Chapter 938: Preemptive Strike

The time gradually came to a correction in the night, that is, at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, a group of more than 100 female soldiers, under the leadership of Hu Qing'er, were running along an alley, each of them held a short spear, back crossbow, although these soldiers were women, but all of them were strong, the limbs were powerful, and the speed and strength of running were not inferior to men, and in the end, they were followed by two tall and strong male soldiers who looked like bears, each carrying a big burden, and ran behind the female soldiers.

This kind of majestic soldier often comes from a special branch of the Jingzhao Army, that is, the thunderbolt, there are two kinds of soldiers, one is vigorous and flexible, responsible for the throwing of the flying fire thunder, the other is as strong as a bear, the strength is infinite, they are responsible for the throwing of the earth-shaking thunder, in actual combat, it is often necessary to accurately throw the earth-shaking thunder, such as the earth-shaking thunder accurately put into the nest car, trebuchets and fire cannons are not good, only by manpower.

There are three hundred such earth-shaking thunder throwers in the Jingzhao army, and they can accurately throw forty pounds of earth-shaking thunder to thirty steps away, and this time to the south, there are three mine-throwers who followed Yan Qing to Chengdu Mansion first, and each of them carried a throwing-type earth-shaking thunder.

Not long after, a hundred female soldiers through the alley arrived at the Sanchuan freight store, the Sanchuan freight store covers an area of about five acres, surrounded by high walls, there are more than 20 steps away from the cargo store, all the female soldiers are squatting in the alley, Hu Qing'er turned over and jumped on the roof, only to see her hands shake, two flying knives shot like lightning to the two big trees, two black shadows immediately fell from the trees, these are the two sentinels outside the south wall, have already been discovered by Li Yanqing's personal soldiers, by Hu Qing'er to clean up.

Both sentries were stabbed in the throat, and the knife was quenched with a poison that sealed the throat with blood, and the two of them curled up in pain and died in a moment.

Hu Qing'er turned around and beckoned, the two mine-throwers climbed up to the roof along the ladder, Hu Qing'er pointed to the atrium of the cargo store thirty steps away and said to the mine-thrower: "There is a big tree over there is the atrium, throw the flying fire thunder into it, one of you will put it into the atrium, and the other will be a little further away and put it into the atrium." ”

According to experience, if there is an operation at night, the soldiers will gather in one place and wait for the time to come, and the place that can accommodate one hundred and fifty people is generally an atrium and a central hall, which has become a common practice, and Wang Ning and the dead soldiers should be the same.

Since someone escaped, there would also be female soldiers on the periphery to block it.

The two thunder throwers nodded silently, and began to calculate the direction in their hearts, at this time, Hu Qing'er waved his hand downward, and more than a hundred female soldiers immediately covered their ears and knelt on the ground, which is also an effective posture to protect themselves.

The two miners threw off the fire and then lit the fire rope, both of them had been brutally trained, and the terrain they had seen was deeply rooted in their hearts, they jumped off the wall, ran a few steps, and threw the earth-shaking thunder in their hands into the air.......

Just as they lit the fire, a secret sentry hiding on the west wall spotted the fire and immediately jumped off the wall and ran towards the atrium.

The ground in the atrium was full of dead soldiers in black night clothes, including the middle hall was also full of people in black, at this time there was still more than half an hour before they set off, and they made an appointment with the outside of the city to attack the west city gate at the third watch, so that the attack on the palace must be half an hour in advance, so as to catch up.

Wang Ning was a little worried in his heart, he was worried that the strength to attack Xicheng was insufficient, so he went to Wang Tuanlian in the evening, hoping that he would try his best to recruit village soldiers to assist him.

If Wang Tuanlian can gather more than 100 people to join him, then there is an eighty percent chance of success tonight, although it is a bit risky, but Wang Ning hesitated for a long time and still took this step.

But now Wang Ning regrets it a little, this Wang Tuan has a very heavy heart for practicing utilitarianism, will he betray himself in order to climb up? But it's too late to regret it, if Wang Tuanlian really shows signs of betraying himself, then he must be killed as soon as possible.

At this moment, someone shouted in the courtyard: "Oh no, there is a fire outside!" ”

Wang Ning was shocked, at this time, what happened?

He suddenly realized that something was wrong in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Get out of here now!" ”

The black-clothed dead soldiers stood up one after another, preparing to leave, at this moment, two huge round iron bumps flew from the air, one fell in the courtyard, hit a soldier, the soldier fell to the ground with a scream, and the other flew into the central hall, frightening the black-clothed people in the hall to dodge.

Wang Ning looked at the two huge round iron bumps in surprise, still smoking, what is this?

At this moment, two iron thunderbolts burst out of a red light, and they exploded almost at the same time, and two earth-shattering explosions echoed in the city, suddenly waking up the people of the whole city, everyone was extremely worried, what kind of sound is this? Could it be that the Ten Tigers have already entered the city?

Two earth-shattering thunderbolts shook all the buildings of the Sanchuan Cargo Store, almost razed to the ground, and the surrounding houses were also affected, with more than a dozen houses stayed, and thick smoke rose into the air, filling the sky over the cargo store.

As soon as the explosion stopped, Hu Qing'er shouted, "Up!" ”

The female soldiers got up from the ground one after another, rushed around the Sanchuan Goods Store, raised their crossbows, and aimed at the collapsed and scattered buildings.

I waited for a long time, but I didn't see anyone rushing out.

