The uproaring crowd immediately fell silent.
The mixed glances alternate with each other.
Zhou Che scanned the crowd and shouted: "Are there any? If so, stand up!"
Still silent.
"No?"
"Then put this dead man down first!"
Seeing this, Zhou Che calmed down and hung all five heads on his waist:
"You need to listen carefully to the next few things!"
"First, the bandits from Hedong have entered Mang Mountain and have threatened the imperial city."
"On your defense, you let thieves threaten the emperor. What kind of mistake is this?"
"Therefore, everyone in Qiying from Yan Cheng on down is guilty!"
"Secondly, this is such a big mistake. The first fault lies with Yan Cheng. Your Highness has killed him and no one else will be held accountable!"
"Third, the thieves are still attacking Mangshan, and the Mangshan Salt Factory is still holding on."
"If any of the armies retreat in fear, they will be making more mistakes!"
"If any army dares to attack with me, they will be punished and receive meritorious service!"
"If you can gain a lot, recover losses, or even severely injure the bandit army, then you will have achieved great success!"
The first thing Zhou Che did was to beat Yan Cheng to death and he was guilty.
The second point: As long as Yan Cheng's die-hard members are honest and obedient, there will be no further investigation.
Third, you can make meritorious deeds and make meritorious deeds again!
In this way, the army of chaos is determined!
Zhou Che also announced: "Chen Zhibing will temporarily take over the post of Lieutenant General of the River Guard Cavalry Camp!"
For the army to attack, all ministries must coordinate their actions.
First of all, the several officers who were cut off by Zhou Che must be replaced by replacements.
The matter was urgent, so Chen Zhibing quickly appointed a few people to take office.
Not long after, the entire cavalry camp's two thousand troops mounted their horses.
Following Zhou Che's order, they all ran north to support Mang Mountain!
In Mang Mountain, the battle continues.
Guo Zhenyue only brought five thousand people with him on this trip, and they have all been put into the battlefield.
And he did what he said - because the crossbow camp failed to break the mountain within the specified time, two generals were killed in a row!
At this moment, he himself docked the ship and commanded it remotely.
He stood on a pier, holding torches everywhere, and was surrounded by hundreds of people guarding him.
Since he was still unable to break through the salt factory, Guo Zhenyue sent several assassination teams to the mountain.
If you are lucky, you can directly behead Zhou Che!
At this time, someone sent back the news: The assassination team had not found any trace of Zhou Che!
"Bastard!" Guo Zhenyue angrily yelled: "I haven't seen Zhou Che, so who is taking command on the battlefield? Tell me to go down and find a way to kill him!"
"The commander is Zhen Wu. He is extremely powerful. We hit his arm with a crossbow, causing him to lose his blade... But this person separated him with his bare hands and killed four assassins in a row." The person lowered his head.
"Zhen Wu?" Guo Zhenyue frowned.
Jia Dao replied: "Zhen Chuhe's son."
"Ha! As far as I know, Zhen Chuhe only has this son." Guo Zhenyue sneered: "He is willing to bear the trouble, isn't he afraid that his only son will die here?"
"If we take this son down, Zhen Chuhe..."
"Mr. Guo!" Jia Dao shouted softly and said, "What we have to do now is to win, not to plot more."
"Now that Zhen Wu's location has been determined, we should suddenly put pressure on that place and make him personally defend."
"If you secretly coordinate the crossbow team and fire a thousand crossbows at once to shoot him to death, then Mang Mountain can be broken!"
Guo Zhenyue showed hesitation: "It's not that I don't believe in Mr.'s good plan, but although Zhen Chuhe is only a businessman... he has extraordinary connections and has many acquaintances in Hedong."
"If he kills his only son, I'm afraid he will fight me until death."
Jia Dao sighed: "The prince can still be killed, why should we be afraid of a businessman?!"
Guo Zhenyue suddenly woke up, waved his hand and gave the order immediately.
The thieves' offensive was quickly adjusted.
Due to the long battle, the stone and wood on Mang Mountain were greatly consumed, and the subsequent replenishment speed could not keep up.
As for the coolies, they were encouraged by Zhou Che to join the battle.
But once the thieves get close, it is still too difficult for them to have to fight the thieves in close combat.
Besides, they don’t have regular weapons, so what can they use to fight with each other?
The position of resisting the rebel army has ranged from the bottom of the mountain, to the mountainside, and now to the top of the mountain!
Whenever a defense was broken and the situation was about to enter a close-quarters fight, Zhen Wu would lead his armored guards to attack.
Fight in person, push the opponent back, and buy time for the coolies in the rear to rebuild the defense line.
Now, there is only the last line of defense left from the top of the mountain salt factory.
