Chapter 157: Capture the Thief
On the battlefield, the sound of fighting masked everything. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The golden sunlight reflected on the soldier's shiny armor like a craggy lake.
Standing on a high place and looking at the five thousand regular charges, this kind of blockbuster shocking sense of sight made Xiao Ming's heart surging with enthusiasm, and he couldn't wait to rush up himself.
It's just that he went up at this time to make trouble for Niu Ben, because when he killed the enemy, he still had to take care of himself.
When the soldiers rushed towards Wubao, the formation began to change in Lu Fei's loud voice, and the soldiers had become accustomed to changing formations after several months of training, even if they charged collectively, they were orderly.
When they arrived at the city gate, the sword and shield men quickly formed a formation to resist the arrows from the city gate, and the crossbowmen followed up and used three shots to return fire.
This method of shooting is basically similar to that of the musketeers, because the bolts need to be reloaded after they are fired, and since the crossbow is difficult to pull, some soldiers have to place the crossbow on the ground, use their feet to hold it in place, and then pull it to reload.
This process is slow and not as flexible as a bow and arrow, so there is also a three-stage shooting method.
At this point, the crossbowmen of the first row of crossbowmen quickly retreated after firing, the second row of crossbowmen fired, followed by the third row, and so on.
Although the bandits inside the city gate were composed of the children of the Hao clan, they were also untrained.
The archers could no longer return fire after the first round of shooting, because they were faced with round after round of crossbow arrows, and they were not given time to shoot again.
In just an instant, most of the archers among the bandits were killed and wounded.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the remaining bandits did not dare to pile up at the gates of the crowded city, but ran like Urbao.
"These bandits are quite smart." Lu Fei spat out.
"Don't underestimate the enemy, now that this gang of bandits is scattered, it is not easy to arrest, let the soldiers search in a team of 100 people." Niu Ben said.
Now these bandits obviously know that they will only lose worse if they face the enemy head-on with the Qingzhou army, so they fled into Wubao and used the buildings in Wubao to fight with the Qingzhou army.
After getting Niu Ben's order, Lu Fei shouted, "Divide the formation!" ”
At this time, the Qingzhou army that entered Wubao immediately divided into a small formation of one hundred.
This small array has sword and shield hands, crossbowmen, and spear hands, which are exactly the match for long, medium and long-range attacks.
Seeing this change in formation, Xiao Ming nodded secretly, this is already quite a modern street fighting team.
After changing formations again, the Qingzhou army entered Wubao.
Five times larger than the enemy, full of plate armor, Niu Ben commanded, such a skirmish was only a matter of time.
After waiting outside the city gate for a while, the city gate was occupied by the Qingzhou army.
At this time, Xiao Ming walked towards Wubao.
Generally speaking, the area of Ubor is not very large, and even if this gang of bandits disperses, they will not be able to run far.
When he was at the gate of the city, Xiao Ming could still hear the sound of fighting inside, but gradually only the neat footsteps of the Qingzhou military array remained.
"Your Highness, the remnants of the bandits have basically been cleared, and now there is still a wave of bandits who have fled into the tunnel, and there is no way to enter for the time being." Niu Ben walked over at this time and said.
"Authentic? Didn't you say it was blown up? Xiao Ming said strangely.
"There is another one, it is estimated that this gang of bandits wants to use this tunnel to escape, so they will attack Wubao so boldly, but this tunnel doesn't know what's going on, it seems to be blocked." Niu Ben laughed.
As they spoke, they arrived at the tunnel where the bandits had fled, only to see a hole in the black hole below, which could only accommodate one person.
"Guts and mice, come up for me." Lu Fei was scolding.
"Hmph, what kind of hero are you who bully more and less, and you have the ability to come down." A voice came from the tunnel.
Luo Xin frowned and said: "This is a bit troublesome, this tunnel can only accommodate one down, wouldn't it be broken by each one if it goes down." ”
The war depends on formations, and every general knows it clearly, and this situation is indeed tricky.
"It can't be delayed, this tunnel doesn't know where it leads, they must be opening the tunnel at this time, if they let them all run, they will come out to make trouble." Niu Ben said angrily, "I'll go down first, and you come with me." ”
At this time, Xiao Ming smiled and said: "Old general, don't be impulsive, isn't it easy to deal with them?" The king can let them come out and surrender on their own. ”
"Your Highness, it's not that Lu Fei is disrespectful, you are talking a little big, is it possible that Your Highness wants to bombard it with artillery?" Lu Fei said with a smile.
Xiao Ming has always had a very good relationship with his officials, so everyone can say anything.
He scolded, "Then let's make a bet that if I let them come out on their own, you will give me the skin of the tiger you hunted." ”
Lu Fei was stunned, and said with a smile: "I know that His Highness has taken a fancy to the tiger skin of my family, not to mention the tiger skin, I will also give the tiger whip to His Highness." ”
"You might as well keep the wine for yourself." Xiao Ming said with a smile.
Then he said to Luo Xin, "Go find some firewood and straw." ”
Luo Xin nodded, and immediately asked people to look for them, there are a lot of these things in Wubao.
Niu Ben stroked his beard and smiled, he suddenly understood Xiao Ming's thoughts, it seemed that the tiger skin of the Lu Fei family could not be saved.
After a while, Luo Xin brought firewood and straw.
Xiao Ming asked the soldiers to pile all the things at the entrance of the tunnel, and at this time let the soldiers light the fire, and at the same time keep dripping water inside to prevent the flames from burning.
Suddenly, a puff of smoke came out of the firewood.
Xiao Ming's purpose in doing this was to catch him alive, because he also wanted to understand how these people blew up the tunnel and where the gunpowder came from.
Let a soldier fan the smoke into the tunnel, and after a while, the sound of coughing can be heard in the tunnel.
Lu Fei's face was a little green, and he understood that he was talking too much this time, and secretly hated himself for being a prickly person, and now he was going to lose even the housekeeper's baby.
Xiao Ming still saw this trick to deal with the enemy in the tunnel from TV, but it was used by the enemy at that time.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"
The violent coughing continued to intensify, and there were sudden bursts of curses in the tunnel, many urging the people in front to get out quickly.
Then the first man came out of the smoke.
After the first person came out, the second person and the third person came out of the tunnel one after another.
Every time one came out, the Qingzhou army would catch one, and after a while, all the hundred people were arrested, and the last one even came out and fainted on the ground.
No one in the tunnel came out anymore, and then Xiao Ming asked, "Where is Liu Chuang?" ”
Chen Fu pointed to a grizzled man and said, "Your Highness, he is Liu Chuang!" ”
Xiao Ming saw that this was a person with a white skin and a scholarly temperament, he walked in front of Liu Chuang, "You are quite bold, you actually took Wubao and robbed the king's cement." ”
Liu Chuang knew that he would die, and said angrily: "Hmph, faint king, if you want to kill, you have to listen to the respect, and talk less nonsense." ”
(To be continued.) )