Chu Qing did not dare to rush forward, but asked everyone to maintain formation.
There were three loud noises, the city gate collapsed, and then the old man from Hucheng appeared, holding a long knife high like a savage, full of murderous intent.
The people fled in all directions and it was a complete mess.
This must be Chu Qing, the boss, who can keep the old brothers in Hucheng in formation. If it were anyone else, these big brothers would be as if they had drunk three kilograms of Red Mou, and they would have beaten anyone they saw.
No matter which city in Dachang, even a small county town, except for a few military cities such as Taizhou, the rest of the government offices must be in the middle.
What Chu Qing had to do was to break into the Zhizhou Mansion, and then something unexpected happened.
On both sides of the Zhizhou Mansion, at least 400 troops wearing Marine Division armor emerged. They were obviously not city guards or auxiliary troops, but Marine Division troops. They held bows and swords on their backs. They were clearly not superior in numbers, but these There was no trace of fear on the faces of the troops, and they quickly formed a formation, with their shields in front, forming a shield formation, in a neat row, with their backs to the Zhizhou Mansion, their spear points shining with cold light resting on top of their shields, and the troops holding long knives on both sides. Beating the iron shield.
A member of the Baoyu Pirates following Wang Tianyu shouted: "It's the Marine Corps garrison, Marshal Di's personal guard!"
A commander's bodyguard must be the best among the elite. Not to mention the commander, even the general's personal bodyguards are carefully selected. They are the only choice in terms of combat prowess and loyalty to the superior officer. .
The third brother turned around and shouted something, and all the elders in Hucheng stopped.
Chu Qing no longer had time to ask his third brother when he learned to talk, and looked at the little pirate: "Why are the men and horses from the garrison camp in the city?"
"There are 800 people in the garrison camp, 400 people are in the navy camp, and the remaining 400 people should be living in the city."
"Response so quickly?"
Chu Qing cursed secretly.
Their bodyguards ranged from 20 to 30 to more, only a hundred or so at most. Back then, Feng Luo's bodyguards only had fifty people, but as a result, a naval commander had as many as eight hundred bodyguards. Working two shifts, how many bad things must have been done to be afraid of being like this.
Fu San, who was carrying a divine arm crossbow, looked at Chu Qing: "Young master, they are all hard-hitting. If you keep your hands, you will be damaged."
The third brother's intention was very clear. Should he just load the gunpowder crossbow? They just happened to gather outside the Zhizhou Mansion and explode into pieces.
Chu Qing gritted his teeth, hid behind his shield, and shouted, "You have the final say!"
No one came out, but someone shouted: "I will mount Qiu Baoyu, the captain of the cavalry, and the captain of the boat division, Fengwei camp, who are you waiting for!"
The little pirate's expression changed slightly: "Is it General Qiu?!"
"You know him?"
"Eldest brother's sworn brother."
"Yu Zai's good friend?"
Chu Qing frowned, remembering that Wen Ya had said that Wang Tianyu had been recruited by Di Qinhu. At that time, there was another person who had a fatal friendship with Yuzai. In the end, he parted ways with Yuzai and followed Di Qinhu. I guess it was this person named Qiu Qinhu. Baoyu's guy, and the name is very intriguing, because Yuzai's pirate ship is called Baoyu.
There was no time to continue asking. The distance between the two sides was less than 300 steps. Chu Qing shouted: "I am Inspector Cao Dahua of the Major Crime Team. Put down your weapons. You are already surrounded. Don't make any pointless resistance."
No sound was heard, and the elite guardsmen did not move at all. Just when Chu Qing was hesitating whether to reveal his identity and take out the imperial edict, Fu San's expression suddenly changed: "Disperse!"
With a sound, the shield-holding troops in the garrison squatted down, and strong bows were exposed. The troops quickly loaded the arrows and fully pulled the bow strings.
The veterans in Hucheng reacted very quickly. Thousands of people immediately ran to both sides and hid in the alley. Chu Qing was also pulled in by Fu San.
The feathered arrows shot straight down, like locusts passing by.
