The attackers were pinned down in the ravine and could not advance an inch, and the feathered arrows shot from the Zhongfu were fierce and accurate, and the few soldiers who climbed up were shocked to see that outside the courtyard wall, there were iron thistles all over, and for a moment, it was difficult to move an inch.

Wang Qiang stared at the opponent on the courtyard wall with wide eyes, at this time, he finally understood that this time he was calculated by others, he was afraid that he was calculated by others, and he was too careless, while ordering the infantry to retreat, while letting the crossbowmen step forward under the cover of the shield, ready to suppress, but what the effect of this suppression, Wang Qiang was not sure, because of the lack of bows and arrows, these soldiers are not very good at archery, and the soldiers of this Zhongfu are not at all above the same order of magnitude.

"Brother Wang." A man behind him trotted over, "The general has an order, all the archers shoot upwards as fast as possible, don't worry about the head, just shoot, buy a little time." ”

Wang Qiang looked back and saw that it was Niu Teng's personal guard, and behind him, more than a dozen black-clothed people were also half-squatting on the ground. He nodded, "Understood." ”

"Also, all the soldiers have their ears plugged, no matter what noise they hear, they are not allowed to panic or move." The guard continued.

Next, all the rebel armies received this strange military order, and for these thousands of people, only a very small number of people who came out of the Han Kingdom did not know what it meant.

Everything was ready, Wang Qiang gave an order, and the hundreds of crossbowmen who were transferred up quickly pulled the bowstrings, and placed feather arrows indiscriminately on the courtyard wall.

When the dense feather arrows roared past, more than a dozen black-clothed people stood up at the same time, put the black guy in their hands on the torch and lit it, the sound of burning sounded, and Wang Qiang's nose smelled a faint smell of sulfur.

Rounded his arms. More than a dozen black things swept through the air, more than about thirty meters of the courtyard wall, and fell behind the courtyard wall, and then, the sound of loud noises came from one after another, accompanied by bursts of firelight, more than a dozen loud noises sounded one after another, and in the ears of everyone, it seemed that they heard an extremely long thunder sound, and it was not far away in the sky. It's close to the ear.

After the thunder, although the attackers blocked their ears, the loud sound of this series still frightened them, and all the luck seemed to be completely halted at this moment, while on the other side, inside the Zhong Mansion, at this moment it was the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howls, and a long section of the courtyard wall collapsed, and the Zhong Mansion soldiers who stepped on the ladder and shot desperately outwards and supported behind the courtyard wall suffered heavy casualties.

After the collapsed courtyard wall. The soldiers of the Zhong Mansion ran in a panic, and more than a dozen black-clothed people jumped up, and while running forward, more than a dozen black bumps flew out of their hands. Flew a little farther away.

Another stack of explosions sounded, and in the firelight, Niu Teng and dozens of his guards rushed forward with the man in black.

"Kill, kill!" Niu Teng shouted sharply.

Wang Qiang stood up with a loud voice. The soldiers around him lay on the ground, so frightened that he couldn't move, and in a fit of rage, he stretched out his feet and kicked them indiscriminately. "Stand up, stand up, attack, attack!"

Under Wang Qiang's continuous kicking and beating, the soldiers in the ravine finally came back to their senses, and under the leadership of Wang Qiang, they rushed towards the courtyard with a shout, although there was still a little trembling between the sounds.

When the loud bang sounded, Zhongli suddenly stood up from his chair, "Dynamite!" He said in a trembling voice. He counted everything, but he didn't calculate it, and the Han State secretly brought this weapon into Shu County.

He looked at the dense bandits rushing in from outside the collapsed courtyard wall, and looked at the Zhongfu soldiers running around like headless flies in the courtyard, his face turned pale, it's over, it's over. At the beginning, when the Han people used gunpowder to break the city, even the regular army of the Chu State was so frightened that they lost their souls, not to mention these family soldiers?

This loud bang not only blew up the courtyard wall of the Zhong family, but also blew up their courage and determination to resist, and the rest would be a one-sided massacre.

Gently raising his hand, he closed the window, turned and went to the corner of the room, opened a large cabinet door, took out a jar of fine wine from the top floor, walked to the table with both hands in his hand, opened the jar, and poured the glass full of amber wine. The sound of hurried footsteps sounded downstairs, and with a bang, the door was pushed open, and Zhong Huai appeared in front of Zhongli covered in blood, "Father, I can't stop it, I can't stop it." He staggered forward a few steps, thud, and fell to the ground, his body writhing and trying to struggle to get up again, but there was nothing he could do.

