The team that eliminated the bridgehead guards quickly rushed to Wubao. The guards at the entrance were sleeping soundly when they met the King of Hell.
Of the two hundred guards, more than a dozen were keeping watch, but almost all of them slept like pigs before dawn.
Until a guy heard the movement below and lay down on the crenel to take a look. He was so frightened that he screamed. However, he was immediately discovered by Guo Jiufeng and shot an arrow through his throat. He couldn't shout a second time.
However, the cry awakened the others, and immediately someone sounded a warning gong.
Some of the defenders who woke up from their dreams rushed out of the shack without even having time to put on their clothes, only to be attacked head-on by the intruders waiting outside.
The archery team and spears sealed the door, and someone stood behind the sword and shield bearers and ordered everyone inside to come out one by one with their hands raised.
Some sheds were obedient, and those who came out had their hands tied with ropes and sat under the eaves.
But there was also a shed leader who refused to surrender. Unexpectedly, the other party stopped talking nonsense and called more than 20 prisoners to scrape thatch from the beams and pile them under the window. This was actually a method of making roast duck in a simmering oven. There was a commotion inside.
Someone killed the leader who refused to surrender, so he also raised a white flag and surrendered.
There were still 20 to 30 people in the fortress. They were encouraged by the general to break out, but four of the people who rushed out were shot into hedgehogs, and three or five others were injured.
Unable to see it, the commander guarding Wubao was shot to death again. The commander with the highest official rank lost his fighting spirit and had to order the weapons to be abandoned. Thirty people died before and after, and Wubao was declared to have fallen.
Leaving a hundred or so people to clean the battlefield and guard the Fengtou Bridge to wait for the rear team, Zhou Qin quickly rushed into the town with the others.
The firearms team, accompanied by half of the archery team, went straight to Tujiayuan. Zhou Qin's right battalion directly surrounded the Beizhai Gate of the west camp.
In fact, the distance between Wubao and West Camp is not far, only about 300 steps. The noise from far and near had already alerted the enemy troops in the camp.
The guard general is a captain named Wei Qiao. He is quite brave and responsible. However, he had a few drinks last night and was woken up by his subordinates with great difficulty. His mind is still a little confused. "What happened?" he asked.
"The Colonel is not okay. There is some movement over at Wubao, like shouting and fighting. Do we need reinforcements?" the commander of his subordinates asked. He was so anxious that he was sweating because it was a waste of time to wake up the Colonel. A bit much.
"What time is it now?"
"It's already five o'clock!"
Wei Qiao frowned: "It's noisy at this time, I'm afraid it won't do anything good. Send someone to check first, and gather five hundred people to follow me to check!"
"Captain, we have already sent people, but so far none of the two groups have come back!"
"Then what are you waiting for?" Wei Qiao hurriedly got out of bed: "Hurry up and gather the team!" As he said this, he repeatedly called on the soldiers to prepare their horses.
The West Camp has two camp gates, the west and the east. Wei Qiao led 500 people in a hurry out of the west gate. When they got down the hillside, they heard a shout, and a group of people rushed up from behind, smashing the team into pieces.
A general shouted loudly on his horse: "Where are the rebels going? Xiao Wanhe is here in Luling!" After saying this, he thrust his spear.
Wei Qiao was shouting for a change of formation. He didn't have time to grab the long soldiers. He stretched out his hand to draw out his sword, but it was in his right hand. Xiao Wanhe's spear came from his left rear. When he was about to turn around to resist, it was too late, and the spear pierced his waist.
Originally, he was not wearing armor when he came out of the desert, and the huge inertia caused the one-foot-long spearhead to be completely exposed in front of him. As Xiao Wanhe withdrew his spear, Wei Qiao fell, but his left foot was still hanging in the stirrup.
A Zuoying soldier stepped forward and slashed with a knife, decapitating him, and immediately put him on the head of Hongying's spear.
The rest of the people were shocked when they saw it, and they all fled back without intending to fight. Most of those who had no time to run were killed or surrendered. There was blood outside the west gate, corpses were everywhere, and less than a hundred people escaped back to the camp.
Zuo Ying carried Wei Qiao's head and showed off his power in front of the gate, forming five square formations in a row. The accompanying Gao Hanzi squadron shouted loudly from the front, urging everyone on the mountain to set up camp and return early.
At this time, the highest-ranking officer in the camp was the commander named Qin. Seeing this, he had to send someone out from the east gate and quickly went to Tu's courtyard to report and ask for help.
Unexpectedly, the people sent there fled back in embarrassment after only half a cup of tea, reporting that the east side was also surrounded. "It's even worse over there. There are not only regiment training but also officers and soldiers down there. Their numbers are no less than those from the west!"
At this time, someone came to report that the north was also surrounded. Boss Qin had no idea at all, so he had to hope that the Tu Family Courtyard would hear the cries of death and come to the rescue.
While he ordered people to close the doors tightly, he also asked everyone to go up to the wall and pretend to defend to the death.
