"Bang!" A knife slashed at the iron beam of the officer's hat in front of him, and the leopard used a lot of strength.

The other party stood unsteadily and sat down on the ground, but took advantage of his inertia to move forward and stabbed the tip of the knife in his hand under the exposed armpit.

"Ahh The leopard was in pain, he screamed but wondered how his sword could not kill the other party?

He turned around and pulled himself out of the blade, and used the back of the knife to block the weapons of the officers, only to find that the big knife in his hand had been curled.

At this moment of astonishment, a copper gourd (short handle, with a round ball or melon-shaped lump at the end, and a slightly longer handle for cavalry, also called a headhammer) swept over the side of his helmet.

The leopard only felt the sound of the wind behind his head and lost consciousness as soon as it was dark in front of his eyes.

The copper gourd turned around, and Dou San'er, who knelt on the other bandit, smashed it hard.

"Poof", the ground under the man's face was suddenly soaked in a large pool of blood and spread under his shoulders, this guy's body trembled, but his hands were weak.

"Drag that guy in, it's a leader!" Dou San'er pointed to the stunned leopard and shouted with a hideous face.

Two hook guns (with a hook under the head of the spear) stretched out from the back of the group and tied to the stumbling armor on the leopard's mantle, but they did not pull.

Or the soldier who was slashed on his head reacted, scolding in his mouth: "I will make you a crumb, dare to come and cut grandpa?" ”

As he spoke, he got up, picked up the leopard and threw it into the official line, and immediately three or five people rushed over with ropes.

Seeing that there were several red-eyed bandits shouting, "Save the captain!" "Rush towards the soldier.

Dou San'er swung a hammer to block a gun for him, and picked up the big knife of the leopard gap next to him, forced several people back again and again, and shouted without looking back: "This guy is a leader, this flag official Dou San'er and Lin Jiasheng are here to take it!" ”

Sheng Huaien heard the commotion and immediately rushed over with a few personal soldiers, looked at the leopard tied to the ground, and immediately ordered someone to drag it to the captives to confirm.

After a while, someone ran back: "Report, my lord, that guy is called a 'mountain leopard', the big name Chen Dingxun, a wanted criminal in Zhejiang, and his official rank is a school captain!" ”

"Pick his helmet and show it to his men, and kill all those who don't surrender!" Sheng Huaien was in high spirits, because his subordinates captured one of the enemy generals, and his beard was shaking.

You must know that the imperial court and Lou have been fighting back and forth since time, and I haven't seen a few war reports that capture a captain alive.

Some of his own soldiers immediately took off his helmet and asked someone to pick him up with a hook gun to persuade him to surrender.

By this time, the pontoon bridge of the sneak attack troops had been broken, and the retreat route was again obscured by firearms. There were still about 300 people crowded together inside and outside the north gate.

Ma Jiu, who rushed to reinforce after hearing the news, had just cut down an enemy soldier when he heard the shout "Caught the mountain leopard", he estimated that he was the leader of the enemy, so he also ordered his hundreds of people to shout.

Unable to advance or retreat, there was a reinforcement of the regimental training on the side, these people had nothing to do, except for a few people who would rather jump off the cliff, the others had to throw away their weapons "hulala" kneeling down and surrendering.

Ma Jiu hurriedly shouted to the people, saying that the brothers who have descended should not be afraid, they all go to the river to pick up soil and build a wall, and they will also have food to eat.

After hearing how much peace of mind the soldiers heard, they began to line up to go down the mountain in the direction pointed by the regimental exercises.

The bandits stranded by the river saw that the general trend in the north had gone, the pontoon bridge had been broken again, and the threat of three large guns on it was not small, so they had to run out of the range of the copper guns and send people to report to the main force.

Those who have crossed the river either descend or flee back to the other side. Ma Jiu sent two regiments to practice patrolling the coast, cleaning the battlefield and searching for those who slipped through the net.

Lou Shifan, who commanded on the frontal battlefield, attacked in three directions, but this time was different from the last time.

Because the rear battalion was responsible for building the defensive wall on the west side of Nanshan, the rear battalion and Gu Da switched the defense area, so there was not only a high wall behind the head gate, but also a door in the middle, and the two ends of the building were hopeful, which was easier to defend and difficult to attack than the previous time.

Because he was responsible for guarding, he was very careful when building the outer wall of the rear camp, and the project was solid. Although it was built temporarily, it was difficult to gnaw down with only a thousand light infantry without siege equipment.

What's more, Tan Zhongxuan has a bottom in his heart, there is Ma Jiu's escort team behind to prepare, and there are Zhang cymbals and Huang Qin's archery team on standby between the two watchtowers under Xiaobeiqiu.

Although the inner wall is unfinished, it is not easy to mess with Yang Yi, a smiling tiger, squatting inside!

Lou Shifan knew that he was a feint, but even then he had to make a show. So he commanded hard. But just as he was directing everyone to climb the wall, something suddenly happened in the back.

The problem wasn't in the north, but on the side of the wall that he hadn't even thought about.

