Chapter 361
The sudden howling and the shouts of killing instantly tear apart the tranquility of the night in Queensland, waking countless people out of their dreams, and they didn't know what happened in a hurry.
In a short time, many people didn't even have time to put on their clothes, so they ran from the room to the yard or went straight to the roof, watching what was going on outside. However, distance and darkness made them find nothing, and only waves of fighting sounds kept coming like waves, making their hearts deeper, but they didn't know what to do.
Finally, after a while, someone noticed that the chaotic shouting came from the North Gate. Was there a large number of enemies coming into the city? This has not happened for many years, which made everyone even more frightened. Some people have already begun to pack up their family's money and plan to run for their lives.
Almost all the people in the city were frightened by the sudden chaos, but there were exceptions after all, such as Mo Li and his people who had not slept all night and were quietly waiting for the incident to happen. When they heard such a killing sound, they were all excited and pulled out their weapons, completely looking eager to try and want to go out directly and make Queensland even more chaotic.
However, their movement was soon stopped by Mo Li, who was also excited: "Not busy, now we can only make a little more angry when we go out, so let the barbarians work on their own."
"Military advisor, is this to keep everyone out of trouble?" Everyone couldn't help but wonder. This was too irritating to the point of being angry.
"No, this is for the sake of foolproof. Before Kunzhou is completely fallen, it is better to be safer. After all, our opponent is not simple. Xiao Dingxi Hou Xiao Ding is not comparable to those local buns in the Long family." Mo Li's expression had recovered at this time, and his eyes quickly swept across everyone, suppressing their momentum.
Although he could not control everything in this incident today like he was in Xunyang that day, but in fact every link here was under his control. From the beginning, he had already planned today, so that this Queensland city was completely in his hands.
No, not only Kunzhou, but also Dingxi Hou Xiao Ding, that is also the goal he must achieve this time. Only by holding both of them at the same time can the situation in the southwest be completely in the direction he hoped. This is his ultimate goal for ten years to lie dormant and plan for ten years!
Qianzhou is just a prelude to the southwest chaos, just to attract everyone's attention, just to transfer more troops and horses belonging to southern Yunnan and Kunzhou. Southern Yunnan is the top priority of the entire southwest territory, and it is the fundamental place where he made the Huntian Army rise again.
This is not only because this place was the old place where the Huntian Army rose, but also because there are Dingxi Hou Xiao Ding and Dingxi Army, which represent the majesty of the imperial court. If Xiao Ding and Dingxi Army can be completely defeated, seized Kunzhou City, and killed Xiao Ding, the impact on the entire southern Yunnan and the entire southwestern barbarians will be immeasurable.
That's why he had this interlocking plan-
The first step was launched as early as last year, and through the Luo Tian Sect, he conveyed a trailer to Xiao Ding and others that he would be assassinated recently. Such a blatant trailer was not that he had really failed to find out the relationship between him and Xiao Qian, but it was clearly leaked, just to completely transfer important figures like Xiao Qian and Xiao Ding out of Kunming.
The second step is to take this opportunity to rob Sun Bi, the seventh prince with the most special identity. This step is actually earlier than trying to assassinate Xiao Ding. Perhaps the father and son of the Xiao family thought they could keep Sun Bi's identity secret, but in fact, the omnipresent Luotian scholars and the remnants of the Huntian Army had already learned about this information and were ready to find an opportunity to take it down.
But this is not a real killer move. Whether it is assassination of Xiao Ding or robbing Sun Bi, it is still just a prelude to the final blow. Of course, if Yu Chuxiong could have successfully assassinated Xiao Ding earlier, Mo Li would be acceptable, because this Dingxi Marquis was really too important to the entire southern Yunnan.
However, this wish was not realized in the end. Shao Qiuxi's strength ended in a mistake. Because Xiao Ding was guarded by Xiao Gan and hundreds of elite soldiers, he had to retreat.
But this was still as expected by Mo Li, because it was also a part of his calculations. Moreover, taking this opportunity, Sun Bi had been taken down by their people and the prelude had been completed. Just wait for Xiao Ding to rush back to Kunming after knowing that this important person was missing, and then made a series of more panicked responses.
