The accuracy of the fire gun is very good, but it is far away. The fire gunman holding the tiger-shaped flag outside Ciyun Temple is only about ten steps away from the temple wall.
At such a close distance, let alone several firecrackers shooting at the same target at the same time, even if one firecracker shoots at the target, it is very likely to hit the target.
The archer who leaned out from the temple wall was hit by the musket, and he fell behind the temple wall, while the bow and arrow from the musket remained outside the temple wall.
A soldier crept down and ran to the foot of the temple wall, picked up the bow and arrow on the ground, turned around and ran back.
"The camp is straight, the opponent's bows and arrows."
The bow and arrow picked up from under the temple wall were handed over to Liu Qingzhou.
Liu Qingzhou took it in his hand and looked at it.
At this time, the captain of the soldiers standing next to him said: "This is a standard longbow used by the frontier army. Nowadays, it is mostly used by adopted soldiers and servants. Ying Zheng, it seems that we have tied him up in Ciyun Temple. The man is the big shot in the frontier army.”
"Yes, maybe Wang Bao is hiding inside." Liu Qingzhou looked at Ciyun Temple in front of him.
He had an intuition that Wang Bao, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, was hiding in the temple.
The officers and soldiers hiding in Ciyun Temple knew that the temple was besieged by the Tiger Banner army. After testing once, there was no movement inside.
Liu Qingzhou, who was guarding outside the temple, was not in a hurry to attack Ciyun Temple. He just asked his men to surround him and prevent those inside from escaping from the temple.
The situation calmed down.
This situation lasted for as long as a pack of cigarettes.
A soldier ran from a distance, came to Liu Qingzhou in front of Ciyun Temple, and said breathlessly: "Battle, camp is in full swing, the artillery is coming."
As he spoke, he looked back and pointed behind him.
Liu Qingzhou looked in the direction of the person's finger.
A little further away, there were two artillery carts pulling two four-pound cannons heading towards Ciyun Temple.
"The camp is at the center, there is movement behind the temple wall, and someone is hiding behind it." A soldier who had been staring at the movement in the temple suddenly said.
Liu Qingzhou glanced at Ciyun Temple in front of him and snorted coldly.
Obviously, the people in the temple must be watching the situation outside, and they must have heard about the cannon being transported outside Ciyun Temple.
"Ignore them, a few people went over to help the gunner transport the cannon." Liu Qingzhou told the subordinates around him.
A dozen soldiers ran away from Ciyun Temple and went to the street to help the gunners push the artillery cart.
"The general is in trouble. The bandits have brought cannons and are preparing to bombard Ciyun Temple." A servant wearing cotton armor hurriedly came to the main hall.
Nearly a hundred officers and soldiers gathered around the main hall of Ciyun Temple, and there were also more than a dozen border troops dressed as soldiers and servants guarding the main hall.
Wang Bao, who was kneeling on the futon, kowtowed respectfully to the Buddha statue in front of him. He stood up and put the incense in his hand into the incense burner. Then he turned to look at the person who came in to deliver the message and asked, "How many cannons are there?"
"I couldn't hear clearly. I only heard that artillery was being sent." The soldier returned.
boom!
The sound of cannons suddenly sounded, and Wang Bao's face turned pale.
"General, Ciyun Temple cannot be defended any longer, so let your subordinates escort you to escape first!" The soldiers nearby advised Wang Bao to leave.
Even the city wall of Zhenyuan Gate could not withstand a few shots. No matter how tall and hard the Ciyun Temple wall was, it was far inferior to the Tianchengwei city wall compared with the courtyard walls of ordinary people in the city.
Wang Bao looked bitter and said: "Where else can we escape? Now I am afraid that the entire Tiancheng Guard will fall into the hands of the bandits."
"General, if you leave the green hills behind, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. As long as you escape, you may not have the chance to lead an army to deal with these bandits in the future." The soldier on the side advised.
Wang Bao sighed and said: "Ciyun Temple is surrounded by bandits. If you want to leave Ciyun Temple, you will definitely go to heaven. All I can do is be loyal to the Ming Dynasty."
As he spoke, he took out the knife in his hand and placed it across his neck.
"General, there is still a chance." The soldier on the side stepped forward, took the knife from Wang Bao's hand, and immediately said, "I sent someone to ask the monks in the temple. The abbot here said that there is a secret passage in Ciyun Temple. , leading to the outside of the temple, General, you can leave through the secret passage, and then take advantage of the chaos to escape from Tiancheng Guard."
"Is there a secret passage?" Wang Bao asked hesitantly.
The soldier nodded seriously and said, "Yes, there is a secret passage leading outside, but it just can't accommodate so many people escaping from the secret passage together."
The meaning of the words was obvious. Most of the people needed to be left behind to resist the tiger-character banner army attacking Ciyun Temple, delaying time so that Wang Bao could have enough time to escape.
"Go and find the abbot, no, I will go with you." With the hope of escape, Wang Bao's will to die dissipated.
After taking a few steps, he turned around and said again: "A few people will go with me. The others will stay here and wait for me to come back."
After saying that, he urged the soldier who told him about the secret passage to find the abbot in the temple.
The monks in Ciyun Temple were all rushed to the monk's room and detained. There was no need to go to other places to find the abbot of the temple.
"You two go in and bring out the abbot of the temple." Wang Bao ordered the soldiers next to him.
Two soldiers rushed into the monk's room.
After a period of chaos inside, a fat monk was brought out.
"Are you the abbot here?" Wang Bao asked, looking at the fat monk in front of him.
The fat monk trembled and said: "Report to the general, this young monk is the abbot of Ciyun Temple."
"I heard that there is a secret passage in Ciyun Temple that can lead directly to the outside of the city. Please take me to find that secret passage." Wang Bao asked straight to the point.
The situation outside did not allow him to say unnecessary words.
"Young monk, I will take you over now, general." The fat monk did not dare to shirk and agreed to take Wang Bao to find the secret passage.
The fat monk led the way, and the two soldiers followed closely, holding the handle of the knife with their palms. As long as the fat monk played tricks, he could pull out the knife at any time and kill the opponent.
The fat monk did not play any tricks and honestly brought Wang Bao and others to his meditation room.
"General, the secret passage is in the young monk's Zen room." The fat monk was afraid that the sword-wielding soldiers around him would misunderstand, so he explained to himself as he walked in front of the Zen room.
Boom!
A sound different from the sound of cannons came out, and Wang Bao knew that the wall of Ciyun Temple must have been destroyed by cannons.
Sure enough, the shouts of killing came quickly.
"Hurry up and lead the way, or I will kill you immediately." Wang Bao was worried that the troops from the Tiger Flag would come and threatened the fat monk to hurry up and lead the way.
The fat monk also understood the critical situation outside and took a few steps quickly to rush into the meditation room.
Wang Bao and the four or five soldiers around him followed him into the Zen room.
"General, behind this cabinet is a secret passage leading to the outside of the temple. General, please send his men to move the cabinet." The fat monk pointed to the cabinet in the Zen room and said.
"You two go over and move the cupboard." Wang Bao winked at the two soldiers beside him.
Two soldiers stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, pushing the cabinet and moving the cabinet to the side little by little.
