Fenghou

Chapter 186 Slaughterhouse
The cave dwellings in the three-layer defensive wall of Zhoujiabao are basically all Baoding, and the first and second defensive walls are ordinary Baoding.

The third defensive wall is the residence and defense area of ​​the [-] elite Zhou family disciples. The Zhou family disciples are all skilled in archery, and they are led by Zhou Jian's son Zhou Qing.

In addition, there are two hundred elite disciples who are in charge of defending the inner fort of the Houshan Mountain. More than [-] common people and Zhou Xin live on both sides of a huge depression in the Houshan Mountain. It is the place where the Zhou family lived.

Tonight, none of the Zhou family's children were on duty and were sleeping soundly in the cave dwelling. The news that Chen Qing led the army to the north really made them paralyzed.

The rapid sound of the siren woke up the sleeping Zhou family children from their dreams. They didn't care about putting on their armor, they grabbed their bows and arrows and rushed out of the cave dwellings.

Even so, they were too late to deploy to the best position, and they didn't even bother to shoot the Song soldiers in the second and first defensive walls below.

The enemy army had already arrived, and they were less than a hundred steps away. Chen Qing led [-] soldiers with heavy shields to break through the third gate and rushed up the third defensive wall.

"Fire the arrows!" the leader Zhou Qing shouted anxiously.

The disciples of the Zhou family in the chaos drew their bows and set up arrows to shoot at the Song army who was killing them a hundred steps away. Chen Qing was already prepared to deal with them. The soldiers who attacked the third defensive wall were [-] soldiers with heavy shields, each armed with a Even Chen Qing himself didn't dare to be careless about the heavy shield and short spear. He held a heavy shield in his left hand and Fang Tian's painted halberd in his right.

Holding their shields high, they ran and killed the Zhou's disciples along the one-foot-wide passage.

In front of the heavy shield, no matter how good the arrow technique is, it is useless. He shot three rounds in a row, but did not shoot down a Song soldier. The Song army had already killed thirty steps away. Zhou Qing's eyes were red, and he shouted: "Stop!" Shoot, change spears!"

Three hundred Zhou's disciples had to give up the bows and arrows that shocked the world, and replaced them with spears, which they were not good at.

Today, Chen Qing was determined to wash Zhou's castle with blood. No matter how powerful the bow and arrow group of the Zhou family's children was, they would not be loyal to him. On the contrary, keeping them would only be their own disaster.

"kill!"

Chen Qing threw away the heavy shield in his hand, waved Fang Tian's painted halberd and slashed out, 'Puff! 'Three human heads flew up, and warm plasma sprayed out from the neck cavity.

The bloody scene made the dozens of Zhou's children behind them exclaim in shock. They were all crossbowmen who only shot and killed the enemy from a long distance, but they had never seen such a bloody scene.

Zhou Qing was a fierce man, and the bloody scene in front of him aroused his ferocity. He jumped up from the boulder, stepped on the shoulders of several Zhou family children, and swung a big knife to slash at Chen Qing, " go to hell!"

Chen Qing dodged, Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand stabbed like lightning, Zhou Qing slashed through the air, lost his balance, and was about to fall, a sharp halberd tip supported his body in an instant, the eight-inch long halberd The sharp point pierced Zhou Qing's neck and lifted his body in the air.

Chen Qing handed his Fang Tian painted halberd together with the corpse to the soldiers behind him. He snatched Zhou Qing's broadsword, roared, and rushed into the crowd. Shining, I saw limbs flying, heads rolling around, a bloody wind, dozens of people were killed in a short time, internal organs leaked out all over the ground, the air was full of pungent stench, leaving only terror screams and wailing.

The blade of the broadsword was cut, and Chen Qing threw away the broadsword, took over Fang Tian's painted halberd, and ordered: "Cut it all to me!"

Three hundred soldiers with heavy shields rushed up, and the Zhou family's children, who were stunned by the bloody scene like a region, reacted, crying and scrambling for their lives, but it was too late.

Liu Cui led five hundred soldiers to kill them from behind, cutting off their way back to the back mountain. More than three hundred Zhou's children faced a lifeless massacre. Even if they climbed up the wall and jumped down, they would still be thrown to death. .

In fact, although many people here have the surname Zhou, they actually have no blood relationship with the Zhou family, they are just the same surname in the same village.

But Chen Qing would not pay attention to these inexplicable relationships, killing them all is the best solution, since they all took the money from the Zhou family, death is their fate.

In less than a quarter of an hour, all the [-] Zhou's children were slaughtered, and no one survived. Dozens of people jumped to their deaths, and several people broke their legs, so they could not escape death.

At this time, the battle between the two defensive walls in front was also over. Nearly [-] Baoding were killed and more than [-] people were killed.

