The messenger left Shuikou Cottage Fort and went straight north.

Luo An saw through the telescope: "How long will it take?" ”

"I'm afraid it will take more than 30 minutes for them to arrive."

In the Jinyi Guard, everyone has begun to use a new time unit according to the new Huangming Bell.

Luo An put down the binoculars, took a deep breath, and then raised his hand and pointed forward: "Slowly approaching!" ”

Inside the walled castle, Zhan Huabi's eyes stared.

More than 100 captains in brocade clothes began to come east along the Xiangshui.

Not fast, but they're coming.

"Dudu, let the last general rush out with his brothers, kill them, and take revenge!"

Zhan Huabi only turned his head and glanced at Dan Zhaonian when he heard this.

"It's a good thing to want to be ashamed, and it's good to keep the village."

Everyone over there was riding horses, wasn't it very obvious that they wanted to fish out the defenders of the village for a walk?

Zhan Huabi now knows what Dan Zhaonian's real level is.

I can't see that there is no war on the side of Changde, and all the way to Hengzhou Mansion is also the overwhelming trend of Mount Tai, just bullying the weak.

Now it's clear: this guy is really useless except for being loyal.

There are thousands and 500 guards in Changning County, thousands of people are strong, and the city can be lost in less than an hour.

After that, he commanded: "Your men should guard the gap in the outer wall of the west and protect the people." Even if the outer wall can't be repaired before the arrival of the Changning army, there are more rejection horses. ”

“…… The last general commanded. ”

But Zhao Nian went with his brothers, who didn't sleep well but were full.

Facing the side of the more than 100 brocade guards, although the people still beat the wood and carry the stones with their hands and legs, the people of Zhaonian were also nervous, and from time to time they would move around with small steps.

Zhan Huabi's head hurts: This is to be ashamed? Still fighting?

Then his eyes froze, and behind the team of brocade guards, more than 100 horsemen appeared, and they were speeding up.

It was the team on the other side of the original Xiangshui.

Didn't go to Changning to bring the army over, but went to the upper reaches of Xiangshui to cross the river to join it?

Seeing that Dan Zhaonian's subordinates and the people in the west were already quite retreating, Zhan Huabi shouted and scolded: "Three hundred horsemen, do you dare to attack?" Hurry up the construction! ”

The layout of the Shuikou Cottage Fort was not bad, but after all, it was only built at the end of July according to the standard of delaying the enemy's speed and depleting the enemy's troops.

Now that Changning County has been lost so quickly, the pressure of Shuikou Cottage Fort has increased sharply, and Zhan Huabi only hopes to be able to hold here for ten and a half days, and more than seven days will be enough to drag the southern army here, and wait for the reinforcements from Chenzhou and Leiyang and the reinforcements from Hengyang from the south.

But as soon as his words fell, the three hundred brocade guards really accelerated and charged this way.

Three hundred horses are not much, but they are not far apart, and these three hundred horses are worthy of being the elite of the elite brought by Luo An.

The dull sound of horses' hooves struck the defenders' hearts with great fear, and then the three hundred horsemen gradually dispersed, forming three tiers, like three iron wires.

There is a faint momentum to surround the north of Shuikou Village.

Zhan Huabi smiled angrily, and said in a deep voice: "Archer prepare!" ”

As soon as they are within range of the arrow, they will be able to shoot a round first.

300 men attacked nearly 2,000 people protected by the wall, unheard of!

"Whew-"

The distance had been shortened to three hundred paces, and Zhan Huabi saw that they quickly stopped in the relatively fast charge.

With the dispersion of these three hundred horsemen, such a simultaneous halt to the charge revealed the rigor of the discipline.

But what's the point? No matter how much you show your skills, it is impossible to deter the defenders in the wall.

…… Three hundred steps.

Zhan Huabi made a visual inspection and pressed the idea of letting the three doors on the wall of the wall bang for a round to strengthen morale.

It is difficult to form an effective kill, and the ammunition is consumed in vain.

But the next moment, he saw a fumbling in the distance, and then the brocade guards in the front row got closer to each other, forming a semicircle facing the west side of the village.

Then, the brocade guards in the second row rode forward and approached the first row, assuming strange poses.

Three hundred steps is still a bit far, and Zhan Huabi can't see it clearly.

But he still saw the men in the first row in groups of two, lifting a pole between the two horses. Some of the brocade guards in the second row took something from the side of the horse and set it up on the pole. And the second row is also in groups of two, and the other person is busy there with his head down.

Zhan Huabi's scalp suddenly tingled: "Let's put a shot first!" ”

It must be a new firearm that makes Changsha Wei suffer again!

Three hundred paces, the bow and arrow can't shoot through, and the fire guns in the camp can't shoot through, only the bowl mouth guns may form some deterrent.

But before the order was received here, the fire was ready, and in the distance, dozens of explosions almost condensed together.

The fan-shaped rain of bullets rushed to the west of the wall.

