The bandits outside the gate of Qi Mansion gathered more and more, crowding the entire street, and suddenly the crowd was separated and a few people rode over.

"Brothers of the officers and soldiers in the courtyard, don't make senseless resistance, I Lao Zhu promised you, as long as you withdraw from Fuzhou City, we will not harm you and make way for you." As soon as the few people who came on horseback arrived, they began to shout towards Qi Mansion.

Be quiet......

Seeing that no one answered, the man shouted again: "There are only a few dozen of you, so why bother?" As long as you withdraw from the city, everyone will not be able to use swords, and my old Zhu is willing to give gold and silver to give away. ”

Murong Chong: "I said ugly Zhuhuai, just because you dare to talk about what conditions here?" If you want to fight, I'm afraid you won't succeed? "If you raise your hand, you will shoot an arrow from your back.

"Grandma's! Toast without eating and drinking, and kill me in. When the man saw that the officers and soldiers inside knew his details, he knew that it was definitely hopeless to lure him to surrender, so he had to order a strong attack.

Ordered the bandits to howl and rush towards the Qi Mansion. What flying hooks, ladders, planks and all kinds of bamboo poles and sticks carried by people are beckoned to the courtyard wall, but as soon as they climbed the wall, they were stabbed and rolled down by the soldiers in the courtyard with spears, and when they saw that they couldn't climb in, they ordered to release the arrows, but Murong Chong had already prepared to block the arrows with a burlap bag, and returned fire with his backhand to the outside of the courtyard, and a few rounds of counterattacks made many people outside the courtyard die under the arrows, which made the attack stalemate for a while.

"His grandmother's! Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, hundreds of people still can't help you. I commanded them to go down and let the brethren surround the courtyard and attack together, and I would see if they could have three heads and six arms. The leader then shouted: "Brothers, destroy the weapons and armor of the officers and soldiers, and take the horses for yourself, and double the reward." ”

As soon as the words fell, the fighting spirit of the bandits suddenly rose, in this era of war, there is nothing more obsessive than armored war horses, that is a life-saving guy.

Murong Chong saw that the bandits had stopped attacking, and then there was a sound of footsteps around him, and he knew what was going on. I'm really afraid of something, such a large yard can't be kept airtight by myself alone.

Just as Murong Chong was thinking about countermeasures, Zhang Jian returned to the front yard: "Murong Centurion, how is the battle going?" ”

Murong Chong smiled bitterly: "For the time being, we have withstood the first wave of attacks, but it is difficult for our soldiers to take care of it, and the thieves have surrounded them and it seems that they are going to fight hard." ”

Zhang Jian turned his head and asked Feng Si: "You are from Qi Mansion, do you know where this mansion is suitable to hold." ”

Feng Si scratched his head and smiled bitterly: "This ...... The villain doesn't know where to hold on, but there is a place in the house that is specially guarded against thieves. ”

Murong Chong and Zhang Jianqi looked at Feng Si.

Feng Si pointed to the side courtyard: "Warehouse!" ”

When the bandits outside rushed in together, they were surprised to find that the officers and soldiers in the courtyard had gone to the empty building, as early as before, Murong Chong had already taken the people and horses to the side yard warehouse with Feng Si, and it was really a good place to check around, the courtyard was surrounded by culverts, and there were wells and water tanks in the courtyard for fire prevention. Pushing open the door of the warehouse, everyone couldn't help but marvel at the amount of grain and rice piled up in the warehouse. Murong Chong took a cursory glance and knew that there should be no less than 5,000 stones of grain and rice in this warehouse, but Zhang Jian said with a blushing face: Before this Qiguan, he was still playing with himself, 'Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road' What kind of bullshit world.

Murong Chong grabbed a handful of rice and said leisurely: "No wonder this Zhu Xiong is so reckless, it turns out that it is for these." ”

Zhang Jian asked, "Zhu Xiong?" ”

Murong Chong explained: "Zhu Xiong is the leader of the mountain bandits outside, and as soon as he spoke in the front yard, I heard that it was him. ”

Zhang Jian: "Then this Zhu Xiong is very powerful?" ”

