Chapter 60 Preventing the Burning of Grain

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou ordered an all-out siege of the city, with the invulnerable vine armor army, with thunderbolts, musketeers, hot air balloons and other unbelievable means for the Eastern Wu people, the Shu army only took half an hour to attack the city, and the speed was jaw-dropping.

Bu Qi in the Assassin's Mansion was so anxious that he was like ants on a hot pot, he had already received the news that the Shu army had broken into the city, and when he thought of the terrifying combat power of the Shu army, he couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness.

He had already ordered the troops to make every effort to block the Shu army entering the city, but in the face of the invulnerable rattan armor monster in front and the "burning stick" soldiers behind with a banging sound and taking away a life from their own side, the Eastern Wu army could not even resist for a moment, and could only continue to retreat, defeat and retreat.

"It's time to make up your mind." Bu Qi sighed and sat down on the main seat of the main hall of the Assassin's Mansion. After a short rest, small detachments were sent out, and the soldiers, each with torches, went straight to the major granaries in the city.

Most of the Eastern Wu army had already been sent out to block the Shu army entering the city, and these small detachments were already the last reserve force on Buqi's hands. Originally, they were used to strengthen the guard force of the Assassin's Mansion, but now that it had reached the last moment, Buqi no longer cared about the safety of the Assassin's Mansion and his own safety, and sent them all out to carry out this last crazy plan.

Zhou Xue, who was guarding the official warehouse, had already heard the sound of killing on the side of the city wall, she knew that the Shu army had begun to attack the city, and at the same time, she also knew that it was the last moment to see the people clearly. Whether he will burn grain or not depends on now.

In the uneasy waiting, Zhou Xue finally ushered in her disappointment, and a team of Eastern Wu soldiers holding torches appeared in her field of vision. Behind her, the members of the large families who sat on the ground also stood up and clenched their clubs, their only weapons.

Zhou Xue hurriedly met the group of Dongwu soldiers holding torches, and asked sharply, "What are you doing here?" ”

A person who looked like a school captain arched his hand to Zhou Xue and said, "Miss Zhou, I am acting on the orders of Lord Bu, please get out of the way of Miss Zhou." "Obviously, this captain knows this girl who often comes and goes in the Assassin's Mansion.

"What is the order of Bu-sama? And what are you going to do? ”

"I'm sorry Miss Zhou, how can the military aircraft be announced to outsiders. Please also ask Miss Zhou to get out of the way, don't make it difficult for us. The captain said neither humbly nor arrogantly, obviously, at this moment, the former guest of the Bu Lord, the daughter of the former Grand Governor, has also become an outsider.

"Say! What kind of mission are you performing, and did Buqi ask you to burn grain and grass? Zhou Xue scolded and asked loudly. She originally called Bu Qi Uncle Bu, but she became Bu Da in anger, and finally became called by his name, which shows that she has been extremely disappointed in Bu Qi in her heart.

"Hmph, you are not a member of our army, so we naturally don't need to tell you about any military mission, and you have no right to ask. Please get out of the way, or don't blame me for being rude. The lieutenant said coldly.

"What if I want to ask? How are you going to be polite? "Zhou Xue is also very cold, as cold as ever.

"But those who dare to hinder our execution of military orders - behead!" The lieutenant dragged the word "chop" in a long tone, which looked murderous and awe-inspiring.

"Did you know that if you burn the grain stored in the city, these hundreds of thousands of people in the city will starve to death? Do you know how brutal and unkind you are in doing this? Can you really treat human life like a mustard and the people like dogs? "If Liu Hou is here, he will definitely sigh that Xiao Xuexue, who is usually indifferent and rarely spoken, also has such a good eloquence.

At this time, all the families had already gathered around, standing behind Zhou Xue, Zhou Xue felt the support from behind, and her heart was much more steady.

The lieutenant's face turned pale when he saw the crowd gathered around, and these people were more numerous than them, which brought him a certain amount of pressure, but this did not make him give up his mission, he was a well-trained and disciplined soldier, and a soldier had a soldier's creed, that is, to obey orders.

"Miss Zhou, I don't know what the adults think, I only know how to carry out the orders of the adults. An order is an order, and we must resolutely carry out the orders of adults, whether they are to kill people or set fires. ”

"Okay, okay, okay, in that case, I'll go to you adults and tell you to wait a while, postpone your mission, and wait for me to ask you for a new order." Zhou Xue knew that he couldn't tell this soldier who was as cold as a stone in a pit, so he decided to go to Bu Qi and ask him to take back his life.

"I'm sorry, time doesn't allow, the Shu army has entered the city, Master Bu strictly ordered us to carry out the order immediately, if it weren't for Miss Zhou's face, I wouldn't have said so much to you at all.

Also, when he came, Master Bu also specially instructed him to humble himself, if you encounter Miss Zhou's obstruction, you can ignore it and get things done first. The adult has made up his mind, and it is useless for you to go to him. ”

"You ......" Zhou Xue was so angry with him, she finally confirmed one thing, the prince of Shu was right, Uncle Bu, whom she has always admired, is really a person who treats human life like a mustard and is ruthless to the extreme, or can no longer be called a person, it should be said that he is a murderer.

"Okay, okay, okay, if you want to burn grain and grass today, let's step on Miss Ben's corpse." Zhou Xue said angrily.

The family behind her also clamoured. Seeing this, the captain did not say much, silently pulled out the saber hanging from his waist, and made a gesture to prepare for an attack.

