Chapter 163: The Fall of the City

On the second day, after a good rest and full mental strength, Song Changming immediately started to practice again.

This time, after finishing a round of practice and refining a trace of internal energy, his condition was slightly better than yesterday, but he was still listless and tired, not enough for him to continue the second round.

After a short rest, he could continue to practice his body and martial arts.

This was exactly what he wanted, as he could take into account all aspects of martial arts, instead of just practicing qi and ignoring other things.

In the future, as his mental strength increases, the speed of practicing qi will naturally become faster and faster.

It was April.

Song's father fell seriously ill, and Song Changming sought medicine everywhere and spent a lot of money to cure him.

But after this serious illness, Song's father also aged visibly, and even walking was not very smooth.

In the dark, Song Changming had foreseen something.

After that, he practiced less every day, and would accompany Song's father and mother when he was free.

May.

On this day, Liu Dingsheng called him to discuss important matters, and Liang Zhaolong, who was outside, also sent a letter at the same time.

Both of them were talking about the same thing.

The war in Donglai County is coming, and this time Donglai County is probably not going to be able to defend it!

The reason is that this time three armies are coming to encircle and suppress it.

One is the old rival in the past, the bandit army led by Dongcang Sanlong has made a comeback, and now the momentum is stronger than before!

The other is the underworld forces led by the Dinghai Gang, which are in collusion with the bandit army of Dongcang Sanlong and have now attacked the port town not far from Donglai County.

Their next target is likely to be Donglai County!

And the last one is a detachment sent by the second prince, which is considered a regular army, and it attacked from the other side!

In fact, the bandit army led by Dongcang Sanlong is also the second prince's people.

Therefore, it is not difficult to guess that the leader behind this wave of attacks is the second prince.

What's even more terrible is that Donglai County has just sent troops and food to support the front line to assist Gu Wenhui's Central Army Group to fight against the imperial army.

The other party can be said to have calculated that the current garrison forces in Donglai County are insufficient, and specially picked this time to attack, causing a fire in Gu Wenhui's backyard, adding insult to injury.

Even if Gu Wenhui can survive this wave and send troops back to help, Donglai County will be captured and occupied first, which is a high probability.

Both Liu Dingsheng and Liang Zhaolong notified Song Changming to leave the city as soon as possible.

However, the intelligence is delayed after several transmissions. When the news reached the city, the bandit army and the army of the Dinghai Gang were already at the gates of the city!

The water route they took, this surprise attack, was a blitzkrieg.

The purpose is also very simple, to occupy the county city as quickly as possible, and the remaining surrounding counties will naturally surrender.

"The world is unpredictable." Song Changming couldn't help but sigh as he listened to the roaring and killing sounds outside the high wall.

The county city, which was still peaceful yesterday, was in the midst of war today.

Outside the high wall, the huge stones thrown by the catapults flew into the city, easily destroying the houses and streets.

It also ignited the panic of the people in the city.

The towering city walls that were indestructible in the past were no longer so reliable and reassuring when the war came.

"Changming, what should we do?" In the Song residence, Song's mother was worried and asked immediately when she saw Song Changming coming back.

Song Changming glanced at his father who was inconvenient to walk, and only said: "Mom, the city is not safe, we should leave."

If he hadn't been forced, he really didn't want to take the two elders on a long journey away from the city.

In fact, if the regular army of the court captured Donglai County, it would be better.

For them, it was considered to be a recovery of lost territory, and they would not do anything reckless.

But this time, the bandit army and the Jianghu gangs joined forces, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were a combination of jackals and hyenas.

God knows if the other party would directly massacre the city in a fit of rage!

Even if they did not massacre the city, they would rob and rob the houses and severely destroy the city. This was also foreseeable.

Song Changming was not afraid of the bandit army and the Dinghai Sea Gang, but he had to consider the safety of the two elders in his family. At their age, they could not withstand any hardship.

"Also, there is Yu'er. If she is willing to leave with us, take her with us." Song's father suddenly spoke up.

"Yes." Song Changming nodded in agreement.

Generally speaking, the third sister Song Yu married and had to follow her husband's family no matter what.

If the Zhao family was willing to go with him, he would take them with him.

