Several attackers who were fighting for the forwards hurriedly walked to him and knelt down and said, "Young Master, there are indeed no defenders in Cangzhou City now. Our people have entered the city and guarded various passes. Now the city is completely under our control."

The wind blew across the land with a faint fishy smell of the soil.

The smoke and war broke out last night and completely disappeared with dawn. Only then did I feel that the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, and there was nothing except the sorrowful cry of pain from the injured soldiers.

I wonder what kind of situation is in the city?

However, since all the checkpoints have been in their hands, the fall of Cangzhou City is a foregone conclusion.

However, Song Huaiyi was still cautious after all. He rode his horse to Pei Yuanxiu and said softly: "Young Master, should you just have some rest?-"

“No need,”

Pei Yuanxiu raised his hand and stopped him from continuing: "Go into the city."

When Song Huaiyi heard this, a little light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately turned around and ordered: "Line in line and enter the city!"

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Before we entered the city, teams of soldiers entered Cangzhou City and opened the road on both sides. However, even so, when we entered the empty space, full of impact, knife and axe, the situation inside was like a purgatory on earth, immediately caught our eyes.

This city is very quiet.

There was no sound or sound, only our horseshoes and wheels made monotonous snatching sounds when they were trampling and crushing the road, spreading in the empty streets and alleys, and even spreading far away. Even our team had never experienced such silence from south to north, passing through the most empty fields and the most rarely visited mountain roads.

But this city is not empty.

Once you lift the curtain of the carriage, you can see both sides of the street. In addition to the two rows of guards standing with long spears in hand to protect us, there are many ragged people, some slumped on the ground, holding children who are not dead or alive in their arms; some have straight eyes and their hands are hanging beside them, except for the corners of their clothes being blown by the wind, the rest are stiff, like lifeless scarecrows. They are all thin, like skeletons wearing a layer of dry human skin. Everyone's eyes have no spirit, only two naked words are left--

hunger.

If the eyes behind these two words can be turned into hands, they will definitely grab everything in front of them and stuff them into their mouths.

But these people didn't even have the strength to move. The bark of the big trees on the roadside had long been stripped away. On some street corners, you could see randomly set stoves, and some broken clothes were discarded beside the cold charcoal ash. They were discarded with unknown meanings.

I don't know what animal's bones it is or...

I suddenly trembled and put the curtain down.

But the pictures in front of me were like red-burned irons, deeply imprinted into my heart, bringing heart-wrenching pain.

I bit my lower lip and stretched out my trembling hand to lift the curtain again. But just as I lifted a corner, I found that the situation outside was blocked by a figure - it was Pei Yuanxiu. He deliberately slowed down the horse under his seat and walked to the window next to the carriage, blocking everything outside. When he saw me lifting the curtain, he lowered his head and said to me, "Stop looking."

“…”

"Not good for the fetus."

“…”

I had nothing to say, so I could only bit my lower lip and slowly lower the curtain.

As I walked forward, I didn't see the situation outside again, but I knew in my heart that reality would only be more cruel than the phenomenon.

Every time we walk, we hear a team of people coming from the front to report the situation. Obviously, the situation around us is in their control. However, this calmness surprised me a little. Cangzhou City suddenly opened, which was already incredible. I even had some doubts whether they had set up an empty city plan or set up some ambush waiting for the people here to fall into the trap. But now it seems that all the checkpoints in the city are controlled by Pei Yuanxiu, Song and Cui families, which means that they have really given up their resistance completely.

But why did he suddenly give up resistance?

If these people in the city are trying to survive, they should consider this issue when they are besieged for a while. Now it seems that they have suffered a lot and even opened the city after a large number of people died. This is obviously not considered for survival.

It is neither for the sake of survival nor for any traps and plans. So what is going on in this situation?

Listening to the sound of footsteps and horse hooves outside, my heart slowly became chaotic.

At this time, we had been walking on this avenue for a long time. I don’t know how many people came to report the situation ahead. This time, another team came, but it seemed that they were more anxious than before. I heard someone rushing over to walk to Pei Yuanxiu: "Young Master!"

Pei Yuanxiu said: "What?"

"We have found the location of the Cangzhou official yamen."

“Where is it?”

“Just ahead.”

“How is the situation?”

