Chapter 526: Fire! Zhao Duan appeared on the stage
When Zhao Duan entered the government office, the prefect Sun Xiaozhun, who was stationed in the city, came out to greet him immediately. "Governor, why are you here?" Sun Xiaojun said in surprise.
Zhao Duan said with a little amused: "What, I shouldn't have come?"
The black and thin magistrate in red was speechless, and waved his hand and said: "No, of course it's not... I just didn't expect..."
Before Xue Shence's army set out, he sent news to Lu's mansion and informed Zhao Duan. Everyone thought that Governor Zhao would stay in the city to take charge of the base camp.
Zhao Duan laughed and walked in: "You're done with your work. How long has the army been moving? Give me a road map and I'm going to rush over. Are the two priests in the Tianshi Mansion okay?"
Sun Xiaozhun didn't understand why he suddenly wanted to chase after him, but he didn't ask, and explained: "The two priests Yu Xiu and Jin Jian also set out with the army. Mo Zhaorong also went. Now, except for some left-behind masters in the government office, I am the only one left in the government office."
Have they also gone to the front line? Zhao Duan nodded and suddenly said, "Where is that Shadow Guard Bai Falcon?" "Sir, look for subordinates?" As soon as he finished speaking, Nie Yurong walked out of the backyard not far away.
She had a bright look, with the meaning of suffering and suffering. Who would have thought that she would lurk over and end up not even seeing the target?
Zhao Duan glanced at the assassin of the royal palace, smiled and said:
"Prepare your horse and go to the front line with me."
Suddenly.
The south gate of the mansion city suddenly opened, and three war horses chased the main army.
Zhao Duan took the lead, with Song Jinxi and Nie Yurong on both sides.
The group of people was extremely fast and chased after a while. A large number of refugees began to flow from the official road ahead. Every once in a while, several officers and soldiers were maintaining order.
"What's going on?" Zhao Duan pulled his horse and stopped in front of a familiar Shenji Camp officer. "Governor?" The latter was shocked and hurriedly explained the situation.
Refugees blocked the road, and Wei Xianzong was in a state of great power? Did Xue Shence go straight to Ning'an County? Zhao Duan felt a sense of bad premonition in his heart.
Looking at the dense crowd of refugees, he urged him to whip: "We have to hurry up."
Fortunately, the refugee wave could block the army, but could not stop just three war horses.
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Ning'an County.
The city that used to be bustling is now closed, and the gates are solemn, and flags are erected on the top of the city.
A Yunfu rebel was on high alert.
In the open space outside the city, the main army of Beijing camp had advanced and stopped outside the range of the other city's bow and arrows. Officers at all levels began to arrange troops and prepare to attack the city.
War is about to break out. "It seems that Shi Meng's attack on Wenshui has worked. The rebels did not evacuate, but chose to stay and defend the city. Fortunately, they were not late and let the group run away." Xue Shence stood on a high platform built by man, looking at the other party's posture of waiting for the battle, and said in a deep voice.
Mo Chou followed him, the clouds in the sky were blown away by the wind, and the female prime minister said with some concern:
"If the wind catches fire today, I am afraid that the whole city will become ruins in no time. We must attack the city as soon as possible, and we cannot delay while the other party is not ready."
A group of generals around also nodded and agreed with this view.
They are not sure about the specific situation in the city at the moment, but it is always right to break through the city as soon as possible. "General Xue, the artillery of the Shenji Camp has been placed in place and can be bombarded at any time!" At this time, Chen Gui strode over.
However, Xue Shence shook his head, squinted his eyes and pointed at the city wall in the distance, and said:
"As expected, the artillery is probably not available for the time being."
Everyone looked out and saw that in addition to the rebels, there were a large number of people tied up on the top of the city, especially women, children, elderly and weak. This is only visible, and there are so many invisible.
Chen Gui scolded angrily: "Zhimo! This Su Dan is really shameless and uses human flesh as a shield!"
Xue Shence looked calm:
"There is only victory or defeat on the battle formation. It is useless to say more. Since the artillery cannot be used for the time being, then attack the city directly. Now the enemy is few and we can continue to fight, and it will only be a long time to break the city."
