273, Hu Bing Night Attack
273, Hu Bing Night Attack
"boom--"
"The fire is coming—"
"Put out the fire, put out the fire quickly——"
"Ah—murder!"
“…”
There was a loud bang at night, and the city gate was opened from the inside. A group of Hu soldiers rode into the city and began burning, killing and looting.
"Who's outside? What happened outside?" Zhao Lang sat up from the bed, turned his head to look towards the window, and asked the guard outside.
"Your Highness, I'm here. I've already arranged for someone to check out the situation." The guard outside responded.
Lu Mingfei was half asleep when he heard someone talking and woke up. He thought it was time to go to work, so he asked without opening his eyes, "What's wrong? What time is it?"
"It should be after three o'clock. There was a noise outside. I don't know what it is. I have sent someone to check it out."
But at this moment, Zhao Lang felt something was not right, so he quickly got out of bed and put on his clothes. He also brought clothes over for Lu Mingfei to put on, "Put on your clothes first. I'm afraid something happened outside."
"Ah?" Lu Mingfei was originally dazed, but when he heard Zhao Lang's words, he suddenly woke up with a fright, "Something happened?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the voice of the guards outside was heard, "Master, Lord Lu, a group of Hu soldiers have entered the city and are burning, killing and looting."
"There are flames all over East City. I'm afraid it was set by those Hu soldiers. They are now heading towards us."
"!!!" Zhao Lang and Lu Mingfei were both shocked.
"Are you sure it's Hu Bing?"
"My father and mother are still in the store!"
The voices of two people were heard at the same time. The first sentence was asked by Zhao Lang, and the second sentence was said by Lu Mingfei.
"I want to go find my father and mother!" Lu Mingfei jumped off the bed, put on his shoes anxiously, and then went to get the crossbow hanging inside the bed curtain.
The guard outside heard the voices in the house and said, "Master Lu, I have arranged for someone to pick up your family."
"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you." Hearing this, Lu Mingfei's heart relaxed a little, but it had not yet returned to its original state.
"Your Highness, it is certain that they are Hu soldiers. Their horses are different from ours, and they all have pigtails. They are not soldiers from Dayan." These guards had followed their prince from Beijun to Kyoto Prefecture. They were no strangers to the Hu people and had fought against them countless times. It was impossible for them not to be able to tell the difference between soldiers from Dayan and Hu soldiers.
After the two men had put their clothes in order, Zhao Lang came over and opened the door to the room. He asked his subordinates outside about the situation in the city, "Have the soldiers defending the city and the city guards responded?"
"I don't know about this, but it seems something happened in the palace as well."
The guard outside said, "My Lord, if the Hu soldiers can enter the city, they must have their support inside. We are in great danger here. We must find a way to leave the city."
"It's not safe to leave the city now. We don't know what the situation is outside the city. It's better to stay in the city first." Zhao Lang had a bad feeling in his heart. He always felt that things tonight would not be so simple.
They now don't even know how those Hu soldiers bypassed the border defenses, made their way to Kyoto Prefecture, and entered the city.
If something happened in the palace, the Imperial Guards would definitely enter the palace for the first time to rescue the emperor.
"Zhao Lang, I want to go find my father and mother." Lu Mingfei was worried because he didn't see his father and mother come back. He wanted to go and bring his father, mother, younger brother, and his adoptive parents here before Hu Bing arrived.
Zhao Lang grabbed Lu Mingfei's hand and said, "Don't go. Stay here. I'll go get them for you."
"I'll go with you." Lu Mingfei grabbed Zhao Lang's hand. Those were his parents and family. It was his responsibility, not Zhao Lang's.
The two looked at each other, and neither could convince the other.
"Okay, then let's go out together. You have to listen to my instructions and don't run around, okay?" Zhao Lang was worried about letting Lu Mingfei stay here waiting for him, so he agreed.
"Okay." Lu Mingfei nodded, went to the tool room, found a dagger and tied it around his waist, and carried two buckets of iron arrows. He also distributed the bows, crossbows and iron arrows stored in the tool room to all the guards and secret guards, asking everyone to carry more weapons with them in case of an emergency.
Zhao Lang also asked someone to go back to Prince Ding's Mansion to transfer people here.
Then they all went out. Lu Mingfei asked a guard to wake up the neighbors next door and let everyone prepare for the response. Then he and Zhao Lang went out with the other guards.
At this time, the sound of dogs barking was heard everywhere in the city, and some owners got up to check what was going on when they heard the barking.
Whenever he met someone on the road, Lu Mingfei would ask the guards to go over and remind everyone to be on guard and not wait for Hu Bing to break into their homes and kill people, otherwise they would be killed by surprise.
