At this time, the Japanese pirates had retreated, and Shangguan Xi was relieved to see that the city gate was intact and everyone on the city wall was safe. He happened to see Cen Shou carrying a three-eyed fire gun and frowned as he walked by, and hurriedly called him and asked, "Master Cen, have you seen the fourth child?"
"He, Jin Xia, and Yang Yue, led a group of people to the place where the Qingpo River entered the city. They were sneaky and didn't know what to do?" Cen Shouzheng was anxious about the lack of gunpowder, wondering if it was It's time to go to Dong San's house and go through it, maybe there's gunpowder hidden in the compartment.
"Qingbo River?" Shangguan Xi was stunned. She has been staying in the courtyard these days and is completely unfamiliar with Xinhe City.
"You want to find him? Come with me, I just happened to be there too."
Cen Shou greeted.
Just as Shangguan Xi took a step forward, A Rui had already grabbed in front of her again, squatted down, put her on his back again, and followed Cen Shou.
Seeing this, Cen Shou smiled to himself, but restrained himself from asking anything.
Beside the Qingpo River, under the big locust tree.
Yang Yue led the group of soldiers disguised by the common people, patrolling back and forth by the river, very majestic. Hiding in an alley this summer, Xie Xiao gestured to Xie Xiao when he hid in the big locust tree, indicating that he would tell her as soon as he found out about the enemy. There were originally two gates at the entrance of the Qingbo River. They were worried that the Japanese pirates would spend a long time to come in and make them wait, so they specially hoisted the thickest iron gate. Everything is ready, just waiting for the Japanese pirates to visit the city.
Cen Shou led Shangguanxi from the other side of the alley. Seeing this summer avoiding the wall and peeping out, he reached out and patted her shoulder: "What are you doing?"
He turned his head this summer and made silent gestures towards him again and again, and caught a glimpse of Shangguan Xi and A Rui behind him, stunned...
"Sister Shangguan, why did you come out?" she asked in a low voice.
A Rui put Shangguan Xi down, stepped aside silently, and hurriedly stepped forward to stabilize her this summer.
"Where's the fourth one?" Shangguanxi asked, "Is he all right?"
"It's okay, he's on the tree over there, he's alright." Jin Xia whispered, "He insisted that his eyesight was better than mine, and he could tell by looking at the water marks what was going on in the water."
"What's in the water?" Shangguanxi asked.
"The Japanese pirates don't know the situation in the city. It is estimated that they will soon send someone to sneak into the city. Most of them will go by water, so we are waiting here." This summer shook his head.
As he was talking, Xie Xiao gently threw a small stone over and hit the upper of this summer's shoe. Looking up this summer, he gestured to her: There is movement under the water!
This summer, he gestured and asked, "Is it human?"
Xie Xiao stared at it for a moment and replied, "Yes, and there are two people."
Sure enough! I couldn't go out this summer, so I listened carefully to the sound of the water, and then looked at Xie Xiao's gesture. He signaled the two of them to see a whole team of soldiers patrolling on the river bank and did not dare to go ashore.
Although Yang Yue couldn't see the people in the water, he could see Xie Xiao's gesture towards him. He knew that the Japanese pirates had sneaked in, so he cleared his throat and complained loudly to the people who were patrolling beside him: "If you want me to say, we Qi Jiajun. There are still three or four thousand people in the city, how good it would be to rush out and kill those Japanese pirates! Why are you still patrolling here?"
According to the pre-set words, the teammates replied: "Who said no, but Mrs. Qi wants to save face for General Qi, and it is inconvenient for her to come forward to clean up these Japanese pirates, and she has to keep waiting for General Qi to come."
"Actually, you shouldn't be guarding the city. Let the Japanese pirates enter the city. When the city gate is closed, they will become turtles in the urn. Let's just make dumplings to eat!" Yang Yue said.
The teammates feigned laughter.
Xie Xiao quietly gave Yang Yue a thumbs up, indicating that he was right, and then went to stare at the movement in the water.
Hiding in the alley this summer, he also nodded secretly, a scene was considered a good song, and it was time to send the two Japanese pirates back as soon as possible, so as not to reveal any flaws after a long time, so he gestured to Yang Yue urgently.
Yang Yue understood, and immediately shouted: "Everyone, be careful, there are spies in the water!"
As he said that, he took a long spear and plunged into the water for a while, and his teammates followed suit, using a long spear and a wolf to greet him in the river...
