Chapter 133 Shooting the Plaque
Just when Xun Yu ordered people to open the city gate and pursue Zhang Chong and others who were leaving the city, bursts of horse hoofbeats gradually came from the dark night.
"Da da~ da"
The county guards who were in the doorway were wondering to each other, where did the sound of horse hooves come from?
Xun Yu, who was behind him, turned pale in a flash. He no longer looked like a noble man, but screamed at the top of his lungs:
"Close the door quickly, hurry up, close the door quickly."
Seeing Xun Yu being so impatient, the county soldiers also panicked, and they hurriedly prepared to push the door shut again. But the city gate is wide open, how easy is it to close it immediately?
Since the city gate opens inward, when the city gate is wide open, the two iron-clad gates are attached to the wall of the city gate, which makes it difficult to use force.
By the time the county soldiers were levering the wooden stiles and pushing the door with difficulty, the sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer.
Several county soldiers were obviously panicking. At this time, Xun Yu stepped forward. He pushed the wooden door and shouted:
"Brothers, work harder. Behind us are our families. For their sake, let's push together."
For the family!
This sentence gave the county soldiers endless strength and courage. Even though the sound of horse hooves seemed to be close to their ears, they did not give up and finally closed the door.
But before the county soldiers could cheer, a loud bang suddenly hit the city gate, and then they were knocked away and fainted, including Xun Yu.
But compared with the other county soldiers behind them who were hiding in the doorway, these people were much luckier.
The city gate was knocked open by three blindfolded war horses. At this moment, the three horses' necks were broken and they were falling to the ground shaking their legs and struggling.
Following these three horses was a long line of cavalry. As soon as they broke open the city gate, they began to trample and slaughter the county soldiers in the city gate hole.
In just a moment, these cavalrymen killed everyone in the doorway, and then continued to rush towards the county soldiers in the city. It was obvious that these cavalrymen were just for killing.
The soldiers of Dongpingling County who were still domineering before were now slaughtered like pigs and sheep by this cavalry. This attack and defense came too quickly.
Who are these cavalry? It was Zhang Chong's assault team.
Shortly after Zhang Chong left, Yang Mao found Zhang Chong's father, Zhang Gouzi, and told him that he had to go into the city alone.
Zhang Gouzi was very anxious at that time. His old Zhang family was only supported by two sons. If the second son left, he would still have no children, and the Taishan family would immediately fall apart.
Then Yang Mao suggested that the cavalry team could be used to respond, and then they would first lurk in the dense forest outside the city and then adapt accordingly.
Zhang Gouzi was incompetent. If Yang Mao hadn't stopped him, he would have mobilized all his troops and headed straight for Dongping Ling.
Of course, Yang Mao couldn't let Zhang Gouzi do this. This was not about the overall situation, but Yang Mao's sensitivity to power.
Without Zhang Chong's order, the army was mobilized, and it could be mobilized. What was this?
When Yang Mao was with the King of Jibei, he had long been afraid of this kind of power struggle. It is widely said that he, Yang Mao, is Zhang Gouzi. As Zhang Chong's father, if he usurps this part of power, he will become suspicious.
So after Yang Mao compromised, he let the cavalry go. They were as fast as the wind and as fast as lightning, so they were the most suitable to respond.
When giving orders to the Cavalry, Yang Mao originally felt that he would be constrained, because Tian Jun of the Cavalry was not Yang Mao's subordinate, and he had no authority to command him.
But when Yang Mao said that Zhang Chong, the leader of the Ququ, was in danger, Tian Jun didn't even ask who gave the order and had already led the cavalry out of the mountain.
They also arrived outside Dongpingling City at dusk, and then they could only wait miserably by the woods. Later, when the city was on fire, they were anxious; when the sky was boiling with fighting, they were also anxious; but they could do nothing.
Until they saw a few people descending from the city in the night, they were overjoyed and hurriedly rode up. When they saw it, it was Zhang Chong.
Before they could say anything to Zhang Chong, the city gate of Dongpingling behind them creaked open.
Then Qu Kui didn't say anything, and quickly got on a few empty horses, pulled the bridles, and accelerated towards Dongpingling. Tian Jun and other riders also accelerated immediately, surrounding Zhang Chong.
Although Zhang Chong didn't say anything, these old brothers already knew what Qu Kui meant, which was to break the Dongping Tomb.
When they stepped onto Dongda Street from the east gate of Dongpingling Tomb, Zhang Chong's anger completely turned into killing. He led Tian Jun, Ren Yun, Xi Shen and other horsemen along the East Street, killing everyone who dared to hold a sword in front of him.
The houses on both sides of East Street were closed tightly. Both the rich and the humble were hiding behind the doors, trembling as they listened to the screams one after another on the street.
The situation in Dongcheng soon reached the ears of several powerful people in the city. But no matter it was the Fu family, the Gao family, or the Liu family, no one planned to raise soldiers to fight Zhang Chong.
At this moment, Tang Zhou was also hiding in the mansion and had not slept all night.
Upstairs in his home, he looked at the cavalry running rampant in the distance, and his hands and feet felt cold. He couldn't understand why he could survive such a difficult situation? Even now he was slaughtering the county soldiers without restraint.
He suddenly felt a little tired and just wanted to bury the whole story quickly. He didn't want to have anything to do with this person named Zhang Chong anymore.
Here Tang Zhou could hide, but over there Ji Sun and others were in a dilemma. He still didn't know that the escape route he had arranged for Zhang Chong had been destroyed by his partner Tang Zhou. Even at the beginning, he didn't know that it was Zhang Chong's cavalry that would be fighting in the city.
