In Shixiang Town, the storage yard where the sentinel team was temporarily stationed was once again filled with fireworks and the strong smell of blood.

In the specially carved corners, the blood of a dozen hastily covered corpses had congealed, and twice as many of the lightly wounded who were lying on makeshift frames made of door panels, groaning and wriggling, were the price to pay after an attack from the other direction.

However, the damage dealt from the head-to-head encounter was actually minimal, and in the face of the archers who hurriedly turned around, the enemy attacking from the other side was not able to hold out for longer; Because of the slight delay in the yard, they were only able to rush closer to some of the western exits, and then they were blocked in front of the spearheads and blocked knives in the gap between the carts; Wielding a variety of weapons that were obviously shorter, he shouted and scolded angrily for a while without being able to advance an inch, and finally left some corpses that were poked to death, and then he had to call his father and mother and the relieved archers shot down, and once again fell apart and returned with feathers;

But in the final part of the process, there was an accident;

Because Zhou Huai'an, who was scanning the retreating enemy again, suddenly sensed that on the side of his defensive line, more than a dozen people secretly climbed the wall from the building; One of them had much stronger vital signs than the average person. And most of these casualties are almost the result of this person with exceptionally strong vital signs; Because he found it late, he had already let this man get very close, and rushed into the rear of the people who were waiting and relaying in turn, and slashed and killed indiscriminately;

Therefore, it was already too late to turn the head of the archers of the shooting team at once, especially the stout man in the lead, who was invincible with a heavy fork-headed iron rod; Those who were struck or touched by him either had flowers on the top of their heads and helmets, or their hands and feet were sunk into the brittle bones and flesh; There were many casualties and confusion and shaking from the inside out; If it weren't for the fact that the enemy on the street had been repulsed, the opportunity for the other party to cooperate would have been missed, and it would almost have resulted in a complete collapse of the enemy on the abdomen and back.

In the end, it was Lao Guan who waved a lacquered wooden sign to accompany most of the leading strong man's attacks at the cost of dislocating the finger of his left wrist, and created an opportunity for the besieging pawns to stab him with spears, and finally he fell to his knees with his hands and arrows with bows and arrows.

Although the distance between himself and the other party is still far away and safe, every time he tastes this, Zhou Huaian can't help but sweat coldly behind his back; A real war is indeed full of all kinds of accidents and uncertain probabilities, and a careless mistake is likely to develop into a total loss, or the result of a catastrophe from which it will never recover.

Then, between his contemplation and reflection, the new soldiers who had been scattered to clean up the battlefield and collect and recycle the available supplies fled back one after another in a startled stroll, and looked carefully behind them, but the defeated enemy had returned in a chaotic and resolute momentum.

This time they had finally learned to be obedient or had washed away the lesson, and the enemies standing in the front row had already picked up all kinds of baffles of different shapes and shapes, and in the loud shouting and driving in the rear, the cowering dog hugged his body and Cen almost pushed forward. However, with this buffer and clearance, the archers in the battalion were further expanded; In the end, more than 200 people picked up all kinds of bows and arrows and joined the battle sequence in the rear.

Although most of them are not necessarily proficient in the use of bows and arrows, in a critical situation, they only need to be able to pull the bowstring and radiate it in the general direction; Anyway, the street is so wide and the crowd is so dense that even if you shoot an arrow with your eyes closed, you have a certain probability of hitting; So under this kind of extremely unprofessional knitting on both sides, the fierce battle broke out again.

During this period, several times they were blocked by the enemy in front of them, and some people tried to climb up the eaves and break into the storage yard along the top of the building; But this time they encountered an unscrupulous pit, those few houses adjacent to the outer wall of the yard, the beams supporting the roof tiles have been tightened and broken only one line, and then suddenly after adding extra weight to the roof, it is a large man-made pit that even people with tiles collapsed into it, and as long as some sharpened and hardened bamboo chips are inserted at the bottom of the pit, it can ensure that those who fall down, few can climb out intact.

Then, on the other side, due to the negligence and haste of the defenders, and the thieves rushed under the fortifications of the doorway with relatively thick doors, and tried to make a diagonal way over the obstacles; This is where reserved contingency measures and killer measures come in handy. The red-hot charcoal of several large clay urns slanted from the side walls, and in an instant, sparks and carbon chips flew in the sky, and the scorching smoke that rolled and diffused, almost enveloped the thieves gathered on the small half of the street.

