Chapter 1348
Chapter 1348
Chapter 1348
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 if he cannot do anything to the small office building of the Management Committee.Although Ma Yuling's status is definitely not as important as Chen Yixin's, it is still a means of escape in times of crisis, and Ma Yuling is still young, so she is definitely much easier to deal with than a young and strong officer like Chen Yixin.
However, if there is an opportunity to capture these two together, that would of course be the most ideal result.Zheng Ai saw the background of Ma Yuling in the corridor and entered the room at the end, his eyes became more and more fiery. If Chen Yixin still had the possibility of jumping off the building and fleeing for his life after his own side launched an offensive, then after such a burden, Chen Yixin can still escape with peace of mind ?Zheng Ai looked sideways at his companions, and seeing everyone's faces were solemn, it was obvious that they were ready to launch.
Zheng Ai took a deep breath, and slowly moved his hands to his waist. He hid a sharp dagger on his body, intending to kill the first target closest to him at the same time as he launched it—the quartermaster Tie Pingjiang.
Although Tie Pingjiang had compromised and cooperated with Zheng Ai's request, he still didn't trust Tie Pingjiang at all, and only regarded it as a prop to complete the plan, and it was a one-off kind.Zheng Ai believes 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 let him completely For betraying Haihan, Zheng Ai didn't think that the handle in his hand was so powerful.
In Zheng Ai's view, Tie Pingjiang is no different from the Haihan soldiers standing outside the small building of the management committee. They are all obstacles to this operation. It is better to strike first.But at this moment, Zheng Ai found that Tie Pingjiang was leaving his side quickly, striding towards the Haihan soldiers in front.
Zheng Ai didn't know whether Tie Pingjiang was planning to go over to say hello, or had other intentions, but at this moment, a strong sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart, 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 his actions. As soon as the thought flashed across his mind, he had already yelled "do it", and at the same time, he took out the dagger from his waist and rushed towards Tie Pingjiang, who was facing away from him, intending to Or subdue it first as planned.
The group of people escorting the convoy were already ready to do it, and they just waited for Zheng Ai's order.The crowd had already repeated the drill many times. The coachman reined in the reins to stop the pack horse, and the people beside the cart immediately squatted down, opened the hidden mechanism at the bottom of the cart, and quickly took out the weapons hidden inside.
A shield, a pair of bows and arrows, and two steel knives are hidden in the hidden compartment of each cart, which can arm three or four people.The weapons carried by the entire convoy are sufficient to equip thirty to forty men, far exceeding the actual number.This kind of configuration is also the plan that Zheng Ai came up with after repeated consideration, because most of these dead men can operate swords and bows, so they simply equip more bows and arrows, which can also be used as long-range attacks if necessary, to fight against Haihan's musketeers confrontation.
At a distance of 30 meters, the difference in attack power between the same number of firearms and bows and arrows is not obvious. A powerful archer will even be significantly better than a smoothbore gun in terms of shooting accuracy. In addition, the old-fashioned firearms are inconvenient to load. It is not as fast as drawing a bow and setting an arrow, so bows and arrows still have the power of a battle in close combat.Zheng Ai's idea is to let his companions use bows and arrows to shoot and kill nearby Haihan soldiers under the cover of shields, and at the same time cover the swordsmen rushing to the second floor to arrest 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 didn't look back at all, but started to run, obviously trying to get rid of his group as soon as possible after hearing the words "do it".Although it was only a few steps away, he had 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 sank, and Tie Pingjiang's reaction could only show one thing, that is, he had been wary of himself for a long time, and he might have even calculated that he would make trouble here and now, so he made such a move before the battle.If Tie Pingjiang is already on guard, will the Haihan people be defenseless?
Zheng Ai didn't dare to think about it at all, so he could only stop and shout "shield" in his mouth!
Almost at the same time that a shield was handed to Zheng Ai, the Haihan soldiers on the opposite side fired the first shot, followed by a series of gunshots.Zheng Ai didn't dare to raise his head, but he heard screams from behind. It must be that someone had no time to dodge and was hit by the muskets of the Haihan people.
