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Chapter 858: The chaos is settled, and we meet again (4k7 chapters)

The two were extremely anxious, their brains raced quickly, and they looked around anxiously, looking for a way to break the impasse.

Suddenly, the two of them saw a small hut full of hay on the side of the street almost at the same time, and they immediately had an idea.

"Gong Yu!"

Shen Pei lowered his voice and said to Ju Shou beside him:
"Look at those warehouses. We can send people to go around the flanks, light the hay, and create chaos. This will attract the attention of the enemy's crossbowmen, and then we can take the opportunity to launch a charge."

Ju Su nodded upon hearing this: "I have the same idea, but we have limited manpower, so we must act cautiously."

"Yes, I'll go there myself!" Shen Pei nodded firmly.

Soon, the two of them had a clear division of labor. Shen Pei selected more than ten family soldiers who were nimble and quick in action, and together with them, they took flint and other fire-starting tools and prepared to sneak towards the warehouse.

At the same time, Ju Shou commanded the remaining soldiers to pretend to charge and create chaos to cover Shen Pei's actions. Then he continued to use cover, hold his position, confront the enemy archers, and wait for the opportunity.

"Kill!"

After a burst of shouting and killing, Ju Su ordered his men to rush forward suddenly holding door panels, wooden boards and other objects.

When the guards in front saw this, they immediately fired another intensive rain of arrows.

Suddenly, several family soldiers fell down wailing, the breakout failed immediately, and the crowd retreated to provide cover.

However, while the guards were reloading, Shen Pei had already led the dozen or so selected family soldiers through the chaotic streets to the other side.

They carefully avoided the enemy's sight all the way up and down, pretending to be fleeing soldiers to avoid possible shooting.

Soon after, they finally arrived near the warehouse and started a fire.

"Oh no, they set a fire!"

Thick smoke rolled in, and the captain of the enemy's crossbowmen cried out in surprise. The crossbowmen who had been concentrating on shooting also turned their eyes to the direction of the fire. For a moment, everyone's expressions became extremely ugly.

Seeing this, Ju Shou knew the time had come. He stood up suddenly, waved his sword, and shouted, "Charge!"

The family soldiers shouted in unison, their morale boosted, and they rushed towards the enemy archers like a tide.

"Shoot, shoot, stop them!"

The archer captain shouted loudly, but in the thick smoke, the originally accurate shooting became chaotic and was soon shortened.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the captain of the archers shouted loudly and led some people to draw the daggers at their waists and go forward to resist, trying to create favorable conditions for the friendly forces to retreat, but it was too late.

Under the leadership of Ju Su, the family soldiers quickly broke through their defense line with their brave charge and tenacious fighting spirit.

Shen Pei led the charge and was hit in the arm by a stray arrow during the fierce battle, but he was unaware of it and continued to fight hard.

After a hard battle, the family soldiers finally succeeded in repelling the enemy archers and opened the way.

But at the same time, they also paid a heavy price. Not only was almost everyone injured, but many family soldiers also fell in a pool of blood.

"Zhengnan, there's no time to reminisce, we have to leave quickly!"

Knowing that time was running out, Shen Pei suppressed his grief and waved his hand: "Let's go! To the city gate!"

Next, Ju Shou and Shen Pei led the dwindling number of family soldiers around them and rushed towards the city gate.

Along the way, their figures appeared and disappeared in the thick smoke and flames. All around them were the desperate cries of the people of Gaoyi City and the raging flames and chaos.

Finally, the city gate was approaching.

The tall city gate at the south gate of Gaoyi City has appeared before our eyes.

"Go this way!"

Ju Su waved his hand:
"The main road is full of guards. We have no choice but to go through here."

In front of you is the last alley. If you go through it, you will arrive directly at the gate.

Different from the guerrillas in the city who were instigated by Min Chun, the commander of the South Gate was not a blindly loyal person. Although he did not directly join their alliance, he came from a noble family and everyone was more or less related to him.

