The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin led the Ma Jun from Nankou to search all the way forward. After walking more than half of the alley, he didn't see the disciples of Longhumen firing cold arrows on the roof or in a dark corner to set up an ambush. After all, this group of people is a mob. Breaking through the siege one by one, there is not even a rear guard. I don't know if he is thinking that the Ma Jun dare not enter, or he thinks that he can sit back and relax by setting up some obstacles in the alley. In short, it is a bit too much. www welcome to read

Even so, Su Jin and the others still didn't dare to go deep into the alley directly. They had to thoroughly search the houses on both sides to be at ease. Haven't people been made dumplings?

As a result, it took a lot of time. There were nothing but women and children in the houses on both sides. When passing by the Fugui Building, Su Jin took a look around. The building was pitch black and there was no light. Search Su Jin was relieved, it seemed that Bai Mudan and the others were not harmed, and it was not the time to rescue her, so she had to call Two horse soldiers stood guard in front of the Fugui Building, firstly to prevent the women inside from escaping, and secondly to prevent someone from taking advantage of the chaos.

It took nearly a stick of incense for Ma Jun, the guard at the south entrance, to gradually see the dark shadowy figures in front of him. With the dim light of the fire at the north entrance, he could see the disciples of the Dragon and Tiger Gate rushing out desperately. It was in a stalemate, unable to tell the enemy from ourselves.

Zhao Du said anxiously: "Everyone, rush for me, the brothers over there are in a tight spot."

Su Jin hurriedly stopped him and said, "Why rush? We only have so few people, isn't it courting death to rush over?"

"Then... what about the north? The brothers in the north are even more unable to hold on."

Su Jin said: "Besieging Wei to save Zhao, wouldn't it be a hard battle to go straight there? Find cover and shoot their asses with bows and arrows. They don't know how many times we have come. We only succeeded in forcing them back."

Zhao Dutou hurriedly ordered to go down, the bunker was easy to find, the alleys were full of piles of roadblocks set up to stop the cavalry, which happened to be the best fortification; the difficult thing to find was the target and angle, and it was impossible to see where to go shooting, but also the shelter of the pillars of the house, which seriously affects the quality of shooting.

Su Jin didn't care about these anymore, and roared: "Control your strength, don't hurt your own people, don't throw shots, shoot all flat."

The horsemen were ordered, regardless of whether they drew their bows or not, they shot indiscriminately, but the effect was surprisingly good. There were bursts of screams in the darkness, as if the arrows were not empty.

No wonder, more than 300 Longhumen disciples gathered on the street a hundred paces ahead, and it was time to rush out in a wave, so the density of the crowd can be imagined, the people in front just rushed out, followed by The disciples of Longhumen were attacked on the back, and arrows came from behind like poisonous snakes, instantly knocking down more than a dozen disciples of Longhumen who were hiding in the last row.

Ma Ming'er and Li Laizi were also lucky and fateful. Fortunately, they were in the front to supervise the battle in the last wave, and followed the first wave of charging troops to keep encouraging, and they just avoided the catastrophe.

The Longhumen disciples who rushed out screaming couldn't hear the screams behind them, but there was a group of cavalry soldiers who didn't hear Su Jin's password clearly. Using throwing, the arc of the thrown arrows is perfect, and there is no obstacle in the air. Even if the strength is controlled, the range will span the distance of a hundred steps, and all of them will fall in the crowd of the first echelon. A disciple of the Dragon and Humen, he also reminded Li Manzi and Ma Minger.

"Second Senior Brother, why did this arrow shoot from behind? Are there officers and soldiers behind?"

Ma Ming'er hurriedly looked back, although he couldn't see clearly, it was obvious that the formation of the team charging behind was in chaos, and the sound of howling ghosts and wolves came clearly.

"It's amazing, I've been cheated." Ma Ming'er was shocked.

"What should we do? Should we continue charging or...?" Li Manzi's legs were trembling.

Ma Ming'er looked towards the alley, and saw that the short and sturdy leader of the officers and soldiers was holding a simple knife and howling, leading dozens of officers and soldiers rushing towards him, he felt discouraged all of a sudden.

"No, just these hundred or so people couldn't rush out, but were dragged back by the officers and soldiers. If the officers and soldiers behind came to double-team us, it would be all over for us."

"What should I do?"

