Chapter Ninety-Six: The Moment of the Uprising
Suddenly hearing the roosters and dogs barking in the distance, Wei Zeng opened his eyes. I saw that the morning light was faint, and the night had gradually receded. Qi Weilun stroked his dew-soaked sleeve and stood up. Maybe it was because of the cold in the wild, or maybe it was a little excited, Qi Weilun's body trembled a little.
"Remember, when we approach the defenders, I will try to lure the officer down, and then I will kill him with a single blow, and then the others will encourage the victims to take the city. This is a very dangerous thing, but there is no room for mistakes, otherwise not only will the matter not be done, but a few of us may not be killed. Qi Weiren said.
"I remember, as long as the officer came within ten paces of me, I would never let him leave alive. However, eldest brother, I think that our hundred or so people can be divided into two parts, one part to agitate the victims, and the other part to hide behind us, and when the time comes, they will rush to the city gate, and do not give the officers and soldiers a chance to defend. Wei Zeng replied.
"That's very good, but these people need someone to control them in order to kill the city gate in time, so please leave it to this ancient brother." Qi Weilun nodded.
"No problem, leave it to me, as long as those officers and soldiers open the city gate, they don't want to close the gate again." Gu Chayi said excitedly.
"Wei Zeng, what about me, you won't forget me." Sagaree saw that several people opened their mouths and did not mention themselves, so she said.
"Miss Sa, then be with Cha Yi, and then we can storm the city gate together." Wei Zeng frowned and said.
"Okay, leave it to me." Sagardi said.
Under Wei Zeng's orders, the remaining hundred or so people were full of food and drink, and they went to the south gate of Shifeng City in two ways.
When I reached the south gate not far away, I saw yesterday's garrison officer riding a tall horse and leading hundreds of soldiers out of the open gate. Under the officer's command, hundreds of sergeants rushed to the refugees with the intention of dispersing them.
It turned out that after some arguments between the high-ranking officials and squires in Shifeng City yesterday, they still couldn't come up with a way to help the victims. But if the victims are allowed to gather outside the city, there is a fear that there will be trouble. In the end, at the suggestion of the officers defending the city, the lord of Shifeng City decided to disperse the refugees outside the city by force.
Many of the victims had not eaten water for several days, and their physical strength was extremely weak, so they just lay in one place and closed their eyes and waited to die. As soon as I opened my eyes early in the morning, I saw a group of fierce sergeants rushing over, punching and kicking the crowd. For some reason, the victims had to flee. Some of them could not run, so they knelt down and begged the sergeants for mercy.
The sergeants were also unbearable to see the tragic situation of these victims, and after driving them away for a while, some of them stopped.
"The military order is like a mountain, and that soldier dares to disobey the military order and be punished as a thief. If these untouchables don't leave, they will all be killed, and I don't think anyone will dare to make trouble. With that, the officer bent his bow and shot a victim who was on his knees and wailing.
The blood of this victim irritated the sergeant and the victim. The sergeants did not dare to have any more sympathy, and brandished steel knives to drive away the refugees, for fear that the officer's arrow would hit them in the head. The victims were also terrified when they saw the blood, and they fled one after another. The scene is like a few vicious wolves rushing into the flock.
Qi Weilun was resentful when he saw this scene, and waved his hand to Wei Zeng, motioning for him to follow behind him. Wei Zeng had already taken off the javelin and throwing knife, and when he saw this, he hid the steel staff in his sleeve, just like Qi Weilun's servant.
"General, general, I have something important to tell the general. Do not hinder me, I am a friend of your generals. Qi Weilun shouted as he approached the officer.
When the officer defending the city heard someone shouting to him, he fixed his eyes on the scholar who reprimanded him yesterday, and then he became angry and said: "Who should I be, it turns out to be you, this old man." Yesterday in front of the city lord and all the adults, you dared to scold me like that, and I lost face. If you dare to come over now, if it weren't for Mr. Dao's face, I would have killed you a long time ago. ”
"The general is angry, yesterday was not down. It was in the next moment that the ghost was fascinated and sympathized with these victims. The general worked hard for the safety of Shifeng City, and it can be said that he has worked hard. When I see Wendao in the future, I will definitely let Wendao say a few kind words for the general in front of the city lord. Qi Weilun said humbly.
"Hahahaha, wouldn't you have done this earlier, old boy? Mr. Wendao is the city lord's celebrity, in fact, I also want to befriend Mr. Wendao, since you know you so well, I will give you such a chance. By the way, what are you looking for from me? When the officer defending the city heard Qi Weilun's boasting, he changed color for a moment, and thought to himself: This scholar is a timid man, and when he sees my mighty form today, he is frightened and flattered.
"The general is terrible, yesterday I left the place where I asked, and I met a group of people in yellow gathered together. I was curious at the time, so I secretly listened to a few words, and those people turned out to be the yellow-clothed rebels who are now wandering around. Those people actually conspired to cause chaos in Stone Wind City, and they had already bribed some thugs to plan to attack Stone Wind City with the inside and outside. Qi Weilun said, pretending to be frightened.
"The Yellow-Clad Rebellion? Gangsters? Do those gangsters have yellow belts around their heads? The officer remembered a brawl that happened yesterday, and in the end only a few thugs with yellow belts were caught. Thinking of the **** of the dynasty and the notoriety of the yellow-clothed rebel army in recent years, the officer was terrified for a while.
"That's right, it's them! Could it be that the general also knows? Qi Weiren said.
"Don't be verbose, tell me quickly, it's not going to be easy if something really happens." The officer said anxiously when he heard this.
