Chapter 137: The Fall
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Huang Shengqiang beckoned his gunners to climb up to the roof along the ladder, and pulled up the two tiger squat cannons with ropes, and immediately set them up on the top of the fort that Xiao Tianjian had temporarily built for them, and began to load them up.
More than 30 gunners with bird-wielding guns also stood in the courtyard to quickly reload, and some people erected several ladders for them on the courtyard wall.
Luo Li was not idle, he borrowed more than 30 soldiers from Yan Chongxi, prepared a ladder, went out of the courtyard, and hid in a place where the corner tower of the Li family's mansion could not be reached.
Xiao Tianjian shouted at those firecrackers: "Up!" Kill those bastards on the corner tower for me! ”
The musketeers who had been loaded immediately climbed up the ladder, picked up the muskets, and aimed at the corner tower not far from them, and as soon as the shots rang out, several of the housekeepers on the corner tower were immediately pressed on the corner tower, and two guys were shot on the spot, rolling and falling down the corner tower, and the remaining firecrackers took turns climbing the ladder and lying on the courtyard wall and kept taking turns firing at the corner tower, so that the few housekeepers on the corner tower jumped around, and they were put down after a while.
"Put!" Xiao Tianjian just watched the firecracker shoot at the family member on the corner tower, but he couldn't help but hear Huang Shengqiang roar beside him.
I only heard two loud bangs, which sounded in Xiao Tianjian's ears, which made Xiao Tianjian's ears buzz, and he couldn't hear the sound for a short time.
Xiao Tianjian kicked Huang Shengqiang, who was squatting beside him, and scolded: "You bastard! Fire the cannon without notifying me in advance, do you want to deafen Lao Tzu? ”
Huang Shengqiang bared his teeth and laughed, and hurriedly excused Xiao Tianjian.
Xiao Tianjian didn't bother to investigate whether Huang Shengqiang was this guy, and hurriedly stretched out his head from behind the table of the Eight Immortals to look at the roof of the Li family, this time he was happy, just now he was still showing off his might on the roof and throwing bricks, and more than a dozen members of the Li family who put guns, this moment seemed to be swept by a broom, and they all rolled off the roof with a scream and fell into the yard, Xiao Tianjian heard an exclamation from the courtyard of the Li family, and could even hear Li Wangjin's voice that had roared like a broken gong, Beckoning people to hurry up to the roof again and stare outside.
Luo Lidang, who had already prepared, heard the sound of the cannon, and immediately rushed out with more than 30 soldiers in a loud voice, carrying a ladder on the courtyard wall of the Li family, and climbed up with a shield with a strange scream.
"Don't be stunned! The firecrackers also rushed out and climbed up! I hit it from above into the garden! Kill those bastards for me! Xiao Tianjian saw that more than 30 musketeers were still busy loading ammunition in the courtyard, waiting for him to give an order, so he shouted at them while plucking out his ears.
Only then did the firecrackers react, and they rushed out of the courtyard one by one with the bird's guns, and followed Luo Li and they climbed up.
But Li Wangjin also knew very well that once the roof was lost, they would be finished, so he personally took a dozen Zhuang Ding to grab the roof, preventing Luo Li from climbing on the roof, and the two sides fought at the edge of the roof.
Xiao Tianjian was so anxious that he shouted: "Luo Li retreat!" Huang Shengqiang, you give me another shot! ”
Huang Shengqiang beckoned a few of his gunners to quickly reload the tiger squat cannon, and as soon as he finished reloading, he shouted loudly: "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! It's time to fire! ”
After Luo Li's subordinates heard it, they slid down the ladder one by one, and Huang Shengqiang on this side immediately yelled again: "Let ...... go"
And Li Wangjin, who was standing on the roof, also heard the roar here, and was immediately frightened that one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas went out of his body, knowing that the other party was going to bombard them again, and in a hurry, he didn't care about greeting his subordinates, so he jumped down from the roof more than a foot high, and landed in the courtyard with a bang, and then heard his screams like killing pigs.
"......Boom" was another loud bang, a tiger squat cannon spewed out a burst of flames, jumped up, the roof on this side was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, choking Xiao Tianjian coughed loudly, so this time he had a defense, he covered his ears in time, so he was not shocked, after the smoke dispersed, he looked at the opposite side, and then looked at the dozen or so Li family members who had just climbed on the roof, at this time they were bombarded like a sieve, and fell on the roof, and a few fell off the roof on the spot, and there was no one to see.
