Gao Yu also persuaded beside him: "Leave people, according to the results of the interrogation, several groups of people near Fuyang participated in the attack, you are so fanfare, won't everyone know about it." The people here are fierce, you see, even the county order is hidden and no one is seen, I'm afraid ......"

Zhao Xing smiled but did not answer.

At dawn the next day, Zhao Xing moved, he moved very quickly, the war horse put on a very strange two-wheeled vehicle, took two soldiers, loaded some ordnance, and quickly killed Hushan, and dragged a long brigade behind him, which was the five hundred people he hired from Fuyang City.

Fifty Xiang troops, plus fifty Zhuang Ding, rushed to the foot of Hushan at noon, at this time, Hushan was quiet, and it seemed that the mountain had already been prepared.

Zhou Bangshi and Gao Yu were both following Zhao Xing's actions, the two of them saw this silent mountain forest, a little timid, Zhou Bangshi stomped his feet and said: "It seems that they have already prepared, it is better to set up camp here and send people around to investigate." ”

Zhou Bangshi could still speak, Gao Yu was already shaking, because he knew Zhao Xing's temper, and knew that Zhao Xing would wave his army into the mountain without hesitation, he looked at the thin hundred soldiers around him, and only trembled as he left.

Zhao Xing still looked relaxed: "Uncle Nan, it's okay, I've seen more sinister battles than this, leave the matter of this battle to me, you just look at the scenery and make a few more poems." ”

Without waiting for Zhou Bang's answer, Zhao Xing beckoned to the head of the Xiang army and ordered several black powder lines.

As soon as Zhao Xing saw them, he asked, "How is it?" ”

The ten Zhuang Ding nodded together: "According to Da Lang's instructions, we will be divided into ten teams, and try to push the carts together when we are attacked." The peasants were scattered. Running around. ”

Zhao Xing could not delay, and immediately ordered: "Ignite." ”

A few torches immediately converged on the powder line left by Zhuang Ding. The gunpowder snorted rapidly into the distance. In the blink of an eye, the scattered box army also came, Zhang Dutou ran to the ground pale, and only stopped when he ran to Zhao Xing's side, he tilted his head to look at the gunpowder line that extended into the distance, and asked: "Lord Sign, we have been copied from the back road, what should we do?" ”

As Zhang Dutou stood up, those Xiang soldiers knew that the back road was blocked, and they didn't run, so they stood up one after another, looking at Zhao Xing anxiously, and Zhao Xing watched the ten lines of fire run to the end of the path. In the distance, a huge noise was constantly resounding, and this style of fighting was called "clamour". Victorious soldiers mock the enemy with their shouts in order to demoralize the enemy in the hope of scaring them away.

The end of the path was covered by heavy trees, and Zhao Xing could not see the figure of the bandits here, but he heard a huge "noise". This shows that the gang of bandits is not far from them, about five or six hundred meters away. At this time, the war horses have been tied to the tree, and the Zhuang Ding are still busy stuffing the horses' ears, and Zhao Xing's answer to Zhang Dutou's question is: "Plug your ears and open your mouth!" Squat down! ”

Zhao Xing said this, and immediately did the same himself. Zhang Dutou didn't know why, hesitantly learning to do it, and some of the Xiang soldiers hesitated, not knowing whether to learn from the Zhuang Ding. But as they hesitated, there was a huge explosion where they had come. The explosion was as loud as a landslide tsunami. Immediately after, the ground shook, and countless wooden barrels were blown into the air. Those wooden barrels exploded in the air, and the flying wood chips crackled the surrounding trees, Zhao Xing, who was hiding under the trees, was not hurt, and some of the vans who were still standing in the middle of the road were miserable, they were shaken by the explosion wave and couldn't stand, they didn't have time to dodge, they were affected by the debris, and suddenly, the scene was screaming......

After a long time, the shaking of the earth subsided, the screams had not subsided, and the road was full of lying on the ground, and the number of injured reached twenty-three, almost half of whom were killed or wounded.

Zhao Xing ordered Xiang Jun to bandage his wounds briefly, and then, without turning his head, he pointed to the front and ordered: "Forward, continue to advance." Today's wounded are compensated for their serious injuries, and I will reward an additional 10 times, no, 50 times. The van army, marching forward with wounds, is their lair ahead, and their main force has been killed by us! Fast forward! ”

The small wooden barrels that exploded in the air were all small pieces of wood, and the explosive power of black powder was limited, and even if they were injured, they were all slightly injured. Most of them were not willing to pour all the wine on the wounds, but poured it directly into their stomachs, and then, with the spirit of wine, the wounded soldiers were not wrapped in their wounds, but rushed to the front of the line more bravely than the intact soldiers.

