Under the bloodthirsty remnant sun, 800 Yicheng soldiers approached Gaojiawu step by step with neat drum beats, and were so shocked that the Gao family tribes on the dock wall raised their bows to prepare for battle. In the face of the arrows shining with cold light on the arrow tower, the Yicheng army below did not care at all, and still marched in an orderly manner, until the army array advanced to a place where it was a stone's throw away from the dock wall, the war drums of the Qi army suddenly accelerated, accompanied by the rapid drum beat, the soldiers in the first row quickly raised their leather shields to protect their bodies, and the soldiers in the back row untied their bows and arrows to shoot the first wave of arrows at the Gao family on the dock wall.

This series of tactical actions of the Yicheng Army was completed in one go, and it deserved to be the first army of the armed guard. But it's a pity that most of the archers of the Yicheng army are novices, and the arrows they shoot are not only uneven, but many of the arrows have fallen halfway without even touching the dock wall. In contrast, the archers of the Gao family were obviously much more stable, and a round of shooting down caused a lot of pressure on the Qi soldiers holding the shield below.

As the arrows on both sides came and went, a large black arrow rain was intertwined in the air, and some of the shield-holding soldiers in the Qi army were afraid and subconsciously wanted to dodge, resulting in the shield array exposing the gap. Only a few loud sounds of poof, poof, and poof, many shield-holding soldiers fell to the ground in response, causing the gap in the shield array to further expand. So in an instant, more than a dozen people were shot. Fortunately, the training of the Yicheng army on weekdays was skilled enough, and in the scolding of the captains and vice-presidents of each team, some soldiers soon took over the leather shields of their colleagues and worked hard to fill the gap.

The two sides shot at each other like this for about half an hour, and Gao Jiawu's arrows gradually thinned out, obviously not enough. So, the war drums of the Qi army sounded again. I saw a few generals leading more than 100 people to protect their heads with leather shields and carry two ladders. Braving arrows all the way to the bottom of the dock wall, he put the ladder up to the wall. Immediately following several soldiers with knives in their mouths, using their hands and feet together, they had climbed halfway up almost in a moment. The Gao family on the dock wall saw this. Hurry up and shoot the arrow. The Qi soldiers, who were unfortunately hit by the arrow, snorted and smashed straight to the ground like a cloth bag. The soldiers who were lucky enough to avoid the arrows were also cut on the wrists by several forks that protruded out of thin air before climbing to the top of the city, and fell down the ladder. What's more, the Gao family also poured oil and lit fire on the ladder, and the two ladders and more than a dozen Qi soldiers were swallowed up by the ruthless flames in an instant.

From the age of ten to the age of ten with his father to the aid of Guandu, and then to the age of fifteen to fight the White Wolf River. Cao Pi, who was nineteen years old at the time, had long been accustomed to all kinds of brutal battles on the battlefield. The fierce battle that took place under Gaojiawu at this moment was nothing more than an ordinary offensive and defensive battle on a very small scale in his eyes. However, the group of recruits under Cao Pi had never seen such a formation at all. The heart-rending screams on the battlefield, the burning bodies, and the billowing smoke mixed with the smell of corpses all irritated the fragile nerves of the recruits.

Suddenly, a deafening gong sound penetrated the entire noisy battlefield, startling Zhu Laifu, Li Harizi and others, who were in reserve, stood up with weapons and were ready to enter the battlefield at any time. In exchange for Cao Pi's scolding, "Advance when you hear the sound of drums, retreat when you hear the sound of gold, and forget about it!" ”

As Cao Pi said, Zhang Qing is Mingjin withdrawing his troops. Obviously, the attack power shown by the government soldiers in the first attack on the village was really unsatisfactory. And the loss of picking points later made Zhang Qing, who was the general of Wuwei, gasp. More than 200 people were wounded on the left and right armies. More than 100 people died. You must know that Zhang Qing only brought a total of 1,500 people to the expedition this time, and lost more than 300 people in just one attack.

