Seeing that Qin Mu had blocked him in the east courtyard, Yang Tinglin felt relieved. He didn't know what went wrong this time. Everything was going smoothly and was about to be completed, but Qin Mu discovered the clue first, and he almost failed.
Yang Tinglin was both anxious and angry, but fortunately Qin Mu was still trapped in the east wing. After all, there were only a hundred people in the courtyard and they were surrounded. He didn't believe that Qin Mu could still grow wings and fly away.
All the guests in the courtyard outside have been driven out, leaving only cups, tables and chairs on the floor. Now is the time for a showdown.
Under the protection of Captain Huang Danian, Yang Tinglin came to the archway 20 steps away and shouted, "Qin Mu, listen, the East Courtyard has been surrounded by us. You can't escape now. You'd better surrender as soon as possible, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless."
Qin Mu scooped up a large bowl of water from the lotus pond and splashed it on his face. Wow! After being stimulated by the cold water, his brain, which had been drowsy from alcohol, finally became a little clearer.
Liu Meng walked up to him quickly and said, "Sir, we must break out as soon as possible. This courtyard is too small and there is no room to maneuver. If we delay any longer, we will die."
"I know, but the brothers haven't fully recovered yet. We can't exert 50% of our combat power to break out now. Let's delay it for a while."
"No, sir. If we break out now, we may suffer heavy casualties, but there is still a glimmer of hope. If we delay any longer, we will all die here as long as there is a fire attack outside."
"Stop talking nonsense, don't I know all this?" Qin Mu was so noisy that he couldn't calm down and think. He couldn't help but scold Liu Meng, and then shouted to the outside of the courtyard: "Father-in-law, you can ask me to surrender, but you just need to tell me why you plotted against me. What did I do wrong that you actually set an ambush on the day of my marriage with Zhi'er, hoping to kill me?"
"Qin Mu, you know very well why I want to arrest you. Don't try to delay time with sweet words. I'll count to ten. If you don't surrender and walk out of this East Cross Courtyard on your own initiative, don't blame me for killing my own relatives for the sake of justice. One... two... three..."
"Father-in-law, are you acting without regard for the consequences? Have you ever thought that if my son-in-law and others die here, wouldn't you be afraid that the thousands of arrogant soldiers from the two thousand households of Huichang and Xinfeng would rise up in anger, causing war in southern Jiangxi again and causing great suffering to the people?"
"Eight...Nine...Ten! Qin Mu, I have one last question for you. Do you want to surrender yourself or do you want me to kill you for the sake of justice?"
Even a clay figure has some temperament, not to mention Qin Mu was a little drunk. Yang Tinglin was pushing him too far, and Qin Mu could not help but get furious and said, "Father-in-law, since you regard me as your enemy, don't blame me for not thinking of Zhi'er's feelings..."
As soon as Qin Mu said this, a whirring sound came from the six or seven foot high courtyard wall. Tables and benches flew in from outside the wall and hit the courtyard with a bang.
There were nearly a hundred banquet tables in the courtyard outside, and now Yang Tinglin ordered his men to smash these tables and thousands of stools into the east courtyard. The tables rolled around in the courtyard, and the stools flew around. Soon, the ground was piled up layer by layer, making it difficult to get in.
Fortunately, Qin Mu and his hundred men had taken shelter under the wall to guard against the arrows shot from outside the courtyard. Otherwise, the tables and chairs flying in would have been enough to kill most of the hundred men.
"Sir, this is bad. The enemy is really going to use fire attack..."
"Stop talking nonsense, charge, get out!" Qin Mu held a big knife in his hand and shouted loudly. The courtyard was full of tables and chairs. If they didn't rush out, Yang Tinglin would only need one round of rockets to burn everyone in the courtyard to death.
The tables and chairs blocking the archway were quickly moved away. At this moment, the sound of bowstrings rang out again from outside the courtyard wall. Rockets flew into the east courtyard like meteorites with red flames. The courtyard was soon filled with black smoke and flames.
"Get out quickly, or you will all die here. Go ahead and fight to the death." The anger in Qin Mu's heart was more intense than the fire in the yard. Yang Tinglin, you are cruel enough, then let's see who is more cruel.