But Zhao Nian and his men seemed to subconsciously retreat, hiding behind some horses and half-built walls.

After a stop, there was a quick gap, and another round of bullets rained down.

At the same time, three sounds sounded on the side of Shuikou Village, and the bowl mouth gun was launched.

But Zhao Nian's subordinates and the people were trembling, and some people were already crying and shouting: "The general is merciful, let us go to the village first!" ”

Zhan Huabi was furious.

The bowl mouth gun really didn't make any contributions, but although the opponent's new firearms could be fired alternately from the front and back rows, it was obvious that they couldn't slaughter the defenders from a distance of 300 steps.

Under their noses, in addition to trembling, one of these cowards was injured and died?

But it was too ugly, especially in the presence of the rest of the defenders in the wall.

With such garbage comrades, morale can drop a lot.

Zhan Huabi felt that he had heard it, but Zhao Nian asked for war, so it was a mistake to send him to defend the people and build the wall.

The rate of fire of the bowl mouth gun was much slower, and at this moment, the three hundred brocade guards paused their firing and approached twenty paces forward.

This time, the sound of tinkling being hit by a projectile finally sounded on the wall, and finally someone was injured and began to wail below.

Zhan Huabi's face was pale, did he have to be consumed by these three hundred brocade guards first, a round of projectiles from the bowl mouth gun and the fire gun in the village?

"Let them in, and wait for the enemy to enter a hundred and fifty paces!" Zhan Huabi gritted his teeth and ordered.

He wanted to see how he wanted to capture Shuikou Cottage Fort with these three hundred brocade guards!

However, the Jinyi guard only stayed two hundred paces away, and there were more than fifty people in the rear team who rode off their horses.

The rest of the people no longer put the new firearms, but almost ten horses in a group, scattered into a dozen groups.

Next, there was a louder cannon fire.

Zhan Huabi could see it more clearly: it was a new cannon with an iron frame that could be fired directly on the ground.

The tiger squat cannon reappeared in the south of Hengyang City, and some of the flowering projectiles could blast in through the wall.

Dan Zhaonian, who had just returned to the village, rushed back to Zhan Huabi's side, and said in shock: "Dudu, I heard this kind of cannon sound in Changning County yesterday, it is really powerful......

Zhan Huabi turned around and fanned him with a big ear scraper, and then only ordered: "Let them go within one hundred and fifty steps!" 100 steps is enough! Set up your shield! ”

However, the Tiger Squat Cannon is stronger in that it is convenient to transfer positions, and the sub-mother cannon that absorbs the new artillery concept of the Portuguese has a higher rate of fire.

Zhan Huabi saw that the three hundred brocade guards were divided into more than a dozen groups, and they moved their positions flexibly with two shots, as if teasing them.

But Zhao Nian covered his face and quietly hid under the shield erected by his own soldiers.

He looked at Zhan Huabi and only felt that he was in a dilemma, and the string became tighter and tighter.

The brocade guards stayed two hundred paces away, and every now and then put a round, and rubbed there, not coming in.

These two hundred steps have become a distance that is difficult for the weapons of both sides to cross at this point in time, causing greater lethality.

But for the defenders in Shuikou Cottage Fort, it was very painful to be consumed too much gunpowder and projectiles.

But for Jinyiwei, it is constantly hitting the morale of the defenders in the wall.

The Changning army hasn't arrived yet.

After nearly two quarters of an hour of confrontation like this, in the distance, the shadow of the army in the direction of Changning finally appeared.

There was a commotion in the fort.

Zhan Huabi regretted it a little, maybe he should have led his own soldiers out of the camp before and directly fought with the more than 100 brocade guards.

It's just that the south of Hengyang City really can't afford to lose.

The atmosphere became more and more depressing, and the army in the direction of Changning was gradually forcing over to join the three hundred brocade guards.

Zhan Huabi squinted and looked at it for a while, then opened his mouth to boost morale and said: "There are only a thousand people, don't panic!" ”

The big war is coming, and it's useless to panic, it's just that everyone is nervous.

Right under their noses, the thousand Changning troops in the distance finally converged with the three hundred Jinyi Guards, and then they split into more battle groups.

"Dudu, I'm afraid that these thousand people have brought more cannons of that kind ......" but Zhao Nian opened his mouth at the right time, "If you only approach a hundred and fifty steps away, I'm afraid it will be ......"

Zhan Huabi drew his knife and walked towards him: "Are you messing with my army's heart again?" ”

Seven or eight pro-soldiers surrounded Zhan Huabi and forced him straight to Dan Zhaonian, Zhan Huabi was really annoyed by his old subordinate.

But Zhao Nian seemed to be frightened, and hid in the pile of people under his command: "The last general knows that he is wrong, and the last general knows that he is wrong......"

"Give Lao Tzu a good ......"

