At this moment, Mo Ye truly understood something.
That is, although he has a bit of a dog personality, Yu Wensheng is definitely not a human being.
A person like him, who has a generally normal mind, simply cannot understand how his perverted thoughts came about. Listening to what he meant, he was not only threatening him, but also forcing Zheng Quchi to show up?
So does he know that Zheng Quchi has escaped, or does he not care where she is? In short, his purpose is to grasp all possibilities in his hands and finally achieve one goal - to retrieve Zheng Quchi.
At this time, Fu Rong held on to his oversized helmet and rushed over panting: "General, Mo Ye is very cunning and treacherous. He sent troops to raid the south gate. Now the gate has been breached and a large number of civilians have fled. !”
Yu Wensheng's reaction to this was very dull: "Gather the garrison in Nanlin and kill all the Julu troops. As for the civilians who escaped, it is not important."
This means...those civilians just ran away? Don't worry about them?
Fu Rong understood: "Yes!"
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south city gate
The city gate was violently breached, and the two armies fought. They immediately stabbed each other from north to south and east to west, and the killing was indistinguishable.
The city gate was blocked by a golden pendant, and the people in the city were running in fear. It was not surprising that some people were fleeing, but what was strange was that a group of people took advantage of the chaos and ran towards the "fire pit".
These people are none other than Gongchenya and the others.
It was a coincidence that they did not follow Mo Ye's leading troops. Instead, they accidentally discovered the covert attack team attacking the city and followed them. Seeing that the south city gate was breached, they naturally knew that this "negotiation" was scheduled. It ended in failure.
But the man was still saved, so he took off the clothes of the soldiers who died in the battle, put them on, and sneaked into the city, hoping to wait for an opportunity to rescue Yang Gu.
Not long after, the support troops of Ye Army arrived, and the situation was reversed. Ye Army took advantage and killed all the Julu soldiers who were fighting in the city, calming down the fierce battle.
Some of the people living near the South City Gate were lucky enough to escape, but many were not so lucky. They saw the city gate being tightly closed again, cutting off the free world outside the city. They were tortured while crying and shouting. He was driven back to the city forcefully and became a turtle in the urn.
Gongchenya and others hid in an abandoned house that was in disrepair. They listened to the miserable and desperate cries of the people outside the wall who could only stay in the city to die. Their expressions were solemn and unbearable.
"How many people have escaped just now?" Mei Yi said bitterly.
Uncle Bai shook his head and said with relief: "At least some people escaped."
"I don't understand why Sima wanted to attack the South City Gate. Was it Yu Wensheng who didn't keep his promise, so he had to take a dangerous move?" Someone asked in confusion.
Some people saw through it and said, "You are stupid. This shows that you have already planned it. We just started talking about it. How do you know that Yu Wensheng will not keep his word? I'm afraid this is just Sima's plan!"
People who have read the book immediately responded: "This is a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain."
"Yes, that's it."
Some people also focused on the key points and asked: "But why did Sima pay such a high price and sacrifice his troops to break the city? Didn't he just hand over his people and everything would be solved?"
At this time, Gongchenya, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke up: "Either he doesn't trust Yu Wensheng to keep his promise, or he simply can't fulfill Yu Wensheng's request, so he did it from the beginning. Choose this method."
"Didn't Yu Wen Sheng just make a request? He asked Sima to return his wife to Zhao intact... Could it be that his wife was actually killed by Sima a long time ago?"
Xiao Meng stood behind the crowd and murmured in surprise: "Is it possible that the woman who was following Sima Moye before was not Yu Wensheng's wife at all?!"
Seeing them discussing in a hurry, Uncle Bai felt a headache. He raised his hands: "Okay, it is useless to discuss these things now. What we should consider is..."
"Hush~shut up!"
Gongchenya suddenly looked serious and said.
Everyone was stunned, and as soon as the sound subsided, they could all hear the movement coming from the long street late at night. There were definitely a lot of "tacking" footsteps, and there was also the clicking sound of the wheels rolling on the floor. They all walked towards the street in unison. Looking outside, I saw the firelight like a dragon, reflecting on the dark wall.