These prisoners of war were taken down the mountain by Zhao Xiaoyi's army to take care of them, and Chen Qing led [-] soldiers to kill them at the back mountain.
The terrain of Zhoujiabao is very strange. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and in the middle is a basin in the mountains. There is a small spring lake in the basin. This is the water source of Zhoujiabao. A camp fence has been built to protect it, and there are special personnel in charge of fetching water. , The people who fetched water waited in line outside.

Except for the spring water at the bottom, the surrounding open space is used to grow vegetables, and [-] households are densely distributed on the north and south sides of the hills. They are all cave dwellings, and a cave dwelling is a family, just like a beehive. .

On the westernmost side of the bottom of the basin, a house covering an area of ​​five mu was built, surrounded by high walls. This house was the inner fort of the Zhou family.

The family members of Zhou Xin and Zhou Jian brothers, about [-] people, live in this house. There is a three-story wooden building in the house. A huge warehouse.

The Zhou Family Fort was originally called Chigu Fort. It took ten years to build it in Chengji County. It was built by the county for the people to avoid wars. Zhou Xin was entrusted by the county government to manage Chigu Fort and reported the situation to the county every month. .

However, after the Jingkang Incident, the entire Song Dynasty was in turmoil, and Chengji County was no exception. Bing's people are also reduced to his private property, pay him taxes, and pay his allegiance to him.

At this time, the inside of Zhou's house was brightly lit, and Zhou Xin had already learned what happened outside, which made him both annoyed and frightened.

The annoyance was that he was deceived by Chen Qing, thinking that Chen Qing had accepted his sincerity, that Chen Qing had led his army to Xining County, and now he knew that Chen Qing had no intention of negotiating with him at all, he was building plank roads, secretly hiding Chen Cang, Attacked Zhoujiabao.

And the fear is that he knows his end is coming.

Of course, Zhou Xin knew very well that Chen Qing wanted to scare the monkeys, cleaned up the Zhou family fort, and forced other surrounding forts to surrender. Although he was extremely cunning, he was helpless now, sitting in the building in a daze, lying on the ground not far away. Jia Quan's body was stabbed to death by his sword.

In the open space in front of the house, there were two hundred crossbowmen standing densely. In the middle was Zhou Jian, the elder of the Zhou family. Although Fa is not as good as his elder brother Zhou Tong, he is equally capable of every shot and never misses.

Zhou Jian's goal was to shoot and kill Chen Qing, and if Chen Qing was killed, perhaps the Song army would retreat. This was the only fluke that Zhou Jian and even Zhou believed in.

After Zhou's fitness, there was still a big knife standing upright. This was his weapon, and he was going to use this big knife to chop off Chen Qing's head.

Standing on a big rock, Chen Qing looked at the two hundred archers and Zhou Jian lined up several miles away. He smiled lightly. Why were the Zhou family so confident? They thought they could defeat the regular army?
"Heavy shield soldiers line up!"

Chen Qing shouted an order, and three hundred soldiers with heavy shields trained in formation.

Yang Zaixing stepped forward and said, "Controlling, let the humble job take over this time!"

Chen Qing shook his head, "I want to kill Zhou Jian with my own hands, and you and Liu Cui will bring your brothers to kill him in time.

At this time, the sky was already twilight, and the mountains on the north and south sides were full of people watching the battle. When they saw the huge Song Army battle flag, they were relieved.

But no one ran down to help the Zhou family. Although the Zhou family sheltered them, the hurt and exploitation of them by the Zhou family was as painful as the exploitation. Everyone watched the Zhou family go to destruction with complicated emotions.

Three hundred heavy shield soldiers lined up and walked towards the two hundred Zhou's children step by step.

Fifty of them lined up in six rows, holding giant shields and short spears, and gradually approached the courtyard.

"Fire arrows!"

Zhou Jian roared, and two hundred people drew their bows and shot arrows at the same time. The arrows shot at the heavy shield army densely. The heavy shield soldiers raised their shields to meet them and ran to meet the arrows.

At this time, a round object was thrown in front of Zhou Jian, which turned out to be a human head. Zhou Jian suddenly recognized that it was the head of his third son Zhou Qing.

Zhou Jian's canthus suddenly cracked. He held up the head and trembled all over. Suddenly, he stood up and shouted, "Who killed me!"

"I killed it!"

Chen Qing stood up, gave Zhou Jian a cold look, and waved his hand, "Kill!"

The soldiers with heavy shields shouted and rushed towards the two hundred Zhou's children, deliberately avoiding Zhou Jian.

"I am going to kill you!"

Zhou Jian, the heavy shield infantry running on both sides, turned a blind eye. He only saw Chen Qing, the enemy who killed his son. He roared, swung his big knife, and rushed towards Chen Qing recklessly.

(End of this chapter)