Dong Qi was indeed a cunning thief. He discovered that there were officers and soldiers in the east and north, and asked his men to break out of the encirclement at Lion Rock, while he led his men to the Yellow Nitan. When he arrived at Huangnitan, he asked his men to seize the bridge, but he rushed to the southeastern ford to wade across the river. When he discovered that there were officers and soldiers here that day, he was shocked and angry. Fortunately, there were not many of them, so he thought he would just rush over. Unexpectedly, Zhao Chongbi's refusal to retreat angered him, and Dong Qi wanted to kill the yellow belt himself. Unfortunately, Zhu Baihu's arrow killed all his desires.
When Xie Youyi heard that Dong Qi had been conferred the title, and that Zhao Chongbi had fought hard and received an arrow, he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly came to apologize to Lord Tongzhi. Fortunately, Zhao Chongbi didn't pay attention. Instead, he praised Zhu Baihu in front of him, praising him for being young and brave and that he would do great things in the future. Xie Youyi listened to the elegant sound of the string and immediately appointed Zhu Baihu as the commander-in-chief, allowing him to independently lead 500 officers and soldiers south to recover Wuni Town.
Subsequently, reports came in one after another from various sources. In this battle, all 897 members of Dong's Seventh Division were wiped out. The remaining few who fled must be in trouble. While Zhao Chongbi was reporting the victory to the prefect, he was also reporting to Dongtang, Lefeng, and Chengjialing, and he was instructing them to conduct a strict search to capture the gangsters who had slipped through the net, and to be vigilant in the direction of Luegang Port and Leijiawan. Do not slack off! At the same time, people were sent to find Yuganlai's fleet on the water in Dongtang, telling them that the battle was over and they could now occupy Luo Port and cut off the enemy's return journey.
Zeng Yan, a member of the trial Qianhu family, was left to clean up the battlefield and search for those who slipped through the net, while Xie Guerrilla led the brigade to rest for half a day and then followed Zhu Baihu into Wuni Town. Qianhu Hou Jin was ordered to turn around and rush to Lion Rock. When he arrived there, he found that the Jiang and Bai coalition forces had already attacked first and looted a large amount of supplies. Hou Jin was even more unkind. He spent a whole night filling all the ships he could find with supplies, taking away the entire remaining population, and then burned the bandit stronghold to ashes.
On the night when the army brigade entered Wuni Town, a fleet appeared at Liyuzui where Jinjiang River (i.e. Xinjiang River) meets Donghe River and Buhe River. They came from the direction of Tongkou, furled their sails, glided quietly with their rudder oars, and cautiously entered the river channel. There are large ships and many small ships in the fleet. There is a light hanging on the stern not far away, using its faint starlight to indicate the direction of the ships behind.
As the lead boat approached Qingshui Ferry, a lamp suddenly lit up in front of it. The light flashed rhythmically. A lamp was lit here and flashed similarly. The two boats quickly approached. A man came out of the cabin opposite, bent over and walked towards the bow. When he passed by the light, the light shone on his face, and it was Tao Shou's long, rat-bearded face.
There was also a man half-kneeling on the bow of the incoming ship. He raised the lamp in his hand with a smile. It turned out to be Li Tiedao. When the pole man behind him saw the two boats approaching, he used the pole in his hand to point the bow of the other boat to bring the two boats closer. Then he smiled and lowered his voice and said, "Captain Tao, we meet again."
"Master Lin, hard work, hard work!" Tao Shou was relieved when he saw Lin Baotong on the boat, and quickly handed over to the two of them. In the minds of these people who gathered in Xiaoju, they were only half of the world, so in front of the knights who were truly famous all over the world, most of them did not dare to make mistakes, and they also knew that their own weight was not enough. Regardless of reputation or ability, I can't compare with others. The only thing left is to show respect and respect honestly. Those who bang the table and walk sideways like those in later generations of martial arts will actually die very quickly! For someone like Tao Shou, who has led thousands of troops, he has long understood a basic truth: Only by knowing the rules and the importance can you sit for a long time and live a long life. .
"Captain Tao, thank you for your hard work." The two returned the gift, and Li Tiedao asked, "Who are you?"
"They are all hidden in the harbor branch at the back." Tao Shou replied. He looked behind the two of them and asked, "Are these people from Huxi?"
"Why, Captain Tao still doesn't believe it?" Before he finished speaking, two people came out of the cabin one after another. Tao Shou took a closer look and saw that the one in the front was a big white goose (Bai Yan), and the one in the back was a young man with big bright eyes, as handsome as a girl. "This is Young Master Song Xiaoqiao."
