Chapter 25 twists and turns

Neither enemy nor us expected such a scene. Many people suddenly tightened when they saw this arrow shot. Everyone thought that it was the archer who inadvertently shot the arrow under his nervousness. However, Qu Tong, who stood behind Xu Jinghong's side, did not look at it this way, just because he accidentally saw the strange gesture sitting in Xu Jinghong's hand. Obviously, there was a certain connection between the two. But at this time, he has no time to care about this, because the conflict is inevitable with the shooting of this arrow!

The arrow suddenly came to Ye Chao's chest. He didn't expect that anyone would dare to do such a vicious attack on himself, so he was shocked to see the arrow, but Fortunately, his skills were also good. Even at the gate of sudden attack, he could quickly take actions to protect himself. He turned away and came out of his palm, just blocking this arrow with a strong wind. Even so, his back had been soaked with sweat, not by the arrow, but he was worried that the attitude of the army would be determined with this arrow.

Although Ye Chao is so arrogant and domineering, in fact, he is also very afraid of death. But he knows better that at this time, he must not retreat, because there is no way to retreat. Only by facing it toughly can the court make concessions. But after his satisfactory calculation came, it was obvious that it could not sound, which made him feel anxious and shocked!

"Up, take down the person!" Xu Jinghong immediately issued the order to attack. He caught the soldiers in surprise and gave an order before he could react, which gave people the illusion that he also took the initiative to attack after the emergency, so that even if something really happened, his responsibility would be much lighter.

"Kill!" The hearts of the soldiers had been tense for a long time. Now as soon as they heard their orders, they shouted and rushed over without thinking about it, and the knives and guns in their hands quickly greeted the three enemies who were still nearby.

Ye Chao was so shocked that he was speechless when he saw this situation. He had to keep retreating, hoping to retreat to Zhuangzi before the officers and soldiers killed him, and rely on the terrain there to counterattack and resist. He is indeed very good. Even under the powerful impact of hundreds of officers and soldiers, he can still retreat and retreat into Zhuangzi at an amazing speed.

But his two cronies were not so lucky. In an instant, they were swallowed up by the surging officers and soldiers, leaving only two incomplete bodies to fall into a pool of blood.

"Xu Dusi..." After being stunned, Qu Tongcai looked at Xu Jinghong puzzledly: "What you did is to completely force those thieves into a dead end, so that those food can..."

"Don't worry, they don't have the courage to do such a crazy thing." Xu Jinghong said confidently, "Their owners are all in my hands. They dare not offend us too much."

"So that's it!" Qu Tong answered clearly, but no longer insisted. Because at this point, he really can't break up. Only by forcibly capturing this manor can he say anything else.

After Ye Chao retreated to Zhuangzi, he immediately issued an order to fight back. His face turned red and blue, but he was shocked and angry. I didn't expect that these officers and soldiers really didn't take food seriously. In this way, the advantages they had in their hands no longer existed, but became a burden. As Xu Jinghong said to Qu Tong, he really didn't have the courage to burn millions of stones of grain. After all, this is related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people.

The others in the village don't have any concerns about him, and they don't have time to think about it. Because the officers and soldiers have begun to surround and kill on all sides, and then began to attack.

Countless arrows shot into Zhuangzi like raindrops from the outside, shooting and injuring a group of people who were not ready at the first time, so that they could not occupy a favorable defensive position for a moment. After this round of chaotic arrows, the official attack of the officers and soldiers began. Hundreds of officers and soldiers rushed from all sides at the same time and began to climb to the wall several times.

The remnants of the family and the Cao Gang were anxious. They knew that once the village was broken, they would end up dead, so they didn't care that they might be injured by messy arrows, and they also shouted and rushed over to resist.

For a while, with all parts of this manor as the battlefield, the two sides were completely entangled together. People keep falling and blood keeps splashing, which looks particularly tragic. Because the remnants of the family knew that there was only one way to go, their resistance was very resolute, and the officers and soldiers finally completely stimulated their fighting spirit after killing and wounding some people. This battle was not like a small scene of arresting criminals, and became a real battlefield.

Watching his brothers of the Cao Gang fall one by one, Sun Qianling and other leaders of the Cao Gang seemed to have been cut with a knife. These are the fundamentals on which they stand in the world. They are all brothers and siblings who have lived with them, but now they have been killed one by one for these people who don't have much friendship. This made Sun Qianling and others feel full of resentment for the remnants of a family like Ye Chao, and at the same time, they were very angry with Xu Jinghong's previous reversal.

"What should I do? How can we save the lives of our own brothers? Sun Qianling looked at the elders around him and asked in an almost pleading voice.

