Chapter 545 - Night of Blood and Fire
Chapter 545: Night of Blood and Fire
The fire started so quick and fierce that Yan Liqiang didn’t even notice it in the beginning. But at the turn of an eye, the fire grew rapidly. On such a night, the fiery flames were very outstanding.
Yan Liqiang narrowed his eyes and looked for a while before looking at Wang Jianbei, “What place is burning?”
“It’s a big market where the Dark Wood Tribe gathers!” Wang Jianbei glanced afar and it seemed like he knew that this would happen. His face showed a smile, “That big market place is the lifeline for those Dark Razor Tribe members. Other than all sorts of cargo brought in by their merchant squads, it is mostly used to store Dark Razor Tribe’s food. With this fire, the Dark Wood people would turn into mad dogs!”
“Hahaha, this feels great!” Yan Liqiang laughed, “Is the Military Governor managing the scene there?”
“That’s right, Yucheng is keeping watch over there. Come, come, come, let’s keep drinking!” Wang Jianbei waved his hand and a servant brought another kettle of wine…
As the fire rose, the entire Shatu district sank into chaos.
Rows of Dark Wood Tribe homes were connected to the big marketplace. Those homes were all made of wood. The fire spread all over the place with extremely rapid speed, making the people charge out of their houses in a panic to fight the fire!
The market was guarded by people at night and there was more than one person, but when the Dark Wood Tribe people got there, they found that all the guards had been killed.
Other than the guards’ bodies, there were actually a few Dark Razor bodies.
Those bodies seemed as though they were killed by Dark Wood people. Some killed each other. Most importantly, there were fire starters and pine oil found on a few of the Dark Razor Tribe people…
But at this moment, fighting the fire was more urgent and when those Dark Wood people took out all sorts of tools and charged to the nearby well, they found that the well had been sealed shut with boulders inside. It was impossible to remove all the boulders without half a day’s worth of work.
So, all the Dark Wood Tribe Shatu people could only watch with pale faces as their homes were ravaged by the flames.
There had already been some small conflicts between the Dark Razor Tribe and Dark Wood Tribe people these days. Both sides incurred deaths and injuries. They were like a keg filled with gun powder.
“Kill those Dark Razor Tribe bastards…” Those Dark Wood Tribe people roared in fury with red eyes. They cast away their water buckets and picked up their weapons instead.
Faced with this situation, the Dark Wood people completely exploded. All those who could pick up swords picked up their swords and roared in fury as they charged towards the Dark Razor Tribe district.
At the head of the Nine Dragons Bridge, a fully-armed Pingxi Military Governor Liu Yucheng sat on a rhinodrake steed. He looked coldly at the chaos and the flames in the Shatu area. Under the illumination of the fiery light, Liu Yucheng’s face was cold and sharp like metal.
Next to Liu Yucheng was a forest of erected spears. The soldiers were already there waiting for orders. On the bridge, three rows of iron shields as tall as humans were erected, sealing all the exit paths shut for the Shatu people. A large number of archers lined the roofs of the buildings on the two sides of the bridge.
The firelight was the signal!
Rumbling sounds came from the streets — the soldiers in the barracks quickly made their way over. Everything went according to plan.
In the riverside not far ahead, there was a ruckus. Some black-clothed people suddenly emerged from the water and quickly came to Liu Yucheng to report in!
“Lord, the mission is complete!” The team was led by a commandant of Pingxi City and it was made up of masters from the military.
Looking at the firelight in the distance, Liu Yucheng nodded in satisfaction. “You guys did very well. I’ll mark down your work, go change clothes first!”
“Yes!” The team of people in black robes left quickly.
Liu Yucheng still watched the Shatu district intently. Just moments later, the chaos in the Shatu area suddenly grew even greater. There were sounds of fighting and hacking, making it even more and more intense. Liu Yucheng knew that the second team he sent had successfully finished their mission, but their retreat path wasn’t from here. It was from the eastern gate of the city…
In the Shatu district, the Dark Razor Tribe and Dark Wood Tribe were in complete chaos. In the firelight, the two parties were gathered on the streets in carnage.
Many Dark Wood people still had fire torches and pine oil. They charged into the Dark Razor Tribe area and threw the fire torches onto the Dark Razor Tribe houses and then poured out the pine oil. The entire area erupted into flames and smoke rolled everywhere.
The Dark Razor Tribe guards rushed over to their leader’s home, but by that time, their leader’s family was dead silent. Not a single person was alive.
Both sides had sunk into slaughter. Dark Razor Tribe had lost their heads. Without an organized chain of command, the Dark Razor tribe people could only pick up their swords and resist if they didn’t want to die.
The Shatu district was flying with blood and flesh. Bodies were littered on the ground while the two sides of the streets had buildings that were lit up. No one went to fight the fire because those who took the tools to fight the fire would probably get hacked down without even getting very far.
Pingxi City had a fire fighting team. During this era, most of the buildings were made out of wood and were in close proximity. If one building went on fire, the consequence would be disastrous so each city had their own firefighting squads.
Seeing the fire in the Shatu district, the city’s fire fighting team pulled their water carriages. But when they came over, they were dumbfounded. Nine Dragons Bridge had been completely shut off. Realizing that the military governor was here, the fire fighting team captain quickly went to greet Liu Yucheng.
Liu Yucheng’s face was serious as he looked at the captain, “There has been a riot at the Shatu district. The Dark Razor Tribe and Dark Wood Tribe are killing each other. It’s too chaotic in there — it’ll be suicide if you go in now. Stay here just in case. You can go in when the riot calms down. If something happens to you guys, how am I going to report to the Prefectural Governor?!”
Hearing the hacking sounds from the Shatu district, the captain shivered his neck and nodded as he retreated…
Not long after that, a few hundred Shatu people carrying swords, fire torches, and pine oil charged to the bridge. Seeing Liu Yucheng and the well-armed soldiers waiting here, they were dazed.
Liu Yucheng looked coldly at these people with killing intent seeping out of his eyes, “Just as the Prefectural Governor said, you Shatu vermins still want to cause chaos in Pingxi City at such a time…”
Liu Yucheng waved his hand and countless arrows shot out like raindrops towards those Shatu people. These Shatu people all flipped over in cries.
After two rounds of arrows, the side of the bridge was filled with Shatu bodies.