Chu Qing also didn't expect that this group of people would fight at will. He gritted his teeth and said: "Change the gunpowder crossbow, go to the house, don't shoot anyone first, shoot into the Zhizhou Mansion. If you still dare to resist, aim at the right wing, give a second warning, and then resist." , shoot where there are many people!”
An old man was already carrying a divine arm crossbow and a gunpowder crossbow on his back and went up to the house and lay down on the roof.
"Master, I'm cumming."
"Wait!"
After all, Chu Qing couldn't bring himself to be cruel and hesitated: "Change the shield, put the archer behind, and shoot wooden arrows. At least let them know that we don't want to kill anyone."
The third brother nodded and began to give orders.
It was not that Chu Qing was soft-hearted, but that the two sides had no chance to communicate at all. The number of troops in these garrison camps surprised him. They were only about 400 people, but they were not afraid of death in the face of thousands of people.
Such an army, such a grassroots army, should not die under gunpowder crossbows without even leaving a single corpse.
Furthermore, these boat masters' strong bows are not very powerful, they can only shoot flatly, and given the distance, they can still be resisted by the giant shields and bunkers of the old men.
The old cousins walked out quickly with huge shields on their backs, forming a shield wall. Chu Qing ducked behind the shield, and the old cousins began to fight back with long bows and divine arm crossbows, with arrows from both sides flying back and forth.
The divine arm crossbow was designed by Cuiyu himself, and its power can be imagined. Many soldiers in the garrison camp had their iron shields shot off their hands, but someone quickly made up for them, leaving almost no gaps.
Chu Qing was not here to fight a protracted war or a war of attrition. The two rounds of arrows fired were all flattened wooden arrows. After a while, he fired gunpowder arrows and pierced the Zhizhou Mansion. If the garrison troops were still stubborn, they would also You can't blame him for killing him.
The arrow rain came, the giant shield jingled, and two rounds of arrow rain had been fired. Chu Qing gritted his teeth and was about to give orders to his old cousin on the roof when suddenly a loud baby cry reached his ears.
Chu Qing looked through the gap in the shield, looking shocked.
On the road in the middle, there was a swaddling baby. The people had just fled in all directions, and it was not known which parent accidentally left it behind.
And this baby was lying in the middle of the battle, crying loudly.
The third brother grabbed his old cousin's huge shield behind him and when he was about to rush over with the shield, the rain of arrows stopped.
It was as if all the sounds in heaven and earth had disappeared, leaving only the sound of a baby crying.
There was no movement among the old cousins, and their long bows were lowered.
The troops in the garrison camp were silent, and the arrows on their fingertips were slowly retracted.
No one gave an order, not Chu Qing, nor the other party's general, but the army and the old men all stopped, fearing that they would inadvertently hurt the infant in the middle of the road.
The baby was still crying. In the last second, arrows were raining down on the sky. At this second, both sides stopped with a tacit understanding.
There was a brief moment of calm on the battlefield, and the baby cried heartbreakingly, calling for his mother.
Almost at the same time, both camps ran out a shield, or in other words, a person ran out.
Third brother, carrying a huge shield.
On the opposite side, a giant shield also appeared, and a young general wearing armor showed half of his head.
A figure ran out from the middle alley and threw himself to the ground, using his thin body to protect the baby on the ground.
She was just an ordinary woman. She was so weak that she burst into tears. She hugged her baby tightly and shivered.
The peace on the battlefield continued, except for the crying.
The frightened mother had a look of helplessness on her face. After holding the baby, she lost all her strength. She wanted to stand up and run back, but she fell to her knees on the ground as if she had lost all strength, stumbling and stumbling.
The third brother retreated, and the young general holding the shield also retreated.
Still no one fired an arrow, everyone on both sides seemed to have made an agreement, waiting patiently, waiting for the panicked mother to fall, then get up, hold the baby, and stumble away.
When the mother and son disappeared in the middle of the road, the sound of trembling bowstrings was heard again.
The rain of arrows was overwhelming.
Chu Qing clenched his fists tightly. This world is really damned, damned, so damned. Why should I, a good man from Dachang, kill each other?
