Looking at Cixi County, which gradually appeared in front of him, Zhang Mazi also had mixed feelings. He has been gathering for decades, and although his subordinates have gathered more than a thousand brothers, they are still adrift, and once the court sends sailors to suppress them, they can only panic like a lost dog.

Even if Ye Mengding is a generation of celebrities, and Yang Shouming is also a vicious dog that eats people and does not spit out bones, but the troops in their hands are too small, and even Zhang Mazi's rabble cannot be defeated, so they can only defend all the time.

Yesterday, according to the spies, Cixi in front of it was already an empty city, only a dozen soldiers guarded, and there was a lot of grain, gold and silver in the city, and Ye Mengding had no gain in several confrontations Zhang Mazi felt for the first time that his opportunity to turn over came, once Cixi was taken, the soldiers pointed directly at Qingyuan Mansion to govern Yin County, and then the difficult Yang Tizhi would naturally have to lose Fenghua to return to the division to rescue, and the entire coastal area would naturally have no defense to defend, and let Zhang Mazi's troops plunder.

What's more, the southern sea has been stormy these days, and even the daily fishing is very difficult, so in desperation, Zhang Mazi took a few broken sea boats north to look for opportunities, maybe the sky has eyes, and Zhang Mazi is very moved by this heavenly general's pie.

Thinking that the real county town in front of him was about to be owned by himself, Zhang Mazi was naturally enthusiastic. The big and small leaders who also figured out this also shouted loudly and asked for battle. Who doesn't know that there are not many soldiers in Cixi in front of them, and who doesn't know that the first one to enter the city grabbed the most and best things?

Zhang Mazi took a breath of the cold sea breeze and forced himself to calm down, they were all brothers who were rolling on the sea together, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while who to give such a big credit, so he simply led his troops to take the lead himself.

The leaders did not dare to have the slightest objection to the boss's obviously impartial decision, and even some people who were greedy for life and afraid of death secretly clapped their hands. More than a thousand pirates began to speed up in the wilderness, although there was no earth-shattering shout, but the dense footsteps were enough to alarm everything, but it was too late.

But when he walked to the city, Zhang Mazi was completely stunned.

Because the city wall is pitch black, it seems that there is really no one guarding it, but the strange thing is that the city tower is brightly lit and seems to have been prepared, and what is even more strange is that under the city tower, Wen Yiwu and two people drink and talk happily.

Of course, the literati was dressed in white, fluttering like an immortal descending, and the martial artist was also calm, although he couldn't see his face clearly, but the hearty laughter echoed in the wilderness but he could hear it clearly, obviously not timid because the soldiers were coming to the city, of course, Zhang Mazi and his subordinates didn't know that this laughter was just Ye Yingwu's attempt to hide his nervousness.

When the pirates looked at it again, the gate of the city was opened, and it was so dark that they couldn't see what was going on inside. What's more, the gate of the urn city is not in a straight line with the main city gate, and I don't know if the main city gate is also so open.

"Blame, blame!" Zhang Mazi couldn't help but exclaim, although there is no "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in this era, but the story of the Three Kingdoms has been spread in the tile, Zhang Mazi has not heard of Mr. Storyteller when he goes ashore on weekdays, and the classic passage of Zhuge Kongming scaring Sima Yi comes to mind, "Could it be an empty city plan?" ”

"Big brother, no matter what kind of empty city plan it is, there are so many brothers, just kill them." His henchmen pursed their lips from the side, very tired of this kind of moth, "There are so many people in a certain family, is it possible that they are still afraid of them?" ”

This henchman is tall and big, carrying a mace in his hand, and at first glance he is a person who relies on strength rather than a dull head to solve problems, so Zhang Mazi has always taken all kinds of suggestions from this henchman directly as a deaf ear.

