The fire is blazing!

For nearly two hundred years, more than ten generations of emperors, millions of people and laborers, spent countless years and months, spent countless gold, silver, money and grain, and spent countless energy, financial and material resources to build the Luoyang Palace, which was burning in the flames; Deyang Palace, Chongde Palace, Jiade Palace, Zhangde Palace, Xuanming Palace, Ganquan Palace, Ganlu Palace, Changqiu Palace are burning in the flames; Palaces, pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, rainbow bridges, and corridors are burning in the flames; Rare treasures, silk and satin, antique ceramics, green wood and bamboo, exotic flowers and plants burned in the flames......

The fire is blazing!

In the firelight, a team of concubines, eunuchs, and palace maids staggered westward with their body wraps and wept and wailed; In the firelight, one after another carriages and ox carts full of gold beads, silk and rare treasures roamed forward; In the firelight, shining on the shining swords, guns, swords, halberds, and hideous and crazy faces of the Xiliang soldiers; In the firelight, countless eunuchs and palace women who refused to go west fell to the ground and lay beside the corpses; In the firelight, several figures who had escaped expulsion were covered in flames, stumbling and crawling, wailing and screaming......

The fire is blazing!

Suddenly, a well in the garden of Ganquan Palace made a plopping sound, and a short, obscene-looking man in black who was clinging to the wall of the well couldn't stand the burning and drying in the air, and jumped into the water with a "plop".

As soon as he entered the water, he shuddered and shouted, "Straight lady thief." It's too hot on top, and it roasts grandpa to death; It's too cold down there, and grandpa ...... to freeze to death."

This soaring fire is a signal.

Li Dao showed a fierce look on his face and laughed wildly: "Sons, go, get rich!" ...... "He took the lead, and as soon as he got out of the camp like a hungry tiger out of a cage, he went to the east of the city.

"Oooh oh...... Hahaha...... "The Xiliang sergeant behind him also laughed wildly, brandishing swords and guns, whistling and swarming away.

Hundreds of thousands of Xiliang Tie riders, under the leadership of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji, from east to west, divided into countless queues, opened a dense net, broke into every street and every house, and drove the people of Luoyang City to Chang'an.

Seeing that the family is wealthy or has a little property, in the name of "opposing ministers and rebelling against the party", arrest and kill the entire family, whether male or female, young or old, and plunder the family's property and property, and use it as military funds, or use it for personal gain.

Seeing that other people's wives and daughters were a little beautiful, the Xiliang sergeants even indulged in military discipline, raped and plundered, but those who dared to resist were all slashed and killed, naked, and thrown corpses indiscriminately.

Evil, greed, lewdness, and the ferocity of human nature are so naked and bottomless in the most prosperous and civilized capital of the Han Dynasty......

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"Quick, quick...... Don't squeeze don't squeeze ...... Go down the tunnel......" Yan Qing roared anxiously in the small hotel in the east of the city, and her throat was already hoarse.

"Let's go...... Don't rush...... Let's go ......" Sister-in-law Gu on the side also commanded loudly with sweat. In the early spring of February, there are so many sweat stains, which is also due to the busyness and crowding. While she was commanding, she looked at Yan Qing with guilt from time to time.

I also blame her.

Originally, for safety reasons, Yan Qing sealed the tunnel leading from the old house next to the kitchen to the outside of the city early, and led the rest of the soldiers of the special service battalion to hide in that wide cave, only waiting for the Xiliang soldiers to come to the rescue after they left Chang'an. Only the sister-in-law Gu and a few young men were left to wait in the door for the last time, waiting for the scholars and officials that Wang Yun said.

But how do you know that Sister-in-law Gu is the most benevolent and kind-hearted.

At the beginning of the Xiliang Army's horse procession, countless people dragged their mouths, carrying packages, carrying bags, wailing and crying bitterly past the door of the hotel. People crowd people, people trample on people, lest they are not in a hurry, and they will be caught up by the iron horses behind, and they will be added with knives and axes.

Sister-in-law Gu couldn't bear it, she secretly opened the hotel door a crack, and shouted to a few neighbors who were fleeing in a hurry: "This, this...... Come here......"

The neighbors shouted: "Hurry up, the Xiliang soldiers will come in a while, and if you don't leave, it will be miserable." ”

Sister-in-law Gu hurriedly whispered, "Come in, come in...... Come in and you'll know. ”

The neighbors were scared to get into the hotel.

Sister-in-law Gu said: "Come with me, don't you go to Chang'an......" She took her neighbors into the old house next to the kitchen, and the heavy stone mill and huge stepping stone that they moved together exposed the tunnel and sent the neighbors down.

Seeing that the tunnel was already open, Sister-in-law Gu thought about it, taking advantage of the future of Xiliang's military horses, why not send a few more, not only to save the people of Luoyang but also to be merciful to Brother Song Jiang.

She returned to the door of the hotel and secretly called a few people who were in a hurry to come in, but who knows, the people have a herd mentality. The people who were walking quickly on the road saw that someone had entered the hotel and never came out, and they all hurried in regardless of it. Then more and more people poured in, and the whole hotel was already crowded, and the outside was crowded in like crazy.

