Chapter 57: Fight your way out

Zhang Zhimu gave the order to go down, the musket was solid, the bed crossbow and bow were all fully wound, and the fire rope was lit. In the distance, the group of officers and soldiers who broke into the king were happily watching the lively Ni. It turned out that they had already been informed, and a large caravan had come, and this group thought that there had been no passing merchants for a long time. It turned out that they came together, but when I thought about it, no matter how many people you came, it was also a caravan, at most it was your own courage. Since there are many people coming, we must not miss the number of people who greet us. I ordered 500 soldiers and came to the intersection together, because the intersection was too narrow, and it was basically an infantry army. Sending these infantry troops is not to prepare for war, at most there are too many people and horses and goods, and they are ready to help pull horses and carry things. The artillerymen on the turret did not charge all the guns, but only loaded the two bowls with **, so that they could scare when they needed to open their guns.

But Zhang Zhimu was not so easy down there, and now that it was dawn, he saw that there was a red-coated cannon on the fort, two bowl-mouth guns, and two Fran machine cannons. If it is calculated according to the configuration of these artillery, the army of King Chuang here may not only be two thousand, but more. Therefore, Zhang Zhimu ordered to lean forward slowly, as close as possible, and the two bed crossbows should be ready at any time, and the bed crossbow was launched as the signal to start the attack. The caravan slowly approached the gate of the village, getting closer and closer to the soldiers who were blocking the way, and those soldiers did not understand what this caravan meant, did it agree to leave the horses, they were pondering. Zhang Zhimu felt that it was okay, and ordered the bed crossbow to be lifted off the carriage and aim, and soon the bed crossbowman said, "Aim well." Zhang Zhimu said: "After a while, Li Jing will beat the horseback rider first, and then be in charge of the archers on the corridor." Then he commanded the crossbowman: "Ignite and fire." Zhang Zhimu listened to the sound of crossbow shooting from behind him, "suddenly, pop" the bed crossbow shooting, two crossbow mines, pulled up two smokes and flew towards the fort, and the "poof" two times were firmly rooted on the green bricks of the fort. The gunners on the fort, I don't know what it is, flew over, it's a cannonball, I didn't hear the sound of cannons, I just wanted to see it, I heard two booms, and two crossbow mines that were nearly ten catties of black ** each exploded. Most of the top of the entire fort was blown away, and then most of the fort collapsed with a bang. The officers and soldiers blocking the road in front of them were also confused, and suddenly found two things flying towards the fort with smoke, knowing that it was not a good thing, and they had not yet been able to understand what this caravan was going to do. There were two loud bangs from the fort. The spear-wielding leader was just trying to command his subordinates. But before they could give the order, a ten-man gun team led by Li Jing, Fan Song, and Liu Jun opened fire together. According to Zhang Zhimu's instructions, the first round of shooting knocked down several people on the horse. The one with the spear in his hand is the most reluctant, this person has strong martial arts, and he has few opponents since his debut with King Chuang, and it can be said that a spear has killed countless people. But today, after a row of gunshots, a hole came out of his heart-protecting bronze mirror as soon as it was shocked, and then he felt a little chill in his heart. He couldn't see it himself, but the soldiers behind him saw it, and it turned out that there was a big hole in his back. At this time, he could no longer sit still on the horse, grabbed it in his hand, rolled over and fell. Some of the horses were even worse, some of their heads were half blown away, and some of their necks were directly