The city of Luoding was now in chaos. The fire woke everyone up from their dreams. There were people who were putting out fires everywhere, and there were panicked crowds everywhere. The Qing soldiers who were eager to escape were running around in the city, making women and children scream.

The fire, as Bald Man worried, had spread to the houses, the houses were engulfed by fire, and the crying and shouting made by the people whose relatives died was heartbreaking.

After Kong Guoliang led his personal soldiers to rush out, he found that the street was blocked. Years of war made the residents of Luo Ding tense. After hearing the screams of the Ming army entering the city, some large families who were usually close to the Qing army began to run out of the city with their families to avoid being liquidated by the Ming army. As a result, their run immediately led more people to run.

No matter which dynasty, the Chinese people follow the crowd. Even if they know that they are not in danger, they will run blindly when they see someone running. Moreover, the people who run are all gentry families. These people are all knowledgeable and knowledgeable people, and even they are about to run away. Why are they still doing this for a hard time?

The residents of Luo Ding, who were eager to leave the city, helped the elderly and the young without a single organization, rushed to the streets in a swarm of small bags, and immediately squeezed the small streets into pieces.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

In order to survive, the Qing soldiers who were eager to escape from the city showed their fierce nature. They began to slaughter the crowd in front of them. When a woman fell under the sword of the Qing soldiers, the crowd exploded. You ran to me to escape, making the streets even more chaotic and the Qing soldiers who originally wanted to fight out of the way were even more inactive.

The drums outside the city were getting louder and louder, and the Ming army's shouts were getting closer and closer. Kong Guoliang was like a frightened bird. In shock, he rode his horse and rushed towards the crowd. The personal soldiers followed suit. In an instant, the crowd was knocked open a gap, and dozens of people and several Qing soldiers were knocked to the ground by war horses, and there were sorrows under the trampling.

Although Luo Ding is a state city, there are only two gates in the east and west. The east gate is obviously the main attack direction of the Ming army, and the shouts of killing mostly come from that direction. The west gate is quiet. Kong Guoliang chose to run towards the west gate without thinking.

Seeing Lord Qian riding his own soldiers to the West Gate, some Qing soldiers who escaped from the camp also began to run towards the West Gate. Most of them were wearing shorts, and some of them didn't even have weapons in their hands. In a panic, many Qing soldiers' shoes were stepped off and they ran barefoot on the stone pavement.

What is terrible is not chaos, but lack of backbone. Seeing Lord Qian, the Qing army immediately had a goal and followed President Qian to escape from his life regardless of everything. On the way to the West Gate, hundreds of innocent people were either trampled by war horses or died tragically under the sword of the Qing army.

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The fire in the city also surprised Zhou Shixiang outside the city. His brows were furious amid the howling wind. He knew that when the fire came, the people in the city would definitely be killed or injured, and half of the houses in the city would probably be burned. But now, he had no way to save them. When he decided to set the fire, he knew that there would definitely be more innocent people who died under the fire than the Qing soldiers.

But this is a matter of no way, and it is also an uncontrollable thing. No one wants such a thing to happen. But if Zhou Shixiang gave up seizing Luoding City in order to avoid casualties, he would never agree.

If a general succeeds, thousands of bones are undone, and then thousands of bones are not all the bones of soldiers. I am afraid that civilians will die more. Even in the 21st century hundreds of years later, war will not avoid civilians' casualties, let alone this era.

Zhou Shixiang comforted himself as much as possible, let him put down the moral values ​​of later generations. After picking up the drum hammer and hit it hard for dozens of times, he threw down the drum hammer and said to Song Xianggong who had been standing beside him: "Mr. Song, let's go to the city."

"Enter the city?"

Duke Xiang of Song hesitated for a moment. He was afraid that it would be unsafe to enter the city. He was still more cautious in his life, otherwise he would not have done anything to change the party one after another. But if Boss Hu and his friends had already seized the city gate and rushed into the city, the Qing army would have been in chaos long ago. It would be as if there was no danger to enter the city. Why bother Zhou Shixiang underestimate it, so he nodded and agreed.

