time, Guiyang was still there, and the previous plan to contain the main force of the rebels and wait for the encirclement and suppression of the three-way army could be carried out smoothly.

After some planning, early the next morning, along the reformulated march route, the new army bypassed Zunyi and continued to march towards Guiyang along the mountain path.

In Guiyang City, as the rebels harassed and scolded day by day, all the civil and military forces were a little uncomplacent.

Although those strong men in military uniforms and armor were ordered to patrol the city every day, they only patrolled but did not send a single arrow and did not go out of the city to face the battle, and it was inevitable that some flaws would leak out after a long time.

And the reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, and the morale of the defenders in the city can be imagined.

The rebel camp outside the city, the morale at this time is also high, a few days ago the siege of the city, casualties thousands of soldiers but failed, no one can be happy.

"Abba, let's attack again."

Under the big tent, Ankiyu was haunted by the situation that day, although he had no doubts about the sudden appearance of the 5,000 fresh army, but if the earlier attack was more fierce, he might have been directly attacked.

Anji is known for its bravery, and the previous few small cities were also captured by Anji, and at this time, as soon as the morale dropped, it would take some time to rely on the strong attack.

Originally, Anji also set a strategy to lure the officers and soldiers out of the city to attack at night, but after calling for many days, the officers and soldiers were like turtles with shrunken heads, no matter how they scolded the formation, they just couldn't hold out.

In a hurry, I just want to attack Guiyang here and explore the reality of the official army.

How could An Bangyan not know An Ji's plans, but because there were still killer moves, he was not in a hurry to visit the official army.

"The officials and soldiers are cunning, how can they joke with the lives of their sons and daughters, I have my own plan for this matter, and when it comes to the siege of the city, there will definitely be your performance, these days let people patrol the gate of Guiyang day and night, don't be careless!"

An Bangyan unceremoniously reprimanded his son, looked at An Ji's somewhat puzzled expression, and didn't explain much.

"Virtuous nephew, King Liang and I have already discussed this matter."

As he spoke, Yu Chongming looked at An Bangyan again, and after getting permission, he retreated left and right, and told An Ji about Daworen's army lurking into the city.

"Abba's plan is far-reaching, and his son understands, so he sent people to inspect the city gates of the Quartet day and night, reorganize the army, and take Guiyang in one fell swoop."

An Ji, who learned that An Bangyan and Hao Chongming were plotting, had a little more smile on his face, and immediately went out to reorganize the army.

Regardless of whether Daworen can deceive the city gate or not, as long as it causes temporary chaos in the city, Anji can take advantage of the situation to get down Guiyang City.

In the dark night, in the east of Guiyang City, several people gathered together.

In the past few days, the offensive outside the city has gradually subsided, and Daworen and others are also a little anxious, and Daworen naturally knows about the fact that the officials and soldiers pretend to be soldiers, and Wang Yan can only hide it from the outside of the city, but he can't hide it from the city.

But it was also extremely difficult for Davoren to spread the news outside the city.

For the people who took refuge in the city, the officials and soldiers were very strict, and Lu Qin was able to be the chief soldier of Guizhou, so naturally he was not a straw bag, and guarding against spies taking advantage of the chaos to enter the city was the basic homework of the generals.

Therefore, the evacuees who did not have relatives or merchants in the city as guarantors, Lu Qin arranged for them to be guarded in the east of the city, so that Daworen and others did not find the right time for a while.

However, as the rebel offensive weakened, the soldiers guarding them also relaxed, and these people all honestly obeyed the arrangement, and did not show any signs of rebellion, and the daily guards became routine.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Daworen was not idle, and quietly contacted the rebel brothers scattered everywhere.

"My lord, they're all in touch."

Taking advantage of the absence of the sergeant on guard, one of the leaders below said to Davoren.

"Well, well done, tell them, get ready these days, set fire first, and then take advantage of the chaos to attack the east gate, seeing the fire in the city, the king of Luodian will naturally lead the army to attack, and the first merit of breaking the city will be taken by our brothers."

Daworen took advantage of this opportunity to encourage his subordinates.

"That's what the adults said, but there are no weapons, so I don't know if I can take the east gate."

Unarmed to attack the officers and soldiers, the man was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, choose those strong men to start when they are there."

After Daworen finished speaking, the man understood that the elite of the more than 200 rebels thought that there was no problem in dealing with the strong men who had never been in battle.

Without further doubt, the man disappeared in the night, and then began to contact the scattered brothers, waiting for Davoren to raise his arms and shout.

Just after the next day, the sergeants patrolling the east gate were mostly dressed as strong men.

At this time, the soldiers had just finished eating, and Lu Qin expected that even if the rebels attacked at night, they would not choose to attack at the time when they had just finished dinner, so he arranged the patrol of the strong men around the time of Hai, and when it was night, there would naturally be real soldiers patrolling.

But this seemingly safe arrangement gave the spies in the city an opportunity.

Where the refugees in the east of the city were sheltered, the two men fought somehow, which immediately caused a wave of onlookers, and the spies who had infiltrated the city also took advantage of this opportunity to gather.

At night, the crowd was noisy, and after a short time, it attracted a group of sergeants to question.

But without waiting for the leading sergeant to interrogate, the prepared rebels swarmed up and snatched the weapons of the soldiers and killed them on the ground.

The rebels, who were scheduled to set the fire, immediately kicked the nearby brazier to the ground.

The refugees wore hay to keep warm, and the shed above them was also made of thatch, and when a spark fell, a raging flame ignited instantly.

With a river of blood and a raging fire behind them, the refugees who had not been through the battle immediately scattered in all directions, and the sounds of fighting and fleeing for their lives intensified the chaos in the city, while the rebels in charge of arson followed the fleeing refugees to lead the fire to more places.

Seeing that the fire was already raging and the chaos was over, Davoren raised his arms and led the rebels in charge of seizing the gate to the east gate.

Since learning about the spies in the city, Anji has strengthened the monitoring of Guiyang City, and arranged for two teams of elite men and horses to take turns to prepare for battle, just waiting for the signal of chaos in the city.

But after waiting for many days, there was still no movement, and just when Anji wondered if the spy had been discovered, he suddenly heard a report from Tanmalay, saying that there was a fire in the city.

Anji didn't care about wearing it, so he went out of the camp tent to watch, and saw that the east of the city was on fire, and half of the city was directly red.

Anji was overjoyed when he heard this, and on the one hand he sent people to report to the king of Liang, and on the other hand, he ordered his troops and horses to kill him in the east of the city.

On a hill not far outside Guiyang City, two men in strong suits also saw the fire in Guiyang City, leaving one to watch, and the other rode to the rear.