After Guo Kang announced his goal, everyone headed all the way to their destination. However, under his deliberate guidance, the team increased their speed, ahead of the crowd, and approached their destination.

This is one of Alexandria's dwellings, which is actually already on the edge of what is generally considered to be a ghetto. There are a few slightly more well-established buildings around, and this residence is very recognizable even among them.

It doesn't look like a common house here, unlike the old den of Sergei's gangsters. Although the latter is tall and neat, it looks like it was built by regular craftsmen, but it is also a simple two-story single apartment building. This residence is a structure similar to a nobleman's house.

The traditional mansions in Rome are actually a bit similar to the courtyard houses of the Central Plains. However, the four sides of the courtyard are generally separated, connected to each other by structures such as walls and cloisters, and enclose the courtyard. And the courtyard of the Romans is a whole building that is connected and integrated.

Since the houses are generally two stories high, and there are no windows on the outward walls, the lighting is very poor, and the daytime light is also leaning on the middle patio. It's not a matter of architectural style, it's just that the security of Rome was so poor that even the nobles didn't dare to open windows on the wall facing the street, so everyone had to settle for it......

From this point of view, it looks like a kind of tulou-like building that is both defensive and defensive.

With the development of the times, the Romans gradually became more comfortable and pompous, so the mansion architecture gradually developed, and the main building became more and more complex, gradually bringing windows and other decorations. In addition, many wealthy people are no longer satisfied with this kind of monolithic building, and have begun to expand into two-entry and three-entry courtyards, and even more complex structures.

The upper floors of the Purple Horde Court, after the settlement of the capital, brought with it a new architectural style. For example, Guo Kang's house is a very traditional Central Plains-style courtyard, with a fence and relatively low single-storey houses, as well as a wider courtyard. Therefore, in the three days of the year, there were women running over the wall and jumping around on the roof.

However, to this day, the influence of Central Plains houses is still limited, and most of the mansions and palaces in Greece and even Western Europe still continue the overall style of the Romans. For example, the building in front of you has a corridor and a gate at the entrance of the first entrance, which is quite luxurious.

"This guy is really going to enjoy it." Guo Kang looked at the out-of-place mansion and sighed.

"I've always disliked these people." Guo Ponu whispered to him: "I'll tell you in advance: if they come back and get close to you, don't believe it." These people say every day that they know their father, and they are acquaintances who have known each other since the time of defending the city, but in fact, they were forced in. ”

"He was the leader of the gang then?" Guo Kang asked.

"It wasn't him, it was his brother." Guo Ponu told him: "But their family is all virtuous." At that time, they had already run to the city gate, but there were too many people there, and the road was blocked. Only then did Dad and Mother have the opportunity to catch up, 'reason' with them, and force them to come up with money and reward warriors, which made people feel at ease. ”

Guo Kang thinks that this reaction is also expected. So he nodded, indicating that he understood.

As the team got closer, the people in the house seemed to notice something, and they could see the people at the door moving around. The captain of the knights came over and asked Guo Kang if he wanted to start attacking directly.

"Let's divide it again." Guo Kang said, turning to the lame young man: "You came to deliver food before, which door did you go through?" ”

"Take the side door, the one near the kitchen." The other party replied.

"Are there any other doors besides this?" Guo Kang asked.

"There's also a back door. There are only three of them. The young man said, "The front one is the gate, and the back door is in the northwest direction, by the street." Both doors are for guests to enter and exit on a regular basis. The door to the kitchen was a little smaller, and it was where servants came and went. ”

"Okay, your team will follow him and kill him from the kitchen." Guo Kang said to the knight captain: "If the enemy is prepared, we may not be able to enter head-on, it depends on you." ”

The captain of the knights immediately responded.

