The fire started so quickly and fiercely that Yan Liqiang didn't notice it at first, but in the blink of an eye, the fire became more intense. On a night like this, the blazing flames were particularly conspicuous.
Yan Liqiang squinted his eyes for a while, then looked at Wang Jianbei, "Where is the burning place?"
"It's a big market in the Wumu tribe gathering area!" Wang Jianbei glanced at the distance, and smiled as if he had predicted the future. "That big market is the lifeblood of the Wumu tribe. In addition to the various goods brought to Pingxi City by the Wumu tribe caravan, the most abundant thing is the food stored there by the Wumu tribe. Once this fire starts, the people of the Wumu tribe will become mad dogs!"
"Hahaha, that's great!" Yan Liqiang laughed loudly, "Is the commander-in-chief in charge over there?"
"Yes, it's Yucheng watching over there. Come, come, come, let's continue drinking!" Wang Jianbei waved his hand, and a servant brought up another pot of wine...
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As the fire spread, the entire Shatu people gathering area fell into chaos.
Connected to the big market of the Ebony tribe were rows of houses of the Ebony tribe members. All of those houses were made of wood. Once the fire started, it spread in all directions at an extremely fast speed, causing all the people of the Ebony tribe to rush out of the houses shouting and screaming to put out the fire!
There were people watching the market at night, and there were more than one person watching the market. But when the people from the Ebony Tribe rushed to the vicinity of the market, they found that all the people watching the market had been killed.
Among the bodies left near the market, in addition to the guards from the Wumu tribe who were guarding the market, there were actually several people from the Uli tribe.
The bodies of the Wuli tribe members seemed to have been killed by the Wumu tribe members. Some of them died together with the Wumu tribe members. Most importantly, fire starters and pine oil were found on the bodies of the Wuli tribe members...
However, at this time, putting out the fire was the most important thing. When the people from the Wumu tribe rushed to the nearby wells with various tools, they found that the well mouths had been blocked by huge rocks thrown in, and no water could be pumped out. It would take half a day to get the rocks out of the wells and open the well mouths...
All the Shatu people of the Wumu tribe could only watch with pale faces as the fire in their residential area grew bigger and bigger, spreading from the market to the surrounding houses.
There had been some minor frictions between the Uli and Wumu tribes in the past few days, with casualties on both sides, and the situation had long been like a powder keg.
"Kill those bastards from the Uli tribe..." Those people from the Ebony tribe who wanted to put out the fire roared with red eyes. They dropped the buckets and other things in their hands and picked up various weapons instead.
Under such circumstances, the people of the Wumu tribe completely exploded. Anyone who could still pick up a knife picked up a knife, roared, and rushed towards the gathering area of the Wuli tribe like a torrent.
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At the head of Jiulong Bridge, Pingxi County Governor Liu Yucheng, wearing full armor and holding a golden sword, rode on a rhinoceros horse, looking coldly at the blazing flames rising into the sky and the chaotic roaring scene in the Shatu people gathering area in the distance. Under the backdrop of the fire, the expression on Pingxi County Governor Liu Yucheng's face was sharp and cold, like steel.
Around Liu Yucheng, spears were everywhere, and teams of soldiers had already been on standby. On the road at the bridgehead, three rows of iron shields more than one person tall had been erected, blocking all the roads leading to and from the Shatu gathering area. The roofs of the buildings on both sides of the bridgehead were densely packed with archers.
The fire is the signal!
There was a rumbling sound coming from the street. The soldiers in the camp in the city were rushing over. Everything was going as planned.
There was a slight commotion at the river not far away. A group of men in black wearing night clothes suddenly emerged from the water and went ashore. Then the group quickly came to Liu Yucheng to report!
"Sir, the mission has been accomplished!" The team of men in black was led by a lieutenant officer from Pingxi City. The entire team was made up of experts in the army.