With the sound of the gunshot, Zheng Ai knew that his plan had been completely exposed, and the reinforcements from the Haihan people might arrive in a blink of an eye, and the time left for him was running out.He has two choices now, one is to continue rushing up to the second floor according to the original plan, and bet whether Chen Yixin is still in that room; the other is to retreat immediately, turn around and run to the mountainous area to the south, how many can escape? several.
When Zheng Ai and his group came here, they had already made up their minds to die. The essence of this plan was to exchange their lives with the Haihan people, so the second choice was only a flash in Zheng Ai's mind, and he gave up on his own initiative. up.
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 businessman. His original mission was to investigate the Kong Youde rebels who failed to escape to the northeast during the Denglai Rebellion. The whereabouts of the remnants, but after the arrival of the Haihan people, his mission has changed, and dealing with Haihan has been listed as the primary goal.He had planned for a long time just to wait for such an opportunity to get ahead, and he absolutely refused to give up on it.
"The archers cover, and the others follow me!" Zheng Ai didn't dare to waste any more time, and immediately issued a second order.He knew that if he kept avoiding and not fighting, and let the Haihan soldiers occupy the position and fight slowly one shot at a time, his group would not be able to last long even with shields.The current plan is to rush to the second floor at risk of death, pinning the hope of survival on the result of capturing the enemy chief Chen Yixin alive.
And Zheng Ai would make such a choice, subconsciously, he was still influenced by the back of the woman he saw just now.Although the credibility of Tie Pingjiang's words is extremely low, Zheng Ai always felt that if the Haihan people had predicted everything, there would be no reason to let a woman enter Chen Yixin's office at this time.If this woman is Ma Yuling, then she shouldn't have appeared here and now without warning.So he thought that the Haihan people might be on guard, but they probably didn't expect that their real target was Chen Yixin, and maybe they just thought that this group of people came to trouble Tie Pingjiang.And Chen Yixin probably didn't know how big a leak his subordinate had made, so he didn't avoid it in advance.
Zheng Ai thought his inference was very reasonable, so he wanted to take a chance, using the lives of more than 20 people to fight for a possibility.If they win, everyone alive will be able to retreat, if they lose, then everyone will die here together.
The shield-wielding companion was in front, and Zheng Ai was behind. The two ran quickly to the stairs leading to the second floor, and at least a dozen people rushed over in the same way behind them.Behind them are several archers who use the cart as a cover, still taking advantage of the gap to shoot at the Haihan soldiers in front of the building.
Zheng Ai could hear the screams of misery and the sound of projectiles hitting the surface of the shield, but his eyes were only fixed on the road ahead, and he didn't probe to see how many Haihan soldiers were participating in the battle.He wasn't worried that his head would be hit by a stray bullet when he stuck his head out, but he was afraid that if he saw that the number of enemy troops was much larger than he imagined, the courage he had worked up so hard would disappear in an instant.
The distance from the location where Zheng Ai and his party attacked to the stairs leading to the second floor is only five or six feet away. As long as the speed is fast enough, it is not too difficult to rush across this small open area under the cover of a shield.However, from the intensity of the gunshots, Zheng Ai could tell that it was not just the few Haihan soldiers he saw just now who participated in the battle, but at least several times more.
The moment he stepped up the stairs, the companion who was covering him with a shield was shot in the foot, and his body was already exposed when he tilted his body. Zheng Ai looked back and pulled him into the corridor before he had time to stretch out his hand. Seeing that this person was shot in the back three times in a row, he immediately fell to the ground, seeing that he was dying.
Zheng Ai didn't care about feeling sad for him at all, but immediately bent down, took over the shield and single sword in his hand, and then rushed to the second floor quickly.He doesn't know if there are other ambushes on the second floor, but that's not important anymore, because there is no way out now, so he can only continue to charge forward.
