There are three commanders of the Forbidden Army stationed in Quanzhou, namely Quanjie Battalion, Guangjie Second Battalion, and Guangjie Third Battalion.
Originally, there was a serious shortage of vacancies. Since Uncle Xie Fang took office, he has made great efforts to rectify it. It is hard to say how good the combat effectiveness is, but the number of soldiers is full, with a total of about 1,200 people responsible for guarding the outermost Silla City.
Dejimen is the defense area of the Quanjie Battalion. Qi Dali, the commander of the Quanjie Battalion, is also from Ban Zhi and is personally on duty at the city gate at this time.
Looking at the huge fleet going up the river, although he could not yet determine whether the enemy was friendly or not, Qi Dalli still immediately gave the order, "Ring the bell to warn! Prepare for battle!"
The rapid ringing of bells came from the city head and resounded throughout Quanzhou City.
The soldiers on the city wall quickly entered their respective fighting positions and stared nervously at the approaching fleet.
Deputy Commander Zhuang Bing suddenly shouted, "Shuiying's ship! Didn't they go to Liuqiu? Why did they come back suddenly?"
Qi Dali was startled when he heard this. He looked carefully and recognized the water camp ships mixed in the fleet. For a moment, he thought that he had made a mistake in judgment and that the people coming were not enemies.
But then I thought about it, when the situation is unclear, it is better to be cautious than to cause a catastrophe due to negligence and hesitation.
He immediately calmed down and felt that it was too weird for the water camp to come back again, so he ordered someone to report it to the Comfort Department quickly.
Not long after, the fleet sailed majestically into Nanguan Port and looked for a suitable location to dock.
The area outside Quanzhou City is not a deserted suburb, especially near Nanguan Port. It has formed a huge town, which is no less prosperous than the city, with at least 30,000 to 40,000 people living there.
In the face of banditry, those who could enter the city and escape would have fled long ago. At this time, there are still many people stranded, including Tibetan people from various countries and people from their own country.
Firstly, these people didn't know where to run to be safe. Secondly, they thought that even if the bandits came, with Jinjiang across the way, they would have enough time to decide what to do based on the situation.
Although they were scared when they heard the alarm bell before, they saw that it was a fleet of ships coming and they didn't think they were bandits.
So I felt a little lucky in my heart, and planned to wait and see first. After all, not many people can easily abandon their property and goods.
Therefore, many people were murmuring prayers while poking their heads to observe the movements in the port.
I saw some boats just docking, and some people jumped onto the shore impatiently.
These people were dressed in all kinds of strange clothes, but they all brandished weapons and charged towards the town outside the port like a menacing look.
"Pirate! It's a pirate! Everyone, run for your lives..."
The cruel facts shattered the people's happiness, and they fled in panic, carrying their belongings on their backs.
In fact, we really can't blame the people for being careless. We really didn't expect that the pirates would dare to attack Quanzhou City directly, and the scale was far beyond people's impression.
Speaking of which, with the prosperity of sea trade in the Song Dynasty, there have always been a large number of pirates along the southeast coast. Their scales ranged from thousands to dozens.
Usually they just wander along various routes, waiting for opportunities to rob merchant ships, and rarely go ashore to rob.
In fact, pirates had interests entangled with some common people, officials and gentry along the coast. For example, Weitou Port, which is eighty miles away from Quanzhou City, provides various services to pirates.
All in all, the people on the shore did not regard pirates as a dangerous factor in advance. At this time, they realized that something was wrong and started to run away. It was somewhat too late.
In just a moment, three to four thousand pirates rushed towards the town, and thousands more came ashore and rushed over.
These pirates were agile and ran very fast, rushing into various streets and alleys. However, they passed by shops and houses without entering. Instead, they only followed the fleeing common people and merchants.
"Stop, I only rob wealth, not life..."
"Stop running away. If you run away again, don't blame me for being rude!"
"If you don't escape, you won't kill..."
"Mother Selin... told you not to run away, otherwise I would kill you." Z.br>
The pirates were in hot pursuit, screaming and howling.
Some common people
Shang was frightened and stopped. The pirates really didn't attack them, but if they were caught up and caught up with them, they would be hacked to death on the spot.
After discovering this, more and more people did not dare to run anymore and squatted in place shivering.
The pirates basically ignored them and just kept chasing them until they reached the edge of the town, then they didn't bother to chase them any more.
Some pirates stayed behind to guard the intersection, while others swept back, swooping into every house like hungry wolves to plunder and raid them.
These pirates did not set fires, nor did they kill people at will, but they committed plunder and robbery unscrupulously.
The pirates were laughing loudly, the people were crying and wailing, and the entire town was plunged into dire straits and turned into a hell on earth.
At this moment, Uncle Xie Fang received Qi Dali's report. Shocked, he hurried to Deji Gate to see what was going on.
Originally, Uncle Xie Fang had more than thirty Yuan followers, and now Qian Long and ten Banzhi imperial guards were added to the group. Even if there was no ceremonial guard, the traveling team was still very large.
Such a team would normally not be able to move very fast in the city, but at this time, except for the soldiers and government officials patrolling the streets, there were no ordinary people in sight, so there was no need to worry about congestion.
He quickly left Zicheng and came to the Zhennan Gate of Luocheng. When he was waiting for the city gate to open, his armpits turned out to be raw.
Suddenly, more than a dozen crossbow bolts were fired from the top of the city.