Unexpectedly, the opponent only surrounded and did not attack. General Qin climbed up and saw that troops were transferred to the east. He guessed that the opponent might concentrate his troops to deal with Tujiayuan first. He couldn't help complaining and secretly prayed that Hua Jishou could defeat the enemy and come to rescue him. Own.
The eastward transfer team that General Qin saw was the No. 1 Squadron of Tie Linglong Sunshe and the newly attached Tie Chuozi and Shi Sannian tribes, totaling more than 700 people.
Tie Chuozi and Shi Sannian showed their determination, so they took the initiative to ask for help in attacking Tujiayuan.
Sheng Huai'en thought about it and thought it made sense. Some of them had been to Tujiayuan and might know the situation inside. Besides, seeing them join would be a serious psychological blow to the defenders, so he agreed and dispatched two hundred more officers and soldiers to accompany them.
In this way, the Dongdong transfer team had a size of nearly a thousand people. A team of 1,000 people passed through the town and made a lot of noise. Everyone in the camp on the mountain turned pale and trembled, and their morale instantly dropped as they whispered among each other.
When Tie Haozi and Shi Sannian, who had become regular members, straightened their backs and rushed to Tu's courtyard with Sun She in high spirits, Li Dan and others had already fired two rounds of firecrackers outside the door, injuring people. Not very intimidating.
During the previous attacks on Nanshan, many people injured by fire guns were snatched back by Huajibushi's men. It turned out that it was better not to snatch them. These wounded people either had to have their limbs amputated or died after struggling for a while.
Even after amputation, many people cannot retain their limbs, and only one out of ten actually survives.
Therefore, the rebels were very talkative about fire guns. When they saw the opponent holding a gun, they were so frightened that they lay on the ground and refused to get up. So as soon as the fighting started here, the wall suddenly became chaotic.
When Huajubu saw that it was okay, he immediately ordered his soldiers to go forward and chop to death a dozen of the escapees, and then he barely suppressed his military morale.
"Damn it, these brats from Nanshan came so fast! Could it be that someone tipped them off?" He scolded fiercely, and called a few of his cronies to yell at them:
"Don't be afraid! There are only a thousand people on Nanshan. What are you afraid of when we are outnumbered? Hold on! When Xiying and Toad Pond hear the news, they will surely come to reinforce us. Then we will fight out together!"
Just as he was talking, a small flag came running: "Report! Third Marshal, the enemy outside the door has increased, the number of troops has increased!"
"Ah? How many people are here? Official army or group training?"
"Thousands of people are here! They are neither official soldiers nor regiment training."
"Huh?" Lou Shifan glared, and was about to scold Xiao Qi for not having a brain when he suddenly saw another Xiao Qi running towards him: "Third Marshal, people outside are shouting and want to talk to you."
"Are all cats and dogs bothering me? Let them fight if they can, and go home to nurse if they can't!" Lou Shifan finished speaking and waved his exposed arm covered with blue and white tattoos.
Unexpectedly, Xiaoqi grinned: "The three marshals are all acquaintances, not the officers and soldiers on Nanshan Mountain. You'd better go and have a look."
Lou Shifan opened his eyes wide and looked at these subordinates. After thinking about it in confusion, he still couldn't hold back his curiosity and ran up the wall. Looking down, wow, there are thousands of people outside!
By now it was getting bright, the chickens were crowing too much, and although there was a bit of mist, I could basically see clearly.
He thought it was his eyesight and rubbed it with the back of his hand. He was surprised to find that many of these people seemed to have seen it before.
At this time, a man stepped forward and said loudly: "Third Marshal, I will come from Toad Pond to say good morning to you!"
Lou Shifan took a step back and looked around in disbelief: "What happened to Toad Pond? Why didn't anyone come to report it?"
"Young Marshal, we don't know, let's listen to what he says." Someone advised, and then asked loudly: "Who are you? Tell me your name!"
"Master Monk, you don't even recognize me? I'm a master of iron!"
"Tie Haozi? Aren't you under Tian Lengzi? What are you doing here at the camp gate this morning? No, where did the group practice just now? Did you descend to Nanshan?"
"Ha, you guessed it right! Master, I am now the sentry commander of Ge Yangwei, and Shi Sannian and Ge Xingxing are the commander-in-chief!
Well, do you recognize the person next to me? This is Sun Tiegang, he is a big shot now, the deputy defense envoy of the group training, the deputy of the brigade, in charge of nearly a thousand people! "
There was an uproar on the wall. Only the people in the circle around Lou Shifan exchanged glances and did not dare to say anything.
"Tie Jiazi, hurry up and stop using your words to seduce the soldiers' morale!" Hua Zuibao was angry. He naturally knew what the other party meant by talking so much.
"What do you want to do? I haven't treated you badly. How can I be guilty of betraying my trust like this? You all let the officers and soldiers lie to you!"
"Fair arms, grandma, stop pretending to be a good person!" Shi Sannian jumped out and scolded: "You father and son don't regard your brothers as human beings. You only care about getting rich and having a baby. What kind of country are you dreaming of building? Bah!
