Chapter Twenty-Four: Sprinkling Silver
Maybe something has changed, the number of bandits is slightly more than Li Dan estimated, but it is only twenty or thirty more.
These subordinates of Xu Laoqi are all veteran thieves who have been in battle for a long time, and their combat power is much stronger than that of the banner army, and most of them have leather armor to protect themselves, rushing to kill and engage, and the casualties of Fu Yuan's department are greater than them.
If it was an ordinary hundred households, the battle would have been lost; If it was a thousand households in the past, it would not be able to stop such an enemy.
But his opponent was Chen Mu, who was already familiar with ancient warfare.
Fu Yuan's headquarters carried down the mountain with seven minor and serious injuries, twenty-two corpses, and only sixteen corpses belonging to thieves on the ground.
But so what?
The birds fired three rounds in unison, and two small flags and arrows exploded in the forest, killing and injuring twenty-four crossbow ambushers hiding in the forest.
Not to mention that there are 600 troops led by Deng Zilong and Sun Ao in the other two mountain roads, even if it is only Chen Mu's soldiers from these three hundred households, what can Xu Laoqi do?
Even if it is a new pawn who has only been trained for three months, it is much stronger than the old pawn of the Thousand Households who were slack and withered before!
When Chen Mu led his troops to attack the mountain, the cottage belonging to Xu Laoqi had already ignited a raging fire, and Fu Yuan garrisoned the periphery, scratching his ears and cheeks.
"Thousands of households, there are still thirty-four thieves left, and they burned down the stockade and hid inside." Fu Yuan was helpless, and the casualties of his subordinates made him angry, "I can't get in!" ”
Chen Mu didn't speak, looked at his eyes, and understood the situation thoroughly.
The cottage is not big, there are more than 30 houses, there are thatched huts and wooden houses, and there are also stone houses, especially the big stone house in the middle, which should be the hiding place of the thieves mentioned by Fu Yuan. The stone courtyard was not afraid of fire, so they burned down the thatched huts and wooden houses outside to delay the invasion of the official army.
There is only one entrance to the stone courtyard, and two knives can lock it, and I am afraid that there will be great casualties in the strong attack.
"Little flag arrow, blow him up."
Chen Mu felt that they needed grenades, and they needed to go back and discuss with Guan Yuangu.
This time, he didn't let Wei Balang remember it, he simply tore off the piece of cloth, wrote down the military doctor and grenade with a clod of soil, and put it in his arms, and asked Fu Yuan to take five small flag arrows, "Prepare to rush the door!" ”
In front of them is a small flag holding five small flags, arrows and torches aimed at the door, another small flag under Fu Yuan holds a knife contradiction card to line up on the left and right of the gate, and another small flag holds a burning roof beam in front of the door and slams into the thick wooden door.
Syllable!
"Spearmen, surround them, but whoever escapes will be killed on the spot!"
After Chen Mu arranged all this, he raised his short gun and shouted to the door: "Old man Xu! Now come out and surrender, go to the government and wait for the fall, Chen will not kill you! ”
"Come on, stupid dick of the fucking guard, I'm not afraid of you!"
As soon as he shouted, there was a response from the door, and the owner of the voice at the corner of the mountain road was the same as before, obviously the person who led the thief to rush down the mountain was the thief leader Xu Laoqi, scolding and shouting: "There is a cannon behind the door, and if you don't want to live, you can hit it!" ”
Got a cannon?
"Don't crash!"
Chen Mu didn't know if there was really a cannon inside, but he didn't want to try it, so he waved his hand to call a few flag soldiers with small flag arrows to come over, and whispered to them: "Put the small flag arrows on the wall and put them down." ”
"Come down when you're done, don't show your head, they may have guns."
The courtyard wall of the stone village is not low, and the area is not small, but it is definitely not enough to let the small flag and arrows run all over the ground.
"Don't think that it's great to have a few hundred banner troops, if Lao Tzu is at sea, kill you bastards!" Xu Laoqi shouted constantly, which was also mixed with his orders to his subordinates, "Throw, throw out, throw it all!" ”
Hearing this, Chen Mudeng opened his hand to let the flag army disperse, what else could it be other than throwing weapons at this time, how could he know that before the flag army dispersed, dozens of stones were thrown out.