"General, these things I have heard are extremely secretive, in order to prevent the partition wall from having ears, I also ask the general to come with ears." Qi Weilun pretended to be mysterious.
"Okay, tell me quickly, this yellow-clothed rebel army is not a trivial matter. When the time comes, you will also have a great contribution to eliminate them. The officer had no doubts when he heard this, and when he came to Qi Weilun's side, he bowed his head to listen to Qi Wei Lun.
"Actually, the general ......," Qi Weilun said, making a gesture to Wei Zeng.
Wei Zeng saw that the steel staff in his sleeve was exposed, and he let out a loud shout, and struck the officer's chest with both hands with the cane. The officer was completely defenseless, and was knocked out of his horse by Wei Zeng, spitting blood.
"Qi Weilun, why are you doing this?" The officer lay on the ground and raised his hand to Qi Weilun and said.
Before he could get an answer, Wei Zeng struck him in the head with another rod, and the officer died.
Wei Zeng killed the officer, raised the steel rod and shouted: "Heaven and earth have no way, you follow me against this sky." Attack Stone Wind City to open a warehouse and release grain! ”
When Gu Cha heard this, he led a group of people with wooden guns and rushed to the south gate. Those people who were hiding everywhere heard Wei Zeng's shouts and also encouraged the refugees to attack the city, and for a while, they said, "It's against this day!" The shouts of "opening the warehouse and releasing grain" were loud.
The fear and grievances of the victims for days turned into anger for a while, and under the leadership of Wei Zeng's others, they attacked Shifeng City.
The sergeants outside the city drove the refugees under the command of the officer, and the officer was suddenly killed. Without command, the refugees rushed over and fled to the city.
The guards around several officers tried to recapture the officer's body, but Guchayi and Sagari were killed with men, and they resisted a little and fled.
"Intensify the siege of the city, and they must not be allowed to close the gates." Wei Zeng shouted and led the people to kill the city gate.
"Hurry up and close the door and raise the drawbridge!" A sergeant shouted when he saw the refugees killed.
"But there are still people who haven't come back!" Another said.
"It's too late! If we let them kill us, we won't be able to resist it, and everyone will die at that time. Listen to me, close the door and raise the suspension bridge. The sergeant continued.
As soon as Gucha saw several people running to the winch, he raised the drawbridge and shot an arrow with a bow and killed one of them.
The suspension bridge fell back due to the loss of one person's strength, but several people in front of the winch desperately pulled the winch, so that the suspension bridge slowly rose again.
Wei Zeng rushed to the drawbridge, jumped upward, grabbed the top of the drawbridge with one hand, and crossed the doorway with his arm. Wei Zeng swung his staff and rushed to the winch, and several sticks killed or drove away the people next to the winch, losing manpower, and the drawbridge fell to the ground with a "coax".
Gu Chayi led the group to enter the doorway first.
"Hurry up and release the jack brake!" One shouted, and rushed to the switch of the jack gate.
Wei Zeng threw the steel rod into the man's back, knocking him to the ground, and then picked up a steel knife beside him and rushed over, preventing anyone from approaching the switch of the jack gate.
More and more refugees poured into the doorway, and the sergeants at the gates and walls could not resist at all. But these soldiers were really heroic, and they fought and retreated, and fled to the city lord's mansion.
"Brother Xian, Brother Gu, the armory is not far south of the city, let's quickly occupy the place and arm these people with weapons. Otherwise, with the sticks and stones in their hands, they would not be able to resist the elite of the city. Qi Weilun arrived in the city and said to the two.
"Come with me, attack the armory, and then occupy the City Lord's Mansion." Wei Zeng and Gu Chayi shouted.
The 100 or so people naturally responded to the call of the two, and many people also attracted many people to go with the two. Of course, there are still some people who do not listen to the command as soon as they enter the city, and go in groups to rob everywhere.
The soldiers in the armory heard the shouts of killing at the south gate and did not know what was happening, and soon saw a group of people rushing towards them.
Wei Zeng had already retrieved the throwing knife and javelin, and when he saw the soldiers in front of him, he threw the javelin away. In addition to sharpening a lot of wooden guns last night, some people also sharpened some javelins. Seeing Wei Zeng like this, these people also shot out the javelin, and although the accuracy was very poor, the soldiers who also smashed it panicked.
The armory was not defended by many people, and soon the armory was taken.
As soon as he entered the armory, he first chose a set of armor to wear on his body, then dropped the repaired bow in his hand, picked up a strong bow and a bag of arrows, and sighed: "Good bow, good arrow." It's a pity that they put all this in the arsenal, but it cheapens us. ”
"These weapons were supposed to be issued to the army when something happened. Because they were afraid of serious wear and tear in peacetime, they only issued some basic weapons to the soldiers. We also captured this place in time, otherwise these weapons would have been used against us. Zivelen said as he walked over and tried to pick up a crossbow, but felt it was too heavy and put it back on the rack.
Wei Zeng quietly put on his armor, picked up a strong shield, and then commanded everyone to distribute weapons. The hundred or so people who followed Wei Zeng were all given a pair of armor and a few sharp weapons. Others also have more or less weapons for self-defense.
"Wei Daxia, it's not good, a lot of officials and soldiers have been killed." One of them ran over and said.
"Now that everyone has weapons, follow me to capture the City Lord's Mansion, and then open a warehouse to release grain. As long as we win, no one will have to starve in the future. Follow me. Wei Zeng said as he led everyone to meet the officers and soldiers who were killed.