Chapter 251 Gaoyou House Fire

Tianque's ammunition, the whole box of grenades, and the newly equipped cannons are huge, and it is impossible to carry them on everyone. Therefore, most of the ammunition is deployed in the original Gaoyoufu's arsenal, sending soldiers to strictly guard and ban the fire. However, judging from the place where the fire just now, the arsenal was indeed blown up.

This is a major evil accident. Whose responsibility is it? Now it is secondary. First, put out the fire, count the losses, and find out the cause of the fire.

"Go, go and see what's going on." Shi Nai'an said, ran out of the government office, pulled a horse, and ran to the fire.

Luo Guanzhong also followed, and the two ran to the fire.

"Boom, boom." There were two loud noises again. Originally, it was only the firing of the scattering cannon, but now even all the other ammunition has been ignited.

A few miles away from the arsenal, Shi Nai'an stopped, and the scene in front of him had stunned him.

The firelight all over the sky has lit up here, and the streets and houses have all turned into ruins. The fire is so hot that the temperature can be felt a few miles away.

"Quick, organize a fire fighting!" Shi Nai'an said, "Except for a thousand-person team on guard, several other thousand-person teams have come to put out the fire."

Many houses are made of wood. Once the fire cannot be effectively controlled, the whole Gaoyou Mansion may be buried in the fire.

Many citizens who came to hear the sound, together with the army, participated in the fire fighting work. The only gratifying thing is that there is a small river in Gaoyoufu, which is very close to the arsenal. All the people present have found wooden barrels, wooden basins, and everything that can hold water to put out the fire.

In a corner in the distance, a man smiled. Although he was far away, the fire still shone his face. It was ferocious and weird. He released the fire just now, because he wanted to take back everything that belonged to him. Everything he had been disturbed by Zhang Shicheng. His name was He Zhaojie.

He was very sure that those fire brigades were Zhang Shicheng's. If it hadn't been Zhang Shicheng, he would have been able to do it in Gaoyou Lake. As a result, the Jiaolong Gang was almost completely destroyed. Since he couldn't afford to provoke them in other people's territory, he would go to Yangzhou to do it again. However, he didn't expect that Zhang Shicheng also sent fire bullets to protect him. He Zhaoyi, who was only a few people, threatened dozens of his dozens of people to move. In desperation, he planned to use the power of the government. Unexpectedly, after the government came, a young lady who was more awesome than the governor appeared out of thin air, making his plan fall into the water.

Although for the sake of many years of friendship, the governor did not want himself. But there is no doubt that Yangzhou can't go back for the time being. He has to avoid the limelight first. After calculating, He Zhaojie decided to go to Gaoyoufu to avoid the wind. Gaoyoufu is not too far from Yangzhou and can go back at any time. Moreover, Yin Lipu, the new Gaoyoufu, is also his old acquaintance.

However, when he arrived at Gaoyou Mansion, He Zhaojie was surprised to find that the weather in Gaoyou Mansion had changed for a long time. The guards of the city are soldiers with fire armor on their backs, and the soldiers standing guard in front of the government office are also soldiers with fire armor on their backs. Even outside the battalion, they are also heavily guarded. They have drawn a military forbidden area and are surrounded by soldiers with armors in their hands.

What's going on? Shouldn't these people be here? At the beginning, it was ordered by the province to send Lord Li Pu to take over as the governor of Gaoyou Prefecture, to send General timid to serve as Dalu Huachi, and also brought 5,000 Mongolian warriors. Why did these people all disappear?

He Zhaojie knew that he had discovered a shocking secret. He lurked down patiently and inquired in all directions. In the mouths of the people, he finally restored the matter in his mind: after Li Pu and Xibuhua came, Zhang Shicheng pretended to welcome first. After eliminating the vigilance of the two, he suddenly made trouble and controlled all the people.

Obviously, most of the soldiers were controlled in the camp. However, the defense of the battalion was so strict that he could never get in. He Zhaojie personally disguised himself as a familyman and sneaked into the government office of Gaoyou. After half a month, he finally met Li Pu and General timid, who had been under house arrest.

Li Pu's complexion has long been depressed, and he has lost his original spirit. Although timidity is still powerful in terms of momentum, it is a pity that his legs are lame.

