Zhu Yuncai, who was lying on the ground, was afraid and angry, afraid that the big man behind him would catch up and catch him back, angry that his body always did not obey at critical moments, and he was about to escape from the heavens before he saw it, and fell into a dog and gnawed on. He only prayed that the thieves behind him would not chase after him, and that the three guards in front of him would not shoot easily.

But before he could straighten up, he heard the sound of arrows shooting through the air overhead, followed by a scream. Zhu Yuncai looked back and saw that the big man who had caught up had already been hit by several feather arrows, and he fell to the ground struggling in vain. Seeing that he would not let go of this opportunity, he jumped up again, opened his legs, and ran to the reinforcements without his life.

This distance was only a dozen paces away, but he felt as if he had been running for a hundred years, and he only hated that his legs were too short and too slow to escape this dangerous place immediately.

When Zhu Yuncai was helped up by a soldier of the Three Guards, he really felt that he had finally escaped and been saved.

"General Zheng! Among the thieves, there are people who want to be captured alive, please try to do it! ”

Zhu Yuncai, who escaped from danger, immediately made a formal request to the battalion officer surnamed Zheng after rejoicing. He had seen this battalion officer in the Chinese army outside the southern city of the Three Guards before, but there were too many generals at the battalion officer level at that time, and he only remembered this person's surname Zheng, but he didn't know his name.

Then Zheng Yingguan said without thinking: "Capturing alive is not a problem!" I just gave the order to fire, I really don't want the thief to think that the mark will throw a rat bogey, if so, it will hurt you! ”

Zhu Yuncai was stunned by what the battalion officer said, if he didn't mention it, he would have forgotten the resentment just now, but he didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to apologize, besides, he was extremely shrewd, and he didn't think about it because of the panic just now. Now after being reminded by Zheng Yingguan, his mind is clear, and everything is naturally clear in his heart, but he can't care about greeting this camp official, and immediately returns the salute.

"I know General Zheng's good intentions, and the top priority now is not to run away from the thieves!"

The battalion officer smiled, showing a rare neat teeth: "Lang Zhong and relax, a few clowns who jumped off the beam, and the mark will definitely tie them up to make amends!" ”

With that, the battalion officer waved his hand and shouted, "Spearmen prepare!" ”

Behind the rows of musketeers, there were suddenly lightly armored infantry with spears in their hands, still lined up in a dense and neat phalanx, and there was a sound of shouting from their mouths.

"Forward!"

As the battalion commander gave the order, a rhythmic drum sounded, and the drum beat fell, and the spear phalanx took a step forward. The drum dropped twice, and the spear phalanx took two steps forward.

These spears are nearly two zhang long and densely packed with spear tips protruding from the queue, and there are four or five layers of far and near, forming a wall of spear tips with almost no loopholes. Any enemy facing this wall of spikes head-on will have no power to fight back unless they use a bow and arrow.

The masked thieves trapped in the Dinghuai Gate gradually retreated towards the city wall one by one, although these people were brave and brave alone, but if they did not form a formation to resist the enemy, they would be a little weak in front of the well-trained military formation.

The leader of the masked thieves obviously intended to fight the trapped beasts, and suddenly roared bitterly: "Formation! ”

After receiving the order, these formed a dense array of fish scales in groups of three people.

"They use spears, just get close and cut their legs with knives!"

The masked thieves burst into a desperate roar and rushed forward. But after rushing for less than two steps, I felt that countless iron bumps were densely thrown down on the top of my head, and even a few people were immediately smashed on their heads and fell to the ground!

The masked leader's pupils contracted suddenly, he recognized this thing, the defenders of the city called this thing a blossom thunder before, and with the wisp of white smoke coming out of the iron bump, it would explode. This time, they retreated to the base of the wall, and the defenders above did it again.

"Oh no, this thing will ......"

He was only halfway through his words, and the blossoming thunderbolts that fell from the sky suddenly exploded one after another, blowing up these people into a blur of flesh and blood, crying and crying!

Seeing the success of the sneak attack, the defenders of the city applauded. But Zhu Yuncai, who was standing behind the gun array, jumped to his feet angrily and shouted in vain at the city: "The marquis of the town has an order, to catch the live, catch the live!" ”

No matter how he shouted, the defenders of the city were still throwing flower thunderbolts downward. The last vestiges of the masked thieves who had been bombed were finally blown up, and everyone scattered and fled.

Only Xue Jinlong, a Jiangxi businessman who was lucky enough to not die, was quietly in charge of the servant who was only slightly injured, and hid under the city gate, looking at the tragic scene in front of him with a pale face.

"Uncle Xue, what should we do?"

"Son, it's a little safe, it's a big deal to go back to house arrest, Li Xin won't kill you!"

From the body for a while, as if aware of something, he asked in a lost voice: "You, what about you?" ”

Xue Jinlong sighed, "The son is fine, and the villain will be fine!" That said, his expression was a little insincere.

As the two men were in the middle of nowhere, the masked leader had been stabbed in the calf by a spear and fell to the ground, not because he didn't want to run, but because those who had hoped to escape from the wings had been shot by the dense muskets.

