When Guangwu carried a broadsword and led reinforcements to the north of the fort, everything seemed irreparable.

The officers and soldiers had already poured into the castle, and in only this short period of time they had occupied and burned half a block, and in the midst of the cries and battles and the sky-high fires, there were still countless officers and soldiers rushing into the castle on the main road in the back mountain.

Originally, there were only 500 signatures and 500 soldiers, but under the stimulation of rewards and head bounties, it was the masters who followed the officers and soldiers who were only responsible for escorting grain, grass and baggage, and at this time they also picked up spare swords and guns, and burst out with red eyes The most vicious ugliness in their hearts broke out and entered the fortress, which made the morale of the officers and soldiers who were originally like a rainbow higher.

However, the situation of the Chenjiabao garrison is getting worse and worse, just after being attacked by a sneak attack, it lost sixty elite soldiers, and when it was attacked by a sneak attack, it lost another twelve comrades of a small team.

In the reinforcement passes, nearly 50 warriors were lost one after another, so that when it was chaotic, a total of more than 130 brothers were lost, which accounted for 40% of the entire garrison, and all of a sudden Guangwu's strength suffered heavy losses.

Even the remaining brothers have to set aside a part to strictly guard the city walls everywhere, and they can't let the officials and soldiers take advantage of the chaos to occupy them, which makes Guangwu almost useless.

The militia also has a certain combat effectiveness, but the problem is that the officers and soldiers raided suddenly, and they occupied half of the castle at once, and most of those militiamen did not have time to get up, and even if some of them got up, they were only fighting on their own, and they did not form a formation at all, and they could not play a joint force.

The reinforcements brought by Guangwu are only 200 brothers, and if they really want to line up the gun array, they can resist these officers and soldiers for a while, and then they can fight for a while to organize the militia to join, and they can also fight against these officers and soldiers, as long as they hold on for a while, and when the fanaticism of the officers and soldiers dissipates, they can be killed, and Guangwu has this kind of confidence.

But the worst thing is that this is inside the castle, the streets are narrow, and there is no wide front at all, and at the same time, all sides have been occupied by the officers and soldiers, who can rush out in any direction at any time to attack the back or flank of the gun array.

"Hurry up and gather the people and withdraw to the west city." Hirotake decisively shouted to the deputy who was following closely beside him.

"Yes, let's get out of the city first, and have a good fight with the dog officers and soldiers in the fields outside the city." The deputy stabbed to death an officer who was screaming and pounced, and then kicked the corpse away and shouted in response.

It's really stuffy, and the power of his gun array is endless, but at this time, he can't play anything, and what everyone usually trains is this simple and practical assassination, and it pays attention to the martial arts of group cooperation rather than fighting alone. What's more, now that his brothers are equipped with spears, they suffer even more in such a chaotic battle.

Now, since they can't form a front, the combat effectiveness of these brothers and those officers and soldiers is no different, and when the strength is equal when one against one, then when the family is outnumbered, it will suffer a big loss.

Withdraw from the city, form a gun formation in the field, and fight against the officers and soldiers, even now these three hundred men can definitely win the battle.

"What retreat to the outside of the city?" With a wave of his hand, Guangwu hacked to death an officer besieging his brother, relieving the strength of the one-to-three brother. "We can't withdraw from the city, but we will retreat to the south gate, and then we will defend the south gate."

The vice captain stabbed a sign to death again, and was very puzzled by the arrangement of the captain Guangwu, guarding the south gate, and not being able to give full play to the advantages of the gun array, so he could only rely on that section of the city wall as a geographical advantage, but could the city wall be defended by these brothers? Also, there is no point in holding on to this section of the wall.

He thinks that this is Guangwu is afraid of the crime of dealing with the lost fortress, and he is afraid of being executed by the king of military law, and the king is easy to talk about and has no temper, but it does not mean that he is slack in military law, and the sergeant in charge is not recognized by his six relatives.

"Okay, then I'll accompany you to guard the south gate."

After the two brothers replaced his place, he carried a bloody gun, ran outside the war group, and began to greet the militia who were still running here, ready to join the battle: "The captain has an order, hurry up and protect the people's families and retreat to the south gate, quickly, quickly." ”

The fire burned even more vigorously, and there were constant screams and laughter from the officials and soldiers in the houses on all sides, and Guangwu in front of him with a group of brothers was sacrificing his life to block the attack, everything was already in chaos, and it was necessary to speed up.

The militia civilians who have been trained in peacetime are stronger than those who have not been trained, and first of all, they have enough mental capacity to bear it, and they also know how to organize, and the acceptance of military orders has become a habit.

After receiving the order from the captain, the militia who rushed over began to rush to the surrounding courtyards and houses, began to save the women, children and elderly people who had been killed by the officers and soldiers, and then led them to the south gate.

Guangwu saw that he had withdrawn behind him for a while, and hurriedly led his brothers to rescue the brothers who were trapped in the enemy formation, and after withdrawing for a while, a small gun formation was formed on the street, and began to block and kill the swarming officers and soldiers, so that the offensive momentum of the officers and troops became slow.

