Chapter 35: Attacked
Because it was in Julu City, the Jiuyuan Army did not send out all the sentry posts as usual, especially the raiding sentry and sentry that stretched for several miles, but the good habits made the Jiuyuan Army guarding this prison arrange a large number of bright posts and a few dark sentry around the camp.
And the loud shout just now was issued by a secret whistle hidden by the Jiuyuan Army on the roof of a civilian house, but obviously these black-clothed people who were going to rob the prison were not idle people, especially the dozen or so people who were mixed in the black-clothed people in the four directions but wore masks, and they reacted extremely quickly.
The Jiuyuan Army, who was hiding in a private house, had just made a move because he saw the black-clothed man below, and was discovered by a black-clothed man wearing a mask in the sneaking crowd.
The man in black in the mask raised his hand without hesitation, and a crossbow arrow was fired, fast and ruthless! This Jiuyuan Army secret post only had time to utter a syllable when a small crossbow arrow was shot in the throat and died.
The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground was made when the secret post of the Jiuyuan Army, which was shot by a crossbow arrow, fell from the roof of the house and fell to the ground.
This sudden change not only alarmed the Jiuyuan Army stationed around the prison, but also apparently surprised the black-clothed people sneaking around the prison.
"Aang!" A shrill whistle sounded in the silent darkness.
"Put!" Hearing this whistle, several voices in the darkness whispered.
The continuous slight sound of "popping" was followed by countless slight "boom" sounds.
The two or five hundred masters who led the army to guard this prison were Meng Tian's former personal guard, Ren Xiaoer, who heard the tickling outside, and just after he got out of the tent, he heard this unusually familiar sound of breaking the air.
"Crossbow!" A thought came to his mind, although it was a little different, but he was already familiar with the various surnames of the Great Qin Qiang's crossbow, and he immediately realized what was making this sound.
"Get down!" Ren Xiaoer's miserable shout suddenly sounded.
Before the words fell, hundreds of flat-fire crossbow arrows that came from the darkness around them fiercely penetrated into the bodies of the patrol soldiers who rushed over and the Jiuyuan Army who had just come out of the camp tent, and there was also the sound of tearing the camp tent in the middle.
"Ahh
"Ahh
……
The sudden appearance of crossbow arrows made the Jiuyuan army fall down suddenly, except for the twenty or so night patrol soldiers who rushed over, almost all the more than 100 Jiuyuan soldiers who had just drilled out of the camp had already fallen to the ground with arrows.
There were constant cries of pain in the tent, and it was clear that many people were injured.
The attacker is armed with a crossbow! This question was obviously something that all the soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army had not thought of, but it was clear that this was not the time to consider the issue of the crossbow.
"Blow the trumpet!"
Ren Xiaoer, who got up from the ground, watched his men be killed and wounded, his eyes were bloody, and he shouted loudly. "Xu Guang, Jiang Ba, Yao Dong, Yu Peng, Xi Long, Wu Yi, Jiang Song, Zhu Li, Bald Ba, Chen Bu, are you eight lambs dead?"
The ten people named by Ren Xiaoer were the ten hundred generals in his thousand-nine original army.
"My lord, Bald Eight (Chen Bu, Xi Long, Wu Yi, Jiang Song, Zhu Li, Yu Peng, Jiang Ba) are not dead yet!" Eight voices came from all over the camp in front of the prison at the same time.
Xu Guang and Yao Dong did not have the slightest sound, and Ren Xiaoer's heart sank.
"Woooooo The sound of the horn sounded, and it was exceptionally loud in the silent night, and the peaceful Julu City suddenly boiled.
"Bald Ba, Chen Buling's subordinate soldiers immediately entered the prison to defend. Shut the door, anyone who wants to enter the prison will be killed! Ren Xiaoer ordered loudly, saying that he didn't wait for the two to answer, "Bu Hao and Tan De, are you still alive?"
"My lord, Bu Hao (Tande) is here!"
The two voices that sounded in the distance made Ren Xiaoer's heart feel a little calmer!
"The two of you will temporarily take the position of a hundred generals, Xi Long, Bu Hao, Tan De and the remaining five hundred generals, immediately lead their respective soldiers to the general to line up and extinguish the torches! Assassins have powerful crossbows! ”
Great Qin's strong crossbow is the most sophisticated bow and crossbow at this time, and now the soldiers of the Jiuyuan army generally need sixty breaths to be able to use a good crossbow again after shooting crossbow arrows, and skilled soldiers can use crossbows within thirty breaths.
Ren Xiaoer could hear from the sound of breaking the air that the strong crossbow used by the enemy hiding in the shadows was not Daqin's military crossbow, so it should be impossible to use a good crossbow in just a dozen breaths, so he simply ordered a formation.
Because judging from the time when the crossbow bolt came just now, the enemy had no time to shoot the second crossbow arrow!
But just in case, if you put out the torch, no one will be able to see anyone. My crossbow won't hit you, and your crossbow won't shoot me.
Ren Xiaoer's guess is good!
The black-clothed men who came around were indeed too late to shoot the second arrow. It should be said that the secret post of the Jiuyuan Army saved everyone, if it wasn't for the vigilance that has always been set up and the secret whistle, then the fate of Ren Xiaoer's thousand people would be very miserable now.
Nearly 600 people in black silently pounced on Ren Xiao's 26000 people who were standing quietly at the door of the prison.
The number of people on both sides is equal!
But to the surprise of all the people in black, as soon as the two sides took over, dozens of people lay down directly! And they were all hit by at least two or three swords, and they were killed directly. If it weren't for the more than sixty masked black-clothed men who resisted, I am afraid that more people would have died.
And Ren Xiaoer only suffered more than ten casualties!