Chen Gui's face was depressed and could only accept it. As for muskets, they were also difficult to use when siegeing the city.
The generals immediately took the order and left, and each went to make arrangements.
Mo Chou held a "thousand-mile tube" in his hand and looked at the top of the city. Unexpectedly, Su Dan's face appeared.
At this moment, as the leader of the rebels in the city, this "June General" stood in the middle of the city, and was protected by several generals around.
The most eye-catching one is two people who cover their bodies with hats, one on the left and the other on the right, without knowing their identities.
"It should be a martial arts master in the city," Xue Shence said calmly with a sharp eyes: "Tang Gonggong, I will trouble you to go to the city for the first time."
The envoy Tang Jinzhong stood behind, followed by more than a dozen worshippers. Lang Shiba also placed the wine gourd on the ground and picked up the scimitar.
They followed Zhao Duan's orders and followed the army to help quell the rebellion.
The bright moon floated around Mochou like a ghost. He looked at Mochou and Xue Shence, a little hesitant.
It was not until Xue Shence spoke, saying, "The sorcerer is not good at fighting formations, so he stays to protect Mo Zhaorong." The social fear female sorcerer breathed a sigh of relief.
There is no part of the main generals of both sides coming out to make a verbal call, only the murderous aura of the battle formation pushes forward when the wind blows.
"Dongdongdongdong--"
As the sound of war drums in the Beijing camp sounded rhythmically, the army lined up in an attacking formation shouted softly and advanced towards the city gate.
If you look down from the sky, these tens of thousands of troops are like a pitch-black chariot, connected with each other with military formations, and the shouts of killing are shocking.
Even monks in the world will be frightened when they are in this battlefield.
Any strong practitioner is not afraid of any soldier, but if he is trapped in the military formation and cannot withdraw, he will be killed by the soldiers when his aura or magic power is exhausted!
On the city wall, Su Dan looked down at the soldiers rushing like a tide below, raised his hand and waved it hard:
"Shot the arrow!"
"Swish swish swish--"
"
The archers on the top of the city released their bowstrings at the same time, and the arrows fell like rain.
The shield hands of the Beijing army raised their iron shields at the same time, resisting the jingle and impact, rushed through the rain of arrows, arrived under the city wall, covering up the advance of a chariot, and handed the long ladder to the top of the city.
A soldier held a dagger in his arms and climbed up the ladder.
The rebels carried the prepared rolling stones and threw them down, shouting and killing, the smell of blood, and the murderous aura spread all over the sky, forming an iron curtain.
In a blink of an eye, the two armies had entered the stage of siege.
And when the time is almost ripe.
In the imperial army, Tang Jinzhong and Lang Shiba, as well as a large group of worshippers and the military masters, rush to the bottom of the city, jumped and rushed towards the top of the city on the ladder.
Tang Jinzhong shouted softly, and a wisp of aura rose all over his body, condensed into a tall and illusory general of Futu. As soon as the latter appeared, he seemed to be stimulated by the murderous aura on the battlefield, and his illusory eyes seemed to be alive.
The Buddha God Sinks into Tang Jinzhong's body. The worshiper immediately put on illusory armor, held a long sword in his hand, and rushed to the top of the city with a rock falling.
However, he crawled halfway, and only a low howling sound could be heard above his head.
Tang Jinzhong raised his knife to resist, but with a "clang" sound, his whole person was smashed like a cannonball. He fell to the ground and turned over and got up.
Looking his head, he saw a mysterious warrior wearing a hat and holding a long stick on the top of the city falling down like a god, with his feet hitting the ground, and the ground was sunken and cracked two deep pits. "Warrior in the world!?" Tang Jinzhong's eyes twitched and he held the long knife in his hand tightly.
The monk Fanlong, who covered his face, tried his best to restrain the urge to fold his hands together and recite the Buddha's name. Without saying a word, he raised the long stick in his hand.
In order to avoid trouble, he needs to hide his identity as a monk, but as long as he does not use a few signature Buddhist magic, he can only rely on martial arts, and outsiders will not be able to see where he is from in a short time.
