Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Now there are no reinforcements coming from the east gate, west gate, and south gate, let alone the leaders. Why don't we retreat first?"

"In my opinion, why don't we take the brothers in the city and secretly throw away the north gate, go straight to the warehouse where the gold, silver and jewelry are stored, grab the soles of our feet and slip away while no one is looking? Let's join the White Lotus Sect, Didn't you just come here to get rich? Hey, hey, you don't talk like that?"

The boss who spoke last had just finished his suggestion when he noticed several other bosses looking at him with horrified eyes.

To be exact, not looking at myself, but looking behind me...

He suddenly turned around to take a look, but before he could see the figure clearly, he felt a dazzling white light flash in front of him, and his throat hurt instantly, as if cut open by a sharp knife, and then he was out of breath and almost suffocated...

Died on the spot!

And what cut his throat was a broad-backed machete.

As for the person who killed him...

"I have met the leader Meng of Nanmen!"

"I waited for the words unintentionally, please forgive me, Chief Meng!"

"Yes, yes, Chief Meng, it was not my idea to throw away the North Gate and loot the treasure house, but his idea alone."

The person who came was Meng Gang, the leader who was in charge of defending the south gate.

Like Wu Hu, Meng Gang is also one of the Eight Great Vajras under Hu Bilie of the White Lotus Sect.

Everyone begged for mercy, but found that Meng Gang kicked the corpse away after killing someone, and then ignored them, but put away his sword, turned around respectfully, and bowed to the crowd, shouting: "Mr. How to deal with the guy who shakes the morale of the army?"

Looking at Meng Gang's posture and listening to his respectful questioning, it turns out that he is not the one who makes decisions, and someone else is the one who makes the decisions.

"Now is the time to employ people, let's avoid their sins. Let them take their crimes and make meritorious deeds!"

While speaking, a young man in brocade clothes passed through the crowd. Different from the white lotus bandit army present, the man who came waved a folding fan, with a graceful and wealthy demeanor, obviously a descendant of an aristocratic family.

Just when several leaders and the bandit army onlookers were suspicious and suspicious of the identity of Mr. Zhao who appeared on the tower inexplicably, Meng Gang said decisively: "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you continue to defend the city and stop the officers and soldiers?" ?”

"It's not good, the official army of the imperial court has begun to attack aggressively!"

"Look, the shield wall is gone, oh my god, it has become a shield soldier with thousands of knives, press all the way in!"

Suddenly, several bandit soldiers who were watching the city shouted loudly, reminding the bandits who gathered here to fight tirelessly.

Meng Gang was furious when he heard the words, and beat and cursed at the little bosses: "Idiot, why are you still standing there? Why don't you organize your subordinates to fight back and drive back these Tang troops?"

Several leaders fled after hearing the scolding, and then organized manpower to fight back to defend the city.

But now thousands of shield soldiers have approached across the board, and in the blink of an eye, they are already approaching the city.

After Meng Gang reprimanded several leaders, he hurriedly said to Mr. Zhao: "Mr. Zhao, these idiots let the Tang army take advantage of the chaos. The Tang army is coming aggressively. I am afraid that we will call all the troops of the other sects to help defend it." !"

"No hurries?"

Mr. Zhao waved the folding fan in his hand very calmly, then walked a few steps forward calmly, and said indifferently: "When I come, I will send dozens of bed crossbows to the north gate, hmph, knives Shield soldiers? Can their standard shields block crossbow shots?"

"Ah? There is such a thing?"

Meng Gang exclaimed, his knowledge was better than ordinary bandit soldiers, so he naturally knew that the bed crossbow was expensive and had infinite shooting power.

"Report, my lord, fifty bed crossbows have been delivered!"

From the bluestone steps of the city gate building, a voice came from afar.

Mr. Zhao was overjoyed when he heard the words, put away the folding fan with a click, lightly tapped Meng Gang, and ordered: "Meng Gang, let your people start setting up the bed crossbow immediately, and let these Tang soldiers taste our strength! Pass on the order to annihilate these Tang troops under the city, and I will reward you a lot!"