The two men firmly believed that as long as they produced Han Fu's head, the guard would happily open the gate.

At that time, Su Yao's army will be able to enter the city smoothly and put an end to the chaotic situation in one fell swoop.

However, fate always seemed to like playing jokes on them. Just as they stepped into the alley, a group of people suddenly rushed out from all around, completely blocking their way.

The leader was actually Min Chun himself.

He was covered in blood, with madness and determination in his eyes. He was obviously a civil servant, but he was holding a big knife and had a ferocious look, just like a mad beast.

"Ju Shou! Shen Pei! Do you think you can escape?"

"You want to lure that Su thief to kill me? Dream on!"

"Today is the day you die!"

Min Chun's hoarse voice was filled with deep hatred.

Behind him, there were not only the injured personal soldiers and the gathered stragglers, but also some red-eyed ruffians and the rebel army in the city.

"Just kill them!"

"My treasure, the treasure of the county governor's mansion, are all yours!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh!"

Under Min Chun's instigation, the rebel troops let out fanatical shouts.

As the saying goes, money can move the heart. The rebel army, which was originally just a small-scale operation, suddenly received Min Chun's promise to allow them to plunder the mansions of noble families and the county government treasury. Suddenly, the army outside the city was not so scary in their eyes.

They were just small fry, they stole the money, either buried it at home, or escaped in the chaos of the city. What could those arrogant people do to them? They couldn't really dig three feet deep in the city.

As a result, the mob, blinded by money, instantly became furious and rushed towards Ju Shou, Shen Pei and others with roars.

There was a greedy gleam in their eyes, as if the enemy before them was not a human being at all, but a string of coins moving in a string.

"Ha~ Gongyu, I'm afraid we're going to bleed here today"

Shen Pei clenched the long sword in his hand and let out a long sigh, while Ju Shou's face turned pale and he said nothing.

There is no time to talk.

The enemy soldiers are swarming in.

Ju Shou and Shen Pei quickly stood back to back, their weapons flashing coldly, and faced the insurgent army together with the wounded family soldiers beside them.

Shen Pei roared and rushed into the enemy camp first. Ju Su also brandished his weapon and fought personally.

Although the family soldiers were exhausted, they burst out with their last bit of strength under the encouragement of the two masters, shouting and fighting a desperate battle with the rebel army.

Min Chun stood in the back, looking at the chaotic battle situation, and snorted coldly:
"Kill, kill for me!"

"Don't let any traitor go!"

Under his instigation, the rebel troops became more and more crazy, completely disregarding their own safety, and rushed towards Ju Su and others one after another.

For a moment, the sounds of shouting and weapons clashing were intertwined in the narrow alley, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood.

Suddenly, a burly soldier holding a big axe seized the opportunity and chopped down at Shen Pei.

The axe was so fast and accurate that it seemed that it was about to kill Shen Pei on the spot.

At this moment, a family soldier suddenly shouted and rushed forward, pushed Shen Pei away, and then took the heavy blow himself.

Amidst the blood splattering everywhere, Shen Pei had no time to exclaim in surprise. He supported himself with his left hand to keep his balance, and took advantage of the moment when the axe soldier's strength had worn out and before he could put away his weapon, and stabbed him in the heart with his long sword with his right hand, avenging his confidant.

However, before he could draw his sword, several more soldiers surrounded him, with spears and short swords drawn. Shen Pei was in a mess, blocking left and right, rolling on the ground, but he could not avoid another wound on his body.

Shen Pei was in a desperate situation, and Ju Su's situation was not much better either.

His arm was scratched by a dagger of a rebel soldier. Blood flowed down his arm and dyed the hilt of the sword red, but he seemed not to notice it. He still waved the weapon in his hand and fought the enemy with all his strength.

If his trusted followers had not pulled him back into the crowd, Ju Su would have been killed on the spot with a single blow.

Everyone worked together and fought desperately, but the number of rebel soldiers was too large, the encirclement became smaller and smaller, and their pressure became greater and greater.

