3. Battle of Zhaimen

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With the lowering of the gate of the cottage, the more than 300 villagers who rushed into the village were completely separated from the villagers, officers and soldiers outside.

After being shot indiscriminately by an arrow and a bird on the wall, killing and injuring more than a dozen villagers, the villagers of other villages scattered one after another, and no one rushed towards the gate of the village.

Luo Chao led people to keep an eye on the wall, beware of these villagers and officers and soldiers outside taking the opportunity to attack the village, Li Zixiao gave him the task of guarding the wall, until they cleaned up these unlucky villagers who broke into the cottage.

"Lord Qianhu, the situation is not right, we seem to have been tricked." A general of the Cai family's nursing home who escaped from the collapse of the wall, ran to Liu Jinbao at this time and said.

"Get out, of course the official can see that this is a trap, the official didn't order you to rush before, who let you lead people to rush forward without permission, and now you have fallen into the tricks of this group of bandits."

Liu Jinbao raised a thick and short leg, kicked down the Cai family general who ran over to report to him, cursed in his mouth, and deliberately said as if he had already seen through the enemy's plan.

In fact, at this time, Liu Jinbao himself also breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and said in his heart: He's so dangerous, I didn't expect this gang of bandits to have this hand, and they set up a set for us as soon as they came up!

Fortunately, Lao Tzu didn't rush so fast with people just now, otherwise if he rushed into the cottage now, it would be Lao Tzu who fell into the trap, and it seems that these cannon fodder do have some effect.

The general of the Cai family who Liu Jinbao kicked down didn't dare to say anything, he got up directly, licked his smile and continued to ask: "Liu Qianhu, then what should we do now?" ”

"What to do? You said let's do it, of course we will withdraw first, I didn't see the bandits who fired arrows and guns on the wall, what's the use of rushing up now.

Let all your men withdraw, regain a foothold, and then find a way to attack the cottage, look at the way you look now, can you continue to fight! ”

Liu Jinbao pointed to these stewards of each village, and scolded for a while, and everyone dared to refute it out loud, not only because of Liu Jinbao's identity as a thousand households, but also because they thought that they were really killed by their own recklessness this time.

"Lord Qianhu, but the people of Sunjiabao and Wangjiazhuang are trapped in the village, don't we want to find a way to rescue them?"

A member of the Liu family said at this time.

"Saving people? How do you say to save it? This group of bandits is obviously prepared, set a trap for you to drill into, and now that their gate is closed, how do you tell the official to save it?

Why don't you personally take your Liu family's guards and Zhuang Ding, attack the cottage, and kill them to rescue them! Liu Jinbao asked rhetorically at the Liu general.

This Liu family will not be able to say a word asked, let him lead people alone to attack the cottage at this time, just to rescue the other two Zhuangbao people trapped in the cottage, unless he is stupid, you will not do it.

Let's not talk about it, can he capture this cottage in one go, how many casualties will his subordinates have to pay in that way, if all his subordinates are dead, then he will not let the head of the Liu family give Liu Qinghai a live skin when he comes back!

As a result, these people quickly responded to Liu Jinbao's order and quickly withdrew with their subordinates, as for the more than 300 villagers of Sunjiabao and Wangjiazhuang who had rushed into the cottage and were trapped in the cottage, they were decisively abandoned.

Liu Jinbao didn't care about this at all, anyway, it wasn't the officers and soldiers under him who died, so it was good to teach these villagers a lesson, this group of people in the province acted without permission and did not obey his orders one by one.

Just when the villagers outside retreated, a killing was unfolding inside the cottage.

At this time, in the not very large open space inside the cottage gate, there were more than 300 people crowded together, all of which were the guards and Zhuang Ding of Sunjiabao and Wangjiazhuang, and even a small number of camouflaged poles.

Behind them is the gate that has been closed, and because this gate is lowered, the people trapped inside can't open the gate and escape again.

In front of these people, these were two teams of cottage soldiers, lined up in a neat formation, holding spears, and suddenly a forest of guns slowly killed the more than 300 people from Sunjiabao and Wangjiazhuang who were crowded together.

"Gun flat, one-two-one, ready, stab!"

Poof...... Ahh......hhh

These people were surrounded in such a small area, and they were faced with a barrage of gunfire in front of them, and they were so chaotic that they had no intention of resisting.

