Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 218 Natural Curiosity
Seeing these foreigners agree, Chen Erhu was overjoyed.

The total number of these foreigners is about forty, and together with the commando team, it is not a small team. In this way, the strength is obviously enhanced.

You must know that although the commandos have excellent weapons, they are too small in number after all. Now the city is in chaos, with rebels, government soldiers and civilians running around everywhere, and the commandos are easily dispersed by these people.

After all, the commando cannot always use muskets to open the way, and the bullets brought by the commando are also limited, which cannot be consumed without restraint.

Seeing these foreigners holding long swords, Chen Erhu shook his head. This thing is not useful for fighting at all. Seeing that there are many weapons left by the rebels on the ground, Chen Erhu ordered his team to pick up those weapons and hand them over to the foreigners.

Most of the weapons used by the rebels are long spears, which are far more useful than long swords when confronting each other.

Moreover, when Chen Erhu was in Jinniuling back then, he had practiced spear formation, and the two rows of soldiers stabbed alternately, which was quite powerful.

In fact, Chen Erhu originally wanted these people to change their clothes. The clothes worn by these foreigners were completely different from the clothes of the Ming Dynasty, and they were too conspicuous. However, seeing the tall stature of these people, Chen Erhu quickly dismissed this idea.

To Chen Erhu's surprise, these foreigners' ability to comprehend the formation was very high. Chen Erhu simply said the meaning of shooting the formation, and these people understood it, and they could quickly form the formation. Chen Erhu was very impressed. admire.

I think back then when they lined up, they had to endure countless beatings before they could stand in formation.

Everything was ready and ready to go when the problem came.

Without him, I don't know the way!

Perhaps seeing that Chen Erhu didn't know the way, a foreigner said, "Let me lead the way."

Chen Erhu frowned when he heard this man's awkward words, but immediately agreed.

This foreigner is very familiar with the roads in the city, he knows all the alleys and hidden places, so he led Chen Erhu and others to remote places.

Going around in circles, circled the boss in a circle, and finally turned to the gate of the city.

But at the gate of the city, the problem came again.

The city gates are closed and guarded by rebels.

"Damn it, why did the rebels close the city gate?" a team member scolded.

A team member next to him glared at the man: "Nonsense, why are they attacking the city? Isn't it just to rob? The city is in such a mess now that everyone wants to run out. If everyone runs away, who will they rob?"

Chen Erhu shook his head and said, "No, the rebel army broke through the city, and there was chaos in the city. They are now in a rush to rob, and they don't care about closing the city gates. The reason for closing the city gates is because someone ordered them to arrest people."

"Catch who?" the team member asked.

Chen Erhu grinned at Sun Yuanhua, who was on the back of the team members: "Catch him, and catch us at the same time."

"Why arrest us? The rebels don't know who we are." A team member wondered.

Chen Erhu smiled and said: "I didn't know it at first, but after we rescued Sun Yuanhua, they knew it. Don't forget, just now we rescued Sun Yuanhua from the siege of the rebels. How can the rebels who were beaten away go back?" Can you report it to your superiors?"

"So what do we do now?" the team member asked.

Chen Erhu roughly counted the rebels at the lower city gate, but there were not many of them, only around fifty. It was not difficult to defeat these people, but the difficulty was that there were still rebels on the wall above the city gate and in the gate tower. Bows and arrows are a great threat to the people below.

Especially the rebels in the gatehouse must be killed and occupy the gatehouse.

Because there is still a moat outside the city, after the city gate is opened, the drawbridge must be put down to get out, and the twisted ropes that control the drawbridge are in the gatehouse above.

But to enter the gate tower, you must kill the rebels on the city wall, so that you can go up the steps on both sides of the city gate.

After estimating the distance, Chen Erhu shook his head. The distance was a bit far, and the rebels on the city wall were blocked by the wall, so it was really not very sure to shoot and kill them.

In addition, there are not one or two people on the top, there are at least 20 people on both sides, and they only have thirteen guns. It is impossible to kill all the rebels above at once. Difficult.

Moreover, the sneak attack on the people above will inevitably alarm the rebels at the gate of the city. Once the rebels warn and a large number of rebels chase after them, it will be difficult to escape.

After observing for a while, Chen Erhu shook his head. If he wanted to put a suspension bridge on the city wall, he would have to alarm the rebels no matter what. It seemed that he could only attack by force.

But for a strong attack, you can't attack from below to above, you have to make a detour.

Chen Erhu turned around and looked around, but saw not far behind him, there was a ladder that could go up the city wall.

Calling the six team members to his side, Chen Erhu said in a low voice: "You guys go up the city wall from the steps behind, kill the rebel sentries guarding the gate tower, then enter the gate tower and lower the drawbridge, and I will take the rest of you to destroy the city gate." rebels, open the gates."

The six team members nodded, sorted out their guns, and then walked gently towards the steps.

Watching the team members touch the city wall quietly, Chen Erhu organized the rest of the people, and only waited for the gunshot on the city wall, and then attacked the city gate.

