The dozen or so people standing opposite Mu Qingyuan and the group of ordinary people were expressionless, and under the command of one of them, everyone tore off a human skin from their faces, revealing their original appearance, with an obvious appearance of a Tang Dynasty. The man at the head said quietly, "You want to go out of the city to deliver the news?" ”

One sentence dashed Mu Qingyuan's hopes, and the man continued: "Liang Guan, the people you sent are already in different places, and it will be your turn next!" ”

"Grown, go!" Xiang Kejian pushed Mu Qingyuan back hard, and rushed forward with the only few people, and the unarmed people panicked, and Mu Qingyuan had to retreat in the direction of the government with everyone. After several officials were all killed tragically, Xiang Kejian was wounded and fled in the direction of the government office, while those who disguised themselves as coachmen did not chase them, but just stayed where they were.

The battle in the north of the city has a tendency to intensify, the number of those black figures is not superior, the right rank of the guard soldiers in a trio to assist each other, there is attack and defense, after reversing the first chaotic situation, the combat effectiveness of the Liang Dynasty army began to play, and soon more black figures became corpses on the ground.

Yan Yuxin led the Chinese army to fully control the initiative on the battlefield, seeing that there were fewer and fewer black figures, the Chinese soldiers were becoming more and more courageous, but the neat and orderly attack was interrupted by the rain of arrows in the air. This wave of sudden blows worked well, and the advance of the right guard was immediately blocked, and row after row of fighters fell.

"Shield Array!"

A wave of infantry rushed out from the rear of the Chinese army, piecing together a piece of Dunjia and immediately forming a shield wall, and the feather arrows were all nailed to the Dunjia this time. The so-called road is one foot high and the magic is one foot high, this side of the Dunjia array has just been put out, and the other side has changed the offensive mode, put away the feather arrows, and projected a jar of fierce fire oil, and then the fire arrow cluster will be burned with the fierce fire oil, and as long as it passes through the flow of the fierce fire oil, it will become a sea of fire. The soldiers of the right rank of the guard struggled in the sea of fire in pain, and the Dunjia array was easily broken, and more and more dense quenched poison or feathered arrows with sparks were shot into the military formation, causing great casualties.

Unable to wait for Jing Yue's news, Yan Yuxin already had an ominous premonition, what he didn't expect was that his premonition was confirmed after only a short period of time, and on horseback, he had already seen the Xia Tang army surging from the direction of the North City Gate. The gates are lost! The worst is on the horizon, and we have to retreat to the barracks.

"Mingjin", before Yan Yuxin shouted the word "collect the troops", a more violent explosion came from the direction of the barracks, the fire was more fierce than before, and the direction of the grain depot and armory was even more violent. What Yan Yuxin didn't see was that the black figures attacking the barracks were ghostly, they didn't fight directly against the right guard, but kept throwing out fierce fire oil and jars full of gunpowder from the night, their purpose was simple, that is, to turn the barracks into a pile of ashes.

Although the left army shouldered the responsibility of extinguishing the fire, it was no longer able to save the entire barracks at this time. Yan Yuxin decisively decided to abandon the barracks, Mingjin gathered the remaining troops to retreat towards the national area, and the Lower Tang Army clung to it, chasing the tail of the right rank guard and attacking fiercely, so that only a few thousand right rank guards were pursued by tens of thousands of Lower Tang Army.

The retreat of the right guard, Mu Qingyuan in the government office did not have time to understand, the small Hanzhou government office could not accommodate more than a thousand people, Mu Qingyuan opened the government treasury, and all the weapons were moved out and distributed to the young and strong young man.

"It's all men stand up!" Mu Qingyuan said to the people: "Your own home must be guarded by yourself, and your wife and children behind you must be protected by yourself!" It's a big beam man, so he picks up the blade in his hand and resists the enemy! ”

The encouraged Hanzhou men were excited, and they grabbed the blades in the treasury one after another, and those who did not have the blades could only roll up their sleeves and clench their fists. Xiang Kejian, who was injured in the arm, also wanted to join, but was refused by Mu Qingyuan: "You are already injured, and the old and weak, women and children are here, they also need someone to protect them!" ”

Aunt Gu walked out of the crowd, took out a kitchen knife from her sleeve, and said firmly: "Lord Mu, men go into battle to kill the enemy, we women are not weak people waiting to be protected, we can protect ourselves by ourselves, sisters, foreign invasion, we also have to do our part!" ”

After a short period of silence, the women and children stood up one after another, driven by several young girls, and stood behind Aunt Gu with righteous indignation.