"problem occurs."
They pried open a corner of the window and looked out through the crack.
I saw a team of men and horses dragging a cart, carrying all the kerosene stored in the city on the cart board. The soldiers at the rear stopped every short distance to pour water on the surrounding houses.
"What are they going to do?!"
Xiao Meng smelled the familiar pungent smell of fire oil and felt chilled all over.
Sprinkling fire oil on the city on such a large scale cannot be just for fun, right?
Gongchenya also breathed heavily because he guessed that possibility. His voice almost burst out from between his teeth: "You guys stay here first and don't act rashly. I'll go out to explore the situation first!"
He kicked his way up to the top, climbed on the wall, took advantage of the shade of the trees, crouched and lurked in the shadows, and kept looking down to observe the movement.
Finally, he waited until a lone soldier came out to let loose.
He slid down the corner quietly, suddenly covered his mouth from behind, and dragged him into the darkness with force.
"Don't shout at the end, otherwise your throat will be slit in the next second."
The cold voice was like a blade, making people dare not doubt its authenticity.
The soldier knew it was bad and sweated all over his back: "Who are you? What are you going to do?"
"When you ask this kind of nonsense, do you think I will tell you the truth, or are you trying to delay time? But no matter which way, I advise you to give up. Now, just tell me that you are on the street. do what?"
The soldier wanted to struggle for a moment, but the next moment he felt the stinging sensation of the cold cutting through his skin, and he was so frightened that he immediately replied: "Get ready to burn the city."
"Why burn the city?"
"Because, because Sima Moye of Julu Kingdom broke his promise and brought fake wives over again and again, the general became angry and said that if he couldn't deliver someone by noon, he would set fire to it."
"Fake? Are you saying that Sima Moye brought a fake wife here to pretend to be the real one?"
"Yes, that person is fake. The general has already killed her."
Gongchenya did not expect that Sima would do such a thing. This was undoubtedly dishonest and using despicable means. Faced with such a provocation, it is no wonder that Yu Wensheng would respond with cruelty.
"Last question, where is Yang Gu?"
The soldier thought for a moment and said: "He should... be imprisoned in the city lord's palace. Many people are imprisoned there. If you ask me where exactly he is, it is impossible for me, a little pawn, to know. "
"good."
Seemingly satisfied with his knowledge, Gongchenya let go of him in a friendly voice.
However, before the soldier was about to run and shout, "poof", a knife came out of the darkness and sent him away.
Afterwards, he put on the opponent's Ye soldiers' clothes, took off his belt tag, and then dressed as him and returned to the team. Along the way, he followed the soldiers to pour oil on large buildings in the city.
He was taciturn and only did things quietly along the way. From time to time, he would hear people hiding in the house crying out of fear: "No, don't set fire to us..."
"Is there anyone who can save us? Will Mo Sima really come to save us?"
"Why are you unwilling to hand over the person? Aren't the lives of so many of us less important than one woman? Does King Julu know that Sima Moye ignored the lives of all the people in this city, including me? How cruel is his heart? How vicious!”
Obviously they all know what kind of fate they will face next.
Gongchenya didn't know what Sima Moye was thinking. Did he really want to kill the person and couldn't hand him over, or did he think that the woman named Zheng Quchi really had the same weight as the people of the city?
No one had considered that the woman who was said to be seriously injured had actually managed to escape without a trace from the heavily guarded camp.
If you tell me this, who will believe it?
Because of this, Mo Ye did not publicize this matter. Of course, he also needed Yu Wensheng to maintain a suspicion in his heart, so that he could at least use Zheng Quchi to blackmail him.
As it turns out, he was right, but also wrong.
He has achieved part of his goal, but there is no way out. This time, if he cannot hand over the real Zheng Quchi, then this will put him in a situation where his reputation is discredited, and he will also bear the final consequences of Fenggu Shacheng.
Mo Ye didn't really care whether his reputation was good or bad, but the fact that this attack was about to be defeated made him unable to let go.
He couldn't figure out how Yu Wensheng could tell the authenticity of "Zheng Quchi" with just one glance.
