Chapter 889 Seizing the Door
The gate of Xu's mansion opened wide, and Xu Miao came out wearing armor and carrying Shi A and others, as well as hundreds of soldiers from the tribe and county.
Xu Miao's heart is complicated. In fact, any counter-intelligence spy will be complicated at this moment.
Jiang Qin is a good boss and trusts Xu Miao very much.
If Xu Mu was not the Taishan Army, he would definitely help Jiang Qin defend the city.
Just as Jiang Qin said, to protect peace for the people of Xuzhou.
In fact, this idea is Xuzhou’s standard.
After the world was in chaos, this region-oriented thinking was the psychological reason for falling into separatist civil strife. Such as Chen Deng, Jiang Qin or other Xuzhou heroes, they are naturally inclined to Xuzhou psychologically.
But Xu Mu is a Taishan army, and he has Huang Tian's ideals.
He knew that this kind of regionalism would really harm the people of Xuzhou, because only when the world is united and this troubled world is completely ended, is the best thing for the people.
This is also Zulong's great achievement.
Putting aside these ideals and concepts, Xu Miao had a deeper consideration, that is, he needed this military exploit.
Originally, the most outstanding among the Xu family's children was Xu Sheng. Whether it was bravery or strategy, it was a temporary choice, while Xu Miu was just a middle-aged person, more of a hidden line.
But no one expected that Xu Sheng died unexpectedly in the encirclement and suppression of Liu Bei, and Xu Mu had to take over.
Xu Miao has a great responsibility on his shoulders.
Thinking of this, Xu Miao glanced at the set fire to Dongcheng, sighed again, looked at the waning moon in the sky, and cut off the last trace of hesitation and complexity in his heart.
The group held torches high, with Xu Miao walking at the front. He even saw county soldiers rushing to put out the fire in Dongcheng on the road and ordered them to return to the team.
The three of them, Shi A, put on the clothes and armor of the Xuzhou Army. They were also fully clothed. After changing their bodies, they followed Xu Miu swaggeringly. No one noticed anything was wrong.
Along the way, Xu Mu organized the scattered soldiers into the team. By the time they reached the east gate, there were already hundreds of people.
At this time, a soldier on horseback, covered in smoke, ran over and saw Xu Miu on foot in the light. He was overjoyed:
"Uncle Xu, put out the fire quickly. This fire must be burning strangely..."
But before the soldier could finish speaking, Shi A, who had been behind Xu Mu, jumped up, pulled the soldier off his horse, and then stabbed the soldier in the chest with a knife.
Because the people nearby were all Xu Miao's gang members, and those who came around on the road were behind, they couldn't see clearly what was happening in front.
But Xu Mu understood what Shi A meant, that is, there is no turning back.
As soon as he gritted his teeth, Xu Miao gestured, and two steps helped the dead Xuzhou Army cavalryman drag him to the alley.
Then Xu Mu and others rushed to Dongcheng.
There was already a mess here, and the military officials on the top of the city were constantly instructing their officers to put out the fire. It turned out that what was burning was the fodder in the paddock behind them.
The fire burned so brightly that half of the sky was reflected.
At this time, Xu Miao appeared indifferently at the bottom of the city. Instead of going directly to save the fire nearby, he went directly to the top of the city.
After Xu Miao came up, the hundred people behind him divided into two teams. One team continued to follow Xu Miao to the top of the city, and the other team squeezed directly into the doorway.
The doorway was already very crowded now. As soon as these people came in, they squeezed out the original Xuzhou Army.
Xuzhou Jun, the gatekeeper here, couldn't figure out what was going on. He could only stand by the doorway subconsciously, feeling baffled.
On the top of the city, the gatekeeper Sun Jin guarding the east gate was scolding the civilians below to put out the fire. At this time, he suddenly saw Xu Miu coming up to the top of the city, and he became vigilant.
He stood there calmly, and when Xu Miao was still ten steps away from him, he said with a smile:
"Lieutenant Xu County, you should be putting out the fire down there, not coming to me."
Xu Miao did not speak, but continued to move forward.
This abnormal state made Sun Jin suddenly calm down. He pulled out the knife and scolded:
"Lieutenant Xu County, the city wall is so important. If you dare to take another step, I will kill you right here."
As Sun Jin drew his sword, a group of Xuzhou troops aimed their spears at Xu Miao and the others.
Sure enough, Xu Miao stopped stepping forward, but when faced with dozens of spears flashing with cold light in front of him, he did not panic at all.
He directly raised an arrow from his sleeve and said to the Xuzhou army:
"The general has found out that Sun Jin, the guilty general, hooked up with enemy spies in the city and burned the grassland. Soldiers, please capture this guilty general for me!"
After finishing speaking, Xu Mu looked directly at Sun Jin and spoke righteously:
"Sun Jin, don't you still know your crime?"
