Chapter II. 188. Burning the city

For Liang Jing, whether He Wendao, the great shaman from Mobei, is really the upper body of the 'Flint Spirit' or the trick of the Jianghu Warlock, it is no longer the most important thing in front of him. Because even if this 'immortal' who possesses the spirit may be a 'fake', a sky-high fire that broke out in the city has already appeared in the eyes of everyone.

Liang Jing, who was standing on the platform, reacted first by pulling out the sword at his waist and pointing at Master Xu who came to watch the ceremony, as well as the group of soldiers around him:

"The situation is urgent, and all other issues will be put aside first. At this time you were divided into four groups, and each group took a battalion of sergeants and rushed to the gates on all sides to extinguish the fire. And the 50,000 veterans of the Pingbei Army, you are responsible for taking over the city defense of the Eastern Customs; The reinforcements recruited from the other governor's yamen formed a patrol team to strictly guard the key points such as the official warehouses, government offices, and wealthy households, so as to prevent anyone from trying to fish in troubled waters and disturb the order of the city when the city was on fire. All the remaining soldiers are on standby, and they are restrained by the officers and commanders of the corps, corps, colonels, and generals in each army; If anyone dares to disturb the hearts of our army, they can be killed on the spot, and the military law will be corrected! ”

After Liang Jing's arrangement, all the Beiyan sergeants who were shocked by the 'miracle' came to their senses and followed their commanders to act in an orderly manner.

In good conscience, although Liang Jing has all kinds of moral taints, he can be called a corrupt official and a villain; However, this Lord Liang is by no means a stupid fool.

There is a saying that "a big traitor must have great wisdom and bravery", and Liang Jing, a person who is a 'little traitor and a little evil', will naturally not be a mediocre person. It can be seen from his arrangement that although this Liang Jingqi is not a clean official with high character, he can definitely be called a capable official.

It is a pity that the reason why Rush Wisdom is called Rush Wisdom is because this method can only be used to save emergencies, but it cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

And this plan to burn the city is the core winner and loser of this game, and it is also the ultimate and fundamental goal of Shen Gui and everyone around him. With the efforts and wisdom of so many people, how could it be easily resolved by Liang Jing's 'quick wisdom'?

This fire is bound to shock everyone who is concerned about the war between the two norths.

After Guo Xing and his 100,000 troops died on the bank of the Pu River, whether it was the Northern Yan Dynasty or the Youbei Third Road, and even some people who had nothing to do with the battle, they all subconsciously thought that the next target of the Youbei people must be the 8,000 cavalry led by Guo Xing, who had a deep blood feud, and was making waves near Fengjing; But the plot in Shen Gui's heart is far more than this, as he said to Li Deng before, in this battle, he wants to fight for at least twenty years of peace for the three roads of Youbei! Obviously, the destruction of only 150,000 Pingbei troops was not enough to achieve this goal.

After all, the territory of the Northern Yan Dynasty is vast, Liang Tian is thousands of tilts, and the armor is one million, plus it inherited the orthodox name of the previous dynasty, and the young talents from all over the Huayu Continent are also interested in the land of Northern Yan; Although he was able to destroy the 150,000 elite Pingbei army, and also ended a recognized defender of the city, the Marquis of Pingbei, these losses were not unacceptable in the eyes of the Northern Yan Dynasty; In just one year at most, Emperor Tianyou can promote some young generals, and then recruit and train some elite armor soldiers, and then re-establish a new Pingbei army.

In this way, in front of the Eastern Customs, it will become a flesh and blood grinding disc again, and the bone marrow and flesh of the people in the northern part of the country will be consumed again.

Therefore, since the beginning of the war, Shen Gui has the mentality of encircling a point to send reinforcements, using Guo Xing, or the 150,000 Pingbei army as bait, fishing out the reinforcements and then catching them in a net; However, due to the limited scale of the East China Sea Chengguan, according to Shen Gui's initial estimate, at best, he could only solve about 80,000 Northern Yan reinforcements at one time.

But this time, under the 'tacit cooperation' of Liang Jing and Guo Xing, they actually caught 150,000 enemy troops in one net, and all of them were trapped in the trap; this extra half of the capture out of thin air was indeed an unexpected surprise for Shen Gui.

There is an old folk saying that fire and water are ruthless. This 'fire puzzle' carefully arranged by Shen Gui was clearly placed in front of Liang Jing.