The two Japanese pirates had been sticking to the water's edge, and this mess made them unable to hide even if they wanted to. One was wounded in the shoulder by a long gun, and simply grabbed the long gun with his backhand and dragged the gunman into the water.
The gunmen were originally ordinary people, how could they fight against Japanese pirates, and they happened to be ignorant of water, so they sank straight into the water. Yang Yue rushed to save him, and Xie Xiao jumped down from the tree when he saw it. This summer and the others didn't know what happened, and they rushed out of the alley.
In terms of water quality, Yang Yue is naturally not as good as Xie Xiao. As soon as Xie Xiao enters the water, he is like a dragon entering the sea, which is a bit more energetic than on land. I saw a large splash of water stirred up, and the figure was still unclear, and Xie Xiao saw a person thrown ashore. It was the person who was dragged into the water by the Japanese pirates. Fortunately, he just ate a few mouthfuls of water, and it was not a big problem.
"Fourth!" Shangguanxi was worried that Xie Xiao would be at a loss with his empty hands, so he snatched a wolf from the side and threw it into the water, "Next!"
After all, they have been in the same division for many years and grew up together. The tacit understanding between the two is unusual. Xie Xiao jumped out of the water and caught the wolf in mid-air. The famous Japanese pirate on his left chest almost picked him out of the water.
Xie Xiao pulled back the wolf.
Blood splattered on the river, and the Japanese pirates slowly sank to the bottom of the river.
Another Japanese pirate saw that his companion was dead, and there were many Ming soldiers, and Xie Xiao's kung fu was so high that he didn't dare to fight, he wanted to escape when he fell into the water. When Xie Xiao saw it, he didn't even think about it, he let go and went straight to the Japanese pirate's vest...
"Brother, don't!"
This summer, he shouted anxiously, watching the wolf pirate hit the back of the Japanese pirate, the Japanese pirate trembled and struggled to swim forward. She gazed at the water with concern...
Xie Xiao landed on the shore wet and wiped the water droplets on his face.
"Brother, you..." Jin Xia said angrily to him, "Didn't you say that they should escape back, why don't you let it go, what to do with such a heavy hand."
Xie Xiao innocently said: "I let it go. When I threw the fork, I just threw it gently."
"What light, you almost crushed him to death!" Jin Xia looked into the water worriedly.
"If I want to kill him, I'll just hit him on the head." Xie Xiao said easily.
Talk to him again, I guess I want to smash his head this summer, turn around and walk away to see the man who was thrown up by Xie Xiao.
Seeing that Xie Xiao was not injured except that he was soaked wet, Shangguanxi felt relieved and was about to come forward to speak... Suddenly, a Japanese pirate who everyone thought was dead appeared out of the water, holding a wolf, and his body was flowing like water, and he rushed to Xie Xiao. Pounce! And Xie Xiao turned his back to the Qingbo River, put his hand to his ear, shook his head vigorously, trying to get the water out, but he didn't notice it for a while.
"Fourth, be careful!"
Shangguanxi said anxiously, wanting to rush forward, but unexpectedly, her leg was injured, and she stumbled and almost fell.
A figure swept past her and stood in front of Xie Xiao, it was A Rui. When he was stabbed by the wolf, he grabbed the wolf, and slammed it hard, hitting the wound on the Japanese pirate's left chest. The Japanese pirate was attacking Xie Xiao with his last breath, but at this time he couldn't stand it anymore, he spewed blood and fell into the water on his back. Cen Shou was afraid that he was still alive, so he picked him up with a long spear and poked him several times, and he was relieved to see that he remained motionless.
This life change was very sudden. The soldiers who pretended to be the common people had never seen the Japanese pirates who were still swindling their corpses after they died. They were all scared and turned away.
Xie Xiao turned around to support A Rui, and saw that he was injured by the wolf on the chest, because the last blow of the Japanese pirate was extremely powerful, the wound was deep, and the blood kept seeping out...
"Arui, Arui..." Shangguanxi never thought that he would sacrifice his life to block this blow for Xie Xiao. Seeing that he was seriously injured at this time, he had long forgotten his previous grudges.
A Rui smiled sadly at her and said softly, "Yang Yue said, as long as I'm still here, I can help you after all... It's true, it's good."
"Stop talking, hurry up and send it to my aunt!"
This summer, I tore off a large piece of clothes from nowhere, and folded it up and pressed it hard against A Rui's wound. Xie Xiao carried A Rui on his back and hurried to Chunyu's house.
