Three Kingdoms

There was sudden chaos in the city. Most of these nobles who usually had their nostrils turned upward were now even worse than ordinary farmers and women. While running, their feet suddenly sprained, their legs became weak, or they could not run at all. There are not only one or two people who find a wooden frame of a table and bury their heads in it.

Of course, not all of them are like this. There are also some aristocratic families who stand together with their own guards, or lean against the wall, or enter the store, holding weapons, and chop down the thieves who dare to approach one by one, without any hesitation. Afraid of the smelly blood flying everywhere, there were many stumps all over the ground.

Most of the rest are ordinary people, running around screaming, rolling around in a daze, crawling through any cracks they see like headless flies...

In Chang'an City, not only was there a point in front of the Cai Mansion, but even chaotic screams could be heard from several places. Those thieves who were causing chaos and destruction were stained with the blood of their own family or others, and they were unscrupulous. Yelling and slashing aimlessly at anyone who appears in sight.

In front of the Cai Mansion, the thieves mixed in with the panicked crowd and came fiercely. Several swords and guns flashed with cold light and they came straight at them!

"Retreat quickly! Retreat quickly!"

The guards of the Cai Mansion were originally elite troops deployed by the Cavalry General Fei Qian. Although two people were killed without warning, the remaining three or four people quickly coordinated with the guards originally guarding the gate and adjusted. They formed a formation and protected the gate of Cai Mansion, allowing Cai Yan and his party who hurriedly fled in to have room to close the door.

I don’t know whether it’s because her natural otaku attribute has a certain immunity against strong stimulation such as blood death, or because she has some experience living a wandering life with Cai Yong, but Cai Yan is not like some people who only know how to cover up when in danger. The woman with the screaming face had the same surname, but she was relatively calm and retreated into the Cai Mansion under the cover of the guards.

Even though Cai Yan's face is a little pale and his steps are a little messy...

"Close the door quickly!"

The guard saw Cai Yan entering the gate from the corner of his eye. He picked up the corpse of a thief who had just been chopped to death, and used it as a shield to block it. He immediately locked two or three swords and guns, shouted loudly, and chopped The person in front of him was knocked down, and the guards around him also came in together. Under the flash of the sword, three or four thieves who rushed towards him were immediately dead on the spot!

The other bandits were startled, knowing that they were in trouble, so they did not dare to step forward casually. They hesitated for a while and confronted the Cai Mansion guards...

With a crash, the servants of the Cai Mansion closed the door.

"Go up the wall! Adjust the bow and arrow!"

The escort leader was still holding the unfortunate corpse, ignoring that its intestines and intestines burst and fell to the ground, "Anyone who comes close will be killed without mercy!"

Several other Cai Mansion guards who came after hearing the news shouted in response. Then two of them climbed up the wall with bows on their backs and shot two nearby thieves who were making trouble.

The thieves who gathered outside Cai Mansion saw that they could not get any advantage. They looked at each other and dispersed, leaving a street full of blood and flesh.

When the guards of the Cai Mansion saw the culprit walking away, they took a breath, threw away the corpse in their hands, and had someone open half the door and retreated in. Only then did everyone realize that the guard had been scratched at the side of his waist. A bloody opening was opened, and half of the shirt was stained with blood...

In Chang'an, the streets that used to be very lively have become filled with corpses and traces of blood spraying everywhere!

The thieves were shouting and screaming, like starving ghosts escaping from hell, eagerly grabbing property and harvesting lives. They were so excited and crazy that they couldn't help themselves. Most of them didn't notice that several of them had already jumped into the air in Chang'an City. Messenger rocket...

When the Hussars General's Mansion was built, it was considered to be like a fortress in the city. Now that Chang'an is in chaos, the four doors of the General's Mansion were immediately locked. Heavy armored guards stood on the walls of the palace, and spears, shields, crossbows and hard bows were immediately brought up. , anyone who dared to stand up would be shot like a hedgehog immediately, and died tragically in the square in front of the General Office.

As soon as the commotion broke out, Fei Qian rushed to the high platform of the General's Mansion. With a livid face, he looked at the fire and black smoke coming out of Chang'an City. What he heard was the continuous roar coming from outside the General's Mansion. Shouts, shouts, cries...

"Send the order!" Fei Qian gritted his teeth and said, "Assemble Xu Gongming's soldiers to enter the city to quell the chaos! In addition, a certain great banner will be erected here!"

