"Bang!" The knife hit the iron beam of the soldier's hat in front of him, and the mountain leopard used a lot of force.
The opponent stood unsteadily and sat down on the ground sideways. However, he took advantage of his inertia and thrust the tip of the knife in his hand under the exposed armpit.
"Ah!" The mountain leopard was in excruciating pain. He shouted, but he wondered why his sword couldn't kill him?
He turned around and pulled himself out of the sharp blade. He used the back of the blade to block the weapons of the army, and then he realized that the sword in his hand had been curled.
At this moment of astonishment, a copper melon (short handle, with a ball or melon-shaped bump at the head, the cavalry used a slightly longer handle, also called a hammer) swept across the side of his helmet.
The mountain leopard only felt the sound of wind behind his head, and his vision went dark before he lost consciousness.
Tonggua turned around and hit Dou San'er, who was kneeling on top of another bandit, with all his strength.
"Poof", the ground under the man's face was suddenly soaked in a large pool of blood and spread to his shoulders. The guy's body was shaking but his hands were weak and limp.
"Drag that guy in, he's a leader!" Dou San'er pointed at the knocked-out mountain leopard and shouted with a ferocious expression.
Two hook guns (with a downward-curved hook under the gun head) stretched out from behind the team and caught the trip armor strap on the mountain leopard's shoulders but did not pull it.
Or was it the soldier who had been slashed on the head who reacted and cursed: "I've treated you like a fool, how dare you come to chop grandpa?"
After saying that, he got up, picked up the mountain leopard from his waist, and threw it into the army line. Three or five people immediately rushed towards him with ropes.
Seeing several red-eyed gangsters shouting "Save the captain!" they rushed toward the soldier.
Dou San'er swung his hammer to deflect a spear for him, then picked up the big knife from the gap of the mountain leopard next to him, forced several people back, and shouted without looking back: "This guy is a leader, our flag officer Dou San'er and Lin Jiasheng asks for it here!"
When Sheng Huai'en heard the commotion, he immediately rushed over with a few soldiers. Looking at the mountain leopard tied on the ground, he ordered someone to drag it to the prisoner for confirmation.
After a while, someone came running back: "Report, sir, that guy is called 'Guoshan Leopard', his name is Chen Dingxuan, he is a wanted criminal in Zhejiang, and his official title is a school captain!"
"Pick his helmet and show it to his men. Anyone who refuses to surrender will be killed!" Sheng Huai'en was so high-spirited that his beard was trembling with joy because his men had captured an enemy general.
You must know that the imperial court and Lou Zi fought back and forth from time to time, and there were not many battle reports about capturing a school captain alive.
Some soldiers immediately took off his helmet and asked someone to pick him up with a hook gun and go to the front of the formation to persuade him to surrender.
By this time, the pontoon bridge of the sneak attack force had been broken, and the retreat route was blocked by fire cannons. There were still about three hundred people crowded together inside and outside the north gate.
Ma Jiu, who came for reinforcements after hearing the news, had just cut down an enemy soldier when he heard shouting "Caught the mountain leopard". He guessed it was the enemy leader, so he ordered his hundreds of men to shout.
Unable to advance or retreat, reinforcements from the regiment appeared on the side. These people had nothing to do. Except for a few people, they would rather jump off the cliff. The others had no choice but to throw away their weapons and kneel down to ask for surrender.
Ma Jiu hurriedly shouted to others, saying that the brothers who had surrendered should not be afraid. They all went to the river to pick up soil to build the wall, and they would also have food to eat.
The soldiers felt relieved after hearing this, and started lining up to go down the mountain in the direction pointed by the regiment trainers.
The bandits stranded by the river saw that the situation in the north was gone, the pontoon bridge was interrupted, and there were three large muskets on top that were a big threat, so they had no choice but to run out of the range of the copper muskets and send someone to report to the main force.
People who had crossed the river either surrendered or fled back to the other side. Ma Jiu sent two regiments to patrol along the coast, cleaning the battlefield and searching for those who slipped through the net.
Lou Shifan, who commanded on the frontal battlefield, attacked in three directions, but this time was different from last time.
Because Houying was responsible for building the defensive wall on the west side of Nanshan, Houying and Gu Da swapped the defense areas. Therefore, there was not only a ten-foot-high wall behind Toudaozha, but also a door in the middle and towers at both ends. Compared with the front This time it was easier to defend and harder to attack.
Because I was responsible for guarding the camp, I was particularly careful when building the outer wall of the rear camp, and the project was done solidly. Although it is a temporary construction, it is difficult to knock it down with only a thousand light infantry without siege equipment.
What's more, Tan Zhongxiao was confident that Ma Jiu's escort team was preparing behind him, and Zhang Bo's team and Huang Qin's archery team were on standby between the two watchtowers at the foot of Xiaobei Qiu.
Although the inner wall is unfinished, Yang Yi, the smiling tiger squatting inside, is not easy to mess with!