But they can't make up their minds for a while, but one thing is certain, that is, under the strong attack of so many officers and soldiers, the manor will not last long. Once Zhuangzi is broken, he and others will become first-class rebels of the imperial court like those remnants, and will never be able to turn over again.

Che Jiao had a gloomy face and said after a long time, "Now we only have one way. Maybe this can save the lives of us and not die with them!"

"What method?" At this time, Sun Qianling is like a drowning person. No matter what he grabs in his hand, he will hold it desperately. He immediately stares at Che Jiao eagerly, waiting for him to give his own way.

"That is to take them all down while they are fighting with officers and soldiers in a mess!" Che Jiao looked at the remnants of the family that were still fighting over there and lowered his voice and said, "But in this way, our reputation in the world is..."

"What time is it now? I still think about that!" Sun Qianling said disapprovingly, "Do you want fame or life? I'm not even killed. What do you want to do with those false names? What's more, if it really happens, we will be appreciated by the court, and our reputation in the world will not be much worse! Just do what Brother Che wants!"

Soon, the master's meaning was conveyed. The Cao Gang, who had been resisting the entry of officers and soldiers with the remnants of the family, began to slowly retreat, and at the same time, their eyes fell on those who had just fought side by side. Most of them also don't want to be dragged to death like this as their masters. Since they have a way to save themselves, they want to have a try.

Ye Chao and others were wholeheartedly dealing with the continuous attacks of the officers and soldiers outside Zhuang at this time, and naturally did not pay attention to the actions of the gang behind them. They never dreamed that these colleagues who helped them rob food would have a strange heart at this critical junc, so they were not on guard against this move.

Outside Zhuangzi, the attack of the officers and soldiers was once again repelled by a desperate attack. But all this is quite emotional in Xu Jinghong's eyes. This is the strength of the Song army. In the face of these rabble enemies, it is difficult to have an absolute advantage. No wonder the previous Hu army can**.

In order to avoid more damage, he turned his head to the passage: "General Qu, let's attack by the people of our National Security Department!"

"Hm?" Qu Tong seemed to look at Xu Jinghong unhappily. He had heard his dissatisfaction with his army's combat effectiveness from the other party's words. But this is also true. After ponding for a moment, he only said, "Then follow what Xu Dusi said..." and made a gesture to the soldiers around him, and the latter issued an order to temporarily retreat under his banner.

The army has long been in love with fighting because of continuous damage. Now with military orders, they are really relieved and soon retreated. Then, hundreds of people from Guoan Division shouted and killed him. But a surprising scene appeared. When they rushed to the edge of the wall, they did not see any enemy's counterattack, as if there was no one inside.

"This is..." Xu Jinghong and other people standing behind were also puzzled when they saw it. Have the people inside escaped from some secret exit at such a time?

Xiong Geng and others who rushed forward with everyone didn't care too much about these. Now that they have arrived here, let's go in. Immediately after a few shouts, they climbed over the wall and were turned over. After they emerged from the wall several feet high, they were surprised to see what happened in the village. At this time, the enemies inside were actually divided into two groups fighting together!

This is naturally done by the Cao Gang. Originally, Sun Qianling's idea was that he suddenly attacked when the remnants of the family and the officers and soldiers were fighting. But as soon as he ordered, there was a sudden change that caught him off guard, and the officers and soldiers who were already attacking tightly outside suddenly retreated inexplicably!

In this way, the remnants of the family who were still paying attention to the situation outside the wall took their hearts back. But at this time, the people of the Cao Gang have already started, and they don't even have time to take it back. Therefore, after they narrowly killed the two, they were discovered by the remnants of the family. The other party quickly guessed their intentions and naturally launched a counterattack in anger.

In terms of combat effectiveness, these good men on the water are naturally defeated by these elites. But the latter has just had a life-and-death struggle with the officers and soldiers and has been exhausted for a long time. Now he has an infighting with the Cao Gang, and in such a sudden situation, he has actually tied.

After several faces, neither side could take advantage of anyone, and finally retreated to one side and started a confrontation. And the confrontation is also in Sun Qianling's calculation. It is easy for them to occupy the position close to those grains, so it becomes extremely difficult for the remnants of the family to burn grain and destroy grain.

At the time of this change on both sides, the officers and soldiers outside had been replaced to attack. When the people of Guoan came up and saw this scene, they were stunned, but then they were overjoyed and immediately came down from the wall and launched an offensive against the enemy in front of them.

It was the remnants of the family in front of them, and the Cao gangs over there would not miss this situation as soon as they saw this situation, and immediately cooperated to kill forward, thus making the remnants of the family completely fall into an unfavorable situation.