The family soldiers fell one after another, and the originally tight defense line showed more and more loopholes.

"Die, die!" "Revenge for Envoy Han!"

Min Chun shouted loudly and rushed forward with a big knife in hand.

In his opinion, the two thieves Ju Shen were about to die, and now was the perfect time for him to avenge Han Fu.

Is there anything better than killing your enemies? Nothing!

Amid the shouts and cries of killing, Min Chun ran faster and faster. The scene of Ju Shen and the other man's death kept flashing through his mind. Feeling confident of victory, he was already thinking about how to execute the two men.

As a result, at this moment.
woo-

Woohoo——

The melodious sound of the horn pierced the sky.

Then, a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds came from far away.

Min Chun was rushing towards Ju Shou and Shen Pei with murderous intent, but when he heard the voice, he stopped abruptly and the smugness on his face was instantly replaced by fear.

Min Chun turned his head in disbelief and looked in the direction where the sound came from, only to see that the city gate had been opened at some point. At the city gate, a blood-red military flag with the word "Su" on it fluttered in the wind. Under the flag, there was a tide of iron cavalry, like a giant dragon emerging from the water, domineeringly announcing his doomsday.

"No! Impossible! This is impossible!"

Min Chun roared loudly, gripped his weapon tightly, and widened his eyes in horror, looking at Su Yao, who was leading the group. He was riding on his horse with such majesty, like a god of war. His whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

He didn't understand. He had clearly stopped the thief, so why did Su Yao come so quickly?
But Ju Shou and others breathed a sigh of relief and smiled as if they had survived a disaster.

"Great, we finally made it through."

Facing Ju Shou's sigh, Shen Pei nodded while holding his weapon:

"Yes, Yuan Hao really lived up to everyone's expectations."

Yuan Hao was Tian Feng.

When these capitulationists learned that their plan had been exposed, they immediately took action.

In addition to Ju Shou and Shen Pei who raided the county magistrate's office to capture Han Fu, Tian Feng also led a group of people to directly persuade the guards at the city gate to surrender.

The defending general was just an ordinary man, indecisive. Under the pressure of Su Yao's army outside the city, Tian Feng used his eloquence and had a verbal battle with him on the top of the city wall. The defending general was speechless, sweating profusely, and his inner defense line completely collapsed. He obediently opened the gate to surrender and welcomed Su Yao's army into the city.

It would be better to say that the army came in just now because it took time to mobilize the army outside, which delayed it for some time. Otherwise, Su Yao would have sent down his troops from the sky and wiped out these trash in one fell swoop.

However, it’s not too late now.

As Min Chun cried out in despair, the iron cavalry rolled past. Be they loyal soldiers or greedy rebels, at this moment all were equal and all became dead souls under the feet of the iron cavalry.

Su Yao took the lead and came galloping. With a flash of cold light, Min Chun, the second-in-command of Jizhou, was pierced through the heart by the horse spear. He and the soldiers behind him were entangled and swept into the sky.

Looking from afar, one could see Min Chun's body, along with four or five soldiers, being thrown high into the air, drawing an arc under the scorching sun, and then falling heavily. He died with hatred in his heart without even having the time to say a last word.

With the commander in chief acting like this, one can easily imagine what would happen to the other soldiers.

Faced with Su Yao's cavalry, they panicked and fled in panic.

However, where could one escape to in this narrow alley? The cavalry moved in all directions, and wherever they went, there were screams and wails.

In the chaos, some soldiers were pushed to the ground and trampled mercilessly by their companions and horses, and they died instantly.

"Mercy! General, please spare me!"

"We surrender, we surrender!"

Knowing they were no match for the enemy, the rebel soldiers knelt on the ground and begged for mercy in the hope of saving their lives.

However, Su Yao's face was cold and he showed no mercy to those who took advantage of the situation to cause trouble.

The blood kept flowing, dyeing the alley red.

In just a short while, the Chiyun Iron Cavalry swept through like a whirlwind, wiping out those ruffians and thugs who had been so arrogant just a moment ago.

