Volume 1: When the Wind Rises Chapter 170: Raid on the Manor (3)
A young man next to Zhou Chen stomped his feet with a bitter face and said, "Ouch, my deputy hall master, you don't care so much, if you don't gather people's hands together, we will all have to explain here." It doesn't matter where he Li Laosan goes, let's catch the centaurs first, even if there are many people attacking, we can cover and escape. ”
"Report, check it out, it seems that the officers and soldiers who came, the brothers who retreated just now said that there were almost three or four hundred people, but these people were too powerful with firearms, and they killed most of Wang Xiangzhu's men and horses in one look." Another man with a white turban over his head and a short black collared robe ran in and shouted.
"Hiss", the people in the courtyard gasped, Wang Mazi had more than a hundred soldiers there, and he was crippled in one face, and everyone looked at Zhou Chen at once, expecting him to get an idea quickly.
"Go, blow the whistle, and every incense master will send someone there", Zhou Chen saw the current situation, and immediately no longer hesitated, "Tell them to gather all the soldiers to Lao Tzu, and if they run away, then ask for more blessings." ”
"Let's go!"
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When dozens of people in the courtyard heard Zhou Chen's words, they immediately moved in their own ways, and a sharp whistle sounded near the left side of the courtyard, and the entire Lujiazhuang gathered in twos and threes to gather in the direction of the whistle.
"Who's here?" Seeing that after a while, the courtyard was already full of people, and Zhou Chen stood directly on the steps of the house and asked.
"Lord Chen Xiang has arrived"
"Lord Li Xiang has also arrived"
The chaotic voice sounded in the crowd, and several of Zhou Chen's cronies nodded roughly and shouted loudly: "Deputy hall master, there are six incense masters here, and there are almost more than six hundred people." ”
"Let's go, brothers, and send the dog officer army back."
"Roar"
A group of people began to babble, and the whole team began to run out in a mess.
After a while, the six hundred people completed the work of the whole team under the leadership of their respective incense masters and altar masters, although they could only be regarded as finding their respective leaders, but they were still marching in an orderly manner.
Lujiazhuang is composed of more than 20 yards of different sizes, each yard is relatively independent, and there are different width and narrow aisles in the middle, so it is easy for people who do not know the road to get dizzy in it.
Zhou Chen's gang was very familiar with the terrain of the entire Zhuangzi, and they led hundreds of people to walk around the courtyards, constantly moving in the direction of the main gate.
However, before they were halfway there, there were neat footsteps in the distance, and the few people leading the team in front immediately turned around and signaled everyone to be quiet.
"Deputy hall master, this voice sounds like a lot of people", a incense master said to Zhou Chen with a shocked face.
Nonsense, this fucking still needs you to say, Zhou Chen scolded angrily in his heart.
Another incense master said with some hesitation: "Wang Mazi's people were scattered as soon as they saw each other, so let's not attack head-on." ”
Zhou Chen was also a little hesitant when this person said this, it is such a reason, but if he doesn't rush head-on, how should he fight?
Thinking of this, he pricked up his ears and tried to listen to the movements of the Long Xiang group, recalling the layout of Zhuangzi, and he gradually had an idea in his mind.
"Let's go, go to the yard in front of us, see if we can bring them in, let's wait for the rabbits."
As if thinking of the picture of the enemy being annihilated by himself, Zhou Chen had a smile on his face, and he kept rushing towards the courtyard in front of him.
Several incense owners saw that he seemed to have an idea, and they followed with their men and horses.
More than 600 people rushed in, filling the courtyard in front of them, and as Zhou Chen continued to give various orders, more than 100 disciples wearing white turbans, holding bows and crossbows, and bird guns quietly walked to the front of the team under the leadership of their respective altar masters, and aimed their weapons at the door.
Liu Ximing was a little worried at the moment, he took the Long Xiang regiment around along the road, but he couldn't find the way to the main hall, although he heard someone blowing the whistle, he thought that he was gathering troops, but he couldn't get around.
I thought that I had written down the layout of the manor, and found the main courtyard, which is the matter of sprinkling water, but I thought that the people who received the Yuan Sect were so interesting, and the Zhuangzi was full of rockery paths, and after a few circles, a group of turtles were dizzy.