Zhan Huabi hadn't finished scolding, but Jin Yihua, a hundred households in the outermost "Zhuang Yong Battalion" on Zhaonian's side, suddenly scolded: "But what Brother said is the truth, you hit him with big ears and scrapers?" ”

Stunned, Zhan Huabi suddenly realized that this did not seem to be the accent of Hengzhou Mansion.

Then, as if they had gotten some signal, the more than 300 people under Dan Zhaonian suddenly had blood-red eyes and entered a desperate state.

The sound of fire guns was everywhere, and the more than 20 recruited heroes in Changning County led by Jin Yihua really became brave with one enemy and ten, and Jin Yihua even rushed to Zhan Huabi.

At the same time, the outside of the village seemed to have received a precise signal, and the drums were beating everywhere, clamoring in unison for the approaching army, and more cannons were indeed sounded.

Zhan Huabi only brought a few personal soldiers with him because of Dan Zhaonian's constant persecution of Lai Lai, and he was too close to Dan Zhaonian's people.

Is this still the defeated army that was trembling with the people outside the village before?

Zhan Huabi knew why they were desperate now.

He couldn't figure it out, but Zhao Nian had been with him for more than ten years, why should this happen?

It's a pity that the belly and back are attacked.

There was chaos in the Shuikou Cottage Fort, but the more than 300 people of Zhaonian and Zhan Huabi's 500 personal soldiers and the original defenders really fought bloodily.

But at this moment, there are still more than 1,000 people outside rushing to the side of Shuikou Cottage Fort under the cover of the tiger squat cannon.

The three hundred brocade guards had all been mounted, and the cannon was handed over to the people behind to use.

It's only two hundred steps, and the chaos here has just begun, and the three hundred horsemen over there are just a few hundred steps away.

In the chaos, Shuikou Cottage Fort was opened again, and Zhan Huabi's heart sank.

"The commander of the Jinyi Guard makes Luo An here! Your Majesty has a will, the soldiers abandon their weapons and surrender without dying, and those who capture Zhan Huabi alive have no merit! ”

How to deal with it after you can manage it, at this moment, the heart is the first.

The artillery fire in the distance does not care who is friendly and who is the enemy in the wall.

Zhan Huabi only had time to stare at Luo An from a distance, and saw the Jinyi Guard Elite Cavalry led by him rushing in fearlessly.

In this group of people, he also saw familiar faces, He Quanan, Huang Yanzhong and Si Cong on the Qingye Bridge in the north of Hengyang City.

Outside the wall, the thousands of people in Changning were obviously their own soldiers.

Now, they're beating themselves.

And because of cowardice and cowardice, he lost Changning, and let Pu Zitong hint that he should come to defend the southern front under the double pressure of dissatisfaction and scruples, but Zhaonian, is brave and unmatched at this moment.

Zhan Huabi has a mother ascending to heaven in his heart.

……

In two days, Puzi passed as if he had fallen into eighteen layers of hell.

Now, a difficult decision has to be made.

Shuikou Village was also lost, and in the scattered attack on the south, Zhan Huabi was captured alive.

Do you want to retake Shuikou Village, or wait for the imperial army to really surround and cut off the first line of Leishui in the south?

This knife is directly inserted into Changning and Shuikou Village, how will Ningxi Institute and Chenzhou Mansion choose?

Before he could make a decision, nearly 1,000 large and small ships appeared in the downstream of the confluence of Xiangshui and Hengshan City.

Gu Shilong's army was preparing to cross the river and attack.

Pu Zitong looked at Zhanyue Gate from afar, gritted his teeth and said: "Hengyang City is not so easy to attack, even if it is attacked from three sides!" Shuikou Mountain, it must be taken back! ”

He couldn't wait for Luo An to say in that letter: Next, I will go to Leiyang.

If Leiyang is lost, Hengyang City will become a lonely city completely.

"If the defenders outside the city on the east, west, and north sides are unable to stop them, they will withdraw to the city and defend against the wall! With 3,000 people, you will use all the troops of the walled forts along the way, and you must recapture Shuikou Mountain! ”

After this incident, although all the people under Zhan Huabi's command were under the command of Pu Zitong, Pu Zitong could not rest assured that they would recapture Shuikou Mountain.

In order to keep them to defend the west of the city, they need more trusted people to supervise them and strengthen their control.

Those who go to seize Shuikou Mountain can only be the descendants who guard the eastern gates of the city.

"Yan Daniu, the governor of Bendu ordered you to be the governor of the right army, reorganize the righteous army, defend the east of the city, and join forces with the Leishui battalion to attack the enemy army crossing the river in the east at any time!"

“…… The last general commands! ”

Yan Chunsheng sold his strength in the west of the city for so long, worked hard, and finally became one of the giants in the defenders of Hengyang City.

Now, his brothers can be reunited.

After taking control of the defense of the defenders in the east of the city, Yan Chunsheng looked at Pu Zitong with a serious face and went to deter and rein in Zhan Huabi's subordinates.

If I continue to mess around, I can become the leader of the rebels, right?

(End of chapter)