As soon as Chang Song ran to the warehouse, a spear was stabbed at him. Chang Song dodged the spear and swung the sword in his hand with unparalleled speed. The opponent screamed and fell to the ground.
Two more soldiers came to kill from the left and right. He jumped up and slashed left and right with his sword. Two soldiers were stabbed in the neck and fell down screaming.
A rain of arrows came from the opposite side, "Whoosh! Whoosh!". Chang Song rolled over and dodged the rain of arrows. With his back against the warehouse, he lit the last two torches, threw them suddenly, and accurately threw a torch into the transom.
When the soldiers saw the torches, they shouted, "Here!"
Dozens of soldiers were running toward him, and there were still more than ten steps away. Chang Song rolled again, rolled to the other side, and threw the torch in his hand into the last transom.
Dozens of soldiers were less than ten steps away from him, shouting and coming towards him.
Chang Song rolled over again and again, gained some distance from the soldiers, got up and ran towards the depths of the warehouse, with hundreds of soldiers chasing after him.
At this time, all sixteen fodder warehouses were ignited, and they were all filled with hay. The fire spread extremely quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the fire spread more than ten feet away.
The soldiers opened the warehouse door one after another, and others moved some of the fodder out. But as soon as they opened the warehouse, tongues of flames and thick smoke spewed out, as if the fire demon was angry, and dozens of soldiers were instantly engulfed.
The soldiers behind were so frightened that they backed away. It would have been better not to open the warehouse door. Once the warehouse door was opened, a large amount of air entered, and the fire became more intense, turning the warehouse into a blazing hell.
The fire was completely out of control, and it was impossible to close the door. In a short time, all sixteen warehouses were completely engulfed by the raging fire.
The fire in Cangcheng alarmed the whole city. The generals also rushed out of their tents and looked at Cangcheng in shock. They couldn't believe that Cangcheng, which was so tightly guarded, was also on fire. Could it be a sneak attack by the Western Army?
Wan Yanchang was so angry that he flew into a rage. He gritted his teeth and said, "Who did it? If you are caught by me, I will peel off his skin and beat his tendons!"
Cui Jiu was more realistic and kept urging the army to put out the fire, "All troops go, don't let it spread, control the fire!"
Countless soldiers rushed to put out the fire. It turned out that it was still somewhat effective. At least the burning warehouse was separated from other warehouses. This was also due to the zoning system of the warehouse group. The entire warehouse group was divided into twelve districts, each
The districts are separated by walls, and the fodder warehouses are all in the same district. In the end, the warehouses in the entire district are burned, but the warehouses in other districts are not affected.
The fire rushed thirty feet into the sky and lit up the sky red. It was clearly visible dozens of miles away. The soldiers of the Western Army walked out of the tent one after another and looked at the raging fire in Daming City.
A smile appeared on Chen Qing's lips. Cui Jiu was indeed sincere and helped the intelligence spies in the city, and he succeeded.
"Instruct the entire army to sleep in their armor and are not allowed to take off their shoes and socks. Once ordered, stand up immediately!"
Most of the Jurchen army did not realize that the crisis was serious and did not withdraw their troops overnight. The fire burned until noon the next day, burning sixteen warehouses in the fourth district to ashes.
Jin Bing had been looking for the person who set the fire since last night. Everyone who came to the warehouse during the day was a suspect, even the soldiers guarding the city. Wan Yanchang was said to be a man in black with strong martial arts skills and was very familiar with the terrain of the warehouse.
He suspected that they were soldiers guarding the city. Most people would not be familiar with the warehouse, only those who patrolled the warehouse every day.
He ordered Cui Jiu to take full responsibility for the matter, and the person who set the fire would be caught within three days.
Cui Jiu was very serious. He first created a list of suspects, including people who came to the warehouse to collect grain and grass supplies during the day and soldiers who did not participate in duty that night. He quickly established a list of more than 800 people. In Cui Jiu's words
, the person who set the fire must be among them.
Cui Jiu led his men to investigate one by one in a serious manner. All the people found must have alibi or witnesses. He quickly eliminated half of them, leaving only more than 400 people on the list.
But at this moment, the crisis of the burning of the fodder warehouse began to emerge. Absu's army went to the warehouse to collect horse feed, but was told that there was no horse feed.
Pu Cha'a was shocked when he heard the news and hurriedly ran to find Wan Yanchang.
"Marshal Du, have we run out of fodder?"
Wan Yanchang was stunned and said quickly: "Didn't you grab some black beans?"
"I don't know. The warehouse told us that the fodder and black beans are gone."
Wan Yanchang suddenly became anxious and immediately ordered someone to find Cui Jiu. Cui Jiu hurriedly came to the lobby and said to Wan Yanchang: "We are still investigating the person who set the fire. Please allow Marshal some more time!"
Wan Yanchang waved his hand and said: "Ignore the arsonist for now, I want to ask about the fodder. How much fodder and black beans are there now? Tell me I grabbed some black beans last night."
Cui Jiu bowed and said: "Replying to the prince, we did not snatch the black beans from the fire warehouse. The fire warehouse was all burned down. We found three thousand bags of black beans in another grain warehouse."
“How many are three thousand bags of black beans?”
"Report to the prince, three hundred thousand catties!"
Three hundred thousand kilograms sounded like a lot, but Wan Yanchang immediately realized something was wrong. They had hundreds of thousands of war horses, so each war horse only weighed more than two kilograms. That would be enough, and they would be eaten in one meal.
"Have you ever gone to the city to look for fodder?"
"Reporting to Marshal Du, General Falcon Balu led people to look for fodder. I heard that some wheat straw was found."
Pucha Abusu suddenly became dissatisfied and said: "You have taken away all the black beans, and I have no share in finding fodder in the city. Do you want all my horses to starve to death?"
Wanyan Changlian explained to him: "There is absolutely no such thing. It's just that I didn't expect the consequences to be so serious. I thought your camp had some supplies and could still last for two days. I never deliberately withheld fodder from the general."
Puchaa snorted and said: "It doesn't matter whether you give me fodder or not. What matters is, how long can we sustain it now? Once the fodder is cut off, what will happen to hundreds of thousands of horses? Such an important thing
Why didn’t Marshal Du consider it?”
When questioned, Wan Yanchang felt a little embarrassed. He quickly said that he didn't think carefully and didn't think deeply about how many days he could survive. Now he also realizes the seriousness of the problem.
Ah Busu said coldly: "Marshal Du doesn't need to explain the reason to me. I only care about the results. How much fodder and black beans do we have? How many days can the war horses last? My horses are still hungry. I hope I can give them some."
For food, wheat is fine, that’s the top priority!”
"Don't worry! I'll send someone to deliver food to the general right away!"
Wan Yanchang turned back to Cui Jiu and said: "Let's put aside the pursuit of the arsonist for now. Sir, go and count all the forage immediately. How many days can the black beans and wheat last? I hope you can give me an answer today!"
Cui Jiu nodded, "I will give you a clear answer before dark!"
