Chapter 676: The Great Army is Coming
The carriage departed from North Street and headed for the West Gate. In the first carriage sat the lord and two ladies, followed by two daughters and two maids.
Walking all the way from the city, there were patrolmen on horseback walking by on the street from time to time, Tie Yi gently lowered the curtains, and said to Xiaobao: "It seems that the Xuan army has not arrived yet, is it because the road is delayed?"
Danniang Yingying next to her smiled, shook her head and said to her: "It's coming! It's still early, although the road sign we left behind is a shortcut, but the terrain is also complicated, and it will definitely take some time for hundreds of thousands of troops to pass through." But according to the current situation, within two or three hours, it will definitely arrive!"
Tie Yi looked at Danniang a little strangely and said, "Why are you so sure?
Upon hearing this, Xiaobao's face darkened. The flying pigeon is a pigeon domesticated by the master's wife, and the pigeon usually follows wherever it goes, and does not need people to feed it, and will find food to eat.
Now that the master has died, the pigeon seems to have a premonition early in the morning, and stopped on the willow tree next to the grave and kept "cooing", and when everyone left, it was still there, and Liu Ruyin couldn't take it away if she wanted to.
Danniang shook her head, pointed to the sedan window and said to Tie Yi: "What do you see in the sky?" Tie Yi opened the sedan curtain suspiciously, looked at the countless black spots in the sky, couldn't help frowning, and said strangely: "What is that?"
"It's sparrows and other flying birds, there were a lot of them in the wasteland when we came!" Xiao Bao replied for Danniang, smiled and looked at Tie Yi and said: "Danniang means that these flying birds appeared because they were frightened, and so many flying birds flew in such weather, which means that a large number of troops have harassed their homeland!"
Compared with Danniang's rich knowledge of the rivers and lakes, Tie Yi still seemed tender, and he nodded excitedly when he heard the words, and said to Xiaobao: "It's just right, we can take this opportunity to wreak havoc in the city, so that these guys are too busy to take care of the city gate!"
Xiaobao and Danniang glanced at each other, and both looked at Tie Yi with some curiosity and said, "Destruction?
"It's just..."Tie Yishen mysteriously walked his head to the middle, and whispered, "We might as well set a fire in a few places, so that they can get busy without caring about the tail!"
After coming to her side for a long time, Xiaobao has almost forgotten that Tie Yi is the apprentice of the Demon King! This little devil used to be the most troublesome character in the Demon Forest, and even her own senior brother was teased by her countless times, and she complained to the master countless times!
It's just that the iron intention at that time, right and wrong is not clear, so it is more unscrupulous, since following Xiaobao's side, she has really changed a lot and collected a lot, but in the depths of her character, the brand of the little witch has not been cleared, and occasionally she will be naughty, just like now!
After listening to the little witch's suggestion, Xiaobao and Danniang both felt that it was feasible. Because at this moment, the more chaotic Nanping City is, the more beneficial it is to the Xuan army!
But where is the right place to put this fire? Is it going to burn the main street again? Fortunately, there was a fire on the main street last night, and the fire was extinguished after it burned down three storefronts.
Because there are really a lot of dignitaries on this street, once it is burned from beginning to end, Lu Dayong will have to go around without eating, and even the city defense general will not be able to protect him!
So in the end, the neighbors were mobilized, and the surrounding people came to extinguish the fire, but after all, there was no big fire!
But if you go to set a fire again, let alone Xiaobao, even Tie Yi himself can't bear it, it is the most prosperous street in Nancheng, although there are many big merchants, but more are ordinary merchants, that store is the hope of their life, just like Boss Tong, once you burn this life, don't expect to turn over!
The three of them all sat in the carriage and meditated, when they heard the coachman outside suddenly shouting: "Phew!" The carriage immediately stopped, and Danniang and Tie Yi inside exclaimed in surprise and pounced on Xiaobao on the opposite side.
Xiaobao hurriedly stretched out his hands, hugged the two of them, turned around with a frown, and just wanted to ask, he heard a loud shout from outside: "Stop! After receiving the notice of the commander of the city defense Lu, all the carriages in the city will be requisitioned, hurry to Nanlin to pull goods and send them to the West Gate!"
"Master Jun! I can't help it! The little one is just ordered to send off the passengers, and this carriage is not mine! If the military master is requisitioned, he still needs to go to the Yum Dealership to tell our shopkeeper first, I can't be the master! Master Jun, you can do well, let the little one go!" The handle of the car begged, and kept saying good things to the man just now.
"Smack!" There was a crisp sound, like a whip, and the coachman wailed, and then he heard the man scold: "Bastard! Do you think Lao Tzu is robbing your car? Lao Tzu told you, it is a requisition! The thieves are about to come over, and as soon as they come in, they will burn and loot, not to mention that you have a car, even the entire car shop will be burned by the thieves at that time! Now you dare to resist the order to block the city defense? Could it be that you want to cooperate with the enemy?"
"Poof!" The handlebar fell to the ground, probably stupid, and even the voice trembled: "Master Jun, I don't dare to give me ten dares! Even if you always want to requisition, you have to let me send the guests inside to the West Gate first, it's a few steps away..."