I have to say that this is a loophole in Zhang Yang. For half a year, Li Pu and Xibuhua have been under constant surveillance at the beginning. However, with the passage of time, their care has become more and more relaxed. Only a ten-person team is responsible for guarding, and the people in the government office are coming and going, and the ten-person team will sometimes be responsible for it. His local defense work, especially when a few people exchange classes, there will be a certain amount of spare time. He Zhaojie will find the right opportunity and finally meet two nominal rulers of Gaoyoufu, the actual prisoners.

"Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to save you and let the province know Zhang Shicheng's evil deeds." He Zhaojie said.

If these two people go back, the province will know what happened here. With Zhang Shicheng's crime, it is not enough to imprison the imperial court to kill ten times. Without Zhang Shicheng, it is not difficult for the He family to cheer up again. This is a rare opportunity, and He Zhaojie bravely saved the two adults this time, and can even develop in his official career. Although the ancestor of the He family is only allowed to do business and not to be an official, the He family is now the head of the family, and this rule can also be changed.

He Zhaojie sneaked in several times and discussed the details with the two adults. Taking advantage of Zhang Shicheng's absence from Gaoyou Mansion, he finally began to make trouble.

If you are at ordinary times, even if you escape from the government office, you can't escape from Gaoyou City. Therefore, you have to create an opportunity to create chaos and make it easy to fish in muddy water.

After searching, He Zhaojie found the place where the munitions were placed in Gaoyou City, which was in the original arsenal. Well, it's logical to come down. On this dark night of this month, He Zhaojie lit a fire for the arsenal.

The arsenal is guarded by heavy troops, and it is very difficult to enter. He Zhaojie used an ancient method: tie firecrackers on the ponytail and light firecrackers in front of the gate of the arsenal.

In the sound of firecrackers, the horse was completely shocked. The power of the horse was huge. They rushed to the arsenal together. When the guards of the arsenal saw the horse running, their instinctive reaction was to dodge. They hidged on both sides one after another and opened the door of the arsenal.

When the horse arrived in front of the door, it did not stop. Some of them hit the door and broke their heads, but they did not look back when they hit the south wall. Several horses successfully knocked open the door of the arsenal and ran inside.

At this time, the guards found a serious problem: there is no fire in the arsenal. Now, these horses drag firecrackers in, and the arsenal is in danger! They were eager to follow and go in to control the horse.

"Hang!" Another startled horse came, and they were all stunned. Behind the horse, they dragged a "train"! Behind the car are easy-to-burn firewood. The flames are burning, and the horses are coming quickly.

"Quick, take the horse away!" The guards panicked. At this time, his life was secondary. The general's fire depot was the main thing. If the arsenal exploded, I'm afraid the surrounding residents would have to be affected. At that time, the eldest brother would not cut his head, and he would not have the face to see the eldest brother again.

He is wearing Tianque on his body, but Tianque can't fire. It's easy to kill the horse. It's troublesome to move the fire off the car. The best choice is to control the horse and let the horse pass by.

Several guards have rushed over desperately.

However, their behavior is just a moth to fight the fire, and it's okay to ride a horse at ordinary times. However, only the best riders on the grassland can control the horse.

"Ah!" They were trampled by the horse and pressed by the wheels. The car did not fall, so it rushed straight into the arsenal.

It's all over.

He Zhaojie saw this scene and smiled with a sinister smile.

The first step plan has been completed, and the second step plan is about to begin.

He Zhaojie flashed into the night, looked at the people who came to put out the fire in all directions, and ran in the direction of the government office.

Obviously, the fire in the arsenal also shocked the guards of the government office. Many people in the government office also picked up tools and ran to the arsenal. The fire was not put out in time. Maybe the whole Gaoyou house would be burned, and no one dared to be careless.

He Zhaojie looked at the panicked crowd around, swaggered into the government office, and walked straight back.

"Stunch! What are you doing?" He Zhaojie was about to walk behind the rockery that imprisoned Li Pu and the timid flowers, and there was a shout of anger beside him.

"It turned out to be Brother Liu." He Zhaojie turned around and saw the guard with fire. He knew him and had eaten together.