But Zhang Mazi thought about it, the feelings of this gang are to regard themselves as the Sima Zhongda, but unfortunately, Lao Tzu doesn't care about your empty city plan and suspicious military plan, so he doesn't believe how many people can be ambushed in your small Cixi City, maybe what the henchman said really makes some sense. Breaking through a hundred ingenuity is sometimes the right way for a soldier.

already had a plan in his heart, Zhang Mazi no longer hesitated, waved the long knife in his hand, shouted, and shouted loudly: "Sons, follow me into the city and kill these little rabbit cubs!" After entering the city, the gold and silver treasures were with you! ”

"Kill, kill, kill!" The commander had given the order to plunder, and the pirates had been so demoralized that they had already thrown out of the clouds, and for those of them who had no place to live, who licked blood on their knives, there was nothing more tempting than gold and silver treasures.

As soon as Zhang Mazi saw that his morale was available, he naturally no longer hesitated, and rushed into the urn city with a long knife under the escort of the minions.

The dark gates of the urn city seem to be a bloodthirsty behemoth, engulfing everything.

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Seeing the dense figures below pouring into the city gate, Ye Yingwu Huoran stood up, threw the delicate wine cup to the ground casually, and shouted: "Yang Bao, close the door!" ”

Yang Bao had been waiting for a long time, his palms were sweaty, and when he heard the order, he almost subconsciously cut the rope. Then there was a muffled sound, and the entire city tower trembled slightly, and the gate gate had collapsed, locking all the pirates in the city.

"Ignition, archery!" Ye Yingwu drew his sword and pointed directly at Zhang Mazi, who was a little distracted under the city. Before the words fell, countless soldiers stood up on the entire city wall, and dense arrows and blazing torches poured down like a torrential rain.

With the appearance of Zhang Mazi, all the crossbowmen on the four city gates have been concentrated on the eastern city wall, and they are released together at this time, which is naturally earth-shattering and crying ghosts and gods. Coupled with the fact that torches fell on houses and streets that had been poured with fire oil, the raging fire inevitably burned.

Everyone understood what was going on, and the pirates fell screaming at the arrows that slashed their heads and faces, while more pirates fled in all directions in panic, with heart-rending cries from time to time.

"Hit the mark!" In the firelight, Zhang Mazi's face was full of hideousness, "Sons, follow me to the city wall and kill these damn bastards!" ”

The henchman who was carrying the mace that showed this strategy just now was already red-eyed, and the mace wielding it in his hand was like an impenetrable curtain wall, blocking many arrows that were concentrated on Zhang Mazi.

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In Cixi at night, the battle has begun.

A round of arrows just now shot down more than 100 pirates, and a strong bloody aura rolled in, enveloping the entire East City Gate. The bloodthirsty nature of the pirates was aroused at once, and they all shouted and drew their swords, and even swung harpoons and swarmed up the upper city walkways on both sides of the city gate.

Especially the henchman of Zhang Mazi, when he saw his companion who fell in a pool of blood, he hissed and roared, like a bloody killing god, three steps and two steps to be the first to grab the city. Suddenly, several crossbowmen were slapped on the head by the mace that even the wind had torn apart, and splatters of blood and brains poured on the city walls.

"Dang!" With a loud sound, Yang Bao's Pu knife stubbornly blocked the possibility of the mace continuing to wield, and the two well-trained veterans simultaneously stepped forward with a long spear, and two sharp spears pierced the tall man's chest.

With a "bang", the mace that had broken the heads of several crossbowmen just now fell weakly to the ground, as if the bloodied Haikou looked back weakly, and the Erlang who followed him fell early in the dense arrows, and the Haikou who followed him was also re-blocked by the substitute crossbowmen.

Yang Bao glanced at him with pity, and said ruthlessly: "Thief, your efforts are in vain, farewell." ”

Before the words fell, the two veterans put away their guns and retreated expressionlessly, allowing the corpse of the mighty Haikou to roll down the city gate path, and leaning against his sons.

"Rolling stones, sassalwood!" Yang Bao didn't bother to wipe the dense beads of sweat on his forehead, and took the lead in picking up a stone and throwing it down, knocking down the first few pirates. If it hadn't been for him forcibly pushing away a few panicked recruits to stop the Haikou just now, I'm afraid that the city gate would have been lost now, and Yang Bao would be a little scared when he thought of this.

Compared with the pirates who are a rabble but also battle-hardened, these new recruits who have no blood to defend Sangzi are indeed too tender. But now, including Ye Mengding and Ye Yingwu, there is no second option.