As Zhou Dazhu and Liu Zhong personally commanded their pikemen to advance slowly, gradually compressing the space for these people's activities, and then the pikemen stabbed out the spears in their hands under their orders, and a large number of people were suddenly stabbed to the ground.

"Keep going, Thorn!"

"Kill, kill, kill!" Then the two hundred or so soldiers responded with a loud voice, and the team slowly surrounded the villagers, and then stabbed them fiercely.

This battle soon ended without suspense, this was simply a massacre, and the two teams of soldiers led by Zhou Dazhu and Liu Zhong personally pressed straight up.

With the three spear stabs of the two teams of cottage soldiers, almost more than 50 villagers were killed in an instant, which completely frightened the remaining 200 people.

At the same time, at this time, the archers and bird gunners on the wall of the wall turned their heads and fired at the villagers in the village after seeing the officers and soldiers outside retreating.

Under the double attack, these Liangzhuang villagers, who were already weak-willed, completely collapsed, dropped their weapons one after another, and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

In the end, more than 70 people were killed and injured by them, and the remaining 200 people all became Li Zixiao's prisoners, he was not a butcher, and he did not plan to kill all these people.

He accepted the surrender of these people, these are all hole cards to settle accounts with the two rich families of Sunjiabao and Wangjiazhuang after the war, and they can't be easily killed.

But also in order to prevent these captives from making trouble in their cottage during the war, Li Zixiao tied all these people with hemp rope and locked them in an empty warehouse.

And Li Zixiao also ordered people to quickly clean up the battlefield, in order to deter the enemy, Li Zixiao ordered to cut off all the heads of those dead villagers, and dig pits and bury their bodies.

Li Zixiao ordered the heads of these severed villagers to be hung on the wall, intending to deter the Suiyang guards outside and the remaining villagers.

Sure enough, as soon as these heads hung out, Liu Jinbao and the others immediately knew that the three hundred villagers trapped in the village were finished.

Looking at the bloody heads hanging on the wall, many people were frightened, glad that there were no them, and many villagers even had the idea of fleeing, not wanting to attack Li Zixiao's White Snake Village anymore.

Li Zixiao's bloody approach somewhat deterred these villagers, but more importantly, it made Liu Jinbao angry.

These bandits don't seem to take him as a thousand households in their eyes at all, and they actually set up such a big set for him as soon as they came, which is to give him a disadvantage!

So he ordered his officers and soldiers to be quiet, and ordered the stewards of the Zhuangzi to restrain their subordinates to stop arguing, and after waiting for a while, they finally quieted down.

Liu Jinbao opened his throat and shouted at the inside of the mountain gate: "The poles inside have listened to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is Liu Jinbao, the general manager of Suiyang Weiqian."

I order you to open the door and surrender as soon as possible, I can let you go and not kill, if not, when we invade the cottage, I will kill you chickens and dogs. ”

Liu Jinbao's fat man's voice is not small, and his voice is very clear and far away, and it is expected that the poles hiding in the mountain gate can hear it clearly.

After shouting, after waiting for a while, I saw half of a person's head exposed on the wall, looked outside, and then shouted loudly: "Fuck you, our boss will tell you, Lao Tzu is not stupid."

If you open the door, you will still kill Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu just won't open the door, you will come in if you have the fucking ability, the big knife in Lao Tzu's hand is not vegetarian, I don't believe you come up and try it yourself, see if Lao Tzu's big knife can cut off your dog's head. ”

After hearing this, Liu Jinbao almost turned over without being angry, and the surrounding officers and soldiers and villagers also scolded one after another.

Liu Jinbao angrily pointed at the person who answered on the mountain gate, and scolded: "Are you the bandit leader Li Zixiao?" ”

"We're too big bosses to talk nonsense with you!"

In the midst of the chaos, the bandit shouted loudly, and then shrank his head, and then more than a dozen figures flashed on the wall, and some knives and guns showed the wall, it seemed that he really didn't plan to open the door and surrender.

Seeing the crowd crowded outside the mountain gate and the pole on the wall, these officers and soldiers and villagers did not dare to be too presumptuous for a while, standing far away from the mountain gate, waiting for Liu Jinbao to make an idea.

