Chapter 1027 Chips
The flags cover the sun and the moon, and the sound of killing shakes the world.
At Sun Tu's order, hundreds of thousands of anti-thieves suddenly advanced forward. Their momentum immediately scared the imperial guards guarding the city to the point of being so scared that many people even fell on the ground. The feeling of facing the surging murderous intent made them feel that they did not have a city to defend, but were having a head-on confrontation with those fierce enemies like tigers and wolves in the wilderness.
Especially the defenders at Chenqiao Gate, when Sun Tu waved his sword and rode forward, tens of thousands of elite soldiers behind him shouted, as if they were roaring like dragons and tigers, which was so intimidating that they were far beyond the ability of these Taiping Imperial Guards who had never experienced life and death fighting.
But in fact, if they were calm enough, they would find that the rebels under the city were actually bluffing and seemingly launching an attack, but in fact the troops were just moving forward a little for a while, far from threatening the city. Even the weapons such as crossbows, chariots, catapults and other weapons that should have been used long ago in the siege were not seen.
At the same time, a uniform voice has been shouted out by hundreds of thousands of people at the same time: "We just want to clear the king and kill the treacherous and slandered, so that our soldiers in the world will no longer be despised and bullied! If you are a man of blood, you should abandon the darkness and turn to the light, open the city gate, kill the thief with us and make contributions, and make trouble!"
This long passage was shouted from the soldiers besieged in all directions, piercing through the barriers of space like thunder, crossing the high walls, and entering the city of Bianliang, Tokyo. Not only could the defenders on the city hear it clearly, but even the ordinary people in the city who were hiding in their houses with fear could clearly understand the meaning of the words, and many people even showed deep thoughts.
Although Cai Jing, who was in charge of the Political Affairs Hall, could not hear clearly what the rebels outside were calling, his subordinates reported the external changes in time to face them. As soon as he heard it, his old face, which was not good-looking, immediately turned blue and white: "The rebel Sun Tu, is really a scheming. This is to disrupt the morale of the army in the city with a plan to attack the heart. He can't let him succeed. Go and send an order to Liang Shicheng, and ask him to drag Sun Tu's wife and children to the top of the city immediately, kill one person first, and force him to withdraw his troops!"
By this time, Cai Jing had put all his other concerns aside. As long as it was a solution, he had to use them. Even if Sun Tu had threatened him before, he could not care about it. After all, he knew very well that once Sun Tuzhen entered Tokyo, he would definitely die as the leader of the treacherous slander in his mouth. If that was the case, what else would he have to worry about?
In fact, Liang Shicheng's idea was the same as Cai Jing. He even decided to directly pull Sun's wife and children to the city and kill one person in front of him. After all, he is different from ordinary officials. As an eunuch, Liang Taifu did not have any burden on his wife and children, and destroying the three tribes and other things really scared him.
But he did not put this plan into action in the end, because now there is no heavier bargaining chip in his hand except the servants in the Yuehou Mansion. In other words, Sun Tu's two wives, who should have been held in hand, have long disappeared...
Listening to the constant roars coming from outside, Liang Shicheng, who was increasingly frightened, grabbed the man in front of him, who was already out of the way, and was covered in blood and shouted in a grim voice: "Tell me, where did you hide those people? How did they leave the Marquis' Mansion?" Whether it was because of anger or fear, his voice trembled.
The man in front of him was Sun De, the butler of the Hou Mansion. Since he was taken down by them on New Year's Eve, he has suffered too much pain and suffered too much torture. He has lost even a piece of complete flesh on his body. He is also half-drown. Now he can hardly speak, and he can only shake his head powerlessly and signal that he doesn't know anything.
"Waste, you trash!" Liang Shicheng, who was extremely frightened and exerted force, pushed Sun De out, and even let him snatch his head against the hilt of a soldier behind him. He heard a miserable hum and a slight sound. Then the person fell down softly, and only twitched a few times, then there was no movement. He was killed by Liang Shicheng!
But even when he was dying, Sun De's eyes were still full of doubts. Not only Liang Shicheng and the others, but also him, he didn't know when and how his mistress and the two little masters left the mansion.
When Liang Shicheng finally calmed down and went up to check, he found that there was a hole in the back of the important witness's head and was already exhausted. This made him even more angry. He shook his hand and stumbled the imperial guard in front of him who had been scared: "Bastard, who told you to move!"
"Little man..." The man was about to argue, but Liang Shicheng shouted again: "Take him down and interrogate him strictly to see if he had colluded with Sun Tu early in the morning. He came to kill someone to silence him!" He was already panicked and completely confused, doubting anyone around him.