Captain Xie Shi, who was standing at the front of the team, had no time to react, and was taken away by the crossbow bolt that penetrated his eye socket. At the same time, seven or eight other Yuansui were killed or injured.
Without enough time to be shocked, other Yuan Sui hurriedly raised their shields and drew their swords to defend Uncle Xie Fang's chariot.
"There's an enemy attack, thank you, Prime Minister, don't come out!"
Qian Long shouted into the carriage and glanced around quickly.
I saw a dozen left-wing troops rushing toward them on both sides of the city gate and in the door opening, and there were also rapid footsteps approaching in the street and alley not far behind.
Faced with this situation of double-teaming, Qian Long's mind was racing and he made an immediate decision.
"Come on! Come on! Protect the carriage and rush into the door! Yuan Sui divides into two groups, blocking the left and right. Ban Zhi follows me and rushes through the door!"
Before he finished speaking, Qian Long held an iron bone flower in each hand, transformed into a fat whirlwind, and resolutely crashed into the left wing troops pouring out of the doorway.
He met a tall and powerful captain head-on. He had a ferocious smile on his face and slashed at Qian Long's shoulder and neck with his formation-breaking knife.
Qian Long raised the Iron Bone Flower in his left hand and smashed away the fatal knife with his force. At the same time, the Iron Bone Flower in his right hand hit the captain's iron helmet unceremoniously.
The iron helmet seemed to be stuck in paper, with dents being smashed by fist-sized bones, and the skull wrapped in the helmet burst instantly.
Lieutenant General's eyes popped out, his orifices were bleeding, and he fell to the ground like a broken piece of wood.
After taking care of the team general, Qian Long rushed into the enemy army without slowing down, his hands and bones spinning like windmills. Those who were hit would die. Within a few breaths, four corpses fell to the ground.
The remaining left-wing troops were so frightened when they saw this that they panicked and ran towards the doorway.
Qian Long immediately lost interest in this group of water dogs and shouted to Ban Zhi who was following him, "I'll leave it to you. I'll go help Yuan Sui."
Then the chubby figure turned sharply in front of the door and ran towards the left wing army who was fighting Yuan Sui on the left.
The Ban Zhi continued to rush into the doorway, chopping melons and vegetables, and dispatched a dozen desperate left-wing troops. Uncle Xie Fang's carriage also entered the doorway after them.
At this time, the enemies blocking the retreat also came after them, and then Qian Long directed the Yuansui to retreat to the entrance of the door while fighting, while the Banzhi also turned around to meet them.
Qian Long took a look and found that although there were nearly a hundred enemies blocking the back road, they were all convinced by the common people, and he was even more determined.
"Yuan Sui retreats and guards the entrance of the cave. Ban Zhi, charge with me!"
After hearing this, Yuan Sui, who had less than ten people left, was stunned for a moment and then retreated towards the door.
The Banzhi people had no objection to Qian Long's madman-like order, and followed him into a small cone-shaped formation and launched a countercharge towards the enemy.
In the doorway, Uncle Xie Fang and Zhou Mi had gotten off the carriage.
Fierce fighting sounds outside
The traffic continued to pour in, and the coachman looked anxiously at the still closed city gate. It would take at least a dozen people to move the two thick city gate bars.
At this moment, nine Yuan Sui happened to retreat to the entrance of the cave, so the coachman immediately shouted to them, "You are just in time, come in quickly and open the city gate!"
The coachmen of important people are usually close confidants, and it is normal for them to give orders to Yuan Sui.
But Uncle Xie Fang immediately stopped, "No! Don't listen to him and continue to act according to Commander Qian's orders!"
The driver said anxiously, "Mr. sir, we have to leave quickly, otherwise if we are stuck here, wouldn't it be a dead end?"
Uncle Xie Fang shook his head, "This city gate cannot be opened easily. Who knows if there are other ambushes outside. In this situation, hiding in the doorway is the best choice. Thanks to Qian Long's wit and ability to make a decisive decision, otherwise..."
After Zhou Mi heard this, he was still a little puzzled, "We are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered. I'm afraid we won't be able to defend the entrance of the cave for long. Besides, if the thief uses other methods, we will be helpless."
"No! They don't have that much time!" Uncle Xie Fang calmly explained slowly, "The people guarding the south gate of this town and the left and right walls should have been troops from both cities, but the ones who attacked us just now were only five or six The ten left-wing troops showed that not all of them mutinied. You see, those behind were not sergeants. In other words, as long as the entire left-wing army had not mutinied, these thieves would probably not have backup. And the East Guards of Zicheng discovered that there was something going on here. I'll be there soon afterward..."
As he said that, Uncle Xie Fang let out a long sigh again, "To be honest, I am too kind to a woman and did not cleanse the left-wing army thoroughly enough, which is why we are in today's difficulty."
At this time, on the street outside the doorway, Qian Long and the Banzhi people relied on counterattacks to kill or injure twenty or thirty people, and forced the thieves back some.
When Qian Long saw that the thief seemed to be giving up the physical fight and preparing to use the crossbow, he shouted, "Zhahu!"
As soon as the order was given, the eleven people turned around and ran away, leaving all the thieves stunned.
By the time they realized what was happening, Qian Long and the others had already ran back to the doorway a dozen feet away. The doorway was more than half blocked by a horizontal carriage, and a tight shield wall was quickly erected in the unblocked areas.
The thief leader was furious and ordered everyone to press towards the door, but at this moment, the sound of rumbling footsteps came from behind them and approached quickly.
