Wang Xianjun was restless in the county government, even though he had summoned all the disciples and soldiers in the palace to strengthen the guard, but in the face of the aggressive rogue team outside the Dongcheng Gate, he had never encountered such a battle for more than ten years, and his heart could not be calm no matter what. Half an hour ago, I talked with a few big households in the county, hoping to get a little more money and food, but I just wore out my mouth, although in the end I still persuaded some big households, but the money and food that could be donated was limited. Not to mention sending away so many people, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to even send away the refugees in the city.

It was already the middle of the night, and Wang Xianjun had already slept peacefully at this time, even the day before the gang of rogues arrived in Lingzhi County, he still wouldn't be as panicked as he was today.

According to what Tian Gongcao said, I am afraid that the hope that can be pinned on now is that Xu Wuxian can send reinforcements.

No matter what and how much Xu Wuxian's reinforcements can help, at least a few more people will be safer, even if it is just to stabilize the hearts of the people in the county.

I finally got to the bed and lay down, and after meditating for a long time with my eyes closed, I barely felt a little sleepy.

At this moment, a burst of gongs and drums on the street outside the county government suddenly woke up. Wang Xianjun sat up straight all of a sudden, his head was buzzing, and he couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest for a while. Until a servant hurriedly knocked on the door and exclaimed outside the door: "Master, master, it's not good." The county treasury caught fire.

Wang Xianjun didn't care about getting dressed, so he jumped off the bed at once, and immediately rushed to the door and opened the door.

A cold wind blew in his face, making him involuntarily snort, and his confused state suddenly sobered up more than half of the time. He stared at the servant outside the door, and asked excitedly, "You, what did you say?" Where did the fire go?

The servant looked sad and said anxiously: "The county treasury, the county treasury is on fire." The fire was already burning to the side of the courtyard wall.

Wang Xianjun didn't say anything more, walked out of the door, came to the outside of the courtyard, and raised his eyes to look in the direction of the county yamen.

The county government is divided into two compounds, the front compound is the county yamen, and the back compound is the private residence of Wang Xianjun. Strictly speaking, the county treasury is an independent courtyard, but it is next to the side of the county office, and it is only separated from the county government by a small road. When I looked up, I could already see the fire in the county government compound, the thick smoke that was tumbling and constantly changing shape, and the black pressure revealed a bit of red light from time to time.

Not far away, the exclamations one after another can already confirm how terrible this fire is. Occasionally, some tragic screams of pain can be heard, perhaps someone was burned by the fire, or someone failed to escape from the courtyard of the county treasury in time.

"Quick, go, go put out the fire!"

Wang Xianjun finally squeezed a sentence out of his mouth.

"Lord Xu has already gone, and the manpower that the county government can draw is already fighting the fire at this time. It's just that...... It's just that the fire came too suddenly, and at this point... I'm afraid—"

"It's over, it's over." Wang Xianjun said in despair, he had never felt so hopeless and helpless.

Although there is nothing valuable in the county treasury on weekdays, since the beginning of winter, most of the money, grain and materials collected by the county reserve have been stored in the county treasury. It is by relying on this money and food that we can maintain a team of two or three hundred thieves and volunteers, once the volunteers know that something happened to the money and food, people's hearts will be discouraged, and the most terrible thing will cause the anger of the volunteers. If someone takes the opportunity to instigate in the ranks of volunteers, they can even set off a rebellion.

There are more than 600 people congested under the city, and when they need to stabilize people's hearts the most, there is such a big fork, and it is really the house leakage that has been rained overnight.

"Master, this, what should I do now?" After a while, the servant was also very worried, so he couldn't help but cautiously ask Wang Xianjun.

"What else can I do? You say, what else can be good? Wang Xianjun said blankly.

"There's such a big thing going on right now, no matter what, the master should also leave a way back..."The servant said in a low voice, and the sound outside the strings was very obvious.

"You, what did you say?" Wang Xianjun didn't understand for a while, and asked in confusion. If there is really any way back, he will naturally be prepared for this aspect a long time ago, the question is what kind of back road can there be now?

"This, Mrs., Son, and Miss are still in the house, in case something goes wrong in the county, how can Mrs. and Son deal with themselves?" The servant said promptly.

"Yes, yes. You, you hurry up and inform your family to pack up what should be packed up first. But don't make too much noise, it's just just just in case. In addition, the horse-drawn carts and ox-carts were all ready and parked in the backyard. Wang Xianjun had some awakening, and hurriedly commanded.

"Yes, yes, the villain understands." That's what the servants are waiting for. He didn't want to take any risks, as long as the lord and the lady could go, his old servant would definitely be able to leave this place of right and wrong.

