Chapter 591 The fire of the magistrate Zhu
Since the thieves could easily attack the city, Zhu Wan found that there were internal responses from the thieves in the city. At this time, Xu Jiong, the judge of the Salt Transport Branch, went out with his five hundred salt ditches, which was suspicious.
Regardless of whether this was a coincidence, Xu Jiong obviously couldn't count on it anymore. Zhu Wan could only send someone to ride a horse to the neighboring county for help, because there was a guard of Yancheng County stationed in Yancheng County - Yancheng Guard. Guo Jindi also sent a brother from 500 battalions to rush to Yangzhou City with two horses to report to Xu Jin.
drive……
Zhu Wan rode a horse and ran on the Fan Gong Dike, while Guo Jindi led eight brothers to follow him. He was the magistrate of Dongtai County and the same year as the magistrate of the same county, so he dared not make any mistakes.
Zhu Wan's destination is the Xixi Inspection Department, and there are 120 patrol officers stationed here. He plans to gather these patrol officers into the city for rescue.
After about two cups of tea, everyone rushed to the outside of the Xixi Inspection Office. Zhu Wan was about to turn over and call the door, but Guo Jindiu felt something was wrong. Because the inspection office was too quiet, you could clearly see the fire in the city soaring into the sky, so there was no reason for the patrol staff to react.
At this moment, a string sounded from the inspection department, and with a bang, a sharp arrow shot from the arrow tower. Guo Jindiao hurriedly shouted: "Be careful, Lord Zhu."
Zhu Wan rolled out of the saddle in a mess, and the sharp arrow passed through his ears without any delay, almost all of them sank into the sand.
Bang……
Guo Jinyu raised his hand and shot him. He heard a scream. A black shadow fell from the arrow tower. Zhu Wan's face turned pale. She got up from the ground, took a knife and rushed forward and kicked the camp gate of the inspection department. The camp gate was kicked open, and it was obviously not locked inside.
Seeing this, Guo Jinyu drove forward and opened the village gate. He rushed in first. The gunshots rang out immediately, and the ten pirates who were left in the inspection department were quickly shot and killed.
Guo Jindiu and eight brothers searched and killed the inspectors, and soon found a mountain of corpses behind the inspection department. It was obvious that all the 120 inspectors stationed here had been killed. And judging from the wounds on these inspectors, most of them were wiped out in their sleep.
Zhu Wan couldn't help but be shocked and angry. The bodies of these patrolmen were already a little stinky. They seemed to have been dead for a long time. In other words, the thief had occupied the place at least last night, and they killed all patrolmen here without knowing it.
Zhu Wan's face was extremely gloomy, as if she suddenly woke up something, and said anxiously: "President Guo, hurry up, find some things to attract fire and burn all the ships on the river outside."
Guo Jindiu was about to come to his senses. The thieves first occupied the Xixi Inspection Department. They obviously planned to use the sea outlet and ships here. After succeeding in attacking Dongtai County, they would go out to sea to escape from here with their wealth.
Soon, Zhu Wan and others found tinder oil and other fire-induced objects in the inspection department, and ignited all the ships on the river.
Zhu Wan's idea is very simple. Burning the ship is nothing more than trying to cut off the thief's retreat and prevent the thief from escaping. However, Zhu Wan forgot one thing, that is, the dog is desperate and the beast without a retreat is the most terrifying thing.
It was Zhu Wan's fire that led to the endless storm that followed, and a war that swept across several coastal provinces of the Ming Dynasty was also ignited.
Looking at all the sea boats trapped in the raging fire, Zhu Wan felt a little angry and led Guo Jindiao and others to decisively return to the city again.
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The county government warehouse is an independent courtyard, about 300 square meters high, with a two-meter-high courtyard wall built on all sides. At this time, it was surrounded by the bandits.
Although the gate of the courtyard had been destroyed, the bandits did not dare to rush inside because someone had tried it, but they were shot over before they could cross the threshold. At this moment, two people who were not dead were lying and screaming.
As for climbing the wall, it is even more undesirable. The bandits climbing up the wall are alive targets. They were shot by a lead bomb as soon as they appeared. At this time, more than a dozen corpses lay in a row outside the wall.
Ouchi Sect's face looked very ugly, because before that, Pujing and Hosokawa Takeshu had never told him that there were fifty Ming soldiers equipped with flintlock spears in the warehouse. He just led his samurai to rush in, but he almost got gunned down, and eight of his samurai were killed and injured.
"The boss, the officers and soldiers will not have too much ammunition. Let's find some door panels to rush in as shields to consume their ammunition." Ergouzi suggested to Chen Dong.
Chen Dong was very happy when Ergouzi called him a boss, and laughed: "Good ideas, listen to them all. Everyone, find a few door panels to be used as shields. Whoever attacks first, I will reward 100 taels of silver, kill an officer and soldier, and give 50 taels of silver."
As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. The pirates immediately found two door panels, and then slowly moved into the yard in groups of three people.
However, the door panel was not big, and the three thieves were afraid of being shot, so they tried to squeeze into the middle as much as possible. As a result, when they crossed the threshold, they were inconsistent and some people tripped, which caused a chain reaction. The three of them all flew together, and the door panel as a shield naturally fell down.
The five hundred battalions of soldiers lying in the ambush were honest and rude. They shot them in a row of guns, and the three thieves were shot and killed on the spot. The three thieves behind the second door panel were frightened to retreat immediately when they saw this.
Zhao Bin, a hundred households, couldn't help laughing, and shouted while changing the ammunition: "Brothers, aim and then shoot, don't waste ammunition... Fuck!"
Zhao Bin was just talking, and suddenly, under the moonlight, a cold star came from the roof on the left, subconsciously shrank his head, and a crossbow arrow flew over his head, shooting off the standard hat.
Bang bang bang bang...
Several fast-reacting soldiers immediately fought back at the roof, but unfortunately they didn't hit it. The man who fired the hidden arrow was very cunning. After the cold arrow was released, he immediately lay on the ridge. At this angle, the flintlock rifle could not hit him at all.
Zhao Bin picked up the hat and put it on again, hid in a pillar and peeked at the roof. As a result, with a bang, another crossbow arrow shot down. A brother fell to the ground with an arrow in his chest, struggled a few times before he died.
"Old Meng!" Zhao Bin's eyes were cracked, and he raised his gun and shot at the roof.
Bang bang bang bang...
More than a dozen guns fired one after another, causing the roof to be broken and tiles flying. Monk Pujing, who was hiding on it, had to retreat for a while.
"Damn it, all come into the house!" Zhao Bin decisively carried Lao Meng's body and retreated into the warehouse. The other brothers also hurriedly retreated into the warehouse, relying on doors and windows to conduct a defensive counterattack.
Chapter completed!