As soon as Bai Yan opened her mouth, Tao Shou knew who it was and quickly saluted: "Tao Shou has met Master Bai and Master Song!"
"Captain Tao, forgive me for being polite. It's very rare that you don't have time to pay attention to it. Your people will control the ships on the pier after they advance in. We will follow after we land and pounce on the water gate. How about it?" Bai Yan obviously has a high status among this group of people. The highest, so I took the initiative to start the arrangement. He means that you know this place, but we are not, so please go to the front.
Tao Shou thought that this was reasonable.
, he should come down and let the Huxi fleet follow him into a branch of the bay. As we walked zigzag throughout the fleet, there was only the occasional sound of water. About three to four hundred steps away on the right hand side, we could even see the Nanguan Archery Tower and Watchtower, as well as the faint lights hanging on the towers. After marching silently for half an hour, the front suddenly opened up, and I realized that I had entered Lake Bipa. The waterway just now was the passage from the lake to the Xinjiang River. It was also the lake that stored floods during the flood season to prevent the flood from flowing back into the Wei River in the west of the city and flooding the rest of the river. dry channels.
Tao Shou's men were riding on about twenty or thirty fishing boats or sand boats. They quickly moved towards the dark ship dock, aiming for the numerous masts. Suddenly someone screamed, followed by the sound of falling into the water. "Come on, hurry up and take down all the boats!" Tao Shou was talking when suddenly the surroundings lit up.
Amidst the sound of weapons clashing, someone shouted: "Surround the thieves, don't leave any of them!" Then there was the sound of flying arrows and the screams of his subordinates. Tao Shou was startled and quickly turned his head to find the source of the sound. Unexpectedly, he turned around and saw torches behind him. He saw a familiar face and shouted: "Master Iron Sword, come here quickly and help me." Kill the defenders who scattered arrows!"
"That's not possible, I'm very busy!" Li Tiedao replied with a smile: "I have to enter Shuimen, and then rush to Deshengmen for reinforcements!"
"this……."
Tao Shou felt something was wrong with what he was saying. Before he could figure it out, Lin Baotong had already jumped onto his boat and said, "Captain Tao, don't panic, I'm here to help you!" After saying that, he reached for him and put the knife on his shoulder. : "Captain, don't move. You must know how fast my sword is."
"Master Lin, what are you doing?" Tao Shou asked in surprise.
"I'm sorry Captain Tao, actually I never wanted to be a rebel!"
Tao Shou was silent for a moment and ordered: "Don't fight, stop it, stop it for me!" Upon seeing this, the soldiers around him also hurriedly shouted to stop everyone. "I've known Master Lin's character for a long time." Tao Shou clasped his fists and said, "Actually, I have never thought about becoming a rebel. I can't help myself if I am involved."
The scene of the drama on Lake Pipa ended hastily after only half an hour (about fifteen minutes), and Zhou Qin was very dissatisfied. He lifted the weight of Tao Shou's steel-edged iron ring knife, frowned at him and the boss muttered unhappily: "I spent a whole day and a night to arrange it properly, but it only took such a short time. What a blind man! How about I return the knife to you and play with the man for a while longer? This is too unsatisfactory!"
"How can I take back the sword after I have given it to you? I don't want these brothers to seek death!" Tao Shou couldn't laugh or cry: "General, if you are not willing to take the sword and return it to me, then I will carry the sword for you. alright."
"I'm not a general," Zhou Qin shook his head: "I, Big Black Fish, am the navy commander of our Blue Shirt Team." He looked at Tao Shou up and down, and felt that this man had no ambitions, which was not to his liking, and said, "You like carrying a knife so much? "
"That's right, the sword is the king of weapons, and it looks majestic when used! But..." Tao Shou glanced at Lin and Li sheepishly: "I just figured it out during the fight. There is no way to compare with the two heroes, and there is no chance to ask for advice."
"Well, I have a chance this time." Zhou Qin tilted her head and smiled: "If you are willing to surrender and follow the Japanese navy, I will make the decision and ask the iron sword master to give you some advice?"
"Really?" Tao Shou looked at Li Tiedao and saw him smiling and twirling his beard. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Tao Shou sincerely surrenders. He is willing to go through life and death for the Qing Shi team and will never break his promise!" Then he gave Li Tiedao a hand. Perform the apprenticeship ceremony.
