Following the orders of Ren Baqian, the soldiers from the Rearguard Commandery went into action. One after another, they jumped onto the roofs and occasionally fetched a couple of cans before heading in another direction.
As the rebels were planning to draw the aboriginals to the city center by retreating while fighting, there weren't many soldiers in the south part of the city. Therefore, the soldiers from the Rearguard Commandery didn't face any major resistance.
"There's one here and two to the northwest!" One old man on the roof pointed out. Three younger people, of both sexes, immediately jumped to the locations indicated and departed with the oil cans.
The old man's ears pricked up and noticed that the battle cries from the front seemed to lessen.
"I can't believe that they can come up with such a diabolical plan," the old man muttered to himself.
