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Chapter 153 Open Mouth and Fangs, Gain a Great Fame ([-])
Chapter 151 Open mouth and fangs, become famous ([-])

Night, Suzhou City, South Gate.

In the early winter season, there were heavy snowstorms and gusts of cold wind, which made the guards' hands and feet numb and their whole bodies trembling from the cold.In order to alleviate the symptoms of stiff hands and feet, the soldiers had to stomp their feet occasionally and walk around. However, as city gate guards, they were not allowed to walk around without authorization before changing their guards, and could only pace slightly.

There are two main tasks for the soldiers at the South City Gate. One is to guard the city gate, which is commonly known as standing guard; Even the most lazy soldiers dare not be careless at this time.

The soldiers guarding the city gates are a small team, that is, a team of 100 people.Due to the cold at night, in order to prevent the soldiers from frostbite, the time for changing guards was shortened, and soldiers in each team changed every hour.And the patrolling soldiers are probably the same, so in one night, each team of soldiers only needs to guard the city gate for one hour, and patrol for one hour.Of course, this is for normal times.

Tonight, they are destined to be unable to keep out the cold!

After Haishi, another team of soldiers changed their guards.

"Is there anything unusual?" A man who looked like the leader of the guard asked the soldier who had just finished his patrol and was about to go back to rest.

"Senior Brother Zhang, we searched the city tower and the surrounding streets, and found nothing unusual." The captain of the patrol team clasped his fists and said.

Brother Zhang nodded, looked up at the dark sky, felt the coldness of snowflakes falling on his face, took a deep breath, and said: "Go back and rest, nothing unexpected, there will be a big battle tomorrow and the day after tomorrow gone."

"Is the imperial army coming?" The man asked nervously.After all, he is only the captain of a hundred-member team, not the core members of the Manichaeism. He has no way of knowing these things, but he can infer some things from the tension of the high-level people in recent days.

Brother Zhang didn't answer, just waved his hand lightly and said, "Don't ask any more questions, let's go back!"

Seeing this, the man could only cup his fists and say yes, and led a group of people towards the temporary residence under the city gate, but from his eyes, Senior Brother Zhang could also tell that he was nervous and even scared.In fact, it's not just him, everyone is afraid. Although the walls of Suzhou City are high and thick, the imperial court is several times larger than him. Who can guarantee that he can defend Suzhou City?
Brother Zhang is a disciple of the Holy Lord Wang Zili, named Zhang Mo, and Tao Lidong is a brother, and he was also a strong competitor of the Holy Son back then, but in the end he was defeated by Tao Lidong's plot and was squeezed by Tao Lidong several times. In the end, he was reduced to the post of chief guard of the city gate.

Zhang Mo withdrew his gaze and shook his head slightly. As Wang Zili's direct disciple, although he was squeezed into such a predicament, he still had a high status. He knew many things about Manichaeism, including Tao Lidong's death, It also includes the situation of the imperial army.

It's just that, after being hit one after another, he also took power lightly. Although Tao Lidong is dead, he doesn't want to fight for the position of Holy Son anymore. All he thinks about is how to survive the next battle, how to Let these soldiers who followed him survive, only one.

"Troublesome times! Master, do you really want to be buried with five thousand people?"

Zhang Mo sighed softly, and was about to turn around to leave when he suddenly noticed something, his expression changed, and he became a little panicked.

In several larger houses not far from the city gate, fire suddenly shot into the sky. The bright red flames were like the rising sun, lighting up half of the sky and driving away the endless darkness.

But this extremely brilliant light seemed so terrifying to Zhang Mo.At this time, ordinary people have already rested, so how can a fire break out, but there are still fires in so many places at the same time?If you say there is nothing fishy in it, no one will believe it.

"What's going on?" Zhang Mo took a deep breath to calm himself down, then frowned and looked at the stunned and panicked soldiers around him, and said in a cold voice.

"There should be someone patrolling there, and they should come back later to report." The surrounding soldiers didn't know what happened. After all, there was a street between this place and the place, so they couldn't see the situation clearly. Moreover, it happened so suddenly that everyone was stunned. Then, no one left to check.

Zhang Mo nodded slightly. He didn't expect to have any answers at first, but just wanted to bring everyone back to their senses.

"what--"

"Enemy attack—"

At this moment, there was a sudden exclamation, followed by the sound of weapons being handed over and panicked shouts from both east and west directions.

Zhang Mo's expression froze when he heard the words, and before he had time to think about it, he drew out the sword in his waist, pointed the tip of the sword to the sky, and roared loudly: "Ring the bell to convey the news of our enemy's attack. The first team, the second team, and the third team guarded At the city gate, four teams and five teams will support from the east and west, and the sixth team and I will go to the fire.”