The thieves attacked from the north, west and south.
Following Jia Dao's plan, Guo Zhenyue gathered 300 people who dared to die, took off their armor and came forward with short swords!
The reason for disarming was that after a long battle, the defenders on the mountain had already exhausted all their arrows.
In the face of falling wood and rocks, armor is not only useless, but will slow down the movement and make it difficult to dodge.
In order to respond to the attack, the defenders used sharpened bamboos and large spears nearly two feet long to thrust out neatly.
"forward!"
The bandit commander shouted, holding a sword to supervise the battle: "Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed immediately!"
In this way, the thieves can only risk their lives to push up.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten people were impaled.
The latter didn't stop, squeezing the former's body and continuing to rush forward.
Finally, they pushed in front of the defenders and slashed them indiscriminately with their swords!
Puff——
Fighting hand to hand, the temporarily organized defenders were no match at all and retreated suddenly.
"Stand back, I'll come!"
With a loud roar, Zhen Wu led his men to kill again.
He had been fighting for a long time, his armor was already soaked with blood and sweat, and his arm was wrapped in a bandage, where he had just been hit by a crossbow arrow.
After the battle between the two sides, the rebel death squads who ascended the high ground were defeated and slowly retreated.
Zhen Wu rushed to kill Zheng Huan, and suddenly saw the corpse on the bamboo pole, and frowned.
Previously, this group of people risked their lives and showed signs of risking their lives.
Now that we have reached the position, why can't we bear the casualties and retreat instead?
Although he was rough, he was quite keen on this and immediately shouted: "Get back quickly!"
The troops stopped chasing and turned back and retreated quickly.
"Um!?"
The commander of the bandit army was surprised: "This is a reckless man, but he is not a fool! Don't wait, just shoot the arrow!"
He originally planned to wait for Zhen Wu to get closer and shoot him and all his troops to death with arrows.
Now that Zhen Wu is retreating, if he doesn't fire the arrow, he will really let him escape!
Under the slope, there was a sound of bowstrings.
Swish——
Crossbow arrows rained down like raindrops!
Fortunately, Zhen Wu was alert in time and all his people ran in.
However, he himself, who was originally at the front, is now at the back - two arrows hit his legs and he fell to the ground without strength!
"Master!"
The guards were frightened and hurriedly turned around to rescue him.
The two people were very close, grabbed his hand and dragged him behind a boulder.
The others also wanted to turn back, but Zhen Wu stopped them: "Don't turn back, please retreat to the salt factory for me!"
This is the last line of defense, with a height difference of ten feet from the top salt factory.
If you retreat to the top, the crossbow arrows can only be thrown, and their power will be greatly reduced.
Zhen Wu and the other three were trapped behind the boulder, unable to move!
The crossbow team approached with crossbows and fired arrows continuously to suppress the defenders.
They walked to the side and shot arrows at the back of the stone.
"Master, be careful!"
The guard roared angrily, half-knelt on the ground, and opened an arm to protect Zhen Wu's side.
After a while, there was a dull sound behind him.
Puff puff--
A series of arrows shot a burst of blood mist from behind him.
The corner of his mouth was open, and blood was pouring from it.
Zhen Wu's eyes were red and he roared in pain: "Old Seven!"
The guard known as Lao Qi was unable to respond, but he leaned half against the rock and survived until death, with countless arrows behind him.
Above, Qian Hongxue was protected by several people with shields and rushed to the edge.
She first threw down a long shield, then threw down the long whip: "Master Zhen, grab the whip!"
"good!"
Zhen Wu holds a shield in one hand and a whip in the other.
The commander of the bandit army shrank his eyes and waved his hand: "Stop the arrows for now, the swordsman comes forward and just take him away!"
"yes!"
The crossbow is leveled.
The daredevils who had retreated rushed forward again!
At this distance, Zhen Wu's withdrawn guards had no time to rescue him.
Zhen Wu himself, who was hit by an arrow, apparently lost the ability to fight everyone to escape.
"Sir, take care!"
The remaining guard shouted, rushed out from behind the boulder, and pounced on the approaching bandits.
After hacking one person to death, he was also quickly chopped to the ground!
Zhen Wu, who was holding the shield, had been dragged into the air.
But the bandits also took the opportunity to seize the last position and were rushing towards the salt factory.
It’s over!
All the defenders were heartbroken.
At this moment, even if Zhen Wu is rescued, it will not help.
The captain who was commanding the front line of the rebel army personally drew his bow and aimed at Qian Hongxue, his eyes cold: "It's over!"
"kill!!!"
At this moment, the sound of killing suddenly started at the foot of the mountain.
Waves of horse hooves came from the south, seeming to trample the night sky!
The thieves are in a big move!
