Chapter Seventy-Four: Collapse

The crossbowman bent his bow and arrows, and seven arrows were fired, hitting six of the bandits. Then they didn't look at it, and continued to fire their bows and arrows. After four rounds, more than 20 bandits were shot, and their formation began to be confused, some of the bandits turned around and ran, and several leaders shouted as hard as they could, trying to maintain the formation.

Zhai Xiaoshan aimed at a leader who shouted the most vigorously and gently pulled the trigger. The bolt flew out and entered the leader's mouth, and the screams stopped abruptly, and the leader fell to the ground with a thud. When the other leaders saw it, they hid behind the group and never showed their heads again.

An Dalang and Boris brandished their weapons, and they emptied a large area in front of them like a god. The formation of the bandits was chiseled through by the two. The two began to turn, attacking the bandits on either side sideways.

Zhao Zizhong commanded the Mandarin Duck Array to kill again, and knocked down six more bandits. At this time, one of the bandits shouted, "Run! Don't wait here to die! After saying that, he turned around and ran. The other bandits shouted, and they all ran away.

The crowd receded like a tidal wave, fleeing in the direction of the manor's gates. Several leaders tried to stop the fleeing crowd, but they were coerced and ran, otherwise they would have to be trampled to death by the surging crowd. The three masters are gone.

Zhao Zi shouted: "Pursuit!" The guards shouted and chased after them. The big boss of the bandit was still sitting on the ground covering his wounds, and when he saw this scene, he wanted to get up and run away, but he was kicked in the back by Zhao Zizhong from behind, fell to the ground, and knocked out a few teeth.

Two guards rushed up and took out ropes to tie the bandit leader. Zhao Zi shouted again: "Boris, you lead people to pursue, Da Lang, come and interrogate the prisoners!" ”

An Dalang stopped killing and turned to walk over. Boris led the people to chase down. There were constantly bandits kneeling down and begging for mercy, and some were tied up by the guards. Some were slaughtered by red-eyed guards.

An Dalang walked over, put the horse lance on the ground, pulled out a short knife, and looked at the bandit leader with a hideous face. He sneered a few times and said, "Say it, you say it all, I'll give you a good time!" ”

The big boss closed his eyes and said nothing. An Dalang was happy, "It turned out to be a good man!" Look at me chopping you up! ”

He crouched down, pressed the bandit's right hand to the ground, and slowly cut his tail finger with a short knife. The bandit leader gritted his teeth and endured the pain, his eyes closed.

An Dalang cut methodically, and the short knife rubbed against the phalanges, making a "squeak, squeak" sound. Blood kept pouring out, and the bandit leader twitched all over, constantly struggling.

An Dalang said while cutting: "I will cut off your fingers little by little, I hope you are a good man, so that I can have a good time for a few days, I haven't tortured a hard man for a long time." Don't let me down! ”

The big boss couldn't help it anymore and shouted: "Stop, I've made a move!" ”

An Dalang stood up, pouted and said, "I can't help but toss, I recruited it so quickly, I haven't enjoyed it yet!" ”

Zhao Zi squatted down, stared at the bandit leader and said, "Say it!" If you lie, you do so at your own risk! ”

The muscles on the big boss's face twitched a few times, and he said, "I am the boss of Tiantai Mountain, named Gao Xikun. ”

Zhao Zizhong asked, "How many people did you bring, why did you attack the Cui family?" ”

"I brought more than 130 people with me. The Cui family has an enemy, the son of the Mingzhou judiciary who joined the army, named Liu Zhao. He sent someone to find our cottage and said that the Cui family had recently made a fortune, with hundreds of thousands of yuan of gold and silver, and let us rob it. ”

An Dalang sneered: "You are bold enough, and you are not afraid of jumping out of your mouthful of teeth!" ”

The bandit leader lowered his head and continued: "We sent someone to inquire, most of the Cui family's guards were sent out, and there were no masters at home, so they ventured here." ”

Zhao Zizhong asked again: "Aren't you afraid of the government and the garrison?" ”

The bandit leader replied: "Liu Zhao's people said that Mingzhou Assassin Shi has returned to Hangzhou for the New Year." Now the law and order in Mingzhou City is managed by the judicial army. His father would mobilize officials to surround the Cui family, and as soon as someone went out to report to the officials, he would arrest them, saying that they were gangsters and killed them all. The official will buy us two days. ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically, "No wonder you are so bold, it turns out that you have the support of the government!" Where is Liu Zhao now? ”

"I don't know, he sent people to contact us, I haven't met him."

Zhao Zi saw that he had a general understanding of the situation, and asked the guards to be optimistic about the bandit leader, so he said to An Dalang: "We are now the whole team, sweep the manor, and slaughter all the bandits, don't live this time!" ”

An Dalang nodded, "These scum shouldn't be alive, I'll do it." ”

The two chased them all the way, and when they saw the scattered guards, they gathered together and led them on. After walking for about five minutes, I met Boris and the guards who formed the mandarin duck formation. They are tying up a dozen bandits.

