The arrow that shot through the air was extremely powerful. After one arrow pierced the thug's chest, it didn't stop there. Instead, it brought out a trail of blood and nailed it to a pillar in the distance!
The remaining mob member was stunned for a moment, then turned around with his head stiffened and looked back.
But not far away, a Xuanyi guard wearing black armor and holding a crossbow came riding his horse.
Behind the cavalry, the black cavalry came like a tide. Looking around, it looked like a long black river with no end in sight. The terrifying aura filled the air and was frightening.
The mobster lowered his head and glanced at the long knife in his hand, swallowed, and had a look of panic on his face.
Without any hesitation, he could not care about the beautiful girl beside him at this moment. He turned around and started to run away. No one who saw the swarming black armored cavalry would be able to resist at all.
However, he had just escaped a few steps when he heard a cry of sword light coming out of its sheath behind him. Then he saw a flash of sword light, and the mob felt a cool feeling on their necks, and their heads rolled to the ground.
Boom, boom, boom!
The sound of war horses trampling the ground sounded. Song Qian was dressed in black armor and holding a blood-stained sword in her hand, with an indifferent expression on her face.
"Pass my order to kill all those who participated in the rebellion!"
She casually held a sword flower in her hand and shook off the blood at the tip of the sword. Song Qian looked at the disheveled and trembling girl, and her voice softened a bit.
"The Governor has ordered that the whole city is under martial law. Now, go home immediately. You are not allowed to go out until the martial law is lifted. Do you understand?"
The girl just came back to her senses at this moment, with tears streaming down her face. She looked at Song Qian carefully, as if she wanted to remember her appearance firmly.
Afterwards, she knelt down and kowtowed to Song Qian, wiped her tears, and returned to her shop.
Seeing the girl close the door, the soft look on Song Qian's face was replaced by coldness.
He raised his sword and pointed towards the chaotic mob on the street ahead.
"Take no prisoners, leave no one behind!"
"kill!"
Keng!
Behind him, Xuanyi Wei Tiqi drew out his long sword in a uniform movement, as if he were one person.
Then, the war horses galloped, and the whole street began to vibrate under the trampling of horse hooves.
Song Qian took the lead, and wherever she passed, she didn't even need to use her true energy. With just a single stroke of her long sword, several heads fell to the ground.
The Xuanyi Guard Tiqi were divided into several formations under the leadership of hundreds of households, like long dragons. Under Song Qian's order, they began to spread in all directions to clear out the rioters in various places.
Soon, in the city of Yangzhou, the sounds of killing, roars, and begging for mercy were heard one after another.
Some brave people looked through the cracks in their doors and saw groups of black-armored cavalry running wildly on the streets, and from time to time they could see the flash of sharp swords.
Seeing this, many people were happy and cried with joy, but at the same time, they were slightly worried.
The mob is scary, but the rioters are even more terrifying. Without effective management and unchecked rioters, the devastation to Yangzhou City will definitely be worse than the mob.
I hope this riot can end soon. The longer it drags on, the greater the chance of a military disaster.
At the same time, 3,000 elite salt soldiers mobilized by Lin Ruhai also began to enter the city to quell the rebellion. These soldiers were mainly infantry. .
I don’t know how long it took, but the sounds of killing gradually stopped, and almost no cries or screams could be heard on the streets.
Only the Xuanyi guards were galloping through the streets, shouting slogans loudly.
"The Governor has ordered that the entire city be under martial law and no one is allowed to leave the city!"
"Your Majesty has an order. Anyone who goes out on the street without authorization will be punished as a traitor and will not be shot!"
"Martial law, the whole city is under martial law!"
The whole city was under martial law and people were not allowed to go out on the streets, but there were always those with heavy burdens who climbed up the courtyard walls and stuck their heads out to look outside.
It was okay not to look at it, but when they looked at it, they were almost scared out of their wits.
But on the street, blood flowed gurglingly, like a long bloody river, flowing along the low-lying areas and into the street drains.
There were no pedestrians on the originally bustling streets, and countless corpses could be seen everywhere. Only teams of soldiers pulled carts and threw the corpses of rioters onto the carts.
Those who were lucky enough to be shot to death by crossbows still had intact corpses, while those who were unlucky had their heads chopped off, leaving only headless remains.
The worst thing was that when some of the rebels were fleeing, they encountered a large army of Xuanyi Guards and were knocked away by countless war horses and trampled into a puddle of mud, with their bones trampled into slag.
This scene is simply like purgatory on earth. Those who are less timid will definitely faint from fear when they see this scene.
Song Xuan was sitting in the Qianhu Yamen office, drinking tea leisurely and handling official duties.
He didn't even leave the gate.
In the evening, General Xuanyi Wei walked over quickly and said, "Report, sir, the thieves in the city have been wiped out!"
Song Xuan put down his teacup and asked, "How are the casualties?"
"The Salt Soldiers suffered more than thirty casualties. Our Xuanyi Guards basically had no casualties, but some brothers were cut off with their swords. They killed too many people and some of them lost their strength.
On the other hand, more than a hundred people in the city were killed by the bandits, nearly a thousand were injured, and more than forty houses and shops were burned down. "
Song Xuan frowned slightly, "The people have suffered a lot."
"There is nothing we can do about it. There are too many thieves. No matter how fast our brothers kill, some people will inevitably suffer."
"How many thieves are there?"
"According to preliminary statistics, more than 5,300 people were killed, and no one was left alive."
"not enough!"
Song Xuan said coldly, "Five thousand three hundred people are not enough!"
With that said, he stood up and said: "The Xiao family, the Sun family and other big families in Yangzhou colluded with thieves to harm the people, and they are considered to be treason!
After receiving the order, Xuanyi Guards set out immediately to capture the rebels and thieves. Anyone who dares to stop them, regardless of their gender, age or status, will be shot without mercy! "
...
In the Xiao family, lanterns hung high, lighting up the night.
The head of the Xiao family sat high on it, and the heads of the other families were sitting on both sides.
The hall is filled with extravagant music, graceful dancing girls, fine wines and delicacies, and is extremely luxurious.
But this beauty's delicacies could no longer arouse any interest from everyone at this moment. Some clan leaders looked directly at the head of the Xiao family and asked questions.
"Clan Chief Xiao, we need an explanation as to why there is no movement from the city guards?!"
According to the agreement, the major families led the mob into the city to attract the attention of Xuanyi Wei Tiqi.
But the rioters can only be rioters. It is unrealistic to expect them to kill Song Xuan. If you want to kill masters like Song Xuan, you have to rely on the organized troops like the City Guards.
In the rain of arrows, even the innate warriors will die without a burial place!
As a result, this most important link went wrong with the Xiao family.
The Yangzhou City garrison general of the Xiao family has not made any movement for a long time, and the person sent by the Xiao family to deliver the message has not returned. The whole situation is completely beyond their control!