"You take my flag and go to the back door." He said to Guo Ponu again: "Remember to hold it high and let the people inside see it." ”

"Bait, huh?" Guo Ponu understood what he meant: "But you have a problem like this." First of all, they do think that someone will attack from the back door. But I don't think many people here recognize this flag, and it's useless to fight. ”

"I think, just leave someone over there to block the door and prevent the target from escaping." She beckoned and shouted, "Captain Lucas!" ”

"I'm here." Captain Lucas came over with his sword in his hand.

"You call 10 people, go to the back door, and see if there's a luxury carriage." Guo Ponu instructed: "If there is, hide behind the carriage, and if not, hide in the corner of the street." After that, no matter who you see, stop and detain them. ”

Captain Lucas looked at Guo Kang, Guo Kang nodded, so he also called a few guards and turned his head to go around the back door.

"Don't take it for granted when commanding, and don't hope that others will be fooled directly." Guo Ponu began to educate Guo Kanglai again: "Whether the enemy will be deceived by you can only be determined after the war." We don't know if there are smart people on their side, and we don't know how and from what angle they think. Until then, you can't assume that they're going to follow your train of thought. ”

"The only thing that really forces the enemy to follow his own pace is actual action. So, let them observe and think for themselves, it's better to attack directly and let them feel the real pressure. They don't have time to make a choice, or they don't have a choice, and they are really forced to follow our train of thought. ”

"Shall we ...... Direct offense? Guo Kang was very weak by what she said, and hurriedly asked.

"Shouldn't you be in command?" Guo Ponu turned his head and pointed to the crowd in the distance, and asked, "Look at the people in the back, they are all coming for your little commander." You've mobilized them all, you can't stop halfway, can you? ”

Guo Kang was speechless for a while. He was even a little puzzled, not knowing what Guo Ponu wanted to do.

Before, he had seen more than one person who wanted to compete for power with his brother, not to mention Shi Huizhen, even Theodora probably had this idea. So much so that everyone has always wondered if these people are too "Hellenistic".

Guo Ponu was similar to them, and often wanted to steal the limelight with Guo Kang - even if Guo Kang was not really interested. At that time, Guo Kang felt that these people were not in a group and did not learn from each other.

However, after coming back this time, Guo Ponu suddenly seemed to have changed his personality, and sometimes he couldn't figure out what he was thinking. Now, she simply said that she wanted to be the head of the family, and at the same time asked Guo Kang to establish his prestige and make contributions, which is quite strange no matter how you look at it.

However, the two of them also have a tacit understanding. Not to mention anything else, on really important occasions, Guo Ponu has never messed around. In this regard, she may be more reliable than Li Xuanying......

Therefore, Guo Kang didn't think too much about it this time, nodded, and ordered the rest of the people: "Let's salute first and then soldier." If they hand over the people, they can have a good talk. If you don't like it, you can attack it directly. ”

It will take time for the other two teams to be in place, so everyone still gave up the previous plan to attack directly. They swayed slowly for a while, successfully attracting the attention of the mansion.

There are also a large number of residents rushing to the back. They do not have the discipline and restraint of the regular army, and they are noisy and shouting along the way. However, the advantage of this is that whether they really want to help with the fight or just come to see the excitement, such a big momentum is impossible to ignore.

The waiting of Guo Kang and others, in the eyes of the enemy, is probably also to wait for these people who help to be in place. The enemy was visibly nervous, and many thugs could be seen rushing towards the door. Thinking about it carefully, Guo Ponu's remark that "direct pressure can better mobilize the enemy" is also quite reasonable.

After waiting for half an hour, Guo Kang thought that time was enough. He took out the flag again and prepared to go to the door to negotiate - he didn't really expect the other side to surrender directly. But putting on such a big posture, with the support of the big men in the upper echelons of the Khanate, can somewhat reduce the will of the minions to resist and reduce the difficulty of the strong attack in the future, which is still meaningful.

However, Father Mikhail stopped him.