But Xiao Tianjian didn't be happy for long, the other tiger squat cannon on his side was dumb at this time, Huang Shengqiang asked people to pour in the primer again, lit a cannon, and finally set off this cannon, one hundred and ten lead stones hit the tiles on the roof opposite, and there was a crackling sound, but then only a huge clicking sound was heard under their feet, and a group of people screamed and fell.
It turned out that there was obviously a problem with the quality of the roof of this family, and after withstanding several consecutive shots, the rafters actually broke, and suddenly the simple fort fell, and even a few people, including Xiao Tianjian, were caught off guard, and collapsed into the house at once.
"Ahem! Grandma's! Who held down Lao Tzu! Pull Lao Tzu out! Xiao Tianjian coughed loudly in the dusty room amid the exclamations of a group of people.
Several soldiers hurriedly rushed into the house, and picked up Xiao Tianjian and several others from the rubble, including the tiger squat cannon.
Xiao Tianjian limped out of the house with a disgraced face, and he was so depressed in his heart! Hit a Li Jiazhuang, he was really embarrassed enough, first he was stabbed and shot, and then he fell into the house, which is really unlucky!
At this time, he couldn't care about the pain on his body, and went out to ask the iron head, "Has Luo Li attacked?" ”
"Go up! It's been attacked! Tietou looked at Xiao Tianjian's face covered with dust, and hurriedly answered while looking for something to wipe his face.
Xiao Tianjian grabbed the wet cloth handed over by the iron head and wiped his face, and then took the iron helmet that had just been picked up and buckled it on his head, only then did he hear the sound of rows of guns on the roof of the courtyard next door, and then he heard someone screaming in the Li family compound.
Xiao Tianjian nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's not bad!" As long as the commanding heights are controlled, then the Li family is finished! Yan Chongxi, transfer some more brothers over and knock open the courtyard gate of the Li family for me to enter! Grandma's! This surnamed Li really Lao Tzu! ”
Looking at Xiao Tianjian's embarrassed appearance, Yan Chongxi and the others couldn't help but laugh, but they didn't dare to laugh in front of Xiao Tianjian, they held back a smile one by one, and hurriedly led the order to run out, beckoned more people, found a big log, and rushed towards the gate of the Li family.
Luo Li took dozens of subordinates to occupy the roof of the front yard of the Li family, and the firecrackers kept loading and firing guns at the Zhuang Ding below, while the rest of the people removed the roof tiles and smashed them downward, causing the Li family's family members in the courtyard to flee to the backyard.
Li Wangjin was carried to the backyard, looking at the people of the Xingtian Army on the roof of the front yard, he gritted his teeth with hatred, pushed away one of his subordinates who was supporting him, and said angrily: "Get out of the way!" You take a few people into the house, pour lamp oil into the house, set fire to the house for me, and burn those bastard thieves to death!" Just go! ”
The man was stunned, but immediately realized that this was a poisonous plan, and immediately beckoned the two housekeepers, and rushed back with the shield, and soon the house flashed with firelight, and the three people rushed out of the house with their heads in their hands, and fled to the backyard, with a row of gunshots, the two housekeepers who ran in front screamed, and a stream of blood spurted out of their backs, and they fell to the ground, and only one person fled back to the backyard.
Smoke quickly rose from the house in the front yard, and flames immediately came out of the doors and windows, and the window paper was quickly lit, and the fire burst into flames.
Luo Li was startled, saw the smoke coming out of all directions, scolded angrily and hurriedly beckoned his subordinates to remove the roof, the fire spread rapidly, some places were removed from the roof tiles, the flames quickly came out of the roof, a soldier was a little careless, stepped on the air to the vacancy, and his body fell down, the flames erupted from the gap around him, and he screamed loudly, and soon fell into the burning room, and his screams could not be heard in an instant.
However, most of the people withdrew safely before the fire was completely burned, and at this time the courtyard door made a clanging sound, and the thick door latch finally couldn't bear it under the huge impact outside, and it snapped off, and the courtyard door was immediately smashed open by the Xingtian Army from the outside, and a group of soldiers of the Xingtian Army rushed into the front yard of the Li family under the leadership of Yan Chongxi.
At this time, the front hall of the Li family was already a sea of fire, and the blazing flames rose into the sky, burning the wood in the room and crackling, making it impossible for people to approach at all.