The people of Guoan Division are all elites who survived a hard battle with the Hu people in northern Xinjiang. How can the remnants of those families be their opponents? In addition, the terrain advantage they can rely on most does not exist, so it is only a few rounds, one rush, and the remnants of the family that could have fought with officers and soldiers have completely fallen behind. When the Cao Gang attacked from behind, they quickly collapsed and were taken down one by one.

And the people of Guoan Division soon targeted the people of the Cao Gang. Although these people have helped a little, the people of Guoan will not give up fighting without knowing their identity and attitude.

"Kill!" I pressed it again, but I didn't really do it. Because after seeing the scene completely controlled by the people of the National Security Division, the people of the Cao Gang put down their weapons under the orders of Sun Qianling and others and surrendered.

"We have no intention of being the enemy of the imperial court, please understand!" Sun Qianling loudly expressed his attitude.

Seeing their cooperation, the people of Guoan Division did not do anything more. They just ordered people to watch them, and then went to the gate to open the door to let the army outside come in.

The officers and soldiers outside were also very surprised to see that Guoan Si knocked down Zhuangzi so easily. This is too simple. When he attacked, the other party resisted desperately, but after changing people, Zhuangzi did not have any resistance. Is this the power gap between the two sides?

Until they entered Zhuangzi, everyone didn't know what was going on. Many officers and soldiers showed pity. Originally, as long as they persisted, the credit was their own. But now, it is obvious that the credit belongs to the National Security Department.

Xu Jinghong was nervous, because things did not develop as he expected. His original intention was to force the other party to burn grain by himself after attacking Zhuangzi. Or, if those people really dare not do it, they will take advantage of the chaos and secretly set fire to their own people. At this point, he has also ordered Xiong Geng to act when opportunity. It was because of this consideration that he changed his own man to attack the village just now, not just for any credit or to preserve the officers and soldiers.

But now that the situation is like this, neither choice can be made. Because the situation has been completely controlled, how can the people of the National Security Department burn food in front of everyone?

"What a mistake. I didn't expect these people to be so useless that they were attacked in a few times..." Xu Jinghong sighed, but his face was full of joy and seemed to be very satisfied with such a result.

"The team..." Several cronies who understood what he was thinking came over at this time, but their words behind were stopped by Xu Jinghong's wave: "Act as usual, take everyone away and let people protect the food!"

"Ye!" Several people answered helplessly and knew that they could not take risks again, which was stupid. What's more, everything is still under their own control, and there is still room for turning around. Don't be too frustrated.

First, the people of the Cao Gang were escorted. They were very cooperative. As soon as they saw the officers and soldiers coming, they obediently threw away their weapons, shouted that they were innocent, and then the officers and soldiers easily tied them up. As for the remnants of those families, there is no possibility of struggling, but their eyes are full of resentment. Obviously, they regret that they didn't burn food before, and now they don't even have a chance to get this evil breath.

At this time, two soldiers from the patrol battalion came forward to tie up Ye Chao, who had been handed over the weapons. Since the situation turned straight down, he did not make much unnecessary resistance and looked at it with a cold face. As a result, others have become overwhelmed because they have no leader. Naturally, the officers and soldiers want to see this result most, so they are also very casual when kidnapping people. Obviously, they think that the other party has been captured.

The change happened at this moment!

Just as a few ropes wrapped around Ye Chao's wrist, he suddenly roared, and his two arms suddenly exerted force, and unexpectedly hit the two strong soldiers out. And taking advantage of everyone's stunned by this sudden change, Ye Chao retreated a few steps to a granary over there, and a fire fold appeared there with his hand, and he quickly blew up the fire fold again.

Just now, he couldn't get close to the granary because he was guarded by the Cao Gang. But now it's different. The other party has taken away those roadblocks first, so that he can suddenly take action and take the initiative again.

"It's not good!" Everyone's heart was sinking. Unexpectedly, when they saw the overall situation in hand, they were still found a loophole by him.

"... I'm not joking this time. If you dare to disobey, I will set fire! There is a connection between these granaries. As long as one catches fire, all the grain will be burned!" Ye Chao said, "Now you all quit the village and leave our brothers..."

He couldn't finish his words, because at this moment, a cold yellow suddenly flew from the side and scratched his throat. But a knife flew out of Xu Jinghong's hand and hit the target he wanted to hit.

"Wow..." Ye Chao was stunned in disbelief, and then fell down after a roar. He really didn't expect that the other party would dare to kill under such circumstances. But at the moment when he lost his life, he still had time to do one thing, something he may not have dared to do before!

He used his last strength in his hand and gently sent it back. The fire fold flew back and fell into the granary. The warehouse was already full of ignition objects. As soon as the fold entered, it burned with a roar. In a blink of an eye, the whole granary, even the food inside, was swallowed up by the fiery flame...