In Jinling City, Xie Zong was waiting for the arrival of Lai Hu'er with joy. In his imagination, Lai Hu'er must be full of joy after receiving the surrender. It must be necessary to reward the whole army, and it must be used to reward the army. The fine wine and food must be provided by them, and he secretly poisoned the presented wine to take the opportunity to annihilate the Sui army.
"Father, father, something bad is going to happen!"
Just as Xie Zong was daydreaming, Xie Xiong suddenly rushed in and said breathlessly: "Father, something big has happened!"
Xie Zong frowned and said displeasedly: "What's the matter? Are you in a hurry? Where is your demeanor?"
Xie Xiong took a breath and said loudly: "Father, Lai Hu'er is leading an army of 50,000 to attack Jinling City. The two city defense camps outside the city have all been lost!"
"What?"
Xie Zong's eyes widened and he looked at Xie Xiong in surprise. When he saw Xie Xiong nodded affirmatively, he immediately cursed.
"Come and protect me, this old thief. We have submitted the surrender form, but he still dares to take action. Isn't he afraid that he will be drowned in the spit of the world's intellectuals?"
Xie Xiong murmured: "Father, Laihu'er claimed that he had obtained reliable information, saying that we were pretending to surrender and that we wanted to take the opportunity to poison him..."
boom!
Fortunately, Xie Xiong hadn't finished speaking. Xie Zong had already dropped the saucer in his hand to the ground angrily, and said with a ferocious face: "Bastard, who, who leaked this matter?"
Xie Xiong had never seen such an angry father before. He was almost scared out of his wits and said tremblingly: "Father, apart from our own family, I'm afraid the only one who knows about this is Uncle Zhang Shi?"
"Zhang Kun!" Xie Zong said through gritted teeth: "I confide in you, but I never thought you would betray me!"
No matter how cunning and cunning Xie Zong is, he would never have thought that this was just a reason that Lai Huer made up casually. Convinced that the secret had been leaked, he naturally placed the target of suspicion on Zhang Kun, who was colluding with him!
After hesitating for a long time, Xie Zong turned to face Xie Xiong and said murderously: "Xiong'er, you must immediately summon all the soldiers and horses you can muster now, and bloodbath the Zhang family. I won't be able to live well, and Zhang Kun won't be able to live well either!"
"My child obeys!"
Half an hour later, Xie Xiong led hundreds of private troops to completely surround Zhang Kun's residence.
After Zhang Kun himself heard about this, Monk Zhang Er was confused. He immediately left the house and said to Xie Xiong with a smile: "What does this mean, nephew?"
"what for?"
Xie Xiong snorted coldly, "Old man, you colluded with the Sui army and caused the failure of our Xie family's plan. What do you dare to say?" Then he slashed the steel knife in his hand towards Zhang Kun's neck.
Poof~
Zhang Kun never expected that Xie Xiong would suddenly commit murder. He was caught off guard and his head was chopped off with a knife. His eyes were full of astonishment. He had no idea why Xie Xiong wanted to kill him!
Xie Xiong killed Zhang Kun with a single blow. His eyes were full of murderous intent. He pointed the steel knife and shouted: "Kill in, no matter old, weak, women or children, no one will be left alive!"
"Kill!"
Hundreds of private soldiers of the Xie family swarmed into the Zhang Mansion. Although there were servants in the Zhang Mansion to guard the courtyard, Xie Xiong was led by warriors who had just been transferred from the army. They were all like wolves and tigers, and they were all ready in an instant. Kill these servants to pieces.
Because of Xie Xiong's killing order, these private soldiers of the Xie family entered the Zhang Mansion and killed everyone, regardless of age or sex. In just a quarter of an hour, more than two hundred members of the Zhang family fell into a pool of blood. The entire Zhang Mansion was surrounded by a thin layer of blood mist, and the strong smell of blood was pungent!
However, as the top noble family in Jiangnan, the Zhang family also has considerable influence in the military. After several surviving Zhang clan members escaped from Zhang's mansion, they quickly found Zhang Zheng, Zhang Kun's son who served in the army.
After Zhang Zheng learned about the tragedy of his family, he was filled with grief. He immediately summoned the Zhang family's private army to rebel and massacred the Xie family's tribe in Jinling City. In order to counterattack, Jinling City fell into a melee.
After the head of the Yuan family, Yuan Fa, learned about the cause of the melee, he immediately became furious, "How dare you, Xie Zong, to trick me. If you really poison the general who came to protect your children, I, Yuan Fa, will still have a good life in the future." Really? Order the children of the Yuan family to quickly support the Zhang family and kill this old thief Xie Zong!"
The strength of the Zhang family was originally inferior to that of the Xie family. In addition, the head of the family was dead and people were distracted. Many people chose to wait and see. Therefore, the Zhang family's private army was defeated by the Xie family in the city.
However, due to the help of the Yuan family, the momentum of the Zhang family increased greatly, and the three parties fought fiercely in the city. Many small families were also forced to get involved, and the melee continued. There were also many stragglers who took advantage of the chaos to break into houses, rape women, steal property, and commit all kinds of evil, making the situation in the city even more chaotic.
After Lai Hu'er failed to attack the city for the first time, he rested for an hour and launched the offensive again. However, this time, Lai Hu'er took down the city gate with almost no effort. He captured a few defeated soldiers and asked why. Afterwards, Lai Huer's face twitched, his eyes were dull for a long time, and he was speechless inside.
"Is this really God's will? A random excuse I made up turned out to be true, and it caused these thieves to kill each other. God's destiny must be on me, Sui Dynasty!"
At this moment, Lai Huer's eyes were full of determination, and he ordered loudly: "Brothers, kill them all! Kill all these thieves!"
"Brothers, kill!"
Although Lai Hu'er has a high prestige in the army, there are still many sergeants who are dubious about this matter. At this moment, it was verified in the mouth of Sergeant Chen. They were all filled with righteous indignation and swarmed in with weapons brandished, killing them wantonly. Chen Jun came to the city to vent his anger.
In an instant, swords flashed and flesh flew everywhere. More than 40,000 soldiers filled with righteous indignation poured into the city like a tide and went on a killing spree. They killed all the way from the south gate to the center of the city. Whenever they saw a man wearing Chen Jun's armor, they hacked them with swords. Kill, stab to death with random shots.
Although Lai Huer planned to overthrow several major noble clans in the south and bloodbath Jinling, he did not intend to harm the people in the city. Along the way, Lai Huer strictly enforced military discipline several times and sent troops from time to time to inspect the occupied areas to protect the people and clean up. Those stragglers who tried to take advantage of the opportunity to burn, kill and loot. This move made the people in Jinling City very grateful. Many people even led the Sui army to important strategic targets such as the armory and granary.
Lai Hu'er personally led five thousand elite soldiers to the Puppet Imperial Palace in Jinling City. This was the main battlefield where Yuan Fa, Zhang Zheng, Xie Zong and others were fighting. Yuan Fa saw Lai Hu'er from a distance and immediately greeted him with a smile on his face. Go up and say, "Come General, the villain Yuan Fa, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"
"Yeah?"
Lai Hu'er laughed evilly and thrust out the spear in his hand, piercing Yuan Fa's entire body. He quickly pulled out the spear and shouted, "Kill, no matter who it is, leave no one behind!"
Although some of these people may sincerely surrender, these nobles are more concerned about their own interests. If they can surrender to the Sui Dynasty today, they will also secretly communicate with the Tang Dynasty tomorrow. If you don't want such wallflowers, let them die together. in this chaos.