It wasn't until Zhang Chong led his men to the Zhucao Temple in Jinan, which was opposite Sun Ji's residence, that he knew something big had happened.
Zhang Chong and others are attacking the Cao Temple opposite. Although he doesn't know how things evolved to this point, he has to make a choice now.
Are we going to send troops to help Zhang Chong attack Cao Temple together? If he helps, Taiping Dao's intentions for the uprising may be exposed. If he doesn't help, the relationship between him and Zhang Chong will be difficult to deal with later on.
It was also when he was in a dilemma that the entire East City began to fall into chaos. From time to time, some chaotic rangers and rogues also joined the raid.
The injustices they suffered in the past and the debts they owed all day long erupted at this moment. Just kill the loan sharks and they won't have to pay back the money. It's such a mess now, who knows who did it.
Therefore, at this moment, there is injustice for injustice, revenge for revenge, fighting everywhere, and resistance everywhere.
Zhang Chong, who was leading the team to fight, saw this change keenly. He began to swim and kept preaching to various houses in the east city:
"I, the Taishan thief, rob the rich and give to the poor, and do justice for heaven. There is no government in this world, and Taishan is the master. I will avenge where there is hatred, and repay injustice where there is injustice."
How could Zhang Chong not know that these words were an agitation, but what he wanted was chaos in the city. Only by causing chaos can he prevent the many powerful forces in the city from uniting.
Don't look at it now, he led the assault team to kill very powerfully, but in fact, they only numbered more than a hundred people at full count. That is to say, in the dark night now, those powerful people do not come out for the sake of stability. But as soon as day breaks, you will see only a hundred bandits entering the city. You will see if they will take your head as punishment.
Therefore, Zhang Chong couldn't afford to wait.
Moreover, although Zhang Chong had a temporary intention to attack Dongpingling, he had a strategy after entering the city. First of all, the first thing is that you cannot divide your troops. Once you divide your troops, your strength will be weak, and it will be difficult to retreat. Then it is necessary to break through the Cao Mansion of Jinan Prime Minister. These people are the brains of Dongpingling. Only by carrying out a devastating blow here first, the county soldiers will no longer be able to organize a large-scale resistance. Finally, he wanted to profit from the chaos, and he wanted to plunder the city's arsenal and workshops.
Soon, a group of masked soldiers joined Zhang Chong in his attack on Cao Temple. Zhang Chong saw at a glance that these people were coming out from the side of Jisun's mansion behind him?
He immediately understood that there might be some misunderstanding in the previous series of events. Thinking of this, he looked thoughtfully towards the mansion where Tang Zhou was located.
As Sun Ji's Taiping Dao elite joined the attack, Caosi soon became unable to withstand it.
Because in the middle of the night, except for a few Dongpingling officials who were on duty at this moment, the others had either gone to Pinglingyi to receive the officials before, or they had already taken a break and returned home. Without a head, these county soldiers who stayed behind were demoralized. Seeing that the gate was crumbling, they finally threw away their equipment and climbed over the wall elsewhere to go home.
As soon as the Caosi Temple was broken, Zhang Chong rode his horse and climbed the steps into the mansion.
At this moment, the office in Dongpingling was in a mess and was noisy. Soldiers from the original county continued to rush into various offices, loot, burn and kill them. There are also people who are constantly running over the wall with their bags stuffed all over their bodies.
Zhang Chong and others entered on horseback and saw a long row of murals standing on one side of the office. Each of them was a well-dressed man. These were probably the successive Jinan prime ministers.
Zhang Chong and others rode on horseback and continued inside, when they suddenly saw a plaque with the words "natural principles, state laws and human relations" written on it. There is also a stone tablet next to it, which says "It is good to pick fine hairs, and it is evil to punish fine hairs".
When they were about to ride over, Zhang Chong suddenly drew his bow and fired an arrow at the plaque. The arrow hit the word "love" just right.
When Tian Jun saw Zhang Chong shooting an arrow, he also took out one and shot it at the plaque, hitting the word "Fa". Xi Shen on the side was thoughtful, picked up his bow and arrow, and shot the word "人" on the plaque.
Only Ren Yun, who seemed dull, also shot an arrow, but it missed the plaque and landed outside the word "love".
The remaining people didn't know what these people meant, so they had to watch. They didn't understand, what's so good about this plaque?
Seeing Tian Jun, Xi Shen, and Ren Yun's actions, Zhang Chong smiled knowingly and continued to pat his horse and rush into the interior.
As soon as they arrived, they felt a raging heat coming over them. There was a raging fire on the southwest corner of the building, and then there was a person upstairs screaming crazily:
"Kill the thief! Kill the thief! Kill the thief!"
But soon, the figure was swallowed up by the fire.
At this moment, two disheveled county soldiers carrying bags came out from behind. Without paying attention, he bumped into a member of Zhang Chong's assault team.
The two people were just about to make love when they saw the people in front of them looking at them eagerly. As soon as his legs became weak and he leaked urine, he collapsed on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Zhang Chong immediately stepped forward, pointed his whip at the burning turret, and asked:
"Is that your prince?"
The two nodded hurriedly.
"Where are the ribbon and official seal of Lord Qinmen?"
The two hesitated for a while, but finally presented the baggage with both of them inside.
Now Zhang Chong fully understood. Looking at the two people, he picked up the knife and hung the pouch on the knife. Then he turned his horse's head, glanced at Xi Shen, and then ignored the two people and left.
What Zhang Chong understood, Xi Shen also understood, and what the look Zhang Chong meant. He looked at the two people kneeling below and said with a smile:
"Is the woman of your house nice?"
Then, without waiting for the two to answer, he cut off their heads.
(End of chapter)