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Everyone looked at the door of the house, or at Chen Qianhu who was walking towards the door.
Some people had envy in their eyes, others had calm eyes, and still others had a playful look in their eyes.
Chen Qianhu, who walked to the door, reached out and pushed the closed door. The door suddenly opened, and the sunlight from outside instantly shone into the house through the open door.
At the same time, Chen Qianhu's shadow was also reflected on the ground behind him.
Wow!
Commander Huang dropped the tea cup in his hand and broke into pieces. The water at his feet filled the ground with water.
The sudden sound attracted the attention of everyone in the room, and even Chen Qianhu, who was about to step out of the threshold, subconsciously looked back.
At this moment, his shadow on the ground suddenly appeared with several sharp and slender black shadows.
It turned out that he had several feather arrows stuck in his chest.
"you!"
Chen Qianhu turned his head and looked at Commander Huang sitting on the main seat with disbelief in his eyes.
It turns out that the cracking sound just now was a signal for people outside the house to take action.
But he couldn't understand why the other party wanted to kill him to silence him even though he had already confessed and surrendered.
"Drag the body away."
These were the last words Chen Qianhu heard before falling into darkness.
Two soldiers walked in from outside. One of them grabbed Chen Qianhu's foot and dragged him out of the house. Another soldier brought a basin of water and cleaned up the blood stains on the ground.
"Cheng Tongzhi!" Commander Huang said, "You and the general's soldiers go to take over Chen Qianhu's troops. Tonight you will stay on the city wall to guard the city gate in place of Chen Qianhu.
"Okay." Cheng Tongzhi nodded.
Commander Huang said: "Go there now."
"Yes." Cheng Tongzhi stood up, turned around and walked out.
Regarding Chen Qianhu's death, some people were surprised, while others were not surprised at all. As the commander, he did not give anyone an explanation.
As night falls, the house is lit with lights.
Commander Huang had people prepare food and his soldiers brought it into the house.
"Eat everyone!" Commander Huang greeted, taking a bowl and scooping out a spoonful of porridge.
The other people in the house basically hadn't eaten in the last meal and were already hungry. They gathered around and shared a bowl of porridge for you and a pancake for me.
"Let's just eat today. When the rebels outside the city enter the city, I will invite everyone to have a good meal at Gui Yunxiang Restaurant, the best restaurant in the city." Commander Huang said to everyone while chewing the pancake.
Wu Youkui, who was holding pancakes in one hand and a bowl of porridge in the other, said, "It's okay. It's good to eat these."
As he spoke, he took a bite of the pancake and chewed it.
Maybe it was because he was too hungry, but when he ate the pancake in his hand, he felt it was quite delicious.
Others just immersed themselves in eating, trying to get as much food into their stomachs as possible.
The rebels outside the city will enter the city at night. It's okay if everything goes well, but if something unexpected happens, it might be the last meal of his life.
There was no table full of delicacies, and there was no fine wine for them to exchange glasses with, so everyone ate the meal very quickly.
After eating and drinking, everyone stayed in their seats.
As time goes by, the night gets deeper and deeper, and the appointed time gets closer and closer, and everyone's spirit becomes more and more tense.
Even if there is no rest for a day, no one sleeps, but they become rough and restless.
"It's almost time to get ugly. Commander, are we going to stay here forever?" Wu Youkui, who was nervous, finally couldn't help but ask Commander Huang.
Commander Huang, who had closed his eyes and fell asleep, opened his eyes and said, "Follow me to the city wall."
After saying that, he stood up and led the way out.
Others in the force stood up and followed him.
After opening the door, Commander Huang looked up at the half-moon in the night sky, stepped across the threshold, and came to the courtyard.
The soldiers guarding the yard saw him coming out of the house and hurried forward.
"Take a group of troops and follow me up the city wall." Commander Huang gave instructions to his soldiers, then looked back at Wu Youkui and others who were following him, and said, "Protect them."
"Yes." The soldier nodded in agreement.
Under the arrangement of the soldiers, Wu Youkui and others soon had several more people responsible for protecting them.
There were many torches and fires lit on the walls and gates of the North City, and the surrounding area was very brightly reflected by the firelight.
Commander Huang led a group of people up the city wall from the horse path.
"General."
Every soldier along the road knelt down and saluted after seeing Commander Huang and others.
"Commander, why are you here?" Cheng Tongzhi, who was guarding the city wall, saw Commander Huang and others and hurriedly came up to greet him.
Commander Huang explained to him: "The agreed time is coming soon, and I feel a little uneasy, so I brought others up to have a look. How about it? Is there any movement outside the city?"
"It's too dark to see clearly from a little further away." Cheng Tongzhi said, "The opponent has thousands of soldiers and horses. If they get close to the north city wall, they will definitely be discovered."
Commander Huang walked to a crenel and looked outside the city.
It was pitch dark outside the city and nothing could be seen, let alone any signs of troop mobilization outside the city.
"Commander, do you think the other party plans to enter the city tonight?" Cheng Tongzhi asked, expressing his doubts.
The reason why I think so is that during the day, the other party's general agreed too readily and rushed the opening of the city gate, not giving Xuanwu Guard much time to prepare.
"Wait a minute, isn't it the agreed time yet?" Commander Huang suppressed the panic in his heart and forced himself to firmly believe that the rebels outside the city would not let go of such a good opportunity to seize Kaifeng Fucheng.
One hour is two points in the hereafter.
Commander Huang stood motionless in front of the crenel, his eyes constantly looking outside the city.
After an unknown amount of time, his feet were numb, but at this moment, there was a glimmer of light outside the city.
Soon he found someone carrying a lantern appearing a hundred or two hundred steps away from the city wall, and swinging the lantern in mid-air.
"Open the city gate." Commander Huang's tone was laced with excitement.
At this time, several Xuanwuwei generals who were guarding the side all crowded in front of the crenellations and stuck their heads out to look outside the city.
The North City gate is lined with a layer of iron on the outside and hardwood on the inside. It is clumsy and heavy and requires the combined efforts of several people to open it from the inside.
The sound of the city gate being opened was so loud that it could be heard clearly all around.
However, the walls and gates of the entire North City were guarded by the Xuanwu Guards themselves, so there was no chance that other troops would notice that the gates were opened.
After the city gate was opened, a soldier walked out of the city gate with a torch, stood in front of the city gate and shook it vigorously in the direction of the lantern.
This is also a signal agreed upon by both parties.
A group of black shadows appeared outside many cities, approaching towards the city gate.