At this time, there were still quite a few people in Kyoto Prefecture. Even if the Hu soldiers came in, their number would definitely not be more than theirs. As long as everyone united to fight against the Hu soldiers, it would not be impossible to kill these Hu soldiers in the city.
But if everyone waits for Hu Bing to rush in and kill people, there will not be enough people for these beasts to kill!
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Before they reached South Street, they met his father, mother, adoptive father and mother and their group on the way.
"Father and Mother!"
"Ming Fei!"
Lu Mingfei rushed over and grabbed his father's hand. Seeing his mother, brother, and adoptive parents all there, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Are you all okay?"
"We are fine. How are you?" Lu Youtian looked at his eldest son and felt relieved when he saw that his eldest son was still standing in front of him in good health.
Liu Sanniang was very panicked and didn't know what to do. "What should we do now?"
"I'm fine too." Lu Mingfei glanced at Zhao Lang. Hu Bing had come from East City, where Prince Ding's Mansion was located. It was definitely not appropriate for them to go there right now. Otherwise, the walls of Prince Ding's Mansion were higher and stronger, and the defenses there were better, so they would be safer hiding there.
But now Hu Bing is coming from that side, and something has happened in the imperial city, so they can no longer go to Prince Ding's Mansion.
After discussing it with Zhao Lang, Lu Mingfei said to his family, "Father, foster father, take everyone to the small courtyard over on Chunxi Road and gather the neighbors to fight the enemy together. After daybreak, we'll see what the situation is and then make a plan."
"Okay, let's go back over there first." Lu Youtian responded.
What they didn't expect was that Hu Bing arrived faster than they expected.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves coming towards them, Zhao Lang thought to himself, "The Hu soldiers are coming our way!"
"Master, please leave quickly. We, the subordinates, will cover your retreat." The guards protected their master in front and behind. If Hu Bing knew that their prince was here, they would be finished.
However, Zhao Lang and Lu Mingfei just stood there without moving, both looking up towards the entrance of the alley.
Lu Mingfei glanced at Zhao Lang. At this moment, he had already made up his mind, "Father, godfather, take everyone away quickly."
"What about you?" Lu Youtian met his eldest son's gaze and had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Let's go kill those beasts!" Lu Mingfei said in a firm tone, holding a crossbow in his hand.
"No, no! You have to go with us!" Liu Sanniang rushed over and grabbed the eldest son's hand, asking him to go with them.
"Mother, if the Hu soldiers occupy Jingdu Prefecture, all of us will be doomed." Lu Mingfei pushed his mother towards his father and said to everyone, "Protect yourselves. Once the Hu soldiers are driven away, I will come back to find you."
"Brother!" Lu Mingrui realized what his brother was going to do and rushed over to hug him.
"Just listen to your father and mother." Lu Mingfei pushed his brother away and asked his father and adoptive father to take everyone away.
Lu Youtian and Lu Qingfeng also knew that now was not the time to be nagging. Seeing that their son (adopted son) was going to fight against Hu Bing, they no longer delayed here and quickly took everyone away.
After seeing his father and adoptive father taking everyone away, Lu Mingfei looked at Zhao Lang.
"Don't be so stubborn. Protect yourself, okay?" Zhao Lang grabbed Lu Mingfei's hand and warned him.
Lu Mingfei knew his own limitations and knew that a head-on fight with the enemy was definitely not an option. However, he had a crossbow in hand, so it wouldn't be easy for Hu Bing to kill him. "Okay, I know, and you too."
Hearing the sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer outside, as well as the screams coming from outside, they knew that Hu Bing had started killing people around here.
Lu Mingfei gritted his teeth and said to the guards around him, "Let's hide in the dark first and attack them with bows and crossbows. We will kill as many Hu soldiers as we can. Don't confront them head-on."
"Okay." The guards responded.
The group scattered and hid in the alley.
Seeing the cavalry coming towards them, Lu Mingfei put down the crossbow in his hand.
"call out!"
The iron arrow flew out and hit the Hu soldier on horseback.
"Bang!"
The Hu soldier who was shot fell off his horse immediately. Before he could get up, he was trampled to death by the horse behind him.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”
The first iron arrow was like a signal, and the iron arrows that followed were as dense as rain, flying towards the Hu soldiers riding on horseback.
The next moment, several more Hu soldiers fell off their horses and were trampled to death on the spot by the horses' hooves.
These Hu soldiers, who had been killing with great pleasure all the way, did not expect to be ambushed. They were caught off guard and killed without warning. The Hu soldiers behind did not react in time, and their horses bumped into the fallen people in front. The horses were startled and the Hu soldiers in front were thrown off.
However, these Hu soldiers grew up on horseback. Some of them reacted in time and rolled over and landed steadily on the ground.
One of the generals discovered the source of the arrows and saw someone hiding there shooting arrows at them. He raised his weapon and shouted, "They are there, kill them!" Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support.
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