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Chapter 18 Attack and Kill

In the military camp in Xicheng, Tiantai County, because the guard had just asked the cause and effect of the matter, the news of the Ming army appeared. The monks brought by Huang Barbarian, who were guarding the gate, were temporarily placed in a camp in the military camp and guarded by two Qing soldiers.

The Ming army outside the city had already begun to line up. After confirming that there was no sign of Ming army appearing in other directions, the Qing army's garrison transferred most of the soldiers in the Xicheng military camp. Most of these soldiers were transferred to the northern city where he was located, and only a few cooperated with the civilians to defend other city walls.

In the military camp, the Qing army either climbed the city to defend, or stayed in their respective tents to hurry up and rest. This troubled time has lasted for many years, and those who served in the army naturally knew that the more strength they had, the more hope they would survive during the war.

In the camp, the four fake monks who had not received the precepts were meditating like decently, as if they were not born. However, if they were close to each other, they could still hear their meticulous conversation.

"Captain Zhang, are we just waiting for the general to lead his troops into the city? We have to do something, right?"

"Yang Kai, please have a small voice. What should you do if the two Tartars outside hear it?"

Zhang Jun, who was the first to become Chen Wen's personal soldier, also took the position of captain of the personal soldier after the expansion, but he actually only had two subordinates, and they were all young men of about the same age as him. This personal soldier team was actually just a shelter for underage soldiers.

The person who talked to Zhang Jun was named Yang Kai, who was a native of Taizhou who had been working as a promising profession of pirates for generations. After the Qing army advanced south, because his family was connected with the anti-Qing rebels, the whole family was hit by the Qing army's severe crackdown on the southern Zhejiang rebels last year. Only he was punished to act as a coolie because he was still young.

After only one year of working as a coolie, news came from several prefectures and counties around Siming Mountain and Tiantai Mountain that the Tibiao Battalion was defeated by Chen Wen. The boy and a few companions who were also a coolie managed to escape and went to Tiantai Mountain to join the army after several twists and turns. It was just because the boy was quite martial arts when he went up the mountain, but he was only sixteen or seventeen years old. Chen Wen arranged him in his personal army team to accompany Zhang Jun and another young personal army.

After choking back by Zhang Jun, Yang Kai turned to another personal soldier next to him. "Hey, brother Yu, you said something to let us know that you are still alive."

The personal soldier named Yu was Yu Li, a young soldier under Wang Sheng who Chen Wen met on the road before. His family lived in the countryside in Xinchang County.

After separation from Chen Wen, the young man planned to return to his hometown to report the death of the officer named Xia, and then respect his mother at home. However, the family surnamed Xia was a big family in the village, and those who joined the army were not spared. Only he, a small family, survived, and it was difficult for him to gain a foothold in his hometown after being excluded, so he had to continue to embark on the road to enlistment.

When he was young, his idol was brutally killed because he opposed his superior's surrender to the Qing Dynasty. He returned to his hometown to report the news and was kicked out of his hometown. Even my mother was implicated. During those months, Yu Li always seemed taciturn now. He just tried his best to do things on weekdays and went home to serve my mother during holidays. Even these two peers in the personal army rarely spoke, so Yang Kai secretly gave him the nickname of "Living Dead".

At this time, Yu Li just shook his head, not knowing whether he didn't want to say it or had no idea, so he still sat there and closed his eyes to rest. However, Yang Kai seemed to have become accustomed to it, so he went to ask Zhang Jun, but he completely ignored the meaning of the fourth person under the same camp - the "Monkey Xu Zhu".

These three people are all from Chen Wen's personal soldiers, so they will naturally be closer. Only the monk Xu Zhu is an outsider, and their mission itself has the purpose of surveillance of this person, so they have no interest in communicating with each other.

After listening for a while, seeing that there was nothing new, the monk Xuzhu stood up and walked out of the tent.

"What are you going out for?"

Although he was a little surprised, after talking in a low voice for a long time, Yang Kai's questioning was not very loud. Hearing this, the monk Xu Zhu smiled slightly and then said loudly: "Junior Brother Jingse, senior brother, go to the army men outside the door to ask for some water to drink. Aren't you thirsty?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Kai's first reaction was that the liar was sarcastic about him talking too much, but after Yuli pulled him, the boy immediately understood the hidden voice of the words hidden in Monk Xu Zhu's words.

"What my senior brother said is that I haven't had water in half a day, and I'm really a little thirsty."

Before Zhang Jun finished speaking, the monk Xuzhu walked to the door and whispered to ask for a few bowls of water to the two Qing soldiers outside the door. The Qing soldiers outside the door were also happy. After hearing the monk Xuzhu's words, he let him go to the well next to the kitchen far away to get water.

The Qing army who was fetching water had already gone away, but the monk Xuzhu did not go back, but instead started talking to the Qing army. The monk was humorous and humorous, which quickly made the Qing army laugh.