Lou Shifan knew that he was feinting, but even so he had to show off. So he directed very hard. But just as he was directing everyone to climb up the wall, something happened behind him.
The problem was not in the north, but on the other side of the wall that he had never expected.
Because it was for surveillance, Lou Shifan just sent a confidant named Hou Bao with 700 people to show off his power here.
On the one hand, it is to contain, and on the other hand, it is to confuse the officers, soldiers and regiment training officers at the gate, so that they are confused about the situation and dare not move arbitrarily.
Everything started fine, with Hou Bao and the others waving flags and shouting. Zhou Qin and several flag officers in the army really thought that the other party was going to attack, and they were very nervous.
Later, when I saw that it didn't look like that, I started to wonder what they wanted to do.
Hou Bao and others were teasing and insulting him, but he was holding back his anger.
Because Lou Shifan told him that there are probably not as many people here as there are officers and soldiers leading training groups, so Hou Bao, you don't have to worry, just stand in front of the pass and block the road so that the other party doesn't dare to come out and cause trouble.
Hou Bao agreed verbally but disagreed in his heart. Oh, it seems that you have all made meritorious service, so what do you mean by letting me stand here for a day?
So when he saw that there were really only a few dozen officers and soldiers on the other side, and the rest were just a group of regiment trainers wearing civilian clothes standing around, he felt easy to bully.
"Hey, if... if I make a sudden attack, is it possible to snatch this pass from me? Then wouldn't I be a blockbuster?" Hou Bao thought with squinted eyes.
He was a butcher, cruel and bold. When he thought of something, he immediately called a few subordinates and asked them to prepare quietly.
So the joking and insults at the beginning were actually his tactics to lure the enemy. He wanted the people in the pass to rush out to fight, and then he would make a sudden counterattack and rush in to win the pass.
His idea was not bad, but he didn't expect that there was Zhao Jingzi, a very thoughtful man behind the wall. He could tell at a glance that he wanted to lure or provoke the people here to leave. There was also a shameless person who had been trained in the world of martial arts. Thick Zhou Qin.
"You want to lure me out? He's too young and I won't go out. Not only will he not come out, I will ask someone to fight him back!"
After speaking, Zhou Qin called his soldiers and selected ten representatives from the army, regiment training, and migrant workers who were the most sharp-tongued, gossipy, and venomous. They stood on the unfinished tower and counted the eighteenth ancestors of Lou Zishi. He even added details about the private affairs of the Lou family that he heard from the captives, such as Lou Zishi’s private meetings with his sister-in-law, the love affair between Lou Dashuai’s concubines and his sons, and how Lou Zishi took over the sweethearts of his subordinates. The ground was shaken out.
Xiao Wanhe, who claimed to be a cultural figure and a descendant of an emperor, was dumbfounded and shook his head.
The gangsters on the opposite side were all red-faced and speechless. Hou Bao had no choice but to order his subordinates to swallow their anger and not move.
The happiest thing was the officers and soldiers in Guanzhai above, watching the two sides bickering like cross talk below with great relish. They even heard Lou Zishi cheer loudly when he beat his parents and children angrily, and some encouraged him to "do it again."
Hou Bao and others were all depressed after being scolded. Hearing the roar of killing elsewhere, he was scolded here. How unlucky!
Everyone had a sad face, and gradually there were complaints. The soldiers sat in small groups, blocking the door to prevent the other side from coming out.
When Zhou Qin heard that there was no movement outside, he immediately called for 200 people to rush out and catch the opponent by surprise. Zhao Jingzi quickly stopped Li Dan on the grounds of his order.
"What a great opportunity. If you go out now, you might be able to kill that leader!" Zhou Qin stamped her feet anxiously.
"I know what you are going to do." Zhao Jingzi said, "But you have to obey the order of defense, and I have to obey it.
Let's do this. Kuroki and I will go out for you to catch them off guard and try to kill their leader.
Xiao Yingzheng led the brothers from the front camp and the right camp to follow. You hold the line from behind, and at the same time you have to defend Fengqiguan. "
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Baihu came. It turned out that he also saw that the enemy's slackness was an opportunity, and offered to bring his hundred men to join him.
With well-trained officers and soldiers going into battle, the chances of winning are even better. Zhou Qin had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Seeing that all his subordinates were listless, Hou Bao became restless. Could this opportunity for meritorious service just slip by?
He called several of his confidants to discuss and finally decided to rush into the pass at all costs. The reason is that now that the officers, soldiers and regiment training officers are fluent in scolding, it is the time when they are proud and slack, so rushing over can catch them off guard.
Besides, the wall has only been repaired for four feet, so it is not difficult to cross it. The key is the speed of rushing through the fence.
Hou Bao made a prompt decision and asked people to prepare hooks and ropes. After preparing to hook the fence, everyone worked together to pull it down and collapse it. The low wall behind would be much easier.
People on both sides want to beat each other up, now it's time to see who will do it first!
Although the commander of Fengqiguan could not lead the charge himself due to "responsibility", he was not a mediocre fool.
