The fire spread almost to the entire northern city of Shouchun, and as far as the eye could see, the flames spread outward along the chessboard-like streets, infecting, devouring everything that passed by, and there was no corner where the thieves could hide.

And the thieves don't need to continue to hide, the officials and soldiers in the city have all withdrawn to the west gate, what is the use of them hiding in the city?

The thieves hidden in the alleys of the houses burst out of the flames, as if driven behind by the fire, they squeezed out of the leaf-like paths, and then gathered into the streets, twisting into a torrent,

This should be all the thieves in the city, the northeast fire is the most vigorous, and it is impossible for the thieves to jump over the sea of fire to come.

These ambush soldiers arranged by Lei Youde in the city were all dressed in a full set of heavy armor, but due to the limitation of hiding places in the city, they only had short bows and arrows, and no long weapons.

The thieves who rushed like a torrent swung their short knives all over the sky, and the blades shone brightly in the red light of the flames, and the blood of the people was already red.

Lan Ziyi stood inside the city gate and looked at the thieves rushing from the street,

Some of the officers and soldiers have not left the city, but at the current rate, it is impossible for the thieves to catch up with the remaining officers and soldiers in the city.

Qi Rongxun has already arranged the Shenji Battalion above and below the city gate,

Lan Ziyi's arrangements in the city are not clear, but Qi Rongxun's arrangements at the city gate Lan Ziyi can see them clearly.

Qi Rongxun lined up several rows of shotgunners at the city gate, the first row of soldiers leaning on the city gate knelt on one knee, and the second row stood and raised their guns.

After the last soldiers rushed into the city from outside the gate, Qi Rongxun gave a loud order

"Forward!"

Hearing the order, several rows of shotgunners got up and marched forward, these soldiers walked in unison, arranged neatly, Lan Ziyi praised in his heart, and Lan Ziyi had seen a lot of infantry drills in Luoyan Pass, but he had really never seen such a well-trained person as the Shenji Battalion,

When he arrived at the entrance of the city gate, Qi Rongxun ordered again:

"Stop! Lined up! ”

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion immediately stopped, the first row of soldiers squatted down again, and the muskets of the first two rows of sergeants pointed directly outside the city gate.

The thieves on the street are crowded with people, and everyone looks hideous under the smoke and fire, and they run like Yin soldiers asking for their lives, which is extremely terrifying.

Lan Ziyi glanced at the outside of the city and felt frightened, but Qi Rongxun and his soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were fearless, and there was a momentum of Mount Tai collapsing forward without being surprised.

Qi Rongxun stood alone on the side of the formation, holding the long knife behind his waist, the corners of his mouth were slightly constricted, and his face was cold, like a tiger and arhat in the temple.

As the thieves approached closer and closer, Lan Ziyi could already feel the vibration coming from the soles of his feet, and the other defenders in the urn city also began to whisper, their voices full of panic.

The thieves were originally afraid that there were officials and soldiers in the city to release arrows, but after rushing to the range of the bow and arrows, the thieves found that there were no officials and soldiers to release arrows to stop them from advancing.

Seeing that the thieves were about to rush into the city gate, Lan Ziyi couldn't sit still, and quietly said to Qi Rongxun next to him:

"Do you want to send two factions of pikemen to the front of the team to take precautions?"

Qi Rongxun stretched out his hand to stop Lan Ziyi and said coldly:

"It's too late, and it won't be needed."

As soon as he finished speaking, the thief rushed into the hole in the city gate, and if he went further, he would pounce on the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion.

Lan Ziyi looked at Qi Rongxun, who was unmoved, and then looked at the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who were expressionless and could not move, his heart was not good, and he was about to order the sergeant behind to come up and block the door, but Qi Rongxun shouted at this time and ordered:

"Aim - shoot!"

When Qi Rongxun's words fell, the thief had already rushed into the door halfway, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion listened to the order and pulled the trigger.

The fire rope ignited the charge in the powder pool, and in an instant a red light appeared, and the heavy smell of sulfur drifted into people's noses with the wind, and the crisp sound of the silver bottle bursting reached everyone's ears, shaking people's eardrums.

Lan Ziyi was blocked by the smoke of the shotgun and couldn't see the scene in the city gate cave, but the sound of the guns could not hide the screams of the thieves in the city gate cave, and this round of shotgun salvo had an obvious effect.

The Shenji Battalion had just shot a round, and Qi Rongxun ordered:

"Ready!"

The first two rows of Shenji Battalion soldiers who had just finished shooting heard the order and retreated from both sides, reloading gunpowder while retreating, and at the same time, the last two rows of Shenji Battalion soldiers lit the fire rope, and as soon as the position in front of them was vacated, the first row of soldiers knelt on one knee as before,

When Qi Rongxun saw that the sergeants were ready, he immediately ordered:

"Aim - shoot!"

The two platoons of soldiers listened to the order and lit the fire, and there was another burst of lightning and thunder, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and there were screams again in the city gate cave.

After the shooting, the two rows of Shenji Battalion soldiers who had just put their guns down again retreated from both sides, the difference was only that this time the Shenji Battalion soldiers in the back row took two steps forward, stood in the position of the previous Shenji Battalion soldiers, and opened fire here under Qi Rongxun's order.

The Shenji battalion in the city began to release guns when the muskets at the city gate were put into the second round, and the thieves at this time crowded out the front row, blocking the water.

When the gunfire rang out at the head of the city, the lead bullets from the barrel of the gun hit the crowd and splashed up a mist of blood.

