Chapter 1260: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (One Hundred and Fifty) Death of Zhongli

The attackers were suppressed in the ravine and could not advance even an inch. The arrows fired from the Zhong Mansion were hard and accurate. The few soldiers who climbed up were shocked to see that outside the courtyard wall, there were iron caltrops all over the place. In between, it was actually difficult to move even an inch.

Wang Qiang stared at the opponent on the courtyard wall with wide eyes. At this time, he finally understood that this time he was plotting against others, and he was afraid that he was being plotted by others. He was too careless, and ordered the infantry who advanced to retreat. , while letting the crossbowmen step forward under the cover of the shield, preparing to suppress it, but Wang Qiang was not sure about the effect of this suppression. Because of the lack of bows and arrows, these soldiers were not very good at shooting. Compared with the Zhongfu The soldiers are not at the same level.

"Brother Wang." A man crouched behind him and trotted over. "The general has ordered that all archers shoot upward as fast as possible. Don't worry about the aim, just shoot. Fight for one: pig: pig: island: novel 3w .o point time.”

Wang Qiang looked back and saw that it was Niu Teng's personal guard. Behind him, a dozen men in black were squatting on the ground with their waists crouched. He nodded: "I understand."

"Also, all soldiers should plug their ears. No matter what noise they hear, they are not allowed to panic or move." The guard continued.

Next, all the rebels received this strange military order. For these thousands of people, only a handful of people from the Han Dynasty knew what it meant.

When everything was ready, Wang Qiang gave an order, and the hundreds of crossbowmen who were mobilized quickly drew their bow strings and fired arrows at random on the courtyard wall. As for whether they were accurate or not, they had no control over it. Anyway, the orders were given from above. His orders were to just shoot, and shoot as fast as possible.

When the dense arrows whizzed past, more than a dozen men in black stood up at the same time, put the dark thing in their hands on the torch and lit it, a burning sound sounded, and Wang Qiang's There was a faint smell of sulfur in my nose.

He rounded his arms. A dozen black things flew through the air, surpassed the approximately thirty-meter courtyard wall, and landed behind the courtyard wall. Then, loud noises were heard one after another, followed by a burst of The firelight of the array and the sounds of more than a dozen loud noises were superimposed together. In everyone's ears, it seemed that they heard a very long thunder, and it was not far away in the horizon. But close to the ear.

After the thunder, although the attackers blocked their ears, the continuous loud noises still frightened them. All their fortunes seemed to have completely stopped at this moment, while on the other side, inside the Zhong Mansion, here For a moment, the sound of howling ghosts and wolves was heard. A long section of the courtyard wall collapsed. The soldiers of the Zhongfu who stood on the ladder and fired desperately and who were supporting behind the courtyard wall suffered heavy casualties.

Behind the collapsed courtyard wall. The soldiers of the Zhong Mansion ran in panic. A dozen men in black jumped up. As they ran forward, a dozen more black lumps flew out of their hands. Flying further away.

Another stack of explosions sounded,

In the light of the fire, Niu Teng led dozens of his guards and rushed forward following the man in black.

"Kill, fight in!" Niu Teng shouted sharply.

Wang Qiang stood up with a loud voice. The soldiers lying around were lying on the ground, too frightened to move. In anger, he stretched out his feet and kicked them randomly. "Stand up, stand up, attack, attack!"

Under Wang Qiang's continuous kicks and beatings, the soldiers in the ditch finally came to their senses. Under the leadership of Wang Qiang, they rushed into the courtyard shouting, although there was still a little trembling in their voices.

When the loud noise sounded, Zhongli stood up from his chair. "Explosives!" he said tremblingly. He had calculated everything, but he had not calculated that the Han Dynasty secretly brought this kind of weapon into Shu County.

He looked at the dense crowd of bandits rushing in from outside the collapsed courtyard wall, and at the Zhongfu family soldiers running around like headless chickens in the courtyard, his face turned pale, it was over, everything was over. Back in the First Kingdom, when the Han people used gunpowder to break down the city, even the regular army of Chu State were frightened out of their wits, let alone these domestic soldiers?

This loud noise not only blew up the Zhong family's courtyard wall, but also destroyed their courage and determination to resist. What was left would be a one-sided massacre.

Gently raised his hand, closed the window, turned around and walked to the corner of the room, opened the door of a large cabinet, took out a jar of good wine from the top, held it in both hands, walked to the table, opened the jar, and poured it into the cup. Filled with amber wine. There was the sound of rapid footsteps downstairs, and with a bang, the door was pushed open, and Zhong Huai appeared in front of Zhong Li covered in blood, "Father, I can't stop it, I can't stop it." He staggered forward. After walking a few steps, he fell to the ground with a bang. He twisted his body and tried to get up again, but he was unable to do anything.