Because it was surveillance, Lou Shifan just sent a crony named Hou Bao to bring 700 people here to show off his might.

On the one hand, it is to contain it, and on the other hand, it is also to confuse the officers, soldiers and regimental training on the pass, so that they do not know the situation and dare not move.

At first, everything was normal, and Hou Bao waved their flags and shouted. Zhou Qin and several flag officers of the official army really thought that the other party was going to attack, and they were quite nervous.

Later, when I saw that it wasn't like that, I began to wonder what they wanted to do.

Hou Bao led people to joke and abuse, and he was holding back his badness.

Because Lou Shifan told him that there are probably not as many people here as there are even officials and soldiers leading regimental exercises, so Hou Bao, you don't have to worry, just stand in front of the pass and block the road, so that the other party doesn't dare to come out to make trouble.

Hou Bao agreed, but he didn't think so. Oh, it's worth it for you all to make meritorious contributions, let Lao Tzu stand here for a day, what is this called?

So when he saw that there were really dozens of officers and soldiers on the opposite side, and the rest were all groups of regiments wearing people's clothes and showing their heads there, he felt that he was bullied.

"Eh, what if...... If Lao Tzu makes a surprise attack, is it possible to snatch this pass for him? Isn't that Lao Tzu a blockbuster? Hou Bao squinted his eyes and thought.

He was a butcher, ruthless and bold, and immediately called a few subordinates to quietly prepare when he thought of something.

So the banter and abuse at the beginning was actually his trick to lure the enemy, wanting the people in the pass to rush out to fight, and then make a sudden counterattack by himself and rush in to win the pass in one fell swoop.

He didn't think badly, but he didn't expect that there was a very thoughtful Zhao Jingzi behind the wall, and he saw through at a glance that he wanted to lure or provoke people here to go out, and there was a Zhou Qin next to him who had been tempered in the rivers and lakes and had a pretty thick skin.

"Want to lure me out? He's still too young for me to go out. Not only will I not come out, but I will also ask someone to go back! ”

After saying that, Zhou Qin called his own soldiers, and selected ten representatives from the official army, regimental training, and migrant workers who were the most neat, the most fond of gossip news, and the most vicious, and stood on the unfinished city tower to count the eighteen generations of Lou Zishi's ancestors, and also shook out the privacy of the Lou family that he heard from the captives, what Lou Zishi's private meeting with his sister-in-law, Lou's handsome concubine and his sons' affairs, and how Lou Zishi occupied the sweethearts of his leaders.

Xiao Wanhe, who boasted of his own culture and descendant of the emperor, was stunned and shook his head.

The bandits on the other side were also red-faced and speechless. Hou Bao had to order his subordinates to swallow their anger and not to move.

The happiest thing is the group of officers and soldiers in Guanzhai above, looking at the two sides below talking like cross talk, they can't help but relish, and even cheer loudly when they hear Lou Zishi angrily beating his parents and children, and encourage "another paragraph".

Hou Bao and the others were scolded so depressed that they listened to the sound of killing elsewhere, and they were scolded here, so unlucky!

Everyone was sad, and gradually there were complaints, and the soldiers sat in piles of three or five, anyway, blocking the door and not letting the other side come out.

Zhou Qin heard that there was no movement outside, and immediately called for two hundred people to be prepared, and he was going to rush out and hit the other party by surprise. Zhao Jingzi hurriedly stopped him on the grounds of Li Dan's order.

"Good chance, maybe you can kill that leader by going out at this time!" Zhou Qin stomped her foot anxiously.

"I know what you're going to do." Zhao Jingzi said: "But you can't disobey the order of defense, and I can't disobey it."

In this case, Kuroki and I will go out for you to take them by surprise and try to kill their leader.

Xiao Yingzheng led the brothers from the front camp and the right camp to follow. You are in the back of the formation, and at the same time you have to protect the Fengqi Pass. ”

As soon as the words fell, Lin Baihu came. It turned out that he also saw that the enemy's slack was an opportunity, and offered to bring his hundred men to join.

With well-trained officers and soldiers in battle, the odds of victory are a few points greater. Zhou Qin had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Seeing that his subordinates were listless, Hou Bao was restless. Could it be that this meritorious opportunity has slipped away?

He called a few of his henchmen to discuss, and finally decided to rush into the gate regardless of everything. The reason is that now the officers and regiments are scolding smoothly, and it is the time for complacency and slackness, and rushing over can catch them off guard.

Besides, the wall has only been repaired for more than four feet, and it is not difficult to cross it, the key is the speed of rushing through the fence.

Hou Bao immediately made a decision, and asked people to start preparing hooks and ropes, and after preparing to hook the fence, everyone pulled it down and dragged it down, and the low wall behind it was much easier.

People on both sides want to beat each other up, now it's up to you to see who strikes first!

Although the general manager of Fengqi Pass could not personally lead the charge because of his "duty", he was not a mediocre stupid person.