But at this moment, a quarrel came from the camp. The monk Xu Zhu was stunned at first, and then told the Qing army that he would go in and comfort him first and then continue chatting, so he walked in.

But it was fine that the monk Xu Zhu had not entered, but the quarrel became more and more intense after entering. He tossed and turned around and some of the trivial things in the temple. The Qing army became more annoyed the more he heard it, so he walked in.

However, who knew that when he entered the camp, the Qing army's head was covered by something, and then he felt a thrust behind him, and he fell heavily to the ground with a stir.

In this situation, even the fool understood that these four thieves were bald and had bad intentions. However, before the Qing army could shout out, they felt that as the two people in the account ran, a rope-like thing strangled his neck.

The words of help were no longer allowed to be spoken, so they could only make some whimpering sounds, and the ropes on their necks were getting tighter and tighter. The Qing army struggled desperately and tried to stand up, but was overwhelmed by the two people relying on their weight.

His feet were already pressed and he sat on his back and could not get up again. The Qing army threw down the spear in his hand and tried hard to pull the rope strangled around his neck, just to breathe a sigh of relief. However, how can he be able to pull one side of his hands against one side and one person in both directions?

Gradually, the Qing army's consciousness became blurred with lack of oxygen until his hands were no longer able to pull and fell to the ground with weak force. The tug-of-war battle was concluded.

Seeing that the Qing army was no longer moving, the four of them sat down on the ground, gasping heavily around the body that was on the ground.

Yang Kai had some martial arts skills and had also worked as a coolie; Yu Li was born in a small family and had suffered a lot of fatigue in Wang Sheng's army, and he was quite strong. However, the monk Xu Zhu and Zhang Jun were a book boy who cheated on food and drink, and the other was a servant who was responsible for the door and running errands. Their strength was not very strong. These four people had all used all their strength to completely subdue the Qing army, who was struggling hard under the control of the desire to survive, but they had lost a lot of energy.

Before the four of them could speak, the sound of footsteps carrying buckets came from afar. The monk Xuzhu rose up and wiped the sweat from his forehead, tidied up his clothes, but left the sentence "Don't see blood" and walked out with a smile. Zhang Jun and Yuli and Yang Kai took off the belt from the Qing army's neck, then pulled the monk's robe covered by the Qing army's head, and stood at the door to prepare for the next sneak attack...

Both Qing troops guarding the gate died of misfortune. The same trick was used twice, but the Qing army behind them was far less struggling than the former.

After a while of rest, it was already dark outside. Yu Li and Yang Kai changed into Qing army's clothes. With the guidance of monk Xu Zhu, who had already observed the pattern when entering the camp, he took the fire brokers found from the Qing army and headed towards the forage field in the camp.

Not long after, the forage farm in Xicheng Military Camp was shining into the sky and thick smoke rolled. In this chaos, two Qing soldiers and two monks left quietly.

All the Qing troops in the Xicheng Military Camp stood up to put out the fire, and at this time Lin Zhongxiao also completed a surprise attack on the magistrate of Tiantai County.

After rushing out of the alley, Lin Zhongxiao still arrayed the formation according to the formation of the Yuanyang Formation. As a result, the sedan chairmen and the yamen runners saw a group of thugs suddenly appear, and instead carried the sedan chair and ran away. If the archers of the Firearms Team had not shot and killed one of the sedan chairmen, causing the sedan chair to fall to the ground, they might have called the dog official to run away.

Without caring about reflecting on the dogmatic mistakes before, Lin Zhongxiao hurriedly led people to rush up. However, the remaining three sedan chairmen showed their professional advantages after leaving the sedan chair, and almost ran away without a trace. After the yamen runners failed to resist, they knelt down and asked for surrender.

After tying the magistrate, Lin Zhongxiao led his team to the north gate where the battle was in full swing.

"The king's army has entered the city, and the magistrate of Tiantai has also been captured. Why don't you surrender early?!"

It was dark, and only the Ming army still stood outside the arrow at the top of the city, shouting to the civilians and Qing soldiers who were carrying the city guarding equipment under the city.

The fires surged into the sky in the Xicheng military camp, and the Ming army outside the city had already begun to attack the city, while the magistrate of Tiantai County was captured by the Ming army in the city. A series of events gathered together instantly. The civilians who carried the guards of the city were stunned for a moment and then scattered in an instant, and even the minor officials in charge of supervising the work fled.

The escape of the civilians led to chaos among the Qing army guarding the city. God knows how the Ming army entered the city, but more importantly, the Ming army has entered the city, so their defense is meaningless. If you cannot defend the city, you must escape your life as soon as possible. This principle is well known to everyone. Only the guard is still striving to organize soldiers to resist, but it is still useless.

The Qing army in panic was no longer able to organize effective defense. More and more Ming troops climbed the city head along the ladder. Even the city gate was opened by the Ming army after killing the nearby Qing army. The city gate opened, and countless Ming troops shouted and rushed into the city.

Tiantai County changes hands!
Chapter completed!
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