One person, one sword, I have guarded the lonely city for 70 years

Chapter 14 The Fire in the Night
Meng Su asked around, but didn't get any answer.

The only thing we can know is that there was no abnormality in the barracks when the incident happened, unlike the Beiting army attacking the barracks, the possibility of assassins sneaking in is very high.

Meng Su slapped the wall of the house next to him angrily, almost piercing through the wall. Looking at the military camp surrounded by raging flames, he suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

The other two battalions rushed over, and they looked at each other with Meng Zheng, and the eyes of the three were very complicated.

This time, they all made mistakes in judgment.

Meng Zheng thought that he had overestimated the assassin, and mobilized a large number of troops to surround and search for him.

But he ignored the empty barracks in the rear, and was taken advantage of by the assassins.

If the remaining officers were reminded in advance to strengthen their vigilance and send more experts to patrol, the assassins would not be able to succeed so easily.

Too bad it's too late to say anything.

Not to mention the other two Yingzhengs, it was a waste of energy all night, and they wanted to capture Song Yun alive to make fun of Meng Su, but they themselves became a joke first.

All three were a little dejected, and sullenly directed the soldiers to control the fire.

In this battle, the Jing army easily invaded Anxi Army Town, and has already regarded this city as its own territory.

Commander-in-chief Jing Jun ordered that the buildings in the city should be kept intact as far as possible, and large areas should not be set on fire.

Otherwise, Meng Su would have to set fire to the north of the city to force out this hateful assassin.

The soldiers were busy clearing the combustibles near the fire site to prevent the fire from spreading.

The three battalions were discussing for a while, and began to write a battle report to report the situation to the commander.

An army camp was destroyed by an assassin, killing more than 1000 people.

Jing Jun's siege to the present has only killed more than 3000 people.On Mengsu's side, it has already been seriously damaged.

The three of them were arguing while writing, all trying to shirk their responsibilities.

It took half an hour to write the battle report.

Not long after it was sent out, several cavalry came one after another from the south.

It was a few temporary military camps in other urban areas. When they saw the sky-high flames here, they sent people to inquire about the situation.

After exchanging a few words, Meng Su found that these cavalry didn't know about the assassin, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly asked:

"We have sent people to send letters to various military camps, haven't you received it?"

"Message?" The cavalry shook their heads blankly, "I haven't received any news from you."

Meng Su was startled, the messenger had set off for more than an hour and hadn't returned yet, he thought it was dark and walking slowly, so he didn't pay much attention.

From the looks of it now, these messengers didn't even arrive at their destination, something must have gone wrong!
"Could it be intercepted by that assassin?"

This idea appeared in his mind, but was immediately rejected by Meng Su.

"Impossible. Several groups of messengers set off quietly to different military camps. How could the assassin know the route?"

"There must be remnants of the Tang army nearby."

It is now night, and there is no way to find the whereabouts of the messenger in the dark urban area.

I couldn't care about the truth anymore, Meng Su hurriedly told the cavalry about the assassin's situation, and asked them to go back and remind their battalions to be careful.

The cavalry were shocked when they heard this.

No one would have imagined that in the city that had already been captured, in a place that was considered safe, there was actually an assassin with superb swordsmanship and elusiveness lurking, constantly assassinating Jing Bing who was alone.

It even burned down an entire military camp, killing more than 1000 people.

Such astonishing news must be reported immediately.

The cavalry hurriedly mounted their horses and galloped away.

Meng Su looked at their backs worriedly, always feeling a little jittery, but he didn't know where it came from.

Unable to let go, he simply sent several teams of infantry to follow the messengers to prevent the assassins from intercepting them.

There are about 100 people in the first team, but they can still escape in all directions if they can't beat them. No matter how strong the assassin is, he can't kill them all by himself, right?

"I hope there will be no more accidents." Meng Su sighed and began to choose a new camping location.

There are ready-made houses, which saves a lot of trouble, just change to another block to live in.

It's just that the supplies are all destroyed, and there will be no food and water tomorrow, so I have to ask for it from the rear.

……

Compared with the north of the city where the chickens were flying like dogs and dogs, the three temporary military camps in the east, west, and middle of the city were much more stable in the first half of the night.

Everyone's task is very easy, take care of the wounded, search the city, and ensure the safety of the occupied area.

Without Song Yun's trouble, they searched their respective areas before sunset.

The old soldiers all retreated to the south of the city, and were still being beaten by the main force of the Jing army, so they could not threaten this side at all.

So after eating, most of the soldiers in several barracks fell asleep, leaving only a few hundred people on duty to patrol.

It wasn't until the fire ignited in the north of the city and illuminated the night sky that the officers on duty at night were alarmed.

Several teams of cavalry were dispatched immediately to investigate the situation.

Song Yun found these cavalry long ago through the [real-time map], but he did not take action to intercept them.

Although a fourth-tier martial artist has good foot strength, it is unrealistic to chase dozens of war horses at the same time.

Let go of a cavalry, interception is meaningless.

Song Yun simply saved some energy and concentrated on studying how to deal with other military camps.

Before Jing Jun was fully alert, try to do as much damage as possible.

Walking on the dark street, Song Yun pulled a piece of cloth and hung it in the air to observe the direction of the wind.

On the desert side, the wind keeps blowing from morning till night, sometimes like ghosts crying and wolves howling.

When he first crossed, he couldn't sleep well all night, but now he is used to the wind and sand all over the sky.

The strip of cloth trembled and floated to the east.

"Go to the west of the city."

Song Yun sneaked fast in the dark night, not caring about the cavalry returning to the barracks.

Going directly to the west side of the military camp in the west of the city, hiding behind a row of houses, a heavy wooden barrel appeared out of thin air in his hand.

This is the fierce fire oil found in the warehouse in the north of the city before. At that time, only two barrels were used, and the rest were put into the [Void Storage Box].

The [Void Storage Box] is one foot long, wide and high, and not small in size, so Song Yun collected some supplies from the barracks.

There are food, drinking water, torches, bows, arrows, knives and guns, as well as the full set of heavy armor of the two battalion officers in the small building.Take whatever you might need.

The dozen or so barrels of fire oil took up the most space.

At this time, there were soldiers patrolling outside the barracks in the west of the city, unable to approach.

But Song Yun didn't care, and directly circled the perimeter of the barracks, pouring a whole circle of fierce oil.

After splashing, go back to the west of the barracks, take out a pair of bows and arrows, and the arrows rolled on the ground in the fire oil.

Then he took out a burning torch.

All items in the [Void Storage Box] do not interfere with each other, and time is still.

The lit torch was put in for an hour, and it was still burning when it was taken out, which saved the need to use flint to start the fire.

The arrow wrapped in kerosene rubbed against the torch, and sparks immediately burst out.

Put the torches and arrows back into the 【Void Storage Box】.

Song Yun picked up a wooden barrel with both hands, bent his knees, and exerted all his strength, his blood was surging, and his face was flushed with suffocation.

"Hey!"

The wooden barrel with half a barrel of oil left was thrown high, over the rows of houses, and fell towards the center of the barracks.

Song Yun immediately stretched his bow and drew the string, and a burning arrow appeared in his hand.

With a bang, the string fell and the arrow shot out, like a bolide piercing the night, hitting the wooden barrel in midair!
(End of this chapter)