Under the stone fort of Hushan Mountain, the suspension bridge has been pre-suspended. This stone fort built to escape the war during the Five Dynasties period has experienced countless wars, but who would have thought that the people who fled the war at the beginning would become bandits themselves with the passage of time.

The people in the castle received the news of Zhao Xinglai's revenge yesterday, and the relatives of the bandits who participated in the attack that day had gathered, the old and weak had withdrawn into the fort, and some young people were ambushed at the foot of the mountain. Get ready to start harassing along the way...... This kind of attack tactic once made countless officers and soldiers who suppressed bandits helpless, but they didn't expect that Zhao Xing would actually adopt a tactic that they had never heard of, and that team actually rushed to the castle without delay.

The lord of the castle clearly saw from the castle wall that after the battle at the foot of the mountain, the team was not in good condition, and a quarter of the men were wounded in their hands. But the injuries were the most active, and they pointed to their wounds and cursed the people in the castle as if they were caused by the bandits in the castle, and they swore to storm the castle. Let the chickens and dogs in the castle not be left behind......

The lord of the castle wondered: This group of people obviously went to the castle after a fierce battle, why did the team outside not move at all, the continuous explosions just now, the lord of the castle also heard it, as a person who had played with gunpowder, the lord of the castle knew that the people who attacked the land must have been violently resisted, because the explosion just now was definitely not coming With Zhao Xing's wave of his hand, the musket rang out, the gravel of the city hit by the huge subway pills flew, and Zhuang Ding on the castle wall bowed his head to dodge, just at this time, under the suppression of the musket, the grenadiers jumped forward, threw a smoking palm thunder in his hand.

Huge explosions rang out one after another, and the three Zhuang Ding rushed to the drawbridge with a large package on their backs and a long wooden pole in their hands, at this time, the grenadiers paused slightly, and the three men put the wooden pole on the drawbridge, and one of them climbed up the other end of the drawbridge along the wooden pole. At this point, the grenadiers began throwing again, this time throwing grenades into the castle as much as they could, allowing the explosion to extend into the castle.

The people of the city noticed the actions of the three men, and they urged their companions to throw stones and thunderballs downward, and under the fierce counterattack in the castle, two of the three villagers fell, and finally one of them approached the city gate, he lit the package on his back, and threw the package out, and then he crawled and hid by the edge of the trench, turned over and jumped into the trench.

A huge explosion then rang out, which seemed to ignite a large fireworks, and flowers appeared on the walls of the stone fort, and in the continuous explosions and flames, the gate of the stone castle collapsed......

Without waiting for Zhao Xing to give an order, the gang of soldiers shouted, brandished the sword in his hand and rushed towards the castle.

The battle was over for Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing's Zhuang Ding went up to the city wall and began to be on guard, while Xiang Ding plundered the castle. It was not until sunset that Zhang Dutou was satisfied to find Zhao Xing, who was sitting at the head of the city, and he sneered and ordered his entourage to hand over a few packages: "Sign the judgment, this is your share." ”

Gao Yu had obviously discussed with Zhao Xing a long time ago, he grimaced, took out a confession and said: "There are a few lists of people on it, we need to arrest and bring them to justice, Zhang Dutou, let your people look around, and find them." "Understand, understand", Zhang Dutou threw down the package and led people away excitedly.

In the evening. Countless torches were lit in the stone fort of Hushan, and Zhao Xing ordered all the houses outside the castle to be lit as torches, leaving only the ancestral hall in the center of the castle, in the square in front of the ancestral hall, the trial work was carried out nervously, and a monotonous voice in the field kept repeating: "Next." ”

Accompanied by this sound. There was a cry of pleading, but then there was a scream. So, the monotonous voice continued to shout: "Next! ”

After dinner, all the people that Zhao Xing needed to screen had been selected. The executioner in the square came to report with a pool of blood on the ground: according to the results of the interrogation. This gang has been successfully attacking grass markets in various places for many years, but this year, the weather is not good, and in this famine era, Hangzhou is the only county town in the vicinity that still has surplus food, so the bandits have set their sights on Hangzhou.