It was not until this time that Su Yao finally had his hands free and rode his horse to Ju Shen and his two companions, where only a dozen people were left.

"Thank you, General, for the rescue!"

Seeing Su Yao coming over, Ju Shou felt pain all over his body, but he still gritted his teeth and endured it, kneeling on one knee and said:

"Thanks to your timely arrival, we were able to save our lives."

"The traitor Han Fu has surrendered his head. Please have a look, General."

Immediately afterwards, Shen Pei presented the cloth bag containing Han Fu's head with trembling hands.

"Okay, good, you guys get up."

Su Yao glanced at the two people who were in a mess and nodded:

"I will remember your contribution this time."

After saying this, Su Yao ordered his personal soldiers to take Han Fu's head, and at the same time arranged for two people to go down for treatment.

Then, Gaoyi City was completely swept:
"General, Gaoyi City has fallen, but the city is in even greater chaos."

Xun You came to Su Yao and suggested:
"The most urgent task is to restore order as quickly as possible and appease the people."

Su Yao nodded and said to his left and right:

"Pass the order down, take over the city defense immediately. The soldiers in the city who surrender will be spared, but those who resist stubbornly or take advantage of the situation to cause chaos will be killed without mercy!"

"Here!"

Following Su Yao's order, the cavalry rushed out of the alley and, together with other Han troops that entered the city later, attacked everywhere in the city to carry out the mopping-up order.

Those scoundrels and stragglers who had taken advantage of the chaos to commit evil never expected that Su Yao's army would enter the city so quickly.

One moment, they were shouting in pleasure at the rape and looting, and the next moment, the hammer of justice fell from the sky.

Wherever the Han cavalry passed, anyone who showed any hesitation was ruthlessly hacked to death, and anyone who knelt down and begged for mercy was detained and awaited further punishment.

As the raid progressed, the chaos in the city gradually subsided. Some people who had originally kept their doors and windows closed carefully opened their doors and looked nervously and curiously at the well-organized Han army on the streets.

Under Su Yao's command, the Han army was controlling the situation in an orderly manner.

Some soldiers were responsible for clearing the streets, putting out fires, and rescuing injured civilians, while others searched house to house for possible hiding places of resistance.

At the same time, there were some minor officials who were beating gongs and shouting along the way, announcing Su Yao's policy of pacifying the people, asking the people to rest assured and promising to protect everyone's safety.

Seeing that the situation was initially settled, Su Yao finally stopped fighting, handed over the final mopping-up mission to his subordinates, and went straight to the county magistrate's mansion.

There, Ju Shou and Shen Pei, who had received some treatment, as well as Tian Feng and other members of the city's surrender faction had been waiting for a long time.

However, Su Yao just glanced at them, raised his hand to signal them to be patient, and then ran straight into the mansion.

Everyone at the door looked at each other in confusion, wondering what had happened to the general in such a hurry.

They looked at each other, stamped their feet, and followed Su Yao's back.

Everyone walked through the courtyard, ran past the back house, and headed inside, but unexpectedly they followed Su Yao to an inconspicuous little house behind his pavilion.

"Why did the general come here?"

"This place is just a warehouse, what's going on here?"

Before everyone could finish their words, they saw Su Yao suddenly exert force, run a few steps, and then kick down the wall in front of him with a flying kick.

Immediately afterwards, a beam of sunlight shone into the house, and behind the cottage, there was a different world, and under the high wall there was an open-air courtyard!

Suddenly, everyone behind Su Yao was stunned.

As the wall collapsed, the people in the yard cried out in surprise. They hurriedly moved and rushed over to check the situation, but were all dumbfounded to see such a large group of people.

Just as the people on both sides were staring at each other, Su Yao laughed:
"Old leader, long time no see, are you all right?"

"Hey, General, you are finally here!"

The person who spoke was none other than Su Yao's old acquaintance, Wang Rou, the former Lieutenant General of the Xiongnu and current Prime Minister of Hejian State.

(End of this chapter)