broken. In short, they all paid the price for their arrogance. The soldiers under King Chuang were all experienced in a hundred battles, and they were really in danger, and immediately attacked under the command of the junior officers. But Zhang Zhimu's side was already prepared, the bow thunder fired at their middle and rear team, and Liu Yun at the close direction commanded the musketeers to shoot two rounds in turn, one platoon "passed" two shots forward and then retreated to reload the bullets, and the second team continued to shoot forward, such a narrow road, no matter how many people rushed in. But it can't be rushed, and the bow thunder behind it is even more terrifying, as soon as it flies down, it blows up a piece, and its arms and legs fly into the sky. The archers standing in the corridor of the stockade did not expect to use them, but they all watched the excitement from above, and found that there was a fight below, and when they were ready to shoot arrows downward, they had no chance. Li Jing and the others beat them down one by one like birds, and there was nowhere to hide on it, and there was nowhere to hide. Fan Song and Liu Jun, each with two gunners behind them, took turns to load them with bullets and handed guns, these two people hit people at such a close distance, they didn't aim at all, and took the gun "Tongtong" is two shots, basically guns bite meat. The archers in the corridor of the stockade did not shoot a few arrows in total, and they were all dismissed. So the shield players arranged by Zhang Zhimu didn't play a role. The bed crossbowmen had already wound up and loaded their plays, and Zhang Zhimu ordered them to stand by. At this time, Liu Yun saw that the time had come and ordered to load the shotgun and shoot three rounds of attack. That is, thirty people were divided into three times, taking turns to attack and shoot. The difference between offensive shooting and defensive shooting is that defensive shooting is when the gunner finishes shooting and then retreats to reload. Offensive shooting is in which the gunners reload on the spot after shooting, and the next round of gunners rush in front of them to shoot, and then move forward, shooting as they go. This time the use of shotguns, but give full play to the role of shotguns, because it is a close range of almost face-to-face against high-density hand-held broadsword enemies, the broadsword can not play a role at all, this shotgun is a large piece of shot, even modern shotgun is also a melee weapon. In particular, three rounds of shooting, one round is a salvo of ten guns, and three rounds of leaping in turn. At this time, the crossbow mine was no longer fired, and Li Wei led people to throw ** at the enemy group non-stop, and soon most of the more than 500 people were killed and wounded, and they swarmed backwards, but they were blown up again. There was no way to force it, some jumped into the ditch under the suspension bridge, and one person took the lead, but those who didn't die jumped into the ditch, Li Wei and others threw a few ** into the ditch, and the ditch that exploded was a ghost crying wolf. Zhang Zhimu hurriedly stopped Li Wei. The order was put on live ammunition and the gate of the fortress was blocked. At this time, there were already people in the stockade rushing outside, but they were half-shot by the platoon, and the rest retreated. Zhang Zhimu instructed everyone to climb behind the mound in front, and Liu Yun hurriedly led the people to remove the corpses blocking the road. At this time, a cannon suddenly came from the fort, and although it did not hit the crowd, it blew down a lot of stones on the opposite hill and injured two people. On the corner of the fort that had not collapsed, there was just a bowl with a good medicine left, and the tenacious gunner climbed up to the fort again and fired a cannon. As a result, the gunner's courage was commendable, and his technique was so poor that he fired the cannon high. Zhang Zhimu angrily ordered the bed crossbow to give him again, and the bed crossbow suddenly fired another bow thunder, and with a bang, the top of the fort was completely blown flat.

