The night was as dark as ink, the moon was blocked by layers of dense dark clouds, and the sky seemed to freeze, gloomy as water. Looking up at the sky, there was nothing but darkness, no clouds moving, no stars moving, and a huge depression was forced down unscrupulously, making it difficult to breathe.

No wind tonight.

At the gate of Hangzhou, listening to the whispers of the homeless people in their sleep, the soldiers who had stood guard for a day could not help but feel tired, and in one yawn after another, they dozed grogily.

Seeing that the soldiers were relaxed, a pair of glowing eyes slowly appeared in the pile of displaced people in the distance.

"Ready."

With a light reprimand, countless black shadows who had been sleeping suddenly turned over, pinched the weapons that had been prepared next to them, bent their waists, tiptoed their feet, echoed each other, and gestured to each other, like ghosts in motion, silently approaching the city gate.

At the gate of the city, a soldier seemed to be in a hurry to urinate, holding his stomach and walking quickly to a secluded place where no one was around, and was about to untie his trouser belt to release his pleasure, when a dark shadow suddenly appeared in the grass in front of him.

"Who...... Not! ”

Seeing a flash of white blades, before the soldier could make a sound, he was wiped on his neck, fell down softly, and was silent on the spot.

The soldier's blood gushed out and splashed onto the face of the man in front of him. The homeless licked the wetness from the corners of his lips, and his thin and dry face was filled with irrepressible bloodthirsty excitement. He threw down the bloody kitchen knife in his hand, drew the long knife from the soldier's waist, and continued to approach the city gate with the other homeless people who followed behind him.

"What people!" Hearing the movement ahead, a sleepy soldier suddenly shook his spirits and stared vigilantly at the slightly shaking bushes in front of him.

Just as he was about to step forward, he saw more than a dozen homeless people with sharp blades suddenly rushing out of the bushes, and he immediately stopped in fright, ran back to his side and shouted: "Alert! Alert! Outcasts riot! Outcasts riot! ”

He didn't run far, but he was chased by a homeless person in three or two steps, and a knife slashed at his back, instantly cracking and bloody. The homeless felt the reaction of the tiger's mouth being struck by the spine and numb, and then saw the soldier's body fall, and the whole person fell weakly.

"Police...... The ...... of the exile was not neat enough, and the soldier vomited blood, convulsed and struggled on the ground for a while before he died completely.

The sound of the alarm pierced the eardrums of all the soldiers like an arrow that pierced through the sky. The soldiers were so frightened that they trembled in unison, and after a brief moment of stunnedness, they immediately reacted and quickly began to fight back.

The commander was anxious and angry: "Move the fence and put on the shield!" Shut up the gates! Don't let anyone in! ”

Seeing that the guards at the city gate had already made a move, the displaced people led by him raised their arms and shouted: "The government is unkind, and they keep us out of the city and ignore them, and want us to starve to death!" Anyway, starvation is death, freezing death is death, why don't you fight hard tonight, break into the city to grab some rice and grain, so that you can be a full ghost before you die! ”

Hundreds of homeless people behind him suddenly began to echo, and they all gathered towards the city gate: "Break into the city!" Break into the city! Break into the city! ”

This should be like a mosquito and a fly at first, and then the sound gradually rises, gathering more and more, and shaking like a bell. The commander's scalp tingled when he heard this, and while letting the soldiers fight against the city gate, he turned around and shouted to the heralds: "Quick! Inform the prefect that the homeless people are rioting, and the east gate is almost unbearable! Request support! ”

In the city of Hangzhou, in the official residence of the prefect Lu Xianzhi.

The master looked anxious, and shouted as he ran with his robe: "My lord! Oh no! Riots of the outcasts outside the city! It's about to storm the city! ”

Lu Xianzhi, who was sleeping, woke up suddenly, and was frightened by the news: "What? ”

The master ran out of breath, but he still didn't dare to delay a little, and gasped and responded: "I just got the news that the homeless people are rioting and are storming the east gate, and it is said that they are about to be unable to withstand it." ”

Lu Xianzhi's mind was dizzy, and his face was as pale as paper. With trembling hands, he pinched the edge of the bed and tried to make his voice sound less flustered: "Total...... How many people are there in total? ”

"There are about one or two thousand young and strong, and five or six thousand of the old and weak women and children. That's just the total number of displaced people, and it's unclear how many people came to storm the gates. ”

After listening to him, Lu Xianzhi had calmed down a little, and ordered: "There are currently two thousand defenders in the city who can be mobilized, of which 1,000 will immediately support the east gate, and the remaining three city gates will each increase by two hundred, so that they must guard the city gate, and not a single one can be let in!" ”

"There are also four hundred, divided into several teams, guarding and patrolling various villages overnight, beware of the homeless people taking advantage of the situation. That's all, go ahead! ”

The master received the order, but he didn't get up immediately, but pursed his lips and said hesitantly: "My lord, the homeless people are making a lot of trouble tonight, if you don't give a clear order, the officers and soldiers will ...... I'm afraid I can't let it go. ”

Since ancient times, the army and the people have been integrated, the people have joined the army, and the army has protected the people. It is now the garrison soldiers in various guards of the Great Xia Dynasty, which are also wartime wars and farming in their spare time, and there is no essential difference between them and ordinary people. Cannibalism between the military and the people is intolerable in the world.

Although it was the homeless people who started the riot, they were also forced to helpless, and they made this decision when they saw that there was no way to live, not those Diao people who only thought about rebellion. On the one hand, Lu Xianzhi pitied him, but on the other hand, he was afraid that too many people would die and would not be able to suppress the matter, so he was given a copy by the officials, so he never let the officers and soldiers be ruthless, and only focused on blocking.

But tonight the situation is different again, the officers and men are worried about the lives of the displaced people, and the displaced people will not care about the lives of the officers and soldiers, and they will not be soft in the slightest, if the officers and men are bound and cannot let go, on the contrary, the displaced people will become more and more rampant, and they will want to rush into the city even more unscrupulously.

Thinking of this, Lu Xianzhi's eyes turned cold, he glanced at the master deeply, and his tone was cold: "Women and children are old and weak and cannot move, and they still want to block them; Follow the young man who rushes to the door, and he can be seriously injured; As for the bandits armed with weapons and demagoguery—"

"Kill on the spot!"

A chill instantly climbed up the master's back, and he shivered with ice, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, I'll go now!" ”

Before he could move his steps, he was stopped by Lu Xianzhi again: "Slow! Gather all the officials in the government and prepare them for the unexpected! ”

"Yes!"

"And! Tell the people in the city to close the door, don't go out, whatever you hear and see, hide it at home! Especially those big households, let them close their doors and windows, restrain their subordinates, and don't run around! ”

"Yes!"

"And! Prepare the wound medicine and treat the wounded soldiers in time, without delay! ”

"Yes!" The master finally answered heavily, and seeing that Lu Xianzhi finally had nothing to command, he turned around and ran out.

After arranging everything, Lu Xianzhi leaned against the wall with a pale face, feeling a terrible headache, and then he realized that his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

Tonight, it is destined to be not peaceful.