Liu Jinbao has long since stopped taking this pole in the cottage in his eyes at this time, no matter how you look at the number of poles in the gate, the number of poles in the gate will not be much, and it is estimated that there are only twenty or thirty people at most.

The bandits despised him so much, which made Liu Jinbao feel very annoyed, so he waved his hand and shouted: "It's really something that doesn't know whether it's dead or alive, and it's all for the official to retreat."

Come on, go and bring up all our cannons, and the firecrackers and archers will come forward, blast open the mountain gate for Lao Tzu, and kill them without leaving a chicken or dog! ”

Subsequently, under the command of Liu Jinbao, his officers and soldiers were busy with their work, and archers and musketeers stepped forward one after another.

Lined up outside the gate of the cottage, the rattan players also stepped forward with shields to provide cover for these archers and musketeers, and dozens of officers and soldiers shouted outside the mountain, bringing a few cannons they brought with their cars, and some white tiger salvos to the gate of the cottage.

Those village warriors dodged to the back to make room for the officers and soldiers to attack the mountain gate, but these village warriors were not idle, knowing what they needed to attack the village next.

Immediately, he organized people to cut down trees to make a long ladder outside, and also cut down a big tree and put it on a large cart, ready to be used as a ram to punch the door.

And the walled wall seems to be very busy, some poles are running around the wall, constantly erecting some big shields, and at the same time carrying some rolling wood and stones and other things, it seems that they are also preparing for stubborn resistance.

After tossing for a while, the officers and soldiers outside the mountain gate were finally ready to attack.

The two Furlong machines and tiger squat guns were placed more than 100 steps away from the cottage by Liu Jinbao, and the muzzle of the cannon pointed directly at the gate of the village, and the gunner knocked and beat to complete the loading, and they were arranged on both sides of the artillery.

"Fire on me!"

Liu Jinbao stood at the back of the queue, and after seeing that his subordinates had stopped arranging, he yelled loudly.

When several gunners heard this, they immediately pestled the torches in their hands to the fire door of the artillery, only to hear several loud noises one after another, and then a thick cloud of smoke rose from several guns.

The Furlong machine that Liu Jinbao brought with him this time was a medium-sized artillery, with a barrel more than one meter long and weighing about two or three hundred catties.

Although the range is limited, the power of attacking a target like Zhaimen at such a close range is still considerable.

And this is to deal with the walled gate, the Zi Gong is filled with solid projectiles, after flying out, it smashed heavily on the mountain gate made of thick wood, and the heavy mountain gate shook violently, and there were two holes with large bowl mouths on it.

The Tiger Squat Cannon is a light artillery belonging to the category of mortar artillery, which is not only loaded with a solid bullet, but also contains more than 100 small lead bullets.

A bombardment was carried out, and the wall of the village crackled and made a crackling sound, raising a piece of debris, and two holes were also broken on the gate of the wall, and the momentum was quite shocking, which immediately caused the officers and soldiers outside and the villagers to shout excitedly.

Liu Jinbao was also very proud at this time, in the end they were still officers and soldiers, although the combat effectiveness was really not good, but this equipment was not comparable to ordinary bandits.

At least the cannon thing, he didn't see many bandits, and with this alone, he was confident that he would blow up this group of stubborn bandits.

"Don't fucking be stunned, the archers and firecrackers are all for Lao Tzu, everyone in charge, I will send someone to suppress the archers and bird gunners on the wall of the bandit wall, you are ready to rush."

Although Liu Jinbao was triumphant at this time, he was not dizzy, he knew how capable the soldiers under his command were, so he sent those villagers to rush forward as soon as possible.

He knows best the strength of his officers and soldiers, and you can let them fire a few cannons and arrows from a distance.

If he really asked them to go up and fight the outlaw bandits inside, hand-to-hand combat with real knives and guns, he estimated that the officers and soldiers under his command would definitely suffer huge losses, and even if they couldn't bear it, it would be easy to rout.

And Liu Jinbao's calculation in his heart is very clear, he came to suppress the bandits this time to make money and make merits, so he didn't plan to fight with his own lives.

So after a few shots, he called the few village warriors in charge of the affairs, and asked him to lead the guards and villagers of each village to start carrying a long ladder to rush up to attack the walled gate.