Chapter 168: Crossing the Blockade
"Gang leader, according to the report of the brother who followed them back, those people captured Zhang Dabao, got off the boat near Xuyi, took away the people and all the goods, and are now hiding in a barren mountain not far from Xuyi City!" Sun Liu reported to Xiao Yao.
"Find out who did it?" Xiao Yao asked.
"It's not clear, we only know that they are from Qi State, there are about a hundred people in this group, they should have planned this matter a long time ago, they prepared horses and weapons in advance on the barren mountain, but because the army has besieged Xuyi City to death, they can't enter the city, and now they can only hide in the barren mountain!" Sun Liudao.
"They actually did the kidnapping and moved the gunpowder, it seems that they didn't go for Dabao, but they were eyeing my batch of gunpowder!" Xiao Yao sneered.
"So we're going straight to save people? They also have gunpowder in their hands now, and if they also use gunpowder and attack us with gunpowder, then how are we going to deal with it? Sun Liu asked.
"It doesn't matter, what's the use of them only having gunpowder? I don't have muskets and guns in my hands, at most I can make a few explosive packs, and when the time comes, I'll just let the musket team attack from a distance! Pass my orders! Burn the wind! After arriving at Xuyi, the cavalry team took the musket team and immediately attacked! Xiao Yao shouted loudly.
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Hearing that Xiao Yao suddenly appeared in Xuyi and was rushing towards them, Gao Changgong decisively withdrew from the barren mountain with all his things, and then fled in the direction of Xuyi City.
Looking at the checkpoint of the Chen army blockade line in front, one of his subordinates said to Gao Changgong with the consciousness of death: "Lord Wang, although we have hundreds of jar bombs made according to the method of that son, but the Chen army blockade line in front is heavily guarded, if you rush over together, it is easy to be entangled by them, or I will rush to Chen Jun with a few brothers first, open the way for everyone, and try the power of these bombs casually!" ”
"Okay, you'll take a few brothers and create chaos at the south gate, desperately throwing bombs into their crowds to get their attention, and then I'll take the others through their blockade from the west gate! Don't worry, I'll reward your family well when I get back! Gao Changgong promised.
"Thank you, Lord Wang! To be able to serve the prince is the honor of our life! Brother, follow me! Chen Jun killed so many of our brothers with these gunpowders before, and now he wants to let them taste these gunpowders! Come on! "Over, this subordinate took a dozen dead soldiers, all with a dozen jar bombs hanging on their bodies, and rushed towards Chen Jun with torches.
Chen Jun, who was on guard, suddenly saw more than a dozen cavalry rushing over, and immediately sounded the gong to stand guard, while an officer of Chen Jun shouted loudly: "Who are you, quickly dismount and surrender, or you will be killed!" ”
"Shoot the arrows!" Seeing that the other party had no intention of stopping, the officer decisively ordered the arrow to be released.
"Brothers, light the fuse and throw the bomb at their crowd! No one is allowed to die first until the bomb is dropped! Even if you die, you have to pull a few cushions! Braving the rain of arrows, the leader shouted loudly, and at the same time picked up a bomb, lit a good line of fire, and threw it vigorously at Chen Jun!
Boom! Boom! Boom! An explosion suddenly sounded in the crowd of Chen Jun, and then there were all kinds of chaotic shouts, fighting and wailing, Chen Jun's outpost at the south gate was already in chaos, and then the defenders around rushed to the south gate to support!
"Haha, the power of this gunpowder really lives up to its name! No wonder Wei Pohu was scared to escape! Seeing the explosion of gunpowder for the first time, Gao Changgong was very excited.
"Now the defenders of the west gate have also been drawn to the south gate, brothers, we will rush at once! We'll try the power of this jar bomb later! Come on! Gao Changgong also picked up a jar bomb with great interest and rushed towards the Chen army blockade line on the west gate.
Most of the defenders on the west gate side have been attracted to the south gate, and now there are only a few soldiers left, and with Gao Changgong, they also threw out bombs, bang! Boom! Boom! The defenders of the West Gate were all scared away, and the blockade was opened!
Gao Changgong and his entourage seized the opportunity, and before Chen Jun could react, they quickly rushed through the blockade and ran towards the Xuyi City Gate!
At this time, the defenders of the Qi army at the head of the city had also been attracted by these explosions, only to see that the blockade line of the Chen army was forcibly broken through by a cavalry team, and then rushed to the city gate.