It didn't take long for the two sides to fight together, and Zhou Xue also drew out the short sword that Liu Hou returned to her when they were about to part, crashed into the crowd of Eastern Wu soldiers, and killed people. She is a real killer, not a fighter, because the way she fights is very different from these pawns or family members.

She never goes head-to-head with people, and the short sword in her hand never makes contact with her opponent's weapons, but uses her fast body to penetrate the crowd left and right, dodging all her attack moves.

At the same time, when passing by the soldier's side, the short sword in her hand slashed the soldier's neck like lightning, and every soldier who passed by her side would have the major artery in the neck cut, and blood spurted out like a fountain, and Zhou Xue walked among so many fountains, and the clothes on her body were not stained with blood.

So, it wasn't like she was fighting people, but like she was killing people at will. While strolling around the court, he cut his throat and killed people.

The battle took place almost simultaneously in the major granaries in the city, whether it was the granaries of the government or the granaries of large households. It's just that the other granaries don't have Zhou Xue there, so there is not so much nonsense before the war, and without Zhou Xue to help fight, the battle doesn't seem so easy.

Although Jiading's combat effectiveness and weaponry are far inferior to the Eastern Wu Army, Jiading has a numerical advantage. All the big families in the city mobilized all the households, tenants, and servants, and gathered more than 5,000 people in total.

And Bu Qi miscalculated the determination of these big households, thinking that there were only a few hundred people guarding outside the granary, so he only sent a thousand people to burn the granary. Unexpectedly, the big households had already prepared a large number of manpower, and once something happened in the major granaries, the people guarding outside the granaries would first resist the officers and soldiers, and the other manpower would quickly rush to support from all over the country.

With 1,000 elite soldiers versus 5,000 rabble, the two sides were caught in a long-lasting melee, and it was impossible to distinguish the winner for a while. The stalemate was extremely unfavorable to the Eastern Wu army, because the Shu army had already entered the city, and it was advancing quickly.

As more and more Shu troops entered the city, and the Eastern Wu army became more and more frightened, the Shu army felt that the resistance was getting smaller and smaller, and the pace of advance was getting faster and faster.

Soon, all the way the Shu army killed the Assassin Mansion, and there were many Shu troops who went straight to the major granaries. Due to the hot air balloon reconnaissance, the Shu army had already figured out the terrain of Panyu City, and they had long known the location of the official warehouse and the major granaries, so they had assigned the tasks of each army before departure, which army attacked the Thorn Shi Mansion, and which army protected which granary was planned.

It was the barbarian vulture who led the attack on the Assassin's Mansion. Looking at the closed door, he put the hundred refining steel treasure knife in his hand back into the sheath, took the big hammer carried by the four subordinates, and held the hammer handle in both hands, ready to charge.

This sledgehammer weighs 240 catties (equivalent to 120 catties in modern times), and is specially used to break the door, and ordinary people can't hold it at all, so people with natural divine power like vulture bones can lift it up and walk alone.

I saw that he ignored the rain of arrows like flying locusts from the Assassin's Mansion, and rushed to the door of the Assassin's Mansion with a loud roar. The sound of heavy footsteps "thump" sounded, and the hearing of it was depressing in people's ears.

When he reached the front and back of the door, he roared again, swung a sledgehammer, and smashed it on the door with a "boom". The iron-clad gate was not broken, but it was opened a little inward, and the hammer bounced back.

Although it seemed that the hammer had no effect, the Eastern Wu soldiers inside the door saw that the iron latch had bent a small arc.

"Boom, boom, boom......" smashed down five times in a row, the door latch had been bent to ninety degrees, and a crack in the middle of the two doors was open enough for one person to enter. The vine armor army that followed behind the vultures rushed up, trying to squeeze in through the crack in the door.

As soon as the first vine armor squeezed sideways into the crack in the door, he was hit by three arrows and four spears. The weapons that pierced him didn't pierce the rattan armor on his body, but the powerful impact pushed him backwards, and as he retreated, his back slammed into a door that had been opened a slit, closing the door again, leaving the door with a crack not big enough for a man to squeeze in.

A general held a long-handled broadsword similar to the Guan Gong Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and aimed at the neck of the vine armor soldier who squeezed in, and slashed at the neck, although the knife cut into a little, it could not completely cut the rattan armor.

The powerful impact deflected the neck of this vine armor soldier to the side, and the person fainted directly in pain, and he didn't know if the neck bone was broken. This posture allows him to expose this side of his neck, which is more conducive to slashing.

The general exhaled, swung his broadsword and continued to cut at his neck, and the poor rattan soldier was pinned down by four spears, unable to move at all, and was slashed in the neck with a knife. If so, he slashed five times in a row before he broke through the rattan armor and cut out a fountain of blood from the neck of this rattan armor soldier.

But that's all, the general originally wanted to cut off the head of this Shu army and throw it outside the door to intimidate the Shu army, but, with the protection of the rattan armor, to cut off his head, it is necessary to cut off all the rattan armor around the neck, which is a very laborious job, and it is obviously not suitable to do this in this race against time.

At this time, the Dongwu soldiers inside the door also swarmed up, pushed the door back with their bodies, and closed it again.

The Shu army outside the door saw that the door was closed again, and knew that the rattan armor soldier who had just entered must be more than lucky, and they all became anxious, but after the vulture bone smashed five hammers in a row, they no longer had the strength to smash the door with a hammer, and they had to find another way to break the door.