At that moment, Zhou Shixiang picked up the sword of Youyunlong, led the Daqingma and Duke Xiang of Song to the city gate. When he arrived at the city gate, he saw Ge Liu leading a few people there. He did not see Boss Hu. Duke Xiang of Song couldn't help but ask Ge Liu: "Where is Boss Hu?"

Ge Liu grinned and said with dissatisfaction: "Brother led his brothers to kill the Tartar General Qian, but asked us to do this gate-guarding chore. It's so unfaithful!"

After hearing Ge Liu say this, Zhou Shixiang shook his head. The Qing army in the city was not actually the Manzhou Tartars, but were Han people like them. Therefore, it seems inappropriate to call these Jiangxi soldiers who are also Han people "Tartars". However, it is not the time to correct their views or prepare for future identification and differentiation. He said nothing, and looked up at the city.

Not far away, a group of people were crowded with people looking here in fear. They seemed to want to leave the city, but they were afraid that Ge Liu and the others who were guarding the city gate would kill people, so they were hesitant.

Zhou Shixiang thought about it and said a few words to Duke Xiang of Song. After hearing this, Duke Xiang of Song agreed. Zhou Shixiang led his horse to the front of the people and shouted: "Good brothers, we are subordinates of General Hu of the Ming Dynasty. This time we attacked Zhoucheng, we only killed the Qing army and did not hurt the people. Therefore, you don't have to panic, nor do you have to be afraid, and there is no need to go out of the city. Although the city is in chaos, our army has already controlled the situation, so you can go home with confidence and not gather here."

Seeing that Zhou Shixiang was wearing a Confucian shirt and looked like a scholar, not like the fierce people on the other side of the city gate, there was a brave young man in the crowd and shouted: "Our home has been burned, so where can we go home?"

Zhou Shixiang said: "If you have no home to go back, please stay here for the time being, and if you have home to go back, you can go home." He also said, "Our army who stays here will never be disturbed. The fire in the city is in full swing. If you are willing, you can organize the fire to be put out by yourself. After dawn, our army can give you compensation at your discretion, and it will not be a matter of food and clothing for everyone."

"Are you true?"

The young man was a little disbelief, and the others were also suspicious, because they found that the group of people they saw were not like the Ming army that had been shouting in the city for a long time, otherwise why wouldn't they even have a military banner? Looking at the few at the gate of the city, they looked more like bandits than Ming army.

Zhou Shixiang also knew that it was difficult to convince these people for a while, but it was too troublesome to explain. While pondering on how to get a good word, Zhao Sihai hurried over and saw Zhou Shixiang and Duke Xiang of Song, he hurriedly shouted: "Scholar, Mr. Song!"

Duke Xiang of Song couldn't wait to pull him over and asked, "Brothers from all over the world, what about Boss Hu?"

Zhao Sihai didn't breathe for a moment, but pointed to the west and said, "The Tartar President Qian took his helpers to escape to the Ximen. Brother Hu was afraid that they would find something wrong and fight back, so he took his brothers to chase him. I was afraid that you would worry, so he asked me to come back and report a letter!"

Zhou Shixiang was shocked and asked him: "How many people did Mr. Qian take to Ximen?"

Zhao Sihai said: "There are always hundreds of people!"

After hearing this, Zhou Shixiang turned his head and said to Duke Xiang of Song, "Mr. Song, these people will be placed by you. I will help Brother Hu with help!" Without waiting for Duke Xiang of Song to agree, he had already turned over and ran towards Ximen Chi with a "drive".

"Brother Zhou (scholar), you can't go!"

Duke Xiang of Song and Zhao Sihai couldn't stop him, so he jumped straight into anger.
Chapter completed!