Chapter 458: The Battle of Pingcheng (2)
On the 29th night of October, on the barren mountain southeast of Pingcheng, Lin Zhan's troops were waiting for news in the city. After the night was late, the howls of wolves could be heard in the mountains and fields. Under the solemn aura, Lin Zhan looked at the sky and thought that the war was about not far away.
The sky was so concealed that the whole night was pitch black. Lin Zhan was naturally worried that the plan to burn Pingcheng would be blocked by the sudden heavy rain.
"Is there any movement in the city?" Lin Zhan looked at the messenger next to him and asked.
"General, there is no movement." The commemorative officer replied.
Lin Zhan thought about it. The city was still silent and the agreed time had already passed. If it was delayed, the rain would be very likely. It would not be easy to burn the granary of Pingcheng in the rain.
The weather was getting colder and colder, and when Lin Zhan was a little worried, something cold fell from the air. When Lin Zhan felt nervous, he reached out and touched what was floating on his face, not raindrops, but tiny snow crystals.
"General, it seems... it's snowing." The messenger next to him reminded.
"Yeah." Lin Zhan sighed. He had led his troops to fight outside for almost a year, from the Battle of Jiangdu to the current Battle of Yuzhou, from the snowfall last year, and then this year.
The snow was not heavy, and Lin Zhan knew in his heart that snow might affect the fire tonight, but it would be smaller than a heavy rain. He looked at the direction below the mountain, and at this time a fast horse came over, as if bringing the latest news in the city.
"General, you have succeeded." The messenger came over quickly and said with some excitement. "The brothers inside have already lit some fires, and the city has begun to be in chaos."
"What about the guards of Pingcheng?" Lin Zhan asked hurriedly.
The messenger shook his head and said he was not very clear.
Lin Zhan didn't care about anything else at this time. He wanted to lead his troops to rush over quickly. A small flat city would never keep it peaceful. Before dawn, not only would he burn the granary of the Dongwang Army completely clean, but the entire army would also evacuate.
"Select all the troops and attack the city!"
Lin Zhan gave the order, and the soldiers were eager to try. At this time, the night was late and the crowd was quiet. A battle had just begun.
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At this time, in Pingcheng, the guard Yang Wei was burning, killing and looting the Hu Mansion in the west of the city.
He had nowhere to vent his resentment, so he spread the anger all over the men, women, young and old of the Hu family. He brought his men and women to the Hu family and killed him. He started from the doorstep and did not say anything. He killed all the way to the main hall, and at least a dozen people were missing.
"General...you are...you're going to spare your life!"
The head of the Hu family was dragged by soldiers to the main hall of the Hu family in disorganized clothes, under the old face. In addition to wrinkles, he was sad and frightened. The people in front of him suddenly came here, and the whole family was urinated and slaughtered. You could hear some women shouting from afar. Some of them were still in bed and dragged to the yard. If you were not obedient, you might be in a different place.
"I'm so impatient to live with this general." Yang Wei held the blood-stained knife and looked at the head of the Hu family, and then put the knife on the neck of the Hu family. Now the head of the Hu family didn't even dare to say anything.
Yang Wei said: "I ask you why you are neglecting your brothers?"
The head of the Hu family was so angry that he didn't dare to breathe. Yang Wei glared at him, with a faint murderous intent. After a while, the head of the Hu family said, "...Little... how dare the villain be negligent."
"I still said that I was not negligent? I brought people out to patrol. Why did your family stop me? Could it be that I wanted to get married?"
The head of the Hu family was shocked. These people broke in like robbers. Who had ever stopped these people? Isn't this a crime to be accused of?
But even if he knew that he was framed by this army, the head of the Hu family would be unable to say anything. If he dared to argue, the whole family would be wiped out, and some crimes might be filed with no bones left afterwards.
"The general...maybe...maybe...maybe...maybe a little unsightly servant. If you want to kill..., you will kill them. They... are not worth dying."
Yang Wei sneered and said, "I have naturally taken action to solve it. But, Humph, Old Man Hu, I heard that you are one of the best families in Pingcheng. Is there any reason for us to do it yourself when we entertain our brothers?"
Robbers! The head of the Hu family cried out in his heart. Unfortunately, now the robbers have to greet them with a smile.
"How can the general want us to entertain us? Just... take it yourself, we... will never resist. I just hope that the general will think that the villain has left the city to welcome the general's chariot and will suffer a few fewer lives! The villain will make a chariot and hold a ring for the adult in the next life..."
Yang Wei laughed, lifted the knife, shouted to the soldier who came with him, "Did you hear that, Master Hu asked you to let yourself go?"
The people under his command shouted and entered the Hu family's back house. Then the sound of shouting to the sky and the earth sounded. The head of the Hu family knelt in the main hall, thinking that his family was being abused by a group of demon-like bandits, and there was nothing he could do except lament in his heart.