After Liu Yun and the others cleared the road, they sent a signal to order the caravan to rush over. Zhang Zhimu ordered the bed crossbow and fired the bow laser towards the suspension bridge. The bow thunder was immediately stuck on the suspension bridge, and Zhang Zhimu shouted: "Get down." Everyone lay down, and they heard a bang, everyone's ears were buzzing, and the dregs of the wood that had been blown up fell on everyone. At this time, Da understood why Zhang Zhimu shouted this voice. It turned out that the bow thunder explosion was too powerful, and the entire drawbridge was blown off.

Yan Boju and Li Mao arrived at this time, and they were just about to say something. Zhang Zhimu waved his hand and followed Liu Yun quickly, Liu Yun and Li Wei had already taken ten musketeers and five crossbowmen to the front, and Zhang Zhimu ordered to carry the bed crossbow onto the carriage to chase Liu Yun and put the strings on the carriage. Watching the caravan behind him pass quickly, Zhang Zhimu felt a little comforted. When Lu Chengxiang came over, Zhang Zhimu asked him to leave the carriages that pulled the horses and the empty carriages, and Zhang Zhimu asked Lu Chengxiang to hurry up and follow the caravan. But Yang Yulin said at this time that she wouldn't leave, she had to be with Zhang Zhimu. Zhang Zhimu, who was angry, said: "It's very dangerous now, I can't be here." But Yang Yulin said: "It's because of the danger that I want to stay and protect you." Zhang Zhimu didn't have time to say anything else, because the defenders in the stockade began to charge again, Zhang Zhimu said loudly: "Shieldman, now it's up to you, you have to use your shield to protect the gunner, and you have to protect the caravan behind you." "The charging defenders appeared to be well prepared. This time, it was the shield-bearers who rushed ahead, while the archers also climbed up the corridor on the wall. Zhang Zhimu ordered Li Jing to focus on taking care of those archers. Seeing that the shield hand was almost rushing, Zhang Zhimu ordered two rounds of shooting and fired. A row of guns fired, and the shield soldiers in front fell one piece, and then the charging soldiers realized that the shield could not stop the opponent's bullets. At the same time as the musket fired, the five crossbowmen also shot the crossbow ray to the vicinity of the walled gate, where the soldiers were crowded together, the horror of the killing effect, every bow thunder explosion can blow up a space in the crowd, but before the smoke dissipated, the space in the crowd was immediately filled by the crowded people, and the people who were killed here should be lucky, and the injured ones were quickly trampled alive by the crowd. Li Jing found that he, Fan Song, and Liu Jun could control the archers in the corridor, and basically came up to eliminate one by one. He ordered his gunners to shoot at the soldiers who were charging at the gate. Zhang Zhimu saw that the soldiers in the village were dead outside, so he rushed out as many as he wanted, and the corpses were piled up at the gate of the village. Seeing that the shield bearers were of little use, he called out twenty shieldbearers and switched to **, and these twenty people each threw two **, and the charging defenders couldn't support it and stopped attacking. Zhang Zhimu hurriedly replenished ammunition. Li Jing came over and said: "We have never fought such a loss-making battle, and we have not captured any ammunition at all. Chen Yufeng said: "Don't be poor, you have to pay attention, they can't rush out of the walled door, and they may find a way from somewhere else." Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng picked up the gourd and drank some water, looking at the caravan that hurriedly ran by. Zhang Zhimu has never felt that time flies so slowly like now. At this time, Liu Wenbin came over and said, "The caravan has passed most of the time, how are you doing?" Zhang Zhimu said: "There is no problem now, and I can withstand it." Let's go faster. Liu Wenbin agreed and ran to the back.

Bursts of neighing of war horses suddenly came from the stockade, and Zhang Zhimu ordered everyone to get ready, the enemy was going to attack. Listen to the order and shoot again. Sure enough, this time the enemy has changed his tactics, it seems that the defender is not an ordinary person, knowing that the attack speed of the infantry army is inferior to the shooting speed of the musket, this time he wants to switch to the horse team, use the impact speed of the horse team, rush in front of you at once, and do not give you a chance to shoot a second time. The team of horses in the stockade ran away and rushed out of the gate with speed. Everyone was nervous and knew the power of the horse team's impact. But at this moment, Zhang Zhimu was so happy that he shouted: "No shooting is allowed without an order, except for Li Jing." The horse team rushed out, and everyone's eyes were on Zhang Zhimu, but Zhang Zhimu just didn't give orders. But everyone immediately understood why Zhang Zhimu didn't let him shoot. Because it's not necessary.

It turned out that the generals in the village didn't know or forgot angrily that the drawbridge had been blown up. The horse team that ran up couldn't jump over the broken bridge at all, and as a result, the horses and people fell into the ditch under the bridge one by one. Finally, the horse team behind him stopped the horses, and Zhang Zhimu ordered to shoot. As a result, the cavalry who rushed out of the gate of the wall, and those who did not fall into the ditch, were all shot off their horses. The rest of the people all ran into the stockade at once, and disappeared. At this time, Bureau Master Liu Wenbin and Bureau Master Zhao Xilai led people over together, and said to Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng: "The caravan has already passed, you can withdraw, it's time for us to take the top last." Zhang Zhimu asked: "One has not been left behind?" "Don't worry, I guarantee that no one is left behind." Zhang Zhimu said: "Now the caravan is not out of danger, you are welcome, the caravan still needs you, go quickly!" The two of them had tears in their eyes, and they knew that this was a matter between life and death. There was no way, so I chased the caravan with horses. Zhang Zhimu let go of his heart a little, and said to Chen Yufengfeng: "We still have to block for a while, because the caravan is too slow after all, and the cavalry will be able to catch up in a while." ”

Suddenly, in front of the caravan, there was the sound of muskets in the distance, as well as the explosion of ** or bow thunder. Zhang Zhimu's heart hung again.