Chapter 776: Swimming Fish at the Bottom of the Cauldron
At the gate of Yan Yuan, hundreds of gangsters looked left and right in panic. Although he still carried knives and guns, and shouted wildly, the murderous aura had long been lost in this shout, but it was a little weak. In the middle of the team, Li Jiahu listened to the neat roar of the approaching guards and salt ding in the distance, and his face was like earth.
Just now, outside the hall where the wedding banquet was held, he heard the description of his party running from outside, and he fell into a brief hesitation. Do you want to continue to fight hard, fight hard, and strive to rush into the main hall and kill Yan Hong? As long as Yan Hong is killed, the entire Yangzhou will inevitably be in chaos, and he can calmly slip away again.
But now it seems that this hope is not very good. Just the dozens of guns with sufficient ammunition on the outside, and the dozens of brocade guards with high martial arts inside, are not the ones who are strong and fierce under their own hands, but few of them have the ability to break through the defense. What he is carrying is the main force of the evil youth, and he is still made so wolf by Yan Hong's little force, so what good can the two roads outside get? And the people on Yan Hong's side will not leave themselves such time, if they delay on the edge of this hedgehog that can't gnaw, and are surrounded by the officers and soldiers of Yangzhou, then it will be called cornered.
In desperation, Li Jiahu had to give up his original goal, gather the people around him, and rush out desperately. More than 300 people walked out from the narrow gate of the second courtyard, and the team was dense, and naturally became the best target for dozens of firearms inside and outside. However, after all, the evil boys are all in good shape and walk like flying, and there is a gap in the shooting of firearms after all. Therefore, in relying on companions as meat pads. After paying a number of casualties, most of them rushed out.
Coupled with the vigilant people who stayed outside, there are now nearly 400 party members around Li Jiahu. And the brocade guards in the mansion are probably few of them, and they don't dare to rush out now. What temporarily threatens them is that there are only ambushes in several mansions around Yan Yuan, and the fire bullets fired from Yin and Yang are just sporadically knocking down one or two people each time.
Chen Shilang was not shot, but when he went out on his left cheek, he rubbed it against the wall and cut off a layer of skin. Now it's bleeding. He covered his face and said, "Third brother." What to do? โ
Li Jiahu said angrily: "What else can I do? Meet the others and run to the docks! Where there is life, there is hope. Let's cross the Yangtze River first, and if we can't do it, we will run to Taihu Lake to fall into the grass! โ
This group of evil young people. Suzhou is the majority. Taihu Lake is vast expanse. The vastness is endless, and if you drill into the reeds of the smoke waves, the gods will not be found. The evil youths used to rely on the land of Taihu Lake. I also have a lot of experience in robbing houses, and now that something has happened, as long as I escape the Yangtze River, it is normal to hide over there.
Chen Shilang said urgently: "Third brother Gao Jian! Let's go quickly, there is a brigade of officers and soldiers coming from the west! โ
Li Jiahu slapped him with his hand: "Lao Tzu is not blind, turn south!" โ
So more than 300 invincible evil boys, wolf bรจi avoided the guards coming from the western road, and ran desperately in the direction of the docks. Along the way, they broke through two mansions of wealthy merchants, and were hit by arrows and masonry from the courtyard walls, but they did not lose many people. After all, those guards in the courtyard, hindering the law of the country, did not dare to equip any excessively powerful firearms, nor did they dare to entangle too much with the outlaws. There were only a few unlucky guys, who were wounded in the shoulder socket by a bow and arrow, or whose forehead was broken by a brick, and who limped away with their faces covered and regardless of the pain.
After running for a ride, the two evil young men brought by Luo Jinxing and Xu Zui also came to converge. Luo Jinxing suffered a big loss in attacking the arsenal. Chen Baihu, who was guarding the arsenal, had already been strengthened by the local brocade guards, with high iron cables, firearms, bows and crossbows in a row, and dozens of evil dead and wounded, and he couldn't even gnaw off a piece of wall skin, so he had to retreat in a gloomy manner.
And Xu Zui took some achievements along the way, and actually rushed into the prefect's yamen, not only robbed the warehouse, but even lit a fire to the yamen, and some people enjoyed the taste of romance. However, when they attacked the Qincha Xingyuan, they were ambushed again, although they rushed into the wall and ordered a few houses, but Wang Ting led the brocade guards in the main hall in the middle, and also gathered some miscellaneous craftsmen in the Qincha team, and the firearms, crossbows and arrows were all out together, spears and iron rods defended, killing and wounding many people, but they did not grab anything. The evil young men besieged for a while, and when they saw that the momentum was not good, they had to withdraw, and at this time they also heard the news that the guards had gathered. Xu Zui didn't bring too many people, so he could only run over to meet the boss first.
In this way, this team of evil youths, who originally burned and killed and disturbed the city in several ways, converged again at this time. Li Jiahu was furious, and ordered to order the house when he took time along the way. After a while, dozens of places had been lit, but seeing the thick smoke billowing out, those citizens who were unfortunately victimized were also crying and shouting in the fireworks.
The wicked boys ran all the way to the docks. Then, a scene shocked them.