Shangguan Xi was still standing there, tears streaming from his eyes unknowingly. As the head of the Wu'an Gang, she handles the affairs of the Gang with decisiveness and neatness, but the girl's side is rarely revealed. Crying in front of everyone is even rarer and rarer, but now I don't know how to get it, the tears keep flowing down, and it seems like it can't be stopped...
"Sister, although the wound is deep, but it's not at the point, he may not be in trouble." This was the first time I saw her cry like this this summer, and I was a little flustered, and winked at Yang Yue, "Dayang, take Sister Shangguan back. You also change into dry clothes by the way. Here, I'll take care of the aftermath."
Yang Yue nodded and instructed: "Be careful, remember to put down that gate again."
"I know."
After Yang Yue and Shangguanxi left, this summer, he and Cen Shou worked together to turn the wheel axle, then lowered the heavy iron gate, and left someone to guard the gate. These people are ordinary people who don’t know how to defend against the enemy. This summer, I will teach them a trick to put their hands on the gates that are exposed to the water. As long as someone underwater starts to saw the gates, the palms can feel the vibration. The gates are very heavy and cannot be sawed open. It is not easy, and it is too late to send someone to report at this time.
After the arrangements were made, Cen Shou saw that he was still staring into the water this summer, and asked doubtfully, "What else do you want?"
"Did the Japanese pirate who was hit by Brother Xie get out safely?" The life and death of this Japanese pirate is related to whether the empty city plan can last until the reinforcements arrive. This summer, I was very worried. I walked back and forth by the river bank twice, but finally To figure it out, "I'll take a look underwater."
As soon as she finished speaking, she jumped into the water, took a deep breath and dived to the bottom.
Cen Shou didn't know water, so he couldn't help at this time, so he couldn't help secretly annoyed.
Because it was night, the water was even darker. Fortunately, the sense of orientation this summer was very good. I followed the trajectory of the Japanese pirates in my memory to find out bit by bit...
Cen Shou was on the shore, staring at the water, waiting with bated breath, for fear that the incident of the Japanese pirates defrauding the corpse would happen again.
After waiting for a long time, Cen Shou couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and then he saw that the water surface broke open, but not only this summer, but another person's head came out.
"Get him up!" This summer dragged the man to the shore.
After Cen Shou dragged ashore, he snorted and frowned: "Dead!"
This summer, he went ashore wet and annoyed: "I knew that Brother Xie's subordinates were not serious or serious, and they must have hit the key hole in the back of the heart. He didn't swim very far before he died."
Cen Shou kicked the dead Japanese pirate with his foot, and sighed: "So, your big drama is a smash."
"I've been busy for half a day, sigh... The Japanese pirates outside the city have no clue about the city, and they will try to attack again if they get it wrong." This summer was very worried, "What should I do if there is not enough gunpowder in the city? They can see through it with one more attack. We're down."
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The sky is getting brighter.
A Rui's wound had been bandaged properly, and the injury was so severe that he fell into a deep drowsiness. Shangguanxi stood by, watching him silently, motionless and silent.
Yang Yue, Xie Xiao, Jin Xia and others have already rushed back to the city wall after changing their dry robes.
This summer, I saw Mrs. Qi still standing on the city wall, wearing a family armor, majestic and majestic, looking into the distance with both eyes, I don't know if she was expecting reinforcements or thinking about something else...
After holding on for a whole night, the personal soldiers paid nothing, and some of the people were already exhausted.
Under the city wall, the voices of people gradually increased, and the women at home all cooked porridge and rice to bring to their families. Leaning on the stone steps of the city wall this summer, smelling the aroma of porridge around, looking at the faces of people in the rising heat, I felt an empty stomach.
"How long will it take for General Qi to come?" A woman whispered, "It's been a night of work, shouldn't there be no reinforcements?"
"Women, don't talk nonsense!"
"I'm not talking nonsense. I heard that General Qi raised several rooms outside, and even gave birth to a few children. This Mrs. Qi is fierce and unable to bear children. Everyone said that General Qi probably thought she was in the way. Deliberately refusing to send troops back to help."
"Keep your voice down!... Don't talk nonsense any more. How can General Qi be that kind of person? You are a woman. Do it. I'm done eating, so hurry up. Go back and don't talk nonsense!"
"… "
Covering her stomach this summer, listening to these gossips, thinking of Madam Qi's appearance on the city wall, she couldn't help sighing. Does Mrs. Qi also think so in her heart? Then how bitter must her heart be...
"Miss Yuan! Miss Yuan!"
Someone was calling her, and she was pulled back to her senses at once, and then she recognized Chun Yumin's voice.