Xiang Kejian looked at his mother in disbelief, both familiar and unfamiliar, he never expected that his mother, who had always been loving, would be so bold at this critical moment. Suddenly, his strength and courage were even stronger, and he said loudly: "Lord Mu, there is no weak person among our people in Hanzhou, so let our subordinates follow your lord!" ”

Mu Qingyuan knew that this was not the time to be moved, so he no longer hesitated, bowed deeply to Aunt Gu, and then rushed out of the yamen with the men, heading straight for the south city gate. In order to avoid giving his life in vain to the greatest extent, Mu Qingyuan began to lay out his strategy as he walked: he and the older people attracted the attention of the enemy directly in front, while Xiang Kejian led the young men to climb the roof to find the opportunity to enter the wine shop. The plan was in place, and just as everyone was preparing to fight to the death, a dazzling fire rushed in the direction of the south city gate.

Don't? They set fire to the liquor store! As soon as Mu Qingyuan thought of this, he pulled his legs and ran, don't you! Don't! I strongly hinted in my heart that I still had a chance, but when I really ran near the South City Gate, the reality still stabbed Mu Qingyuan hard - the wine shop had been engulfed in flames.

In the firelight, those who were disguised as coachmen swaggered again, because of the sudden encounter, they hurriedly retreated and did not take a closer look, this time Mu Qingyuan saw clearly: the first person combed the hair of the Liang Dynasty people who were still from the Liang Dynasty, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a small face, except for the blue complexion, the others were no different from ordinary people, and in terms of appearance alone, this person was also good-looking; The other people behind him had different appearances, but without exception, their faces were blue, and they looked like hellish ghost soldiers.

"If you have the guts, you dare to come back!" The person at the head activated two thin lips and said contemptuously: "Although the people brought seem to be more than us, these people are just some flat-headed people, let them come to send them to death, and they are really good officials of the Liang Dynasty!" ”

"Phew! Compared to your dog officials in the Tang Dynasty, Lord Mu is more than a hundred times stronger! Look at how scared we are, right? It's ugly to pretend to be calm! "Xiang Kejian is-for-tat.

"Since you compare yourself to a dog official, then I don't need to show mercy to my subordinates!"

"You!" Xiang Kejian raised his saber: "Save your strength to fight!" Before the words came to his ears, the person had already rushed towards the enemy, and the tip of the long knife was aimed at the chest of the person who led him, but the other party saw that the long knife was getting closer and closer to him but did not move, just smiled weirdly, Mu Qingyuan felt that the situation was unfavorable, but Xiang Kejian could no longer contain it, the tip of the knife could touch the opponent's chest, a cold light flashed, and with a bang, Xiang Kejian's tiger mouth was numb, and his eyes were forced to open his eyes by the cold light. In an instant, when he opened his eyes again, the long knife had been broken in two, and an arc-shaped blade was set around his neck, he couldn't see what it was, but the cold feeling of the Dao scraping blade on the blade through his skin had already made him feel the approach of death.

"Frugality!" Mu Qingyuan's eyes widened, he didn't dare to close his eyes, he was afraid that when he closed his eyes and opened them again, the last thing he wanted to see would happen, "You guys come prepared, burning the wine shop is not letting us escape from the city to report the news, but you still underestimate us, how can there be only one secret passage!" ”

The blue-faced leader who originally wanted to make a move stopped the movement in his hand and said in disbelief: "Oh? You're trying to make up an excuse to prevaricate me and replace this little life, right? ”

"He's my personal bodyguard, and he's my brother! Of course I'm going to save his life, and since we all have what we need, why not make an exchange? ”

Xiang Kejian heard Mu Qingyuan say word by word, he really didn't know whether it was gratitude or accident, he turned his back to Mu Qingyuan, and couldn't see his expression, but he grew up in Hanzhou City, is there another secret passage, how could he not know?