Everyone laughed, and Li Tiedao stopped him and said, "Brother Tao, don't blame me for making the decision just now. This was all arranged by the inspection team and the staff department. It's not now that you want to become a disciple. Now we have to move on quickly." It’s better to perform this scene next time!”
"Yes, yes, let's hurry up. At this time, the inspection team can't see the fire, so we don't know what happened. We are worried!" Master Lin also reminded.
Zhou Qin has the highest rank here, and he is the one assigned now. Da Baiyan and Song Xiaoqiao were first assigned to block Buhe River, Waiwei River Channel and Liyuzui respectively to prevent broken troops from escaping westward. "Catch one of them, and if he refuses to accept it, ask him to go to the bottom of the river to report to the Dragon King!" Zhou Qin said: "On the east side of the East River, my subordinates, Xiaobai Eel Wei Xiaohe, are in charge, and the west side will be handed over to the two of them. Polygonum Huazi will be destroyed. After that, I will naturally remember the two of you during inspections.
Credit! "The two agreed and immediately set off with the people.
Then Zhou Qin asked Tao Shou whether he could suppress these surrendered troops and whether he had the manpower deployed by Liao Huazi. Tao Shou shook his head. Although twenty people were killed or wounded in the initial battle, because he immediately put down his weapon, overall the casualties were not large. "These are all picked out one by one by my subordinates who have been following me. They are trustworthy!" Tao Shou said.
"Okay!" Zhou Qin nodded and waved to three people. It turned out to be Liu En, the deputy of the Santang District team, and the two rural captains, Qian Feng and Bai Tianyong. They had a total of 300 people, and they were sitting in the big white geese. and Song Xiaoqiao's boat. "Have you all disembarked? The three of you lead two hundred people into the water gate and occupy the east mountain! Then immediately light five fires. The firewood has been prepared by Liu Erye (Liu Hongsheng) for you. Remember, the light of the fire is a signal . When the fire starts, you shout to fight and kill, and bang your weapons as loudly as possible, so that the enemies outside the city think that Shuimen has broken through. Then Shou Jingang (Zhang Bo) and a swarm of bees (Gu Da) ambush Just fight out from the south gate! Do you understand?" The three were a little confused when they heard it, but they understood at the end and immediately agreed loudly, happily collected the tokens to enter the city and ran to form a team.
Finally, he asked Tao Shou to follow him and send troops northward along the Waiwei River. "Let's go to Luodang Port and cut off his retreat route for Polygonum Huazi!" Zhou Qin said. Only then did Tao Shou realize that the trap had been set a long time ago, and Polygonum Huazi was determined not to escape. I couldn't help but feel frightened, and at the same time I was glad that my brain was quick and I almost made a mistake by half a step and ended up being buried with him! Master Lin and Li Tiedao were part of the staff department. Zhou Qin took out the note written by Zhao Jingzi and handed it to them. They laughed after seeing it, and took the 100 people left by Qian Feng and Bai Tianyong to Zhou Qin. I asked for five sand boats and went on business without mentioning them.
Cao Manqiu (Jiuchongzi), who was ambushing outside Nanguan, had been waiting anxiously for a long time. Seeing that the water gate was on fire and the shouts of killing were endless, he immediately ordered Shi Da's military headquarters to go forward to assist He Li. He Li was really not an idiot. When he first heard some movement on the other side of the lake, but he didn't get angry, he felt a little confused. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the flames to burst into the sky in the direction of Dongshan. He Li immediately led his team towards Nanguan. When the people guarding Nanguan saw it, they shouted, "No, the thieves are attacking the city!" They hurriedly shot a few arrows and ran away. The wall is only as high as one person. If two or three people are stacked on top of each other, the top one will reach the top of the wall. After a while, the city gate opened and everyone rushed in. But he happened to see the last man entering the city gate and shouting: "Close the door quickly, close the city gate!"
He Li was overjoyed and secretly shouted: "God help me!" He then loudly urged everyone: "Hurry, rush in and seize the door! The first one to enter the city will be rewarded with ten taels of silver and two beauties!" When the bandits heard this, they howled. Screaming and rushing in. When the defenders who were closing the door saw this situation, they shouted: "We can't hold on any longer, run away!" They turned around and scurried away. He Li laughed loudly from behind!
