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Xiao Liulang screamed, and the shield finally slipped from his arm. Nearly a hundred Cao soldiers had gathered in front of and behind the warehouse. The transom several feet high fell to the ground.

Ren Ping was so shocked that his eyes were tearing apart, but he had no time to grieve at this time. Several arrows shot past his head. Cao Jun soldiers were killing Xiao Liulang, and all the arrows were shot at him. Thousands of Cao Jun soldiers were killed. After rushing dozens of steps away from the warehouse, they were about to fall short.

Ren Ping leaned close to the big tree, took out a lump of sludge from his leather bag, and ignited the sludge in his hand without hesitation. Suddenly, a mass of blue flames wrapped his entire palm. This was his last chance. When Xiao Liulang fell to the ground, Holding a scythe in his hand, it means that he has shot a spike.

Ren Ping had no choice but to gamble this time. Enduring the pain of the fire, he threw the fire sludge with all his strength. A ball of blue flame rolled in the air, drew an arc, and passed through the iron grille on the transom. Accurately flew into the warehouse.

At the same time that the fire oil mud was out of his hands, Ren Ping also jumped off the big tree and landed heavily in the mud pond under the tree. He rubbed the mud with both hands, and the flame in his hands was extinguished immediately.

Regardless of the severe pain in his palms, he jumped up from the muddy pond, stumbled and ran to a distance, and before he ran fifty steps away, billowing smoke billowed from the fire oil depot, and tongues of red flames spurted out from the transom. The shouts rang out, and the defenders of the warehouse seemed to be in chaos, and no soldiers climbed over the wall to chase themselves.

Ren Ping waved his arms heavily in excitement, turned around and ran towards a forest, and disappeared in a moment.

Although the warehouse door had been opened, the thick smoke and flames in the warehouse prevented the soldiers from entering, and they watched nearly ten thousand barrels of kerosene being engulfed by the flames.

Cao Hong also rushed to the barracks after hearing the news. He was stunned by the scene in front of him. Thick smoke billowed into the sky, more than [-] feet high. The huge warehouse had been engulfed in flames, and several empty warehouses around it were also ignited by the fire. On that day, thousands of soldiers rushed out of the barracks, staring blankly at the soaring flames.

"Who? Who did it!"

Cao Hong was so angry that he yelled at a group of guarding soldiers. Dozens of soldiers knelt on the ground, and no one dared to say anything. He was shot dead by random arrows from the brothers, and the other ran away, but his palm should have been burned."

"Useless bastard!"

Cao Hong lashed his face with a whip, turned his head and ordered: "Check out all the men in the city, and arrest anyone with burns on their hands immediately!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a dull drum sound in the distance, 'Boom-boom-boom! 'The sound of the drums was extremely penetrating, as if hitting the hearts of every soldier.

Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked, "Where is the sound of the drum?"

A soldier said tremblingly, "It seems to be coming from outside the city!"

Cao Hong was shocked, is the Han army going to attack the city?He immediately yelled at the surrounding soldiers: "The enemy is about to attack the city, go up to the city and defend!"

The barracks suddenly became chaotic, and the soldiers turned around and ran towards the city, no longer caring about the burning fire in the warehouse.

In the wilderness outside Wancheng, tens of thousands of Han troops lined up neatly. The black army covered the sky and covered the sky, the armor was bright, and the dense forest-like spear points and war knives shone coldly in the sun.

But the Han army did not attack. Instead, a hundred huge drums were placed in front of the army formation. The famous mega drums here are used to boost morale and suppress the enemy. Han was swinging the drumsticks, making a deep and soul-stirring sound.

Above Wancheng, tens of feet of thick smoke still shot straight into the sky. The thick smoke, the sound of drums, and the murderous army formation all oppressed the hearts of every Cao soldier, causing their morale to be low and their morale to be shaken.

On the top of the city, thousands of Cao soldiers stared blankly at the Han army formation below the city, shocked by the sound of war drums and the overwhelming Han army formation.

At this time, each soldier thought not how to fight back, but how to save his life and property in the war. The high morale that Cao Hong briefly gained by indulging soldiers in looting quickly faded under the pressure of the Han army. up.

Cao Hong's back also felt chills. The Han army seemed to know the situation of his army very well, and they were very targeted. They directly attacked Cao Jun's weakest army's morale. Could it be that someone leaked information about the city to the Han army?

It is impossible for the scouts of the Han army hiding in the city, they can't send out information, they can only send information inside the military, someone in the army secretly communicated with the Han army, thinking of this, Cao Hong's two fists slowly clenched.

In the sound of drums, Ren Ping had changed into a suit of clothes, and mixed in with the thousands of peasants in the north of the city. He found his subordinates, and the scouts and the peasants squatted under the wall together. The process of death.

At this time, several subordinates said: "Cao Jun came to investigate just now, and it seems to be looking for someone with an injured palm. Are you looking for the general?"

Ren Ping looked at his hands, which were covered with a thick layer of ointment. His palm was indeed slightly burned. He nodded, "Cao Jun should be looking for me!"

As soon as Ren Ping finished speaking, there was a burst of shouting from a distance, and a few Cao soldiers dragged a civilian husband out, and the civilian husband shouted: "I didn't do anything, my hand was injured when I burned the stove!"

