The first ray of the winter morning sun shone down, shining on that smoky area. A light breeze blew past, the thick smoke gradually dispersed, blowing until the walls of Tong City in the distance could be seen.
But could that city still be called a city? Dashun's soldiers looked at the other side quietly, an entire side of the city wall had already collapsed, a single observation tower stood alone there, but they had just taken a look when that observation tower completed its final mission, collapsing with a crash. Looking from this direction, Tong City was in ruins, even the houses closer to the city wall were destroyed, some citizens were buried under the rubble in their sleep, still breathing, putting up a final struggle.
A large number of landmines exploded, causing the entire Tong City to be shaken beyond recognition, countless citizens gathered at the city gates, looking towards the other side in confusion. As far as the eye could see, there was smoke everywhere, the smell of gunpowder was strong and pungent, there were Zong Sui soldiers maintaining order inside the damaged city gates, at the same time rejoicing that the person guarding the city last night was not them, if not they would have become skeletons under the bricks, their limbs broken.
As Zong Sui soldiers, they did not die on the battlefield, but fell to their deaths from their own city walls, this kind of death made them feel especially aggrieved. But why did the city walls suddenly collapse? What was the sudden loud sound that came in the middle of the night?
Someone said: "It is Dashun's heavenly lightning! That kind of sound can only be produced by Dashun's heavenly lightning, only Dashun's heavenly lightning has the power to destroy the city walls. Dashun's people are attacking the city! After they massacred Jiancheng, they are finally coming to massacre our Tong City! "
These words caused panic among the citizens, and also caused anger among Zong Sui's citizens. Someone said: "Regardless of whether Zong Sui is good or not, this is our own territory, we cannot allow Dashun to invade!"
Someone said: "As a subordinate country, Zong Sui pays tribute year after year, is this not enough? I heard that Dashun invaded the entire Qian Zhou, forcing Qian Zhou's Emperor to death, and even attacked Gu Shu, forcing Gu Shu to give up half of their territory before it was considered over. Now, they want to invade Zong Sui? How big of an appetite do they have? "
However, there were also people who had a different opinion. "Was it really the Dashun people who bombed it? But we clearly saw that the explosion happened just outside the city walls. There's a five-mile defensive line over there. It's said that Lord Duan Mu An Guo set up traps in those five li for the sake of capturing the Dashun's people when they invade. Those five li are personally guarded by his personal guards, and the security is tight. Could it be that the Dashun's people can break in just because they want to? "
"Yeah!" Different opinions were raised, and people immediately began to analyze. "If the Dashun people were responsible for such a large-scale explosion, they could have just blown up the city. Why did they blow up so much land?"
The people's rationality was recovered bit by bit, those Zong Sui soldiers were also questioned: "You are all guarding the city, did you see anything last night? What's buried under the ground? "
The Zong Sui soldiers shook their heads helplessly: "In the past, we took turns to guard the city, but ever since that Lord Duan Mu came, we were no longer allowed to guard the city. Now, the people guarding the city have been changed to his personal guards. Therefore, what exactly happened outside the city, and the traps in those five li, we really do not know how they were set up. "
With this being said, the citizens were even more puzzled. "Now that the explosion is over, the city walls are gone, where are the Dashun's people? Why did the Dashun's people not attack? "
As soon as this question was asked, someone immediately shouted, "Look over there! Quickly look across! Isn't the dense mass over there Dashun's people? "
The people looked towards the direction of the voice and saw the thick smoke slowly dissipating. Far away, the large army that stretched as far as the eye could see came into view. The citizens of Tong City gasped, thinking, if that was not the Dashun's army, what was it? So, the Dashun's people really wanted to attack and occupy Tong City. But why were they only standing five li away? The explosion was already over, quickly come over and fight!
The people of Tong City looked at the Dashun's army, the Dashun's army also looked at the people of Tong City. Gradually, the citizens of Tong City understood. Someone boldly raised an opinion: "That lightning explosion was most likely not done by the Dashun's army. In my opinion, it might be that Lord Duan Mu Anguo. The trap five li away, his trap is the heavenly lightning, right? He buried the heavenly lightning five li underground, then last night, it exploded. "
Everyone was in an uproar.
"But why did Duan Mu Anguo bomb his own side? Does he have nothing better to do? "
"Maybe he accidentally caused the explosion?"
"No, no! What do you mean by his own side? That Duan Mu Anguo came from Dashun in the first place, he is not someone from our Zong Sui! "
"Could it be that all of this is a trap? Is it the result of Duan Mu Anguo and the Dashun's army working together? "
The citizens of Tong City were furious, with regards to this huge explosion, they had a guess that they felt was the most reasonable. Therefore, someone took the lead to capture Duan Mu Anguo alive, and someone shouted loudly: "Duan Mu Anguo lives in the cellar, I saw him escape when the earth moved yesterday, he is in the south of the city!"