There were nearly 80 archers in Guan Guan, and there were still more than 60 left after casualties. He left half of them on top, and the other half quietly went down the mountain to ambush behind the newly built low wall on this side of the cliff.
The regiment trainers who were preparing to go into battle were all crouching behind the wall with weapons in hand. Only some migrant workers were assigned to work or point at the opposite side, showing a casual look.
The gangsters suddenly began to form a team, and someone immediately reported the news on the wall. When they started running at a trot, the people above shouted and jumped off the wall. The archers suddenly stood up and fired the first shower of arrows.
Just as a gap was opened in Juma, Zhao Jingzi suddenly rushed out with a stick and two black wooden swords.
Just as the second burst of arrows fell into the enemy group, causing a howl, three loud noises of "bang, bang, bang" from the north attracted everyone's attention. Taking this opportunity, the two quickly approached the bandits' team. shape.
Hou Bao fired an arrow and cursed viciously, but he could not utter a second sound because the two figures in front, black and white, had knocked over the spearheads of the front team and disrupted his queue.
Hou Bao quickly picked up the mace and stepped forward, stabbing Zhao Jingzi head-on.
Zhao Jingzi took a step back and squatted down, and pushed the mace away with a "snap". Hou Bao was obviously shocked that the weak-looking scholar had such strength. He could barely block the next move and shouted: "This is Hou Bao of Jinguang Cave in Xianxia Ridge. Who is here?"
"It doesn't matter where you are, you evildoer! I am Xiao Yuen Long, Zhao Xianfu. The traitor will be bound, otherwise you will die!" Zhao Jingzi said, one move after another in his hands.
Hou Bao couldn't resist, so he turned around and ran away. He caught up with him and swiped the stick end at his ankle, causing him to fall down.
Hou Bao subconsciously put one hand on the ground, turned around, swung his mace and hit the opponent's legs hard, but he missed. I just heard a gust of wind behind my head, my vision went dark and I lost consciousness.
"Hou Bao is dead," Kuroki shouted, "Those who want to kill you get out of the way!"
Some of the bandits originally wanted to snatch Hou Bao back. When they looked up and saw Tuan Lian and officers and soldiers coming from left and right, Hun'er was frightened and they all turned around and ran away.
It didn't matter that they were running, but they happened to collide with Lou Shifan's rear group on the narrow road, causing chaos.
At this time, there were three more blasts of copper cannons in the north, and in response to this, the three copper cannons in the south also fired three stone bullets.
Lou Shifan's rear team was in chaos, and the front team was disrupted by bronze guns. The third marshal was in dire straits.
While he sent people to block the officers and soldiers coming out from the Zhaizha direction, he also ordered people to quickly check whether Shan Bao's plan was successful. At the same time, he ordered the team to start retreating.
Soon the scouts brought back news of the defeat on the North Road.
"Where's the mountain leopard?"
"I heard that it fell into the hands of the army, and some people said that it was killed..."
"Alas!" Lou Shifan completely lost his fighting spirit after hearing the news and immediately ordered a retreat. If two of the three groups lose, how can we still fight this battle? If the brothers knew the news now, deserters would be inevitable tonight.
Fortunately, the other side didn't seem to want to attack with all their troops. When they saw them retreating, they just fired three more bronze cannons at crowded places. The other teams just cheered on their own defense lines.
Zhao Jingzi, Hei Mu and Xiao Wanhe, who were killing smoothly, also received the news from Zhou Qin. The front team changed to the rear team, and they calmly retreated while sorting and cleaning the battlefield.
After all, he was still at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Li Dan didn't want to be too happy about the victory, nor did he want to waste the courageous bravery on adventure.
The people who were far away from the general's musket range in the north came back and quickly reported the story of the mountain leopard's capture. Lou Shifan led them back to Toad Pond dejectedly.
He recruited several of his subordinates and decided that it was difficult to deal with the current morale, so he might as well retreat to the town. At least there would be food, drink, and women there, so he could stabilize the team to some extent.
Someone suggested that we leave some people in Toad Pond to act as horns to each other, and the people from Nanshan will never be able to get through.
Some people also suggested that we build a wall when we get to the town, and those who have the skills in Nanshan can also try to attack it!
Lou Shifan thought right, take a step back and the world will be brighter. Why should I be rigid about this?
After making up his mind, he ran to the big tent next to him to see "Grandma Seventh."
When Yi Shengjin heard that he had lost the mountain leopard, he sighed deeply and fell into coma again before he could say a word.
Lou Shifan was so frightened that he quickly called the doctor for treatment. He returned to his tent and wrote a letter to his father to report the situation, and then ordered the entire army to break camp and move to the camp again.
This time he left his general Tian Lengzi and nearly a thousand men to garrison in Toad Pond, and withdrew to Fengling Town with the rest of the men and a dazed Yichenjin.
This means that if you don’t let me seize Fengqiguan, I won’t let you pass Fengling Town either. Let’s just sit here and spend it!