Cao Jun's soldiers didn't listen to his explanation, and dragged him away fiercely. An old man beside him sighed, "Twenty or so people have been arrested, what a crime!"

At this time, a group of soldiers from Cao Jun came up quickly and shouted: "Everyone get up, go to demolish the house and fetch stones!"

Dozens of soldiers of Cao Jun used wooden sticks to forcefully drive away the civilian husbands. More than a thousand civilian husbands were forced to stand up and walk into the city. , "Old man, no problem!"

The old man suddenly saw Ren Ping's right hand, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately covered his hand with his clothes, and walked towards the team, Cao Jun soldiers didn't see it, and continued to yell and walk forward.

"Thank you!"

The old man thanked Ren Ping in a low voice, and couldn't help cursing bitterly: "When the Han army enters the city, they must kill all these bastards!"

Ren Ping patted him on the shoulder with a smile, speeding up and chasing down his face. The old man looked at his back and sighed softly.

. . . . . . .

At the same time as the drums of the Han army were beating, more than a dozen patriarchs of Wancheng's prominent families gathered in the inner hall of the Huang family, even Deng Yi's younger brother Deng Ren. All of them had serious expressions, and they all knew that the moment of final choice had come.

Huang Chengyan slowly said to the crowd: "Cao Hong indulged his soldiers in looting Wancheng. It is clear that Cao Hong himself has lost confidence in Wancheng. Otherwise, he would not be able to do this. It is said that even Zhang's family suffered a lot in the looting last night. How many survived, everyone might as well raise your hand."

About seven or eight people raised their hands, and Huang Chengyan nodded, "Then half of them were robbed. Although the Huang family was not robbed, they also paid [-] yuan in security fees. I think we can't keep silent anymore. There has to be action."

At this time, Deng Ren also got up and said: "Old Patriarch Huang is very right. I went to visit my brother in prison this morning. My brother has a disabled leg. He was abused by the jailer and broke a rib. The whole Deng family couldn't bear it and firmly supported Huang." The old man reminded us that we must take action to let the Han army enter the city."

Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, especially the seven plundered families who reacted more violently. They must not tolerate Cao Jun occupying Wancheng any longer, and they must help the Han army enter the city.

Huang Chengyan waved his hand, and the crowd became quiet again. He said to the crowd: "My plan is to use the peasants to cause trouble. I got the news that from this afternoon, the Cao army will equip [-] peasants with weapons. This opportunity, the Huang family can control [-] peasants. Ten civilian husbands, everyone has available manpower."

Deng Ren interjected: "Seventy servants of the Deng family have joined the civil servants. Including the Deng family's tenants and shop assistants, they can control about [-] civil servants."

"We can control 53 people."

"The Zhao family in the north of the city can control 65 people." i

All the patriarchs reported the number one by one, Huang Jin quickly recorded at the side, and finally counted the number of people, and said to his father: "Father, there are about 1000 people."

"it is good!"

Huang Chengyan nodded, and said to everyone: "Everyone went back to contact your own husband, and we agreed to start an incident at the first watch tonight to seize the East Gate."

. . . . . . .

The Han army did not attack the city, and stopped coercion at dusk, withdrew the camp, and the city of Wan became quiet again.

At night, the burning warehouse fire had been extinguished, and the soldiers and all their supplies were moved to the West Camp, while the East Camp became a temporary accommodation for eight thousand armed civilians.

The time was approaching one o'clock, but there was a commotion in the Western Army camp. Under the light of a torch, Cao Hong in armor led a dozen generals to the stable of the Western Camp.

The scene in the stable made Cao Hong almost faint from anger. Thousands of horses fell in the stable, foaming at the mouth, and all of them were poisoned to death. A few of the more than a dozen grooms escaped, and the rest were caught by the soldiers and tied up. Kneeling on the ground.

Cao Hong already knew that there must have been a traitor in his army, the same person who was the one who was attacked by the Han army today. Cao Hong drew his sword, pointed at a groom and gritted his teeth and asked, "Quick! Who ordered you to poison?"

"General, if I hadn't poisoned you, I really don't know...ah!"

Before he could finish, Cao Hong stabbed him to death with a sword, and then pointed his long sword at another groom, "Who ordered you to poison me!"

Cao Hong's eyes were red, and he killed more than a dozen grooms in a row. He turned around sharply, stared fiercely at the generals behind him, and finally fell on Yu Ze, and asked coldly: "General Yu, how did Nanxiang County be breached?" of?"

"Could it be that the general suspects what I did?" Yu Ze asked calmly.

"I don't have you. I want to investigate one by one, and General Yu will be the first! How did Nanxiang County be breached by the Han army?"

Cao Hong's suspicion was not unreasonable. Yu Ze was ambushed by the Han army on the way, so the soldiers of the Cao army who fled to Wancheng should not be only Yu Ze and his dozen or so soldiers, there should be many defeated soldiers. But the defeated army never showed up, so Cao Hong suspected that Yu Ze was not telling the truth.

But at this moment, a soldier suddenly rushed to report: "General, something is wrong, the civilian camp... The civilian camp is rebellious!"