In fact, Xiao Ding returned to Kunzhou a few days earlier than expected, which led to Mo Li and the others being unable to withdraw from Kunzhou for a while, but it had nothing to do with the overall situation. The subsequent facts also proved his judgment, because after knowing that Sun Bi was abducted, Xiao Ding was indeed panicked. A large number of soldiers who should have been used to protect Kunzhou were all transferred out of the city, resulting in only two or three thousand guards in Queensland now.
During this period, the Huntian Army, Luo Tian Sect, and the Long Family in Qianzhou had already contacted the barbarians in nearly twelve villages in Kunzhou through their respective channels and methods, and told them to gather troops and capture the city tonight!
After years of patience and multiple plans, it was not until this moment that they finally showed their sharpest fangs and bit their opponent's most fragile throat in one bite. What else can be more inspiring the morale of all races of the barbarians than killing Xiao Ding of Dingxi Hou while taking down Kunzhou?
As long as tonight, the southwest will completely change!
Mo Li firmly believed in his plans and judgments, but he was still wary. On the battlefield, believing in defeat before winning is the real foundation for ensuring safety. So even at this moment, he still stopped the actions of his subordinates around him and gave them only one order: wait.
When the city is completely in chaos, when the barbarians enter like a tide, when the defenders are completely defeated!
Houses around were already in chaos. Even in the houses, they could hear all kinds of fear shouts and crying, and some people were about to rush out of the yard. But this was not enough. Only when people rushed to the streets like headless flies and rushed to the yamen or city gates meant that the city was in chaos.
Mo Li wanted to hear these movements, but in the end, what was waiting for was a neat sound of footsteps and a series of gongs and drums that quickly suppressed the people's loud shouts: "The villagers in the city heard it clearly. There were thieves outside the city, which had been blocked by our Dingxi Army! The villagers went home to sit down. After dawn, everything would naturally be the same.
"If anyone dares to go out at the streets at will at this time, he will be punished as a rebel conspiracy and kill him without any hesitation!"
The first few words are just to comfort people, so the effect will naturally not be too strong. After all, the sound of killing on the north gate is coming from waves to waves and waves toward all parts of the city. In everyone's understanding, this is just to comfort people's hearts, and it is really not accurate.
But the warning effect of the last sentence was quite strong. Someone looked out through the crack of his own door and saw that the team, except for the torches and carrying gongs, were all out of their sheaths, and the archers were also aiming in front of them from time to time. Obviously, they were not just talking. If there were those who ran out of the house without listening to the warning, they might be killed on the spot by them.
Under such pressure, the fear in the hearts of the people is naturally even heavier, but they dare not test the method and run outside. After all, the danger at the North Gate is much farther than the murderous intent in front of them. Moreover, it is very likely that these generals are talking about the truth, and the war at the North Gate will not really affect the city?
When such thoughts spread in the hearts of the people, the hearts of the people finally calmed down a lot. At least no one dared to run out at will, which made the city of Queensland really even more trouble.
"How could this be? Military advisor, this...or we'll kill out and kill these dogs' paws!" Mo Li naturally understood the warning words, and saw the silent reactions of the nearby people, and naturally became more anxious, and he wanted to take a risk.
Mo Li's expression was more solemn and gloomy than them. The reaction of the defenders in the city was too unexpected. There was a sound of killing at the north gate, and eight thousand barbarians had already broken into the gate. Why would the defenders in the city still distribute so many soldiers to maintain stability in various places?
No! Mo Li suddenly thought of a more important point. If there were only so many soldiers in this area where he was, it wouldn't be so coincidental. This time the defenders must have used more troops than they thought. They need to control the stability of various areas in the city, so that no one can do it without three or five thousand people.
In addition, the number of soldiers and horses in key positions such as government offices, city gates, warehouses, etc. is really wrong. It is too different from what I had estimated before that the number of soldiers and horses in the city that should be in Queensland now is too big.
Moreover, it cannot be ignored that the battle at the North Gate was still continuing. No matter how the barbarians charged, at least there was a horse of equal strength blocking their offensive at the North Gate!
That was eight thousand troops, and with the number of government troops he calculated at this moment, wouldn’t there be 10,000 or 20,000 troops waiting in Queensland?
This is not the place where Mo Li expected the emptiness of the Queensland City. It is clearly a strong city that has been prepared and ready for the momentum.
After understanding this account, Mo Li's mind was greatly impacted. After planning for a long time, he made such a large net, but he actually broke it? Will Mo Li's net be easily broken by his target in the net, and counterattack?
Chapter completed!