On the other side, Lang Shiba jumped onto the cloud ladder, swaying left and right, and avoiding arrows and heavy stones above his head as light as the wind. However, the moment he climbed to the top of the city, a sword suddenly pierced!
"Ding!"
The scimitar collided with the sword edge, and Lang Shiba jumped back as light as a feather, staring at a general holding a sword, guarding the city without expression, as if he would be stabbed by the sword edge from any angle. "That's a strong man in the army under Su Dan. He may not be as good as Lang Shiba in terms of martial arts, but this is a siege battle, and he just needs to stop it." Xue Shence calmly analyzed in the distance.
Mo Chou bit his lip and said, "Where is that opponent Tang Gongsheng?"
In the distance, Tang Jinzhong and Fan Long had fought each other, constantly fighting each other, without a chance to decide the winner for a while. Both of them were on a strong route, and the soldiers around them could not get close at all. Xue Shence shook his head: "I can't see it for the time being, but it doesn't matter. Take my halberd."
Mo Chou was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "General Xue, you want..."
Xue Shence handed over the command position to the adjutant, holding a heavy Fangtian painting halberd alone, stomping on his knees, and a circle of dust spread out under his feet. The man had already flew into the military formation.
Mo Chou was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Xue Shence was also a powerful warrior, but because he sat in the command position for too long, it often made people forget this point.
At this moment, as Xue Shence fell into the battlefield like a meteor, the sound of war drums immediately became excited and rushed. The morale of the soldiers in the Beijing camp was greatly boosted, and the offensive became more and more fierce for a moment!
The main general entered the formation!
At the top of the city, Su Dan looked at Xue Shence, who was constantly approaching the city gate below with an ugly expression, and suddenly realized something:
"He wants to break the door--"
"General Su doesn't have to be nervous," the last mysterious man spoke calmly beside Su Dan.
There were several masters behind him, but now they had already rushed out to resist the priests.
Su Dan was very calm: "Then it's a blessing for General Lu."
The man took off his hat and revealed Lu Tong's thin face, with his eyes as sharp as an eagle.
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At this moment, he stepped out, stood at the edge of the city, and took off a large wooden bow on his back. He made it with unknown materials. The bow tire was yellow-brown and the bow string was pure gold. "Du." Lu Tong stood aside the quiver pot, caught an arrow, bent his bow and hit the arrow.
"Crack!"
In an instant, there was a sound of wind and thunder!
Strands of dazzling electric snakes tangled and danced along the bow and arrow, and finally gathered at the tip along the arrow.
"Boom!"
Xue Shence was walking, and suddenly felt a warning sign. He looked up and saw a ray of thunder slashing from the top of the city!
He felt horrified and swept across the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand.
The tip of the eptuagint collided with the arrow.
"Rumbling——"
In the middle of the battlefield, a ball of blazing electric ball suddenly burst out, and the lightning was annihilated. Xue Shence withdrew several steps, his halberd drooped, and he slowly spit out a name: "Wan Tianqing, Lu Tong!" At this time, the second arrow roared.
For a moment, both sides took full advantage of their efforts, and the entire battle situation actually stopped anxiously and the imperial army was blocked and it was difficult to advance.
However, if you extend the time, you will find that although it seems to be evenly matched, the imperial army is still eroding the territory of the rebels bit by bit.
Just as Xue Shence judged, there are no major variables, and it is only a matter of time before the court wins. "You can't give them time," Su Dan looked at the two sides fighting and said to the soldiers beside him: "Send the order immediately and open the Burning City!"
If you delay like this, they will inevitably fail. They have already won enough time. The team mobilized should almost be able to hold back Shi Meng behind him.
So, just burn the city and then withdraw the troops while the chaos is in the chaos.
At that time, Xue Shence will have to face a multiple-choice question, whether to continue chasing them or to put out the fire.
And this answer is most likely the latter one.
The soldier nodded immediately, ran down the city wall quickly, and arrived at a building behind the city wall.
After a while, a wisp of wolf smoke slowly rose, penetrated straight into the sky, and could be seen from a distance.