Nearly eighty of the original archers were closed, and there were more than sixty left after the casualties, half of which he left on it, and the other half quietly descended the mountain to ambush behind the newly built low wall on this side of the cliff.

The regimental drills preparing for the battle were also crouched behind the wall, each with their own weapons, and only some migrant workers were sent to work on it or point at the opposite side, showing a casual appearance.

The bandits suddenly began to form a team, and someone on the wall immediately reported the news. As they trotted to start, the men above jumped off the wall with shouts, and the archers suddenly got up and threw the first rain of arrows.

As soon as the rejection horse was opened, Zhao Jingzi lifted a stick and Heimu grabbed a double knife, and the two suddenly rushed out.

Just as the second wave of arrows fell into the enemy group, causing a howl, three loud "bang, bang, bang" sounds from the north attracted everyone's attention, and the two quickly approached the formation of the bandits.

Hou Bao fired an arrow and let out a vicious curse, but he couldn't make a second sound, because the black and white figures in front of him had already knocked over the spearhead of the front team and disrupted his ranks.

Hou Bao quickly picked up the mace and stepped forward, and stabbed Zhao Jingzi head-on.

Zhao Jingzi squatted sideways and took a step back, "snapping" the mace away, Hou Bao was obviously taken aback by the strength of this weak-looking scholar, and he was able to block the next move and shouted: "A certain is Xianxialing Jinguang Cave Hou Bao, who is coming?" ”

"Whatever you hole demon you have! I am Zhao Xianfu in Xiaoyuan Long, and the thief is bound, otherwise your death time has come! Zhao Jingzi said with a move in his hand.

Hou Bao couldn't resist, turned around and fled, and was caught up by him with a stick and swept on his ankle and fell.

Hou Bao subconsciously turned around with one hand and swung his mace to smash the opponent's legs, but unexpectedly pounced. I only heard a gust of wind behind my head, and I lost consciousness as soon as it was dark in front of my eyes.

"Hou Bao is dead," Kuroki yelled, "Get out of the way!" ”

There were still people among the bandits who wanted to snatch back Hou Bao, but when they looked up and saw the regimental training and the officers and soldiers killing left and right, they were suddenly frightened, and they all turned around and ran.

It didn't matter if he ran this run, but he happened to collide with Lou Shifan's rear team on the narrow road, making a mess.

At this time, there were three more copper guns in the north, echoing this, and the three copper guns in the south also fired three stone bullets.

Lou Shifan's rear team was in chaos, and the front was disturbed by copper guns, and the three young marshals were anxious.

On the one hand, he sent people to block the officers and regiments coming out from the direction of the village, and on the other hand, he ordered people to hurry to check whether the leopard's plan was successful, and at the same time ordered the team to start retreating.

Soon the sentinel brought back news of the defeat on the North Road.

"Where's the leopard?"

"I heard that it fell into the hands of the officials and soldiers, and some people said that they were killed......."

"Alas!" Lou Shifan completely lost his will to fight when he heard the news, and immediately ordered a retreat. Two of the three roads were lost, how can this battle be fought? If the brothers had known the news now, it would have been inevitable that there would be deserters tonight.

Fortunately, the opposite side didn't seem to want to attack the whole army, and when they saw them retreating, they only fired three more copper cannons at many places, and the rest of the teams were just cheering on their own defensive lines.

Zhao Jingzi, Heimu and Xiao Wanhe, who were killing easily, also got the news of Zhou Qin's Mingjin, and the front team changed to the rear team, and while tidying up and cleaning the battlefield, they calmly withdrew.

After all, he was still at a disadvantage in numbers, and Li Dan didn't want to be too happy about the victory, nor did he want to waste the brave fearlessly on adventure.

The people in the north, who were far away from the range of the general's gun, saw Hua Arm coming back, and hurriedly stepped forward to report the whole story of the capture of the mountain leopard, and Lou Shifan took them back to the toad pond with their heads down.

He recruited a few of his subordinates, and felt that the morale was not easy to handle now, so it was better to retreat to the town, so that there would be food, drink, and women over there, and he could stabilize the team to some extent.

Someone suggested that we should leave some people in the toad pond as horns for each other, and the people of Nanshan would not be able to get by.

Someone also suggested that we should also build a wall in the town, and he would also attack one if he had a kind in Nanshan!

Lou Shifan wants to be right, take a step back and open the sky, why am I obsessed with this?

After making up his mind, he ran to the big tent next to him to meet the "Seventh Grandma".

When a Jin heard that he had lost a mountain leopard, he sighed, and before he could say a word, he passed out again.

Frightened, Lou Shifan hurriedly called the doctor for treatment, returned to the tent and wrote a letter to his father to report the situation, and then ordered the whole army to pull out the camp and move the village again.

This time, he left his subordinate general Tian Suzi and nearly a thousand people stationed in Toad Pond, and withdrew to Fengling Town with the rest of the people and the drowsy Yijin.

This means, you don't let me take Fengqi Pass, and I won't let you pass through Fengling Town. We're right here, wasted!