The dozen or so people brought by Ding Hai did not expect that when they first appeared, they fell under the surveillance of many sharp eyes in the surrounding bamboo houses.
Therefore, when they watched Ding Hai enter Qingfeng Xulai Hall and concluded that people would definitely tease the young men and women in a cruel way like a cat catching a mouse, they immediately split into three groups, each with seven people, and rushed straight to the three nearby bamboo houses.
Even if the guards of the wealthy families were somewhat capable, they were able to win in the end as they were good at precise coordination. Moreover, they were only planning to raid these three places and get some hostages first.
However, no one expected that the first group would break into an empty house, with no one there at all.
As the second group entered, they heard screams, followed by the sounds of various weapons colliding and clashing.
The first group returned empty-handed, and the third group, who were waiting for an opportunity at the door of their target bamboo house, felt suspicious. When they found that the second group was blocked, they immediately gave up their goal and retreated. When they heard Ding Hai's roar coming from Qingfeng Xulai Hall, they had already joined their companions who returned empty-handed, and immediately turned around and rushed straight to Qingfeng Xulai Hall.
But at this moment, they saw a man rushing to the door like a ghost, lifting the bamboo curtain and shooting an arrow into the inside, then suddenly turned around, walked down the stairs, and faced them coldly.
Although he only had a short bow with no arrow in his hand, the young and expressionless boy seemed like a brave general who could stand alone against ten thousand enemies, and he unknowingly brought great pressure to others.
Seeing that the situation was not right, someone immediately blew a bamboo whistle, hoping to notify their companions at the entrance of the bamboo forest. The rest of the people relied on their numbers and surrounded the young man with the short bow.
Almost in an instant, with two almost simultaneous sounds of bowstrings, the two soldiers who were in the front immediately fell to the ground. The others did not even see the shooting action before they found their companions falling. They were horrified for a moment, thinking that the young man had drawn the bow and shot someone in an instant, and they hurriedly moved away.
However, when he saw someone fall to the ground after being shot by an arrow, a hint of surprise also flashed in Ah Liu's eyes, but he saw the opportunity very quickly, and quickly strung the two arrows in his right hand, and raised his hand to shoot two more arrows.
Two arrows shot down two people. He threw away the short bow in his hand, flipped his right wrist, and pulled out a short spear from behind.
It was called a short spear, but in fact it was only an arm's length, but Ah Liu was very good at using it, stabbing, piercing, or blocking. However, the spear shadows flew everywhere, and the soldiers could not break through his defense at all. Seeing that Ah Liu was guarding the steps of Qingfeng Xulai Hall by himself, the soldiers became impatient and immediately separated two people to draw their swords to cut the thick bamboo poles supporting the bamboo house.
When all their previous plans failed, they could only hope to divide the enemy's heart with this.
However, Ah Liu, with a fierce look in his eyes, did not go forward to stop them. Almost when the two men were about to chop the bamboo pole with their steel knives, two black shadows suddenly rolled out from under the high platform of the bamboo house. They were Zhu Hong and another guard from the Duke of Zhao's mansion. The two men killed the two unprepared soldiers with their swords, and then the other four guards who had been ambushed below also rushed out.
The rebel soldiers who were fighting desperately saw that more than a dozen people suddenly rushed out from several nearby bamboo houses, while Ding Hai who entered Qingfeng Xulai Hall did not move at all, and their formation was thrown into chaos.