Seeing that it was a family man, the guard slowed down and said, "What are you doing here?"

"Brother Liu, there is a fire over there. I want to find a wooden basin to put out the fire together. There should be one on this side of the rockery. If the fire burns over for a while, it won't be good. As He Zhaojie said, he looked down and looked around: "Where's the wooden basin? I remember it's here."

"It's on the other side of the well." The guard said. Looking at the panicked look of the family, the guard also softened his face: "It's here, why can't you see it?" With that, he walked to the well.

"Ah!" Suddenly, the guard felt pushed behind him. Originally, he went to the well and lowered his head to get the bucket. Now he couldn't control his footsteps and fell into the well.

"Brother Liu, take a good shower inside. I'm going to put out the fire!" He Zhaojie said and looked around warily, but no one found it.

Three steps and two steps, He Zhaojie rushed to the place where the two adults were imprisoned: "Lord Li, timid general."

Li Pu and Xi did not listen to it, and finally came from it. After staying for so long, they finally waited for this day.

He Zhaojie picked up the stone from the ground and smashed the lock. Li Pu and timid came out.

"Lord Li, you support the timid general. Let's leave the Gaoyou Mansion as soon as possible while the chaos." He Zhaojie said.

"Wait, go to the camp first and save my brother." He said timidly.

Save them? He Zhaojie was stunned, but they were blocked in the camp. It was said that the surroundings were full of traps. How to save them?

"Your Excellency, as long as we send the two adults out, we will move rescue troops to Yangzhou, and it will not be too late to rescue them. The situation is urgent. Let's not delay!" He Zhaojie said.

"No, if you don't go, I'll go by myself." He limped forward with a limp.

"Alas!" He Zhaojie stamped his feet. If he had known, he would not have told him that the Mongolian soldiers were all in the camp. He stepped forward, timid, and the three of them walked out together.

Originally, there was at least a hundred-person team patrolling in the backyard, but the fire just now shocked them all. If they didn't put out the fire, the whole Gaoyou House would be bad. At the same time, they all rushed to put out the fire, leaving only a ten-person guard, except for the guard who had just been pushed into the well. People found that they had escaped from the two most important people.

Out of the government office and passing through two intersections, a carriage has stopped there. This is also He Zhaojie's plan in advance. Taking advantage of the chaos, he quickly took the carriage to escape from the Gaoyou Mansion. In such an urgent fire, many soldiers guarding the gate of the Acropolis must have participated in fighting the fire. For tonight, he has bought a small captain guarding the gate in advance. At that time, it will not be difficult to sneak away from the gate in the chaos.

Now, the situation has changed. Let's go to the camp.

He Zhaojie drove the carriage around to the secluded road in the east, and then drove north.

If you go directly to the north and go to the camp, you will definitely bump into the fire-fighting soldiers. At that time, you can't escape even if you want to.

The camp is actually not far from the arsenal. The fire of the arsenal has shone here. You can see the fire in the distance in the whole barracks.

Several hundred-person teams monitoring the battalion have all participated in the fire fighting. Yes, all of them have participated in the fire fighting.

The fire is only two streets away from here and is still burning. If it is not controlled, the fire can be burned here before dawn. If all the tars inside are burned to death, they will be pulled down. However, the tars will definitely not sit and wait for death. At that time, the tars will definitely burst out when they find that they are going to be burned to death. Great courage, and the fire will also hinder the sight of the guards and have an adverse impact on the shooting. Thousands of tars rush out together, and there may be many tars leaving here. At that time, it will be troublesome. Even if they can't get out of Gaoyou City, the tars will definitely retaliate in the city and kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Therefore, after weighing, Shi Laoer, the chief leader in charge of surveillance, who has been promoted to thousand commanders, made an extremely wrong decision: immediately go to put out the fire, and when the fire comes here, it will be a big trouble. Anyway, there are countless traps outside. In the past six months, the Tatars have been used to being confined inside for a long time. In addition, the food of the Tatars is only enough to starve to death. How can there be any power to fight back?

The Tatars did not fight back, but the Tatars would never sit back and wait for it. Although they did not dare to rush out blindly, they would never be willing to stay like this. In the past six months, the Tatars in the camp have only done one thing: digging tunnels.

