Chapter 1084: The Empty City
The drizzle fell sparsely for a long time, and by noon the predicted showers arrived.
Suddenly, the dark clouds gathered in the sky like ink, accompanied by thunder rolling, snakes dancing silver, the sky instantly changed color, and in an instant, the heavy rain fell suddenly.
Under the erosion of the pouring rain, the earth was gradually poked into a thousand holes, and I couldn't bear to look at it directly.
At this time, the more than 200,000 White Lotus bandits to which Hu Bilie belonged had already assembled in the camp tent, and they waited for the shower to pass and went straight to the south gate of Qianzhou City to capture Qianzhou City in one fell swoop.
The pouring rain became heavier and heavier, as if it was about to break the earth apart, and it went on and on.
The downpour lasted for almost an hour before it subsided until the afternoon cleared and the sky changed color again.
At this time, the rain also stopped, the wind also stopped, and the thunder and lightning disappeared silently.
Even the rolling dark clouds that had previously covered the sky like ink gradually dispersed.
Suddenly, a ray of sunshine completely split the dark clouds in the sky, and the sunshine after the rain instantly spread on the vast earth.
The time has come!
Hu Bilie, who was standing at the door of the camp tent, was overjoyed, and hurriedly waved and shouted at his relatives: "Quick, go and lead the sect leader's war horse over, and inform the leaders of each team to lead the troops to set off, whoever gives the sect leader the first time to break through the north gate and take the south gate tower will be rewarded!" Belch...... I will appreciate the three houses in Qianzhou City, and the gold is a thousand taels. β
"Yes!"
Soon, Hu Bilie rode on his horse and slowly walked out of the camp surrounded by a group of relatives.
At this time, the various White Lotus bandit armies under his command had already been drawn one after another, stepping on the official road full of mud, and swarming up to the north gate of Qianzhou City.
There will be brave men under heavy rewards, Hu Bilie is convinced of this. Moreover, after today's timely rain, he believed that the thunderstorm outside the south gate was bound to die.
Under such morale, more than 200,000 soldiers and horses stormed a south gate guarded by only more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, and Hu Bilie firmly believed that Qianzhou City was already in his pocket.
Ten miles away, even if the ground is muddy and potholes, no matter how bad the road conditions are, in less than half an hour, Hu Bilie's department will be pressed on the whole line.
It is only a few dozen steps away from the south gate.
Hu Bilie pressed the formation and followed at the rear, and suddenly an order came from the front, and the troops at the front of the headquarters had already begun to rush towards the south gate.
Suddenly, the sound of shouting and shouting and killing and cheering was endless, and the army was like entering a no-man's land, and it actually killed under the south gate.
Bang ~ Bang Bang ~ Bang ~ Bang Bang ~
With the noise of hey, banging on the door followed.
And some troops have begun to erect ladders and have begun to climb the South Gate Tower.
Seeing that everything was going so smoothly, Hu Bilie was secretly excited in his heart, but he couldn't help but wonder why the officers and troops defending the city didn't fight back in the slightest? Could it be that because of a shower, their minefield was scrapped, and after they had no support, they were frightened by the more than 200,000 strong troops of my Hu someone?
Boom!
It's too late for Hu Bilie to ponder, the south gate has been knocked open!
Looking at the city again, the Tang Dragon Banner of the official army had been pulled down by his other troops and thrown straight down the city tower.
The Tang Dragon Banner fluttered and landed on the ground outside the South Gate, and was instantly trampled on the ground by the White Lotus bandits who poured into the South Gate one after another, and fell into the mud under the city.
The South Gate, just knocking on it?
The South Gate Tower, just like that, was taken down?
Without spending a single soldier, without spending a single sword or sword, at the cost of zero casualties, it was taken?
Hu Bilie couldn't believe his eyes. Suddenly, an ominous feeling rose in my heart.
Immediately, he urged the entourage around him: "Quick, quickly follow this sect master into the city to find out the situation." β
After that, the whip in his hand was raised, and the first horse galloped towards Qianzhou City.
As soon as he entered the south gate, before he could notice the strangeness, he heard a scar-faced leader step forward and lead the horse to fall, and then reported: "Sect Master, something is wrong, the south gate is not guarded at all." The brothers did not bump into each other a few times, and the gate opened on its own. When we entered the south gate, we found that there were no ghosts of officers and soldiers around. β
The south gate is unguarded?
Hu Bilie was dumbfounded, and at this moment, a thin man leader rushed above the city tower, and hurriedly shouted: "Sect Master, there are no officials and soldiers above the city tower at all, there is nothing empty." β
There is no one above the castle tower?
Hu Bilie was completely dumbfounded this time, and subconsciously thought, did the official army want to give up the South Gate and the South Gate City Tower? And then put us in and fight again?
Yes, the officials and soldiers must have felt that more than 20,000 soldiers and horses could not stop the sect master's more than 200,000 soldiers and horses from attacking the South Gate and the South Gate Tower, so they simply gave up the town and put us in the city to fight again.
20,000 soldiers and horses want to fight with more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the city, street battles and alley battles? That's a lot of good thinking. However, the master of this sect is powerful, and he can still deal with you in the city.
