Chapter 1348 Take action

There is a backup plan in Zheng Ai's action plan, which is to break into Chen Yixin's residence outside Majiazhuang and kidnap his wife Ma Yuling. Although Ma Yuling's identity is definitely not as good as

Chen Yixin is so important, but it can also be regarded as a means of escape in times of crisis. Moreover, Ma Yuling is still young, so she will definitely be much easier to deal with than a young and strong officer like Chen Yixin.

However, if there is a chance to capture these two people together, that would of course be the most ideal result. Zheng Ai saw Ma Yuling's background in the corridor and entered the room at the end, and his eyes became hotter. If after his own side launched the offensive, Chen Yixin

There is still the possibility of jumping off the building to escape. After so many burdens, can Chen Yixin still be able to escape with peace of mind? Zheng Ai looked sideways at his companions and saw that everyone's faces were solemn, and they were obviously ready to launch the attack.

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Zheng Ai took a deep breath and slowly moved his hand to his waist. He hid a sharp dagger on his body and planned to kill the first target closest to him when he activated it - Quartermaster Tie Pingjiang.

Although Tie Pingjiang had compromised and cooperated according to Zheng Ai's request, he still did not trust Tie Pingjiang at all. He simply regarded it as a prop to complete the plan, and it was a one-time use. Zheng Ai

I believe that although Tie Pingjiang chose to compromise on this matter, it was also his reaction when he did not know his true intentions. It is not difficult to loosen Tie Pingjiang's fingers in controlling trade, but it is necessary to make him completely betray Hai.

Han Zheng Ai did not think that the handle in his hand was so powerful.

In Zheng Ai's view, Tie Pingjiang is no different from the several Haihan soldiers standing outside the small building of the Administrative Committee. They are all obstacles to this operation. Killing one of them will increase the certainty of the incident. Naturally, he is

He had to strike first. But at this moment, Zheng Ai discovered that Tie Pingjiang was quickly leaving his side and striding towards the Haihan soldiers in front.

Zheng Ai didn't know if Tie Pingjiang planned to go over and say hello, or if he had other intentions, but at this moment, he suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart. Time was running out, and he had to launch an attack immediately!

Although Zheng Ai used his identity as a businessman as a cover, he was extremely decisive in doing things. As soon as this idea flashed across his mind, he shouted "do it", took out the dagger from his waist, and rushed towards Tie Pingjiang, who was facing away from him, intending to

It's better to subdue him first as planned.

The group of people escorting the convoy were already ready to take action, and were waiting for Zheng Ai's order. They had rehearsed the drill many times. The coachman reined in the reins and asked the pack horse to stop. The people beside the car were

He immediately squatted down, opened the hidden compartment under the car, and quickly took out the weapon hidden inside.

Hidden in the hidden compartments of each cart is a shield, a pair of bows and arrows, and two steel knives, which can arm three to four people. The weapons carried by the entire convoy are enough to equip thirty to forty people, far more than

The actual number of people. This configuration is also the plan that Zheng Ai came up with after repeated consideration. Because most of these dead soldiers can operate swords and bows, they simply have more bows and arrows. If necessary, they can also be used as a long-range attack method. Compared with Haihan's

Musketeers fight.

At a distance of twenty to thirty meters, the difference in attack power between the same number of muskets and bows is not obvious. A powerful archer will even be significantly better than a musket in terms of shooting accuracy. In addition, old-fashioned muskets are inconvenient to load.

It is far faster than drawing a bow and setting an arrow, so bows and arrows are still capable of fighting in close combat. Zheng Ai's idea is to let his companions use bows and arrows to attack the nearby Haihan soldiers under the cover of shields.

Carry out shooting, and at the same time cover the knifemen and rush to the second floor to capture the target person.

But after Zheng Ai took two steps, he knew that he was wrong, and he was very wrong. Because he saw that Tie Pingjiang did not look back at all, but had already started running, obviously after hearing the words "take action"

, trying to get rid of his group as soon as possible. Although they were only a few steps away, he had already judged that he might not be able to catch up with Tie Pingjiang before the Haihan soldiers on the opposite side reacted.

