The situation was critical, and Zhu Houwei shouted, "Fill all the utensils that can hold water, and we will retreat to the second floor, quickly." ”

The order was quickly conveyed, and more than 50 people, including Zhu Houwei, also took a vase filled with water and ran to the second floor, and when Zhu Houwei was the first to step on the steps, the enemy's torches were also thrown in, and along the oil on the tiles, the fire suddenly jumped to more than half a person's height. Soon, the room began to heat up, accompanied by thick smoke that made it difficult to breathe.

Zhu Houwei shouted again, "Open the window and shoot at the enemy." Wrap a cloth in water around your face and put it around your mouth and nose. ”

The fire on the first floor is out of control, but it is impossible for the enemy to enter from the first floor, and the staircase is safe for the time being, but the second floor is already the best position and cannot be lost. Opening windows also allows air to come in and mitigate the effects of choking smoke.

Then there is the crossbow arrows, the palace guards are condescending, occupying a favorable position, and the continuous Zhuge crossbows form a line of death, so that the approaching thieves fall to the ground one after another, and also suppress the enemy can not approach, let alone throw oil cans to the second floor.

Time passed minute by minute, and Zhu Houwei was also very anxious in his heart, but at this time, he couldn't mess up, pretend to be calm, and stabilize the army's heart. But although the fire did not spread to the second floor, the floor on the second floor began to heat slightly, and Zhu Houwei estimated that in another half an hour, the floor would become teppanyaki, and it would be unstoppable.

Zhu Houwei looked down slightly near the south window, and there were fifty or sixty people around, asking the guards on the other three sides to report the situation, and found that there were at least two hundred people around. Now they have also adjusted their strategy, standing outside the range of Zhuge Repeater's crossbow, holding bows and arrows to shoot at the guards.

Due to the short crossbow arrows, the precision range of the Zhuge repeater is only about 25 meters, and the crossbow arrows will float and lose their penetrating power beyond this distance. However, the bow and arrow can be shot fifty meters away, and now both sides are holding infantry bows, and the range is much farther than that of cavalry bows and arrows.

It takes a certain amount of time for the bow to open the bow and draw the arrows, and there are many enemies downstairs, as long as you aim at the window, whoever comes up will pass with a bow and arrow, and the guards will suffer very much. Although there are some muskets in the team, but the muzzle is downward, and the bullets will come out of the bottom of the chamber, or even fall out, Zhu Houwei has already injured several guards here, this is still Zhu Houwei's opportunity.

Now I can only hide my body, secretly observe, see someone approaching and then use the repeater to repel it, and the time is slowly reaching twelve o'clock.

Suddenly, Zhu Houwei saw a man in black running from a distance, and when he arrived in the large army, he said a few words to a person who seemed to be the leader, and the leader lowered his head and muttered for a few seconds, then looked up at the second floor, and shouted "Withdraw." It was dark and far away, Zhu Houwei couldn't see the enemy's expression clearly, and he couldn't hear the enemy's conversation, but the following situation gave him the answer.

I only heard in the distance about the location of the front yard of the palace, there were many more torches that were moving quickly, and there were also indistinct shouts of people, "Keep up, Hugh is going to go against the thief." ”

The large number of torches looked like a moving sea of fire from a distance, striking in the dark night, and when they ran closer, they dispersed again, forming several teams, and quickly ran towards Zhu Houwei's villa, and the man in black also began to run to the south, where was the backyard of the palace, and there was a small door on the left and right sides to go out.

Zhu Houwei and the guards couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Zhou Ting's letter for help finally arrived in Zhu Houzhao's hands. If it's late, the fifty or so people on the second floor will turn into barbecue.

About a thousand people persevered in pursuit of the enemy, and now who is chasing him, it is the assassin of the prince, the person who plotted rebellion, the greater the crime of such a criminal, the greater the merit of catching or killing him. The Beijing camp has not fought for decades, and if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, this time the credit must not be missed, and this side occupies such a big advantage, and it is not a well-trained army to deal with, where to find such a good thing, so everyone is full of energy, desperately chasing after it, the soldiers are like this, and the same is true of the commander who cherishes his life.

At this time, Zhu Houwei, who was at the window, heard Zhou Ting's anxious voice: "Lord, where is the prince, is the prince okay?" "The voice is a little broken, it's very ugly, not only now no one pays attention to this, there are so many corpses lying around the villa, in case there is one here is Zhu Houwei, then the army that came to help will have a big fault, as for Zhou Ting, he basically can't escape the fate of a trip to the vegetable market. Zhu Houwei leaned to the window and shouted loudly, "This king is here, Zhou Ting asked them not to water the first floor, hurry up and get a ladder, and take people down from the second floor, quickly." ”

The imperial troops who came to help left about 100 people to guard the surroundings of the villa, but the fire on the first floor had not abated, and the officer immediately asked the soldiers to start watering to extinguish the fire. But now this kind of fire, watering is useless, the oil will float on the water, still burning on the upper layer, and it may also expand the burning area because of the flow, then it may really kill Zhu Houwei.

Zhu Houwei looked at the guards who had gathered behind him and were smoked like African black uncles, and each one of them still had a wet cloth tied to his mouth, like forty thieves, and couldn't help but smile, "Send the wounded down first, and treat them quickly." "Lord Wang." Immediately shouted, the situation on the second floor is indeed not very good, and it is still very dangerous, but Zhu Houwei said seriously, "Quick, if we are stunned again, we will die here together." The guards had no choice but to tie a rope around the waist of the wounded and slowly lower it down the window, and the people below immediately came to pick it up. But this method took a long time, and by the time the ladder was found, it was only possible to put down seven wounded.

After listening to Zhu Houwei's words, the people below immediately started to act, and in less than ten minutes, they found two ladders and set them up near the window on the second floor. Although it is the second floor, but at that time Zhu Houwei paid attention to the atmosphere when he built it, spacious, the ceiling on the first floor is more than five meters from the ground, and the window on the second floor is nearly seven meters from the ground.

The ladder was erected, Zhu Houwei got off the ladder, and then the others also came down quickly. The wounded have been sent to the hospital belonging to the Beijing Tianxia Chamber of Commerce, which is closed 24 hours a day, and there is also a family close to here.

Zhu Houwei looked at the corpses that had been disposed of around him, then looked back at the villa that was still burning, and scolded fiercely, "I fork, how much silver will I lose here, is it easy for me to make money." Hong Yu next to him happened to hear Zhu Houwei's muttering and shook his head slightly.

Zhu Houwei brought Zhou Ting in, and then asked, "Does my brother have anything else besides asking you to bring people here?" Zhou Ting still looked at Zhu Houwei excitedly and happily, and calmed down a little before replying, "Back to the prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said this: 'I know the things outside the city, you enter the palace immediately, and then wait for the results tomorrow." Zhu Houwei nodded, and then followed the troops left behind, and immediately marched towards the palace.