The sounds of rockets and drums were transmitted from the General's Mansion to the outside at almost the same time. A three-color banner was also erected on the high platform of the General's Mansion. The patrol inspectors and ordinary soldiers in the city couldn't help but cheered, and they became more courageous. point!

Under the influence of chaotic sound waves, Mingdi cannot fully play its intended role, but coupled with the gray and black smoke emitted by gunpowder, it is very obvious in the air.

The disadvantage of black powder producing a large amount of smoke has turned into an advantage in military communication rockets. Even at night, the bright rocket is enough to serve as a very good guide. In the initial period of turmoil and chaos, the After the sound, there were gradually some deep sounds that seemed to be transmitted up from the ground. After a while, these dull sounds gradually expanded, and the sound of horse hooves hitting the bluestone was like countless bangs. The sound was so loud that everyone who heard it could not help but stand up their pores!

The first to be overthrown were the cavalry led by Xu Huang. These cavalry came from the west of Chang'an and quickly replaced the general inspection and maintenance positions. Then they advanced rapidly along the long street with an overwhelming momentum. Everything that stood in front of the horse's hooves was trampled into blood!

Xu Huang walked to the gate of the General's Mansion, got off his horse and bowed in front of the gate.

"General Hussar's order! The traitor must be beheaded within two hours!" The guards of General Hussar's Mansion loudly conveyed Fei Qian's order.

"Wei!" Xu Huang took the order and immediately led the cavalry to turn around in the square in front of the General Office. Under the flying horseshoes, the unlucky guys who died in the square were trampled into bloody foam on the ground!

General Feiqian's banner stood up, and the bloodstained thieves in the city were immediately startled, "Damn it! Didn't they say they had already left the city?!"

"Oops! What to do? What to do?!"

Xu Huang did not leave these thieves much time to think. The first wave of hundreds of elite cavalry came with him, and in the blink of an eye, they killed a group of thieves running around on the four long streets. Jiabuliu then took control of the neighborhood gate near the General's Mansion, and then drove the rebellious thieves from the corner of the alley into the street like they were driving away rats, and then rode straight past them!

The thief was like a straw stake, either chopped into two pieces, or entangled in the horse's hooves, leaving his body intact!

After clearing out one neighborhood, the city patrol will take over the defense and search for those who slipped through the net, and then Xu Huang immediately rushes to the next neighborhood...

When the subsequent infantry were driven down, Chang'an City and Lingyi on both sides of the Weishui River immediately stabilized. Even if some places were set on fire when the thieves looted, they were quickly extinguished, leaving only a few Black smoke and body parts were pushed to both sides of the street.

Xu Huang took several guards and returned to the yamen of the General's Mansion. He dismounted his horse, took off the head hanging in front of the horse, and placed it in front of the General's Mansion. Guard Xu Huang also placed the heads in his hands, and in a blink of an eye a hill of heads was built.

The blood-colored human heads were like beef balls dipped in tomato sauce. They were stacked with dead fish eyes rolled sideways or upwards, and semi-coagulated blood slowly squirmed along the gaps in the bluestone slabs.

Several other thieves who were tied up were thrown aside like pigs and dogs waiting to be slaughtered.

"Ask!" Fei Qian glanced briefly and then gave the order for on-site torture. Nowadays, Fei Qian is quite accustomed to blood and corpses, or he is numb. He is just a little strange and confused. Where do these thieves come from? Isn't it in Longshouyuan? Could it be said that besides the group in Longshouyuan, there are other thieves?

When the thieves were in trouble, they looked ferocious, like evil spirits, but when they were executed by Xu Huang's soldiers, they looked like a boy who was surrounded by a group of big men and had his clothes stripped off. He was crying and shouting in extremely miserable ways. After a while, it was like a bamboo tube whose stopper had been knocked open, and everything poured out.

Fei Qian read the summary of torture questions and couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Seeing that something was wrong, these thieves who immediately surrendered to save their lives (although they may not be able to save their lives) turned out to be Sansuke Sakon's libertines. They were just a group of guys who took advantage of the situation. According to their identification, the real thieves who contacted them were basically He had already died in the battle just now...

"Ranger and libertine..." Fei Qian sighed and immediately ordered, "Find these people!"

If it were just based on the few thieves who had sneaked in, perhaps the chaos in Chang'an City would not be so great, but with the addition of these wandering wanderers who originally seemed to have no harm...