Not only did it burn the scorching stench of all kinds of skin and flesh on their exposed legs, feet, and arms, but it also ignited the clothes on their bodies and all kinds of baffles in their hands, most of which were flammable wood products; So, in the midst of the wailing and coughing and crying, there were people jumping straight in pain or slapping and rolling all over their bodies; The so-called offensive is also naturally called a puddle of jokes.

Fortunately, these two waves of thieves attacking from different directions did not have any obvious coordination and order, nor did they have a real connection and echo, so a chaotic wave of pigs burst over; Therefore, in the end, in front of the two exits, only dozens of corpses were left, and they didn't even touch the side of the door, so they were beaten again and retreated.

Then, this does not mean that things are getting better. Taking advantage of the interval when the enemy was repulsed with heavy losses, the tiger-faced Lao Guan also saw the rough interrogation of those occasional prisoners; It's just that the results are a bit surprising; The identities of these captives were very mixed, in fact, they came from different places and origins, ranging from fishermen and woodcutters from nearby villages, to the families of local tyrants from neighboring towns, or the guardians of local merchants in Shixiang Town, and one was actually a member of the waterway smugglers.

According to their confessions, the leaders who were responsible for leading and directing them were several former officials and village leaders, who were ordered to gather in Shixiang Town to do something big; As for the strong man who broke in and caused more than ten deaths and injuries, he is also a well-known figure with a very good background, he is the head of the house of the family of Su Taigong, one of the top two gentry in Sihui City, and Lu Pingxi, who is nicknamed "Iron Staff Lu" with an iron rod and shocks the mountains and forests, is also a well-known luxury figure in the local area.

This result couldn't help but make Zhou Huai'an's mind sink more and more, the more complex their origins are, the more aspects involved, the greater the pattern and plot of this incident; And the news that this kind of sturdy man came from Sihui County to support and strengthen the local actions means that the rebel army headquarters in the county town can no longer be counted on, and even the brigade commander Deng Cunzhi who went to visit him is afraid that it is also dangerous.

And the sound of fighting in the town is also intensifying, especially in the direction of going to the city gate, the spies have been sent out again and again, but there has been no one to report or contact back; I saw the fire and smoke in the distance, but the sound of the battle was slowly moving away.

The only thing that made him feel more at ease and relied on was that after a few battles, the morale had been boosted, and there were at least five hundred armed young men available here; At this time, getting rid of Deputy Lieutenant Lu, who was lying on the bed and chirping and lacked a sense of existence, the candidate with the highest command rank and prestige was undoubtedly the deputy Lao Guan who had been initially accustomed to taking his head as the leader. In this way, even if things go to the worst step, he has the corresponding strength to deal with one or two.

At this time, from the direction of the exit of the other return, the sentry accidentally brought back a man who was covered in mud and wet; It was the team leader who was in charge of guarding the yard before, only to see that his helmet and armor were gone, only a jet-black hitch and short span remained, and the spirit of the whole person seemed to have collapsed.

"It's over. It's all over."

After seeing Zhou Huai'an, he dreamily shouted in an extremely pessimistic and disappointed voice, as if he had given up on himself

"There are thieves in ambush on all sides."

The brothers who had gone to answer were trapped. I was also squeezed into the ditch and fell unconscious. ”

"When you get up, everyone is gone. There are only corpses left in one place. ”

"I'm only afraid of the captains in the city now, and it's even worse."

Then he was abruptly slapped by Zhou Huai'an and sat on the ground unconsciously.

"What nonsense are you talking about, do you want to mess with yourself and people's hearts?"

And Lao Guan also had a very tacit understanding and stepped forward and shouted angrily

"Wouldn't it be good for all of us to die?"

"The brothers outside are still fighting to the death. Just waiting for us to help. ”

"What do you think about it, dare you curse them like that?"

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Lao Guan still refused to give up that hope easily, and reminded himself of this reason.

"It's not a long-term way to respond to the enemy with passivity like this."

But after a flash of thought, he still followed the other party's words.

"Re-select some people who are brave enough to fight and still have the strength to spare."

"Rush out with me, and get the scattered brothers back first,"

"I should find a way for everyone."