What kind of rebels do you think you are if you kill innocent people indiscriminately, rob civilian women, and launch armies and plunders? Did all the rhetoric during the uprising go to the dogs? "
"You fart!" Lou Shifan was furious and yelled.
After all, he was young and had been raised in honey by his old father. How could he ever be so angry? He immediately wanted to go down and fight. All the confidants hurriedly hugged and stopped him, and they were all in a panic.
When the people outside saw it, they booed, screamed, and shouted loudly: "Those above, please come out and surrender with your arms tied! Nanshan will treat me well, and I will have three meals a day!"
Lou Shifan became more and more anxious, and was pulled down from the wall by the crowd. He said angrily: "These thieves and slaves have bullied me too much! Only when I break the formation can I kill them all to satisfy my hatred!"
Before he finished speaking, several leaders took off their headscarves and threw them on the ground. They couldn't help but said in horror: "What are you doing? Don't listen to their nonsense!"
"Third Marshal, I'm sorry." Several people crossed their hands and said, "Unfortunately, we are what you call 'thieves and slaves'. Since the three generals think that I can't afford to wait, we have different ways. Mou, let’s get together and disperse easily!”
It turns out that the word "thief slave" is a unique name used by mine supervisors for the prisoners who were assigned to work in the mines. It is contemptuous and insulting.
What Lou Shifan blurted out just now aroused the dissatisfaction and anger of these subordinates who were born slaves in the mines. When they thought about what the people in the city had just shouted, saying that the Lou family and his son treated them as human beings, etc., these people immediately resonated.
Lou then raised an army and instantly grew to tens of thousands of people. In addition to his own influence and appeal, the joining of various rebel armies provided them with a steady stream of fresh blood.
But this joining does not mean that the Lou family and his son have unparalleled control over the people below. In other words, they started the rebellion in a hurry, and the team was a mixed bag. Everyone was hoping that someone would lead them together to fight for safety, but they were not yet completely There are many people who are convinced!
When things go well with others, this loose alliance can easily cause cracks or even break up in times of adversity.
After hearing that these people said they were quitting, Lou Shifan was furious and felt that this was a slap in his face. He drew the knife in his hand and said, "You dare to abandon the defense in front of the formation? Come on, come on, ask me if I agree with this knife!"
The expressions of those few people also changed. They all knew that this flowery-armed and powerful man was not easy to mess with, but they couldn't take it back at this point, so they had to draw their knives together to protect themselves.
Several confidants were frightened and tried to persuade them, saying that the war was about to begin and that everyone should not act out of emotion.
Seeing that a bloody fight was about to break out, suddenly there was chaos on the wall. Someone came over and said, "Report, Third Marshal, the enemy troops outside have brought two yellow general's bronze muskets in a carriage. It looks like they are going to shoot at the gate!"
Just after he finished speaking, there were two loud "pops", followed by dust and wood chips scattered in all directions, mixed with someone's crying and howling. Suddenly a voice shouted: "The door has been broken down, the officers and soldiers are coming in!"
Lou Shifan climbed up from the ground in embarrassment and saw a large group of enemy troops pouring in holding red-edged battle flags. "Block it, block it quickly!" Several people shouted.
A confidant quickly pulled him over: "Third Marshal, quickly retreat and guard the second gate!"
Lou Shifan stared blankly at the increasing number of enemy troops on the other side of the gate, and heard the "ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, of the fire of the gunfire on the ground of the ground. Suddenly, a stray bullet flew past his forehead, and blood immediately dripped down and covered the corners of his eyes.
This time he was so frightened that he had to run towards the second door. Before he reached the door, a group of people came towards him. When Lou Shifan saw it, he was overjoyed and hurriedly shouted: "Hero Shen, save me quickly!"
"Third Marshal, don't panic, I'm coming!" After saying this, Shen Jie stepped forward and suddenly struck Lou Shifan's neck and shoulder with a sword in his palm.
Shen Jie thought that he was here because of his reputation like others, so he trusted him very much and entrusted him with the post of deputy of the Guards. Therefore, he was not wary of him. After being suddenly attacked, his eyes darkened and his body went limp. Fell softly.
Shen Jie drew his knife and chopped down his henchman who was in a daze behind him, and shouted: "Hold the second gate, drag Hua Jipao in and tie him up!" After saying that, he stepped forward to fight with several soldiers who wanted to rob someone.
Someone behind him used a rope net to wrap up Lou Shifan and drag him through the door.
Immediately afterwards, regiment practitioners in green clothes poured out from the second gate, and instantly formed four or five golden flower formations to guard the threshold.
The entire Tu Family Courtyard was filled with loud killing sounds, and the courtyard wall that was originally rammed to a height of ten feet was now turned into a pigsty, trapping the scurrying rebels inside and unable to escape.
More and more people knelt on the ground and shouted: "Surrender, surrender, don't kill us if we surrender!"
Some people died, but not completely...