"Send a fart! Come down, walk over by yourself! When do you dare to delay, the thief will be there soon, don't go out of the city if you don't want to die!" The man outside spoke, and as soon as he opened the curtain of the car, a small military leader in armor probed in.
Seeing that the people inside were all fresh-faced, and the clothes on their bodies didn't look like those worn by the rich and noble, but they weren't ordinary people, so they were polite, and arched their hands and said: "I'm sorry, the war is urgent, the city gate has been closed, and you can't get out!"
Xiaobao pretended to be panicked, and hurriedly helped Tie Yi and Danniang to get out of the car, and Humei and Tu Die'er and a group of people also got out of the car, gathered with Xiaobao, and looked at a team of officers and soldiers in a panic.
Although they have put on makeup, these women can't hide all their original appearance, the old charm is mature, and the young are young and beautiful. The disguise concealed the best part of their facial features, but it couldn't change the overall coordination, so a group of officers and soldiers still widened their eyes when they saw them, and whistled one by one, if it weren't for the imminent arrival of the Xuan army, they couldn't delay at all, and they would have to tease these female dependents!
Seeing a group of officers and soldiers leaving with two carriages, all the women breathed a long sigh of relief. Xiaobao gave everyone a look and led everyone to the alley next to him.
"Emperor Zun, the Xuan Army is here!" Tu Die'er whispered to Xiaobao. Xiaobao nodded, squinted his eyes and said, "So we have to make some small moves to make the guards in the city chaotic, so that it can be easier for the Xuan army to attack in!"
Hu Mei asked him strangely: "How can we make them chaotic? Now it seems that Nanping City has sent a sentry to learn about the movements of the Xuan army, this Lu Dayong has not yet surrendered, he may have to resist! The city gate has been closed, and the city gate has begun to dispatch materials to defend the city, it is already very chaotic, how can we make a mess?"
This is indeed something that should be considered. Just look at the current street, there are carriages and soldiers running back and forth everywhere, looking like a catastrophe is coming, this is already chaotic enough, if everyone makes chaos again, there are many people, it is easy to be found not to say, and it is easy to mess up and not work, and the chaos can't be done!
Liu Ruyin crossed her arms on the side and said: "If you want to make trouble, you must sit on this most important and conspicuous place for them! Now the whole city is on alert, and the city guards have begun to go door to door to collect equipment and militia to defend the city, and the streets are full of people, and only two places are the most free! Garrison barracks and government offices!"
"That's right! The people here either go to the city gate, or go to the people's homes, at most a few people are left behind, and these are the two most important places in a city, once something happens, not only will the morale of the army be shaken, but also let them come back desperately to support, then the city gate will be empty of defense!" Tie Yi clapped his hands excitedly and said to everyone.
Xiao Bao also nodded, these two places are indeed the most suitable places to make trouble now, easy to approach and can give full play to the effect! Just go to the government office first, or go to the garrison camp first?
Liu Ruyin saw Xiaobao's hesitation, and said to him: "This is close to the western suburbs, we want to go to the government office, we have to go back to the city, and after passing through the downtown area, it is easy to be noticed! The garrison camp is not far from here, and the front is already sparsely populated, let's go there first, if there is enough time, we will go back to the city government office!"
Everyone nodded together, Xiaobao looked at Liu Ruyin with a smile, she had only heard her name countless times before, and now she finally worked together, and found that she was cautious and resourceful, quick and resourceful, a brave and resourceful person, bold and delicate, with a bit of the shadow of a master.
The people went out down the alley, all the way west, thinking of the barracks. This is already the western suburbs, and it is half an hour's distance from the garrison camp, and everyone walks all the way, from time to time bowing their heads to avoid the officers and soldiers who come and go.
The people on the street were in a hurry, looking like they were about to be in trouble. All the facades are scrambling to pack up the goods placed outside and plug in the doors tightly!
All cities and towns are the same, and when the city guards introduced the Xuan army, they all portrayed it as a group of barbarian beasts who did all kinds of evil, eating people and not spitting out bones, which was more terrible than the Hu Xiao people! Every time a city is attacked, it is necessary to slaughter the city, take everything that came before for yourself, burn down the houses, and plunder the traitors!
Except for beggars, no one in the world will leave their hometowns and run out if they have nothing to do, so what others say, the people will believe, and they will not go to the towns occupied by the Xuan army to see what kind of life the people there live in order to verify something!
Therefore, Qingzhou City was taken at the cost of tens of thousands of losses by the Tiger Courage Army, if this Nanping City is not planned well, the casualties of the Xuan Army will not be less than when the Tiger Courage Army fought Qingzhou!
Soon I saw the tent of the garrison camp, which was located in the wasteland to the west of the city, less than ten miles from the west gate. The terrain here is not very large, but there are no woods around, and it is lonely like an island in the city, but it is also just convenient for Xiaobao and everyone to take the next action!
Once this place is burned down and the nearby houses are ignited, that is not the result that Xiaobao wants, so this garrison camp is not close to the people but the best layout, and Xiaobao and everyone will have no worries!