With this voice, all the citizens of Tong City rushed madly towards the south of the city, shouting "Capture Duan Mu Anguo alive", "Let Duan Mu Anguo be buried with the citizens of Tong City", this kind of slogan to vent their anger. Even those Zong Sui soldiers were anxious, because their relatives were among the dead and injured. Therefore, they went to search for Duan Mu Anguo together, not just in the south of the city, they covered every corner of Tong City, for the sake of finding that old thief Duan Mu.
Every movement on their side did not escape the eyes of the Dashun's people, the Dashun army had already charged into the five li exploded minefield under Xuan Tianming's orders, half of them stayed behind to search, the other half charged towards Tong City.
And at this time, Duan Mu Anguo was also in an extremely sorry state. Originally, a subordinate told him that Dashun's Seventh Prince and Royal Consort Yu had entered the minefield. He was so happy that he laughed, immediately sending out divine archers to the city walls, even if that minefield exploded, he wanted to blow up Feng Yu Heng and Xuan Tianhua inside. Even though it was a pity that he did not blow up Xuan Tianming, the weight of Feng Yu Heng and Xuan Tianhua was enough for him to be moved.
But he did not expect that the explosion in the five li minefield would be so shocking, the earthquake caused caused the underground secret room he was hiding in to collapse, he had no choice but to escape in a sorry state. He managed to avoid the earthquake for half a night with great difficulty, but at this time, a subordinate came to report: "Lord, Dashun's Ninth Prince led the army and charged into the city! This subordinate saw that almost half of them are holding those things called guns in their hands, there are also many people holding Heavenly Lightning. "
Duan Mu Anguo laughed loudly, only saying: "They came at the right time! They have guns, we have guns too! They have Heavenly Lightning, we also have stockpiles. Go and gather the troops, we will meet that Ninth Prince in Tong City, see if his Heavenly Lightning is stronger, or my Heavenly Lightning is stronger! "
However, before he could be happy for long, he heard his subordinate speak: "Lord, we can't gather, our troops suffered countless casualties at the West City Gate last night, there were also 20,000 brothers stationed at the West City Gate who were outflanked by Dashun when they were retreating, they were completely wiped out. In addition, the brothers at the East City Gate, South City Gate, and North City Gate are under the control of Tong City's original garrison. The brothers with guns in hand heard that Dashun's Royal Consort Yu and the Seventh Prince had entered the minefield, they went to the West City Gate to provide support, in the end … … they encountered Dashun's Divine Intent Battalion, other than this subordinate, none of them returned. " As he spoke, he helplessly handed the empty gun in his hand to Duan Mu Anguo, "Lord, this subordinate risked his life to come back to tell you, the guns in our hands seem … … seem to be different from the ones Dashun's people have, theirs … … are much better than ours."
"What?" Duan Mu Anguo was extremely shocked, he never thought that the battle that he had been so confident of winning would end up like this. Of his 100,000 personal soldiers, 20,000 were completely wiped out! Only one person with guns and Heavenly Lightning actually returned! The soldiers at the West City Gate actually died under his own Heavenly Lightning! Also … … he stared at the gun handed over by his subordinate, was it different from Dashun's? Dashun's was better than his? "Speak clearly, how is it better?" He already could not be bothered to ask how many troops were left, the difference in the guns caused him to feel a deep fear. He originally thought that this kind of heaven-defying thing was hard to find in the world, coincidentally Feng Yu Heng had it, he also had it, it would definitely be the same, but he did not think that the other party's was actually better than his.
That subordinate also could not clearly say what was better, thinking for a long time, he only said: "Their shooting range is further than ours, they also fight faster, they also look much stronger than ours." Thinking again, he concluded: "It's like we are eating coarse grain, they are eating white rice."
This was really an appropriate comparison, Duan Mu Anguo did not have time to analyse the difference between coarse grain and white rice in detail, that subordinate said: "Lord, consider retreating! There is no way to fight this battle, we do not need to sacrifice our lives for a Zong Sui. "
Duan Mu Anguo was old in the end, he could not hold it in and started coughing loudly. He wanted to live, but he really wanted to have a good battle with Xuan Tianming, he had already hidden for too long, even if he was conserving his energy, with his age, he would not be able to conserve it for a few more years. Moreover, the comparison between coarse grain and white rice made him suddenly understand, so his so-called hibernation for so many years, so his so-called fortuitous encounter, so the Heavenly Lightning he possessed, was so weak in front of Dashun.
He was unwilling, but the truth was placed in front of him. He could already hear the sounds of Dashun's army charging in, and there were countless Zong Sui citizens shouting that they wanted to capture this traitor alive. Duan Mu Anguo finally made up his mind, nodding and saying: "Alright! Get everyone else to evacuate! "
At the city's East Gate, there was a safe passage that he specially left behind, only his own people knew about. Unfortunately, when he finally reached the city's gates, he remembered that the guards at the East Gate had already been changed from his personal guards to the Zong Sui soldiers who were originally guarding Tong City. He felt a chill in his heart, but he still forced himself to shout at that group of soldiers: "Open the gates! This General wants to leave the city! "
"Oh!" A strange voice came from somewhere, "Lord Duan Mu, since you are already Zong Sui's Great General, then you should act like a Great General. The enemy has invaded, you are not leading your troops to face the enemy, where are you going? "
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