The screams of the thieves came and went, Qi Rongxun and the commanders of the Shenji battalion also gave orders one after another, echoing each other from afar, the gunfire in the city and under the city was loud, and it never stopped, Lan Ziyi looked at the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion in front of him exchanging shots one row after another, and even had an illusion that the shooting never stopped, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion seemed to be completing their instincts, charging, ignition, shooting, without a trace of emotional change, without a little hesitation, only the chaotic footsteps and terrible screams of the thieves in the city gate cave, But no one came out of the doorway.

The thieves couldn't hold on any longer, and the outermost thieves began to flee, they were far away from the city walls, and the range of shotguns could not effectively reach them, so these people fled, and those who stood under the hole in the city gate, ready to rush into the city, were not so lucky, the top-down lead pill was extremely lethal, often after penetrating a thief, the projectile shattered, and turned into a piece of strong iron filings wrapped in flesh and blood to spray another thief behind.

The thieves here wanted to leave as soon as they saw that the situation was not good, but the muskets at the head of the city would not let them go, and the thieves who turned and fled could not walk a few steps before they were hit by lead bullets, fell to the ground and vomited blood, and could not get up again.

Gradually, the shotgun sound stopped, and when the smoke cleared, only a corpse remained inside the west gate.

In fact, from Lan Ziyi's point of view, he can't see the situation outside the city, because the city gate hole is all filled with the corpses of thieves.

These corpses were poured together, and it can be seen that after being attacked by a platoon of guns for a few rounds, the thieves in the doorway wanted to withdraw, but they were blocked by the people behind them, and they had to face the shotguns in front of them, and finally died in a strange and miserable manner.

After everything was over, Qi Rongxun shouted an order to order the shotgunners of the Shenji Battalion to retreat, and then assigned some forbidden army sergeants to take short soldiers to the city gate cave to check the corpses of the thieves.

Seeing that Qi Rongxun was no longer commanding the battle, Lan Ziyi stepped forward and asked:

"Qi Hou put the thief so close just now, it really scared me to death."

Qi Rongxun says:

"Shotguns are not as good as bows and arrows, don't expect to hit people 80 steps away, I put in the thieves in order to maximize the power of the shotgun, and after the thieves enter the city gate, they will be blocked by their own people, so that they can kill and injure the thieves more."

Lan Ziyi listened to Qi Rongxun's explanation, and looked at the corpse of the thief in the cave of the city gate.

The Eastern Army's combat is really different from the Northern Army, the Northern Army's firearms use at most one tiger squat cannon, and even the tiger squat cannon is not used much in the field, but Qi Rongxun can command the shotgunners of the Shenji Battalion to arrange a row of guns, and the combat power is amazing, Lan Ziyi can't help but think that one day the Northern Army will fight with the Eastern Army, how can his cavalry break through the shotgunners of the Eastern Army.

But now there is not enough time for Lan Ziyi to think, since the thieves' pursuers have been repulsed, then they should also leave the city as soon as possible.

All the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion at the head of the city went down to the urn city, and then after these soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were cut off, the others withdrew from the west gate to the outside of the city.

Qiu Wenruo, who went out of the city first, had already arranged for the various armies to go out of the city one after another, and after Lan Ziyi and them all withdrew from the city, the soldiers immediately started to move.

After leaving the city, he didn't want to be so narrow in the city, in order to prevent the thieves from pursuing, Lan Ziyi deliberately divided a part of the Jihu battalion soldiers, and Li Guangzhong led the baggage team behind the siege and march.

The soldiers lined up in a row and withdrew to the ferry port southeast of Slender Water.

According to the intelligence, there is a small ferry village six miles southeast of Shouchun, and Lan Ziyi and his family plan to withdraw there first, even if they don't have a boat, they can retreat south to Luzhou.

Although in addition to the city, Lan Ziyi is still worried, it is impossible for the thieves' army to be ignited by this fire, even if it is impossible to pursue them from the city, the thieves can also march west along the river, and then enter the thin water to threaten Lan Ziyi and them,

Therefore, during the march, Lan Ziyi and his family sent people to closely observe the situation on the surface of the thin water river next to them, for fear that the thieves would come along the river and threaten the whole army.

Lan Ziyi still led the forwards to the front of the team, they walked parallel to the city wall for a long time, and they were about to walk out of the city wall.

Lan Ziyi followed the fire in the city and kept observing the river, for fear that the pursuers would come from the waterway, but it seemed that he was too worried.

Just when Lan Ziyi was in a trance, Tao Zhuhu said to Lan Ziyi:

"Young master, look ahead, there is a thief!"

When Lan Ziyi heard the news, the first reaction in his mind was: Did the thief come out of the south gate?

But after following the direction of the peach and the tiger, Lan Ziyi found that he seriously underestimated the threat of thieves, although the black light in front of him was blind, but under the flickering light of the flames in the city, Lan Ziyi could see that the thieves not far in front of him were dignified, with a large number of people, this was definitely not a sporadic thief who ran out of the city.

As the vanguard, the soldiers of the Jihu battalion had already seen the army of thieves in front, and Tao Zhuhu hurriedly ordered the sergeant to inform Qi Rongxun in the back, and quickly changed the marching column into a combat phalanx.

At this moment, the torches were lit in the thief array, and several horsemen walked from the formation to the front of the formation, and a familiar voice shouted from afar:

"Wei Hou is okay here?"

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