Just as the fire in the county treasury was raging, on the street leading to the west gate of Lingzhi County, there were seven or eight figures hurriedly trotting. Now that all the city gates are under martial law, although the heavy troops are all concentrated at the east city gate, relatively speaking, the west city gate is much more stable and calm, but the guards guarding the city gate still dare not have any relaxation. There are many torches and braziers on the castle tower, which illuminate the whole area.

On the street, as the seven or eight figures got closer and closer, it was gradually clear that the first few people were wearing soap clothes, and they were actually from the county government, while the latter were in ordinary clothes, like the people of the nearby neighborhood or the servants of the county government. The group trotted to the west gate of the city tower, and the soldiers guarding the city gate had already noticed that they were coming forward.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? A young general stepped down from the castle tower and came to the doorway to question the men.

"Don't you see? The county government was on fire, and something big happened, so I was ordered by the king of the county to dispatch people from the city gates to the county government to support. Don't talk nonsense, send someone to the county government quickly. A soap-clothed little official at the head said impatiently while panting.

The raging fire in the direction of the county government, the monstrous fire, even if you didn't see the obvious fire on the side of the West City Gate, you can see the billowing smoke with many sparks. They naturally knew that there was an accident in the direction of the county government, but because of their responsibilities, they didn't dare to transfer easily, so they could only think about it wildly. At this time, the county government sent people, and they couldn't help but make everyone nervous, just hoping that there was no big accident.

"What happened to the county government?" The young general hurriedly asked.

"There was a fire, a big fire. In short, the county lord is urging the order, you should send someone over quickly. The messenger said.

The young general couldn't ask more, and after thinking about it, since it was the order of the county lord, the west city gate was also more than ten miles away from the east city gate, and there was no movement at the west city gate at this time, so naturally some people could be transferred over. Immediately, he ordered his subordinates to remove twenty people from the city tower and rush to the county government, leaving only more than ten people on duty at the city gate.

It was not until a group of soldiers guarding the city gate who had been removed from the tower had been transferred and left that the messengers from the county government said that they had taken their leave and rushed to the next city gate to inform them. The young general was not suspicious, but just as the messengers turned around, he suddenly saw a strange mark on the back of one of the messengers, which seemed to be a hole, and there seemed to be some dark liquid around the hole.

Just as he was about to look at the mouth to ask, an accident suddenly happened, and there was a loud "whoosh" sound in the night sky not far away, followed by a scream from a guard on the city tower. The young general standing at the foot of the city tower immediately instinctively turned his head to look, and soon, he heard a series of commotions on the city tower, some people were yelling, some people were screaming, and some people were howling in pain.

"How..."

The young general was just about to run up to the city tower, when suddenly he felt a murderous aura rushing behind him.

He glanced back in surprise, and suddenly his face turned pale, and he saw that the errand officials who had already left at the right time had gone and returned again, rushing towards him. Not only that, but the other party twisted the long knife in his hand one by one, and the bright blade flashed with a cold cold light. Before he could scream, he had already been stabbed in the face, and he couldn't figure out who these messengers were until he died.

Near the eaves of the west gate, several figures soon appeared, and they first squatted on the eaves and fired a burst of arrows at the tower, knocking down several guards with obvious targets. When the messengers at the bottom of the city tower raised their swords and killed the tower, these archers also jumped off the eaves, changed into short weapons, and rushed up to the tower.

There was a clash of swords from the castle tower, followed by a plea for mercy, but soon calm returned.

At the same time, outside the East City Gate, Liu An stood on a mound on the side of the official road, looking at the billowing smoke rising in the distance inside the city, and his wolf-like eyes immediately flashed with a cunning divine light. He walked down from the mound, gave a glance to his men, and then shouted with all his might: "Brothers, if you want to fill your stomach and sleep in a warm bed tonight, follow me to seize the city now." We've been here for a night, and those big men don't even give us a bite to eat, and since those big men are unkind, then don't blame us for being unjust. Brethren, rush!

With Liu An's words, his subordinates immediately coaxed in, stirring up the emotions of the crowd.

Originally, many homeless people were hungry and tired, and they were dozing off with each other in a daze. With such a sound, the crowd immediately woke up, and everyone didn't react too much, so people could only follow the people and rush towards the city wall.

"Rush, rush the city. Whoever ascends the tower first will be rewarded with fifty pounds, one stone of rice, and one ox cart. "

What the fuck are you grinding, hurry forward. Whoever doesn't fuck rush, Lao Tzu will chop whom! "

Hurry, everyone, rush quickly, as long as you rush into the city, you will have something to eat."

Under coercion and temptation, the crowd had no choice but to charge with a brain fever.

On the tower of the city, whether it was a soldier or a thief, they were awakened by a noise outside the city, and their faces were stunned.

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