Then he asked Song Ping'an to inform Liang Chuanshan and several other friends in the city. If they wanted to give up their official positions in the city and follow him, they should go to the west gate.

Soon, the Song family's carriage set off.

In fact, at this time, although the people in the city were panicking, most of them did not understand the situation and stayed in the city to watch, thinking that the county governor's office could defend the county city.

After all, Donglai County City had never been lost in wars in the past so many years.

Not many people were really willing to give up everything and escape.

After all, outside the county city, there were endless wars everywhere outside the city, and there was no absolutely safe place at all.

For them, it might be more dangerous after leaving the city.

When Song Changming arrived at the west gate, he only waited for his third sister Song Yu with her son and daughter.

Zhao Dezhi's rigid and stubborn personality broke out, and he was unwilling to give up his duties as the patrol chief and become a deserter.

Zhao Huaiming was also unwilling to abandon his old father and escape alone, but he was worried about Song Yu, and he trusted Song Changming.

So he privately asked Song Yu to take the children to find Song Changming.

"Will Changming, Huaiming and the others be in trouble if they stay in the city?" Song Yu seemed at a loss at the moment. The incident happened suddenly and she had no time to think about it.

Song Changming could only comfort them with a few words. This was a decision made by the Zhao family. Life and death were determined by fate, and he would not ask too much.

In fact, even people he was familiar with, such as Lu Gang and Liang Chuanshan, did not choose to leave with him at this time.

They are now the directors of the patrol department, and they can't abandon their patrols and leave alone.

Seeing this, Song Changming did not force them, but only hoped that they could escape this disaster.

"It's time to go, Changming." Liu Ziwen said in a deep voice outside another carriage.

"Okay." Song Changming nodded, and without delay, the convoy left the city immediately.

There were also people outside the city to meet and escort them.

There were nearly a hundred warriors with good strength in the entire convoy!

This force was already quite considerable.

Even if they encountered robbers outside, there would not be many who dared to attack them.

Behind him, the huge city was filled with the sound of killing.

When Song Changming walked a little further, he came to a high slope and looked back at the county city.

At this time, black fog rose into the sky and there was a fire in the city.

"The city is broken." Liu Ziwen said beside him.

Song Changming stood there speechless. He had lived in this county city for more than 20 years. It was impossible for him to say that he had no feelings at this moment.

He was like this, let alone his father and mother.

Sitting in the carriage, Song's mother was crying, and Song's father was sighing.

They had never left Donglai County in their lives. At this moment, they were filled with mixed feelings, and the sorrow could not be suppressed.

"Hmm?" Liu Dingsheng also walked out of the carriage and looked at the county city in the distance.

"I wonder why the city was breached so quickly! They summoned a large number of fog beasts to attack the city!"

Song Changming also noticed some clues. Over the county city, a conspicuous burning fog gradually condensed, floating around, condensing but not dispersing.

It was like a huge curtain, or a terrifying red and white beast, covering the sky and about to swallow up the entire Donglai County City!

The appearance of one or two fog beasts could not condense such a dense burning fog over the city.

As Liu Dingsheng said, this situation must have been caused by the appearance of a large number of fog beasts, which led to the flooding of burning fog.

The other side had a group of fog beasts to help, and there was no doubt that the situation in the city was much more serious than they expected.

The fog beasts feed on blood. If they are allowed to run wild and not curbed, there is no telling how many people in the city will become the blood food of the fog beasts.

It is conceivable that it will not take long for this county city to become a purgatory on earth.

Liu Ziwen on the side felt a little bit reluctant, and Liu Dingsheng also sighed.

In a trance, he seemed to hear the shrill screams coming from the city.

In front of this war machine, they can only protect themselves.

If you want to save the world and the people, you must have absolute strength that is above everything else, otherwise you will only be stuck in the quagmire and unable to extricate yourself.

"Let's go, this place is not safe." Liu Dingsheng was a man who had experienced many storms. He quickly retracted his thoughts, sat back in the carriage, and ordered the team to continue to move forward.

The team gradually went away.

Just as they were about to leave the county city, a scout in front suddenly ran back quickly and said anxiously.

"Senior Liu, a large group of cavalry appeared in front, and they are coming here with a large number of refugees!"