With the arrival of reinforcements, these masked thieves quickly scattered, either dead or wounded. But Zhu Yuncai on the side was in a hurry, and kept yelling, and there were only three words to say, "Catch alive!" ”

It's not that the Three Guards are unwilling to be captured alive, but when the other side is desperate, they can only fight the enemy, and those who can't be captured alive must be killed, otherwise the Three Guards can only increase casualties.

Zhu Yuncai was angry and searched back and forth in a group of captives with their hands and feet tied, looking for suspicious people. The masked leader was the most eye-catching, and he tore off the man's masked scarf, but saw an angular square face exposed, if it weren't for the shocking scars on his left cheek and forehead, it was also a rather handsome face.

"The dog officer is here!"

The masked leader with a scarred face had red eyes, and although his hands and feet were tied, he still wanted to get up and attack Zhu Yuncai, so frightened that he hurriedly took a few steps back. Seeing this, the two soldiers unceremoniously kicked him back, one in the stomach and the other in the back. There was a wound on the back of Scarface's face, and his face was pale with pain, and large cold sweat dripped from the corners of his forehead.

Quanzhou accent? Zhu Yuncai was secretly happy in his heart, could this be the person he was looking for this time? Although this person had spoken before, at the moment of life and death, he subconsciously forgot about looking for someone with a Quanzhou accent, and now his mind has returned to his clear, and he immediately remembered it.

Zhu Yuncai commanded the soldiers of the Three Guards to escort this person to Yingtianfu, and at the same time, he was still searching for the figure of the Jiangxi businessman, and his intuition told him that the Jiangxi businessman and this group of people were not assigned the same assignment, and maybe there was another gain.

"Don't, don't kill me! I'm Zuo Menggeng! My dad is Zuo Liangyu! ”

didn't wait for Zhu Yun to look for them one by one, and a voice reached his ears. Looking up, he saw that the merchant surnamed Xue bowed his head and paused on the spot, but it was his servant who was talking to the soldiers.

And that sentence just now came from the mouth of this servant.

Zuo Menggeng? Zhu Yuncai couldn't help but be stunned, Zuo Mengeng is Zuo Liangyu's son, who was detained and placed under house arrest in Nanjing by the Marquis of Zhenju after the incident of stealing military rations, it turned out that this person wanted to take the opportunity to escape from Nanjing. This made him a little disappointed, he thought that a big fish would be brought out, and after a long time, what the Jiangxi businessman wanted to take out of the city was just a small shrimp.

"These two people will also take Hui Tianfu to it!"

As for the other servant of the merchant surnamed Xue, because his right arm was cut off by Qi Gen, he had already died of excessive blood loss.

When the dust settled, Zhu Yun was about to respond to Tianfu, but was stopped by the battalion officer. Zhu Yuncai asked puzzledly, "General Zheng still needs my cooperation?" Because he was rescued by this battalion official surnamed Zheng, he rarely became polite to the military attaché.

"Why don't Lang Zhong take all these people away?"

Zhu Yuncai was slightly surprised, I said that I took away a few first criminals, and it was already a credit for this person, but it was really strange that this battalion official didn't want anyone. The battalion officer surnamed Zheng obviously also saw his doubts, so he explained with a smile: "If these people are brought back, they will have to interrogate the records, Lang Zhong doesn't know, the rules in the army are cumbersome, and a few small fish and shrimp are not enough effort!" ”

Indeed, these people were not the enemy of the beheading, so they could not be counted as beheading, and a few thieves in this area became chicken ribs, afraid of tedious paperwork, and it is understandable that the battalion officer handed over the captives.

This is exactly what Zhu Yun couldn't ask for, and he thanked him at the moment: "In this way, Zhu will take these people away!" Today's business is in the body, and I will report after the grace of saving my life! ”

The battalion officer was also very polite.

"Lang Zhong's words are serious, and the mark is just to be loyal to his duties, and he doesn't dare to say his favor, this matter must be mentioned again, otherwise he will be punished by the board of the Hou Hou!"

In a big battle, there was no danger, Zhu Yuncai specially went to find the soldier who was alone against the masked thief, but was told that the arrow in the right arm of this person had been sent to the military camp to find the soldier Langzhong for treatment, so he had to write down what camp this person belonged to and who his surname was.

Zhao Amao! In the end, it is like a town captive marquis, showing merit for this person, and blocking dozens of masked thieves alone, it is rare to see such a loyal and brave person!

The mighty thieves escorted back to Yingtianfu Prison, and Zhu Yuncai's heart became inexplicably excited, he had been bored in the Ministry of Labor for many days, and today he could relieve the depression and depression accumulated for many days. He couldn't help but sigh secretly, it seems that he is still suitable to be a cool official, and the economic minister is still less passionate after all.

According to his previous experience, Zhu Yuncai did not interrogate the masked leader first, but tortured more than a dozen minions in a row. Even if most of these people were hard-mouthed, there must have been a few soft bones, and sure enough, someone soon found out where they came from and who instructed them.

The confession he got made Zhu Yuncai secretly frightened, and at the same time, he couldn't hide the excitement that was gradually boiling in his chest, he suppressed the idea of immediately going to report to the Hou Hou of Zhen, and decided to interrogate the leader again!