Chapter 2765 Fire
At noon on October 28, people on the street looked up at the sky as usual, but did not see the familiar Kongming lanterns. Everyone was a little disappointed. Could it be that the Kongming lanterns would not come today?
Suddenly, many soldiers with swords ran down the street, one standing every twenty steps. They would look up at the sky from time to time, and then use their swords to drive the people away. "Go, go, go! The king has said that those things are all from the Jin State to deceive the people. Who knows what evil things are on them, so don't take them..."
Drive away the people along the street.
The people were shocked and angry, and they couldn't help but panic as they ran back. Some children were frightened and burst into tears. The adults were not happy and started pushing and shoving the soldiers, saying, "We didn't do anything wrong..."
The scene became even more chaotic. In the midst of the quarrel and noise, suddenly a faint and rapid sound of a gong was heard.
This was the gong sounded when there was a fire. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw flames rising from the horizon. Not only the soldiers but also the civilians were startled and cried out in panic: "There's a fire! There's a fire! Hurry and put out the fire!"
Everyone ran towards the fire...
The soldiers hesitated and didn't move. Some civilians couldn't help but curse: "You haven't done anything serious. You're bullying us ordinary people with all your might. Now there's a fire, you don't even bother to put it out. Aren't you afraid of setting the whole city on fire?"
The soldiers did not move, but only followed their commander's orders.
Their leader frowned, looked in the direction of the fire, and said worriedly, "Someone, go and see where the fire is."
"yes."
The person who set the fire was hiding in the alley at this time. Seeing the fire growing bigger and bigger, apart from the onlookers who fetched water to wet the nearby houses, there were no firefighters to put out the fire, let alone soldiers.
One person couldn't help but ask, "Boss, this fire won't get out of control, right?"
"No way?" The boss scratched his head and said, "I checked it out. The fire looks big, but it will be easily put out once the fire brigade arrives."
Their goal was to attract the patrols nearby and then reach the city wall. At the same time, the fire was also a signal to the people outside the city. So far, their plan was going smoothly.
But the fire was out of control. Firstly, the yamen runners and soldiers arrived too late. Many people from nearby had gathered, but they were still late.
Second, it is winter, the weather is dry, and it is difficult to control the fire;
The third is that while the fire was burning, a sudden gust of wind blew up and the house next door was also set on fire...
The few people hiding in the crowd were stunned. Seeing the fire growing bigger and bigger, and more and more people being alarmed, they looked at each other, quietly retreated, turned around and ran away.
They ran back to their new location - another villa of Gao Zhi, and reported the matter to their lieutenant-in-chief.
The lieutenant general was surprised when he heard this. "Didn't I only let you set fire to Prince Gao's villa?"
"Yes, we only set a fire, but who knew they had no firefighters here? Even the patrol officers arrived very late. And with a gust of wind, the fire was out of control. General, why don't we go to the city gate and start it?"
Upon hearing this, the lieutenant general immediately asked, "Are there still many soldiers patrolling the city gate from here?"
"Not many. They were all running off to put out the fire," he said. "We ran into them on our way back. They didn't even suspect us."
The lieutenant general circled around, "But we can't contact Lord Zhang yet, nor can we contact the outside world. If we take action, there will be no one outside the city to support us..."
"General, I am willing to go out by water to deliver the letter."
When the lieutenant general heard this, he hesitated for a moment but finally nodded. Then several of them sneaked out and went to the edge of the moat. It was now bright outside. Fortunately, this section was remote and few people usually came here.
Everyone looked up at the city gate. According to the prisoner, this opening wasn't a secret among their soldiers; many knew it existed. So if it was discovered by the patrolling soldiers on the city wall... Everyone stared for a moment, and someone whispered, "It's been so long, and not even a patrol has come. Maybe it's okay."
The lieutenant general also felt that there was no time to delay, so he said to the person who had volunteered, "Go ahead and tell the chief steward that we will start around the hour of You."
It was almost dark, one of the two sleepiest times in a person's life.
The soldier bit the letter wrapped in oil paper in his mouth, then quietly went into the water...
Not only did the patrols inside the city fail to find the soldier, but even the soldiers guarding the city, who were mainly keeping an eye on the situation outside the city, failed to find him.
Duke Zhao received the letter and carefully inquired about the soldiers' situation in the city. He immediately stood up and went to the emperor, "Your Majesty, the time has come."
The emperor took the letter and read it. His eyes lit up. He closed the letter and said, "Good! Order the troops to march immediately."
"yes."
As soon as Duke Zhao issued an order, everyone became busy, including the medical staff.
After receiving the order and sending away the messenger, Manbao turned around and said to Baishan, "Your Majesty is going to attack the city."
Bai Shan: "Did the people sent in have any effect?"
Manbao hummed and warned him, "You can get out of bed now that your injury is healed, but don't move too much. So don't go out and wander around. It would be bad if someone bumps into you."
It's easy to be seen through.
She said, "Once the war breaks out, I may not be able to come back to see you for several days.
Bai Shan understood and nodded, "I know, don't worry, I will be very good during this period."
Manbao handed Baishan to Daji and left with the cake.
When she arrived at the main camp, she found Bai Erlang standing on tiptoe on a rock, trying to look towards the inner city.
Manbao asked Doctor Zheng and the students to leave first, while she went to find Bai Erlang with her medicine box. "What are you looking at?"
"Fire," Bai Erlang said, pointing to the fiery red patch on the horizon. "It's been two hours since I found out about the fire, but it's not only not extinguished, it's getting even more intense. Look, it's almost lighting up half the sky now. Do you think this fire will get out of control?"
Manbao was startled and stood on tiptoe to look towards Guorencheng. "Really? Will it get out of control?"
The royal palace finally saw the raging fire. The King of Goguryeo was very angry. He not only hired people to scold the king, but also dispatched troops to put out the fire.
The fire spread and the houses on the entire street were about to be engulfed in the fire.
"Isn't that Gao Zhi's villa?" the Goguryeo king asked angrily, "Why would it catch fire if it was already sealed off?"
The ministers looked at each other, unable to say anything, and could only say: "We will know after the investigation. The most urgent task is to put out the fire."
That area was either inhabited by high-ranking officials or their villas, which were worth a lot of money. All the courtyards on this street were burned down. Just thinking about it makes me feel suffocated.
That's all for tonight. I'll finish the rest of the chapter after May Day. Good night.
(End of this chapter)
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