Xiao Liulang screamed, and the shield finally slid down from his arm. Nearly a hundred Cao army soldiers had gathered in front of and behind the warehouse. They all set their bows and arrows, and dozens of arrows shot at him at one after another. In an instant, Xiao Liulang was shot like a hedgehog and fell to the ground from a few feet high air window.

Ren Ping's eyes were so shocked that he had no time to be sad at this time. Several arrows shot past his head. Cao's soldiers were killing Xiaoliulang, and all the arrows were shooting at him. Thousands of Cao's soldiers had rushed to the warehouse dozens of steps away, and they were about to fail.

Ren Ping leaned against the big tree and took out a ball of oily mud from the skin. He lit the sludge in his hand without hesitation. Suddenly, a blue flame wrapped his entire palm. His last chance, when Xiao Liulang fell to the ground, he was holding a scythe in his hand, and it was obvious that he had shot out a spike.

Ren Ping had no choice but to bet this time. He resisted the severe pain of the fire and threw out the tinder mud. A ball of blue flame rolled in the air, drawing an arc, passing through the iron grille on the ventilator, and the flames flew into the warehouse accurately.

Just as the tinder was removed from the tree, Ren Ping also jumped off the big tree and fell heavily into the mud pond under the tree. His hands were covered with mud, and the flames on his hands were extinguished.

He didn't care about the severe pain in his palm, jumped up from the mud pond, stumbled into the distance, and when he ran less than fifty steps, thick smoke came out of the turmeric depot, red flames spewed out of the air window, and shouting sounded. The defenders of the warehouse seemed to be in chaos, and no soldiers climbed over the wall to pursue him.

Ren Ping waved his arm so excited that he turned around and ran out into a forest, and disappeared in a moment.

Although the warehouse gate was opened, the thick smoke flames in the warehouse made the soldiers dare not enter, and watched helplessly as nearly ten thousand barrels of turmeric oil were engulfed by the fire.

Cao Hong also rushed to the military camp when he heard the news. The scene in front of him was shocked. The rolling smoke rushed into the sky, more than 30 feet high. The huge warehouse had been engulfed by the fire. Even the surrounding empty warehouses were ignited by the fire. Thousands of soldiers rushed out of the military camp and looked at the fire in a daze.

"Who? Who did it!"

Cao Hong was furious and shouted at a group of guard soldiers. Dozens of soldiers knelt on the ground, and no one dared to say anything. At this time, the leader of the army said: "Report to General, there are two people who set fire. One of them has been shot to death by his brothers' arrows, and the other has run away, but his palm should have been burned."

"Useless bastard!"

Cao Hong whipped him hard in the face and turned around and ordered: "Investigate all men in the city, and arrest anyone with burns on his hands immediately!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a dull drum sound came from a distance, "dong-dong-dong!" The drum sound was extremely penetrating, as if it hit the hearts of every soldier.

Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, turned around and asked, "Where is the drum sound?"

A soldier said tremblingly: "It seems that coming from outside the city!"

Cao Hong was shocked. Is the Han army going to attack the city? He immediately shouted to the soldiers around him: "The enemy is going to attack the city, hurry up and go to the city to defend!"

The military camp suddenly became chaotic, and the soldiers no longer cared about the burning fire in the warehouse and turned around and ran towards the city.

In the wilderness outside Wancheng, tens of thousands of Han troops were lined up neatly, with dark troops covering the sky, bright armor, dense spear tips and swords like forests flashing cold light in the sun.

But the Han army did not attack, but placed a hundred huge drums in front of the army. The famous stimulating drums here were used to boost morale and suppress the enemy. In front of each drum, two strong men were waving the drumsticks and hitting a series of low and trembling sounds.

Above Wancheng, dozens of feet of thick smoke still rushed straight into the sky. The thick smoke, drums and murderous military formations were heavily oppressed in the hearts of every Cao army soldier, causing their morale to be depressed and their military spirits to shake.

On the top of the city, thousands of Cao soldiers were staring at the Han army formation under the city, and their hearts were shocked by the sound of war drums and the overwhelming Han army formation.

At this time, every soldier thought about how to fight back, and how to save his life and his property in the war. Cao Hong's morale briefly gained by indulging soldiers to loot quickly subsided under the pressure of the Han army.

Cao Hong also felt a chill on his back. The Han army seemed to know the situation of his army as if he was very targeted and was directly targeted at the morale of the Cao army. Has anyone leaked the information in the city to the Han army?

It was impossible for the Han army scouts who were hiding in the city. They could not send out information. They could only have someone in the military secretly communicated with the Han army. Thinking of this, Cao Hong's two fists slowly clenched.

Amid the drums, Ren Ping had already changed into a dress and sneaked into the thousands of civilians in the north of the city. He found his subordinates. The scouts and the civilians squatted under the wall. Ren Ping briefly told everyone about the death of Xiao Liulang.

At this time, several subordinates said, "Cao Jun has just come to check. It seems that he is looking for a general who has injured his palm, but is he looking for a general?" Ren Ping looked at his hand and applied a thick layer of ointment on his hand. His palm was indeed burned to a minor injury. He nodded, "Cao Jun should be looking for me!"