Murong Chong: "This Zhu Xiong was originally from Qin County, Fuzhou, and later settled in this Nanling Mountain, because of his fierce appearance and cruelty and easy to kill, the people called him ugly Zhuhuai, which means that he is like an ugly beast in the Book of Mountains and Seas." But this person is not to be underestimated, five years ago the king of Linchuan ordered to clear the bandits in Fuzhou, all the mountain bandits were eliminated one by one, only this Zhu Xiong relied on the terrain of Nanling Mountain and the official army to maneuver, it really made the then General Wu racked his brains, and now this stubborn bandit not only recovered his vitality but also dared to take advantage of the flood to attack the county, it is really a big trouble. ”

Murong Chong said eloquently, turned his head to see Zhang Jian's face was extremely bad, and hurriedly smiled: "This Zhu Xiong is just a mountain king after all, although there are many subordinates, they are all rabble, although the number of our army is small, it should not be a problem to hold on to such a terrain until dawn, I am afraid of ......." Before he finished speaking, heavy footsteps outside the courtyard came again.

"Be on guard! Alert! ”

Murong Chong: "Mr. Zhang, it's dangerous outside, you can stay in the warehouse just in case." ”

"Lord, here they are."

Zhu Xiong looked around and couldn't help but curse secretly, "His grandmother's, the walls of this ghost place are taller than the outer courtyard, and there are culverts on all sides." ”

One hand said: "Master Xiong, why don't we attack with fire, and pile firewood around to burn these officers and soldiers." ”

Zhu Xiong glanced at his subordinates with a sneer on his face, and raised his hand to slap: "Fire attack? If you can use fire, Lao Tzu will still use you! What are we doing here? "Zhu Xiong is now in a dilemma, rushing hard to waste time and manpower, fire attack is the best way, but he is really reluctant to get those thousands of stone grain and rice, these grain and rice were originally collected by Qiguan for the chaos of the people, and later in order not to be cheap Weiji, these grains and rice have become a bargaining chip to unite Zhu Xiong, and also want Zhu Xiong to have enough strength to fight for Yuezhou in the future, killing two birds with one stone.

Zhu Xiong's angry face seemed to be piled together, and the subordinates around him were even more frightened and didn't dare to speak: "Grandma, how can Lao Tzu leave empty-handed after all his hard work, level the culvert for Lao Tzu, and kill it." There was no way, everyone had to start leveling the ditch according to Zhu Xiong's order.

The side yard was in full swing, but no one noticed a figure flashing in the backyard. It is also depressing, Liu Wu arrived at the Taishou Mansion, and as expected, the building was empty, so he hurried to the west gate.

I don't know if Da Niu and the others were a step late, but they didn't see Wei Ze and the others. This can make Liu Wu confused, it is impossible for so many people in Taishou Mansion to get out unnoticed.

Just when he didn't know what to do, he suddenly heard that Zhu Xiong surrounded the Qi family trading company with a large group of people, and it was said that there were officers and soldiers guarding it.

Don't think about it, Liu Wu instructed Da Niu and the others to continue to squat at the West Gate, and go to the Qi family trading company to see if it was Wei Ze who was surrounded, if so, it would be best if he could take advantage of the chaos to bring him to himself, if not, then he had to show up and talk to Zhu Xiong. But this is the next policy, after all, this kind of thing has been contacted by someone before, and he and others have never met Zhu Xiong, once they show up, it will cause trouble, but the situation is urgent, and they can't take care of it so much.

Liu Wu came to the Qi family trading house to find a place where no one turned into the yard, as soon as he came in, he found that the yard was unguarded, listening to the sound and cautiously approached the side yard and found a bunch of people digging and filling the ditch, only then did he understand that the officers and soldiers were guarding the warehouse, and immediately retreated back cautiously with joy in his heart.

Then quietly came to the main room in the backyard, this main room is Qiguan's room, it must not be able to hide from the thief's hand, it has already been turned into a mess, but the clay Buddha statue on the table is safe and sound, Liu Wu can't help but admire Qiguan's design, this organ you can't think of it, not to mention that even the thief doesn't care. Liu Wu stepped forward to remove the Buddha statue, and then pressed the wall behind the Buddha statue, "Click...... Squeak" I saw that the bed board of Qiguan collapsed, and Liu Wu smiled at the corner of his mouth and dodged in.

Besides, on the side yard, because there are no digging tools, the progress of filling the ditch is extremely slow, and the door is also blocked and can't be knocked in.

A sergeant in the courtyard couldn't help asking, "Head, what do you say these people are doing there?" Where do you dig without fire? "Not only the soldiers who asked, but the soldiers in this courtyard are very puzzled, just now in the compound because of the open terrain without fire attack will not say anything, now this square inch of land is laborious outside digging soil and filling ditches, it is really confusing.