Xu Miao's words directly confused the Xuzhou military officials on the tower. Although they were convinced by Sun Jin, the gatekeeper of the tower, the command arrow Xu Miao took out was indeed Jiang Qin's, which they knew.
They naturally trusted Jiang Qin more than they trusted Sun Jin, so at this moment many Xuzhou soldiers immediately believed this and turned their spears and spears towards Sun Jin.
But if others don’t know whether Sun Jin is innocent or not, doesn’t he himself?
When Xu Miao said these words, Sun Jin knew that Xu Miao in front of him must have rebelled, so he raised his knife and shouted:
"Xu Miu, I care about your ancestors, how dare you sell my Xuzhou Army!"
With that said, Sun Jin rushed towards Xu Miao with a knife, intending to chop him to death directly.
The five or six soldiers behind Sun Jin naturally believed in Sun Jin, because they were all Sun Jin's true confidants.
To put it bluntly, even if Sun Jin wanted to rebel, he would definitely bring a few of them on board. But now that they have no news at all, doesn't that explain everything?
Therefore, these people immediately raised their weapons and rushed towards Xu Miao.
If Xu Mu just spoke righteously, this time he was so powerful that when most Xuzhou scholars were hesitant, he cut through the mess with a quick sword and shouted:
"Death!"
Before he finished speaking, Shi A, who had been hiding behind Xu Miu, as invisible as a shadow, jumped out.
He was faster than Sun Jin and crashed into this person's arms.
Then, the green shadow in Shi'a's hand followed his steps, jumped, and flew up and down, astonishing as a flying bird.
But behind the beauty, lives are withering under Shi'a's sword.
Before all Xuzhou scholars could react, eight people, including Sun Jin, were all lying on the tower.
Everyone was stunned, not only by the superb swordsmanship of the swordsman in front of them, but also by the blood in front of them.
No one expected that a bloody massacre would happen as soon as it happened.
At this moment, Xu Miao actually spoke up and took over Xu Zhoushi's mind.
He once again held up Jiang Qin's command arrow and shouted:
"The guilty general Sun Jin resisted stubbornly and executed him on the spot. Now I will take over the east city tower and wait for the arrival of the general and others."
Xu Miao's words were quite convincing. After all, it was Sun Jin who took action first. After all, Xu Miao had Jiang Qin's authorization. After all, Xu Miao did not engage in expansion, but only captured the traitors. So, looking at General Sun and others who died tragically, these Xuzhou soldiers weighed it up and finally accepted Xu Miu's order.
At this point, Xu Mu's hundred people controlled the east city gate tower, and he also sat upright on the Hu bed on the gate tower, sitting upright.
At this moment, sitting on the city gate tower, looking at Xuzhou Shi who was still whispering below, Xu Miao's back was covered with sweat.
……
As time passed, Xuzhoushi's mood also improved. After all, they thought, if something big happened in Dongcheng, the general and the others would definitely be here soon.
By then, everyone will know who the traitor is.
In fact, Jiang Qin was indeed rushing towards Dongcheng at this time.
When the fire broke out in Dongcheng, Jiang Qin was in the military mansion looking at the recent inventory of grain and fodder. Some time ago, Pengcheng sent another batch of money, grain, and cloth, so Jiang Qin thought of taking some of it out to reward the army.
After all, it seemed to him that the war was coming soon.
With the strength of Taishan's army, the first attack will definitely be fierce and urgent, so Jiang Qin will definitely reward the officials to encourage them. As long as they block the front ones, it will be much easier to defend the back.
Jiang Qin had just mobilized the morale of the Xuzhou Army on a spiritual level before. Now he should pay out subsidies and benefits in time to completely stabilize the morale.
But at this time, the guards outside said that there was a fire in Dongcheng, and it was very serious.
Jiang Qin stood up directly, put on the coat on the shelf, and was about to go out. He thought about it and returned, saying to Concubine Ji behind the screen:
"Wear armor for me."
After saying this, a beautiful female concubine walked out from behind the screen holding an armor, and then said to Jiang Qin worriedly:
"Husband, is something happening outside? Is the Taishan Army coming?"
This female family member was given to Jiang Qin by Chen Deng. Her surname was Han, and everyone in the family called her Han Ji. Jiang Qin did not have a formal wife, so this person could be considered Jiang Qin's wife.
Listening to Han Ji's words, Jiang Qin said a little impatiently:
"No, don't ask about things outside. Just wait for me to come back."
Han Ji was used to Jiang Qin's tone. A river hero like Jiang Qin valued brothers too much over women, so after listening to Jiang Qin's words, she silently put on the armor for Jiang Qin.
At this time, another tooth soldier came outside. After seeing the situation inside, he anxiously patrolled in front of the wooden floor outside the door.
