Chapter 261: Lure the Tiger Away from the Mountain
A Tatar soldier came towards him and attacked. Lu Ning stepped forward quickly and stabbed his neck with a dagger. Blood splattered on his face, which he wiped away.
The soldiers outside realized they had been tricked and quickly returned to the granary. However, the fire had already started, and Lu Ning blew a whistle, which meant to retreat.
Ten people, with extraordinary martial arts skills, disappeared in the darkness.
They each escaped and evacuated along the appropriate route, and they agreed to meet up at the place where the prisoners were held, hoping to help them.
Another group of people had also arrived at the place where the prisoners were being held. From the topographic map, it was shown that this was a farm in the city where cattle and sheep were raised. After all, it was spacious and could accommodate many people.
Dong Zhe had a thorough understanding of the Tatars. All the surviving people were imprisoned here and lived a miserable life.
To their surprise, there were not many soldiers guarding the place.
In the eyes of the Tatars, these people were already lambs in their pen, their life and death were at their disposal. They could not cause any trouble, so there was no need to mobilize too much manpower to guard them.
But the Tatars would never have thought that these captives really had no intention of resisting, but someone would come to rescue them.
Forty carefully selected martial arts masters, their eyes reddened as they watched their compatriots being kept together like livestock. They killed the guards without hesitation.
More than five thousand people were crammed together, their hands tied. When they heard the noise outside, their numb eyes lit up.
When the suicide squad rushed in, the people inside seemed to realize that this chaos was their opportunity, and they began to actively save themselves.
They untied each other's bound hands, and everyone tried hard to break free.
They did not give up the possibility of survival. When the members of the suicide squad saw this scene, they were stunned for a moment, and then immediately stepped forward to help.
The death squad had originally thought that it would take some persuasion to get them to follow him. But he didn't expect that he would just say, "We were sent by Lord Lu..." He then explained, "Lu Chenyang, Lord Lu."
Just one sentence made the imprisoned people very excited.
"Lord Lu, it turns out to be Lord Lu..."
The three words "Lord Lu" slowly spread among the crowd, and some people even had tears in their eyes.
"Lord Lu is here to save us, it's Lord Lu!" Some people were so excited that they shed tears.
The members of the suicide squad fell silent for a moment, and then a feeling of pride welled up in their hearts.
It’s their Lord Lu, it’s Lord Lu.
These three words alone are enough to make those who have fallen into despair trust them and follow them without hesitation.
They were people who had been abandoned, and they never dared to hope that anyone would come to save them. But if someone came, it would be Lu Chenyang, and this answer was so reasonable.
The captured people obediently followed them away. These people who were to be taken as slaves were not seriously injured, but had been hungry for too long.
But at such times, hope is the best food, and they followed hope closely.
Lu Ning and others met them when they were halfway through their evacuation. They briefly explained what had happened to each other, and then decided to evacuate according to the plan.
Lu Ning hadn't expected things to go so smoothly. The biggest problem with their plan was that the people would panic and not obey their orders. He also hadn't expected that just three words, "Master Lu," would solve the problem.
Leaving with 5,000 people is completely different from sneaking into the city with 50 people.
It was impossible for these people to climb over the wall, but Lu Chenyang was prepared for this.
The so-called internal and external cooperation is finally about to begin planning at this moment.
There are three gates in Huai'an City, one in the east, one in the west and one in the north.
However, only the West and North Gates were heavily guarded, while the East Gate led to Yanhui Pass. This area was now Tatar territory, so no one would even think of going there. Even if they did want to escape, they would flee through the East Gate.
Lu Chenyang knew this, so he placed all his troops at the west gate.
Lu Chenyang mobilized all his forces this time just to let Zar transfer troops and transfer the soldiers at the north gate, so that the 5,000 people in the city would have a chance to rush out.
Lu Ning led his men to the north gate. When they were almost there, he finally sent out a signal.
This means launching a general offensive.
Outside the city gate, Lu Chenyang had stopped fighting Zar. He was agile and didn't want to fight Zar head-on, but he was the best target, and everyone wanted to kill Lu Chenyang to gain merit.
Of course, it would be even better if we could capture him alive.
They are beautiful.
The guards around Lu Chenyang were no pushovers. Tan Feng stayed close to Lu Chenyang, never leaving his side. He was so brave and fearless that he dispatched all the soldiers who tried to attack Lu Chenyang before they could even reach him.
Zar hadn't expected Lu Chenyang to be so formidable. Even his Lu Family Army was relentless, and after fighting for so long, they still hadn't gained the upper hand.
But Lu Chenyang wanted to provoke him: "General, are you too weak to fight? I am waiting for you, General."
Zar wanted to rush forward, but the guards around Lu Chenyang stopped him.
Zar paused, breathing heavily. Lu Chenyang was definitely the toughest opponent he had ever encountered since joining the army. Even the Duke of Zhenguo hadn't put him under such pressure.
Lu Chenyang continued his mockery: "General, are you finally going to fail? If you are willing to admit defeat, I, a merciful official, will not deny you a chance to live."
Zar was so enraged that he gritted his teeth and began to order people to mobilize troops.
Zar is not acting on impulse. He is not stupid to have climbed from the bottom to his current position at such a young age.
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