In addition to the pain in the flesh, Zhang Qing's mind couldn't help but think of Tai Shici's entrustment before leaving-"If necessary, you can use fire and thunder!" "Zhang Qing didn't want to do anything desperately. But since Gao Na refuses to obey the law. Gao Jiawu resisted desperately up and down, so it's no wonder he was ruthless. So, on the one hand, Zhang Qing ordered all his troops to eat and rest to prepare for the night battle, and on the other hand, he sent people to prepare a throwing machine for throwing fire and thunder.

After nightfall, the Qi army set up five improvised throwing machines at the front and rear gates of Gaojiawu. Seeing this, the Gao family tribe on the dock wall thought that the Qi army was going to throw stones to attack the village. They all hid behind the wall and set up leather shields above their heads. But they waited for a long time, but they didn't wait for the expected gravel. Instead, someone saw through the gap that there were bright arcs in the sky. Then I heard a bang, bang, bang, and several huge sparks suddenly burst out in the sky, as bright as shooting stars. The soldiers of the Gao family had never seen such a scene, and many people put down their shields and stared at the sky in a daze, as if they had forgotten that they were on the battlefield. In the end, however, they were greeted by puffs of puffs of choking smoke mixed with the smell of gunpowder. For a while, all kinds of coughing and scolding on the dock wall were endless. But these sounds were soon drowned out by more violent explosions. The second round of fire and thunder thrown by the Qi army landed on the battlements of Gaojiawu and exploded in the night, engulfing the surrounding figures in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that Gaojiawu was blown up by the fire and thunder, and the flames were rolling, the high-spirited war drums sounded in the Qi army again. This time, Cao Pi's squad was also included in the offensive queue. This time, the Qi army did not divide into two groups and shoot at the Gao archers on the dock wall as they did during the day. Instead, he took advantage of the fact that the Gao family's troops were blown up and set up ladders, logs and other siege equipment and went straight to the dock fort.

In the blink of an eye, five ladders were set up on the wall. The soldiers who followed scrambled to climb the ladder, but the poisonous smoke from the fire and thunder had not yet dissipated. The Qi army, who was the first to climb the dock wall, was dizzy and coughing. There are even people who fall off the ladder when they are dizzy. On the other hand, the remnants of the Gao family on the dock wall endured all kinds of discomfort and fought to the death against the attacking Qi army.

Compared with the fierce Yicheng army, the local government soldiers in Nanpi are obviously much weaker. The team led by Cao Pi was huddled into a mess not long after the charge began, and they didn't know what they were doing. On the contrary, Liu Tong, who was the leader of the team, got rid of the burden early and carried a knife to the dock wall alone.

With Cao Pi's skills, it was easy to climb walls and kill enemies like Liu Tong, but his sense of responsibility as a team deputy made him stay in the team and command a group of recruits like headless flies to complete their first battle. Seeing that he calmly looked around at the battle situation around him, he then decisively raised his hand and pointed to the main gate of the dock wall and shouted, "All the sons and daughters will attack the door with Yu!" ”

Cao Pi finished pulling this throat and directly led Zhu Laifu and the others beside him to go straight to the gate. When the surrounding soldiers saw this, they didn't care whether they heard the order clearly or not. Whether they belong to the same team or not, they all ran with Cao Pi. At this time, there was already a team of people outside the main gate smashing the door with logs. After Cao Pi led the people to the scene, he hurriedly instructed the soldiers to dig the wall next to the gate with all the tools they could find.

The walls of this era were all made of rammed earth. Gaojiawu is not a large city, where more than 100 people can concentrate on digging in one place. As the gap between the gate and the barrier became larger and larger, only to hear a loud bang, the main gate of Gaojiawu was finally collapsed by the Qi army. The Gao family on the dock wall was lying on the wall and looking down, his bloodstained face full of despair. And the Qi army under the dock wall had already cheered and stepped through the gate and poured into the first fort in the Bohai Sea.

