The banners covered the sun and the moon, and the sound of killing shook the world.
Hundreds of thousands of rebel troops suddenly advanced under Sun Tu's order, and their momentum immediately frightened the imperial troops guarding the city out of their wits. Many of them even dropped their weapons to the ground, facing the surging killing force. The feeling of satisfaction made them feel that they did not have a city to defend, but were facing head-on confrontations with enemies as fierce as tigers and wolves in the wilderness.
Especially the defenders at Chenqiao Gate. When Sun Tu swung his sword and made a false attack, then galloped forward, the tens of thousands of elites behind him even shouted in unison. It was like a dragon roaring and a tiger roaring, which was breathtaking and far from being... These Taiping Forbidden Army who have never experienced a life and death fight can bear it.
But in fact, if they were calm enough, they would find that the rebels outside the city were actually more of a bluff. They seemed to have launched an attack. In fact, the soldiers and horses only moved slightly forward and were far from posing a threat to the city. Even the crossbows, rams, trebuchets and other weapons that should have been used in siege warfare were nowhere to be seen.
At the same time, a unified voice was shouted by hundreds of thousands of people at the same time: "We only kill traitors for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, so that our soldiers in the world will no longer be despised and bullied! If you are a bloody man, you should abandon the secret and turn to the light." , open the city gate, join us in killing the thieves and doing meritorious service, and bring order to the chaos!"
This long paragraph of words rolled out from the mouths of the soldiers who besieged the city on all sides, and penetrated the barriers of space like thunder, crossing high walls and going straight into Bianliang City in Tokyo. Not only the defenders on the city could hear clearly, but also the ordinary people in the city who were hiding in their homes with fear could also understand the meaning of the words, and many people even showed deep thoughts because of this.
Although Cai Jing, who was sitting in the political hall, could not hear clearly what the rebels outside were shouting, his subordinates promptly reported the changes outside. Upon hearing this, his ugly old face immediately turned paler. : "The traitor Sun Tu is really very scheming. He wants to use a psychological attack to disrupt the morale of the army in our city. We can't let him succeed. Hurry, go and send an order to Liang Shicheng and ask him to drag Sun Tu's wife and children up immediately. At the top of the city, kill one person first and force him to withdraw!"
By this time, Cai Jing had put aside all other concerns. As long as there was a way, he had to use it. Even if Sun Tu had threatened him before, he couldn't care less. After all, he knew very well that once Sun Tuzhen entered Tokyo, he would definitely die as the leader of the traitors in his mouth. In this case, what did he have to worry about
In fact, Liang Shicheng had the same idea as Cai Jing, and even earlier had decided on the strategy of directly dragging Sun Tu's wife and children to the city and killing one of them in front of him. After all, he is different from ordinary officials. As a eunuch, Taifu Liang does not have a wife and children to hinder him. The extermination of three clans will not scare him.
But he did not put this plan into action after all, because now he had no heavier bargaining chips except the housekeepers and servants in the Yuehou Mansion. In other words, Sun Tu's two wives and children, who were supposed to be in his grasp, have long since disappeared...
Listening to the constant roars coming from outside, Liang Shicheng, who was getting more and more frightened, grabbed the man in front of him who was no longer human and covered in blood and shouted ferociously: "Tell me, who are you going to kill?" Where were they hidden? How did they leave the Hou Mansion?" I don't know whether it was because of anger or fear, he
His voice was trembling.
The person in front of him was Sun De, the chief steward of the Hou Mansion. Since he was tortured by them on New Year's Eve, he has suffered too much and suffered too much torture. He has not even a piece of intact skin and flesh left on his body, and so is his human body. Half-drowsed, he could hardly speak now. He could only shake his head weakly, indicating that he didn't know anything.
"Trash, you trash!" Liang Shicheng, who was extremely frightened and furious, pushed Sun De out with a fierce force, causing him to fall sideways and hit his head heavily on the hilt of a knife at the waist of a soldier behind him. There was only a pitiful groan mixed with a soft pop, and soon the person fell limply. He only twitched a few times and then stopped moving. He was actually killed by Liang Shicheng's mistake!
But even when he was dying, Sun De's eyes were still full of doubts. Not only Liang Shicheng and the others, but he also didn't know when and how his mistress and two young masters left. Mansion.
When Liang Shicheng finally calmed down and went to check, he found that this important witness had a hole in the back of his head and was already dead. This made him even more angry, and he slapped the frightened imperial soldier in front of him with a wave of his hand: "You bastard, who told you to move your hands!"
"Villain..." Just as this man was about to defend himself, Liang Shicheng shouted angrily again: "Take him down to me and interrogate him strictly to see if he had colluded with Sun Tu early in the morning and came here to kill him. Silence!" He was already in a panic and completely lost his sense of control, doubting everyone around him.