Murong Chong smiled: "This Zhu Xiong is not stupid, but because he is too smart. ”

Soldier: "Why?" ”

Murong Chong: "Why?" It's because of this amulet behind us. ”

Behind? Everyone looked at the warehouse behind them. Murong Chong was now completely sure that Zhu Xiong knew about the grain stored in the warehouse, so he didn't dare to use fire, and now he could only bet on the allure of the grain in the warehouse. As long as there is no fire, there is a glimmer of life.

In the warehouse, Zhang Jian stared blankly at the front and didn't know what he was thinking, while Feng Si shrank aside and listened to the sound of digging outside.

Zhang Jian complained angrily: "I said Feng Si, can you not tremble." Whoever brought me with me was going to start shaking. ”

Feng Si: "Adult, the little one is a horseman, who has never seen this battle, and the little one is afraid." If the thieves from outside rush in...... ”

Zhang Jian: "Shut your crow's mouth!" ”

On this day, Feng Si was killed by chat, Zhang Jian stood up boredly and planned to go outside to see how the situation was, but as soon as he took two steps, he heard a muffled snort behind him, and before Zhang Jian turned his head, he felt that his neck was cold, and a short knife was already across his neck.

A cold voice came from the back of his head: "Don't move or scream, my hands are faster than your mouth." ”

Zhang Jian felt the slightest cold air coming from his neck and could only obey obediently, and then he was tied and thrown aside, and when he saw Feng Si who was knocked unconscious on the side, and the dark secret passage hole, he understood what was going on.

Zhang Jian forced himself to calm down: "Good man, there is something to discuss, and you can't use a knife or a gun." ”

The man said coldly: "Less nonsense! You will answer whatever I ask, and if you talk more, I will not send you to Hades. I ask you, where is Wei Ze now? ”

Hearing him ask Wei Ze, Zhang Jian couldn't help but be surprised, "At this time, Wei Ze is definitely not a good person, I want to tell others where it is, wouldn't it hurt Wei Ze." ”

"The prince is outside directing the battle." Looking at the knife that was getting closer and closer, Zhang Jian could only talk nonsense.

The man said angrily, "Humph! How dare you deceive me? ”

Zhang Jian: "What I said is true, he is really outside, I am not lying." ”

Feeling that the knife on his neck was gone, Zhang Jian breathed a sigh of relief, only to see the masked man sitting on a burlap bag muttering something, "There is no way, it can only be like this." With that, he stood up and walked towards Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian watched the masked man approach step by step, only to feel that his whole body was soft, he couldn't lift up a trace of strength, and it became difficult to breathe, this was the closest he had been to death so far, although he had already died once.

The short knife in the masked man's hand was raised, Zhang Jian gasped in fear and thought that he was going to die, and a soft snort came, and the short knife in the masked man's hand turned his head to see that Feng Si, who had been knocked unconscious, had woken up and was rubbing his neck and getting up from the ground. Zhang Jian saw that the masked man was distracted, and gritted his teeth and used all his strength to kick the eagle with a rabbit.

The masked man was caught off guard by the short knife in his hand and was kicked away, and suddenly grabbed Zhang Jian with both hands in anger, Zhang Jian instinctively came another lazy donkey rolled over and rolled on his side, shouting "Help!" while rolling on the ground! ”。

On the side, Feng Si's mind was confused, and he looked at the two people in a mess with a blank face, and the masked man was no longer entangled with Zhang Jian, who was rolling on the ground, and turned his head to pick up the short knife. Seeing this, Zhang Jian saw that a carp was quite a pity that it didn't turn over, at this time, Feng Si finally came to his senses, and used all his strength to crash into the masked man, knocking him down, Zhang Jian also took advantage of the situation to roll over, and the three of them were entangled for a while.

Outside, Murong Chong heard the sound of fighting and shouting for help in the warehouse, and hurriedly rushed into the warehouse. Seeing that the masked man was no longer able to do anything, he tried his best to break away from the two of them and run towards the dark passage.

"Huh" Murong Chong raised his hand and shot an arrow into the masked man's right thigh.

But the masked man endured the pain and had to run again.

"Woo" is another arrow that hits the masked man's left calf.

Murong Chong put away his longbow and ordered, "Catch him." ”