"Yes!"

Chapter 1051

Chirp... chirp... chirp... chirp...

On the top of the city, once fifty bed crossbows with full lethality and destructive power were projected, the long crossbows scattered all over the sky towards the city like a rainstorm of pear blossoms.

The power of the bed crossbow was enough to penetrate the wall and break the shield. In an instant, the sword and shield battalion on the way to charge suffered heavy losses, with countless casualties.

What's more, several people were pierced by a crossbow, and they rolled to the ground like bunches of candied haws.

Fifty bed crossbows were ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the soldiers of the Sword and Shield Battalion like death scythes. Ruan Laosan, the chief general of the Sword and Shield Battalion, was also shocked by this sudden scene, and he froze on the spot dumbfounded. .

Looking at Pao Ze, who was repeatedly shot to death by the crossbow on the bed, who continued to rush towards the north gate, Ruan Laosan was really heartbroken. These people are all elite soldiers under his command.

"Ruan Lang will be careful!"

With a bang, Xue Rengui rushed towards Ruan Laosan with sharp eyesight and quick hands, and rolled several times on the ground holding Ruan Laosan, narrowly avoiding several long crossbow shots.

Ruan Laosan was terrified for a moment, looking at the long crossbows stuck on the ground three steps away, he was horrified, if Xue Rengui hadn't rescued him, he would have lost his life, he really walked before the gate of hell.

At this time, Xue Rengui also realized the changes on the top of the city. It must be that the enemy army temporarily changed the commander, and also set up a weapon of mass destruction specially controlled by the imperial court-the bed crossbow.

He was well aware of the condescending power of dozens of bed crossbows, not to mention the thousands of people in the Sword and Shield Battalion now, even if there were a few thousand more, they would not be enough to destroy them.

The dozens of bed crossbows on the city tower aimed at the intensive charge of the Sword and Shield Battalion, which is fucking equivalent to a human flesh harvester.

Immediately, he hurriedly shouted at Ruan Laosan: "General Ruan Lang, withdraw, if you continue to act so recklessly, the thousands of brothers in the Sword and Shield Camp will be here!"

"withdraw?"

Ruan Lao San smiled miserably, glanced at the corpses of Paoze lying on the ground, shook his head and sighed: "You are still a person who has read military books and knows military affairs. How can you retreat without hearing the sound of gold? Don't you know that this is a way to shake the morale of the army?" Sin, do you want to lose your head?"

"But you can't just charge to your death here blindly, can you?"

Xue Rengui asked loudly: "Are you just watching the entire army of the Sword and Shield Battalion be wiped out?"

"Fart!" Ruan Laosan cursed fiercely, and shouted, "Annihilation of the whole army means death in battle. If you retreat in fear of war, you will also have your head cut off. It is death after all. I might as well die." Vigorous and vigorous, at least I can drink a bowl of sacrificial wine for my little brother after death."

Xue Rengui accused furiously: "You, you are so stubborn, don't you know how to be flexible?"

Third Ruan bared his teeth and said coldly: "If you want to retreat, you should retreat, I can't afford to lose that person."

Afterwards, Ruan Laosan got up, raised his shield again and shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order, continue to press up, even if the sword and shield battalion fights to the last soldier, we will break through the city gate!"

"you……"

Xue Rengui was both helpless and full of respect for Ruan Laosan's stubbornness. These are tough guys. They knew they were invincible, and they refused to take half a step back even to the death.

However, he is not the chief general of the Sword and Shield Battalion, he is just a vanguard officer, and he is also a fucking deputy, and no one will pay attention to him when he gives orders to retreat.

But leaving Ruan Laosan and everyone else behind and retreating for his own life, Xue Rengui couldn't do it, just as Ruan Laosan said, even if he retreated, he couldn't afford to lose that person.

"Since that's the case, then I will accompany you, a silly old man, to go crazy!"