31, Night Shadow Pupil Ghost (I)
The city of Linjin at night stands in the dark curtain, like a huge beast, the tall city wall made of rammed earth is silent, only the little fire on the city wall shivers in the cold wind, occasionally makes a crisp sound of "pop", should be with the cold wind sound of "woo" mournful, it makes people shudder, in the military camp inside and outside the city wall, according to the hour, there is the sound of the golden watchman, sneaking into the night twilight with the wind, floating far away.
At this moment, the hour has passed the ugly hour, the curfew in the city has been for a long time, the city and the inside are pitch black, only on the big streets, there are soldiers wearing armor and holding soldiers on patrol at night, walking with torches, they walk very fast on the deserted streets, the road they have just walked turned into black in a blink of an eye, and the patrol soldiers gradually disappear into the night after a while, only the heavy sound of footsteps in the silent night, it is particularly clear.
"There's a fire—"
Finally, this quiet and peaceful night was broken by a sharp roar in the barracks in the city, and the cries of fire instantly intensified, and many of the soldiers in the camp who were sleeping with their heads covered were startled by the shouts, and after hearing the shouts outside the tent about "fire", they immediately put on their clothes, looked for socks and shoes, put on weapons and armor, and were about to drill out of the barracks.
The soldiers who rushed to the outside of the barracks took the lead and saw with one eye that there were indeed several barracks and tents in the camp that were already on fire, and the light of the flames was particularly dazzling in the night, and the tongues of fire were spreading with the autumn wind, and many horses and horses were already in confusion, and in the light and smoke of the fire, there was constantly the sound of soldiers running and horses neighing.
The candidate was dressed in armor and turned over in the barracks that had begun to be chaotic, and the more than two hundred men and horses he had temporarily assembled had been assembled, and right behind him, many of them were their own old troops, and they had just annihilated a group of patrolling soldiers.
The candidate looked at the centaur under the swaying firelight, and his originally pale face was now flushed with a sickly flush.
After Yang Feng found him planning to sacrifice the city for glory and wealth, the two hit it off, and the candidate was a little hesitant at first, but after discovering that Meng Tu, who had returned from Hedong, had begun to investigate rumors in the army, he also became restless.
At this moment, he was the first to burn down his barracks in the army, as if he was in a ruined boat, and there was no way out.
"Follow me!"
The candidate roared, pulled the reins, and let out a long hiss from the mount, which was hurried in the firelight, and immediately spread its hooves and galloped out as fast as it could.
The soldier with the torch behind him immediately followed, followed the direction of the candidate's drive, and strode out of the camp.
"Ganling rebellion, General Fengpingbei will order the thief, kill with me!"
The candidate's war horse ran fast, and when he was running in the camp, he did not forget to let the accompanying sergeant throw out troublesome rumors to disperse the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the army.
The camp gate has been arranged for its own side of the soldiers to capture, but it was stopped by the reinforcements in the army, and now the barracks are beginning to be chaotic, and the direction of the camp gate is also in the midst of a fight.
The candidate knew that there were only more than 200 people under his command, and only by taking advantage of the chaos to attack the camp at this moment could he take the risk to win wealth and wealth, otherwise if he stayed in the camp and the stabilized soldiers and horses gathered, his own people would be suppressed sooner or later.
He immediately waved his hand and ordered, let the soldiers behind him break through the camp gate, more than 200 soldiers behind him rushed up, opened the bow and arrows, moved away from the horses, opened the camp gate, the figure pupils, the momentum was huge, the soldiers guarding the camp gate were quickly killed in the chaos, the candidates opened the camp gate, and with an uproar, they rushed out of the camp.
The candidate patted the horse behind, cursed secretly, and gave an urgent order in his mouth.
"General Huang Tun, you take people to seize the city gate!"
"Team Wang, you went to burn the granary!"
"The others come with me!"
"Follow me!"
Tom - The men and horses of the candidates who rushed out of the camp were quickly divided into three groups, one to seize the city gates, one to burn grain and grass, and one to be led by the candidates themselves.
Looking at the other two groups of people who were walking away with torches, the corners of the candidate's mouth curled strangely.
He and Yang Feng were originally planning to start an incident in the near future, but they didn't expect that Gan Ling, who was aware of it, would also start quickly, and many generals and soldiers and horses under his command were separated, and Yang Feng and candidates were even separated, one in the military camp in the city and the other in the military camp outside the city.
Smelling the danger coming, Yang Feng decided to strike preemptively and start an incident in advance tonight, but the candidates in the city could not gather many people temporarily, only more than two hundred people, so he carefully planned a commotion to burn down his camp tent and create chaos in the military camp.
