Running out of logs!

Run out of stones!

The Qing army was less than thirty steps away from the defensive line! Twenty steps! Ten steps!

There were no long-range attack weapons that could stop the soldiers of the rear battalion of the Qing army, and finally ushered in a frontal battle under the onslaught of the Qing army regardless of casualties.

The consequences of the extreme lack of weapons were suddenly apparent at this time, and in the face of the Qing soldiers armed to the teeth, the soldiers of the rear battalion, who had only a few iron weapons, could not suppress the frantic attack of the Qing army.

The first to cross the obstacle and rush to the rear camp defense line were dozens of Han army flag soldiers wearing double cotton armor, they did not carry firearms, but a long knife in each hand, and those Qing soldiers who were slaughtering the women and children of the battalion in the back mountain, after rushing up the mountain, they killed people when they saw them, almost a few breaths, and dozens of security guards and the Kujun army on the defense line in front of them were killed and wounded.

However, because the mountain road was full of dead and wounded Qing troops, and the rear camp blocked the road with a large number of rocks a few days ago, the Qing army could not attack in a swarm, and could only climb up through the obstacles in batches, so although the Han army flag soldiers at the head broke through the defense line, but the Qing army behind could not follow immediately, which made Zhao Sihai, who had already raised his heart to his throat, settle down a little, and immediately rushed to those flag soldiers with 30 soldiers and 30 security guards used as reserves. And urgently mobilized reinforcements from other directions to try to push back these Qing troops who rushed up the mountain.

It's a pity that the flag soldiers who came up were too brave, although the number was small, but they were all brave and good at fighting, and the weapons in their hands were too sharp. Zhao Sihai led people to rush several times, and even after hundreds of casualties, he failed to drive these flag soldiers down, and the Qing army below also took advantage of this effort to come up one after another. There were many archers in this group of Qing troops, and as soon as they came up, they opened their bows and shot arrows at the Taiping army.

A small banner under Zhao Sihai had just killed a Qing soldier with a spear, and before he could turn around, he heard a "boom". His body immediately froze, and when he looked closely, a sharp arrow hit him in the chest. Most of the arrows were in their chests. Warm blood trickled down the shaft of the arrow.

It's so close that there's no need for any aiming. Those Qing archers frantically shot sharp arrows at the Taiping camp soldiers who had no protection. Human lives were harvested one after another, and Zhao Sihai could no longer organize manpower to fight back against those Qing troops, nor could he effectively command the rest of the soldiers, so he could only take the soldiers around him to support him.

With the increase of the Qing army attacking, the defense line of the rear camp was crumbling, except for the opening that the Han army flag broke through before, the rest of the places were also broken through one after another. Every breach was covered with the corpses of the soldiers in the rear battalion, and many of them didn't even have a chance to pull a clear soldier's back. And he was shot alive there.

It's more of a regret, a regret before death, they have done their best, they are not a bad seed, they didn't run, they are desperate, but why can't the wooden gun in their hands kill those Qing dogs, can't kill those Tartars!

When the sound of the Qing army's guns was heard in his ears, Zhao Sihai knew that this first line of defense would definitely not be able to be defended, in order to save the remaining manpower. He ordered the Kujun and the men to retreat to the second line of defense, while the rest of the soldiers and security guards followed him as they fought and retreated.

The second line of defense is built along the area of Guifeng Pavilion, which is more than two miles away from the first line of defense. The only passage between the two was the one that spiraled up from the bottom of the mountain, but there was no ambush or garrison on this part of the road, because it was bordered by cliffs on one side and steep forests on the other.

When retreating, several soldiers around Zhao Sihai kept running with a box, and more than once the soldiers carrying the box said something loudly to Zhao Sihai, but Zhao Sihai did not answer them.

Zhao Sihai was unable to accede to his men's request, although he knew that the earth-shattering thunder in the box could bring lethal damage to the Qing army. It was enough to shock the Qing army, but he knew better. When Xinxing divided the army, Qianhu Zhou Shixiang only gave him twenty earth-shattering thunders. And there are only fourteen in the box now, and the remaining six have just exploded in the back mountain.

Until the mountains and rivers are exhausted, Zhao Sihai will never take out the only fourteen earth-shaking thunders left, and even, he has already thought about it, if he really can't wait for Zhou Shixiang's reinforcements, he will not bury his life here in vain, these fourteen sky-shaking thunders are his only hope for survival. Yutai Temple is so big, in the middle of the night, there may not be no way to survive

In front of the mountain, the first line of defense was lost; In the back mountains, the situation is also extremely critical.

Song Xianggong's roar could not save the defeat, and the bravery of the security guards could not defeat the Qing army.

"I can't stand it, hurry, hurry up and protect Lord Song and withdraw to the Daxiong Palace, go quickly!"

Song Xianggong's personal soldier and security captain Zhou Da saw that his own manpower could no longer stop the Qing soldiers, so he pulled a security guard next to him in a hurry and asked him to quickly take Song Xianggong to Daxiong Hall to withdraw.

"Go quickly, I'll take it here, I must not let them catch Lord Song!"

After an anxious roar, Zhou Da roared and raised his knife to kill the Qing army who rushed in.

Zhou Da did his duty - to protect the safety of the general affairs master to the best of his ability, after being stabbed several times in the body, he fell to the ground, and after he fell, his head still shouted backwards: "Hurry up, go away, go away!" ”

Song Xianggong was carried to the front mountain with tears in his eyes, and he turned around several times to try to take another look at Zhou Da, but the result was that he couldn't see anything except the Qing soldiers who chased and killed.

The road to the front mountain was crowded with fleeing women and children, who were so frightened by the wolf-like Qing soldiers behind them that they screamed, and some of them were even frightened to the point that their legs and feet were weak, and they sat on the ground weakly, which made this only escape road even more difficult.

"Let the woman have children, let women have children!"

Someone suddenly shouted loudly in the night ahead, and then I saw several old men with white hair struggling to squeeze out of the crowd, they did not communicate with each other, but they had a common purpose - to let women and children, let their relatives go first.

More and more elderly people came out of the crowd, struggling with the pleading of their loved ones, and turned around and backwards without hesitation.

The crowd of people who escaped cried, everyone knew what these old people were trying to do, they were leaving the hope of life to them!

"Grandpa, grandpa, don't leave me, don't leave me!"

"Dad, come back quickly, come back quickly!"

"Auntie, you can't go!"

The call of relatives touched the hearts of every old man, their eyes were full of tears, but none of them stopped to go back, but gritted their teeth and rushed towards the Qing soldiers who were chasing them with monstrous anger. (To be continued)