Xu Hongru was about to achieve a good deed, and when he heard that someone outside the door was disturbing him, he suddenly became annoyed, and said, "It's okay, just wait to guard the door." ”

Xu Hongru was originally injured a lot, and he was in a bad mood in the lonely city in the past few days, and after such a dispute, he was already quite tired, so he hurriedly sat next to Zhou Xiuying who was lying on the bed, panting constantly.

Zhou Xiuying and Xu Hongru were only a wall away from Ji Qingwen, and there was such a big movement inside the wall, he couldn't help but notice it, so he asked Li Yuanyin: "Commander Li, there seems to be something going on inside, I wonder if you have eyes and ears inside?" Do you know what's going on? ”

Li Yuanyin scratched his head and said, "There are indeed ears and eyes. But now that the two armies are fighting, even if they get the news, they can't spread it out! ”

Ji Qingwen thought about it, it was really the truth, but when he raised his eyes, he saw Huang Degong standing beside him, so he said to him: "Degong, look at the stick and pestle in your hand is very eye-catching here." You stick the stick in the ground, then you climb on the top of the stick and poke your head out to see what's going on. ”

Huang Degong rarely used his brain and said: "Boss, I have no problem with the stick, but I am big and heavy, so I am afraid that I will climb up and bend the stick." Why don't you order another brother to climb the pole, how about I give him a top? ”

As soon as Ji Qingwen heard Huang Degong's suggestion, it was really much stronger than he thought, so he immediately praised: "Good Huang Degong, it seems that you finally have something else in your head besides paste." You have a good idea, you see that the guy in my team is more dexterous, so let him climb your pole. Finding out the information can be regarded as a credit. ”

Huang Degong said that he would do it, ordered a slightly shorter sergeant in the Ming Wu Army, stuck the pole in a piece of mud that was not loose or hard, and held the stick with both hands, so that the sergeant trembled and climbed onto the head of the stick.

Huang Degong was born with divine power, and the stick was held firmly and firmly, and the sergeant climbed on the steel rod and looked at it carefully for a long time, and then climbed down and said: "My lord, it seems that there is a fight inside, and there doesn't seem to be, in short, it is very strange." ”

Ji Qingwen's face sank, and he said, "Don't you all know how to speak?" What the hell is going on inside? Tell me clearly. ”

So the sergeant talked to Ji Qingwen about the situation in the courtyard he saw, and added: "The one from the White Lotus Sect lying on the ground seems to be a little familiar, as if it is one of the two maids who have been following the White Lotus Sect's demon girl surnamed Zhou......"

Ji Qingwen was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't believe it, and asked, "You can see it clearly, don't talk nonsense to me here." ”

The sergeant arched his hand and said: "My lord, the White Lotus Sect, and the Zhou Demon Girl in the White Lotus Sect, how many times have they fought with us, not to mention that they are all recognized when they turn into ashes, but I remember the faces of several of them clearly, and I will never admit my mistake." ”

Ji Qingwen nodded, already believing it - the sergeant he sent was a musketeer in the team, his eyes were naturally good, and his mind was also very careful, so he should not recognize the wrong person.

But the more Ji Qingwen thought about it, the more terrible he felt: Su Liu and Qi Yun were Zhou Xiuying's personal girls, if something happened to them, it meant that Zhou Xiuying also had an accident, but now Zhou Xiuying is in the last "fortress" of the White Lotus Sect, and there is her own protection outside the fortress, as long as Ji Qingwen doesn't attack herself, then this is a safe place, what can happen?

But I heard the sergeant add, "Lord Ji, there are more." The rebels of the White Lotus Sect inside seemed to have really encountered something big, and they all looked at a loss...... If you want to attack, now is the best time. ”

These words moved Ji Qingwen.

He was indeed a little worried about what happened to Zhou Xiuying in the courtyard wall, and the best way to relieve his worries was to go in and take a look.

So Ji Qingwen discussed with several backbones of his subordinates and made up his mind: launch a final attack.

So Ji Qingwen asked Shen Liangzuo's Shenji Battalion to calm down Chengyi, led his soldiers in the Jingshi Battalion, told them to lay down their weapons, and blocked the sundries that were originally the yamen of the Wenzhou prefect of the imperial court and are now the gate of the "palace" of the White Lotus Emperor. Behind them, there was the spear cover of the White Pole Soldier and the musket of the Ming Wu Army in the distance, so there was no need to worry about the White Lotus Cultists in the wall suddenly killing out.