With a bang, the wine jar shattered to the ground, and the smell of wine filled the building, Zhongli squatted down, his hands trembling and picking up his son in a pool of blood, "Father, go quickly, I can't stop it, the second brother is dead, and he was killed in the first wave of explosions, and the Han people have developed a new weapon, not the explosives you told us." ”

Seeing that strands of blood kept gushing out of Zhong Huai's mouth in his arms, Zhong Li Lao burst into tears, because of the sensitivity of his position, he did not allow his son to step into the officialdom, but even so, in the end, he still did not save his sons' lives.

There was a fierce fight downstairs, and from time to time there were screams, and they quickly approached him from the ground floor, but Zhongli just looked down at the third son who was already angry in his arms.

The sound of the battle downstairs disappeared, and a powerful footstep stepped up step by step, appearing at the door, looking at Zhongli squatting on the ground in the room and Zhong Huai in his arms, the person paused for a moment, and then stepped through the door.

Zhongli raised his head, looked at the big man in front of him in the costume of the Qin Army, slowly put down the body of his son who had been killed in his arms, stood up, tidied up his clothes, and took a deep breath: "What is Your Excellency's position in the Han State Security Bureau?" If you can bring this weapon out, your position should not be low! ”

"Zhong Houye is really smart, and he is in the next cow." Niu Teng arched his hand.

"Niu Teng?" Zhongli thought for a moment, "Is it that Ning Xin followed her cow when she ran to Gao Yuan?" ”

Niu Teng smiled slightly, "I didn't expect Zhong Houye to be so clear about my details?" No wonder Dean Cao regards you as a great enemy in life, I heard that you went to work and returned home, Dean Cao also invited everyone to have a drink, and he was very drunk. ”

Zhongli nodded slightly, "Dean Cao, although he is a rising star, I have always admired him, he is a great ruthless character, General Niu, you have been in Shu County for a long time, right?" ”

"Yes, it's been almost two years, when the peasant army uprising began to break out in Shu County, we came, last year it was a pity, we came late, and the rebel army has been extinguished, but God favors us very much, and your Qin court gave us a second chance." Niu Teng said with a smile.

"It's not given to you by the imperial court, it's given to you by corrupt officials like Guo Qing." Zhongli shook his head.

Niu Tengha laughed: "Zhong Houye, don't forget, among these people, there is also your son Zhong Kui, you know that such behavior will endanger the national foundation of Great Qin, why don't you stop it?" ”

Zhongli smiled bitterly: "The general trend is coming, what can I do?" The only thing I can restrain now is my family, but what's the use? What should happen will still happen, I closed the door, being a deaf and blind person, but I didn't expect it, I still can't die peacefully in bed, this may also be the retribution for killing too many people in my life, right? ”

"I'm so sorry!" Seeing Zhongli with a tired face, Niu Teng bowed to this veteran in the spy industry: "If we want to achieve great things, we must use Zhong Houye's life as an introduction." ”

"If I die, I think you will go to fight Zhou Liang's idea, he was originally a Yan person, after coming to Shu County, he became extremely corrupt, and the speed of his fall is beyond imagination, where do you want to focus on him, let Shu County be completely chaotic, right?"

Niu Teng was stunned, and the admiration in his eyes was even stronger, "Zhong Houye is really powerful, even you have counted this, yes, now Zhou Liang has fallen, even if Zhong Houye has left the position, but if the identity is there, if you die in the peasant rebel army this time, the court will definitely be furious, Zhou Liang's head can't be saved, if he wants to live, he has to take refuge in us, and only we can give him a way out." ”

"The price is to send all the Qin troops under his command into your tiger's mouth?"

"Not bad!" Niu Teng nodded.

Zhongli was silent for a while, and then slowly shook his head and said, "I'm going to die, what do you want to do with this?" General Niu, please let me die a dignified death myself, and besides, please ask you one thing, after I die, please put me and my two sons in the coffin, and don't let us die violently, okay? ”

Niu Teng nodded: "Okay, the last general will send off the waiting master." ”

Zhongli lowered his head, glanced at the body of his son on the ground, sat down, picked up the wine glass on the table, looked at Niu Teng and smiled, tilted his neck, and drank all the wine in the cup.

Niu Teng stood quietly, Zhongli also looked at Niu Teng calmly, gradually, blood flowed out from Zhongli's nose and mouth, Zhongli's face twitched, but he still tried his best to sit firmly on the chair.

Looking at Zhongli's appearance, Niu Teng couldn't help but be moved, and bent down deeply.

In the middle of the night, a blaze broke out in the Zhong Mansion, and before the raging fire, three coffins lined up in a row, becoming the background pattern of the rebel army that was gradually moving away from here.

In Xialiang Town, Zhou Liang and Zhong Kui led troops from two directions, but an hour before they arrived, the rebel army besieging here had already disappeared without a trace. They split into small groups and quickly evacuated, disappearing into the night.

When the sky fell, a fast horse galloped from the direction of Nakajo Mountain. (To be continued......)