Chapter 171: The Dead

Seeing that the brothers of the Xingtian Army were desperately heading towards Liujiabao, this Zhang Baochang gritted his teeth and waved his sword, and shouted to the more than 30 subordinate villagers who rushed out with him: "Brothers! We can't watch the brothers of the Xingtian Army being killed so casually by the official army! If it's a man, he rushed up with Lao Tzu and rescued them! ”

These more than 30 township soldiers had a look of fear in their eyes, but under the encouragement of Zhang Baochang, they still gritted their teeth and shouted, and then rushed out of Zhuangzi in formation and greeted the defeated Xingtian army.

When the fear reaches a certain level, it will really turn into fierceness in a certain situation, after these more than 30 township soldiers saw that Zhang Baochang rushing out like crazy, although they were frightened, they still gritted their teeth and followed him like a tiger rushing up, so that the generals of the Xingtian Army who had broken out, followed the one-armed Zhang Baochang and pounced on the official cavalry who was following the Xingtian Army team to cover the killing, and rushed over with a gun without hesitation. Immediately, the official cavalry who were desperately covering up and killing the people of the Xingtian Army were blocked, and the official cavalry had to slow down the pursuit and turn around to deal with this small group of tattered village soldiers first.

These township soldiers were only instantly submerged by the flow of officials and soldiers, and more than 30 township soldiers had little chance to fight back, so they could only huddle together, struggling to hold their spears, trying to resist the encirclement of the officers and soldiers, but their resistance seemed so pale and powerless, and after a while, they fell under the swords and guns of the officers and soldiers.

The one-armed Zhang Baochang struggled to smash a saber that was slashing at him, and as soon as he dropped his hand, he cut off a horse's leg and put a war horse on the ground, but at the same time, he was hit several times in his body, and even his spine was almost cut off on the spot, and his mouth was spurting blood, scolding angrily and struggling to stand up, but then an officer and soldier rushed over on horseback, and with a swing of the knife, his head immediately flew up, and after a while in the air, he fell to the ground......

It was such a short moment, but fortunately, it was this Zhang Baochang who led more than 30 township soldiers to slightly block the cavalry of these official troops, but bought a little time for Zhao Erdonkey, so that he led the rout to flee to the gate of Liujiabao.

A few generals who ran behind, turned their heads and just saw the tragic scene of the more than 30 township soldiers led by Zhang Baochang behind, one by one ashamed, they were all soldiers of the Xingtian Army, but they were chased and fled by the official army, but it was a group of villagers in Zhuangzi, but they desperately let them go, rushed forward knowing that they would die, and blocked the official cavalry for them, when they saw these more than 30 people falling in a pool of blood, they couldn't help but be full of grief and indignation, turned around to pounce on these township soldiers who came out to rescue them, but Zhao Erdonkey immediately stopped them, Zhao Erdonkey was also shocked by the courage of this small group of villagers, and felt guilty in his heart, but his brain, which was a little confused just now, became clear at this time, gritted his teeth and waited for his blood-red eyes, and shouted loudly: "Give me back!" Enter the village now! ”

A team general glared angrily at Zhao Erdonkey and shouted: "But they are here to save us, we can't just watch them die like this!" ”

Zhao Er Donkey also roared angrily: "I'm not fucking blind, Lao Tzu also saw it!" It's Lao Tzu who is sorry for them, but now you rushed back and saved them? Now I'm going to die when I go back! Then their brethren would die in vain! Give me a quick entry into the village, and you can still kill the enemy in the village to avenge them! Give it all to Lao Tzu! Let's fight with them in Zhuangzi! ”

After listening to this, the generals felt that what Zhao Erdonkey said was reasonable, so they cried and poured into the Zhuangzi, closed the door of the village with a bang, and found brick and stone logs in the village, and firmly killed the gate of the village.

At this time, Ma Liancheng also led a large number of officers and troops to rush to the gate of Liujiabao, and after seeing the remnants of these thieves fleeing into Zhuangzi, he immediately ordered to start attacking Zhuangzi, in order to completely kill this group of thieves, and he had relieved his hatred.

After Zhao Erdonkey cried and fled into Zhuangzi, he counted his soldiers, and found that in just over a mile, he almost lost half of his subordinates, more than 360 people, and at this time, there were less than 200 people left, such a big loss, almost made him almost collapse on the spot, he was a sentinel, in this battle, was almost completely disabled, so he held his head painfully and squatted in the village gate, recalling the scene just now, he watched a brotherhood like brothers, In an instant, he was slashed in his back by the official army, and just now the chief of the security led more than 30 villagers to rush into the enemy group without fear of death, blocking the scene of the pursuing soldiers for them, Zhao Erdonkey hugged his head and cried.

This is a team leader who strode to Zhao Erdonkey's side, stretched out his hand to grab the armor on Zhao Erdonkey's shoulder, and shouted to Zhao Erdonkey: "Brother Zhao, this is not the time to cry, the official army outside has begun to prepare to attack the village!" Let's find a way to resist them! Otherwise, all of us would have to stay here today! ”

After Zhao Erdonkey heard this, he put away his crying, stood up suddenly, grabbed his waist knife from the ground, and shouted at the subordinates in the village gate: "Give Lao Tzu the village wall and fight with the bandits outside!" Avenge our dead brethren! Kill me hard! Killing one is enough, killing two earns one! On the wall! ”

After saying that, he picked up his waist knife and strode up the village wall, looking outside the village.

At this time, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers were brave, and after a while, they had surrounded the small Liujiabao like an iron bucket, and began to set up a formation outside the village, and it didn't take long to piece together a number of long ladders, and sent a team of officers and soldiers to attack Zhuangzi with the long ladders.

