274, Abandon the city and flee
274, Abandon the city and flee
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"Why are you disturbing me?"
"Your Majesty, this is bad! The Hu people have invaded Kyoto!"
"W-what?!" Upon hearing this, the emperor sat up in shock from the dragon bed.
"Your Majesty, this is true. The Hu people are now outside the palace gate. If we let them break through the palace gate, we, we will all..." The old eunuch kneeling on the ground was trembling all over. He did not say the words "we will all die".
When the beauty who accompanied the emperor heard that the barbarians had invaded Kyoto and were outside the palace gates intending to break into the palace, she fearfully hugged the emperor's arm and asked him in panic, "Your Majesty, what should we do?"
"Quick, let the commander of the Imperial Guard come to see me!"
That night, the emperor was frightened when he heard that the Hu soldiers were going to break into the palace. He did something stupid. He took his favorite concubine and the youngest prince, along with countless palace maids and eunuchs, and several trusted ministers, and asked the imperial guards to clear the way for them and fled the city.
At the same time, on South Street, Zhao Lang, Lu Mingfei and his group hid in a dark alley and attacked Hu Bing.
"call out!"
Zhao Lang aimed the crossbow in his hand at the general who raised the sword, pulled the trigger, and an iron arrow flew out.
"Bang!"
This Hu Bing general was no pushover either. He swung his sword and blocked the arrow shot at him.
Seeing that the sneak attack failed, Zhao Lang knew that he had lost the next opportunity. The enemy had discovered them, and some Hu soldiers were coming towards the dark alley where they were hiding.
"Let's go!" Lu Mingfei grabbed Zhao Lang and led a group of guards inside. As he ran, he said to the people around him, "I remember there's a winery here. Let's go over there and borrow some wine."
"Master, you go first, we'll cover your retreat!"
"No, let's go together!"
Lu Mingfei didn't allow the guards to stay and serve as meat cushions. Tonight, they either lived together or died together! However, who would die in the end was uncertain!
"Go!" Zhao Lang ordered.
Upon hearing this, the guards behind them shot arrows and followed their masters.
Lu Mingfei grew up here since he was a child. He was very familiar with the surrounding environment. With him leading the way, they quickly left Hu Bing, who was chasing them, far behind.
Soon, they climbed into a courtyard. Lu Mingfei came over and knocked on the door of the host's house, lowering his voice and calling out, "Grandpa Huo, Grandpa Huo..."
The people in the house had woken up when they heard the noise outside. They were startled when they heard someone knocking on the door. The old man in the house lowered his voice and asked, "Who's outside?"
Lu Mingfei replied, "Grandpa Huo, it's me, Brother Fei. Hu Bing has invaded the city, and we came to borrow some wine from you." He grew up on South Street. The neighbors nearby all knew him, and he also knew the people around here.
"What, what?!" The people in the house were really scared when they heard this. The old man in the house quickly opened the door and saw Lu Mingfei and a group of people in their yard.
After finding out what happened, the old man hurried over and called his son from the next room to come out and told his son and daughter-in-law about what happened.
When they heard Lu Mingfei say that he wanted to borrow their wine to burn Hu Bing to death, the father and son agreed without hesitation and took Lu Mingfei and the people he brought to the wine cellar to move the wine.
The guards hiding in the wall immediately discovered that Hu Bing had found them and made a gesture to the brothers next to them.
However, these Hu soldiers couldn't find them, so they broke open the door of the next yard and went in with their swords.
"Not good!" Zhao Lang realized the plan of these beasts and immediately climbed over the wall of the yard and fell into the yard next door, where he ran into the Hu soldiers who broke into the yard next door. He raised and swung the sword in his hand and took care of these Hu soldiers.
When the guards saw their master flipping over to the next room, several of them followed their master over here to help.
The owner of the house was so frightened by the noise outside that he didn't dare to open the door.
Zhao Lang put away the sword in his hand, thought for a while, and went over to knock on the window of the host's house. He told everyone that Hu Bing had entered the city and asked everyone to be prepared. Then he returned to the yard next door.
The movement on their side also attracted Hu Bing outside, who came towards them.
"Bring the wine jar, let's go outside and kill them!"
"Yes, Lord Lu."
Lu Mingfei wanted to give him some money, but Mr. Huo refused to take it. Time was urgent, and he couldn't care less about such a small matter. He just ignored it and took his men to move the wine out first.
By the way, he also asked the Huo family to inform the neighbors nearby about Hu Bing's entry into the city, so that when Hu Bing broke into their homes, they would be powerless to fight back and could only be slaughtered.
When they arrived at the entrance of the alley, they saw groups of Hu soldiers. These Hu soldiers had broken into the shops on the street and were killing people and robbing things inside the shops.
"Throw!"
At a command, countless wine jars were thrown out and into Hu Bing's group, breaking on the ground and spilling wine all over the floor.