Moreover, the three or four hundred of them rushed here for so long, and no one from the Yuan Sect came up to stop him, so that he couldn't even catch anyone who led the way.
"Second brother, look at the courtyard in front", Shao Derong took the sword and shield hand to explore the way in front, and saw a fire in the courtyard in front of him, he hurriedly reported to Liu Ximing.
"Rush in, people block and kill, Buddha blocks and kills Buddha", it was not easy to find a place where there was movement, Liu Ximing did not intend to hide it, it was right to hit and rush.
The soldier of the third song kicked the gate of this small courtyard open, but before they could see the situation inside, a sound of "hit Lao Tzu" came.
"Whoosh", "Bang"
The crossbowmen who stood in the front row of the Yuan Sect immediately launched the bows and arrows and bird guns and other weapons in their hands, although the third song was protected by shields, but in a hurry, there were still many people who were shot in the shoulders, thighs and other places without shields, and more than a dozen people were even pierced by the shields, and the gate of the courtyard was suddenly in chaos.
"your grandma", Liu Ximing's eyes were red when he heard this voice, and he immediately picked up the megaphone and shouted: "Quickly withdraw and prepare for the first song."
"Rush, press it all up."
Zhou Chen waited for his subordinates to finish releasing the arrows, and immediately ordered all of them to charge, and hundreds of Yuan Collectors rushed towards the gate with a shout, the sword and shield hands of the Long Xiang Regiment had just been hit by a round of long-range weapons, and now they were taken aback by their posture.
Fortunately, when Liu Ximing shouted to the sword and shield hands to retreat, more than a dozen uninjured soldiers immediately rushed up from behind with shields and resisted in front, while the rest of the soldiers grabbed the collars of their comrades who were still alive and kept withdrawing back.
These were all standard training movements that belonged to the Long Xiang Regiment, so the soldiers of the third song retreated in one go, but before they could step out of the courtyard, the Yuan Sect had already rushed up.
The third soldier who was in the front row saw a fierce and vicious disciple swinging his knife towards him, he immediately held the shield in his left hand and raised it upwards to block the knife, and his right hand was forceful, stabbing the waist knife in his hand fiercely.
"Poof", this person probably didn't expect the forestry to move so quickly, and fell to the ground with a scream of "ah" and died in pain.
But in an instant, another knife slashed at Forestry from the side, and Forestry was in the stage of drawing the knife at this time, and this knife was cut from his right hand, and it was not even easy to block.
Just when Lin Lin thought he was going to confess here, a "duang" sounded, and one of his comrades blocked the knife with a shield, and the two sides fell into a chaotic battle.
The soldiers of the third song were limited by the size of the courtyard gate, and they were forced to withdraw step by step outside the door, and many soldiers fell in the process.
Liu Ximing knew that he was going to suffer when he saw the Shuyuan disciples rushing up just now, the venue here was narrow, and he could only fight hard, but looking through the gap in the crowd, there seemed to be hundreds of Shuyuan disciples, and if he continued like this, he would definitely suffer a loss.
"The second song went up to help resist it, and the guards prepared the bombs."
After Lin Lin dodged a knife, he was about to swing his knife and slash back, but he saw that the enemy in front of him was suddenly pierced by a spear, and the pressure on the battlefield around him was suddenly reduced.
Before the Collectors could fill in the empty space that had fallen in the doorway, the sound of "bang" and "bang" sounded among them in a hurry, and from time to time the sound of objects cutting through the air at high speed was heard.
After the establishment of the Ordnance Bureau, the bombs of the Longxiang Regiment were remodeled, from the original ceramic bottle packaging into a thin iron shell, which was divided into two layers, the middle was filled with gunpowder, and the outer layer was filled with many small steel balls.
However, in order to ensure the power, the gunpowder charge was still not small, and the whole bomb still looked a little coarse, which was disliked by Liu Ximing.
However, I don't think this group of Collectors will think so, and the bomb thrown by the guards crossed the courtyard wall in a parabola, and exploded right in the middle of the Collectors, instantly blowing them up to the point of howling wolves and crying to the sky.
Where have these Collecting Yuan Sect disciples seen this kind of warfare, and when they saw that bombs were constantly being thrown in, they were so frightened that they hugged their heads and ran around, and the disciples who were originally standing on the front line and fighting with the Long Xiang Regiment also began to hide in the courtyard when they saw this situation.