Chapter 129: Mutiny (Part II)
"Quick, quick, quick!"
"Speed up, don't stop!"
At this time, the loud shouts of the officers were heard from time to time in the streets, and the soldiers ran quickly at the urging of the officers. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Although the soldiers killed people at first, their purpose seemed to be only to disperse the crowd on the avenue so that they could pass quickly, and when the crowd on the street dispersed, if they encountered those people who were still running away in the middle of the avenue, they would naturally kill them with a knife, but they turned a blind eye to the crowd that avoided the avenue and fled into the alley, and let them escape.
And Yang Jing and the others were lucky, they were far away from the place where the massacre took place at the beginning, and they were all riding horses, so they avoided the danger at the beginning; Then, because some of the guards were very familiar with the streets and alleys of Guangling, they took a shortcut back to Yacheng, and took the lanes to avoid the slaughter of the soldiers. So at this time, the group of them was still safe and sound.
At this time, after a long time, Yang Jing and other girls' families finally calmed down from the panic, and then they had the courage to ask what happened, but the surrounding guards naturally didn't know the specific situation, so they could only tell their guesses.
"It's not good, these rebellious rebels want to attack Tooth City!"
After listening to the guesses of the guards, Yang Jing, who usually has a big personality, was the first to react at this time and realized the true purpose of those soldiers.
"Yes, the reason why they slaughtered the people was to disperse the people on the road quickly, so that they could get on their way as soon as possible, and judging from the route of their march, their target must be Tooth City. Now the defenders of Yacheng may not have gotten the news of the mutiny, Zhou Wei, you are more familiar with the terrain in this area, and you have good equestrian skills and fast riding, you hurry back to Yacheng first and let the defenders close the city gate, don't let the rebels in! On the side, Zhou Mengjie also calmed down, although her face was still a little pale, but her tone was very stable.
At this time, Yang Wen, a little girl, was still in a panic, she rode the same horse with Yang Jing, if it wasn't for Yang Jing supporting her behind, she was afraid that she would have fallen off the horse at this time.
"Girl, if the gates are closed, how will you enter the city? And we are all on horseback, but the rebels are all infantry, plus we are taking a shortcut, the time to reach the city gate must be faster than the rebel army, it is better to wait for us to enter the city and then warn, otherwise they will definitely close the city gate immediately! Zhou Wei objected.
He knew the habits of the defenders, and if he ran to tell them that there had been a mutiny, they would have closed the gates immediately.
After all, the city gate is not closed and can be closed, it takes a little time in between, and after closing, you have to use something against the gate to prevent the enemy from hitting the door.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, they will definitely not wait for Yang Jing and the others to arrive later, but immediately close the city gate, even if it is useless to tell them that King Wu's two daughters are still outside the city at this time.
King Wu's two daughters may be important, but keeping Yacheng is even more important in comparison.
And if they can't get back to Tooth City quickly, the rest of the situation will not be good.
Although it is not known how large the scale of this rebellion was, it is predictable that the outer city is now very dangerous, just think of the devastation of the outer city of Hangzhou during the Wuyongdu Rebellion.
So they had to get the three girls back to Tooth City quickly and safely.
"No, although the rebels I just saw are infantry, how do you know they don't have cavalry? If the rebels arrive at the city first and the defenders do not close the city gates, even the inner city may fall next, and the entire Huainan may change at that time! Zhou Mengjie vetoed.
Although there are still 3,000 pro-troops in Yacheng, if the city gate is not closed and it is raided, I am afraid that it will be defeated, and compared to the ordinary people living in the outer city, the people living in Yacheng are all high-ranking officials and heavy generals in Huainan, if the rebels enter Yacheng, it will definitely be a disaster.
She naturally didn't dare to gamble on such an important matter, and what was the safety of the three of her own compared to that?
"Go and let them close the gates first, and as for us, go back first and let them prepare the hanging baskets, and then we can enter the city when we arrive!" Yang Jing said on the side.
At this time, after she calmed down, she quickly figured out the situation and quickly made arrangements. On the side, Zhou Mengjie also urged again and again, and Zhou Wei sped up and rushed towards Yacheng.
After leaving Yang Jing's three who were not very good at riding horses, his speed really increased a lot, and he was very familiar with the roads around here, so he rushed to the bottom of Yacheng after only a quarter of an hour, only to see that at this time, the soldiers guarding the gate seemed to have noticed the commotion in the outer city, but they all just gathered together and discussed, but none of them dared to close the city gate.
After all, the importance of the city gate of Yacheng is incomparable, whether it is closed or opened, it must be according to the hour, if there are special circumstances, there must be a special order to close the city gate, if anyone dares to close or open the city gate at will, it is a felony, the light is dismissed from office, and the head is lost.
Although there seemed to be some commotion in the outer city at this time, after all, there was no confirmation that there had been a mutiny or anything like that, so the soldiers did not dare to close the city gates, and the leading captain only quickly sent someone to inform their immediate superiors, and did not dare to make a decision privately.
"Horses are forbidden in front of Tooth City!" Seeing Zhou Wei galloping on horseback, the defenders formed a formation and forced their spears forward towards Zhou Wei.
"Someone is doing it back! Close the gates quickly! ”
Before he got close to the city gate, Zhou Wei shouted, "Hurry up and close the city gate!" Someone reversed! The rebels have slaughtered civilians in the outer city and are now hurrying towards Tooth City! ”
"What, someone rebelled?"
"Impossible, who has the guts to rebel at this time?"
The defenders were a little suspicious, after all, since Yang Xingmi defeated Sun Ru and captured Guangling for the second time, there had been no war here for more than ten years. As the place where King Wu ruled, there were tens of thousands of troops stationed outside the city, and even if someone dared to rebel, they should not be able to attack in front of Yacheng.
Zhou Wei shouted: "I am the guard of the Jiedu Embassy, responsible for protecting the safety of the three girls, this is my token, hurry up and take me to meet your chief!" ”
Zhou Wei also knew that these soldiers did not have the right to close the city gates, so he didn't have time to explain to them at this time, so he took out the token and handed it over while making a request.
The soldiers glanced at each other, they had sensed that something seemed to have happened in the outer city, and at this time, when they heard Zhou Wei's words, they immediately believed it, and they didn't check Zhou Wei's token, and quickly took him to meet their officers.
In fact, their captain had just seen what was happening at the city gate on the city tower, and he quickly walked down the city tower and ran into Zhou Wei halfway through.