"Boom!" Zinu launched a fierce attack at night. Before the soldiers defending the city could react, the city gate was knocked open and collapsed. Zinu's army marched straight in, swinging the curved swords in their hands, like evil spirits that came to reap lives at night. With each strike, blood splashed.
"Kill!"
"Don't let any of them go! Kill them all, leaving no one behind."
Flames broke out in the city. Zinu's cavalry entered the Zhenmen Pass. The soldiers in the city were powerless to resist and had their heads cut off by a single blow. The generals defending the city were surrounded by Zinu and stood until the last moment. The tall figure slowly fell down, his eyes wide open, and he died with his eyes open.
Zhenmen Pass, it's over! The people in the city are finished too! This was the last thought that flashed through the mind of the fallen general. He felt sorry for the people in the city.
The people in the night heard the sound and woke up from their sleep. They didn't have time to escape, and they lost the chance to escape.
"Run, the Zinus are coming!" "
Run..."
The Zinus who broke into the city broke open the doors of the people's houses, broke in, killed the men they saw, raped the boys they saw, and even spared the children and the elderly. The young child was hit on the head by the Zinus's curved knife, and rolled on the ground for several circles. A small life was gone just like that.
"Ah..."
"Let me go, you evil ghosts... I won't let you go even if I become a ghost..."
"Hahahaha" the Znu people laughed wildly and talked in their Znu language. Three or five of them gang-raped the boy in the room. The boy who was raped in the bed died with his eyes wide open, filled with fear and despair. He had already died.
At night, there was a fire in General Lao Li's house, and the fire suddenly started.
"The old general is still inside, go and save him."
"Quick, put out the fire!"
"Znu has entered the city!"
"The fire is so big, we can't put it out, old general, we can't save him... We are so sorry for the old general." The fire burned the house to ashes, along with the old general in the house. A generation of veterans did not die on the battlefield, but was buried in a fire that started from nowhere. The soldiers outside knelt on the ground and cried.
Looking at such a big fire, the cautious soldier had doubts in his eyes. He pulled his crying companion on the ground and dragged people away. Zinuo went all the way in and killed everyone he saw, leaving no one alive. The last general was powerless to resist, so he took the remaining soldiers and retreated, leaving the remaining people in the city behind.
Zinuo entered the city and massacred the people in the city, killing them all!
The Zhenmen Pass that stood in front of them for a hundred years was finally insignificant in front of them at this moment. They entered the Zhenmen Pass and occupied the city.
The revelation star in the sky was shining, the night faded away bit by bit, and the day broke.
At this time, the imperial court's reinforcements had not arrived yet. The fifth prince Feng Lingrui led the reinforcements from Fengdu to Zhenmen Pass. They stopped and walked along the way, which delayed the time. At this time, the reinforcements were still halfway on the way and did not know that Zhenmen Pass had been lost.
At this time, a group of people were also rushing to Zhenmen Pass. They broke camp and set off before dawn. Zhenmen Pass was in front of them and they would be there soon.
The sun rose from the east in the morning. The closer they walked to Zhenmen Pass, the drier the land became. It had not rained for a long time, and even the grass and trees were gradually drying up. The crops in the fields were sparse, and I was afraid that there would be no food for the year.
The water sources on the ground are getting less and less. If they were not familiar with this place, it would be difficult to find water along the way.
The face of the man riding on the horse was exposed to the wind and sun, his skin was dark, and his facial features looked even colder and harder. Hearing the sound of horse hooves coming from the front, Cao Gang raised his hand and asked the team behind to stop. He turned around and ordered the people behind him, "Go and see who is coming from the front."
As he hurried along, Wang Dahu didn't even trim his beard. His beard was scraggly and rough, just like his personality.
"Yes!" Wang Dahu answered, pulled the horse and ran over.
Liu Baishu followed Cao Gang's side. This man who always had a smile on his face now had a serious face.
Along the way, they saw thousands of miles of barren land, and some of the grain in the fields had already disappeared. On the way, they met a small group of people walking south, carrying their families, old and young, and walking in groups of three or five.
The court was at war with Zinu, and the people were also afraid that Zinu would really attack. If they stayed here, their lives would be difficult. If Zinu attacked, they would have nowhere to run. It would be better to leave first and find a relative to take refuge.
This is the way of heaven, and when disaster strikes again, the people must also find a way to survive.
The man who fell off the horse patted the horse's butt, and the horse cleverly found a place to hide. The man who got off the horse went to a high place and saw that there were only a few people coming here, so he got off and found a place to lie down on the side of the road to ambush.