Chen Mu fixed his eyes and saw where the stones were lost in the stone courtyard, which was clearly a silver ingot and a piece of copper money spilled out!
"Don't pick it up!"
At the same time, with the snort of the burning fire, five small flag arrows were ignited from the courtyard wall, and several flag soldiers threw them into the courtyard, and in the blink of an eye, the screams resounded in the courtyard, with the panicked shouts of the thieves.
Where have the banner army seen the silver ingots, no matter how much Chen Mu shouts don't pick it up, he can't control the thoughts of all the banner troops under his subordinates, and there are banner troops in front and back who are chaotic to pick up money and silver, and then the courtyard door doesn't need Chen Mu to bump into it, and he opens it.
A group of thieves roared out from inside the door with swords and spears.
They were greeted by the banner army of the Thousand Households of Xiangshan who were confused by the silver and two treasures thrown all over the ground.
It's like a tiger going out of the gate and a dragon going out to sea.
These were the most elite of the bandits, some in leather armor, some in iron sheet armor, and all of them wore iron helmets.
And the chaotic guards in front of them were so vulnerable that the temptation of money made them chaotic, which further fueled the arrogance of the bandits.
This momentum lasts for about two seconds.
Bang, bang, bang!
Small flag arrows exploded in the courtyard, hundreds of small lead pellets flew in all directions in the courtyard, this kind of small thing is not very lethal, more than five steps will lose the ability to penetrate the armor, if ten steps away may not even be able to penetrate the leather armor.
But they are too dense.
As long as the place where it was hit was not protected by armor, the summer thin shirt was simply not enough to protect, not to mention the most vulnerable face exposed.
It only takes two or three lead pellets the size of a tail finger to make a strong and fierce man lose his combat power.
A rocket exploded right behind the bandits.
Blood splashes with lead pellets.
The sound of the dense lead pellets hitting the armor was extremely pleasant, and Chen Mu heard Fu Yuan shouting: "Raise the spear, stab!" ”
The small flag guarding the door was not messy, they were too far away from the silver money that was thrown, and at this time the thieves came out from behind the door, and it was when the six gods had no owner, when they heard Fu Baihu shouting, a few spears riveted and stabbed out.
One stab and one accurate.
"Release!"
Chen Mu stood behind the family soldiers, some distance from the gate, other banner troops can be chaotic, but his family soldiers are all veterans who have experienced the battle formation, and they will not be blinded by this little trick lock, and the two rows of Guan clans in the front and back are ordered to put the thieves at the door.
Bang bang, bang bang!
The fierce thief was blinded by the sound of arrows in front of him, not to mention that the knives and spears on his side came out together, and before he could take two steps when he rushed out, the one behind was injured and the one in front was killed, and in a blink of an eye, the person was almost lying down, and only a few remaining thieves were conceited and stubbornly resisted.
"What are you still doing in a daze, rushing in and killing people!"
Chen Mu gave an order, and the surrounding flag soldiers woke up like a dream, and behind him, Qi Zhengyan and Long Junxiong had already drawn their swords and jumped out, and then many flag soldiers rushed into the door, and the sound of fighting was only a moment, and Fu Yuan shouted: "Where is Xu Laoyu!" ”
Hearing this, Chen Mu knew that they had won.
It didn't take long for Fu Yuan to pull out the armor and collapse to the ground like a dead dog, and he grinned at Chen Mu with a knife across his neck: "Qianhu, it's caught, Xu Laoqi!" ”
Xu Laoqi didn't live long, he was hit by lead shots and the back of his neck was blurred, his hands and feet didn't obey the call, he only rolled his eyes and said something with his mouth moving, but he couldn't hear clearly.
Chen Mu felt uncomfortable for him, and leaned over with a handcuff to listen to what he said, and saw Xu Laoqi's expression extremely angry and said a word, Chen Mu was unmoved, and raised his handcuff to get closer.
"Got it."
Bang!