Because they were all monitoring the tars in the distance. Every day, when they saw the tars waiting for dinner, they just wandered around doing nothing. Later, they even avoided wandering. No one found that the tars were digging tunnels in the dark.

Without tools, they used their hands. In order not to be discovered by the outside, in order to bypass the trap, the tunnel was dug very deep, and even half-legged water. Although the scheme of thousands of tars is simple, it is still very terrible for thousands of people to work together. The excavated soil was quietly scattered around the camp. The ground plane of the camp slowly grew by an inch, and all this was not noticed.

From this point of view, it is indeed Zhang Yang's negligence. If he had expected what would happen tonight, Zhang Yang would not hesitate to kill all these tars. He was not afraid of creating a tragedy and killing them was ominous. However, these tars were all executioners with Han blood on their hands. They all deserved to die.

"General timid, there is a big camp in front of you." He Zhaojie drove the carriage in front of him and said, "Usually, there are many soldiers with fire turrets standing guard here. Idle people are not allowed to approach at all, but it seems to have changed a little today.

The timidity looked forward. Under the firelight, the camp was set against the dark night sky, and everything was quiet.

"I don't know the timid general, how can we save the warriors in the camp? If you go further, I'm afraid there will be a trap. He Zhaojie said.

The timid eyes are full of firmness. These Mongolian warriors are his direct troops. From Taizhou to Yangzhou to Gaoyou, their loyalty has not changed. In this silent night sky, as long as he shouts out, it is he himself, all the warriors will rush out regardless of their lives, not afraid of traps, not afraid of opportunities. Guan, this is also what he can do.

It's better to die vigorously than being held alive like a pig here! He knew that after shouting out, he would also alarm the guard army. He might not be able to get out of Gaoyou City. However, what's wrong with this? If he leaves his subordinates and flees back to Yangzhou alone, it will be even more difficult for him to accept.

He took a deep breath and poured Dantian into the field, so he wanted to shout at the athletes in the barracks.

Suddenly, the soil under his feet loosened and fell straight down, and the horse was so scared that he retreated.

The soil fell down, revealing a big hole, and then a bearded man climbed up from the pit.

"General!"

"Akagi!" He was timid and recognized that he had been killed in the government office. Unexpectedly, he was also imprisoned in the camp.

Akagi has burst into tears: "Everyone thought that they would never see the general again. Unexpectedly, they finally saw it again."

With that, Akagi waved his hand down: "Come on, let our people climb up from here. I see the general!"

Like dumplings, people keep crawling out of the tunnel.

"Akagi, what's going on?" He asked if he was timid.

"General, Zhang Shicheng wants to circle us in the barracks as hostages. We have no other way but to dig the tunnel quietly. After digging for half a year, we finally dug it. Just when we saw a fire outside, everyone decided to dig through the tunnel today! As a result, I dug through the tunnel and saw the general! How did the general come out?

"Speak about these things later. Now, follow me and snatch the Gaoyou Mansion from the rebels!" He said timidly.

"Yes, take back Gaoyou Mansion!" The tars made noise together. As more and more tars climbed out of the tunnel, the whole street was slowly blocked.

He looked at his warriors. Although they had experienced half a year of prisoner life, they still did not lose their fighting spirit. They were completely angry. This kind of morale was exactly what he needed. He changed his plan. He still had thousands of people in hand. In the chaos, he should have Gaoyou from the hands of the anti-thieves. It's the only way to take it.

"Let's go to the government office first, and then seize the city gate." He said timidly.

"Go, go!" The tars have lost their minds.

He Zhaojie was stunned and looked at the "warrior" who disappeared on the street. He couldn't help scolding in his heart: Stupid, you want to take revenge with your bare hands. I really don't know what's good or bad.

"Lord Li, it's not too late. Let's leave right away." He Zhaojie and Li Pu, who was standing beside him, said.

"This..." Li Pu looked at the timidity that had already left, and was also a little moved.

"Lord Li, let's talk about it first. If General Cowardly succeeds, we will come back at worst." He Zhaojie advised.

Fear prevailed. Li Pu returned to the carriage and drove to the north gate in silence.

(to be continued)