If he hadn't recognized the person so quickly, and if everything went well, the people in the city would have been released overnight, and he would have had enough time to launch attacks at the north, south, and west gates of Fenggu Sha City at the same time.
Instead of just the soldiers breaking through the south city gate and only rescuing a small part.
Gongchenya naturally didn't know Mo Ye's underlying plan. He just saw this situation and wanted to kill Mo Ye and these Ye troops together.
He was busy until the shift was over, and he quickly returned to the deserted house without making eye contact with anyone.
When they first saw him dressed in Yejun uniform and jumping into the room with a familiar look, they were still shocked. It was not until he called out "Aunt Mei, Cypress" that the anxious people gathered around him and asked about his situation.
"How's it going? Have you heard about the situation?" Aunt Mei took one of his arms.
Gongchenya patted the back of her cold hand and said seriously: "Sima Moye deceived Yu Wensheng. He tried to deceive him with lies, but was exposed on the spot. Therefore, the three-day period has been advanced. Today Before noon, if Yu Wensheng's wife has not appeared, he will set fire to the city."
Everyone was shocked. They had always hoped that the release of Fenggu Shacheng would go smoothly, but they did not expect that it would eventually turn out like this.
"Didn't show up? That woman, isn't she at all?" Xiao Meng pushed aside the crowd and said anxiously: "Then what should we do now? Will Sima Moye hand over the person?"
"What I'm worried about now is that he may not have any hostages at all."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
This is just a suspicion, but to be honest, Gongchenya was really carefully analyzing the events before and after this journey, so I think this guess is very likely.
"So, before Yu Wensheng sets fire to the city, we must first find a way to rescue General Yang and then escape from the city."
Trying to save the entire city is undoubtedly a dream, but if it's just one person, there may be a glimmer of hope.
"Okay, it's all up to you. Tell me, what should we do?"
Gongchenya waved. After going out, he also learned a few things, so he took a step closer to the plan he had made earlier: "You all come together..."
After some careful discussion, the time to take action was decided at the time of cockcrow, when a person is most sleepy and loses guard.
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"Stop crying, it's been all night and you're still crying!"
A rude roar woke up the unconscious Zheng Quchi.
She opened her eyes, but she was staring in confusion, and for a moment she didn't know where she was.
It was a bright day, but the sky was gloomy. She blinked and recalled, then her eyes widened: "Military doctor!"
She turned her head and looked around to the left and right, but she didn't see the person who sneaked up on her.
She really didn't expect that thin old man to have such strong hands.
Climbing up from the cold ground, she found herself lying in a narrow alley, surrounded by the walls of houses on both sides.
Why did the military doctor who had been missing for many days knock her unconscious when he appeared, and why did she wake up alone in a place like this?
Through a low wall about 70 to 80 centimeters high, she heard people in the room crying miserably and others cursing, including men, women and children.
This is where?
Unable to figure out why the other party did this, Zheng Quchi pinched his sore neck and was about to walk out of the alley when he heard a sharp female voice suddenly burst out from inside the room.
"What's wrong? I want to cry, why don't I? Isn't this just crying in advance? Listen, look, Ye Jun is about to set fire to the city, and our whole family will die here today! "
"You, what's the use of crying like this! It disturbs people's moods and defeats their will. Besides crying, what's the use of you?"
"Yes, I am useless, but what has Sima done who is useful? He used a fake woman to bet the lives of all the people in our city. Now that he has lost, he is at ease and has escaped. But what about us? Our The child has to die here innocently, why do you think he wants to mess with that living Yama of Ye country..."
At this moment, Zheng Quchi, who had heard everything clearly, was frozen in place, his whole body as cold as ice.
This, this is Fenggu Shacheng? !
No way.
impossible.
"Women say that men always have rules and regulations when doing things. How can you understand it?"
"Hahahaha... It's extremely ridiculous. If he doesn't ask for orders for the people, he will be serving as a minister in vain!"
The couple was arguing endlessly, and the child was crying. But Zheng Quchi, with a look of disbelief on his face, ran out of the alley and came to the spacious and deserted street.
She looked around blankly, and finally saw clearly where she was.
(End of chapter)