With a clang, the wine jar shattered to the ground. The aroma of wine filled the building. Zhongli knelt down and picked up his son who was in a pool of blood with trembling hands. "Father, leave quickly. We can't stop you. The second brother is dead. They were already killed in the first wave of explosions. The Han people have developed new weapons, not the kind of explosives you told us. "

Seeing the blood pouring out of Zhong Huai's mouth in his arms, Zhong Li burst into tears. Because of the sensitivity of his position, he did not allow his son to step into the officialdom, but even so, he failed to save his son in the end. Their lives.

There were fierce sounds of fighting downstairs, and screams could be heard from time to time. People were approaching him quickly from the ground floor, but Zhongli just looked down at the third son who was already as angry as a gossamer in his arms.

The sound of fighting downstairs disappeared, and a powerful footstep came up step by step, appearing at the door. Looking at Zhongli squatting on the ground and Zhong Huai in his arms, the person paused for a moment, then stepped into the door.

Zhongli looked up at the big man in Qin Army uniform in front of him, slowly put down the body of his dead son in his arms, stood up, straightened his clothes, and took a deep breath: "What is your position in the National Security Bureau of Han? You should be in a high position to bring out such a weapon!"

"Mr. Zhong is really smart, I am Niu Teng." Niu Teng bowed.

"Niu Teng?" Zhongli thought for a moment, "Is it Niu Ben Niu Teng who followed Ning Xin when she defected to Gao Yuan?"

Niu Teng smiled slightly, "I didn't expect that Lord Zhong knew my details so well? No wonder Dean Cao regarded you as his greatest enemy. When he heard that you resigned and returned home, Dean Cao invited everyone to drink and got drunk."

Zhongli nodded slightly, "Dean Cao, although he is a rising star, I have always admired him. He is an amazing and ruthless character. General Niu, you have been in Shu County for a long time, right?"

"Yes, almost two years. We came when the peasant army uprising broke out in Shu County. Unfortunately, we came too late last year and the uprising army had been extinguished, but God favored us. Your Qin court gave us a second chance." Niu Teng smiled.

"It was not given to you by the court, but by corrupt officials such as Guo Qing." Zhongli shook his head.

Niu Teng laughed: "Master Zhong, don't forget that among these people, there is also your son Zhong Kui. You know that such behavior will endanger the foundation of the Qin Dynasty, why don't you stop it?"

Zhongli smiled bitterly: "The general trend is irresistible, what can I do? I can only control my family now, but what's the use? What is going to happen will still happen. I closed the door and became a deaf and blind man, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't die peacefully in bed. This may be the retribution for killing too many people in my life?"

"I'm very sorry!" Seeing Zhongli's tired face, Niu Teng bowed respectfully to the old senior in the intelligence industry: "If we want to achieve great things, we must use your life as a trigger."

"If I die, I think you will go after Zhou Liang. He was originally from Yan. After coming to Shu County, he became extremely corrupt. His fall was beyond imagination. You want to start from him and make Shu County completely chaotic, right? "

Niu Teng was startled, and the admiration in his eyes became stronger. "Mr. Zhong is really amazing. You even calculated this. Yes, Zhou Liang has fallen now. Even if Mr. Zhong has left his position, if his status is still there, if you die in this peasant uprising, the court will be furious. Zhou Liang's head will not be saved. If he wants to live, he has to surrender to us. Only we can give him a way out. "

"The price is to send all the Qin troops under his command into your mouth?"

"Yes!" Niu Teng nodded.

Zhongli fell silent for a long while before slowly shaking his head and saying, "I'm going to die soon, why do I still think about these things? General Niu, please let me die with dignity. Also, I'll ask you for one thing. After I die, please put me and my two sons in the coffin, and don't let our bodies be exposed outside, okay?"

Niu Teng nodded, "Okay, I'll send you off respectfully."

Zhongli lowered his head, glanced at his son's body on the ground, sat down, picked up the wine glass on the table, smiled at Niu Teng, tilted his neck, and drank the wine in the glass.

Niu Teng stood quietly, and Zhongli also looked at Niu Teng calmly. Gradually, blood flowed out of Zhongli's nose and mouth. Zhongli's face twitched, but he still tried his best to sit steadily on the chair.

Looking at Zhongli's appearance, Niu Teng was moved and bent down deeply.

At midnight, a huge fire broke out in the Zhong Mansion. In front of the blazing fire, three coffins were lined up, becoming the background pattern of the rebels who were gradually moving away from here.

In Xialiang Town, Zhou Liang and Zhong Kui led their troops to come, but an hour before they arrived, the rebels who besieged here had already disappeared without a trace. They divided into several small groups and evacuated quickly, disappearing into the vast night.

When the sky was getting light, a fast horse galloped from the direction of Zhongtiao Mountain. (To be continued...)