"Those gang members probably know what's going on out there by now." He told Guo Kang: "None of them are sane guys, and they are likely to go crazy in the face of danger." Don't risk it, I'll do it. ”

Guo Kang was about to say something, when old Vladimir, who had been silent next to him, suddenly spoke. He raised his head and looked at Guo Kang: "Sir, let's come with me." Everyone is here for my business, and as a father, I can't hide behind anyone else. Let me go tell them. ”

"No, you have no negotiation experience, aren't you sent to death?" Father Mikhail immediately retorted: "Since we are here to save people, we must minimize the damage. I'll do it. ”

He waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care, and he didn't take Guo Kang's flag, but just held the old scripture book with hardwood cover and copper trim in his hand high, showed the other party the shiny brass cross on the cover, and walked towards the door.

Guo Kang thought about it, but was still ready to follow behind. He was dressed plainly, and the people here didn't know him anyway. If there is any situation, you can respond to it, or you can take direct action.

It's just that Father Mikhail hadn't taken a few steps before a few people rushed out of the mansion. They shouted "Get out!" ", while waving his weapon. Guo Kang was still speculating whether it was because the old priest had tried to shelter the civilians before, so that the thugs all recognized him, and saw someone on the opposite side raising a crossbow and facing him.

Father Mikhail also seemed surprised, and subconsciously flashed to the side. The man had not hesitated to release the arrow, and with a whoosh, he did not know where it had gone.

Guo Kang couldn't care about the reactions of the rest of the people on both sides. The other thug on the opposite side took out a wooden pole from behind him, and it was not surprising that it was the same musket he had just seen. He reached out to pull the fire rope, and Guo Kang also pulled out his pistol in an instant, raised his hand and shot.

The steel wheel at the tail of the pistol spun with a thud.

- In this era, the reliability of metal torsion springs is not too high, and the ability to maintain elasticity is not very strong due to material problems. However, in this pistol, it was Zhu Wenkui's own metal reed, and in order to prevent the force from weakening, he even asked him to replace one every three shots.

The tip of the steel wheel quickly slices through a piece of flint and steel in the barrel.

- In this era, whether it is flint or other ignition objects, there is a stability problem if you want to start a fire. Guo Kang's previous unlucky thing is a scene with low probability, but it does occur. However, in this pistol, it is pyrite selected and carefully polished by Zhu Wenkui, and even the angle of the surface has been carefully designed. In order to ensure that the drum can always be rubbed in the optimal position, a new one is replaced every few shots.

Large sparks from the flint and steel flew into the medicine pool, and the gunpowder particles at the tail of the gun burst into flames, and the red-hot flames pushed the smoke out of the carefully drilled barrel of a blacksmith with the title of "master".

The soft paper specially made with oriental craftsmanship, wrapped in lead bullets, whistled out, and burned out of ash the moment it flew out of the barrel, turning into black fragments scattered in the air flow.

The lead bullet flew straight out, burrowed into the eyebrow bone of the gunner, and violently tore open the tissue, lifted the bones, and smashed a large hole in the back of the head, with several bone fragments, and flew out together.

Before the corpse had fallen, a pointed iron rod flew over, but unfortunately the target was already leaning back, so it only pierced the corpse's shoulder.

Guo Kang pulled out his sword, only then did he notice that Guo Ponu had rushed over.

He'd only heard of how fast a swordsman could sprint before, but he had never seen it before, and someone could run so fast in armor—he really lacked real combat experience. Besides, when his father-in-law gave him a demonstration, he deliberately retracted his strength so that he could observe and learn.

Guo Ponu may have rushed over when he threw the iron dart, and when Guo Kang reacted, he had already rushed straight from Father Mikhail, who had just stabilized his figure.

An enemy with a long knife tried to stop her, but he was too slow. Guo Ponu had already rushed past him, jumped a few feet away in two steps, his whole body stretched out like an arrow, and handed out the long sword, stabbing the crossbowman who had just been wound through with a sword.