As the soldiers shouted injustice, someone immediately stepped forward and dragged him out. However, what Liang Shicheng did not notice was that other imperial guards around him had already flashed in the eyes of the other imperial guards, and the eyes of him had also changed from awe to hatred. Some people's hands unconsciously put on the hilt of their waists. Especially when slogans such as "Soldiers of the Song Dynasty should be self-improvement" were constantly coming outside the city, some shackles in their hearts had been loosened, waiting for an opportunity to appear.
Taifu Liang did not pay attention to the reactions of the ordinary soldiers around him who had always been ignored by him. He just frowned and thought desperately, trying to find out how the Sun family members left here and where they were hiding now.
In fact, he has visited many places in the past few days, such as the Di family's residence, the homes of Qin Hui, who has a good relationship with Sun Tu and other imperial officials, and even Tong Guan's residence. However, after a few days, he still found no clues. The four people completely disappeared into Tokyo as if they could fly to the sky and escape.
Of course, Liang Shicheng also understood that no matter how capable the Sun family had, they could not really escape from the Tokyo City, which had already been blocked from each gate. They must still be in this city. However, Bianjing has a population of one million. If you really want to find a few people here, it is no different from finding a needle in a haystack.
As early as New Year's Eve, he was ordered to come but found that the most important people were missing. Liang Shicheng had sent his confidants around him to search the city. But until today, the rebels were about to launch an attack on Tokyo, but they had not yet seen their whereabouts. It seems that the matter can no longer be hidden, and we must be honest with Master Cai...
Just when Liang Shicheng thought about it but had no solution and was extremely upset, a subordinate rushed over again: "Taifu, Taishi Cai sent someone to pass the order, asking us to take Sun Tu's wife and children to the top of the city, kill one or two in front of him, thinking that they were threatening, and forcing him to retreat..."
Liang Shicheng was shocked and knew that he had no choice. He immediately said, "Go to Chenqiaomen to send a message to Liang Zhen and ask him to kill a few servants from Sun Tu's mansion first!" The master could not find it, so he could only settle for the second best and take the person to fill it first.
Here at Chenqiaomen, like Liang Shicheng, his nephew Liang Zhen did not need his uncle to send someone to order. He had personally dragged a servant to the city wall and roared at the rebels who were constantly pressing up: "If you dare to come forward again, I will kill someone! Now, just kill a slave, and you will be your Sun Tu's wife and children later! You have to think about it!" As he said that, he even kicked the man out and raised the knife in his hand.
"Mr. Marquis, save me, I don't want to die!" The servant of the Marquis's mansion was so scared that he was out of his mind. He didn't care about anything else and started screaming at the top of his throat.
Sun Tu's face outside the city was also ashen, and even his hands holding the reins were trembling slightly. In fact, he was so nervous that he was very nervous. After all, the other party was his family, and he was one of the few relatives in this world.
"Ya'er, Rong'er, Hu'er, Feng'er..." Sun Tu's heart was also in a state of confusion as he muttered his wife and children.
As if he saw his hesitation, Tong Mu, who had already met with him successfully, leaned over and whispered: "Sanlang, why not take a step back first, talk to them about conditions, and then make plans?"
This sentence strengthened Sun Tu's idea. He suddenly bit his teeth: "No! At this time, I must not retreat, otherwise it will only affect the morale of the army and lead to failure. We must take Tokyo in one go. If they really do... I will kill all the three tribes of officials in the court and never go back on my word!" As he spoke, his eyes were red and he raised his knife again. This time he really planned to order the siege.
Because Sun Tu knew very well how difficult it would be to order hundreds of thousands of troops to siege Tokyo this time. After all, this is the capital of the Song Dynasty and is a high-ranking existence in everyone's mind. Once this sigh is relieved, maybe no one dares to launch another siege attack. By then, once other officials from all over the country react, they will be doomed. Not only himself, but all the soldiers who followed him south because of trust will also be killed. He must not implicate hundreds of thousands of brothers because of his own affairs.
Tong Mu quickly understood the truth, sighed softly, and said nothing.
Liang Zhen, who saw this, was even more anxious and hesitated no longer. He raised his knife and slashed the servant on the spot. He pushed him down and threw him down the city. He shouted loudly: "Sun Tu, since you are unwilling to withdraw your troops, then wait and see your family be killed one by one!"
While speaking, three or five more slaves from the Marquis' Mansion were pushed to the city wall. They struggled hard and cried and begged for mercy, but no one changed their minds from the city. However, Sun Tu's eyes increased in murderous intent and immediately raised his sword and shouted loudly: "All army is ready, crossbowman!"
"Slowly, let me try!" Tong Mu suddenly stepped forward, and then shouted loudly to the top: "Listen to the soldiers in the city..."
Chapter completed!