Fortunately, he was not the only one left in the last distance, and several people rushed into the corridor with shields.Of course, the number is much less than what Zheng Ai expected.Zheng Ai didn't turn his head to look at the fighting scene outside, because he knew that no one who rushed in had probably already fallen to the ground.
"Master Zheng, shoulder to shoulder!"
When Zheng Ai was about to lead the charge again, someone behind him grabbed his arm and pushed him to the back.It is said that they are shoulder to shoulder, but the other three have already raised their shields and walked in front.Zheng Ai is the commander of this operation. If he dies, it will be difficult for these people to continue the mission.
Three thick shields are placed in parallel on the corridor, and the width of the entire corridor has been sealed off. People behind the shields only need to bow and bury their heads, and most of their bodies can be hidden behind the shields.But there was no one in the corridor, and no sound was heard in the room next to the corridor.
The gunshots from downstairs gradually became less and less, as if the battle was about to end, bullets had already been shot from downstairs and hit the wall with crackling noises.However, the outer side of this corridor is a low wall guardrail. As long as you don't expose your body to the upper edge of the guardrail, the muskets below can't shoot through this brick wall.But Zheng Ai knew that the Haihan soldiers below changed their shooting targets, which meant that they had already dealt with the archers downstairs and would rush up soon.
The process of fighting was several times faster than Zheng Ai's deduction. He thought that the archers in his team could at least hold back the few Haihan soldiers guarding here for a while. Shoot them all at the beginning of the launch.But the actual situation seemed to be the opposite. It was not the Haihan people who were defenseless, but their group of armed men who were trying to launch a sneak attack on this place.
Zheng Ai's heart has been more than half cold. Looking at the situation, the Haihan people are afraid that they have set up a trap and waited for them to sneak in.He looked at the four-foot-wide and seven-foot-high dark brown wooden door at the end of the corridor through the gap in the shield, and his body trembled slightly for no reason.Although he still refused to give up his last hope, he also understood that there might be no one in that room at all.Even if he saw a woman walk in with his own eyes just a moment ago, the time spent in the battle is enough for him to leave from the secret passage or something like that.
The remaining ten or so people held knives and shields, protected Zheng Ai in the middle, bowed and rushed to the door at the end of the corridor with the help of the guardrail.Whatever was hidden behind the door, they decided to open it and take a look.Even if they have no life to leave here, they must confirm this matter before they die.
About three feet away from the door, the door unexpectedly opened by itself. Before they could react, a muzzle protruded from the door, and then spit out flames at a steady frequency.
The thick shields that could block musket bullets suddenly became as weak as tofu for some reason. Every bullet fired from the muzzle easily pierced through the shields, and then ruthlessly penetrated into the shields. In the body of the shield bearer, their bodies that were originally moving forward were stagnant, and then they wilted and fell to the ground.The gun fired a shot at each of the three shields, and then shot the three people behind the shields to the ground one by one.
Zheng Ai was shocked. This shield was specially designed and made by someone who knows how to do it. The only requirement is to be able to withstand the fire of Haihan muskets at close range. The battle just now has proved that the protective effect of this shield is indeed true. Not bad, but how did they come to the second floor and be easily solved by such a single shot?
Obviously, the power of the gun in the house was far beyond what he knew, and it could be fired in bursts.In this straight corridor with no cover, his group of people is a living target.The distance of three zhang seems extremely short, but there seems to be an invisible scorpion lying in the middle, and those who want to cross this scorpion have to face death.
Zheng Ai hesitated for a while, and a person beside him rushed forward holding a shield bravely, but he only took a step, and the gun rang again, and then almost at the same time as the gun rang, the person came face to face He fell to the ground, and the position where he fell was only about half a foot ahead of the three people just now.The four wounded fell in front of Zheng Ai in disorder, and they did not die immediately. Their bodies were still twitching slightly, but the bloodstains spreading from under their bodies already showed that their injuries were extremely serious, and they might die in an instant.