Jiang Qin saw it and knew that something big must have happened. He didn't want to waste time here anymore, so he grabbed the last piece of back armor from Han Ji and left directly.
Han Ji was snatched away, and her whole body moved to the side, and then fell to the ground.
Jiang Qin, who was about to step out, heard the movement behind him, looked back, and said:
"There's a lot going on tonight, don't wait for me, just go to sleep by yourself."
With that said, Jiang Qin left the military mansion without looking back.
Outside, a group of tooth soldiers were fully dressed. When they saw Jiang Qin coming out, they surrounded Jiang Qin.
As Jiang Qin walked, he put the last piece of armor on his back, and then said to the tooth soldiers:
"Talking as we walk."
A group of tooth soldiers held the flags and flags of the military government and opened the way ahead.
Several tooth generals gathered around Jiang Qin and reported two pieces of news tonight:
"The fire in the east of the city was in the pasture behind the gate tower."
"Lieutenant Xu County has led his troops to put out the fire."
Jiang Qin nodded and sighed:
"Xu Jun is indeed a capable official. I, Lord Peixian, have helped me a lot."
Because he knew that Xu Miao had already taken someone there, Jiang Qin slowed down and started asking several other questions.
Jiang Qin first said to General Yi Ya:
"You will lead a team of sentinel riders out of the city to patrol. I think this fire may not be that simple. You go and choose people, and first go to the north to scout thirty miles."
General Ya took the order and led a group of people back to the stables of the military mansion to prepare supplies of dry food and plan to set off overnight.
After Jiang Qin explained this matter, he told another Yajiang general another thing he was worried about:
"It's still a matter of spies in the city. I thought about it carefully. It's impossible for the enemy to send only three spies into the city. What can three people do? There must be their accomplices in the city, so don't rest tonight. Go and attack the west city. The wealthy people over there also walked through it.”
The tooth general had some ideas. After listening to Jiang Qin's explanation, he was stunned for a moment and then said:
"General, isn't the Taishan Army a mortal enemy of the powerful people? Will those powerful people help the Taishan Army?"
Jiang Qin shook his head and educated him:
"Nothing is impossible. In fact, there are quite a few powerful people in the Taishan Army today."
Having said this, Jiang Qin's expression suddenly changed, and he turned to the tooth general who had just reported the situation and asked:
"You said Captain Xu led his troops to fight the fire in the east of the city? How did he gather the troops?"
Na Yajiang shook his head and said:
"No, I led the troops directly from my house!"
When Jiang Qin heard this, his face changed drastically, he cursed, and then galloped towards the east of the city.
The tooth generals behind him also realized the problem and immediately ordered the team to run wildly in a panic.
Only the Yajiang who reported the situation was still out of the situation. He grabbed the robe beside him and asked:
"What's going on? Lieutenant Xu has another problem?"
Na Paoze was so angry that he cursed:
"Xu Dasha, you are really a fool. Then Xu Miu is only a county captain. How can he have such a tribe at home? It's already midnight and the county soldiers are all off duty. How can he have time to summon troops? It's obvious that It was prepared in advance!”
Xu Yajiang finally understood, and he couldn't help but trembled, and subconsciously said in a panic:
"This is the end of Pei County!"
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At this time on the east city, Xu Miao was still sitting upright, unable to wipe the sweat off his hands.
Suddenly, all the officials in Xuzhou, including Xu Miao, felt a vibration under their feet.
Then, the sound of horse hooves like a storm came from the darkness in the distance.
At this time, the Xuzhou military officials on the top of the city certainly understood what was happening, so they all struck the golden bells in the corner.
Waves of elite bells instantly spread throughout Pei County.
At this time, Jiang Qin, who was halfway through the horse race, also heard the alarm bell and couldn't help shouting:
"Faster, faster."
Everyone understands that this is the speed of life and death, and they must go faster regardless of the lack of horsepower.
On the other side of the East City, when the alarm bell rang, Xu Miao stood up from his bed and said to a group of Xuzhou military officials on the wall:
"When the enemy arrived, our army should have only defended the city, but the Sun gate general was a traitor, and the enemy army happened to choose this city as a breakthrough. This made the county captain have to suspect that there is an insider among you, so I The general has given you the authority to use your weapons first.”
Of course, the Xuzhou Army did not want to be disarmed. They knew that they were definitely not the insider.
But again, they can guarantee that they are not, but can they guarantee that others are not?
Therefore, under Xu Miao's indifferent eyes, all the Xuzhou troops present had to hand over their weapons, and then allowed Xu Miao's men to lock them together.
The Xuzhou Army on top of these cities did not know that just after they were disarmed, the Xu Miao Party members who were guarding under the doorway had already pointed their weapons at a group of former robes.
A moment later, the east gate of Peixian County opened wide. As several torches were waved regularly on the head of the east city in the dark night, Peixian's fate was sealed.