Zheng Ai's heart has sunk. Tie Pingjiang's reaction can only mean one thing, that is, he has been wary of him for a long time, and may have even calculated that he would attack here and now, so he made such a move in the face of battle.

If Tiepingjiang is already wary, will the Haihan people still be defenseless?

Zheng Ai didn't dare to think about it at all. He could only stop and shouted "Shield"!

Almost at the same time that a shield was handed to Zheng Ai, the Haihan soldiers on the opposite side fired their first shot, followed by a series of gunshots. Zheng Ai did not dare to take the lead, but heard screams coming from behind him.

, presumably someone had no time to dodge and was hit by the Haihan people's muskets.

With the sound of gunshots, Zheng Ai knew that his plan had been completely exposed, and the reinforcements from the Haihan people were likely to arrive in an instant, leaving him little time. He now had two choices, one was to continue according to the original plan

, rush to the second floor, and bet whether Chen Yixin is still in that room; second, retreat immediately, turn around and run to the mountainous area to the south, as many as you can escape.

Zheng Ai and his group had already made up their minds to die when they came. The essence of this plan was to exchange lives with the Haihan people, so the second option only flashed across Zheng Ai's mind, and he gave up on his own initiative.

Already.

Before the Haihan people appeared on the coast of Fushan County, Zheng Ai had been lurking in Guxian Town for a long time as a merchant. His original mission was to investigate the Kong Youde rebels who failed to escape to the northeast during the Denglai Rebellion.

However, after the arrival of the Haihan people, his mission has changed, and dealing with Haihan has been listed as the primary goal. He has been planning for a long time, just to wait for such an opportunity to stand out, and he is absolutely unwilling to give up.

"Archers cover, others follow me and charge!" Zheng Ai did not dare to waste any more time and immediately issued the second order. He knew that if he kept avoiding fighting, the Haihan soldiers would occupy their position and fire one after another.

The ground was beaten slowly, and even if they had shields, their group could not hold out for long. The only plan for now was to risk their lives and rush to the second floor, pinning their hope of survival on capturing the enemy chieftain Chen Yixin alive.

Zheng Ai would make such a choice because he was subconsciously affected by what he saw from the back of the woman just now. Although Tie Pingjiang's words were extremely unreliable, Zheng Ai always felt that if the Haihan people had expected everything, there would be nothing wrong with them.

Reason to let a woman enter Chen Yixin's office at this time. If this woman is Ma Yuling, she should not appear here and now without warning. So he thinks that the Haihan people may be on guard.

But he probably didn't expect that his real target was Chen Yixin. He probably just thought that this team was here to cause trouble for Tie Pingjiang. And Chen Yixin probably didn't know how big of a loophole his subordinates had made and didn't avoid it in advance.

Zheng Ai thought that his inference was very reasonable, so he wanted to give it a try and use the lives of more than 20 people to fight for a possibility. If he won, everyone alive would be able to escape unscathed. If he lost, everyone would die.

Just die here together.

The companion holding the shield was in front, and Zheng Ai was behind. The two of them ran quickly towards the stairs leading to the second floor. Behind them, there were at least a dozen people rushing over in the same way. Behind them, there was a large car as a cover.

Several archers were still looking for opportunities to shoot at the Haihan soldiers in front of the building.

Zheng Ai's ears kept hearing screams and the sound of projectiles hitting the shield surface, but he just stared at the road ahead and did not look out to see how many Haihan soldiers were participating in the battle. He was not worried about himself

If I stick my head out, I will be hit by a stray bullet, but I am afraid that if I see that the number of enemy troops is much greater than I imagined, the courage I finally mustered up will disappear in an instant.

The distance from where Zheng Ai and his group launched the attack to the stairs leading to the second floor is only five or six feet. As long as you are fast enough, it is not too difficult to rush through this small open area under the cover of a shield. But Zheng Ai

From the intensity of the gunfire, he could tell that the number of people participating in the battle was not just the few Haihan soldiers he saw just now, but at least several times more.

The moment he stepped onto the stairs, his companion who was holding up a shield to cover him was shot in the foot. His body tilted and his flaw was exposed. Zheng Ai looked back and before he could reach out to pull him into the corridor,

Seeing that this man was shot three times in the back, he immediately fell to the ground and saw that he was dying.