And at the same time that Cao Pi and others broke through the main gate, Liu Tong had already single-handedly entered the interior of the dock wall. In his opinion, the Gao family, as a Bohai clan, must have a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry hidden in the Gaojiawu. Even if he changed his fortune temporarily, he couldn't earn commissions. At least it can scrape back some oil and water from the Gao family.

Liu Tong went around and around, and finally found a room with a more atmospheric appearance on the third floor of the tulou. But before he could break down the door, there was a sudden sound of rustling in the house. Liu Tong hurriedly picked up the knife and took a closer look through the crack in the door. I saw a person in the room bending down and groping for something on the bookshelf. When this person raised his head, Liu Tong was shocked to find that the other party was the "Song Geng" who bought murder from him that day.

Gaojiawu, smugglers of salt and iron, and Qiantong's main book...... For a moment, Liu Tong seemed to understand something. So the next moment, I saw him raise his foot and kick open the door and laugh loudly at Zhen Geng, who was known as Song Geng, "Lang Jun wants to take a hand?" ”

Zhen Geng was suddenly startled, and the lacquer box in his hand fell to the ground. After seeing that it was Liu Tong, he pretended to be calm and squeezed out a dry smile. "Yo. It turned out to be Team Liu. ”

Liu Tong didn't talk nonsense with the other party, and directly slammed the horse chopping knife to the ground and snorted coldly, "I never thought that Lang Jun and the businessman Jia would also do that business of collaborating with the enemy and rebelling, killing people and overselling goods!" “

Seeing a trace of murderous intent flashing in Liu Tong's eyes, Zhen Geng's face changed suddenly, and he quickly knelt on the ground with a thud and kowtowed to the other party and begged, "Wronged!" The villain is just selling some illicit salt, how dare he rebel with the enemy. The team is if they can save the villain from danger. The villain will give away a thousand gold! ”

Hearing that Zhen Geng wanted to redeem his life with a thousand gold, Liu Tong unconsciously moved. You must know that he searched a few rooms in the fort before, but he only fished out a pair of bracelets and a few copper coins. What's more, at this moment, there are troops everywhere inside and outside the dock wall. Even if Liu Tong was allowed to find the treasures of the Gao family, he would not be able to take the treasures worth thousands of gold out of the Gao family.

Thinking of this, Liu Tong immediately put away his long knife and smiled at Zhen Geng, "Lang Jun is serious." The rest of the good and bad also have a fate, and how can they not be saved if they die together. ”

After that, Liu Tong stretched out his left hand and stepped forward to help Zhen Geng, but he didn't want a sudden heart-piercing pain in his chest. Liu Tong subconsciously looked down and saw a short steel arrow stuck in his chest. At the same time, Zhen Geng, who was lying on the ground like a dog a moment ago, seemed to have stood up like a ghost, with a strange smile on his face.

"You ......" Liu Tong struggled to wave the horse chopping knife in his hand, but at this time, his hands, his feet, and his tongue were so numb that he couldn't control it, so numb that he couldn't feel the pain in his chest, and his eyes were so numb that it was pitch black......

Zhen Geng pushed Liu Tong, who was bleeding from the seven knots, to the ground, and then dragged out Gao Na's body from behind the screen next to the bookshelf. Then he hummed a tune while posing the two corpses in a posture of fighting each other to the death, and stuffed the lacquer box that had just fallen on the ground into Liu Tong's arms. After everything was arranged, Zhen Geng tore off the beard sticking to his mouth, changed into the Qi army clothes prepared in advance, and then swaggered down the tulou as if he had just finished searching the room.