Zhao Zi shouted again: "Boris, come and line up!" ”

Boris tied up a bandit and ran over, "Boss, the bandits have all run away, and we have few people, so we caught these." ”

Zhao Zizhong said: "After tying up, we will line up, and we will go together to save the other members of the Cui family." ”

A few minutes later, the mandarin duck array was completed, and Zhao Zizhong left a few guards of the Cui family to guard the bandits, and led more than thirty people to the other residences of the Cui family.

On the road, I saw many corpses of the Cui family, most of them died miserably, and some of the women were still naked, apparently raped and killed.

The guards were furious and ran forward. Zhao Zizhong left two people behind and asked them to cover the bodies and gather them together.

After walking a few dozen meters forward, many people came to him, many of whom were holding torches and various weapons.

Boris stopped and shouted: "Stop, who are you, we are the guards of the Cui family!" ”

The team on the opposite side stopped, and someone shouted: "The second master, it was they who caught the big boss and broke us up!" ”

Some bandits shouted: "Second master, don't go out." Their crossbowmen were very powerful, and the big boss was only caught after being shot and wounded. ”

A voice like a broken gong shouted, "Raise your shields and rush up and kill them!" ”

The bandits in front raised the door panels, tables and other shelters one after another, and slowly walked towards the mandarin duck array. Zhao Zi shouted again: "Boris, smash with a hammer!" Dalang, go up and help. Crossbowmen, shoot legs! ”

Boris raised his hammer and howled and slammed it into the door panel in front of him. The door panel was smashed, and the bandits behind fell to the ground. An Dalang also rushed forward, smashed two tables with a horse lance, and began to kill the bandits behind. The crossbowmen walked to the sides of the group and fired their bows into the legs of the bandits, knocking down a dozen men in a few moments.

At this moment, a huge figure rushed out, picked up the mace in his hand and smashed it into Boris's head.

Boris hurriedly retreated, dodging the blow. The man shouted and continued to pick up the mace, sweeping Boris at the waist. Seeing this, An Dalang gave up on his opponent and ran from the side, stabbing the man in the right shoulder with a horse lance.

The bandits shouted one after another: "The mightiness of the second master! ”

"Kill that white skin!"

"Kill them ---"

The second boss saw An Dalang's horse lance attacking, and put the mace up and blocked the horse lance. There was a loud "dang", and the mallet hit the mace. Both were shocked back a few steps.

An Dalang was secretly surprised, this person has so much strength, I have to deal with it carefully. Boris came back to his senses and rushed up, wanting to flank the second master with An Dalang.

The second master said loudly: "You report your name, I won't kill the unknown!" ”

Before the words fell, a crossbow shot in, hitting the throat of the second master, and the flesh was more than two inches deep, and the second master raised his hand to pull out the crossbow, but he struggled several times, but his hand could not be raised. He let out a cry of "ho, ho", his eyes began to drift, and his huge body fell to the ground with a bang, motionless.

The bandits were stunned, and some began to retreat. A voice rang out: "Run!" We can't beat it! ”

The bandits turned around and ran, and Zhao Zi shouted again: "Kill, don't take prisoners!" ”

Antaro and Boris led the charge, while the others raised their weapons and shouted to kill, slaughtering the bandits. Zhao Zi saw Zhai Xiaoshan stay where he was and wound the crossbow again, so he walked over and said, "You kid has made meritorious service again, what reward do you want?" ”

Zhai Xiaoshan tilted his head and thought about it, and said shyly: "Big leader, I haven't thought about it yet!" Do you want to do it first? ”

Zhao Zi laughed heavily and patted him on the shoulder, "Then make a note first, let's go, go and kill all these miscellaneous pieces!" ”

Zhai Xiaoshan nodded, and followed Zhao Zizhong with a crossbow. There were the corpses of the bandits all the way, and there were also a few injured guards sitting on the side of the road, Zhao Zi saw that they were all slightly injured, so he let them rest in place and continued to move forward with Zhai Xiaoshan.

After walking for a few minutes, he heard a lot of people in front of him, and many guards formed a circle, not knowing what was going on inside.

Zhao Zi shouted again: "What are you doing around, all retreat and line up!" ”

When the guards heard the order, they retreated and began to line up. Zhao Zizhong walked over and saw a group of people kneeling at the door of a house, many of them with swords across their necks, and more than a dozen bandits standing behind them.

Zhao Zizhong pulled one of the guards and asked, "What's going on?" ”

The guard replied respectfully: "Mr. Zhao, this is the residence of the second room, and their people have been captured by the bandits, and the bandits have taken them hostage, let us let them go, otherwise we will kill people." ”

Zhao Zizhong asked again: "Where did Boris and An Dalang go?" ”

An Dalang said that he didn't care about the people in the second room, and it was better to die. He and Mr. Bao went to chase the escaped bandits. ”

Zhao Zi shook his head and walked towards the crowd. More than ten meters away, Zhao Zizhong stopped and carefully observed the situation. He saw more than 30 men, women, and children of the Cui family kneeling on the ground, and more than a dozen bandits standing behind him. He saw Cui Mingde kneeling on the ground, his arm was cut and bleeding out, his face and beard were covered with mud and blood, and he looked embarrassed.