As the soldier continued to cry out, someone immediately stepped forward and dragged him out. However, what Liang Shicheng didn't notice was that strange looks flashed in the eyes of the other Forbidden Soldiers around him, and their looks at him changed from awe to hatred. Some of them put their hands on their waists unconsciously. hilt. Especially when slogans such as "The officers and men of the Song Dynasty should strengthen themselves" kept coming outside the city, some of the shackles in their hearts had been loosened, and they were just waiting for an opportunity to appear.
Taifu Liang didn't pay attention to the reactions of the ordinary soldiers around him who had always been ignored by him. He just frowned and thought desperately, trying to find out how the Sun family members left this place and where they were hiding now.
In fact, he has checked many places in the past few days, such as the Di family's residence, the homes of Qin Hui and other court officials who had a good relationship with Sun Tu, and he didn't even find Tong Guan's residence. Let it go. But after a few days, there were still no clues. The four people disappeared completely into the city of Tokyo, as if they could fly into the sky and escape from the earth.
Of course, Liang Shicheng also understood that no matter how capable the Sun family members were, they would never be able to escape from Tokyo City, which had already sealed off all gates. They would still be in the city. However, Bianjing has a population of one million. If you really want to find a few people here, it is no different than looking for a needle in a haystack.
As early as New Year's Eve, Liang Shicheng was ordered to come but found that the most important people were missing. Liang Shicheng had already sent his confidants to search the city. But until today, the rebels were about to launch an attack on Tokyo, but their whereabouts had not yet been seen. It seems that things can no longer be kept secret, and everything must be confessed to Master Cai...
Just when Liang Shicheng couldn't think of any countermeasures and was extremely irritated, a subordinate
He hurried over again: "Master, Grand Master Cai sent someone to convey an order, asking us to take Sun Tu's wife and children to the top of the city right now, kill one or two in front of him who thought he was a threat, and force him to retreat..."
Liang Shicheng suddenly trembled, knowing that he had no choice, and immediately said: "Go to Chenqiaomen quickly to send a message to Liang Zhen and ask him to kill a few servants of Sun Tu's house first!" If the real master can't be found, then The only thing we can do is to settle for the next best thing and fill in the gaps first.
Here at Chenqiao Gate, like Liang Shicheng, his nephew Liang Zhen did not need his uncle to send anyone to give orders. He had personally dragged a servant to the battlement and roared at the rebels who were constantly pressing up: " If you dare to come forward again, I will kill someone! Now, I just kill a slave, but later they will be your Sun Tu's wife and children! You have to think about it!" After saying that, he kicked the person out and raised it Take the knife in your hand.
"Master Hou, save me, I don't want to die!" The servant of the Hou Mansion was so frightened that he couldn't care about anything else and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Sun Tu's face outside the city was also livid, and even the hand holding the reins was trembling slightly. In fact, he was extremely nervous. After all, what the other party wanted was his family, one of the few relatives he had in this world.
"Ya'er, Rong'er, Hutou, Feng'er..." As he murmured the names of his wife and children, Sun Tu's heart was also tangled.
As if seeing his hesitation, Tong Mu, who had successfully joined forces with him, also came closer and whispered: "Sanlang, why don't you take a step back first, talk to them about the terms, and then make plans?"
This sentence strengthened Sun Tu's thoughts, and he suddenly gritted his teeth: "No! At this time, I must not retreat, otherwise it will only affect the morale of the military and lead to failure. We must take Tokyo in one go. If they really... I will kill all three clans of officials in the court and I will never break my promise!" As he spoke, his eyes turned blood red and he raised his sword again. This time he really planned to order an attack on the city.
Because Sun Tu knew very well how difficult it was to order hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege Tokyo this time. After all, this was the capital of the Song Dynasty, and it was a superior existence in everyone's mind. Once this tone of relief is relieved, maybe no one will dare to launch a siege attack again. By then, once the officers and soldiers from other places react and lead their troops to rescue, they will really be in doom. Not only himself, but all the soldiers who followed him south out of trust will also be killed. He must not implicate hundreds of thousands of brothers because of his own actions.
Tong Mu also quickly understood the truth, sighed lightly, and said nothing more.
Liang Zhen on the city was even more anxious when he saw this. Without any hesitation, he raised his knife and slashed the servant to death on the spot. He pushed him again and threw the man down the city, shouting loudly: "Sun Tu, if you refuse to retreat, then just wait and see your family members killed one by one!"
While they were talking, three or five more servants of the Hou Mansion were pushed to the battlement. They struggled hard and cried for mercy, but no one changed their mind no matter how high or low they were on the wall. On the other hand, Sun Tu, with murderous intent in his eyes, immediately raised his sword and shouted sternly: "The whole army is ready, crossbowmen!"
"Wait a minute, let me try!" Tong Mu suddenly galloped forward, then shouted loudly upward: "Soldiers in the city, listen..."