Chapter 22 The Burning of Jiankang

Huo Zixin had already sensed the strength of Zhu Wen's palm strength by means of ethereal arts, but he served the martial arts of his master and was profound, and he did not put Zhu Wen in his eyes, the palm strength and the true qi collided, and did not make any sound, but Huo Zixin flew out directly, he fell to the ground suddenly, spitting out a mouthful of blood, Zhu Wen hit Huo Zixin as soon as he made a move, and injured Huo Zixin's vomiting blood, directly shocking everyone on the spot, you must know that Huo Zixin is a first-class young man in the rivers and lakes, even Yi Wuxing and others are not sure to win him, but they were cleaned up by Zhu Wen's move, how can it not be surprising.

Where no one dared to stop Zhu Wen, everyone asked themselves if they had that strength.

Zhu Wen turned around and said expressionlessly, "It turned out to be the Wutong Heart Method of the Tianshan Sword Sect, no wonder you are so fearless, boy, you practice for five to ten years, and you are looking for me Zhu Wen to take revenge!"

Zhu Wen turned around and wanted to leave, but Xie Tong walked up to him for some reason, and said, "Big brother, please tell me why Cai Wei doesn't recognize me."

Shang Caiwei's face turned red, few men called her so affectionately, she frowned, and said, "Where did you come from, is this girl's name your name?"

Zhu Wen looked at Xie Tong and said coldly, "Get out of the way, otherwise we will all die here!"

Suddenly, an enemy scout hurriedly ran in and said, "General, the spies have come to report that the Tang army has about 150,000 horses and horses entering the city, should you immediately cast a signal and detonate explosives!"

Zhu Wen said, "Got it."

Xie Tong and the others were shocked, and finally understood what Zhu Wen was planning, he was going to set fire to the city, no wonder there was a strong smell of black oil in the city, why the black oil gunpowder was not used when defending the city, all this was part of Zhu Wen's plan. He didn't want to hold Jiankang City, but hoped that all the Tang troops would enter the city. In the face of the powerful black oil gunpowder, everyone will die in this fire. No one was spared. Although the rebels in the city will also be killed, for the Tang army, this is definitely an immeasurable loss.

Perhaps for Zhu Wen, this is the best way to eliminate the living force of the Tang army, but for Xie Tong, this is tantamount to a brutal and inhumane massacre, and he will never allow Zhu Wen to do such a thing.

He shouted, "Brothers, go and stop our army from entering the city, the enemy is about to set fire to the city." Go quickly!"

Huo Zixin and the others immediately dispersed, and no one stopped Zhu Wen and the others......

Zhu Wen said coldly, "It's late!".

Xie Tong was finally angry, and he roared, "Zhu Wen, in vain, Xie Tong, when you are a hero, you will fight openly on the battlefield, instead of using despicable means, even if you win the glory, such an act of anger between people and gods." Can you do it? There are many brothers of the rebels in this city, all of whom are living human beings, and you are not afraid of being punished by heaven for doing so?"

Zhu Wen revealed his usual tone and said, "In Zhu's eyes." What you want is only the result, not the brilliance of your mouth, the so-called damnation. It's just your woman's kindness, and I, Juwen, have never been heroes. You should just think that you are the executioner! I would like to advise you, it is still too late to leave the city at this moment. It's late, even the gods can't save you, get out." I saw that with a wave of his right hand, a rocket soared into the air and exploded into a brilliant firework in the sky.

Xie Tong looked at the beautiful fireworks, and his heart was filled with a feeling of helplessness.

As the fireworks spread, a deafening explosion sounded in the east, north, and west of the city, and the earth trembled violently.

All the Tang troops who entered the city did not know what was happening, they were fighting, looking at the flames spreading everywhere, and finally realized that this was not an ordinary explosion, but a long-planned conspiracy, and the soldiers on both sides threw away their weapons one after another and began to flee.

"Run, run!" was the word "Run for your life!" everyone shouted, but all the houses and pavilions in the city were poured with black oil, and the fire was already unstoppable, no matter where they hid, they were either burned to death by the fire or burned to death by the burning houses.

The city gate is even more unbearable to gamble, except for the south gate, all the city gates were blown down, the city bricks scattered and flew, completely cut off the connection between inside and outside the Jiankang city, no one can come in, no one can go out, people in the city, can only sit and wait.

The entire Jiankang City was suddenly plunged into a sea of fire, with wails, help, and scolding.

Halfway through the celebration banquet, Li Zhaorun frequently raised his glass to celebrate the first victory since the Southern Expedition, and his face was full of spring breeze and high spirits, as if he was ten years younger. However, a violent explosion was heard, which shocked the hearts of the three people.

The news that the enemy set fire to the city reached the camp of Shuai, King Huai was shocked, knowing that the situation was not good, how could he still be in the mood to drink, the three commanders hurriedly left the camp tent, only to see the fire in the city, especially in the northeast two places, there were explosions one after another, and the firelight reflected the whole sky.

