Chapter 74 Murderous intent emerges

It turned out that the last ones to evacuate were all the neighbors who lived in the same neighborhood as Erwa. Everyone was talking about the stories that happened in the neighborhood. Most of them were related to Erwa's family or the anecdotes that were popular in the neighborhood.

The soldier named Erwa nodded frequently and said happily to Zhao Yi: "Master Governor, they are really from our village."

It seems that the common people are really common people, but the soldiers have not yet come forward to prove their identities.

Liao Wennan looked up at the darkness in the distance and asked Song Zaiyan beside him in a low voice, "Where is that?"

Song Zaiyan glanced outside and lowered his voice and replied: "Ten miles outside the east gate is a forest. The woods stretch for more than ten miles and behind it is Linglong Mountain."

Liao Wennan nodded and looked at the dark forest, and whispered after a while: "It's so quiet!"

Song Zaiyan was stunned when he heard this. He didn't understand what Liao Wennan meant. Now the people below the city tower kept begging to come into the city. There was no peace anymore!

At this time, Lao Qian arrived with five hundred soldiers. He hurried to the tower, leaned forward and whispered to Zhao Yi.

Song Zaiyan and Liao Wennan were close enough to hear vaguely.

"Half an hour ago, the Wei army launched a fierce attack on the north, south, and west gates at the same time. Now they can only mobilize 500 soldiers."

Zhao Yi was shocked. He had always wondered why the Wei Dynasty sacrificed its close proximity to attack the south gate, but now why it suddenly divided its forces to attack the west gate.

Moreover, they did not have many soldiers, and the losses were greater. It was not wise to divide the troops again. Zhao Yi was a little puzzled.

"The number of enemies attacking the city at the north and south gates has not decreased. It seems that another group of Wei troops have arrived at the west gate."

Lao Qian saw Zhao Yi's doubts and gave a more cruel explanation.

"Sir, the situation over there is urgent. You have to go back and take charge of the overall situation."

Zhao Yi understood that he really couldn't spend any more time here. He looked back outside the city and ordered Lao Qian, "Check whose soldiers are the last batch of people escorting the people out of the city. Verify clearly. We must not let anything happen to the people."

Lao Qian took the order, and Zhao Yi hurried to the city.

The people outside the city gate walked forward for a while, and some people began to cry, with fear in their cries.

Old Qian raised the torch, looked down, and then shouted to the people outside the city: "Soldiers, which general are you under? Tell your names. After verification of your enlistment date, you will be let into the city immediately."

The leading soldier outside the city gate clenched his fists when he heard this, lowered his head and remained silent.

Everyone on the tower also stared closely at the soldiers in the distance.

Suddenly, the sound of breaking wind came from the dark woods, and in the blink of an eye, a sharp arrow shot through the night and into the bodies of the people standing behind.

The people were so frightened that they ran aside and looked back to see the man who had been stabbed in the chest by a sharp arrow and slowly fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the people fell into panic and ran towards the city gate screaming.

The escorting soldiers also shouted into the city: "Those people are coming after them. General, please open the door and let us in!"

"Let us in quickly!"

"We're going to town!"

There was chaos outside the city gate.

The soldiers who were resting at the east gate were awakened and ran out to shout to the tower: "What happened?"

"Enemy.!"

Erwa screamed in horror but Lao Qian muffled him, and then ordered everyone: "All soldiers gather and prepare to defend against the enemy!"

Then Lao Qian stared at Er Wa and said word by word: "Send the order to open the city gate!"

Song Zaiyan grabbed Lao Qian's arm and reminded: "There's something wrong with those soldiers!"

"I know! We can't let the people die outside the city like this! Before leaving, the governor told the people that nothing should happen to them!"

Lao Qian gritted his teeth and whispered: "The East City Gate has not been attacked. It has been used for evacuation in the past few days. Therefore, in addition to the wounded soldiers who have retired from other places, the one thousand defenders here are also the new soldiers who have joined the army in recent days.

They are originally the people of Qingzhou City. If these people are allowed to be killed tonight, if word spreads, there will be a mutiny!"

Song Zaiyan let go after hearing this, understanding that they were being held on fire at this moment, and no matter what choice he made, the result would be painful.

Seeing that Erwa had not left, Lao Qian shouted: "The soldiers outside the city are all disguised as enemies. We must not let them enter the city! Go quickly!"

Erwa hurriedly ran down the city tower. Lao Qian gathered all the soldiers and ordered only thirty people to stay on the tower to guard. The others went to the city gate. There was only one order to protect all the people before the enemies hiding in the forest arrived at the city gate.

City, soldiers outside the city are not allowed to enter the city, otherwise they will be killed without mercy!

He ordered all the soldiers in the city to cut off a section of their belts and tie them on their arms. Those outside the city who did not wear white belts were the enemies.

At this time, the people had already poured under the city gate, and the sharp arrows behind them were still shooting at them, and people kept falling down.

At this moment, Lao Qian only had resentment in his heart, not fear. At this moment, he felt that his 1,500 men were more than enough to deal with the mere two to three hundred soldiers. As long as they were fast enough, they could kill the enemy army before it reached the city gate.

The gate is closed, tonight's battle to defend the city is won! The gate slowly opens a crack that only allows one person to pass through. "Enter one by one, don't be anxious." Before Erwa could finish his words, hundreds of people outside the city swarmed up.

, and instantly pushed the city gate to the size of four or five people.

Just as the first few dozen people poured in, they heard shrill screams coming from behind. Everyone heard the sound and ran away, their eyes suddenly split open.

Those soldiers wearing Zhou military uniforms raised their long knives and slashed at the helpless people. They could even see blood splashing in the dark night, and cries and calls for help rushed into the city instantly.

"Protect the people and kill them all!" Old Qian waved his long knife angrily and led the soldiers towards the city gate.

Hearing even more tragic sounds outside the city, Liao Wennan, who was standing on the city tower, looked down along the city wall, and suddenly saw many black shadows quickly moving under the city wall.

Liao Wennan hurried to the side of the runway to check carefully, and sure enough, there were countless black figures moving towards the city gate!

"Close the city gate! Close the city gate quickly!"

Liao Wennan used all her strength to shout down the tower, but at this time, the tower was already in chaos and no one could hear her cry.

Song Zaiyan quickly ran over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Liao Wennan pointed at the wall, said "See for yourself", and ran madly towards the bottom of the tower.

Song Zaiyan squinted his eyes and was shocked. He ran down the city tower, grabbed the gong hanging on the city wall and started knocking it.

When Liao Wennan and Song Zaiyan arrived at the city gate, it was still too late. Lao Qian had already led most of the soldiers out of the city and fought with hundreds of people wearing Zhou military uniforms. The people were screaming and hiding.

Run into the city.

"Old Qian, come back quickly!"

Song Zaiyan shouted at Lao Qian outside the city. Lao Qian slashed a fake soldier to death. Looking back, he instantly saw men in black suddenly appearing from under the walls on both sides of the city gate.

Some men in black had already taken advantage of the chaos and ran under the door, running towards the city. Old Qian hurriedly chased back!

The remaining soldiers in the city also saw the men in black and slashed at them.

At this time, all the living people had entered the city, and there were dense things coming from the forest not far away. Men in black on both sides of the city wall continued to attack their soldiers.

One by one, the soldiers fell under the surprise attack.
Chapter completed!