"Retreat, retreat to the houses on both sides, the arrows can't enter the house, let's figure out the situation, if it's just the dozens of officers and soldiers at Nankou who are bluffing, we can organize a charge before there is time, if the officers and soldiers of the brigade, brother, we still accept our fate and surrender .”

Li Laizi had no choice, he didn't pay attention, he could only listen to Ma Ming'er, so he waved his hands and shouted: "Retreat! Withdraw, retreat to the houses on both sides."

Then there was a scene that stunned Zhang Long. The disciples of the Dragon and Tiger Sect who were about to fight with each other suddenly retreated like a tide; He threw it high and almost shot Zhang Long.

Li Manzi and Ma Ming'er commanded everyone to quickly hide in the houses on both sides. Feng Laohu is rich, and these houses are also built tall and strong, and except for the doors and windows, which are all bricks and rammed earth, there is no danger of bows and arrows in hiding. Shooting, in fact, after more than ten rounds, the bows and arrows of the cavalry had already been shot bare, but the enemy in the north was forced to retreat, and they had already achieved their goal. I was afraid that they would ignore them and rush out.

There was a sudden pause in the battle. Of course Su Jin didn't dare to look forward any more. Li Manzi and Ma Ming'er couldn't figure out how many officers and soldiers had come, and they took people to hide in the house to watch secretly.

Li Laizi counted the casualties in his busy schedule, and couldn't help but tremble with fear. In just a short while, more than 90 people died, and fifty or sixty died at the entrance of the alley. Thirty to forty dead, nearly 300 Longhumen disciples are left with only nearly [-]. These [-] people are divided into six houses on both sides of the street. More than a hundred steps to the north is the entrance of the alley, and seventy to eighty steps to the south are hiding places. I don't know how many officers and soldiers are there.

"Second senior brother, it's not an option to waste so much time. We'll have no chance if we use up the officers and soldiers of the brigade." Li Manzi said anxiously.

"How many brothers do we have?"

"There are still more than 230 who can fight, and there are more than 50 injured. I'm afraid it won't work."

"There are still a lot of people, but I can't figure out how many people came from the other party. Damn, master, big brother, and the others don't know where they died."

"Second senior brother, don't think about them, think about ourselves. You see, the officers and soldiers are not in a hurry to attack. They are obviously consuming us. They must be waiting for the officers and soldiers of the brigade to come and annihilate us in one fell swoop."

"Wait, you said just now... good brother, you reminded my brother. Although we don't know how many of them there are, but they are standing still and spending time with us. There must not be many people. If they come Brigade officers and soldiers, what are they waiting for?"

Li Laizi slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, it must be so."

Ma Ming'er said: "It's not too late, this is the last fight, let's organize the brothers and rush out in one go, or we're going to be doomed, and there are not many opportunities left."

Li Laizi said: "Yes, but where should we go? North or south?"

Ma Ming'er thought for a while and said, "Let's charge north first, then suddenly turn around and head south."

"Why do you want to do this? Wouldn't it be better to just rush out?"

"Stupid mind, there are bows and arrows in the south, but the officers and soldiers in the north have already shot their bows and arrows. It is better for the officers and soldiers without bows and arrows to chase after them than the officers and soldiers with bows and arrows to chase after them? Do you want an arrow shot in your ass? ?”

"That's true, brother is really thoughtful."

"There is also a second point. We have been rushing north. If you think about it, if the officers and soldiers of the brigade come to reinforce, which side will they choose to save first?"

"Naturally, it's the north side. After going out of the North Hutong and rushing through a few streets, we will reach the city gate. No matter how stupid the officers and soldiers are, they will block the North City Gate first, and the reinforcements will first reinforce the North Hutong entrance."

"That's it. We rushed out with untold hardships, but we were surrounded by officers and soldiers. Isn't that definitely the end? We just rushed south, rushed out of the south alley and went straight to the west gate, catching them off guard , and the door panel of the west city gate is the thinnest, if it is impossible to smash the gate, you can escape."

"Second Senior Brother, you are a god-man, and you know the thickness of the city gate."

"I don't have that ability. Master Feng accidentally said this while chatting. It seems that Master Feng also expected such a day.

Li Laizi hurriedly said: "Then what are we waiting for? I'll go to the opposite side and ask the Fourth Senior Brother to gather all the people together. It's hard work for the Second Senior Brother to organize people here."

Ma Ming'er nodded and said: "Go, cheer up the brothers, whether you can escape or not is up to you."