When Mo Jingyao woke up from his sweet dream, there was already chaos outside. The exclamations of exclamations from the people and soldiers in the city made him feel a little dazed. He had no idea how the chaos had arisen in the peaceful city of Danyang.
As the former training envoy of the Suzhou regiment, Zhu Meng was a highly trusted general. After retreating to the north, he found a good job, helping Zhu Meng guard Danyang and the hundreds of thousands of stones of food stored in the city, and The grain was secretly transported to the north and sold in exchange for more money.
This is really a leisurely job. Unlike other soldiers, you don’t have to fight Fang La’s rebels all the time and worry about your life. You can also get a lot of benefits from it. The only thing you have to worry about is to control your soldiers and civilians. , not allowing anyone to leak the news, and at the same time blocking Danyang so that outsiders cannot easily enter the city. I wonder what other job in the world can compare with his job
This is indeed the case. In the past two months, Mo Jingyao has really lived a free and easy life. While he did not have to worry about the war situation in Jiangnan, he also made thousands of money through this. This is much better than what he did before in Suzhou. Earn more.
And yesterday he got another windfall. A group of Yan clan members who fled from Changzhou and came to Danyang actually gave him another five hundred taels of gold in order to stay in the city. Food income was obtained. Naturally, Mo Tuanlian was even more happy to receive such a windfall, so he had a few more drinks with his subordinates last night, and even got a new little girl. He was really proud of himself, and there was nothing wrong with it.
But who could have imagined that extreme joy would lead to sorrow. It wasn't until he saw the fire outside and the exclamations around him becoming more and more dense that Mo Jingyao suddenly woke up: "No, there are thieves making trouble in the city!" Thinking of this , he was so excited that he no longer cared about the lovely girl who was still lying on the bed with her body covered with tears. He quickly got out of bed, took his clothes and put them on quickly, and shouted: "Everyone outside is dead." Are you there? Why didn't anyone report such a big mess in the city?" Although he was in the deep house of a wealthy businessman in the city, there were soldiers guarding the front. If something happened, they should come and report it in time. yes.
As soon as he yelled these words, the door was kicked open with a bang. The sudden loud noise and the intruder immediately woke up the girl who was still sleeping, causing her to let out a scream. .
This also made Mo Jingyao angry, but as soon as he raised his eyes, the anger on his face turned into fear: "Who are you..."
It turned out that the ones who broke into the door were not the soldiers around him, but several men with ferocious faces. They were holding knives in their hands, and blood was slowly dripping from the knives. Seeing his half-clothed and startled expression, one of them burst into laughter and said, "Mo Tuanlian, you and I just met yesterday, why do you pretend that you don't recognize him now?"
"It's you..." This reminder made Mo Jingyao suddenly realize that they were the Yan clan members who entered the city yesterday. However, they seemed very docile and low-key at that time, but now they are ferocious and terrifying. At the same time, he also understood everything and regretted greatly in his heart. It turned out that the fat sheep and obedient people in his eyes were actually a large group of evil wolves. Needless to say, they were responsible for many of the fires in the city.
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You... what do you want to do? There are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in my city. If you are wise enough to quickly lay down your weapons and surrender, I will spare your life..." Mo Jingyao was still waiting to show off his official power to intimidate a few of them, but those few impatiently forced him to surrender. When he came up, before his hand touched the handle of the knife beside the bed, several steel knives still dripping with blood were placed on his neck: "Mo Tuanlian, stop struggling. If you want to survive, please cooperate with us, otherwise, I will chop off your dog's head now! "
After seeing this, the girl screamed again, but she immediately angered the person next to her. The person slashed out with a backhand knife and killed the charming beauty on the spot. As the woman beside him died violently, and a few drops of blood splashed on his face, Mo Jingyao's last bit of courage completely dissipated, and he hurriedly shouted: "My officer... I am willing to cooperate with you. Just tell me, let me What to do?" His life was in the hands of others, and he no longer cared about loyalty and responsibility.
The young man at the head smiled with satisfaction: "Very good, you can go out with us and give orders to the Song army in the city, asking them to obey our orders and submit to our country of Wu. As long as they don't resist and let us successfully capture Danyang, you will be considered a member." Credit.”
"Okay, as long as you don't kill me, I will do it." Mo Jingyao immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and then he didn't bother to put on the armor anymore. He just approved a robe and was filled with anxiety. , walked out staggeringly. During this period, no one looked at the girl who died tragically on the bed. To everyone, the life and death of such a person no longer mattered.
