Chapter 145: Race against time

Tie Mo showed a hint of joy between his eyebrows, and nodded with a smile, "Yes, we have suffered a lot now. The bandits probably wouldn't have expected that we would kill a shot at this time. The most important thing is that Yuan Ma's troops suffered serious losses, and Mizhi City is now relaxed in defense. As long as we take Mizhi City, we can go in and out of Shaanxi through Lin County, and there is no need to worry that the bandits will cross the Sanchuan River to block our retreat."

"This...if Li Yangchun's main force gets the news and we can't take down Mizhi City in time, wouldn't we suffer at that time?" Lou Daji thought about it, but he still felt that Cao Wenzhao and Tie Mo's ideas were too risky.

Cao Wenzhao thought for a while and said, "As long as we plan properly, we should still have a great grasp. The bandits can set up a few empty cities to deceive us. Why can't we create some troops to deceive them?"

Hearing this, Lou Daji couldn't help but lit up his eyes.

After nightfall, the troops in the three towns, which were originally resting in Wubao, suddenly changed defenses. This abnormal movement scared the bandits. Later, seeing that the officers and soldiers showed no signs of taking the initiative to attack, Li Yangchun didn't take it too seriously.

The next morning, the troops in the three towns were still guarding the battle, so Li Yangchun naturally would not act rashly.

If Li Yangchun continues to confront each other, he is not worried at all. The soldiers in the three towns cannot bear it for long. Even if the soldiers in the three towns do not want to fight, the court will not agree. In short, the current situation is that whoever moves first will suffer.

"Is there any abnormality in the troops in the three towns?"

"No, except for the change of defense last night, the soldiers in the three towns were nothing unusual. According to the spies' reward, the soldiers in the three towns were all huddled near Wubao."

"You must keep an eye on it and have more snacks!"

Li Yangchun gave a few serious instructions, and he didn't want the officers and soldiers to make trouble under his nose. Li Yangchun was already cautious enough, but he still ignored the estuary of the Sanchuan River on the east side of Wubao.

There is a hilly slope north of the mouth of the Sanchuan River, connecting to the dense forest in the north. At this time, a soldier was hiding in the dense forest. They secretly hid here last night while adjusting their defenses.

This group of soldiers was about two thousand, led by Sha Diao and Cao Bianjiao respectively. Because they were afraid that the marching was discovered during the day, they could only hide in the daytime and come out at night.

On the other hand, the three generals of Tie Mo, Cao Wenzhao and Lou Daji often showed their faces in front, and even launched several feint attacks on the bandits to cover up this operation. With the cooperation of multiple parties, they deceived Li Yangchun.

Another night, the soldiers lurking in the dense forest of Sanhekou, divided into two groups under the command of Sha Diao and Cao Bianjiao, and quietly passed through the hills and rushed towards Mizhi City fifty miles away.

In Mizhi City, Yuan Ma was sleeping soundly, and the guards on the city were unsuspecting. Due to the previous fierce battle, the losses were heavy, and those who survived were exhausted. Now the officers and soldiers have retreated, and the Four Heavenly Kings led the main army to confront the officers and soldiers with the Sanchuan River. Even if the officers and soldiers with insufficient troops have great courage, they will not be able to divide their troops to attack Mizhi City at this time.

With this kind of thought, Mizhi City's defense was almost useless. Just after midnight, just as the guards fell asleep, a team of people wrapped in black uniforms quietly hung the rope onto the city wall and slowly climbed the wall along the rope.

There were a few guards nearby, but the slight sound could not drive away the sleeping insects in their minds. After a while, these guards fell into a deep sleep forever.

After putting down more ropes, more and more people climbed up the city wall. They quietly covered and killed them and successfully opened the heavy city gate. When the city gate opened, Sha Diao's frowning brows finally stretched out. He knew that Mizhi City was almost in his hand.

Cao Bianjiao urged his subordinates to enter the city quickly, but he did not forget to instruct his subordinates to fire arrows, "Send a message quickly and leave a few people to guard the city gates to ensure that the large army can enter the city, and the others will kill me."

For a time, the sound of killing in Mizhi City shook the sky. Now there are not many people in the city and there is no need to identify them at all. As long as you dare to show up on the street, you are likely to be a rebellion. Cao Bianjiao and his men rushed straight to the county government office, while Sha Diao rushed to the other direction with his men.

Cao Bianjiao and Sha Diao have different ideas. Cao Bianjiao was thinking about how to cut off Yuan Ma's head and make a great contribution, while Sha Diao thought about confiscating Mizhi City's property as much as possible.

Fortunately, after the rebels entered Mizhi City, they plundered and concentrated on the family of Bai Xingyuan, the richest man in Mizhi. As for Bai Xingyuan's family, they were fleeing, and those who died, and now all those living in the Bai family are rebels.

The sound of fighting one after another had already awakened Yuan Ma. As soon as he woke up, Yuan Ma cursed, but after he figured out what was going on, he put on his clothes and ran to the Bai family.

Since the officers and soldiers entered the city, Mizhi was sure to be unable to defend it. Yuan Ma's first thought was to run away quickly, but when he ran, he had to take away the treasures he had plundered.

After entering Mizhi City, Yuan Ma killed all the wealthy families in the city and scraped countless good things. If he just threw them away like this, he would be a little unwilling to accept it.

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Cao Bianjiao rushed to the county government office with his men. As soon as he entered the county government office, he was shocked by the scene inside.

In the original front yard of the lobby, torches flashed, and many bones were scattered under the two jujube trees, and there were even dry blood. Some bones were connected with flesh, leaving clear tooth marks.

When did the young Cao Bianjiao see this scene? After a few glances, his face turned pale and he spitted on the door wall. After a while, he stopped the nausea feeling, "Search, search Yuan Ma for me, I'm going to cut him into pieces."

Eat people is not new. After being hungry to the extreme, it is necessary to eat people in order to survive. However, this bandit soldier occupied Mizhi and plundered countless supplies. Do you need to eat people to satisfy your hunger?

Therefore, these people are either humans, or a group of wild beasts that have lost their human nature. Cao Bianjiao, in a rage, issued the same order as a film, that is, not to capture prisoners. None of the prisoners they had caught before were left, and all the heads were cut off.

What Yuan Ma's troops did far exceed the bottom line that Cao Bianjiao could tolerate.

The county government was contributed and searched every corner, but Yuan Ma was not found, which disappointed Cao Bianjiao.

At this time, a fierce battle was taking place in the Bai family compound. In order to protect the plundered materials, the bandits also sacrificed their lives, blocking the front and back doors one by one, and there were also crowds of figures on the city walls.

"Where is the prepared gunpowder pack? Blast the door open for me!"

Since it was the first time to use a gunpowder bag, Sha Diao did not hide too far after igniting the medicine twist. With a sound of coaxing, the wall was blown down, and Sha Diao's ears were really rumbling and nothing could be heard.

No one else could hear anything, so he could only wave his long sword and yell, "Roar, rush, snatch everything, ask for things, don't have people's heads, kill!"
Chapter completed!