And Liang Jing, the person in the bureau, after ordering to go down to put out the fire, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and waved his hand to summon the rather clever herald, dragged him to a corner where no one was around, and commanded in a low voice:

"You take a few people you can trust and go around the gates...... If the fire becomes uncontrollable in the future, we will completely abandon the East Customs and immediately march eastward and go straight to Yanjiagou. ”

The herald took the order and left, but Liang Jing remained motionless, just staring at the direction of the East City Gate not far away with his eyes, and his face was extremely ugly. It's all because he already has a bad premonition in his heart, and the Mobei shaman who performed a 'upper body manifestation' has now disappeared without a trace. And these shamans and wizards are the secret spies sent by the Mobei people, who deliberately set fire to the situation between the two norths in order to balance the situation between the two norths? Or was it really possessed by some god, so the heavenly fire burned the city; Or maybe they are actually spies sent by Youbei 3rd Road, who came to the East Customs to act as secret spies in the internal response......

In fact, to this day, Liang Jing also has to bear some responsibility. Because it is not easy to study medicine, it is even more difficult to find military doctors who are willing to join the army. And no matter what era, which country or dynasty it belongs to, as long as the army lives in a 'collective life', it has long been in a situation of lack of medical treatment, so Liang Jing easily believed the other party in the face of the 'shaman medical group' sent by the self-proclaimed Mobei, and only relied on a letter of recommendation from the Mobei allies presented by Master Xu. At this time, this fire in the Eastern Customs, no matter what the identity of these people is, the crime of negligence of the 'supreme officer of the Eastern Customs' is also a sure thing.

If these Mobei shamans, as they say in their mouths, are possessed by the 'spirit of fire', it is not too bad, but if they are really spies sent by the Youbei people, then the nature of the problem is different! Because of this, it also means that this heavenly fire is a vicious plan that the Youbei people have been planning for a long time, and it is aimed at this Donghaiguan and the 150,000 reinforcements under his command.

And once this is the case, since such a series of poisonous schemes can be planned, there will definitely be no gap for 200,000 soldiers and civilians to escape. Of course, this is also the reason why he asked the herald to go to the city gate to investigate: if the east and west city gates are normal, then if the fire cannot be alleviated, he can give up the East Customs and move his army south to join Guo Xing; If the east and west gates are impassable...... Then even the 150,000 Beiyan soldiers under his command, plus tens of thousands of ordinary people from the Eastern Customs, could only be turned into a piece of coke under this blazing fire.

It didn't take long for the herald to run back to the East Gate Square in a hurry. Liang Jing looked at his somewhat strange face, hurriedly ran off the platform in three steps and two steps, and asked softly, "What's wrong?" ’

The herald looked around, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to him, he replied softly:

"The west gate will definitely not be opened in a short time, the hole in the city gate is full of burning logs, and the last general will pour a few buckets of water over, but the fire has only weakened for a moment, and the fire after that is more ferocious. It seems that this wood must be full of tree oil, and it can no longer be extinguished by relying on manpower to fetch water. So it can be asserted that at least for a short time, the probability of our army breaking through from the West Gate is not high......"

Liang Jing's expression was a little gloomy when he heard this: judging from this result, those shamans who called themselves 'Mobei people' must be hidden stake spies sent by Youbei Sanlu. And since they can calculate so secretly, they will definitely not leave an escape path for their side.

But after all, he is still the commander of the first army, even if he already knows it, he can't tell the sergeants, otherwise the whole city will suddenly fall into chaos, and no one will try his best at all......

So the disheartened Liang Jing symbolically asked about the situation at the East City Gate, but he didn't expect that he really asked a chance to ask casually without any hope.

"Under the investigation of the villain, I found that the wood at the East City Gate was the goods carried by the children of the Nankang Fu family before, and it was not given by our people later...... But because of this, it must be because the amount of wood is limited, and now it is all piled up in the west city gate to block the way, but the door hole of the east city gate closest to us is just a pile of boulders. According to the last general, if you find some strong soldiers and some experienced craftsmen, it may not be that there is no chance of reopening, but it will take some time......"

Liang Jing was overjoyed after hearing this, and climbed the platform to look around, and found that the fire that had ignited from the four corners of the East Customs had not weakened at this time, but had already spread violently. So he didn't have time to think about it, but staggered off the platform, grabbed the herald's arm vigorously, and whispered as if grasping the last straw:

"Quick, find a few sergeants with strong strength, and then mobilize the experienced old craftsmen in the city to go to the east city gate, and clear the passage as soon as possible. This matter is entirely up to you, and you can deploy whatever you need with your sword...... To tell you the truth, judging from the current fire in the city, I am afraid that there is no hope of extinguishing it. ”

When the herald heard this, he also knew that the big thing was not good, and he left in a hurry, and Liang Jing also had the idea of abandoning the pass and leaving, and was ready to lead the army to Yanjiagou......

Of course, this is also the only way to survive in front of the Northern Yan army.