After a while, gunshots rang out on the city wall, and while the rebels at the city gate were stunned, Chen Erhu yelled: "Kill!"

While speaking, he pulled the trigger and shot a rebel soldier immediately.

Then several shots were fired, and several rebels fell to the ground.

Chen Erhu didn't hesitate, and led the crowd towards the city gate.

Dozens of rebels at Chen's gate were suddenly attacked, and they were a little panicked. They didn't wake up until they saw Chen Erhu and others rushing towards them. , without a shield wall defense, these rebels could only be slaughtered. The first row of long spears stabbed out and knocked down more than a dozen rebels. When the second row came forward, they killed more than a dozen rebels.

Seeing the ferocity of the approaching people, the rebels uttered a cry and immediately fled in all directions.

Chen Erhu didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly led his team to unlock the door, only to hear a rattling sound, and the city gate slowly opened.

Just as the city gate was opened, there was a bang, the suspension bridge fell down heavily, and then the sky was filled with dust, but the team members above were anxious and refused to release the winch, so they cut the rope with their knives.

"Damn it! These bastards." Chen Erhu cursed, and hastily covered his mouth and nose with his hands.

Before the dust cleared, Chen Erhu led the crowd and ran out of the city.

Just after crossing the suspension bridge, I heard a yell from behind.Chen Erhu turned his head to look, only to see a team member fell to the ground.

"What's going on?" Chen Erhu shouted loudly.

"Be careful, someone is shooting arrows up there." The man shouted hastily.

"Damn it, I'm going to kill them." A team member beside Chen Erhu shouted.

"Shut up, put him on your back quickly, and escape from here first." Chen Erhu shouted.

Hearing this, the man knew that now was not the time to heal his qi, so he hurriedly grabbed the wounded man and threw him on his back.

"Damn you, you fucking son of a bitch, do you think I'm a sack?" The wounded man touched the wound and cursed.

Si Wazi laughed and said, "What else does this stall care about? Who told you that you are unlucky, so many people just shot you."

Chen Erhu ignored the bickering between the two, since that person still has the energy to swear, it means the injury is not serious.

At this moment, only the sound of horns sounded from the city, but the rebels reacted and blew the horns for warning.

"Damn it, Ding Youcai, hurry up, the rebels will come after you in a while." Chen Erhu shouted anxiously while running.

"Here we come! We come!" someone shouted from behind.

It was the six team members who broke the lock just now and caught up.

Chen Erhu counted carefully, and he was relieved when he saw that no one was left behind.

The crowd ran wildly, and ran for more than a mile in an instant, but some team members were carrying people on their backs, and they gradually couldn't keep up with others' footsteps.

But at this time, the sound of horseshoes came from behind, and it was the rebels who came after them.

Chen Erhu sighed, since the rebels had horses, they couldn't escape no matter what.

"If you can't escape, let me down." Sun Yuanhua said suddenly.

Chen Erhu nodded, and didn't ask Sun Yuanhua when he woke up. Although his strike was heavy, it was very measured, and Sun Yuanhua should have woken up long ago.

Sun Yuanhua kept silent because he knew that the rebels had already occupied Dengzhou, and these people could not recover the city at all.

In addition, Sun Yuanhua lost his city and lost his land, knowing that he could not escape the guilt, and he didn't know where to go. The so-called grief is nothing more than the death of a heart. Sun Yuanhua didn't know what to do, so he pretended not to wake up.

But the rebels chased him up, so they wanted to capture him. Although Sun Yuanhua was not good at being an official, his true qualities as a scholar were not inferior to others, so he asked to come down.

Ordering the team members to put Sun Yuanhua down, Chen Erhu said: "Master Sun, I have ordered my commander in chief to save you, and I will definitely not let you die at the hands of thieves."

Sun Yuanhua shook his head and sighed: "There are so many rebels, you only have this few troops, how can you rescue me? Hand me over to the rebels, so that you can have a way out."

Chen Erhu didn't expect Sun Yuanhua to be quite loyal, and he was willing to be taken captive by the rebels for the sake of his own survival.

Smiling, Chen Erhu untied the burden on his back, and opened it gently.

Inside the bundle is an iron box with a small hole on it.

Chen Erhu carefully opened the iron box, took out the contents, and quickly assembled it. After a while, a bow appeared in front of everyone.

"Huh?" Everyone was shocked when they saw it.

Chen Erhu ignored the crowd, took out an arrow from the box, and took out another thing to spin on the arrow.

"What kind of arrow is this? It's so exquisitely made!" Sun Yuanhua exclaimed.

Sun Yuanhua was proficient in artillery manufacturing, and was naturally curious about some ingenious things. Seeing that the bow and arrow Chen Erhu took out could be assembled, and the workmanship was exquisite, he immediately forgot the danger before him, and couldn't help asking.

Chen Erhu smiled and said, "This is the compound bow of my master."

"Compound bow? How was this bow made?" Sun Yuanhua wondered.

Chen Erhu shook his head. Of course he didn't know how to make a compound bow. When he first met Li Jing, Li Jing already had this bow.

(End of this chapter)