And the soldiers behind Yang Bao naturally didn't know that the veteran soldier in front of him had already turned a thousand thoughts in his heart in an instant, and after seeing him throwing the wood and stones hard, he was also unwilling, and the rolling stone and wood that had been prepared for a long time smashed down on his face.

Cixi is the county seat, the city wall is low, the trail to the city is also very narrow, and the pirates have no experience in attacking the city, and even many people have not even been on the city, so as soon as they come up, they put out the most undesirable dense formation, under the blow of the rolling stone and the wood, it is natural that there are heavy casualties, but the pirates behind are squeezed up under the urging of Zhang Mazi, and the two are forced, and even more than ten people are trampled to death by their own people.

Seeing his henchmen rolling off the city wall, Zhang Mazi felt pain in his heart, waving the Pu knife in his hand, and commanding his subordinates to continue to attack the city gate trail that was about to become purgatory. The short distance of a few zhang seems to isolate the world and the Yellow Spring.

Because there are indeed a lot of arrows shot down from the city wall, but the accuracy is pitiful, so Zhang Mazi has already guessed almost the same, the recruits in the city do not have much combat power, as long as the pirates rush up and tear a hole, they will win.

"Hurry up, release the arrows!" Ye Yingwu looked at the dense crowd of human heads under the city, and naturally knew that this was the best time, so he couldn't help but roar loudly, and his face was reflected like a reborn demon in hell under the blazing firelight.

Several bed crossbows had already drawn their bowstrings, and the veteran in charge let out a loud shout, and long crossbow arrows roared out, nailing several pirate leaders who were commanding from behind to death on the wall a few feet behind them. The raging flames had spread mercilessly, forcing the pirates to retreat along the city walls, and the soldiers on the walls also took the opportunity to shoot down the arrows in a dense manner.

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The fires in Cixi County almost dyed the entire night sky red.

Zhao Dutou and the others were also secretly anxious at the other city gates, because the fire around the east gate of the city was too strong, and there were hundreds of elite soldiers who could only watch from the wall here. On the contrary, the crossbowmen who usually hide behind and release cold arrows are killing happily, and the sound of cracking stones when the bed crossbow is released can be heard from a distance.

Because he was worried that the fire would get out of control, Ye Mengding was forcibly dragged onto the city wall by Ye Jie and others early, and at this time, he was standing with Zhao Dutou on the south gate closest to the east gate, quietly watching the pirates dying in the fire, neither of them spoke, but their faces were the same serious. The emperor was not in a hurry, but Ye Jie and the others were happy or worried, looking into the distance.

"Report, Lord Prefect, Zhao Dutou, most of the Haikou have been killed and wounded, but the offensive is getting more and more fierce, and the front is already close to each other, please send reinforcements quickly!" The herald was covered in blood, and he didn't know if it was his or Haikou's, and his face was even blackened with thick smoke, and his facial features could barely be seen in the night.

Zhao Dutou and Ye Mengding's expressions were a little complicated.

has reached the fatal juncture of success or failure, and now the east gate, either you die or I die!

"Prefect, so-and-so will bring someone over." Zhao Dutou licked his lips excitedly, and his right hand subconsciously pressed on the hilt of the knife on his waist, although he led the few cavalry in Qingyuan Mansion on weekdays, but in the final analysis, he was still an orthodox infantry leader, and now that the east gate was in danger, he had no choice to retreat, and he never thought of retreating.

Ye Mengding listened to the screams faintly coming from the wind, forcibly suppressed his desire to rush up, and nodded.

With permission, Zhao Dutou drew his saber and led more than 100 elites of his men to rush along the city wall. Ye Mengding glanced at Ye Jie, Ye Jie couldn't wait for a long time, and hurriedly waved his hand, and the more than twenty Ye family members who were anxious for the Savior also followed behind Zhao Du's head with a roar, no matter what, he had to protect the second ya.

Because not only Ye Mengding, but all the Ye family members saw the hope of the Ye family moving towards a more brilliant peak from the sudden rise of the second ya.