Xiao Tianjian limped into the front yard, and was almost smoked by the heat wave in his face, looking at the scene in front of him, his temples were really angry, and he scolded: "This bastard surnamed Li is really ruthless!" I'd like to see how long they can last! Come on, search for Lao Tzu! Get me all the oil in the Zhuangzi! Throw it in the backyard and burn it for me! Aren't they going to play with fire? Lao Tzu, let's have enough fun! ”
After the fire in the Li family's mansion ignited, it didn't take much time for several courtyards that were still resisting to open their doors and surrender, but Xiao Tianjian had already ordered him to surrender at first, and he could completely care whether they surrendered or not, so even if the Li family members in these courtyards surrendered, they were still hacked to death in the courtyard by the soldiers of the Xingtian Army who swarmed in, leaving only some women who were not killed.
In accordance with Xiao Tianjian's instructions, the soldiers of the Xingtian Army collected a lot of fire oil and other things from all over Lijiazhuang, put them in jars, and threw them on the houses in the backyard of the Li family through the walls, and then someone threw torches on them, although it had just rained heavily, and many houses were still wet, but He Nai was thrown into a lot of oil cans, and the fire still burned instantly.
The entire Li family's compound was on fire, the flames rose to the sky, and the billowing smoke went straight to the sky, burning the people of the Li family in the backyard.
Li Wangjin's hair, which was roasted by the fire, curled up, stood in the courtyard with a hideous face and scolded outside, and Li Fengtian was also on crutches at this time, standing beside him with a look of despair, and shouted to the sky: "Oh my God! Could it be that our Li family is really going to be so broken! Oh my! Open your eyes and kill these damned thieves! Duan Youzhi, you puppet, you don't save you when you die, my son will never spare you! and Liu Wencai, you bastard, how much money you have taken from the old man over the years, but you can't save you when you die, even if the old man is a ghost, he won't spare you! ”
Listening to his father's cursing, Li Wangjin was impatient to the extreme, this disaster was a disaster for their Li family, if it weren't for his father who thought that this surnamed Xiao was easy to provoke, and let people take the officers and soldiers of the county town to slaughter the nest surnamed Xiao, he would not have caused such a big disaster, but now he blames this and that, and now it is useless to say this.
At this moment, he could not care about the old thing, so he turned his head and nodded to a few of his cronies, and ordered them: "Go and prepare the horses quickly!" Rush out of the back door with me, go through the east gate and kill out, I can't stay here! ”
"Wangjin! What are you doing? You're gone, what should Dad do? After Li Fengtian scolded for a while, he suddenly heard his son's voice, and hurriedly rushed over, grabbed Li Wangjin's sleeve, and asked him.
Li Wangjin flicked his arm impatiently, and suddenly shook the old thing and sat down on the ground, Li Wangjin replied with a look of disgust: "Dad! Where there is life, there is hope! If you don't leave, I'm afraid you'll die here, so take care of yourself! ”
"Rebel! You rebel! Are you going to leave your father alone? I have raised you so much, do you just abandon your father and run for your life? Li Fengtian sat on the ground and pointed at Li Wangjin and scolded.
Li Wangjin glanced at his father and said angrily in disgust: "Could it be that you want me to accompany you to die?" Outside are all the subordinates of thieves surnamed Xiao, and this family can't stay anymore! If it weren't for you, why would our family be in such a catastrophe? Now you let me die with you, an old immortal, I haven't lived enough! Ask for your own blessings! ”
While speaking, several of Li Wangjin's subordinates took out a few good horses from the stable, Li Wangjin reached out and pulled out a saber, turned over and jumped on a horse, and shouted: "Open the back door and rush out with me!" We still have a way to survive after killing Zhuangzi, and there is only one way to die if we stay here! Kill! ”
Several family members hurriedly opened the back door, and Li Wangjin immediately took some of the remaining family members to kill them outside the courtyard gate.
But just when Li Wangjin rode his horse out of the back door, he was suddenly shocked to see a row of soldiers of the Xingtian Army standing in front of them blocking the back door of their house, each holding a bird gun in their hands, and there was a fire rope burning behind the gun body, they were carefully blowing the fire rope and aiming the gun at the back door of the Li family.
An obscene man stood on the side of this row of soldiers, with a sinister smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he was looking at a group of dead people, staring at Li Wangjin who rushed out of the back door, holding a single knife in his hand, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Release!" ”
The platoon of soldiers armed with bird guns immediately pulled the trigger, and the dragon head stuck with the fire rope suddenly fell into the medicine pool, and puffs of gunpowder smoke immediately erupted from the muzzle of the gun......