The defenders who rushed to the front and suddenly escaped disappeared in a flash to both sides. They were confused in their hearts, and the soles of their feet suddenly softened. It turns out that there is a big pit in front of it. There are sharp stakes at the bottom of the pit. The surface is paved with strips and reed mats and sprinkled with loose soil. As soon as people step on it, they fall down. The people behind are still pushing forward, and the pit is filled in the blink of an eye. More than half full. Opposite was a low wall made of sacks. The regiment trainers stepped out from behind the wall, shooting with arrows, stabbing with spears, and smashing with flails, causing screams in the doorway. Suddenly, two black objects were thrown in over people's heads. There were two loud "bang, bang" sounds, and more than a dozen attackers fell down. "Back up, back up, there's an ambush ahead!" someone shouted, but they were blocked from behind and couldn't get out. It was the bombs dropped on the city that helped them solve the problem. The successive explosions swept away the city gate, and the people in the gate were able to exit. But when they looked around, they became even more panicked. The Nanguan City Wall was full of officers, soldiers and regiment drills, and bows and arrows kept flying down from the archery tower above.
"We're ambushed, get out quickly!" someone cried. The city wall that didn't seem to be very high was now very dangerous. It was impossible for one person to climb up. Who would have the thought and effort to stack the Arhat? Group drills in Tsing Yi kept coming down from the horse paths on both sides. When they arrived at Nanguan, they formed a formation of five people and started fighting.
At this time, in the south gate, several wooden beams were placed over the pit. After the planks were laid, the members of the Green Shirt Team passed by in groups and groups. The undead bandit soldiers were still humming or wailing in the pit at their feet. , the battlefield situation has been completely reversed. He Li looked around, wondering how all this happened. Just a moment ago, I was sure of winning, but in the blink of an eye, someone made me dumplings. Now the 800 men under his command were surrounded in Nanguan and beaten like mice. He Li was so angry that he looked like this in his first battle as a colonel.
, why do you have the face to go back and see people?
He kicked the sword-shielder in front of him with force and pushed him back a few steps and sat on the ground. A gap appeared between the pair of golden flower formations. But before he had time to expand his victory, someone shouted loudly, and a man jumped out from behind the two formations, holding a square shield to fill his position in time to block his way. "Bastard!" He Li cursed, and smashed down the battle ax in his hand. The opponent suddenly turned sideways and pushed his shield horizontally. He Li's center of gravity was unsteady and he staggered. Another golden flower formation's flail hand Seeing the right moment, it hit him on the head. He Li's helmet flew out, and he put his hands on the ground. Before he could get up, a gun quickly penetrated his armpit. "Ah!" he shouted. He raised his eyes for help and saw that the soldiers behind him had been blocked by the opponent's formation. The man holding the square shield walked up to him and snorted: "Tell me your name!"
"Colonel, He Li!" His voice was hoarse and low, full of frustration, and he was ready to be a prisoner.
"Bullshit Captain!" The man spat on the ground, then turned around and slashed across with a knife. He Li's neck unnaturally twisted in the opposite direction... The man shook his head behind him, and a soldier jumped over happily, picked up the head like a treasure, and even blew the dirt on it, then poked the tip of the gun in his hand and raised it high. He shouted loudly: "Skinny King Kong is here with his cymbals. How can the thief beheaded? Do you still dare to resist?" This person must have been specially selected, and his voice was very loud. The whole audience heard the shout three times, the fighting gradually stopped, and He Li's men dropped their weapons one after another.
In fact, veterans with battlefield experience should be confused by the disappearance of the first wave of killing shouts, and Shi Dajun is no exception. When he saw the fire, he did not get excited immediately like He Li, but hesitated for a moment. He felt that all this was a bit unreal, or that the events surrounding it made him feel uneasy.
Although this guy is tall and thick, he still has a scholar in his camp. "Soldiers are crafty, warriors are dangerous, and the country's most dangerous weapon cannot be ignored." He kept these words in mind! So when the order urging him to march came, Shi Dajun hesitated. But when they saw that the Nanguan gate was open and He Li's men and horses had rushed into the city like a tide, his subordinates stepped forward one after another: "Commander, come on. You can't disobey the order! If you hesitate any longer, the guy at the wine trough will get angry, then Can……."
"Okay! Are you the leader or me?" Shi Dajun was upset by the noise. He stared at them angrily and backed away, then waved his hand: "Go back to each team and get up here!"
His men started to charge in time, because if it were a moment later, Cao Manqiu (Jiuchongzi) would have jumped on his horse and rushed over to chop off his head. When he saw the rear team rushing forward, Cao Manqiu breathed a sigh of relief, but still cursed relentlessly: "You stupid stone, if you miss my important event, I will beat you to pieces!"