Hu Qing'er immediately shouted: "Put away the crossbow and get out the spear!" ”

The female soldiers took up their crossbows again, held a shield in their left hand and a short spear in their right hand, and walked towards the interior of the cargo store from all directions.

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Li Yanqing soon got the news that all the nearly 160 people in the Sanchuan goods store were killed, and none of them were alive, and Wang Ning also died under the shock wave, because he was shattered and died, and most of the people in black died like this.

Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Raise the fire!" ”

A fire was lit at the head of the city, which was the signal for an attack, and at this time the five hundred scout cavalry hiding in the woods a few miles away were already impatient, and suddenly someone shouted: "The head of the city is on fire!" ”

Yan Qing pulled out his knife and roared, "Attack!" ”

Five hundred cavalry rushed out of the woods and slaughtered Zeng's Zhuangding two miles away, the war horses galloped like lightning in the wilderness, the strong hooves of the horses ran and beat on the ground, the effect was like thousands of horses, and the five hundred soldiers galloped and roared like fire, and swept away towards the two thousand private army bandits who were still in a daze.

Zeng Huaiwu was still surprised by the muffled thunder coming from the city, the huge explosion spread outside the city, just like the muffled thunder in the distance, but he also knew that this was not thunder, it should be the explosion of firearms, and the Song army also had a lot of old-fashioned firearms, such as thunderbolts, thistles, etc., although this firearm also had a huge sound, but the lethality was not strong, and the effect of fright was greater.

But Zeng Huaiwu didn't know that Jing Zhaojun had a firearm that shook the sky, at this time, the third Zeng Huaibiao came from the West Gate with the Eight Tigers and the Nine Tigers, Zeng Huaibiao said to the eldest brother Zeng Huaiwu in horror: "Uncle Ning is dead!"

"What?"

Zeng Huaibiao pointed to a human head in the hand of the Eight Tigers, "It was dropped by the city head, it seems to be Uncle Ning's head." ”

Zeng Huaiwu stepped forward and grabbed the head, he recognized it at a glance, it was indeed Uncle Ning's head, he suddenly roared, and smashed the head to the ground in annoyance, Uncle Ning was killed, which means that his plan has completely failed, how can they attack Chengdu.

At this moment, the soldiers suddenly heard another sound, and it rumbled across the ground, the ground was still trembling slightly, and everyone looked in all directions uneasily.

"What's that?" A soldier suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted.

Zeng Huaiwu looked back, only to see a dark cloud rolling on the ground in the distance, dusty flying, and a very rhythmic rumbling sound getting closer and closer, which was clearly the sound of horses' hooves.

"Cavalry! The cavalry is coming! ”

The soldiers shouted in panic, and Zeng Huaiwu shouted: "Don't panic, give me a line to fight!" ”

His orders were only valid for 700 Zhuang Ding, and the more than 1,000 ruffians recruited did not listen to his command, they did not know that there would be a war, and when the war horses of the officers and soldiers were killed like the wind, more than 1,000 scoundrels and ruffians immediately collapsed, and he turned around and ran for his life, throwing away his armor and all the things that affected their escape, and only hated his father and mother for giving them two legs.

The escape of the ruffian seriously affected the morale of Zhuang Ding, and Zhuang Ding began to run away, and this kind of thing has a strong herd mentality, no one wants to die, but no one dares to take the lead, as long as one person takes the lead in escaping, it will immediately affect the emotions of the people around him, there must be a second person to escape, and then the third, the fourth, the fifth, and then more and more.

Zeng was so angry that he killed several Zhuang Ding who had escaped in a row, and shouted: "I paid to support you, not to let you run away in battle!" ”

This roar shocked many Zhuang Ding who were about to escape, and many people were ashamed to pick up the spears on the ground, but at this time, the cavalry had already killed a hundred paces away, and the scout soldiers on the horse raised their crossbows and released arrows, and hundreds of arrows shot at Zhuang Ding, who was assembling, Zhuang Ding was caught off guard, and fell down screaming, and there were more than 80 casualties.

The terrible screams of their companions suddenly woke up the Zhuang Ding again, they were about to face a bloody slaughter, and they died here.

Zhuang Ding in the back row threw away their weapons and turned around and fled, when the Jingzhao scout army was still fifty steps away from Zhuang Ding, the strong murderous aura that came to the face finally made the remaining Zhuang Ding collapse, Zhuang Ding began to scramble to escape, shouting in fear, it was too late to escape at this time.

The scouts divided into ten teams and began to slaughter the fleeing Zhuang Ding and the ruffians in the wilderness with impunity.

Zeng Huaiwu was shot in the left shoulder by Yan Qing and fell off his horse, and was crushed in the chest by the rushing war horse, and the second Zeng Huaiqiang and the third Zeng Huaibiao both died in the chaos.

This battle scouts killed to the end, has been chasing out more than 50 miles, the last seven tigers Zeng Han and ten tigers Zeng Tuo to catch up and kill, only to complete this one-sided massacre, except for dozens of ruffians jumped into the river to escape, the other nearly 2,000 people were all killed, none of them lived, together with the six tigers Zeng Huai who died in the Minghe Villa before, all the ten tigers of Zengmen died in the hands of the scout army.

After this battle and slaughter, the Zeng family, the first wealthy family in Chengdu Prefecture, was completely defeated and never had a chance to get up.

That night, after hearing the news of the destruction of the Ten Tigers of Zengmen, Zeng Xiulin, who was imprisoned in the palace, knew that he could not escape the catastrophe, so he hanged himself from the window with a torn cloth.