(End of this chapter)
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 if he cannot do anything to the small office building of the Management Committee.Although Ma Yuling's status is definitely not as important as Chen Yixin's, it is still a means of escape in times of crisis, and Ma Yuling is still young, so she is definitely much easier to deal with than a young and strong officer like Chen Yixin.
However, if there is an opportunity to capture these two together, that would of course be the most ideal result.Zheng Ai saw the background of Ma Yuling in the corridor and entered the room at the end, his eyes became more and more fiery. If Chen Yixin still had the possibility of jumping off the building and fleeing for his life after his own side launched an offensive, then after such a burden, Chen Yixin can still escape with peace of mind ?Zheng Ai looked sideways at his companions, and seeing everyone's faces were solemn, it was obvious that they were ready to launch.
Zheng Ai took a deep breath, and slowly moved his hands to his waist. He hid a sharp dagger on his body, intending to kill the first target closest to him at the same time as he launched it—the quartermaster Tie Pingjiang.
Although Tie Pingjiang had compromised and cooperated with Zheng Ai's request, he still didn't trust Tie Pingjiang at all, and only regarded it as a prop to complete the plan, and it was a one-off kind.Zheng Ai believes 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 let him completely For betraying Haihan, Zheng Ai didn't think that the handle in his hand was so powerful.
In Zheng Ai's view, Tie Pingjiang is no different from the Haihan soldiers standing outside the small building of the management committee. They are all obstacles to this operation. It is better to strike first.But at this moment, Zheng Ai found that Tie Pingjiang was leaving his side quickly, striding towards the Haihan soldiers in front.
Zheng Ai didn't know whether Tie Pingjiang was planning to go over to say hello, or had other intentions, but at this moment, a strong sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart, 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 his actions. As soon as the thought flashed across his mind, he had already yelled "do it", and at the same time, he took out the dagger from his waist and rushed towards Tie Pingjiang, who was facing away from him, intending to Or subdue it first as planned.
The group of people escorting the convoy were already ready to do it, and they just waited for Zheng Ai's order.The crowd had already repeated the drill many times. The coachman reined in the reins to stop the pack horse, and the people beside the cart immediately squatted down, opened the hidden mechanism at the bottom of the cart, and quickly took out the weapons hidden inside.
A shield, a pair of bows and arrows, and two steel knives are hidden in the hidden compartment of each cart, which can arm three or four people.The weapons carried by the entire convoy are sufficient to equip thirty to forty men, far exceeding the actual number.This kind of configuration is also the plan that Zheng Ai came up with after repeated consideration, because most of these dead men can operate swords and bows, so they simply equip more bows and arrows, which can also be used as long-range attacks if necessary, to fight against Haihan's musketeers confrontation.
At a distance of 30 meters, the difference in attack power between the same number of firearms and bows and arrows is not obvious. A powerful archer will even be significantly better than a smoothbore gun in terms of shooting accuracy. In addition, the old-fashioned firearms are inconvenient to load. It is not as fast as drawing a bow and setting an arrow, so bows and arrows still have the power of a battle in close combat.Zheng Ai's idea is to let his companions use bows and arrows to shoot and kill nearby Haihan soldiers under the cover of shields, and at the same time cover the swordsmen rushing to the second floor to arrest 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 didn't look back at all, but started to run, obviously trying to get rid of his group as soon as possible after hearing the words "do it".Although it was only a few steps away, he had 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 sank, and Tie Pingjiang's reaction could only show one thing, that is, he had been wary of himself for a long time, and he might have even calculated that he would make trouble here and now, so he made such a move before the battle.If Tie Pingjiang is already on guard, will the Haihan people be defenseless?
Zheng Ai didn't dare to think about it at all, so he could only stop and shout "shield" in his mouth!
Almost at the same time that a shield was handed to Zheng Ai, the Haihan soldiers on the opposite side fired the first shot, followed by a series of gunshots.Zheng Ai didn't dare to raise his head, but he heard screams from behind. It must be that someone had no time to dodge and was hit by the muskets of the Haihan people.