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In Ning'an County, there is a camp.
Wei Xianzong cut off the neck of the defenders here with a knife, raised his hand to touch the warm blood on his face, and exhaled heavily. "Hey, it's done." He turned around and there was a soldier from a suicide camp in the building behind him.
White Xianzong took his men to enter the city as a defeated soldier yesterday and was disarmed and taken into custody.
However, this does not seem to be the exposure of his identities, but the rules set by Su Dan, which are intended to prevent possible accidents.
Wei Xianzong used some methods and finally took advantage of the opportunity when the rebels defended the city and the city was empty, and he brought the people from the suicide camp out of the camp again.
Occupy this small base. "Boss, what should we do next?" a soldier asked.
Wei Xianzong licked his lips and analyzed:
"Now the rebels are fighting with our people at the North City Gate, but there must be a close defense there. It is meaningless for us to rush over. Since the city has prepared one stronghold in the Burning City, we must keep people guarding it.
We will touch the strongholds one by one and kill all those waiting for the signal Burning City. This will have the greatest effect."
The soldiers of the Death Camp had their eyes lit up when they heard it, and nodded immediately. The group took out their weapons and were about to leave.
However, as soon as we walked out of the barracks, everyone was stunned to see the thick wolf smoke rising from the north of the city.
In the strong wind, a column of air floated obliquely.
Wei Xianzong was stunned for a moment, and his heart suddenly sank. A soldier suddenly pointed to a certain direction and said: "No! It's a fire! It's a fire in the east! No, it's a fire in the south! It's a fire!"
At this moment, the rebels in the city, waiting for the rebels next to the tinder oil to see the wolf smoke, immediately lit the wood, drizzled with tinder oil, and balls of flames slowly ignited.
Looking down from the sky, it seems like a bonfire is rising in the city.
The strong wind blew, and the fire blew very quickly with the wind.
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East from Ning'an County.
A large army was marching, which was the fifth barracks led by Yuan Feng. The road was unstoppable, but because the route was the longest, it was still a distance away from Ning'an County at this moment. "Sir, look!"
Suddenly, an officer pointed at the distance and exclaimed.
Yuan Feng was on the horse and looked up at some villages and towns outside Ning'an County in the distance, and a wolf smoke was like a pillar further away.
His face changed drastically: "Oops!"
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Southwest of Ning'an County.
After occupying Wenshui County, the Shenji Camp team led by Shi Meng only left some to defend the city, and the rest went to cut off Su Dan's retreat.
However, they were intercepted by the rebels. The two sides had just experienced a fight. With the advantage of muskets, Shi Meng gained the upper hand.
However, before he could breathe a breath, he heard the young master Tang Ping tremble and said: "No. Look!"
Shi Meng looked at the distance, and the wolf smoke tilted and the flames rose.
He looked dissatisfied.
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More north, outside the battlefield under the city, on a high slope, no one noticed that three horses arrived quietly.
Zhao Duan stopped his horse and looked at the scene of the two armies facing each other under the city wall ahead.
Song Jinxi exclaimed, "Wolf Smoke, what signal is the rebels sending?"
"It's a fire." Nie Yurong murmured in an indefinite voice, her face slightly moved.
Zhao Duan took a deep breath and watched the faint firelight appear in the city, and the strong wind around him blew across the high slope.
Under the high slope, there are large fields of golden wheat that have matured in autumn.
At this moment, the wind blows the wheat waves.
If this fire breaks out, it will destroy more than one county town, and the flames will also fall into the farmland within a radius of dozens of miles, destroying the harvest of this whole season.
"Song Jinxi, you are waiting here. I will come when I go."
Zhao Duan suddenly raised his hand and tore off his luxurious coat, revealing a white half-body armor inside.
Nie Yurong's eyes flashed, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Song Jinxi subconsciously glanced at the female killer, moved quietly, and then said in confusion: "Sir, are you going to kill the enemy?"
"No," Zhao Duan stood up suddenly, stomped his knees, and the war horse knelt on his wail. He flew into the sky with a bang, leaving only one sentence:
"Clouds and rain."
(This chapter ends)