Looking at the fire in the distance, Liu Yucheng nodded with satisfaction, "You did a good job, I'll record your contribution first, go down and change your clothes first!"
"Yes!" The team of men in black left quickly.
Liu Yucheng's eyes were still fixed on the gathering area of the Shatu people. Just a moment later, the commotion in the gathering area of the Shatu people suddenly became several times louder, and suddenly turned into the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling, and it became more and more intense. Liu Yucheng knew that the mission of the second team he sent should be completed, but the evacuation route of the second team was not from Jiulong Bridge, but from the east gate of the city...
In the Shatu gathering area, the people of the Uli tribe and the Wumu tribe were in complete chaos at this time. Amidst the flames, both sides were hacking and killing each other on the streets of the gathering area, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.
Many people from the Wumu tribe were holding torches and pine oil in their hands. After rushing into the neighborhood where the Wuli tribe gathered, they threw torches into the houses where the Wuli people lived, and then poured pine oil on them. The entire area where the Shatu people gathered was filled with flames and thick smoke, and everywhere were people from the Wumu and Wuli tribes chasing and killing each other.
When the people of the Wumu tribe broke into the gathering area of the Wuli tribe, a group of guards from the Wuli tribe rushed to the house of their leader in a hurry. But at that time, the house of the Wuli tribe leader was already dead silent, without a single living person.
At this time, both sides were blood-thirsty. The Uli tribe was suddenly leaderless, without unified command and dispatch. Facing the people from the Wumu tribe who were coming to kill them, if they wanted to survive, those people from the Uli tribe could only instinctively pick up their knives to resist and fight with the people from the Wumu tribe. There was no other way.
The streets in the area where the Shatu people gathered were covered in blood and fallen bodies. On both sides of the street, there were buildings on fire everywhere, with flames shooting into the sky. No one was trying to put out the fire because those who were using tools to put out the fire were probably chopped by the other side with knives before they could get far.
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There is a fire-fighting team in Pingxi City. This fire-fighting team is also the fire-fighting team in the city. Because most of the buildings in the city at that time were made of wood and those buildings were close to each other, the consequences of a building catching fire would be disastrous, so the government of each city organized a special fire-fighting team.
Seeing the fire in the Shatu gathering area, Pingxi City's defense team pulled water carts and rushed towards Jiulong Bridge with water dragons and water guns. But when they arrived, they were dumbfounded. Jiulong Bridge had been completely blocked. Knowing that the governor was in charge here, the captain of the defense team hurried to pay a visit to Liu Yucheng.
Liu Yucheng looked at the captain of the defense team with a serious face, "There has been a riot in the area where the Shatu people gather in the city. The Wuli tribe and the Wumu tribe are killing each other inside. The swords are blind and people are dying inside at any time. If you go in now, you will die. You should wait in the back as a backup. It will not be too late to go in after the Shatu people riot is quelled. If something happens to you, I will not be able to explain to the county governor!"
Hearing the chaotic sounds of killing coming from the Shatu people's settlement, the captain of the defense team also shrank his neck, nodded, and retreated...
Not long after the captain of the defense team retreated, hundreds of Shatu people armed with swords, torches and pine oil rushed to the bridgehead of Kowloon Bridge. The Shatu people were stunned when they saw the soldiers who were on high alert at Kowloon Bridge and Liu Yucheng riding on a rhinoceros horse.
Liu Yucheng looked coldly at the Shatu people who rushed here, his eyes full of murderous intent, "It's just as the county magistrate said, you Shatu bastards, you are really ambitious, you still want to fish in troubled waters and disrupt Pingxi City at this time..."
As Liu Yucheng swung his hand downward fiercely, countless crossbows and arrows that had been prepared long ago shot towards the Shatu people like raindrops. The Shatu people screamed like ghosts and howled like wolves, and were shot to the ground one by one...
After two rounds of crossbows and arrows, the east side of the bridge was covered with corpses of Shatu people, and no one could stand up...
(End of this chapter)