On the dock, there were dozens of corpses lying horizontally and vertically, and it was Zhang Xuan and others who Li Jiahu had sent out to control the boat. Some of their heads were shattered, some of their waists and abdomen were pierced, and the blood, brains, internal organs, and smearing were miserable. Several other houses were also torn down and left in ruins. However, these were supposed to be resting places on the docks during the day, and there should be no one at night.
In the river by the wharf, one big and three middle schools, four Yi boats are lined up, end to end. On the ship, the lights were bright, the muzzles of the black holes were sticking out, and on the side of the ship was a row of brocade guards with muskets.
Under the largest ship, a tall Jinyi guard officer opened his mouth and said with a smile: "The thief who killed a thousand knives, you dare to go to Yangzhou to make trouble at this stall!" Hurry up and put down your weapons and tie your hands, otherwise, I, Ye Zhengfei, will let you taste the taste of this large Buddha machine! Ye Zhengfei's voice was originally loud, and with the amplification of the earthen speaker, it really spread for ten miles, shaking the night sky.
Beside Ye Zhengfei, a beautiful woman with a cold smile on her face, who is not the wife of the pirate Xu Hai at the beginning, and now the "sister" Wang Cuiqiao of Yan Hong's outer room? Next to Wang Cuiqiao was the maid Sai Zhaojun, looking at the people on the dock with trepidation, and there was some panic in her beautiful big eyes.
On the docks, the wicked boys are in a mess. Li Jiahu gritted his teeth and said, "Don't listen to him, hurry up and grab the boat!" โ
The corners of Wang Cuiqiao's mouth turned up slightly: "Chief Ye, I see, these thieves will not surrender obediently." โ
Ye Zhengfei was overjoyed and said: "In this case, then let's shoot and shoot." Anyway, these are villains who disturb the people, Nuno, and they still set fire to the city, killing them is not against the morality of the rivers and lakes. โ
Wang Cuiqiao smiled: "You are the chief of the brocade clothes, no longer the hero of the Yellow River, what kind of morality do you say?" โ
Ye Zhengfei said: "Officers should also be officers, and morality should also be spoken, as the so-called ...... Fire! โ
It turned out that there were dozens of bold evil youths, under the command of Li Jiahu, who were jumping from the dock to the boat. Ye Zhengfei gave an order, and the brocade guards on the side of the ship lit the fire rope one after another. At that time, it was not easy to aim with firearms, but the Jinyi guards beside Yan Hong were trained by Ye Zhengfei many times along the way, and at this moment on the dock, they had proofread in advance for a long time, so these dozens of muskets were fired in a row, and the left and right did not exceed a few zhang range, and the evil young people who were shrouded in fire suddenly fell down.
Then, the muzzle of the cannon sticking out of the side of the boat also spewed out a puff of smoke. Some of the salt dings under Wang Cuiqiao are directly the pirates who followed Xu Hai to collect protection money at sea, and after Wang Cuiqiao came to Yangzhou, he took care of Yan Hong's ships, and often took them to explore secretly, and now it is naturally handy. With a roar, shells exploded one after another on the docks. How can the poor evil boys huddled together resist this steel projectile with their flesh and blood? In particular, some of them are still flowering bullets, and the iron pieces and iron pellets in them are flying in all directions. All of a sudden, the docks were like hell on earth. Needless to say, those who are injured and immortal, those who are bleeding, whose eyes are broken, whose mouths are opened, whose stomachs are disemboweled, whose hands and feet are blown off, who roll and crawl, who cry, who shout, who are screaming. The evil youths who were rampant and domineering in Jiangnan, had no official law, and oppressed the good people, now they have truly tasted the power of the regular army.
At this point, Li Jiahu understood that his operation was a complete failure. Forward, it is a strong ship and a cannon, which is equivalent to taking flesh and blood and guns and bullets. In the future, the control of the city has been seized by the officers and soldiers, and he has no strength to fight to the death. Now, even if you want to run, you have nowhere to run.
However, as long as people still have breath, they always want to survive. Li Jiahu gritted his teeth and shouted: "Run east!" Go to the docks outside the city to grab the boat! Waving the steel knife in his hand, he led the people to the east.
However, at this time, the hundreds of evildoers on the dock had completely lost control under the bombardment of heavy firepower. What Li Jiahu can take away is only dozens of people around him. The rest of the evil youths, some only know how to hide in fear in the corners of the wall and behind the ashlars, to avoid the cannonballs that seduce the soul on the water; Some of them turned around in fright and ran wildly into the city, completely ignoring the officers and soldiers who might be killed in the city. Some of them even jumped into the river, pitifully jumped into the water, although most of them knew the nature of the water, but they couldn't help but breathe, their heads were on the water, even if they dodged for a while, sooner or later they were to practice as a target for the brocade guards on the boat. Others, frightened, knelt on the ground and shouted: "Master spare your life, we will surrender!" โโฆโฆ
Not long after, the guards led by Yun Chuqi and Yan Ding were killed. The evil youths who remained on the dock and were not dead were all obediently captured. Most of those who jumped into the river also got up wet and were tied up. A moment later, Zao Yong, who was stationed outside the city, also rushed to reinforce him. The evil young people who made the whole Yangzhou boil against Yingtian were in turmoil, and in just two hours, they were calmed down like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves. (To be continued......)