Liu Meng held a giant mace in one hand and a large table in the other. Once the obstacles at the archway were removed, he rushed out first. Yang Tinglin's troops outside were already on high alert. A row of powerful arrows shot out and hit the table. Many of them were rockets, which were still burning after shooting into the table. Liu Meng was like holding a huge fireball, exhaling and shouting, sweeping violently. More than a dozen Ganzhou defenders holding spears stabbed at him together, but were all blocked by him with the table.
"Whoever stands in my way will die!" Qin Mu, following closely behind Liu Meng, stepped forward and swung his sword suddenly, which chopped into the neck of a defending soldier with a "puff". Although he failed to chop off the opponent's head completely, most of the neck was broken and the head tilted to one side.
“Go to hell!” Qin Mu shouted again, like a madman. He was usually gentle and polite, but now he looked ferocious. He drew his sword with both arms, and the dead defender's body was spun and crashed into his companion next to him. Blood spurted out, staining a large area of Qin Mu's clothes red.
Liu Meng was afraid that he might get hurt, so he shouted loudly and smashed the table in his hand, knocking several guards in front of him to the ground. Then he rushed forward and swept the huge mace with a terrifying gust of wind. The long spears of several guards were swept out of their hands, frightening them so much that they turned pale and ran away screaming.
Liu Meng exerted force with his right arm, and the top of the mace hit the back of a fleeing defender. The defender let out a shrill scream, his spine shattered, and he fell to the ground, spitting blood and twitching continuously.
One hundred of Qin Mu's men rushed out of the archway, hacking and killing with all their might. The east wing of the courtyard was already on fire. They had no way to retreat and could only fight forward. Although their hands and feet were still a little weak because the effect of the medicine had not completely dissipated, they were still unstoppable in their fight for their lives.
Seeing that his troops were forced to retreat step by step, Yang Tinglin was worried that Qin Mu would escape, so he made up his mind and shouted to Captain Huang Danian, "Quick, use the Hundred Tigers to run arrows and stop them at all costs."
Huang Danian did not dare to delay. Under his command, the defenders moved to the sides, revealing a square cylindrical container in the middle. There were honeycomb-like holes in the cylindrical container, just like countless iron pipes bundled into a pile of squares, neatly placed on a cart.
When Qin Mu and the others saw this thing, their scalps went numb. A hundred tigers were rushing towards the arrows! It was actually a hundred tigers rushing towards the arrows!
This Hundred Tigers Galloping Arrow is also being manufactured in Huichang. It is known as the king of rockets and can fire hundreds or even thousands of powerful arrows at the same time. The range can reach more than two hundred steps and it can penetrate heavy armor within fifty steps. If this Hundred Tigers Galloping Arrow is fired at the same time, at such a close distance, less than half of Qin Mu's one hundred men and horses may survive.
Huang Danian was holding a torch and standing next to the Hundred Tigers Arrows. The fuse was very short. If it was only a little bit, Qin Mu would be killed on the spot. Yang Tinglin shouted coldly again: "Qin Mu, I will give you one more chance. If you put down your weapons and surrender immediately, you can still save your life. Otherwise..."
"No, Daddy, don't kill him..." A mournful cry came from the backyard door. Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw a woman stumbling out of the door. She was wearing a bright red bridal gown with the phoenix coronet on her head gone. Her long hair was scattered behind her. She was pale, her expression miserable, and her cheeks wet with tears.
When Yang Tinglin saw that it was his daughter running out, he immediately shouted, "Stop her, stop her, take her back to the backyard and keep an eye on her."
"Dad, today is the day my daughter is getting married. Dad, you can't kill him. You can't. If you want to kill him, kill my daughter first..."
Yang Tinglin's two men wanted to stop Yang Zhi, but they didn't dare to pull her in front of everyone. Yang Zhi was a weak woman, but she didn't know where she got the strength from. She cried loudly and rushed forward, knocking a soldier back several steps.
Another soldier had no choice but to reach out to grab her arm, but Yang Zhi immediately grabbed and bit it. The frail lady from a noble family in the past actually bit the soldier so hard that he screamed in agony.
Yang Zhi rushed past the two men. The other soldiers subconsciously stretched out their swords and guns to block her, but she ignored them and rushed towards the gun tips while crying.
"Bastard!" Seeing his daughter about to die at the tip of the gun, Yang Tinglin's eyes were bloodshot and he yelled loudly.
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