The two leaders of the White Lotus Sect - the sect leader Xu Hongru and the saint Zhou Xiuying all had inexplicable things, which undoubtedly greatly shook the military morale of the defenders of the White Lotus Sect.

Yang Zhan, who was beside Ji Qingwen, saw that the White Lotus Sect's response was so procrastinating and hesitant, and immediately leaned out of the doorway, so he suggested: "Lord Ji, seeing that the White Lotus Sect bandits are so absent-minded, it shouldn't be a plan to lure the enemy, just kill it." The last general is willing to take the lead. ”

Yang Zhan is a serious martial artist, he still has some real materials, and his judgment of the battlefield situation is also very accurate.

With Ji Qingwen's permission, Yang Zhan ordered thirty elite soldiers of the Ming Wu Army, set up a mandarin duck array, and carefully and boldly killed them from the "palace gate" that had been unblocked.

The White Lotus Sect was still in a daze, when they suddenly saw the official army entering, and hurriedly waved the rudimentary weapon in their hands and killed the official army.

Hand-to-hand combat in a small space is the Qi family's army's housekeeping skills, and their "Mandarin Duck Array" is specially prepared and practiced for this situation. As soon as he saw the rabble of the White Lotus Sect on both sides, they immediately displayed the battle method of the Mandarin Duck Formation - piercing with wolf stalks and spears from afar; Nearby, they used rattan cards to block and slash with Japanese knives—and in a moment, they forced this group of White Lotus Sectists to retreat.

Immediately afterwards, a large force outside the door also entered, the white pole soldiers used spears, Mingwu military muskets, and the Jingshi battalion to clean up the remnants of the defeated soldiers, and in the blink of an eye, they killed and caught the White Lotus Sect in the house, and cleaned up almost clean.

Now only one of Xu Hongru's "palaces" in front of him is not controlled.

I saw that the palace was covered in a mess of red and yellow colored satin, and the windows around it were closed but a main door was opened, like a man whose head had been cut off—a mixture of blood and brains flowing from his head, but with a pair of empty eyes, staring straight at his opponent, there was a chilling and strange feeling.

Such a scene, even Yang Zhan, who took the lead, was a little frightened, and after ordering someone to surround the palace, he personally found Ji Qingwen and said: "My lord, the courtyard has been controlled by me, and the lobby of the prefect's yamen has not yet entered." The last general had already asked these traitors of the White Lotus Sect, and they said that the leader of the White Lotus Sect, the demon girl, was inside. What to do with it, please tell me. ”

Ji Qingwen nodded, and under the escort of several cronies, he walked to the front of the house and carefully poked his head out to take a look. But the light in the room was very dim, and it was impossible to see the reality in it from a distance.

If it is an ordinary army, in the face of such a situation, it is indeed a little weak-hearted, after all, no one knows what skills are in this dim and strange house, they don't know what skills are in ambush, and they don't know what methods the opponent has to deal with them.

But the Ming Wu army did not have such difficulties, they had muskets in their hands, as long as they were put into the house, they could shoot all the people in the house to death, regardless of whether they were good or poor.

However, such a salvo can certainly kill the stubborn White Lotus Cultists, but it will also lead to the death of Zhou Xiuying's incense, which Ji Qingwen cannot accept. So he had an idea and said, "It's dark and dark in this room, so come on, open all the windows for me!" ”

The troops listened to the order and retreated and opened all the windows.

However, after a whole day of siege battles, it was now the end of the day, the light had become very weak, and Ji Qingwen's soldiers and horses did not carry torches with the army, so the house was still shrouded in darkness, and it was impossible to see the situation inside.

Therefore, Ji Qingwen was still a little jealous of Xu Hongru, the White Lotus Sect Master, for fear that he would make some tricks, so he did not immediately look into the house, but ordered all the muskets in the hands of the Ming Wu army under his command to face the house, even if a fly flew by, it would be beaten into meat sauce.

Li Yan followed Ji Qingwen in, and when he saw that he was still waiting for such a battle when the overall situation was decided, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Ji, presumably the White Lotus Sect Leader Xu Hongru is in the house, you might as well go in and take a look." ”