Zhao Erdonkey took advantage of the opportunity of the preparation of the officers and soldiers outside the village, and also counted the firecrackers under him, so when he was defeated, he also brought back more than 60 firecrackers, although these firecrackers ran in a panic just now, but under the long-term training and education of the Xingtian Army, they had not forgotten the requirements of the officers, although they were panicked, but they did not throw away the bird guns in their hands, so this batch of firecrackers became the most powerful combat power in Liujiazhuang, and was placed on the wall of the village by Zhao Erdonkey, And they were divided into three groups to defend themselves against the enemy.

And there are more than 40 township soldiers in Zhuangzi, just now they all saw the tragic scene that happened outside the village, they all cried more than once, one by one gritted their teeth and picked up the guys, followed the soldiers to the village wall, gritted their teeth and looked at the black pressure of the officials and soldiers outside the village, vowing to fight with these officers and soldiers to break the net, in this way, the defeat just now not only did not defeat Zhao Erdonkey and his group of generals, but completely stirred up the blood of the remnants of these generals, taking advantage of the gap between the officials and the army outside the village. Zhao Erdonkey sent people to collect more rolling wood and stones in the village, and was ready to fight to the death.

Ma Liancheng looked at Liu Jiabao contemptuously, and smiled at his subordinates: "How powerful am I to be these thieves!" Yes, we still give it for nothing! Niu Tai, that stupid guy, would be beaten to the ground by such a thief, it's really ridiculous! ”

Several of his subordinates hurriedly praised Ma Liancheng for his good command, which made Ma Liancheng feel much more relaxed at this time, and sent people to collect the heads of those Xingtian army members killed outside the village, and picked them on the spears, so that people could pick their heads, and demonstrate their merits outside the village, and at the same time ordered to give the officers and cavalry Qian Zong and his subordinates a credit score, which was so unpleasant.

Looking at the heads of those robes who were carried by the officers and soldiers with spears, many people on the wall of the village scolded angrily, and some people looked at these brothers who got along day and night, but after a while, their heads were in different places, and their heads became the glory of the officials and soldiers, and they couldn't help but cry bitterly.

Zhao Erdonkey looked at the officials and soldiers outside the village, his face was pale, he knew that today's defeat could be said to be caused by his mistakes, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart, with his understanding of Xiao Tianjian, once Xiao Tianjian learned the reason for this defeat, he would definitely not be able to spare him, so his mood became even heavier.

After showing off outside the village, Ma Liancheng saw that the temporary patchwork ladder had been completed, so he immediately ordered to start attacking this Liujiabao and killing a chicken and dog here in the village.

So a battle of battle started in Liujiazhuang in an instant, inside and outside the village suddenly cannons, guns sounded one after another, hit the Liujiabao village wall rubble flying, the official army in the firepower of the current completely surpassed the firepower of Zhao Erdon in Liujiazhuang, the sentry of the horse, not long after, Zhao Erdonkey's generals, and dozens of people were killed and wounded.

And the firecrackers in the village also fought back like crazy, killing and wounding a lot of officers and soldiers, but compared to more than 2,000 officers and soldiers, the number of officers and soldiers they could kill and wound seemed so insignificant, and after a while, the bird guns in their hands began to overheat, and they had to stop shooting, but these officers and soldiers outside the village continued to attack Zhuangzi under the supervision of Ma Liancheng, so that before noon, the officers and soldiers launched two attacks on Liujiazhuang in a row. All kinds of hot and cold weapons were sprinkled like raindrops on the small Liujiabao.

And the subordinates of the Xingtian Army in the village also worked hard to prevent the officials from attacking under the village wall under the dense artillery arrows of the officials and soldiers.

After the situation arrives at this point, Liujiabao can be said to be full of dangers, like a flat boat on the sea in the midst of huge waves, which may be subverted in the huge waves at any time.

Zhao Erdonkey couldn't care so much at this time, he also knew that in the past three days, the trouble he had caused to the officials and soldiers had angered the officials and soldiers, and the officials and soldiers would definitely not spare them, so he gritted his teeth and commanded his generals to resist frantically, so that he could withstand the attack of the officials and troops.

This battle has been fought from noon to afternoon, the defenders of the village almost did not even have time to drink, as the attack of the official army became more and more fierce, gradually the people in the village could not support it.

Zhao Erdonkey himself was also hit by two arrows, fortunately, the armor on his body blocked the arrows and did not cause him much damage, but even so, he was tired and hoarse, his arms were sore, his legs were weak, his face was covered with dust, and then the sweat he shed made his face look sloppy, and he could hardly see his original face.

Looking at the officers and soldiers who came up again, Zhao Erdonkey also fell into despair, and couldn't help but sit on the village wall, his eyes looked towards the west bank of the Qin River, and said in his heart Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian, you said that you would come to support Lao Tzu, why haven't you come here yet! Could it be that today Lao Tzu and his brothers have to die here?

It was also at this time that the sound of Mingjin retreating suddenly sounded among the officers and soldiers, and those officers and soldiers who had rushed to the bottom of the village wall were stunned for a moment after hearing the sound of Mingjin, and then immediately retreated like a tide.

Zhao Erdonkey, who had already fallen into despair, was also stunned for a moment, I don't know why the official army suddenly withdrew its troops at this critical juncture, seeing that as long as they charged again, their remnants of the Xingtian army would no longer be able to stop their attack, but they chose to withdraw their troops at this time, what is this for?

So he turned his gaze to the north of Zhuangzi, and on the horizon, a scarlet banner suddenly appeared, and then a large number of black and suppressed soldiers and horses appeared, slowly advancing towards Liujiazhuang.