When Mo Jingyao was held hostage by several people and walked to the street, a melee started in Danyang City. Although the garrison here is somewhat greedy for money, they are after all the elite Jiangnan Army who are valued by Zhu Meng. Therefore, after the initial panic, many people responded quickly under the command of their respective generals, putting out fires everywhere while looking for people. Spies were running around the city causing trouble, trying to annihilate them all.
And as thousands of officers and soldiers in the city made these responses, the internal response of several hundred people began to be unable to resist, and could only continue to retreat towards the south gate.
Seeing this situation, those who held Mo Jingyao hostage became a little anxious and immediately ordered to him: "Why are you still standing there in a daze? Let them stop immediately!"
"Yes, yes..." Mo Jingyao hurriedly agreed, and then rushed forward and surrounded more than a dozen spies. The soldiers who wanted to kill them on the spot shouted: "I am Mo Jingyao, I order you to wait for speed. Stop now and don’t make enemies with the brothers from the south..."
His roar spread to the front, shocking the officers and soldiers who were trying their best to kill the enemy. They turned around and looked back, and saw that their general was being held hostage by several people, with several knives still lying across his throat. This made all the soldiers feel nervous. Instead of rushing to kill the enemies in front of them, they all shouted angrily: "You bold thief, don't let Mo Tuanlian go!"
"Let them come over, or we will kill him right now!" Seeing that Mo Jingyao was useful, those guys immediately shouted threats and raised their knives as if to chop them down, but Mo Jingyao's face changed drastically with fright. He shouted again: "How dare you disobey military orders? If you don't let me go, put down your weapons!"
Now, those soldiers were completely helpless. They were accustomed to obeying the general's orders, and now they saw the Lord
How can you have the courage to resist if you are in the enemy's hands? After only a brief struggle, they obeyed the order, dropped their weapons, and did not dare to take action again.
And just as they gave up the battle, the guys behind them seized the opportunity to make a sudden move. With a few sharp shouts and swords and guns raised, they suddenly stabbed into the bodies of these undefended Song Army soldiers, causing them to lose their strength. They fell into a pool of blood with unwilling screams. Until they died, they still stared at Mo Jingyao in front of them. They really didn't expect that they would end up like this.
Even Mo Jingyao was shocked and said angrily: "You actually went back on your word?"
"We never promised to save their lives." The young man next to him chuckled, and then said with a straight face: "What nonsense are you talking about? Come with me and go to the south gate to meet our army."
With the steel knife on his neck, Mo Jingyao had no other choice but to obey their mercy and stumble towards the south gate. Along the way, they encountered several groups of Song army soldiers who were fighting on their own. Relying on his orders and threats as a regiment leader, these soldiers, who were far more numerous than the spies, were unable to block their way. In the end, they could only watch and watch. He watched them rendezvous with other people and horses in front, and the soldiers stood guard in front of the already wide-open city gate.
During this period, soldiers and horses from all over the city had been completely mobilized and rushed to the south gate. But without Mo Jingyao as the central commanding officer, it was difficult for several groups of people to coordinate, which always gave people a sense of chaos, and the actions were naturally much slower. This naturally gave the enemy more buffer time. When Mo Jingyao was led to the top of the city, horns and shouts came from the originally silent night in the distance, and a group of people gathered with torches. The long dragon is running towards me at a fast speed, its momentum is frightening.
"Haha, General Fang is here!" The secret agents shouted with joy when they saw this situation.
But Mo Jingyao's face turned pale and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley: "It's over, the rebels have already planned it. This time Danyang and the food in the city can't be saved..." Thinking of how much trouble it would cause if this happens. , Zhu Meng's anger would inevitably implicate his family. The Song Army general was so frightened that he trembled like chaff.
Soon, this elite Fang La army had reached a place only two miles away from the south gate of Danyang City. Even at night, they could see the people at the city gate from a distance. This made Fang Shifo, who was leading the way, even more excited. Hahaha laughed: "Okay! I didn't expect that Danyang is so vulnerable. From this point of view, it will be easy to capture Jinling. Brothers, kill, there is a large amount of food ahead, we can all have a full meal!" "
These words aroused the fighting spirit of the whole army. The soldiers who had already run for a long distance slowed down. Now they were inspired again. They all shouted out and accelerated again. In the blink of an eye, they ran another mile. The ground is about to rush into the city gate.
But at this moment, a sudden change occurred!
As the trumpet sounded, two groups of soldiers and horses suddenly rushed out of the mountains and forests on both sides of the official road. The people were still far away, and large arrows flew into the sky with a roar, and they shot into the sky in an instant. The screams and exclamations suddenly echoed within the defenseless Fang Lajun, causing their footsteps to pause and their formation to be completely disrupted!