"It's just your stopgap measure!" The blue-faced leader shook his hand, and the sharp blade on the inside of the ring cut through Xiang Kejian's neck, and suddenly a dense blood line appeared, "However, I'm willing to try it once!" ”

In the flash of light, the ring flew out of Xiang Kejian's head, and wrapped around the neck of a person closest to Mu Qingyuan, and in an instant, the blood splashed out of his body was in a different place, spraying half of Mu Qingyuan's face. Everyone was so shocked by this sudden scene that before they could come to their senses, the ring had returned to the hands of the blue-faced leader, and Xiang Kejian had been controlled by the two people behind him.

"You!" Mu Qingyuan stared angrily at the murderous demons in front of him, and the sword in his hand was squeaked.

"To make a deal with me, anyone has to pay a little price first! If you dare to lie to me, not only him, but all the people in this city will not live! The blue-faced leader said fiercely: "These rabble behind you, really do it, I can let them all die on the spot without a stick of incense, I don't know if you want to try, Lord Dog Officer?" ”

The people who were bluffed by the scene just now are ordinary people on weekdays, and they have never been on the battlefield, how can they see such a terrifying scene, the courage that was moved by Mu Qingyuan before has already been almost leaked at this moment, and even a few people have begun to slowly retreat and prepare to run at any moment, and the few people standing next to Mu Qingyuan barely held back and did not retreat, but their fear, Mu Qingyuan can guess even if he doesn't have to look back. Who can not be afraid, he has never been on the battlefield, but he has also read about the bloodshed and cruelty of war in ancient books in Qingshan Academy, and his personal experience is far more than those described in books.

"My Liang never bullies more than less!" Mu Qingyuan was stunned and squeezed out a few words from his throat, "If you want a duel, you must also be fair one-on-one, make a deal, then the two of us come, and I will take you to find the secret passage!" ”

"If you have the guts, of course I'll take it!" Although the blue-faced leader promised to do so, he didn't take any action and still stood in place. Mu Qingyuan saw that the other party didn't make any moves, and couldn't help but feel anxious, but at the same time, he couldn't urge, after all, the other secret path was nothing, and his brain was spinning rapidly, and he wanted to come up with a solution.

"Don't force yourself to figure it out!" The blue-faced leader looked at Mu Qingyuan with a general mind, "Even if you want to find another secret passage, you have to wait for the wine shop to completely turn into ashes!" ”

The mind is so poisonous! But Mu Qingyuan was also a little lucky, and the wait also bought time for the right guard. If the commander of Yan succeeds in resisting the enemy, he will definitely come to the south gate to ensure safety, and at that time, with the support of the army, these people should be out of the question.

Mu Qingyuan's abacus is indeed correct, but unfortunately the premise is that the right rank guard can successfully resist the enemy outside the city and can get out. At this moment, more than half of the right guard troops have been lost, and the battle while retreating has reached the national area. Just across the street from the same mansion, the two armies once again had a frontal battle, the reason is that the Tang army is divided into two roads, one is the main army chasing the right guard, and the other road is mainly composed of the original black figures, the two roads of people and horses surrounded the right guard again, shouting and killing resounded throughout the city, the women and children who have been hiding in the palace have become uneasy, and they can hear the fierce battle not far away very clearly.

An old man on crutches ran into the yamen in a panic and shouted, "It seems that the army of the Yan Commander is at war with the Lower Tang people!" ”

"Huh? The Lower Tang Army has fought here! ”

"Can our army survive it? What should I do if I can't beat it! ”

"We ..... Would you like to help? ”

"Don't mess around! A few heads are not enough to chop off! ”

The people inside the yamen were blown into a pot of porridge, some panicked, some talked to themselves, some tried to escape, and some were so shaky that they couldn't hold any weapons. Gu Da Niang ran out of the yamen alone with a kitchen knife, and followed the shouting and killing to turn a street and came to this bloody scene: the corpses had been stacked into a hill, and the blood completely stained the pavement of half of the street, and the soldiers of the right guard were desperately tearing a crack to break through but were immediately killed back into the encirclement by more Tang troops. Aunt Gu could see that the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, and she watched the good man of Daliang die under the enemy's butcher's knife like this, but she was helpless, she leaned against the wall, and her tears couldn't stop staying.