"Drive...Drive..." The men on horseback didn't know that someone was waiting for them. They didn't know where to go. They just kept running, away from Zhenmen Pass and farther and farther from Zinuo. When they left, Zinuo had already entered the city. They were afraid that Zhenmen Pass had already disappeared.
A black shadow suddenly appeared on the road, scaring the horse and making it neigh. The man on the horse was dragged off.
"Who is it?"
"It's your grandpa!"
When Wang Dahu returned, he was followed by several soldiers who had escaped from Zhenmen Pass. Several Chinese soldiers were beaten black and blue. Only Wang Dahu was skilled and brave. If it were anyone else, they would not dare to fight against so many. He beat them one by one and made them behave themselves. He led them to the front.
The few Chinese soldiers who passed by were trembling with fear. They knew that if they were caught by the court as deserters on the battlefield, they would inevitably be beheaded. That's why they escaped from Zhenmen Pass. They didn't know where to go. If they were caught by the court, they would be beheaded.
Unexpectedly, they met acquaintances on the way. One of them recognized Deputy General Wang. He wanted to run away, but Wang Dahu grabbed him and beat him up. Only then did he behave himself.
They can't escape death anyway, either at the hands of Zinu or at the hands of the court, so they might as well take a chance that Deputy General Wang won't kill them, and they can still redeem themselves with merits and have a glimmer of hope.
"Wait, what did you say? The old general is gone?" Cao Gang grabbed the collar of the man who said the old general was gone, pulled him over, and asked, "How did the old general die?"
"You, let me go first." The man who had difficulty breathing because his collar was grabbed tried to push against the hand holding him, wanting the man to let him go. Seeing that he couldn't push away the hand holding him, the man honestly confessed that the house where General Lao Li lived was on fire, "We also want to save the old general, but the fire is too big, we can't get in..."
At this point, he still did not forget to find an explanation for escaping the crime.
Moreover, at that time, the old general was still poisoned. Even if people were rescued, they might not be able to save the old general. Why would they risk their lives to save the old general who might not be saved?
People are selfish. Everyone wants to survive and does not want to die in vain. They want to send themselves forward even though they know that there is a dead end ahead.
At that time, Zinu had already entered the city. Seeing that they could not resist, some people began to flee. They also ran in the chaos. Fortunately, they were not destined to die and escaped. Those who stayed in the city were probably either dead or captured by Zinu, which was also worse than death.
Cao Gang threw the man away, and the man who fell to the ground coughed twice and quickly got up.
"The whole army has an order, set off immediately."
Of the two teams, it was the team led by Cao Gang that arrived at the nearest city to Zhenmen Pass, Hecheng, first.
Hecheng was a small city, the closest to Zhenmen Pass. The news that Zinu had entered Zhenmen Pass reached Hecheng, and the governor of Hecheng ordered people to close the city gates tightly. He returned home trembling and asked his wife and concubines to pack up their things and flee.
"Quick, pack your things, hurry up, Zinuo is coming."
"Go, go, pack your things quickly."
No, they must escape quickly, the farther the better, preferably to the south, so that the emperor is far away, even if the court wants to arrest them, it is impossible. Pack up all the gold and silver treasures at home, so that they can live the life of landlords in the south under an assumed name.
"Who is coming? Tell me your name?" The general guarding the city saw the troops approaching the city and asked from above.
Wang Dahu wasted a lot of energy, and was so angry that he wanted to beat up the bastard who asked him all kinds of questions and didn't open the door for him, and even suspected your grandfather? Liu Baishu came forward and showed the token. The general guarding the city had someone put down the basket and hang it up. When he saw the token was correct, he ordered the gate to be opened and the troops to enter the city.
It happened that when they entered, they ran into the timid governor who was packing up his things and trying to run away with his wife and servants. Wang Dahu grabbed the governor and said, "Governor, where are you going?" He asked with a sly smile.
"Lock him up!" the expressionless man ordered.
"I am the governor. Who dares to lock me up? You are so brave. Let me go..." The governor who was dragged away was still struggling there. He was dragged away with his mouth covered.
"The whole city has an order. If anyone dares to run, he will be killed without mercy!" Cao Gang ordered.
"Yes!" The generals who followed also saw that their governor wanted to abandon the people in the city and flee with his family. When they heard the powerful sound, they seemed to have found their backbone. Even if Zinuo really came, they were not afraid of the barbaric people.
Later, the fifth prince Feng Lingrui came with reinforcements and entered Hecheng.