Sister-in-law Gu didn't think that this would be the case, her face turned white with fright, and she was terrified: "No, no, I can't save this one...... In this way, as soon as the soldiers and horses of Xiliang arrived, everyone was going to die, and the tunnel was exposed. ……”

Yan Qing heard such a commotion outside in the cave, and didn't know what was going on, so she crawled out. He was also shocked to see such a crowded and noisy crowd; He looked at Gu Sister-in-law's anxious expression again, and he didn't need to think about it, and he knew why.

He got down the hole and said softly: "Brothers of the special agent battalion, go up, maybe you have to fight with the Xiliang soldiers...... I commanded: 1. Maintain order and send the people into the cave; Second, guard the door, monitor the enemy's situation, and kill anyone who may leak secrets. ”

"Yes!" The soldiers of the special service battalion responded in unison, and climbed up to the hole in turn with their blades.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze...... One by one, they entered the ...... in an orderly manner."

"Uncle, the package is too big, just put it down in half...... The hole is too small"

"Baby, be brave, climb ...... by yourself"

Yan Qing and the soldiers of the special battalion worked hard to maintain order, escorting one Luoyang people after another into the tunnel.

Ten......

Twenty ......

Thirty ......

One Hundred ......

"Xiliang soldiers and horses are coming......," the soldier in charge of monitoring at the door of the hotel called out anxiously.

Suddenly, hundreds of people who were blocked at the door of the hotel were crying and running around, and hurriedly fled to the west. In a panic, sundries, parcels, and shoes were abandoned; In a panic, countless people, old and young, were trampled and crawled to the ground, dead or injured, and the screams and cries shook the sky.

Suddenly, the people in the hotel who were lined up were also crowded, and everyone cried and squeezed to the tunnel, but only no one could enter the tunnel.

Yan Qing shouted in that hoarse throat: "The special agent battalion, all at the door, ready to fight!" ”

"You, don't crowd, enter in an orderly manner...... Obey Sister-in-law Gu's arrangement......"

It's so crowded that it's hard to get in.

"Alright...... Isn't it enough that we are dead, but you also want to die yourself......" Yan Qing shouted.

In an instant, the people fell silent, and they looked at Yan Qing quietly.

"Don't let us die in vain!" Yan Qing said slowly.

He turned and walked to the door.

"Don't let us die in vain!"

The soldier of the special service battalion turned and walked to the door.

Gu's sister-in-law cried, she cried and shouted: "Go, go, go in an orderly manner......"

Dozens of soldiers of the special service battalion, under the leadership of Yan Qing and Le He, leaned against the gate of the hotel, silently holding their swords and guns, silently. Hundreds of Luoyang men, women, and people, under the command of Gu Sister-in-law and Sun Xin, also entered the tunnel silently and orderly.

At the door, a team of Xiliang Iron rode horses and galloped, numbering about twenty people. The leader of the team was full of flesh, smiling and raising the bronze broadsword, cutting off the head of a person who was injured and climbing on the ground after being trampled on the ground, and shouted: "Why don't you go, kill!" ”

"Ahh ......" accompanied by the sound of knives and guns entering the body, countless screams sounded. This group of Xiliang cavalry scattered around riding horses and slashing the people who were running around, with severed limbs and stumps, flesh and blood flying, corpses all over the streets, and heads rolling around. Only kill the people who fled to the west on this street, and only kill no one alive on this street.

"Alright, pack up the parcels on the ground and see how many there are!" The team was stationed on the horses and shouted, "Everyone, take a break." ”

There were too many packages on the ground, and the Xiliang soldiers searched all the way, only picking up valuable gold and jade treasures in their pockets, and even the copper coins were a little heavier and the like were thrown aside, not to mention the silk bottles and jars. Even so, the arms of the sergeants were already bulging, the horses were already full of packages, and the horses were embarrassed.

"Damn, it's worth it today...... I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy it for a lifetime. A Xiliang soldier sat on the ground, half leaning against the corner of the wall and shouted. His right hand was holding a horizontal knife on the ground, and the horizontal knife was full of blood, and from time to time drops fell into the earth.

The team was grinning and shouted, "Don't forget, half of it will be handed over to the prime minister, and then one percent will be given to me." Do you know that? ”

"Know, know...... We all know the rules. Head, that's enough...... Mother, when I go back to Xiliang, it's enough to ask for ten or eight mothers-in-law. Hahaha" The Xiliang soldiers laughed insolently, laughing beside the dripping blood, laughing beside the countless corpses they had killed.

"What sound?" Suddenly, one of the soldiers jumped up.

"What?" All the Xiliang sergeants jumped up and followed the gaze of the soldier.

Less than ten paces away from them was a dilapidated hotel, covering a large area, with its doors closed, and the apricot red flag with the word "wine" on the door was still waving in the wind, as if crying and provoking.

"Check it out!" The team shouted.

A Xiliang soldier, holding a spear in both hands, kicked open the door of the hotel and rushed in.

There was no sound.

But the half-ring didn't come out yet.

"Damn, what are you doing?" The team was yelling again.

"Let's go, let me go in and have a look." He kicked a soldier in the ass and drove them in.

The Xiliang soldiers rushed into the hotel with knives and guns.

Before I could take a closer look, there was a "squeak" and the door of the hotel closed gently.

A steel knife stabbed fiercely into the body of a Xiliang soldier, and a column of blood erupted into the sky.

"Kill!" Yan Qing roared in her broken and hoarse throat.

"Kill!"

Countless soldiers of the special service battalion jumped out from the beam, from the door, and from the back hall, raising their swords and guns to surround and kill Sergeant Xiliang.