As soon as Ren Ping finished speaking, a scream came from afar. Several Cao soldiers dragged one out. The civilian shouted, "I didn't do anything. I was injured when my hand burned the stove!"

However, the Cao army soldier did not listen to his explanation and dragged him away like a fierce spirit. An old man next to him sighed: "After twenty people have been captured, it's a sin!"

At this time, a team of Cao soldiers walked up quickly and shouted, "Everyone gets up, go demolish the house and get the stones!"

Dozens of Cao's soldiers forced the civilians to drive away the civilians with wooden sticks. More than a thousand civilians were forced to stand up and walk into the city. The old man beside Ren Ping was a little slower and was beaten to the ground by Cao's two sticks. Ren Ping quickly helped him up, "Old man, no problem!"

The old man suddenly saw Ren Ping's right hand, he was stunned for a moment, immediately covered his hand with his clothes, and walked into the team. The Cao army soldiers did not see it, and continued to yell forward and yelled.

"Thank you!"

The old man thanked Ren Ping in a low voice, and couldn't help but curse with hatred: "The Han army enters the city, and they must kill all of them!"

Ren Ping smiled and patted his shoulder, and quickly chased him down the front. The old man looked at his back and sighed softly...

Just as the Han sermon drums were ringing, in the inner hall of the Huang family, more than a dozen heads of prominent families from Wancheng gathered together, including Deng Yi's younger brother Deng Ren. Everyone had serious expressions, and they all knew that they had reached the last moment of their choice.

Huang Chengyan slowly said to everyone: "Cao Hong indulged soldiers to plunder Wancheng. Cao Hong himself lost confidence in Wancheng, otherwise he would not have done so. Last night's looting was a heavy misfortune. How many of you here are spared? You might as well raise your hand."

About seven or eight people raised their hands, Huang Chengyan nodded, "Then half of them were looted. Although the Huang family was not looted, they also paid 50,000 yuan in housing insurance. I think we can no longer remain silent and must take action."

At this time, Deng Ren also stood up and said, "The Master of the Huang family is very right. I went to prison this morning to visit my brother. My brother was disabled and was abused by the prison guards. His ribs were broken. The Deng family could not bear it anymore and firmly supported Mr. Huang's reminder that we must take action and let the Han army enter the city."

Everyone expressed their opinions, especially the seven looted families responded even more fiercely, and they could never tolerate Cao's army occupying Wancheng and wanted to help the Han army enter the city.

Huang Chengyan waved his hand, and everyone calmed down again. He said to everyone: "My plan is to use civil servants to stir up trouble. I have received news that from the afternoon, the Cao army will use weapons to equip 8,000 civil servants. In this opportunity, the Huang family can control eighty civil servants, and everyone can use their own personnel."

Deng Ren said, "The Deng family has 70 servants who have joined the civil servants. Together with the Deng family's tenants and shop assistants, they can control about 300 civil servants."

"We can control fifty-three people."

"The Zhao family in the north of the city can control sixty-five people." i

The heads of the family reported the numbers one by one. Huang Jin quickly recorded it on the side, and finally counted the number of people and said to his father: "Father, there are about a thousand people."

"good!"

Huang Chengyan nodded and said to everyone: "Everyone is going back to contact our own civil servants. We have agreed to start a rebellion at the first update tonight and seize the East Gate."...

The Han army did not attack the city, stopped its pressure at dusk, withdrew from the camp, and the city of Wan quieted down again.

At night, the blazing warehouse fire had been extinguished, and the soldiers and all supplies were moved to Xidaying, and Dongdaying became a temporary residence for 8,000 armed civilians.

As time came to an end, a riot occurred in the Western Military Camp. Under the reflection of a torch, Cao Hong, wearing armor, walked quickly to the Xidaying Horse House with more than a dozen generals.

The scene in the horse house made Cao Hong so angry that he almost fainted. Thousands of war horses fell into the stable, foaming at the mouth, and all were poisoned. More than a dozen grooms escaped, and the rest were all caught by soldiers and knelt on the ground.

Cao Hong already knew that there must be traitors in his army, the same person as the Han army attacked Cao's morale today. Cao Hong drew his sword and pointed at a groom and gritted his teeth and asked, "Hurry! Who instructed you to poison?"

"General, I really don't know if I don't poison it...ah!"

Before he could finish, Cao Hong stabbed him to death with a sword, and pointed his sword at another groom, "Who instructed you to poison!"

Cao Hong's eyes were red and he killed more than a dozen grooms in a row. He turned around suddenly and stared at the general behind him fiercely. His eyes finally fell on Yu Ze and asked coldly: "General Yu, how did Nanxiang County be compromised?"

"Does the general suspect that I did it?" Yu Ze asked calmly.

"I don't have you, I want to investigate one by one, General Yu was the first one,! How did Nanxiang County be captured by the Han army?"

Cao Hong's suspicion is not unreasonable. Yu Ze was ambushed by the Han army halfway. So the Cao army soldiers who fled to Wancheng should not only Yu Ze and his dozen of his personal soldiers, but there should be many defeated soldiers. However, the defeated army has not appeared, so Cao Hong was a little suspicious that Yu Ze had no truth.
Chapter completed!