At the moment, General Huang Tun and Team Wang had already set off, and there were only more than 100 people left around the candidates, all of whom were the original elites of Baibo's old department under his command, and they had been following him loyally.
The candidate looked at the barracks behind him, where the fire was gradually expanding, raised his hand, and said loudly:
"Let's go to the official temple!"
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Gan Ling, who was in the official temple, was also alarmed by the riots in the city, and he heard a noisy sound in his sleep, and suddenly woke up, and Gu Lu rolled over from the couch, and reached out to get the weapon beside the couch.
Gan Ling quickly summoned his personal guards and began to dress and armor, and bad news also followed, and the soldiers who were in a hurry came to the official temple one after another.
"The barracks in the city are on fire, and the candidates are rushing out of the camp with their men and horses!"
"Enemy troops appear in the direction of the granary!"
"Enemy troops appear in the direction of the city gate!"
"The barracks outside the city were in flames, and some soldiers and horses were clamoring to enter the city to support, but they were stopped by the generals who defended the city!"
"There are fires in several cities and places in the city, and some people are setting fires in the city!"
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When Ganling was finished, all kinds of news came one after another, most of the bad news made him frown, and this riot broke out, as if the inside and outside of the city had been completely chaotic.
Fortunately, Gan Lingjiu was in charge of the matter, but he was not shocked, and he was not frightened by this chaotic situation, and he began to give orders quickly.
"Let Meng Sima in the barracks in the city put out the flames and quell the riots, and send troops to help the city gate as soon as possible!"
"Let the generals of each city gate guard the city gate, no matter who comes, no one is allowed to enter the city without the military order of General Ben Zhonglang!"
"Let the soldiers who patrol at night quickly rush to the help of the granary!"
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Gan Ling in front of the chaos, also began to immediately order to deal with, the official temple in the order to ride the military order, quickly on the horse, several side doors of the official temple have been opened, people and horses holding torches, began to gallop to all directions in the city.
But just as many orders were galloping on the street, a sharp sound pierced the sky, the bowstring sounded, and the sound of footsteps also sounded in the dark night, and it became more and more noisy, mixed with the rattling of iron armor, which disrupted the original quiet and solemn night atmosphere of this official temple.
In the dark, some of the arrows of the order riding with torches were hit, the people and horses threw themselves to the ground, some of them had already slapped their horses and ran away, and some were so frightened that they grabbed the reins and ran back to the official temple, and the entire official temple was suddenly attacked by the enemy, and suddenly the door was closed, and it became tense and abnormal!
In the dark night, a few torches were lit again, and the candidate's uncertain face appeared again, and he showed a sneer as he looked at the official temple not far away.
Barracks, city gates, granaries and other important places are heavily guarded places at night, and there are heavy troops stationed nearby, so the candidate took his more than 100 Baibo old troops, and did not choose to attack the city gate and granary, but turned around and went deep into the city and rushed outside the official temple.
This is not a heavy garrison, and it is the farthest away from the soldiers and horses in various parts of the city, as long as it captures this place, controls Ganling, and the dragons in the city have no leader, this Linjin city can no longer be defended.
The city gates and granaries are all suspicious soldiers, used to attract the garrisons in the city, and the official temple is the place where the candidates who are in a hurry plan to give it a go.
The candidate showed his white teeth in the dark night, sniffed the faint smell of blood in the air, waved his big hand, and gave a sudden order.
"Rocket!"
The whizzing rockets were ejected into the temple, and although it was not dense, it still ignited some debris and ignited a ball of flames, but it was quickly extinguished by the panic of the people in the temple.
It's just that the chaotic flames are ignited in the hearts of the people in the official temple, and the city is so panicked, there are fires, enemy troops, and riots in many places, and now even the official temple is surrounded, and it seems that Linjin City is in danger.
Gan Ling looked at the rockets that came in from outside the official temple, as well as the Ling Qi who had just been carried down by the arrow, his face changed, but he did not panic, but carried the shield, with the help of the wooden ladder, and climbed to the wall of the official temple, and opened his eyes to look outside the official temple.
There were not many enemy troops exposed in the firelight, but the enemy troops hiding in the shadows made a small noise, and suddenly it sounded as if the entire temple was surrounded by a large number of enemy troops.
Gan Ling smiled coldly, turned around and came down from the wooden ladder, he smiled indifferently:
"The enemy army outside is just a chaotic army with no way to escape, don't panic the second and third sons!"