With the sound of the gunshot, Zheng Ai knew that his plan had been completely exposed, and the reinforcements from the Haihan people might arrive in a blink of an eye, and the time left for him was running out.He has two choices now, one is to continue rushing up to the second floor according to the original plan, and bet whether Chen Yixin is still in that room; the other is to retreat immediately, turn around and run to the mountainous area to the south, how many can escape? several.
When Zheng Ai and his group came here, they had already made up their minds to die. The essence of this plan was to exchange their lives with the Haihan people, so the second choice was only a flash in Zheng Ai's mind, and he gave up on his own initiative. up.
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 businessman. His original mission was to investigate the Kong Youde rebels who failed to escape to the northeast during the Denglai Rebellion. The whereabouts of the remnants, but after the arrival of the Haihan people, his mission has changed, and dealing with Haihan has been listed as the primary goal.He had planned for a long time just to wait for such an opportunity to get ahead, and he absolutely refused to give up on it.
"The archers cover, and the others follow me!" Zheng Ai didn't dare to waste any more time, and immediately issued a second order.He knew that if he kept avoiding and not fighting, and let the Haihan soldiers occupy the position and fight slowly one shot at a time, his group would not be able to last long even with shields.The current plan is to rush to the second floor at risk of death, pinning the hope of survival on the result of capturing the enemy chief Chen Yixin alive.
And Zheng Ai would make such a choice, subconsciously, he was still influenced by the back of the woman he saw just now.Although the credibility of Tie Pingjiang's words is extremely low, Zheng Ai always felt that if the Haihan people had predicted everything, there would be no reason to let a woman enter Chen Yixin's office at this time.If this woman is Ma Yuling, then she shouldn't have appeared here and now without warning.So he thought that the Haihan people might be on guard, but they probably didn't expect that their real target was Chen Yixin, and maybe they just thought that this group of people came to trouble Tie Pingjiang.And Chen Yixin probably didn't know how big a leak his subordinate had made, so he didn't avoid it in advance.
Zheng Ai thought his inference was very reasonable, so he wanted to take a chance, using the lives of more than 20 people to fight for a possibility.If they win, everyone alive will be able to retreat, if they lose, then everyone will die here together.
The shield-wielding companion was in front, and Zheng Ai was behind. The two ran quickly to the stairs leading to the second floor, and at least a dozen people rushed over in the same way behind them.Behind them are several archers who use the cart as a cover, still taking advantage of the gap to shoot at the Haihan soldiers in front of the building.
Zheng Ai could hear the screams of misery and the sound of projectiles hitting the surface of the shield, but his eyes were only fixed on the road ahead, and he didn't probe to see how many Haihan soldiers were participating in the battle.He wasn't worried that his head would be hit by a stray bullet when he stuck his head out, but he was afraid that if he saw that the number of enemy troops was much larger than he imagined, the courage he had worked up so hard would disappear in an instant.
The distance from the location where Zheng Ai and his party attacked to the stairs leading to the second floor is only five or six feet away. As long as the speed is fast enough, it is not too difficult to rush across this small open area under the cover of a shield.However, from the intensity of the gunshots, Zheng Ai could tell that it was not just the few Haihan soldiers he saw just now who participated in the battle, but at least several times more.
The moment he stepped up the stairs, the companion who was covering him with a shield was shot in the foot, and his body was already exposed when he tilted his body. Zheng Ai looked back and pulled him into the corridor before he had time to stretch out his hand. Seeing that this person was shot in the back three times in a row, he immediately fell to the ground, seeing that he was dying.
Zheng Ai didn't care about feeling sad for him at all, but immediately bent down, took over the shield and single sword in his hand, and then rushed to the second floor quickly.He doesn't know if there are other ambushes on the second floor, but that's not important anymore, because there is no way out now, so he can only continue to charge forward.
