C261 Conflict Occurrence (1)

After Ni Qushi brought his people out of the dungeon, he walked straight out of the door. But before he walked very far, he suddenly stopped in his tracks and stood there, deep in thought.

If it was said that Ni Qushi's mind was previously still immersed in the joy of torturing others, then he had completely awakened right now. Only now did he recall that the guard who came to report had mentioned that Situ Qingyun had brought a group this time around, and even encircled the manor at the very first moment. This was clearly not his good intentions.

Thinking about that, Ni Qushi immediately waved his hand, summoned a Academy Officer, and whispered a few words into his ears, then opened his mouth and reminded him: "Remember, be quick! "Also, take the secret passage!"

The Academy Officer nodded his head with a grave expression. Then, he turned around and ran towards an inconspicuous place in the Commander's Manor, and quickly disappeared in front of the crowd.

Seeing that Academy Officer had left, Ni Qushi did not completely relax. He knew in his heart that with his no-name army of soldiers, wanting to face off against the elite troops of the Northern Army was no different from a pipe dream.

Right now, Ni Qushi could only place his hopes on the advantage of numbers. Perhaps, he could force the Great General Situ, one of the Empire's Five Great Generals, to compromise to 'cease the war', but with Situ Qingyun's temper, the possibility of this happening was close to zero.

Right now, he was most afraid that if he were to be forced into a corner by this great general and fight to the death with him, he would be the most passive one. At that point, regardless of the casualties of the soldiers, the general himself would be in great trouble. If he didn't kill him, he would die; if he did, his entire family would die; wouldn't that be equivalent to letting him choose his own way to die? Thinking up to here, Ni Qushi couldn't help but frown. His heart was in turmoil, and it was really difficult to calm down.

The question that Ni Qushi couldn't understand the most was what caused this Great General to look like a completely different person. At most, he was a little depressed when he came here. Back then, he was still welcoming with a smile and had even delivered himself to the entrance when he left. That was quite the proper etiquette, wasn't it? Yet, she had come here once more with a murderous look on her face. It was truly a wonder how she had offended him. How big of a deal could it be? Was it even necessary to bring a large group of people and come back here to 'ruin the scene'? This was simply bullying!

Although Ni Qushi had doubts and fears in his heart, at the moment, it was still crucial to keep himself alive. Even if he knew that the City Guards were not going to have any effect here, at least his own life should not be in danger, but before the Guards arrive here to assist him, he still had to make some preparations. At the very least, he could not let them rush in to kill him right now.

Therefore, Ni Qushi instructed the soldiers beside him: "You few, bring more people with you. Block the door tightly for me and before reinforcements come, do not let anyone in, understand?"

"Yes, my lord!" The few guards by Ni Qushi's side received the order and left quickly. They shouted for people to come and support the main entrance.

"Situ Qingyun, you were the one who was heartless first, don't blame me for being unjust!" After Ni Qushi said this, he actually did not head towards the main entrance, but instead went to the guest hall, and sat down on his chair with his blade horizontally, he leisurely drank his tea. As long as his men arrived in time, even if they really started fighting, it would be considered as having some confidence. After all, Situ Qingyun had only brought more than a hundred people with him this time, while the other large groups were outside the city! As long as those people didn't enter the city, he was confident that he would be able to surpass them in terms of numbers.

Time passed minute after minute, Situ Qingyun who was waiting outside impatiently gave up his cursing and started instructing his personal guards to knock on the door. The entire mansion was even more silent. Almost everyone who could move ran to the front door to block it. All of them were extremely nervous, afraid that the moment the door opened, the next moment, the cold blade would be waiting for them.

"General, a few City Guards from the City Guards Institution seem to be gathering. They should be coming our way soon. What should we do?" A soldier of the royal guard came to Situ Qingyun's side and asked.

"Where are our men?" Situ Qingyun's eyes looked in the direction of the gate and did not squint. He did not answer the general's question, but asked another question.

"I think they are almost at the city entrance. I believe they won't be late! I'm just afraid that it's not good to enter the city! " The leader calculated the time and opened his mouth to answer Situ Qingyun's question, but he was also a little worried. After all, the imperial government had long banned more than five thousand troops from entering cities that were not under their jurisdiction.

Even if these gangs were to be disrupted, Situ Qingyun had only dispatched over a thousand people. And this time, Situ Qingyun had brought an army of fifty thousand, which was an elite of the Northern Army, if all of them were to enter the city, it would not be a small matter.

Other than that, they had also come to the city to fight against the city guards. Would they be willing to let the reinforcements of the 'enemy' enter the city? It's impossible to think about it with your ass.