Thinking about it, Hu Bilie can only explain it for such reasons.
However, soon another short leader under his command rode a horse to report: "Sect Master, I led the sect to search several nearby streets and alleys, and I didn't see a single official or soldier at all. Like, it seems to be ......"
Hu Bilie's heart collapsed, and he scolded angrily: "What does it seem? Swallow and spit out, are you looking for death? β
The short leader replied weakly, "It seems that this Qianzhou city is an empty city." β
"Empty city? How can it be? β
Hu Bilie angrily threw a whip at the short leader, and after the beating, he scolded: "A few days ago, they were beaten to death, Zhao Youxin and his 50,000 troops were wiped out outside the south gate, how could it be an empty city?" Impossible, absolutely impossible! β
Dadada~~
Suddenly, there was a tight sound of horses' hooves behind Hu Bilie, and it was Yu Jingde, Dugu Yu and others who led the crowd into the south gate.
As soon as they entered the city, they realized that something was wrong. From afar, I heard Hu Bilie shouting and furious here, and I almost understood what was going on.
The three sons of the Yu family didn't think about it so much, and the three brothers gloated at each other, you look at me, I look at you, and finally looked at Hu Bilie with a sneering face.
It seems that this time he took the south gate and broke the city, it is not how awesome Hu Bilie is at all, but it is just an empty city.
The three brothers had forgotten at this time that a few days ago, the three of them had suffered the loss of the official army outside the south gate.
Yu Jingde and Dugu Yu were not happy at all, their eyes suddenly showed horror, and then they shouted in unison: "Quick, go to the Qianzhou Assassin Mansion!" β
After the two shouted, they had already waved their horsewhips and rushed towards the direction of the Thorn Mansion in the center of the city.
At this time, the three brothers of the Yu family also understood, and shouted in unison: "It's not good, gold brick!!! β
The three brothers followed their father and rode after him.
After being reminded by the three brothers, Hu Bilie also understood, daring to love, the astonishing number of gold bricks was actually hidden in the Assassin's Mansion.
Immediately, he also took a group of relatives and subordinates and hurried to the Assassin's Mansion.
Suddenly, when he arrived at the Assassin's Mansion and entered the gate, and was about to ask the bandits standing guard in the Mansion Yu Jingde and Duguyu where they were in the Assassin's Mansion, he suddenly saw Yu Jingde and Duguyu walking out of the arch of the backyard with low expressions. And the three sons of the Yu family also followed, and the three brothers were full of anger, and they kept scolding the straight mother, thief, dog, and official army.
Hu Bilie chuckled in his heart again, and secretly asked, could it be that there is something wrong with the gold bricks hidden in this Assassin's Mansion?
When he was about to ask Yu Jingde, Dugu Yu had already shook his head at him, and sighed: "It's a step too late, the secret passage in the mansion has been discovered by the official army, and the batch of gold bricks hidden under the ground have all been transferred." β
"What?"
Although Hu Bilie had already guessed the situation of the gold bricks, he was still shocked when he heard Duguyu say this, and exclaimed: "It's all gone? β
Dugu Yu nodded and was silent, not saying a word.
And Yu Jingde sighed gloomily: "If the old man is not mistaken, the official army not only gave up Qianzhou City, but also transferred all the gold bricks and took them away." Hehe, in vain, we tried our best to recapture Qianzhou City, but we didn't think that people left us an empty city, cough cough ......"
In the end, Yu Jingde coughed angrily.
After Hu Bilie listened to Yu Jingde's words, he felt that his happiness in capturing Qianzhou City was gone in an instant, on the contrary, he seemed to clench his fists and swung a punch with all his strength, but he didn't expect to hit the cotton pile.
Immediately, he asked: "Where can the official army withdraw from Qianzhou City in such a short period of time, and bring such a large number of gold bricks?" Let's chase it, shall we? Maybe I can catch it back. β
"Wishful thinking!"
Yu Jingde replied coldly: "Surrounded by hundreds of thousands of our heavy soldiers outside the south gate, where can he retreat?" Retreat north? No way! The dog thief surnamed Guo is a person who is proficient in strategy, and he must have thought of retreating north with so many gold bricks, and he will definitely be caught up by us. If the old man guessed correctly, the man surnamed Guo must have moved to the other side of the Heishui River with these gold bricksββ"
After saying that, Yu Jingde raised his hand and pointed to the west of Qianzhou City, and said in a deep voice: "Lingnan City!" He must have moved to Lingnan City, wanting to take advantage of the natural danger of the Heishui River to continue to confront us. β
"Lingnan City? Blackwater River? β
Hu Bilie jumped to his feet and shouted at his relatives: "Quick, go and see the Ximen Ferry, there are no ships yet?" Forcibly collect all the boats along the Heishui River on the west side of the West Gate, prepare to force the Heishui River, attack Lingnan City, and recapture the gold bricks. β
"Don't bother!"
Dugu Yu, who was silent, suddenly looked at Hu Bilie, shook his head and said, "Do you think a shrewd person like Guo Ye will leave us a boat and a boat before leaving?" Now let alone storm Lingnan City, it is not easy to cross the Heishui River! β