At this time, Gaojiawu had already become a pot of porridge, and the sounds of scolding, crying, and fighting were endless. However, Zhen Geng, who was disguised and disguised, still recognized Cao Pi's figure from the noisy and chaotic army. It is said that Zhen Geng, who is a meticulous worker, had seen Cao Pi from a distance in the Cao army camp three years ago. At this moment, although Cao Pi looks gray-faced, dark and thin at first glance, the temperament of a scholar is different from ordinary Qiu Ba after all, not to mention that he also has a pair of Danfeng eyes that are very rich in the characteristics of the Cao family.

How could the second son be here? Zhen Geng was slightly startled, but he didn't step forward to alarm Cao Pi. After all, the Qi army's capture of Gaojiawu overnight had already disrupted the overall plan of the Wei State, although Zhen Geng had just made some remedies for the plan, but it could not make up for the loss of the entire Jizhou smuggling network being uprooted by the Qi army. So he just hurriedly glanced at Cao Pi's side face, then quickly turned around and sneaked out of Gaojiawu among the Qi soldiers.

Cao Pi on the other end didn't expect that his identity had been exposed. At this time, he was leading his men to search the recalcitrant burghists and tribes in the dock one by one. Because the Gao family troops made the attacking Qi army suffer a lot during the day, the Qi soldiers, especially the Yi Cheng soldiers, seemed to be killed after breaking through the dock wall. Whether it is a burgher who kneels on the ground and begs for mercy, almost all the men in Gaojiawu have become the ghosts of Qi Bing's sword.

Listening to the familiar local voice, the faces of Zhu Laifu, Li Harrier and other local government soldiers in Nanpi were full of sad relatives, but it was difficult to say anything. After all, the Gao family committed a major crime of rebellion, and even if the whole clan was punished, it was their own fault. However, when Cao Pi led the team to search a warehouse in the northwest corner of the dock wall, he saw about 20 Yicheng soldiers holding knives, guns and torches in the front yard of the warehouse.

Seeing this, Cao Pi couldn't help frowning. As for the soldiers of Nanpi Mansion, who had long been dissatisfied with the guest army of Yicheng, they were all warm-faced. You must know that unless you get the order of the peak, the Qi army will generally not embarrass the old and weak, women and children. Not to mention that Qi Lord Cai Ji has always paid attention to battlefield discipline. So Cao Pi didn't say a word, and directly led people forward and asked loudly, "Who is bullying women and children here?" ”

The group of Yicheng soldiers was shouted by Cao Pi first, and hurriedly dispersed. Cao Pi and others saw that it was a well that was surrounded, and the crying of women and children faintly came from the mouth of the well, obviously there were many people hidden under the well. At this time, Yi Chengbingye at the well had already discovered that Cao Pi was just a teenage team deputy. I saw that the leading soldier raised the war knife in his hand angrily and said, "I am the sentry officer of Yicheng Zhichong Mansion, I am here to arrest the rebels, and I will make noise when I wait for Hugh!" ”

The sentry officer commanded the two teams, which was two levels higher than the deputy team. But how could Cao Pi be suppressed by a centurion. Seeing him holding a double halberd in his hand, he said solemnly, "There is no conclusive conclusion whether there is rebellion in the well, and the rest only knows that those who kill the people and take the merit will die, and those who commit adultery with women will be beheaded!" ”

Zhu Laifu, Li Harizi and others have followed Cao Pi for a long time, and they have some tacit understanding. Seeing that the deputy of his own team released cruel words, the remaining forty people also followed suit and put on a posture of preparation. The sentry officer on the opposite side obviously didn't expect a small squad deputy to dare to talk back to him in public. Considering that the other party was outnumbered, the sentry officer didn't dare to fight Cao Pi, so he had to scold him inwardly, "You are going to make a mistake!" ”

Cao Pi sneered and asked, "The sentry commander doesn't kill the people and fornicate women, so why are you afraid of waiting to watch?" ”

Just when the sentry officer was speechless by Cao Pi, someone suddenly shouted loudly in the well, "Yu is willing to surrender!" Wait for the rest to surrender! (To be continued......)