These libertines confessed that they had received money, and at first they were just here to help avenge their blood relatives, but then the situation became chaotic and they became malicious...

During the Han Dynasty, blood revenge was not only recognized by society, but even the law was very tolerant. Therefore, these libertines felt that there was money to be made and they could gain some fame, so they basically didn't think much about it until things got serious. After that, some sober people saw that the situation was not going well and fled among the crowd. Most of those caught by Xu Huang were stupid guys who were confused and thinking about robbing some money or something.

As ordinary people, the rangers who rob the rich and give to the poor are undoubtedly representatives of justice and the light of hope. But for rulers, these restless rangers, just like what happened today, are easily provoked and ignited by something. Come on suddenly.

Just like during catastrophes in some free countries, the people who smashed, smashed and looted on the streets were not necessarily vicious people originally. Many of them were just vagrants and poor people, but under certain conditions, they became Just let out the greed and desire in your heart without any reservation.

"Ranger... libertine..."

This incident completely dispelled Fei Qian's original good impression of the rangers. Although there are some good people among these people, just like people in the chaotic and good camp, they sometimes do evil things. Come. What Fei Qian wants to establish is an orderly, powerful, and cooperative political group that knows how to cooperate with each other. Indeed, there is not much room for these wandering libertines who act good and evil and only rely on their own conscience to judge.

Cai Yan of the Cai Mansion encountered an assassination incident and quickly reported to Fei Qian. On the one hand, it also strengthened Fei Qian's determination to expel these restless and unstable factors. On the other hand, he was glad that Cai Yan was not harmed. , some questions are rolling in my mind...

What is the original goal of these people?

Is it directed at me?

It doesn't seem like it. After all, if these thieves hadn't taken action, Fei Qian wouldn't have revealed that he actually didn't go to Qinglong Temple, but stayed with the general...

So it's for other people? For example, Cai Yan?

It doesn't seem like it. Although Cai Yan was indeed in danger, the thieves simply gave up and continued the attack when they saw how powerful he was. It was not like they were targeting Cai Yan in a very targeted manner.

So, what exactly is it for?

While Fei Qian was thinking, Pang Tong got the news and hurried back from Longshou Plain. I originally thought that by encircling and suppressing the group of people in Longshouyuan, I could eliminate the troublesome Pang Tong. However, it turned out that it was like being slapped back and forth a dozen times, and my face was even worse than the red bottom of a pot. Upon arriving at the General's Mansion, the second round of torture and interrogation began immediately.

Although the thieves in the city were dead and could not speak, their belongings and some items were left behind.

With further digging and investigation, Pang Tong came to Fei Qian with the results of the interrogation, somewhat confused, "Reporting to the Lord... This, these seem to be two groups of people..."

"Two groups of people?" Fei Qian asked while looking at the torture records.

Pang Tong nodded and lowered his voice and said: "Longshouyuan is led by two people. One of them is named Shi Huan, whose courtesy name is Gong Liu. He is a native of Pei State and has been killed on the spot. The other one is named Li Tong, whose courtesy name is Wenda." ...The two people who came together were both...sent..."

Fei Qian nodded silently.

"But this wave in the city... there are no survivors..." Pang Tong didn't know whether he should say that Xu Huang's big ax was too sharp, or what else he should say, "The city is still under martial law and searching to see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net... ...But...this group in the city should be about twenty people. The earliest ones came at the beginning of this year, and the later ones came in June and July. They were originally in Changgui Square in the city. Rented a courtyard... The owner of the courtyard should have nothing to do with these people... Because this person has been killed by these thieves, and his body is still in the courtyard woodshed... The body has not rotted yet, it should be these two It’s a matter of God…”

Probably because the household asked these people to provide identification, but these people couldn't produce it, and they were afraid that the head of the household would report them and be investigated, so they simply silenced them.

So to put it this way, in fact, most of the crimes committed by these thieves are still blamed on Fei Qian himself.

Fei Qian instituted a continuous Baojia system and began to liquidate and register the population of Chang'an City. Gradually, these thieves who had been hiding inside could no longer hide and faced the situation of either being reported or fleeing outside Chang'an. , and Fei Qian released the news that he was going to Qinglong Temple, these thieves felt that Fei Qian was not in the city, and the city's defense must be looser, so they bribed some nearby libertines...

Pang Tong looked at Fei Qian and hesitated a little, but finally said: "In addition, we also found some things..."

The things were delivered, and Fei Qian couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw it...