Among the thousands of grass markets in Hangzhou, the Jasmine Garden next to Zhao Xing's mansion is the richest, where there is a lot of trading and there are often some new things from outside the domain. Even if these things are bought at market prices in the grass market, and then taken to other places, they can earn several times the price when they are handed over.

The only thing that feels inconvenient is that Zhao Xing's castle standing on the edge of the grass market gives people too much oppression, for the sake of prudence. They sent several groups of men in succession to infiltrate the castle. I want to scout the strength of the castle.

Lujia Shibao has been a thief for two hundred years, and the cautious style they have cultivated for a long time has not attracted too much attention for such a long time, which is precisely because of their consistent caution. Other bandits were sloppy in their investigation work before the operation, but Lujia Shibao spent a full year of hard work.

Eventually, they learned that Zhaoxing Castle was completed. The workers completely withdrew from the fort. So I thought: this time period happens to be a rare moment of weakness for the castle. They can't wait to get their hands dirty. But unexpectedly, Lu Jiabao's well-planned assault operation was kicked to an iron plate.

Previously, out of prudence, the Lord of the Land Fort had invited his accomplices before the operation. In his opinion, a gang of nearly sixty thieves was large enough, and when this gang of thieves marched, it was enough to make passing prefectures and counties close their doors and not dare to interfere with their actions. So on the docks, thieves had the arrogance to storm the stone fort...... Unexpectedly, everything stemmed from their unexpectedness that Zhao Xing's counterattack would be so tough.

After the failure of the attack, there was no news of the bandits involved in the operation, only the bandits of Wangfeng survived, and they transmitted the news back to Shibao, and then Zhao Xing came to Fuyang with great fanfare.

The Lord of the Land Fort also wanted to gather all the manpower and resist desperately. Listening to the people who watched the wind came back to tell the scene of the battle, the lord of the land fort knew that the medicine puppet could also be used in this way, and he was full of confidence in this victory - the medicine puppet land, I have too many here, see that I will also fight back against you for a "battle to defend the city" to avenge the children of the Lu family who died at the entrance of the castle.

However, the end result of the matter is still "unexpected".

The lord of Lubao didn't expect Zhao Xing to be so vicious, and used a few carts of explosives to wrap dumplings for the people he sent to attack, and the "Battle of Defending the City" was also suppressed by Zhao Xing's musket......

When Lord Lu Bao saw Zhao Xing, his face was frustrated, and he wanted to talk to Zhao Xing for a few words, say a soft word, and beg for mercy, but he still didn't expect that Zhao Xing would not talk to him at all after reading the testimony, and only turned his face and asked Gao Yu: "Where is the nearest inspection department nearby?" ”

The lord of the land fort is happy. Looking at Zhao Xing, he meant that he wanted to hand him over to the government. In this way, he has a way to live. The lord of Lu Fort believed that after he had made a little effort to get rid of his family wealth, he would be able to reduce his guilt. Of course, if something so big happened, his old life could not be saved, but the children may have escaped.

As long as the Lu clan is still there, there will always be a day when they turn over.

Gao Yu replied: "I have already inquired in Fuyang County, originally there was the Dongzi Inspection Division in the southwest of the mountain, but now it has been abandoned, and there is no control here. When the massacre began, Zhou Bangshi didn't show up, but now he came out and said, "Congratulations to Brother Zhao, the hundred-year-old bandit nest was uprooted in one fell swoop......"

"Something is wrong", Zhao Xing replied with a shake of his head there: "This battle is different from what I imagined, although the weapons I used were slightly beyond their imagination, but this battle was also beyond my imagination - it was easier than I imagined!" ”

What Zhao Xing didn't say explicitly was that although the robbers also had the habit of stepping on the plate and touching the situation, the bandits stubbornly infiltrated several times, which seemed too professional, and the professional ones were not like robberies, but for spying intelligence.

What's in Zhaoxing Castle? Although the officials shuttling in the castle never knew, Zhao Xing knew that there was a mint, a gunpowder mixing experimental field, and a firearms research institute hidden in his castle.

Who would have known that the castle was hiding an important secret, and that it would have to be so stubbornly investigated? Possessing such a professional infiltration technique that he has repeatedly broken through his tight defenses?

And such a base where bandits have been hidden for a hundred years will be so easily breached by him?