Guangwu wiped the sweat and blood on his face, and shouted at his brothers who couldn't go into battle: "Hurry up and divide your men and set fire to the houses on both sides, quickly, quickly." ”

After getting this military order, those brothers were stunned for a while, they were all the people's belongings, there was no way for the officials and soldiers to set fires, how could they set fire to themselves? That's a violation of military law, and it has to be executed by the prison sergeant, is it possible that the captain is confused?

"Only by setting fire to the house can we cut off the offensive path of the officers and troops left and right, and also cut off the idea of the officers and troops to attack quickly with the help of the houses, so that more people can have time to retreat."

Guangwu explained loudly that this military order must be explained clearly, or there will be a possibility of disobeying the military order, because King Chuang stipulates that all actions are under command and resolutely implemented, and there are no conditions, but it is also stipulated that once there is something unfavorable to the people in the military order, no matter who can resolutely refuse, where is his own order now, it is still unfavorable to the people, it is simply a scourge to the people, and the sergeant who can't follow behind him has the right to cut himself first.

"It doesn't matter if the house burns, as long as this battle is won, I will ask King Chuang to build a new one for everyone." Guangwu shouted again.

Now everyone understood, so they looked for fire and began to set fire to the people's houses.

Zhou Ji supervised the formation behind the battle, and he felt fortunate to be easily handed, it seems that the Qi family's art of war is effective.

At the same time, I also saw the combat effectiveness of the garrison, it was really not nonsense, if it weren't for such a chaotic battle, their own signatories and military men would really not be their opponents, but that ruthlessness would not be something that their subordinates could have.

This is also thanks to the decision of the thousand households to let everyone burn and kill, such a burning and looting did greatly inspire the signing of the Ding Junhan, as well as those masters, you see, under the stimulation of this military order, the cowards who did not even dare to face people with their eyes are now turned into hungry wolves, Zhou Ji heard with his own ears a man with a big burden running while cursing fiercely: "Why are you thieves' families richer than mine, why are thieves' families having rice, why can you live in a good house, And my cave doesn't even have window paper, why - if you want to be poor, we will be poor, I will kill you, I will burn you. ”

"Your Excellency, your Excellency." The thousand households suddenly ran over with a big knife.

"You pickled thing, you don't command in front of the formation, what are you yelling for?" Zhou Ji was furious and pointed at Qianhu's nose and scolded.

"My lord, the thieves are retreating." Qianhu didn't care about Zhou Ji's anger, and jumped to his feet and shouted.

"Then don't pursue, surround them, can't give them a chance to form a formation, quick, fast."

"No, the thief will not retreat after the break, and the brother who originally walked through the house and over the wall was also cut off by the fire set by the thief himself."

Zhou Ji was stunned, not to mention, this thief was really decisive, and after seeing the crux of the problem, he was willing to burn his house. Looking at the thief who set fire to the command after it was broken, and then looking at the thousands of households in the nest, Zhou Ji couldn't help but sigh, how can such a person be willing to be a thief?

"Then what are you doing in a daze, hurry up and send the master to put out the fire."

The thousand households agreed and ran to beckon the master to carry water and put out the fire.

Looking at the side of the desperate order of their own house, while their enemy is desperately trying to carry water to save the enemy's house, Zhou Ji feels that this is very weird, isn't it the other way around?

The city gate has been opened, the evacuated people, women and children have been evacuated, Guangwu and his bloodied brothers have occupied a section of the city gate, and at the same time, the deputy captain has also retreated to gather his brothers on the city wall in various places.

Guangwu didn't have time to look at Chenjiabao, which had been burned into a sea of fire, and he didn't have time to feel sorry for the materials there, and now the first thing was to count the number of people and find out his strength.

Look at the brothers gathered together, there are less than 100 of them, 100 of them are slightly injured, and more than 20 of them are seriously injured.

"The people have withdrawn from the city, so let us withdraw as well." The deputy captain reminded Guangwu again: "I will shoulder the responsibility for losing the fortress with the captain." When he said this, he was angry.

Guangwu glanced at him and said angrily: "Am I so irresponsible?" The main reason why I want to defend the city gate is to contain this group of officers and soldiers. If it weren't for our men, as long as we got to the field, the officers and soldiers would take out a few hundred people to contain us, and we wouldn't be able to move, while the other dog officers and soldiers could easily rush into the base area and drag through the retreat of the commander of the king. Now that our base area has almost become an undefended area, in case of that, they can burn and kill at will, and that will be the end of my death. ”

Looking at the officers and soldiers who slowly gathered under the city wall, the deputy captain suddenly realized and gave Guangwu a deep salute.

Guangwu ignored him, as long as he understood, now, as long as he was in the city for the first day, it was impossible and would not dare for the officers and soldiers to rush into the heart of the base area, and now, let his brothers, who were less than two hundred, entangle these officers and soldiers.