Everyone knew that Huang Chao's heart was ruthless, in order to destroy the living force of the Tang army, he did not hesitate to set fire to the city, this plan was indeed vicious, looking at the sparks in the city, the three of them surprisingly did not make a sound, Li Zhaofeng and Li Zhaorun, the two princes, were even more bitter, and the previous full of spring was very different, but in the face of this sudden fire, it was helpless, and finally regretted it at this moment, and a low-hanging fruit victory was about to turn into a disaster.

Xie Tong was thoughtful, and immediately knew the reason why there was no fire in the south of the city, thinking that it was a retreat left by Zhu Wen and others, but as long as Zhu Wen and the others left Jiankang, the southern city would also be engulfed in flames, and Jiankang City would completely turn into a whisper of flames.

Zhu Wen didn't pay attention to Xie Tong, he took the lead and led everyone to the south of the city.

Xie Tong lifted the true qi of his whole body, used the exercises like a lion's roar, and used his true qi to transmit the sound out, shouting vigorously, "If you want to live, run to the south of the city!" The sound was like thunder, instantly spread all over the radius of several miles, he shouted more than ten times in a row, until the hoarseness was exhausted, he stopped, he was sure that Huo Xiaozi and the others heard his voice, they should flee to the south of the city, and then chased Zhu Wen and the others, and ran to the south of the city.

Zhu Wen and the others retreated quickly, Xie Tong chased three streets before he saw their shadows, he shouted loudly again, "Brother Zhu, leave Cai Wei for me!" The voice spread out, but no one took care of him.

Perhaps it was Xie Tong's shout that aroused everyone's vigilance, and the crowd rushed to the south of the city like a tide, both of them and the enemy, all of them had the same belief that they wanted to escape from the terrible hell of Jiankang.

Xie Tong was crowded in the crowd, his movement was very inconvenient, he was swarmed forward by the crowd, Zhu Wen and the others were lost, and the three good brothers were also nowhere to be heard, which was really a complete failure.

Xie Tong had just left the city, and the gate in the south of the city was also detonated by black oil and gunpowder, and the city wall collapsed in an instant, and Jiankang City completely lost contact with the outside world.

Xie Tong watched the fire getting bigger and bigger, but at this moment his heart was extremely cold, this fire, I don't know how many brothers will be burned to death, Zhu Wen used a very vicious strategy to continue to write his undefeated myth, no matter whether the Tang army won the southern expedition or not, for Zhu Wen, it was an unprecedented victory. An unprecedented victory.

Xie Tong spared Jiankang City dejectedly and went straight to the east of the city, as if he heard the cry for help in the fire, lingering. This attack on Yangzhou, there are also joys and sorrows, the good thing is that he finally found Shang Caiwei, who has no news, and the worry is that so many brothers and soldiers died in vain, and the three brothers have lost their traces, I don't know if they can come back alive, and what is even more annoying is that Shang Caiwei doesn't seem to know him.

When returning to the camp, the whole barracks was very solemn, without the previous festive phenomenon, after all, such an unprecedented defeat had repelled the only trace of fighting spirit in the hearts of the Tang army, everyone was lifeless, and King Ye also lost the mood of snatching the first credit, such a big defeat, after returning to the court, it was inevitable to scold. As the person in charge of the Eastern Route Army, he has an unshirkable responsibility.

The fire continued, until noon the next day, there was still no sign of subsidence, according to the statistics of the various armies, this time the 160,000 troops who attacked Jiankang City, only more than 20,000 people escaped, and all of them have been buried in the fire, which is the most painful defeat since the battle against Huangchao.

However, to Xie Tong's surprise, Huo Zixin and the three of them were not trapped in the fire, the three of them were extremely embarrassed, and most of the clothes on their bodies were burned, as if they had crawled out of the pile of dead people.

Xie Tong couldn't express the joy in his heart, and said, "Fortunately, the three of you guys are fine, otherwise Lao Tzu would have lost three brothers, how did you escape."

Huo Zixin threw away the Mufeng Sword in his hand, sat down beside Xie Tong, and said, "It's not that Lao Tzu's life is great, but thanks to Lao Lai, this guy found a well, and our three brothers stayed in the well all night, until the fire was a little weaker, and then crawled out to escape." ”

Xie Tong asked, "What about Brother Duan, didn't he come to Jiankang with you?"

Huo Zixin's expression suddenly became unnatural, and he thought about it for a long time before he said, "When I was in Hangzhou, after the brothers rescued Lao Lai, they were closely pursued by the enemy, and Brother Duan led fifty brothers to break off and was killed by the immortal Weng!" He paused, and said, "Brother Duan's head hung on the head of Hangzhou for three days and three nights."

These words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, making it difficult for Xie Tong to accept. Duan Yuanjing's voice and smile immediately appeared in his heart, this good brother from Xitong Ancient Village, followed him wholeheartedly, of course, not for the glory and wealth in the future, but to treat him as a real brother, but Xie Tong has not brought this brother the life he is looking forward to, but the brother has left him forever. He blamed himself deeply, Duan Yuanjing's death was completely caused by him, if it weren't for this strange march, Lao Duan would not have died, it was the immortal who transferred his hatred to him, which caused Lao Duan's soul to break Hangzhou. He clenched his fists tightly, his heart filled with immense anger. He threw a punch and knocked the stone in front of him straight away. (To be continued.) )