Time passed by minute by minute, and a long time later, the shouts of the inner house subsided slightly. The head of the Hu family did not know what the female family in the inner house was, whether they were killed or tortured, and suddenly there was a noise outside. Suddenly, there seemed to be a noise outside. A soldier next to him looked up at the distant night sky and shouted: "It's on fire."
The head of the Hu family felt completely cold. Is it because his house was lit? Is it that I will not even save this family in the future?
He mustered up the courage to turn around and glance, but he saw that the fire was not the Hu family's yard, it seemed that it was outside, and the fire was shining everywhere, and it was not caused by the fires one by one.
"General...General..."
The soldiers responsible for guarding outside hurried into the inner house. Soon after, Yang Wei came out, sorted out the armor on his body, looked at the fire in the distance, and said angrily: "It's the granary. There are rioters causing trouble in the city!"
As he said that, Yang Wei took the people out, and at this time more people came out from the inner house.
The head of the Hu family said to himself alas, "God is really open to his eyes."
The head of the Hu family followed the people out of the main hall, but saw that it had started snowing outside, the weather was cold, and his heart was even colder. Just when he thought that the group of demons in front of him would leave the Hu family because of the sudden fire, he saw a group of people wearing military uniforms rushed in at the door of the Hu family.
"Which grain silo in the city caught fire?" Yang Wei thought the person came to report the fire, so he asked when he went up.
As soon as he said that several soldiers at present were slashing at him. Yang Wei was really shocked and hurriedly dodged and was chopped on his back. In pain, he hurriedly dodged forward. Fortunately, the soldiers behind him came up in time, so he barely saved his life.
"Protect General!"
In the Western King's army, the military orders are as big as a mountain. If the commander was killed in front of everyone, his guards would be buried with him. Seeing that Yang Wei was attacked, his guards stepped forward to stop the people and blocked many swords for Yang Wei.
When Yang Wei staggered from the ground and was about to command the soldiers under his command to kill the invaders, he saw a person holding a stone in front of him and smashing it into his head. He looked closely and found that it was the head of the Hu family who had just been timid.
Yang Wei couldn't dodge and was hit by a stone in the forehead, and blood immediately flowed. Yang Wei was so angry that he was hit that Basu was stunned. He was not dead but only half his life was left.
The guards under his command escorted Yang Wei, and while resisting the invader's weapons, he sent Yang Wei out of the Hu family's gate. Fortunately, there were not many people coming, and Yang Wei brought many people this time, so Yang Wei barely escaped from the Hu family.
But at this time, the entire Pingcheng was already in chaos. Not only were there soldiers who were in a hurry and didn't know how to deal with it, but also ordinary people who escaped due to the fire.
Yang Wei wiped the blood from his head. Seeing the scene in the city, he knew that it was not just a small group of refugees causing trouble, but an enemy attack. As for whether the attack was the Eastern Palace or the Southern Palace, or the Northern Palace that returned, he didn't know. He even thought that this might have been sent by Li Dai to ruin him.
"General, what should I do?" The guards were completely panicked at this time.
The entire Pingcheng was full of fire, and the direction of the granary in the city was ignited. Yang Wei instinctively glanced at the direction of the Okura in the city, sighed, and said, "Go back to the military camp."
But at this moment, the adjutant rode his horse and brought his men over.
"General Yang, finally I found you. The soldiers from the East Prince's Mansion have reached the east of the city and entered the city."
Yang Wei closed his eyes, not knowing whether it was because of the injuries on his body or because he felt that the situation was hopeless.
"Hurry...get out of the city quickly! Here in Pingcheng...you can't stay for a long time!"
Yang Wei said, pulling a horse over and jumping onto the back of the horse, but he couldn't sit steadily and fell off the horse.
"Hurry, protect the general and leave the city first!"
Under such adversity, anyone knew that hard fighting was just a death. Yang Wei was pushed onto the horse by the excitement, and at this time, Yang Wei had already fainted. In order to prevent him from falling off the horse, everyone looked for ropes to tie him up. The original two thousand defenders escaped from Pingcheng from the west and south gates of Pingcheng. The entire Pingcheng was completely trapped in the sea of fire.
When Yang Wei woke up, he was still right away. At this time, they had already left Pingcheng four or five miles away. The firelight in the distance was very obvious. Yang Wei lamented in his heart that even if the firelight was not needed to be transmitted to Li Dai's military camp, Li Dai should have learned it soon. He was very disagreeable with Li Dai, but now Pingcheng is so confused that someone has burned him. Why didn't Li Dai take the opportunity to kill him?
"General, are you awake? We will take you to see General Li now!" The adjutant turned his head and looked at Yang Wei and shouted.
"No, go north!" Yang Wei shouted, "Isn't it a death to go to the military camp like this?"
The adjutant was stunned. He thought that it was because Yang Wei left the post without permission and that Pingcheng was burned. Even if the responsibility was not on them, Li Dai would inevitably die if they were investigated.
"Go! Go north!"
The adjutant immediately changed direction and wanted to take Yang Wei to flee north. However, before he could walk out of Pingcheng, he was already caught by the patrol troops sent by Li Dai. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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Chapter completed!