The noise in the distance became louder and louder, accompanied by the sound of thunderous horses' hooves, and it was obvious that the reinforcements of the Jiuyuan Army had heard the horn on the prison side and had rushed to help.
Meng Tian is in Julu City, and he doesn't live in the county guard's mansion!
Because the county guard mansion was changed to Zhao Wanggong by Li Zuoche, although because of the short time, the so-called Zhao Wanggong is not a palace at all. But how to say that it is also Zhao Wanggong, Meng Tian chose Julu County to live in order to avoid suspicion.
The Julu County Ya and the Julu County Guard, one in the east and the other in the west. There was at least ten miles in between.
In addition to Ren Xiaoer, the 1,009 Yuan Army guarding the prison, the remaining 9,09 Yuan Army who followed Meng Tian into the city were all stationed in various important places by Meng Tian, and Meng Tian only had hundreds of guards around him.
As for the 100,000 troops of Li Zuoche, who were originally Julu, they were also moved out of Julu by Meng Tian and stationed outside the city, guarded by the 10,000 infantry soldiers of the Nineteenth Yuan Army who came from behind.
At this moment, the first to rush over was the 1,000 Jiuyuan Army stationed at the east gate of Julu, and the rest of the Jiuyuan Army stationed everywhere were also coming.
Hundreds of black-clothed people obviously also discovered the Jiuyuan Army that was rushing over in the distance, except for the more than sixty black-clothed people in masks, the rest of the hundreds of black-clothed people who were already worried by Ren Xiaoer's thunderous blow suddenly retreated.
"Kill!"
A man in black in a mask who was obviously the leader suddenly let out a low shout, and more than sixty men in black in masks who followed him rushed straight up.
"Do you still want to run? If you don't kill them all, no one will be able to leave! Don't kill yet? Seeing that the rest of the men in black did not move, the masked man in black shouted with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
After this man finished speaking, he picked up the short sword in his hand and went up to kill the general, ignoring the hundreds of black-clothed people who were still hesitating around him.
The hundreds of black-clothed people who hesitated around finally gritted their teeth and rushed forward when they heard his words.
Ren Xiaoer didn't take the black-clothed people behind him in his eyes from the first face-to-face, maybe not to mention his hundreds of Nine Plains Army based on martial arts alone, even among the 300,000 Nine Plains, except for the people in the scout camp, there are few people who can surpass these black-clothed people.
But in group combat, Ren Xiaoer doesn't have to worry about it, such people will kill as many as they come!
The only thing that made him jealous was the sixty or so men in black with masks.
The more than ten Jiuyuan troops who were killed and injured before were caused by these masked men in black, if these people hadn't stopped them, then the rest of the people who didn't wear masks would have died even more.
The most important thing is that these masked black-clothed men are not afraid of death, and more than sixty people are completely fighting for their lives, but their superb martial arts and tacit cooperation make them pay the price of at least two or three casualties of the Jiuyuan Army for every person lying down.
Moreover, the Jiuyuan Army was hit by them, and even if they were only injured, they would immediately bleed and fall to the ground and die!
There is poison on the weapon!
Dead soldiers!
The battle situation suddenly became stalemate, and Ren Xiaoer didn't want to waste the lives of his soldiers for these dead soldiers, so he took a defensive position against these dead soldiers, and focused most of his attention on those black men without masks in the rabble.
Listening to the roar of horses' hooves, Ren Xiaoer knew that the galloping Jiuyuan Army was coming.
……
Half an hour later.
Hundreds of black-clothed people were surrounded by more than 3,000 Jiuyuan legions who rushed over, and they were all killed on the spot.
The surrounding area of the prison was illuminated by the torches of more than 3,000 Jiuyuan troops as if it were daylight, and the blood around the prison was like a river, and it was a mess.
"What about the casualties?" Meng Tian had already arrived, and at this moment, seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Qian Liangdao, who was saluting immediately.
Qian Liang glanced at Ren Xiaoer, hugged his fists and said: "Report to the general, Ren Xiaoer's department killed more than 200 people and injured more than 50 people. All those who attacked were killed, and none of them survived. ”
Hearing Qian Liang's words, Meng Tian frowned, "Why don't you leave a living mouth?" ”
Qian Liangtian was stunned when he arrived at Meng Tian's words, and he didn't know how to answer.
"General Hui, it's not that we don't want to leave a living mouth, but all the living mouths are wiped out by the mask man among the attackers! It's too late for me to save it! Ren Xiaoer stood up and said.
"Masked Man? Can you find clues? Meng Tian asked.
"This, General Hui, the masked people are all dead, and the weapons are all infected with poison, and they will die if they get wet! And the men in black should all be thieves in Shandong and other places! Ren Xiaoer hesitated.
"Investigate the matter thoroughly! Now go to prison and see if the thief is still there! Meng Tian ordered with a cold face.
He is really hot, Meng Tian never thought that now that Julu is already in his hands, and there are tens of thousands of troops, even if there are still people who dare to come directly to rob the prison, it must be someone like the old Zhao family hiding in the shadows.
Ren Xiaoer stood at the door of the prison and shouted, "Open the door to the bald eight!" ”
Silence in the prison!
"Bald eight, Chen Bu, you two kings and eight lambs, the general is here! Open the door! Ren Xiaoer shouted and scolded in embarrassment.
Still nothing!
Ren Xiaoer had already realized that something was wrong at this time, and his face changed and he shouted: "Come on, smash the door open for me!" ”
At this time, as soon as a fast horse galloped over, the knight on the horse turned over and dismounted and threw himself in front of Meng Tian and knelt down on one knee to report: "General, the army outside the city has reported that the camp outside the city has been attacked by the enemy!" ”
(To be continued)