Chapter 71 Fire starts
As the sky gradually darkened, the blood-red afterglow covered the sky.

Zhao Ji led his troops to the Xiguan warehouse and finally encountered some real obstruction.

There were about 600 to 700 people in the warehouse, which was already equal to the number of people led by Zhao Ji. If they stormed in, there would probably be many casualties.

But there is one thing that can be used. The killers are lurking in the closed warehouse. By setting a fire, they can kill many people immediately, and even achieve the goal without bloodshed.

Yu Fengmawu chose this warehouse to hide his troops, firstly because the place was large enough, and secondly because it was located in a remote area with not many people around.

Zhao Ji stood there leaning on his sword, frowning and considering carefully.

He asked his Qianniu Guards, "Have all the nearby people been evacuated safely?"

"General, everyone has been evacuated." Qianniu Guards replied respectfully.

"Okay, archers, prepare flammable objects and fire arrows to burn the warehouse and force the killers inside out. The rest of you should line up in front of the warehouse door and not let the killers go." Zhao Ji said decisively.

Zhao Ji's order immediately spread among the troops, and the archers acted quickly.

They took out the incendiary objects that they had prepared long ago from their backs. These were carefully made rockets with flammable cloth strips tied to the arrowheads. The cloth strips were soaked in oil. Once ignited, they would quickly start a raging fire.

Zhao Ji took a deep breath, but he was still soft-hearted. If more firewood was piled up, the fire might spread and the killers in the warehouse would have nowhere to escape.

Ma Wu watched the archers prepare the rockets, his mouth opened wide and he could not close it: "General...General."

Zhao Ji came over, smiled and patted Ma Wu on the shoulder: "Don't worry, as long as we can stop the invasion, it doesn't matter how many casualties we cause. When they are forced out by the fire, you need to go out and talk to them to put down their weapons."

Ma Wu nodded continuously: "Don't worry, General. I will do my best."

Zhao Ji nodded, turned around and directed the archers: "Release!"

At Zhao Ji's command, dozens of rockets streaked across the sky like meteors, with long tails reflecting the sunset, and shot towards the Xiguan warehouse.

The rocket hit the wooden boards of the warehouse and immediately ignited a raging fire. The fire spread rapidly, and the warehouse was filled with flames and thick smoke.

The killers in the warehouse were frightened by the sudden fire and fled in all directions. Chaotic shouting was heard in the warehouse.

Groups of men in black fled out of the warehouse, but were blocked by the guards at the door.

"Brothers, only by rushing out can you survive!" shouted the leading killer.

Then he rushed out with nearly a hundred people, while the killers in the warehouse were still pouring out.

Zhao Ji had already pulled the bow to its full length without knowing when, and shot the assassin to death with one arrow.

Nearly a hundred assassins who rushed out were either shot to death by arrows or died on the spot under the siege of the guards.

Zhao Ji put down his bow and arrow and shouted to the assassins: "Those who lay down their weapons will be spared!"

Ma Wu took the initiative to walk to the front and shouted, "Captains of the Flying Tigers, we have met before. I am Ma Wu from Tianbao Bank. You have been surrounded. If you resist stubbornly, your brothers will be burned or shot to death. Everyone, listen to my advice, lay down your weapons, and leave a way for your brothers to live."

At this time, hundreds of soldiers lined up in battle array shouted in unison: "Put down your weapons, surrender and you won't be killed! ..."

Behind him was a blazing fire, in front of him were the government troops ready for battle, and the ground was littered with corpses.

The black-clad killers looked at each other, not knowing who would be the first to lay down their weapons. Then everyone followed suit, put down their weapons, and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Ji breathed a sigh of relief and smiled with relief.

However, before the joy faded, shouts of killing suddenly came from the Governor's Mansion.

Zhao Ji's expression changed immediately: "Confiscate the weapons, leave a hundred people to watch over the prisoners and put out the fire, and the rest of you follow me to the Governor's Mansion!"
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In the main hall of the Governor's Mansion, before Zhao Ji was about to set fire to the warehouse, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang were playing cozy with Li Qingxia. Li Qingxia sat on a chair, her eyes wandering, looking outside.

Li Yuanfang stood in front of the door, looking around, obviously looking for some signs.

Only Di Renjie sat upright on the couch, holding a cup of fragrant tea in his hand, looking calm, as if the troubles in the outside world had nothing to do with him.

Sensing the unusual atmosphere, Li Qingxia couldn't help but speak: "Uncle, didn't you say before that you had something to tell me?"

Di Renjie smiled and shook his head: "No hurry, no hurry."

At this moment, Zhao Ji set fire to Xiguan, and suddenly flames shot up into the sky and thick smoke billowed in the direction of Xiguan.

Li Yuanfang rushed into the room, unable to hide his excitement: "Sir, there is a fire over at Xiguan."

Di Renjie smiled, gently put down the teacup, stood up, and Li Qingxia also quickly stood up from her seat and followed him.

Li Qingxia frowned, puzzled. It was not the time agreed with Turkic yet, nor was it the time agreed with Yu Feng, so how could an accident suddenly happen?

She pretended to be surprised and asked tentatively: "Uncle, what is going on? Are the Turks attacking?"

Di Renjie put his hands behind his back, smiled and shook his head: "Of course not. I will explain the details to you later."

Li Yuanfang approached Di Renjie and whispered, "Sir, Chengyuan has taken action at Xiguan. Yufeng will definitely notice the commotion, and they will probably attack the Governor's Mansion soon."

Di Renjie's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and he smiled and said, "I'm afraid they won't come!"

Li Qingxia watched the two people whispering, and a hint of uneasiness flashed in her eyes.

She was about to ask again when suddenly shouts of killing were heard all around the Governor's Mansion. Yu Feng finally realized that something was wrong and started his plan ahead of time.

It turned out that Yu Feng had launched the attack in advance, leading the black-clad assassins to rush towards the Governor's Mansion.

At this time, outside the Governor's Mansion, Yu Feng led nearly a thousand black-clad assassins and rushed to the gate of the Governor's Mansion with ladders and other simple equipment.

The guards in the Governor's Mansion were already on high alert, and everyone retreated back to the gate.

A few archers were sparsely visible at the gate and on the walls of the Governor's Mansion to block the enemy.

However, since most of the archers had been transferred to the West Gate, the defense in the palace seemed quite weak.

The archers fired one or two random rounds of arrows, and then saw the killers put the ladder against the wall, which then disappeared, and another team of knife-wielding guards came up.

Yu Feng personally went into battle, commanding the assassins in black loudly: "Brothers, charge into the Governor's Mansion! Kill Di Renjie!"

During the fierce offensive and defensive battle, the black-clad killers climbed up the courtyard wall with the help of ladders and fought fiercely with the guards. People fell off the ladders from time to time.

At the same time, assassins brought large wooden stakes from somewhere to use as battering rams, and violently rammed the gate of the Governor's Mansion.

The door gradually loosened under the fierce attack of the men in black and was finally forced open.

The men in black screamed and poured into the palace like a tide. The imperial guards pretended to resist, fighting and retreating.

Li Qingxia screamed, "Listen, there seems to be shouting and killing coming from the direction of the gate!"

Li Yuanfang's face changed drastically: "Sir, the enemy is rushing in, should we hide first!"

However, Di Renjie remained calm, smiled and shook his head, saying: "We must let them in!"

(End of this chapter)