Fortunately, he was not the only one left in the last distance, and several people rushed into the corridor with shields.Of course, the number is much less than what Zheng Ai expected.Zheng Ai didn't turn his head to look at the fighting scene outside, because he knew that no one who rushed in had probably already fallen to the ground.
"Master Zheng, shoulder to shoulder!"
When Zheng Ai was about to lead the charge again, someone behind him grabbed his arm and pushed him to the back.It is said that they are shoulder to shoulder, but the other three have already raised their shields and walked in front.Zheng Ai is the commander of this operation. If he dies, it will be difficult for these people to continue the mission.
Three thick shields are placed in parallel on the corridor, and the width of the entire corridor has been sealed off. People behind the shields only need to bow and bury their heads, and most of their bodies can be hidden behind the shields.But there was no one in the corridor, and no sound was heard in the room next to the corridor.
The gunshots from downstairs gradually became less and less, as if the battle was about to end, bullets had already been shot from downstairs and hit the wall with crackling noises.However, the outer side of this corridor is a low wall guardrail. As long as you don't expose your body to the upper edge of the guardrail, the muskets below can't shoot through this brick wall.But Zheng Ai knew that the Haihan soldiers below changed their shooting targets, which meant that they had already dealt with the archers downstairs and would rush up soon.
The process of fighting was several times faster than Zheng Ai's deduction. He thought that the archers in his team could at least hold back the few Haihan soldiers guarding here for a while. Shoot them all at the beginning of the launch.But the actual situation seemed to be the opposite. It was not the Haihan people who were defenseless, but their group of armed men who were trying to launch a sneak attack on this place.
Zheng Ai's heart has been more than half cold. Looking at the situation, the Haihan people are afraid that they have set up a trap and waited for them to sneak in.He looked at the four-foot-wide and seven-foot-high dark brown wooden door at the end of the corridor through the gap in the shield, and his body trembled slightly for no reason.Although he still refused to give up his last hope, he also understood that there might be no one in that room at all.Even if he saw a woman walk in with his own eyes just a moment ago, the time spent in the battle is enough for him to leave from the secret passage or something like that.
The remaining ten or so people held knives and shields, protected Zheng Ai in the middle, bowed and rushed to the door at the end of the corridor with the help of the guardrail.Whatever was hidden behind the door, they decided to open it and take a look.Even if they have no life to leave here, they must confirm this matter before they die.
About three feet away from the door, the door unexpectedly opened by itself. Before they could react, a muzzle protruded from the door, and then spit out flames at a steady frequency.
The thick shields that could block musket bullets suddenly became as weak as tofu for some reason. Every bullet fired from the muzzle easily pierced through the shields, and then ruthlessly penetrated into the shields. In the body of the shield bearer, their bodies that were originally moving forward were stagnant, and then they wilted and fell to the ground.The gun fired a shot at each of the three shields, and then shot the three people behind the shields to the ground one by one.
Zheng Ai was shocked. This shield was specially designed and made by someone who knows how to do it. The only requirement is to be able to withstand the fire of Haihan muskets at close range. The battle just now has proved that the protective effect of this shield is indeed true. Not bad, but how did they come to the second floor and be easily solved by such a single shot?
Obviously, the power of the gun in the house was far beyond what he knew, and it could be fired in bursts.In this straight corridor with no cover, his group of people is a living target.The distance of three zhang seems extremely short, but there seems to be an invisible scorpion lying in the middle, and those who want to cross this scorpion have to face death.
Zheng Ai hesitated for a while, and a person beside him rushed forward holding a shield bravely, but he only took a step, and the gun rang again, and then almost at the same time as the gun rang, the person came face to face He fell to the ground, and the position where he fell was only about half a foot ahead of the three people just now.The four wounded fell in front of Zheng Ai in disorder, and they did not die immediately. Their bodies were still twitching slightly, but the bloodstains spreading from under their bodies already showed that their injuries were extremely serious, and they might die in an instant.
(End of this chapter)