Chapter 1493
The Final Battle, Chaos Ends
Chapter 1493 The Final Battle, Chaos Ends
"How could there be the sound of fighting?!" The soldiers who came to deliver the order were shocked.
The soldier on duty at the outermost outpost in the central district said, "In wartime military law, everyone is entitled to carry weapons to kill the enemy and protect themselves."
Therefore, troublemakers have weapons and can commit violence.
The order was given to the soldiers to remain silent.
The captain on duty said, "Six men who are not afraid of death and have descendants, split into at least three groups, enter the central city area, and shout out the King of Ye's decree so that Commander Gu and the others can hear it."
Soon, a group of people stepped forward.
The sentry captain selected six men, gave them horses, and they rode into the city, shouting: "By order of the Prince of Ye, the Wei army entering the sick area to quell the rebellion need not worry about the livelihood of their blood relatives back home. The Prince of Ye's family has businesses in other prefectures and will send extra compensation to the soldiers' families every year!"
They ran towards the fire while shouting, and it took almost a quarter of an hour before the soldiers chasing the thieves near the fire heard them.
"Hahaha, boys, did you hear that? Our worries are gone! Go ahead and kill the traitors who caused the chaos!" shouted the centurions, captains, and squad leaders under Commander Gu.
Seeing the bustling streets and the majestic military headquarters and provincial administration offices reduced to flames, Commander Gu was possessed by a god of war and ordered: "Lay down your weapons and surrender! Anyone who dares to continue the rebellion will be killed without mercy! Those who surrender will not have their families implicated, and those who reveal the mastermind can make amends!"
The messenger under Commander Gu immediately repeated the order three times. After that, Commander Gu's latest command arrived: "Kill!"
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Hu Qianhu in the South District and Yue Qianhu in the North District are doing the same thing.
They also shouted: "Innocent civilians should stay indoors. If your house catches fire, take shelter in the yard. Don't fight the rioters head-on. Take care of yourselves first!"
This was shouted repeatedly when the rebels were executed, but many Wei people still rushed to the well to fetch water to put out the fire.
Clang, clang, clang—the sounds of gongs and iron pots being struck filled the air as Wei Min shouted, “Every household must send at least one person to help put out the fire, according to the rules! This is our home! If it burns down, we’ll lose our home! Come out and help put out the fire!”
The sound carried along the road, and the people of Wei who heard it were deeply moved. After hesitating and being afraid, each family selected members to go out and fight the fire.
"Second brother, third brother, and fourth brother, you all stay here. I'm going! I'm old, and I'm not afraid even if I get killed by the rebels when I go out. But you are still young and you have to take care of the children!" After saying that, the old man grabbed his water bucket and rushed out the door.
Upon seeing that a young man had rushed out of the neighbor's house, he hurriedly scolded, "You brat, what are you trying to prove? Hurry up and go home! If you get hacked to death by thieves, what will happen to your wife, children, and elderly parents? If you don't have enough men in your family, don't contribute any manpower. Just stay at home!"
"And you, Li Jingtou, you coward! You pushed your young son out to put out the fire, aren't you afraid he'll be hacked to death by those thieves? Will the burden of supporting the family fall on your useless shoulders from now on? Get out here right now, or I'll beat you up before you go put out the fire!"
This old man is quite fierce; he cursed at his neighbors.
Li Jingtou was too afraid of death and ultimately didn't come out... He was also afraid of being killed by the rebels who were causing chaos!
But his wife, Aunt Li, came out pushing the family's wooden water cart and called to the old man who was cursing, "Brother Liu, come on, let's push the water cart together to fetch water to put out the fire. We can't let it burn over here, or our family business will be ruined!"
"Hey!" The old man who had been cursing, along with the firefighters from the same alley, all rushed over to push the water cart.
When they arrived at the Li family's old well at the alley entrance and were filling the waterwheel with water, they encountered a group of elderly people from the next alley, as well as a group of able-bodied men. After fetching water, the group rushed to the fire closest to their homes and began splashing water to extinguish it.
Others stood behind the villagers fighting the fire, brandishing machetes, and shouted into the darkness of the street: "People of Wei, fight the fire! Don't let the rioters disturb us, or don't blame us for fighting you to the death!"
Elsewhere, Wei Min had already taken up knives and clubs and fought against the traitors who had set fires and caused chaos.
"Waaah, you bunch of idiots! If you want to die, just slit your own throats! Instead, you're causing chaos and harming innocent people. I'll fight you to the death!" The clanging of metal against metal echoed.
Many Wei civilians were crying as they fought...
"Innocent Wei Min, lie down and drop your weapons!" A sharp and loud voice rang out. Wei Min, who was crying and fighting, was stunned and looked towards the source of the voice.
“Those riding horses and wearing armor are Wei soldiers, do as they say immediately!” Over this period of time, the people of Wei had developed trust in the government troops in the capital city, and they immediately complied upon hearing this.
*Pfft!*
Qi Tianshi spurred his horse, his spear piercing through a traitor who was raising his knife to strike Wei Min. Using the momentum of the horse's forward charge, he lifted the traitor off the ground, then controlled the horse with one hand, turning it slightly to the left, saving Wei Min from being hit.
With a thud, Wei Min fell to the ground in fright, and hurriedly moved backward several meters before daring to stop.
"Don't look!" Qi Tianshi's sharp voice rang out, hitting straight into people's minds, and many Wei Min instinctively closed their eyes.
Click, click, puff, puff, thud, thud!
The sounds of weapons piercing flesh and the screams of traitors filled my ears.
Qi Tianshi and his men were exceptionally strong, and in no time they had wiped out the entire group of over fifty rebels.
"Search them, find their tokens or marks, and find out their master!" Qi the Angel ordered... and he even did it himself.
Thump, thump, thump, the rescued Wei people knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you, Angel Qi, thank you, Wei army, for your rescue. If you hadn't come, we would have died at the hands of the traitors!"
If they die, the women hiding in the house will likely suffer.
The reason why the people in this alley would gather in front of the Han family's house was because there was a rogue among these rebels who had long taken a liking to the Han family's daughter and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to harm her.
The Han family resisted for a while, making loud noises to call for help. They arrived in time and prevented the beasts from succeeding.
Then the traitors got angry and wanted to kill them, but Qi the Angel came to their rescue.
"Take this, raise the flag, and pile the corpses in front of the Han family's house to deter any roaming rebels. You all hide in a house and wait until dawn!" Qi Tianshi gave these instructions and led his assassins to the next hotspot to kill the rebels!
Some of the assassins had bulging pouches at their waists, containing usable evidence found on the traitors.
The Qi envoy and the government troops had anticipated this trouble, so although the trouble started fiercely, it was also quelled quickly.
At dawn, all the hundreds of disturbances in the north, south, and central urban areas were quelled.
Besides the burning of some houses, shops, government offices, and warehouses, thirty-six innocent Wei civilians were killed in the chaos, most of whom were yamen runners.
More than two thousand Wei civilians were injured, showing that Wei civilians from every point of rebellion came out to fight desperately.
Qi Tianshi was very pleased, feeling that Wei Min and his men had made progress.
Wei Min: We don't want to come out and fight, but they want to burn down our houses and harm the women in our family or the neighbors' families. How can we not come out to help?
Wei Min's efforts were effective; in three districts and a hundred hotspots of unrest, not a single woman was harmed as a result.
but……
“In both the north and south central city wards, a group of infected people broke through the checkpoints. Although the Wei soldiers shot and wounded them in time, the poisoned blood had already flowed out. The Wei soldiers who shot them at close range were all at great risk of contracting the disease.”