"Open the gates! I am Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling! "The first time he used gunpowder, Gao Changgong, who was still excited, shouted at the defenders.
Gao Changgong is the god of war in the hearts of the soldiers of the Qi army, and the defenders of Xuyi are all veterans who followed Gao Changgong south to Xuzhou last year, so they naturally recognized Gao Changgong's appearance, so they shouted: "Open the city gate and let the commander enter the city!" The Commander has come to our rescue! The commander-in-chief, like Kim Yong Yong when he broke the siege, broke through the encirclement of Chen's army and came to Xuyi to save us! ”
The morale of the Qi army suddenly soared, and then they shot fierce arrows at the defenders who caught up, allowing Gao Changgong and his party to enter the city smoothly!
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Just when Gao Changgong was about to rush through the blockade line, Xiao Yao had already led the cavalry team and rushed to the barren mountain outside the city, but found that it was a step too late, and all the people here had been evacuated, leaving only a pile of empty boxes and broken jars.
"Gang leader, in charge of keeping an eye on their brothers, this gang also just left! They loaded all the gunpowder on horseback, and then fled in the direction of Xuyi City, probably trying to rush through the blockade of the army and enter Xuyi City! Sun Liudao.
"Hmph, if you want to break through the blockade, do they already know how to use gunpowder? I'm really looking at them, Wen Yuan, let's catch up! They have gunpowder in their hands, and the besieging brothers may not be able to stop them! Xiao Yao immediately rushed to Xuyi City with the cavalry.
Just when the group arrived a few miles away from Xuyi City, Xiao Yao suddenly heard a burst of explosions in front of him, and he suddenly felt bad in his heart!
"Quick, quick! Hurry up! Xiao Yao flicked his whip a few times, speeding up and rushing forward.
When Xiao Yao rushed to the blockade line of the Chen army, he saw that the scene was a mess, and the smell of blood and the strong smell of residual gunpowder were mixed with dozens of explosion marks, and the soldiers were lying on the ground rolling and moaning.
"I'm Xiao Yao, an infantry captain under the forward camp! The gang has already broken through the blockade and entered the city? Xiao Yao asked.
"See Captain Xiao, that group of people just now seems to be using the weapons of the infantry battalion, and they will also explode, and then kill and injure many of our people, and we can't stop them, so they rushed over, and then we hurried to catch up, and we were also repelled by the defenders in the city with random arrows! And we heard the defenders of the city shouting that it was Gao Changgong who came to save them! An officer said to Xiao Yao.
"Gao Changgong? Is it the king of Lanling? Was that guy just now the one from the tall power collar? Xiao Yao was taken aback, he thought that it was only some officers of the Qi Army who kidnapped Zhang Dabao this time, but he didn't expect that the famous Gao Changgong would use such a means of kidnapping!
"Take me to your general! I have something important to discuss with him! Hurry up and treat the wounded soldiers, strengthen the vigilance, and now they are rushed in by Gao Changgong, their morale has soared, and we must prevent the enemy from breaking through! Xiao Yao ordered.
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"Captain Xiao, what happened today?" Wu Mingche's general Huang Yong asked, he was the commander of the 20,000 Chen troops responsible for surrounding Xuyi.
"Gao Changgong kidnapped Zhang Dabao, the deputy company commander of my infantry battalion, and also robbed a batch of gunpowder and fled to Xuyi! Just now, they used the gunpowder they had in their hands to make bombs out of the jar, helping them break through the blockade and escape into Xuyi City! "Xiao Yao investigated the explosion site and found that Gao Changgong and they really knew how to make earth bombs!
"Ahh They now have the same powerful gunpowder that your infantry battalion uses? Huang Yong was also taken aback, as a general of the Chen army, of course he knew the power of gunpowder.
"That's right, they now have at least tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder in their hands!" Xiao Yao said distressedly, it cost a lot of money to prepare these gunpowders.
"So how do we deal with it?" Huang Yong couldn't help but ask worriedly, he saw the infantry battalion using gunpowder against the Qi army before, and they were defeated, but he couldn't imagine that they would use gunpowder against him now!
"General Huang, please rest assured, even if they have gunpowder in their hands now, it is useless! They don't have muskets, artillery, and other iron tools, and they can't exert the power of gunpowder at all! At most, it's just a few earth bombs with this gunpowder, and it won't threaten us! And with me, they won't be able to hide in Xuyi City for long! I'm here to break through Xuyi City! Xiao Yao said fiercely.