Along with the wine jar, a few fire starters were thrown out.
The moment the wine met the fire, it caught fire.
"ah!"
Hu Bing, who was drunk, was burned by the spreading fire.
While these Hu soldiers were trying to put out the fire on their bodies, they began to shoot arrows at them.
***
This night is destined to be a restless night.
The doors of many high-ranking officials in Dongcheng were broken down by the Hu soldiers. These Hu soldiers rushed in with big swords, killing anyone they saw and stealing anything they found.
However, these high-ranking officials also employed a lot of guards and thugs in their homes, and soon the two sides started fighting. This also slowed down the speed of these Hu soldiers burning, killing and looting everywhere, giving ordinary people a chance to react.
Lu Mingfei on South Street quickly gathered a group of helpers, all of whom came out of their homes on their own initiative.
When the neighbors learned that Hu Bing had entered the city, although everyone was very scared, the young and strong men in their homes took out their kitchen knives and sticks, followed them, and fought against Hu Bing together with them.
"Take their broadswords!"
After killing several Hu soldiers, Lu Mingfei picked up the weapons in Hu Bing's hands and threw them to the eldest brother who was following him closest, "Kill them and take their weapons!"
"Yes, kill them. If we kill one Hu dog, we will break even. If we kill two Hu dogs, we will make a profit!" The big brother following Lu Mingfei took the big knife and shouted.
Those who were originally a little scared, when they saw Lu Mingfei, a younger brother than them, dared to take up weapons to fight these Hu soldiers, they suddenly realized that these Hu soldiers were flesh and blood like them and there was nothing to be afraid of.
If these Hu soldiers are not killed, they will be killed, as well as their parents, wives and children!
That night was the first time for many of them to kill someone, but with the enemy at their doorstep, none of them had the heart to fear killing. Rather than being killed by the Hu soldiers, they would rather raise their butcher knives and kill all of them, giving themselves and their families a chance to survive!
"!" When Lu Mingfei and his men rushed over, they saw a tall Hu man holding a big knife and chopping towards Zhao Lang's head. He immediately raised the crossbow in his hand and shot six arrows at the Hu soldier.
The opponent dodged the first two arrows, but the following arrows all hit the Hu soldier. One of the iron arrows pierced the Hu soldier's neck, killing him instantly.
"General!" When the Hu soldiers saw their general being killed, they all went crazy.
"Are you okay?" Lu Mingfei rushed to Zhao Lang and asked.
"I'm fine, let's go. We just killed their general, and they want to take revenge on us!" Zhao Lang protected Lu Mingfei and retreated, knowing that he could not fight these crazy Hu soldiers at this time.
Lu Mingfei’s archery skills had not been practiced in vain over the years. With the help of the bow and crossbow, it was not difficult for him to kill these Hu soldiers whose martial arts were better than his.
Just looking at these endless streams of Hu soldiers coming from the east, he remembered the city gate on the east side and said to Zhao Lang: "We can't do this. We have to close the city gate and prevent these Hu soldiers from entering the city continuously."
"Otherwise, we still don't know how many Hu soldiers are outside. If we let more Hu soldiers into the city, those ordinary people will have no chance of survival."
"Okay, let's go to the East City Gate!" Zhao Lang also realized this.
They left a team of guards here to lead these ordinary people to fight against the Hu soldiers, and then took the secret guards to rush towards the east gate.
"Hold me tight!" Zhao Lang hugged Lu Mingfei with one hand and rushed to the East City Gate as fast as he could. All the secret guards behind him followed them.
Along the way, they encountered many Hu soldiers. Fortunately, they had bows and crossbows in their hands. They killed everyone they met and fought their way all the way to the East Gate.
When they arrived here, they found that the generals defending the city had been killed long ago, there were more Hu soldiers here, and a steady stream of Hu soldiers came in from outside the city.
When they arrived here, they happened to meet Qi Jun who was also here with his men.
When the two sides met, Zhao Lang shouted to Qi Jun, "We will cover you, you take the men to close the city gate!"
"Okay!" Qi Jun responded, and without any hesitation, he led his men to kill towards the city gate.
"Bang—"
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”
Lu Mingfei ordered his men to throw the burning wine jars toward the city gate, and the fire started instantly. Then they used bows and crossbows to clear the way.
But after killing so many people along the way, their iron arrows are almost used up!!!
At this moment, an old general was brandishing two huge hammers with great vigor. With one swing of the hammers, he killed several Hu soldiers. "Hu dogs, I'm going to smash you to death!"
"It's General Wei." Zhao Lang recognized the old general in the lead, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"That's great. I've always heard of General Wei's great name, and today I finally have the chance to meet him." Lu Mingfei had also heard of General Wei's great name. With General Wei and his men joining, the pressure on their side was instantly reduced a lot.
After the people from several parties joined together, they dealt with this group of Hu soldiers together. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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