"We have surrounded the place and rushed in and grabbed the people inside after the young master gave the order."

“…”

This time, Pei Yuanxiu did not give an order immediately, nor even spoke, but was just a little silent.

I leaned against the window and frowned slightly when I heard their words.

I think Song Xuan, who is outside, must be a little uneasy when he hears this sentence. Pei Yuanxiu is very clear that there are people in the dark and defenders in Cangzhou City around him. At this time, he is surrounded by the government office and wants to arrest the people inside. Obviously, it is to find out the "spy" around him. If they really succeed, Song Xuan and Old Lady Zhang are afraid-

Thinking of this, my heart that had already been relieved was raised again.

At this time, Pei Yuanxiu said: "Don't be anxious, you must capture it alive-"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, before he finished speaking, he suddenly stopped. It seemed that something had interrupted his words. I was wondering in my heart that I heard a scattered sound outside, and a few horses seemed to be frightened, with horse hooves ringing, and constant sniffling sounds, and some people screamed.

Someone shouted, "Look!"

It seemed that something really happened before, which shocked everyone and someone exclaimed.

This time, I finally couldn't help but lifted the curtain and stuck my head out. Seeing that everyone around me stopped and looked at the sky ahead with a look of shock. I also quickly turned around and saw a thick stream of black smoke rising in front of me, rushing straight into the sky.

There seemed to be fire in the black smoke.

A fire broke out!

Pei Yuanxiu frowned: "Where is that?"

There was a team of people next to them, which seemed to be the vanguard's troops they sent to explore the way. When they looked back at this time, they were shocked. One of them said, "Over there - it seems to be the official office of Cangzhou City!"

"What?"

Pei Yuanxiu frowned: "Who told you to do it!"

The man was also panicked and said hurriedly: "No, we didn't do it!"

Upon hearing this, Pei Yuanxiu, Song Huaiyi and Cui Tai, who were beside him, frowned. Song Huaiyi immediately said, "Young Master, let's go over quickly and must catch a living!"

I subconsciously looked at Song Xuan behind him. At this time, Song Xuan looked at the black smoke soaring into the sky, with a heavy expression on his face. Seeing Pei Yuanxiu and the others galloping over, he gritted his teeth and followed.

This time the carriage was faster than before. Fortunately, the mat was soft and it was not too bumpy. After running for about a stick of incense, we finally arrived at the official office of Cangzhou City.

There was chaos outside.

Pei Yuanxiu said to my carriage window before dismounting, "No get out!"

I lifted the curtain and looked out. It was already in chaos. The black smoke I saw in the distance just now. In this place, it was already burning with fire. The government office in front of me completely turned into a sea of ​​fire. The gate seemed to be locked from the inside, and the soldiers outside were slamming the door with force.

With a rumbling sound, the door that had already started to ignite was finally knocked open and the door panel fell down with a bang.

But in this way, a fire dragon roared out from inside and rushed to the lintel. Several soldiers who hit the door outside were caught off guard and were wrapped in flames and turned into firemen. They screamed and rolled to the ground. The people around rushed up to extinguish the flames on their bodies.

Water and fire are ruthless. At this time, no matter how brave the soldiers are, they can only retreat; and the horses around are also afraid of fire. When they see the fire, they are frightened and struggle to neigh. For a moment, people are overturned and horses are in chaos.

Pei Yuanxiu frowned and pinched the whip in his hand: "Put the fire! Be sure to rescue the people inside!"

The people below immediately received the order: "Yes!"

Although the military orders were as high as a mountain, no one really dared to rush in such a large flame. They hurriedly found the nearby water source and began to extinguish the fire at the door. After the fire was a little smaller, several death-death men soaked their heavy cotton coats and draped them in and rushed in.

At this time, a loud bang was heard inside, as if something huge was coming to the ground. I thought about it for a while before I realized that it was the sound of the beam burning and collapsed.

When I looked up, I saw that the tall towers collapsed inside the gate.

The fallen pavilion stirred up huge smoke and dust. The heat wave rolled in, almost burning a layer of skin on people's face. I lay by the window and watched the flames descend down little by little, but the flames turned red. Pei Yuanxiu's face slowly turned pale, and his eyes also shone with a prickly light.
Chapter completed!