Chapter 209: There’s a fire, there’s a fire!
After learning the news that Prince An had passed away long ago, Yu Qingbei was completely relieved.
In this way, Yu Qingbei and his generals began to prepare quietly.
As the sky grew darker, the Jiangnan army had made all preparations.
"Prince, Little Prince, General Jiang, all the brothers are ready."
"Now, we are just waiting for your order and we can take action immediately!"
A general under King Huai'an walked up to the three of them and spoke slowly.
"Yes, I understand."
"Jiang Chen, can we start now?"
After listening to the report from his general, King Huai'an turned around and looked at Jiang Chen who was standing beside him.
"Your Majesty, we have to wait a little longer. Now is not the right time."
Hearing King Huai'an's question, Jiang Chen answered slowly.
Yu Qingbei, who was standing by, heard Jiang Chen say this and asked with some confusion.
"Brother Jiang, now is the best time. The defenders in the imperial capital have all fallen asleep by now."
"If we don't take action now, when will we take action?!"
Facing the anxious Yu Qingbei and a group of soldiers, Jiang Chen shook his head again.
"It's really not the right time yet, little prince, just wait patiently!"
"Okay, Qingbei, since Jiang Chen has said so, why don't we wait a little longer!"
When everyone saw that their master, Prince Huai'an, had said this, they all shut up and just stood there quietly waiting.
After waiting for almost an hour, the bell representing the midnight hour rang out in the city.
Hearing the bell ringing from the city, Jiang Chen, who had kept his eyes closed, instantly opened his eyes.
"Everyone, it's time! It's now!"
Upon hearing this, the crowd, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately stood up and spoke to the soldiers who were ready to go.
"Brothers, wake up, it's time!"
Under the loud shouting of the generals, all the soldiers woke up one after another, and the pajamas on their faces disappeared in an instant.
Looking at the soldiers who were cheering up, Jiang Chen nodded to King Huai'an.
Seeing that Jiang Chen understood him, King Huai'an turned around and spoke loudly to the soldiers.
"Soldiers, the time has come when the king needs you!"
"You raise your troops for a thousand days but only deploy them for a moment. Today is the time for you to make achievements and establish your career."
"Attack the imperial capital, eliminate the false emperor, and restore peace to the Xia Kingdom!"
Following the encouragement from King Huai'an, more than a thousand soldiers raised their swords and guns, responding to his words.
Afterwards, more than a thousand soldiers, led by Du Meng and Wang Zhongqing, entered the tunnel in batches.
Passing through the tunnel, more than a thousand soldiers gathered in the house in the west of the city.
After counting the number of soldiers behind them, Du Meng and Wang Zhongqing looked at each other and nodded to each other.
In this way, the two of them rushed out of the house with more than 500 people each, and rushed towards the grain and fodder stored in the imperial capital.
"Have you finished the investigation?"
"General, we have already investigated and found that these rubbish from the imperial capital have only arranged a few dozen garrisons in this important granary."
The soldier who was sent by Wang Zhongqing to gather information reported to Wang Zhongqing in a low voice.
"Haha, it seems like God is really blessing us!"
"In that case, everyone listen up and prepare the kerosene and torches."
"Rush out later and quickly get rid of these guys."
"Then, let's burn this place down and let these useless people in the imperial capital see how powerful our Jiangnan army is!"
While talking to the soldiers, Wang Zhongqing excitedly took out kerosene and other things. After lighting the torches, he took the lead and led hundreds of soldiers behind him to charge out.
The dozens of imperial guards guarding outside the granary never expected that someone would suddenly attack them.
In just a moment, dozens of imperial guards fell in a pool of blood.
In front of Wang Zhongqing's troops, they lost their lives before they could even utter a scream.
Looking at the corpse on the ground, Wang Zhongqing snorted coldly and picked up the torch placed on the wall.
Holding a torch in his hand, Wang Zhongqing led his men to break open the door of the granary and rushed into the granary.
"Quick, pour kerosene on it and light the fire!"
After saying that, Wang Zhongqing poured all the kerosene in his hand onto the neatly stacked piles of food and grass.
Under the leadership of Wang Zhongqing, a group of soldiers quickly stepped forward and poured the kerosene.
Afterwards, Wang Zhongqing set fire to the pile of grain and grass soaked in kerosene, and dozens of torches were thrown over at the same time.
A moment later, the entire granary was engulfed in flames.
"Everyone follow me, hurry up!"
At the first moment the fire broke out, Wang Zhongqing was the first to rush out of the granary.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of soldiers followed Wang Zhongqing into the darkness.
At the same time as this granary caught fire, a granary on the other side of the imperial capital also caught fire.
Looking at the flames burning on both sides at the same time, Du Meng smiled slightly, then led the soldiers behind him back into the darkness.
After a while, the imperial capital was in complete chaos.
The imperial guards on night patrol stumbled towards the two granaries.
"Hurry, hurry up, the granary is on fire!"
"Damn it, these idiots guarding the granary, how do they guard the granary!"
"Once this fire is out, I will definitely give them a good beating."
A captain of the imperial guards looked at the flames rising into the sky in the night and kept urging his soldiers on.
At the same time, in the imperial capital, countless imperial guards rushed desperately towards the direction of the fire.
Even some of the imperial guards on duty on the city walls were drawn away to run towards the sea of fire!
After seeing that most of the defenders near the west gate had been withdrawn, Wang Zhongqing and Du Meng smiled at each other.
"It's time. It seems like this is God's will!"
"That's right. Those defenders on the city wall look lazy . With the help of these brothers coming in later, we will definitely be able to take the city gate in one fell swoop!"
Du Meng said to Wang Zhongqing excitedly, his brows showing his excitement at the moment.
"You guys think too simply."
"Let's follow the agreement between us and the prince and use torches as a signal!"
Looking at the excited Du Meng, Wang Zhongqing smiled and gave Du Meng instructions.
"Okay, okay, let me tell you, you scheming people are really troublesome."
"It's something that can be conquered in one fell swoop, but why do we have to use secret codes..."
After hearing what Wang Zhongqing said, Du Meng muttered and complained.
However, even though Du Meng said this, he still prepared the torches according to Wang Zhongqing's instructions.