"Send a few men to reinforce them. Tell them what I said and allow them to enter the city forcefully. Kill anyone who dares to stop them!" Situ Qingyun did not even have time to think, and directly ordered the high-ranking officer.

"Yes, General!"

Seeing Situ Qingyun's current attitude, the leader knew that he was in a rage. Without a word, he turned his horse around and personally brought a dozen or so men to the north of the city.

Moreover, all of them belonged to Situ Qingyun's personal guards. Even if Situ Qingyun asked them to go and die immediately, these people would not even bat an eye at all, let alone bringing someone to rush into the city, it was nothing much.

Get ready the oil and straw, and burn the door down. At the same time, order the men to prepare the tools, I am going to tear down this mansion today, first break down the wall for me, I want to see if I can hide from those with the surname Ni! Situ Qingyun waved his horsewhip, pointed straight at the commander's mansion, and ordered loudly.

"Yes, General!" The guards replied in unison and then quickly two small teams of officers mounted their horses and left. It seemed like they were prepared for the matters of those fellows that Situ Qingyun had mentioned.

He could not help but admire the efficiency of the soldiers. Not much time had passed, the oil of fire, straw, sledgehammers, chisels, and other tools were all available and were even beginning to be distributed.

Soon, the door was set ablaze. The flame instantly ignited the painted wooden door. Immediately, thick smoke began to billow out, and the heat wave swept through everything in the surroundings.

Seeing that the people outside had set the door on fire, how could the people inside dare to block the door? One by one, they retreated far away from the room and stared in horror at the raging fire outside the door. Those who saw the opportunity, ran over to inform Commander Ni Qushi.

"Commander, something terrible has happened. Those few grandsons of his started setting the door on fire. Right now, the front entrance is already on fire." What do we do now? " A soldier ran into the living room in a panic as he reported to Commander Ni.

"What else can we do? Hurry up and send people to put out the fire!" What are you all standing there for? " After Ni Qushi heard it, his face was filled with fear, even the teacup in his hand shattered into pieces. He could no longer sit still, and immediately stood up and shouted at the man.

"No, Sir, we don't have any tools to extinguish the fire. Even if we were to carry buckets after buckets of water to extinguish the fire, it will only come one after another. The fire can't be stopped!" The soldier that came to report had a helpless expression as he explained.

"We have to stop them even if we can't. Don't tell me you want to burn down the entire Commander's Manor?" Ni Qushi retorted unreasonable. At this time, he had basically lost his reason because of fear.

It can be said that there is only one way to deal with this. "Another soldier ran in and reported," Master, it's bad, those people have started to smash the walls. I think it won't be long before all of our walls will be torn apart by those people. What should we do? "

"What do we do? Chill, I know what to do. What else do we need you for? Hurry up and think of a solution!" Commander Ni roared at the two of them. Forget about making any decisions, he wasn't even sure how to escape. How could he deal with the current situation? The people who often gave him advice were not in the Commander's Manor at the moment.

Ni Qushi felt that his mind was about to collapse. He had originally wanted to continue this confrontation with Situ Qingyun until the City Guard Army army arrived here, at the very least, he would have the confidence to talk with this Great General and see if he could resolve this.

But Situ Qingyun actually dared to come out like that, while his own army was not here yet, he would be forced to the extreme, if the Northern Army elite army rushed in, even if his own army came, it would still be a taboo, and at that time, his own life and death could not be decided by himself.

"How about this, you immediately leave through the secret passage, we will cut off your back with the others, what do you think?" One of the soldiers suggested.

"Run? Where should I run to, I'm afraid the other end of the secret path has already been monitored by Situ Qingyun's men, if I go out now, it would be equivalent to walking into a trap. " Ni Qushi cried and laughed again. Thinking that with Situ Qingyun's capabilities, he definitely knew that he had sent people to secretly gather troops, and would probably set up a good army nearby. If he went out by the secret path now, wouldn't that be equivalent to sending himself to the door? If only he knew earlier that he should have run away, he would have regretted it.

"Master, why did Situ Qingyun bring troops to surround the house? If the conditions are not harsh, we can agree to it first. If the conditions are harsh, then we can try to delay it for a while, and wait for reinforcements to arrive. Would Situ Qingyun be able to make it? " The other soldier also braced himself and spoke up.

"I also fucking want to know, just what is this Situ fellow planning to do by bringing me here?" It seems like this is the only option, you guys come with me, I will personally go and fight this Situ Qingyun! " Ni Qushi cursed, and said with a sullen face.

With that, Ni Qushi headed out of the door. He hoped that Academy Officer would bring his men over quickly, otherwise it would be too late.