After hearing Zhang Mo's order, the panic-stricken people finally came to their senses. After hearing the words, they quickly grasped their weapons and found their respective teams in a panic, and then followed Zhang Mo's instructions to carry out their respective tasks.

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In the center of Suzhou City, in a luxurious mansion.

"The bell? From which city gate did the news come?"

Just as the Holy Master Wang Zili was about to rest, he heard the rapid bell ringing. In a panic, he quickly put on his clothes, pushed the door out, and asked the soldiers guarding him.

"My lord, this bell is coming from the south gate." The soldier knelt down and replied.

"South Gate? Where is Zhang Mo guarding?" Wang Zili thought for a moment when he heard the words, and then a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Send two thousand soldiers to support the South Gate, and report the situation of the South Gate as soon as possible." with me."

"Yes"

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Standing in front of the burning house, Zhang Mo looked at the raging fire in front of him, and the expression in his eyes changed again and again.I really don't know, I was shocked when I saw it.At some point, almost an entire street of houses caught fire, and the flames soared into the sky, as if it were daylight, illuminating the entire area for several miles.

Fortunately, although the fire broke out, there were no casualties.When Zhang Mo arrived here, he found that the houses on the whole street were empty, and the people inside did not know where they had gone. Although Zhang Mo could find the fire very strange, he didn't know the purpose.

Suddenly, his expression was startled, his face turned pale, and he shouted quickly: "Retreat, retreat immediately! Go back to guard the city gate!"

There was a big fire but no one was injured, so the purpose is very obvious, that is, someone deliberately lured them here, so that the guards of the city gate were weak, so that they could take the opportunity to attack the city gate.

But when they returned to the city gate in panic, they found that the city gate was still safe and sound. They asked the guards and found that no one came to attack.

"What's going on? Am I thinking wrong? Isn't their goal here?" Zhang Mo looked at the raging fire, his eyes full of doubts.

"Have teams four and five come back?"

Zhang Mo just asked everyone, but before he got an answer, he saw four teams and five teams returning one after another. After asking, he found out that they had indeed been attacked by some people dressed in black, but they were outnumbered and early. They were prepared, so they did not suffer too many casualties. When those who attacked saw this and knew they were invincible, they retreated.

"Strange, strange..." Zhang Mo always felt that things would not be so simple, there must be something he hadn't thought of, but no matter how he thought, he still couldn't figure out what was going on.

At this time, the 2000 men and horses supporting the South Gate finally arrived. After asking Zhang Mo, they also sent people to search the area within a radius of two miles. They found no problems and no new instructions, so they went Stay here at the south gate for the time being.

In a dwelling two miles away from the south city gate, Hu Buhui, Murong Pang and others sat on both sides, frowning, thinking about something.

"General Hu, do you know who set the fire?"

After a long silence, Murong Pang raised his head, looked at Hu Buhui solemnly, and asked in a deep voice.

Hu Buhui shook his head slightly, with a puzzled look on his face, and replied: "I don't know what's going on? Could it be that there is another group of people who have the same purpose as us and want to capture the South Gate? The situation is very bad now, according to my observation just now, about [-] soldiers have come to support, if they still do not leave at this time, our attack may be..."

Hu Buhui didn't finish his sentence, Murong Pang and others also knew what he was worried about, if these 2000 people really didn't leave, it would be like hitting a stone with a pebble to fight against [-] soldiers with less than [-] soldiers.

"There is still some time now, how about sending someone back to ask Brother Lin before making a decision?" Fan Xing saw that everyone was anxious, and he was also very worried. In his opinion, maybe only Lin Xiaoyao can solve this situation at this time. Yes, so I asked tentatively.

Murong Pang and Hu Buhui shook their heads when they heard the words, it wasn't that they didn't trust Lin Xiaoyao, it was just that they hadn't fought yet, so they went back and asked Lin Xiaoyao like this, their old faces couldn't be pulled off.What's more, Lin Xiaoyao handed over the command of the scene to them to let them deal with emergencies independently, and they can't rely on Lin Xiaoyao's planning for everything.

Seeing this, Fan Xing exchanged a glance with Du Kang, they both shook their heads slightly, and then sighed lightly.

"Uncle Murong, Brother Hu, don't panic! This matter is part of my plan." At this moment, a hearty and confident voice suddenly sounded. When everyone heard the words, they looked up and saw Lin Xiaoyao in Zhao Supported by Xuan'er and Murong Xiangxiang, they walked into the room.

"Xiaoyao? Why are you here? You are injured, how can you come here to take risks?" Murong Pang was sure when he heard this, but when he saw Lin Xiaoyao's adventurous coming here, his face turned dark, and he asked angrily and worriedly .

Lin Xiaoyao naturally knew that Murong Pang was concerned about him, so he felt warm in his heart, and immediately bowed slightly to everyone, and said, "Please forgive me for my willfulness, but I don't feel at ease if I don't come and see for myself... ..."

(End of this chapter)