As he spoke, Gan Ling had already analyzed the current situation clearly. Most of the rebel troops that suddenly appeared outside the official temple were tactics to attack the west, and the enemy troops that appeared in the direction of the city gate and granary in front of them were estimated to be small rebel troops, but they were bluffing to confuse the sergeants who mobilized the barracks and patrolled the city, and the official temple where they were located was the main direction of their attack.
Judging from the density of bows and arrows, there were only twenty or thirty archers in the enemy army outside the temple, and there were only about a hundred or so enemies exposed.
Add to that the bluffing enemy in the shadows, and there will be no more than two hundred people.
But Gan Ling will not tell the officials of the official temple in detail about this matter. In addition to the ordinary scribes, slaves and concubines, there are more than 70 guards and soldiers in the official temple, and their own team of personal guards are the elite of the army who are armed with soldiers, and everyone guards according to the official temple, if the defense is done properly, resist the attack of 200 enemy troops, within half an hour, it will definitely not be a problem.
Within half an hour, it was enough for Meng Tu, Dian Wei and others to deal with the enemy troops in other parts of the city and rush to the official temple to support.
Gan Ling quickly commanded the soldiers to go to the wall to defend, and the guards divided a few people to organize and lead the scribes, slaves and concubines to carry earth and stones, block the gate of the Guansi Mansion that was most likely to let the enemy troops outside the Guansi Temple break in, transport arrows, and bring a large water tank filled with water to the vicinity of the gate to prevent the enemy outside the Guansi from taking fire attacks.
Just when Ganling was busy directing the defense, Ma Yunlu also put on armor and held a bow, and came to the wall of the official temple, eager to try, ready to go to the wall for defense.
Ma Yunlu since the Fengshui War, was taken back to Linjin City by Ganling to recuperate, ready to wait for her injury, and then send someone to escort her to Hedong, Ma Yunlu survived the fever, skin injuries healed quickly, but her identity is special, not suitable for living in the barracks, and skilled in arching horses, Ganling did not worry about letting her live in the house in the city, so she was placed in the courtyard of the official temple.
Unexpectedly, the safest and most appropriate place has become the target of the rebel army at this moment.
"You-Ma Niang, what are you going to do?"
Gan Ling Tie blushed, and walked over quickly to stop her movement on the wall, although he was sure to hold the official temple, but the arrow did not have long eyes, this daughter of Ma Teng, with a special identity, could not be injured by an arrow, and the death and wound were in the hands of these chaotic troops.
"I'm going to go up to the wall to defend against the enemy, what are you doing?"
Ma Yunlu was stopped by Gan Ling, raised his eyebrows, showed his eyes with majesty, and had a heroic posture of not letting her eyebrows go, snorted coldly, and asked Gan Ling.
"It's the soldier's business to go up the wall to defend against the enemy, how can you do such a thing as a woman?"
Gan Ling originally wanted to say "captive", but when the words came to his lips, he still changed his words, this Ma family girl has always been cold to herself, and with her special status, it is better to pay extra attention to it, so as not to cause trouble for herself at this time.
It's a pity that Ma Yunlu was even more disgusted by Gan Ling's words, she sneered and said:
"What about the woman, you are also a cool person, don't you know, in the cool land, women and children are like horses and bows, I am not one of those little women who can only be female workers, now the rebel army is besieging the official temple, I don't believe your words just now that calm people's hearts, if the rebel army invades, it won't be the same as you, and it is divided into men and women, you get out of the way for me!"
After Ma Yunlu lowered his voice and finished speaking, he angrily pushed away Gan Ling's arm, climbed the outer wall of the official temple by himself, and looked around at the enemy troops outside the official temple.
"You two, stay here and protect her!"
Gan Ling couldn't resist Ma Yunlu, and watching the rockets continue to fly in from outside the official temple, he had to let two personal guards escort Ma Yunlu, and he quickly returned to his position to command the military affairs of the defense.
Outside the official temple, the candidate asked the archers to launch rockets at the official temple, and on the other hand, he had already asked people to collect a beam from the homes of the residents in the city, and temporarily made it into a crashing wood, and ordered the soldiers to carry the collision wood and start attacking the gate of the official temple.
"Ganling intends to rebel, and on the orders of General Pingbei, capture Ganling, and those who surrender will be exempted!"
The candidate also continued to spread rumors about him, wanting to shake the guards in the official temple, and the soldiers who went up to the wall to defend saw that the enemy troops outside the county temple began to approach, and escorted the knocking wood close to the gate of the official temple, and hurriedly began to open their bows and arrows, shooting the enemy soldiers who tried to approach.
The bows and arrows of both sides came and went, sometimes the soldiers of the chaos fell to the ground, sometimes the guards on the wall fell with arrows, and the collision of wood inevitably approached step by step······