The other four thugs all looked at her in astonishment, and Guo Kang's men also ran briskly. A man with a short gun reacted the fastest, and raised his hand to stab Guo Ponu. Guo Ponu didn't draw his sword, turned around and flashed the tip of the gun, stretched out his right arm to clamp the body of the gun, and pulled it violently.

The thug stumbled towards her, Guo Ponu stepped forward, pulled out the dagger at his waist with his left hand, and stabbed the thug twice in the neck. The thug let go of the short gun, clutched his neck, let out a rattic gasp, and slowly fell.

The knife hand that Guo Ponu flashed also pounced, and she straddled diagonally behind the corpse. Without hesitation, the knife hand jumped over the fallen corpse and slashed with a swing of his sword. Guo Ponu immediately turned around, took his legs as the axis, and swept the knife hand that jumped in the air directly with the body of the gun he was holding.

She still wanted to continue to deal with it, but the knife hand tried to stabilize her body, and after falling to the ground, she took several steps back and fell to the ground, just close to Guo Kang's side.

Guo Kang saw that he hadn't yet stood firm, so he immediately rushed up from behind the side.

This knife hand is still wearing chain mail, Guo Kang learned the lesson of the last time, and did not try to make the sword and armor fight hard. Seeing that the man was half-crouching on the ground, and before he could get up, he immediately slammed out his sword, and the tip of the sword pressed down, stabbing straight into the opponent's pouting buttocks.

Due to posture problems, the chain mail jacket was just shrunk up and failed to protect the lower body. Guo Kang's sword plunged into the flesh without hindrance, sinking nearly a foot deep. The swordsman let out an inhuman scream, and the whole man convulsed, almost taking his sword away. Guo Kang hurriedly drew his sword and jumped backwards, widening the distance in order to be safe.

The remaining two people ran to Guo Kang and Guo Ponu. One of them, with an axe, had already leaned over. Guo Kang felt that the length of his weapon had suffered, so he hurriedly took a few steps back. And the thug with the axe couldn't help but look at the knife hand next to him who was still screaming miserably, hesitated, and was actually a little afraid, and didn't catch up closely.

On the other side, Guo Ponu turned the gun with one hand and met the last enemy who was also holding a short gun. The other party still stabbed directly, and she shook the body of the gun, knocked the tip of the gun on the opposite side, stabbed it with the momentum, and smashed it on her waist.

The thug's armor blocked the head of the gun, but he still arched his waist in pain, and his pace faltered. Guo Ponu shook again, and the head of the gun smashed on his head, and blood immediately flowed from the thug's mouth and nose; Another shot came forward, poked under the head, and the thug fell to the ground without a word, dead.

The axe-wielding thug was visibly panicked, and swung his long axe to cut Guo Kang. However, a book flew next to him and smashed it on his head. It turned out that Father Mikhail was afraid of Guo Kang's danger and threw the scriptures out directly.

His book was made before the art of papermaking was passed down, and it was handed down from monk to monk. Like other important books of the Middle Ages, there are elaborate hardwood covers and hundreds of pages of paper made of sheepskin.

Heavy wood from the Rus' region, close to the face of the axe-wielder. He screamed, not only failed to swing the axe, but also almost fell, so he could only subconsciously use the axe handle to prop himself on the ground, trying to maintain balance and stand up straight.

And Guo Ponu had already turned around, raised his hand and used the short spear as a spear, and threw it again. The spear sank with great force, instantly shattering the inferior iron pieces on the axe-wielder's body, knocking him to the ground, unable to stand up again.

In just a few breaths, almost all of the enemies had been killed, and the others had just arrived, and now only the swordsman who was still screaming was left.

Father Mikhail walked over and looked at it and shook his head.

"It's hopeless."

As he spoke, he drew a cross, recited a verse, picked up the mace at his waist, and smashed the head of the knife hand to free him. The screaming stopped abruptly.

"Heavenly Father is merciful. Amen. Father Mikhail finally chanted.

"Amen." Guo Kang and the others also followed along.

(End of chapter)