At this moment.
It was already past midnight.
Almost all the lanterns in Chang 'an City were extinguished.
And all the people seemed to have fallen asleep.
But at this moment, a little bit of fire slowly lit up the entire Chang 'an City.
First, it was a little bit, then a cluster, and then half the sky was completely red.
It was also very cold.
It was already very cold.
But at this moment, the people sleeping near the East Market suddenly seemed to feel as if it had become hot.
In the East Market, at this moment, the East River Restaurant, Chang 'an Hotel, and dozens of other shops were burning at this moment, instantly waking up the people who lived there.
Everyone looked at this fire and couldn't help but be stunned.
They jumped onto the streets and shouted desperately.
"Fire!"
"Help! Put out the fire! "
"Help!"
The first one to arrive was not the city guard, but the night watchman.
Seeing this, the night watchman didn't care about his work. He held the gong high and hit it desperately.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
"Fire!"
"Everyone get up!"
"Put out the fire!"
In an instant.
The people who were sleeping in a daze were awakened by the harsh and disturbing sound of the gong.
Before they were ready to rush out angrily and tear the night watchman apart, they suddenly found that the outside of the window had become red. Instantly, everyone's head and heart became cold.
They hurriedly kicked their sleeping and drooling families to wake up.
They hurriedly went out of the door.
In a moment, the people of the East Market, the City Defense Army patrolling the streets, and the people of the county government rushed over.
Everyone looked at the few buildings that were almost burned down and were dumbfounded.
Who the hell was this!?
This place was a rare and important place in Chang 'an. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the fire here was definitely not a natural fire.
Because.
There was still hay at the door that was not burned out.
What did this mean?
This meant that someone did it on purpose!
Setting a fire here in the middle of the night …
"What are you waiting for? Go home quickly and get your food to put out the fire! "
At this moment.
A man riding a big horse hurriedly galloped over, and before he got close, he hurriedly shouted angrily in a hurry.
In an instant, everyone came to their senses and hurriedly went home.
Then, he picked up his weapon and ran out.
There was no other way. The houses here were all connected to each other. Once the fire spread, no one would be able to escape.
The person who had come was Yuchi Gong. Yuchi Gong had not brought many people with him to begin with, so it would be impossible for them to split up now. Furthermore, with such an anomaly, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that someone had deliberately stopped them. Furthermore, there were fires at three city gates, as well as near the Eastern Palace. This was definitely done to disperse their forces.
At this time, he didn't know what the Emperor would do. He could only come and take a look first, and then organize the people in the city to save themselves.
The common people were still able to handle it. As soon as Yuchi Gong gave the order, everyone began to move. Coupled with the people from the Chang 'an Local Government led by Niu Weili, Yuchi Gong dared not delay for a moment and directly rushed to the next fire spot.
The sound of horse hooves, dry wood, roof beams, and tiles emitted bursts of explosive sounds amidst the night wind. Every sound made one's heart sink.
"Quick! Put the fire out! "
"Everyone, put out the fire!"
"Beat the drums and inform the other city gate guards who are not on fire to come and help!"
Yanxing Gate and Yanping Gate were the third direct passageway apart from Tonghua Kaiyuan and Jinguang Chunming at the imperial city gate. They were also direct passageways that only the common people could eat.
At this time, on the street.
Pairs of defensive positions, coupled with the addition of the navy soldiers from the Chang 'an Navy Mansion, instantly woke up all the common people in Chang' an City.
Everyone stood at the windows of the houses, looking at the chaotic noise outside and the fire that was getting stronger and stronger. They were shocked.
This was the first time such a big fire had happened in Chang 'an since they could remember. .
Everyone was scared out of their wits. They didn't know what was going on, and they didn't know who was doing it.
However, at this time, everyone knew that there must be a big problem at this time, and they seemed to faintly feel that tonight was not an ordinary night.
They were all common people who had lived here for a long time, so they naturally knew the situation here. However, they had never seen so many soldiers at the same time.
And in the middle of the night.
And this fire.
Could it be …
'Xieli Khan is attacking again???'
Everyone couldn't sit still when they thought of this.
They all stared at the door with even more horror.
At this time, Yuchi Gong and his men came to the door one after another.
The city gate had been doused with palm oil and pine oil. At this time, the originally thick and dry city gate instantly turned into a wall of fire. What was more terrifying was that the gate building on the city gate was also burning at this time. Although this place was relatively close to the moat outside the city, it was necessary to open the city gate to put out the fire.
Opening the city gate seemed to be …
Yuchi Gong's eyebrows twitched fiercely. The anger in his heart was also burning fiercely. He shouted angrily, "Everyone, listen to my order. Quickly go to the common people's houses to borrow water. Guard the city gate with your lives. Don't! "
As he spoke, Yuchi Gong turned his horse's head and saluted the people in the dark. He said, "Everyone, tonight there are bold thieves who want to destroy the peace in our city. I, Yuchi Gong, ask you again to quickly come out to help put out the fire and protect Chang 'an together!"
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