Zheng Ai didn't care about feeling sorry for him, but immediately leaned down, took the shield and sword from his hand, and then rushed to the second floor. He didn't know if there were other ambush on the second floor.

But that is no longer important, because there is no retreat option now, we can only continue to charge forward.

Fortunately, he was not the only one walking forward in the last distance, and several more people rushed into the corridor with shields. Of course, the number was much less than Zheng Ai expected. Zheng Ai did not look back.

In the fighting scene outside, because he knew that the people who didn't rush in were probably already lying on the ground.

"Master Zheng, come on shoulder to shoulder!"

When Zheng Ai was about to take the lead in charging again, someone behind him grabbed his arm and carried him behind. They said they were shoulder to shoulder, but the other three were already walking in front with their shields raised. Zheng Ai was the leader of this action

If he dies, it will be difficult for these people to continue the mission.

Three thick shields were placed parallel to each other in the corridor, sealing off the entire width of the corridor. The person behind the shield only had to bow and bury his head, and most of his body could be hidden behind the shield. But there was no one in the corridor.

, I didn’t hear any noise from the room next to the corridor.

The gunshots downstairs gradually became sparse, as if the battle was about to end. Bullets were already fired diagonally from downstairs, hitting the wall with a crackling sound. However, the outward side of the corridor was surrounded by a low wall guardrail. As long as you did not expose your body,

On the upper edge of the guardrail, even the muskets below could not penetrate the brick wall. But Zheng Ai knew that the Haihan soldiers below had changed their shooting targets, which meant that they had already eliminated the archers downstairs and would rush up soon.

The battle process was several times faster than Zheng Ai's deduction. He thought that the archers in his team could at least hold off the few Haihan soldiers guarding this place for a while, and might even be able to attack them without defense.

They shot them all at the beginning of the attack. But the actual situation seemed to be exactly the opposite. It was not the Haihan people who were unprepared, but their group of armed men who were trying to launch a sneak attack on this place.

Zheng Ai's heart was already cold. Looking at this formation, the Haihan people were probably setting a trap for them to get in. He looked through the gap in the shield at the four-foot-wide and seven-foot-high door at the end of the corridor.

The dark brown wooden door made his body tremble slightly for no reason. Although he still refused to give up the last glimmer of hope, he also understood that there might be no one in that room at all. Even a moment ago, he clearly saw a woman walking in, but the fight

This time is enough for him to leave from a secret passage or something like that.

The remaining ten or so people held knives and shields, protecting Zheng Ai in the middle. They bent forward and used the guardrail to rush to the door at the end of the corridor. No matter what was hidden behind the door, they decided to open it and take a look.

Look. Even if they don't leave here alive, they must confirm this before they die.

About three feet away from the door, the door actually opened on its own. Before they could react, a gun protruded from the door and spit out tongues of fire at a steady frequency.

The thick shields that could have blocked the musket bullets suddenly became as weak as tofu for some reason. Every bullet fired from the muzzle penetrated the shield easily and then penetrated hard.

The body of the shield holder stopped their moving forward, and then they fell to the ground weakly. The gun fired one shot at each of the three shields, and then killed the three people behind the shield.

Shoot them one by one and fall to the ground.

Zheng Ai was shocked. This shield was specially designed and made by him. The only requirement was that it could withstand the firing of Haihan muskets at close range. The previous battle had proved that the shield's protective effect was indeed

Not bad, but how come they got to the second floor and were shot and killed so easily?

Obviously, the power of the gun in the house was far beyond his own knowledge, and it could fire continuously. In this straight corridor with no cover, his group was a perfect target. The distance of three feet seemed extremely small.

It's close, but there seems to be an invisible chasm in the middle. Anyone who wants to cross this chasm must face death.

Zheng Ai hesitated for a moment, and a man beside him rushed forward with a shield raised fearlessly. However, he only took one step, and the gun rang again. Then almost at the same time as the gun rang, the man faced him.

He fell to the ground. The position where he fell was only about half a foot in front of the three people just now. The four injured fell in confusion in front of Zheng Ai. They did not die immediately. Their bodies were still twitching slightly, but underneath them

The spreading blood stains already showed that their injuries were extremely serious, and they might die in an instant.
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