Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate
Chapter 423 The prototype of the legion
Chapter 423 The prototype of the legion
The situation along the way was not too different from what Guo Kang expected.Although the group of people was very powerful, they were not stopped along the way.
After entering the "Golden Zone", a patrol of "Night Watchmen" came across them.Seeing a group of them still holding up flags and crosses, they came over to question them.
Guo Kang told them that this was a coordinated action by the Ministry of War and the church to catch the cult members who were planning to rebel.There was a huge crowd of people following behind, because the cult members had done evil all the year round and had offended too many people, so after the church issued the call, everyone was very excited.
The authorized order of the Warmaster cannot mobilize the patrolling "night watchmen" in Dadu, but if an emergency occurs in the city, the night watchmen will also be dispatched on their own.Therefore, Guo Kang proposed that he hoped that the night watchman team would also take the initiative to join in and help, so that everyone could solve the problem together.
The captain of the night watchmen asked who their target was, Guo Kang only said vaguely that according to the information obtained by the church, the sponsor and general backstage of the cult was a wealthy businessman living in the west of the city.However, the night watchman was very vigilant. Hearing his words, he refused without hesitation. Even if Guo Kang took the commander's command flag to promise to share the battle exploits afterwards, it didn't work.
However, they didn't stop them. They just wished Guo Kang and his party a smooth mission and told them not to make too much noise and offend the other nobles over there, so they left.
To be honest, Guo Kang expected this reaction.As a major force in the city, the Night Watchman clearly understands the complexity of this place, and doesn't want to let others stand out.Guo Kang's prestige does not seem to be enough for them to believe in his promise at the risk of offending the big shots behind him.
However, on the other hand, Guo Kang was actually very worried about the night watchman.He felt that these people, as local snakes in the city, could not be completely ignorant of these things.Gangster organizations such as Alexander and Sergey have existed for a long time, and there must be the acquiescence and even cover of the night watchmen.
The relationship between these forces is intricate, and God knows the depth of their cooperation with Alexander and others.Guo Kang now has too little information to be sure what they will do to Alexander.It is impossible to estimate whether he will stand on the sidelines, send a message to warn him, or even take the initiative to protect him.
On Guo Kang's side, it is impossible to stop and let the people go home because of emotion and reason.Therefore, in the worst case, he is ready to kill these people directly and continue to attack.
Although fighting with the defenders in the metropolis seems serious, in the final analysis it still depends on whether you can win.If they successfully complete the plan and get rid of those behind the scenes, then this matter is actually not serious-it will be fine to say that they are plotting against the back then.
Fortunately, the night watchman is obviously very slippery, and he doesn't want to get involved in this matter.Even if Guo Kang didn't dare to speak too clearly, they didn't come to ask about the specific situation.They turned their heads and left, ignoring the huge team and continuing to patrol.
Without delay, everyone continued to move forward.
It was not until near the destination that they encountered the real enemy.
Alexander's house here, still huge, occupies an entire block between the two roads.Although this is a wealthy area, the guards are not more peaceful.Instead, they appear to be more vigilant and have a lot more firepower.
Guo Kang didn't know whether these people had already got the news, or they were just so vigilant on weekdays.In short, their reactions are faster.
Guo Kang originally thought that these people would be a little restrained in the rich area.However, they were still far away, and when the leader had just turned the corner, someone in the manor fired guns outside without any scruples.
The dense explosion of gunpowder shocked the civilians who came with them, and many of them hesitated.For veterans, though, it's not all that intimidating.
"Follow the flag, follow the flag!" Guo Kang snatched the flag from the flag bearer and waved it himself: "Don't panic, this is a blind spot, they can't beat it!"
Hearing his shout, everyone calmed down.A few people who rushed too fast also quickly retreated from the street.
"Are you all right?" Guo Kang asked loudly.
Everyone looked at themselves one after another, and felt a little relieved when they realized that although the gunshots were fierce, no one was hurt.
To be honest, Guo Kang himself is also a novice in the battlefield, and he was taken aback just now.Fortunately, he recovered quickly, and took this opportunity to warn everyone: "Forget about it this time. When fighting in the future, don't run around! The more chaotic you run, the more dangerous you will be!"
Everyone agreed again and again.
Guo Kang waited for them to restore order, and repeated again: "Remember, follow the flag!"
Although there are squad leaders, these people are actually unable to effectively divide the troops.It's not that they are afraid that after they are sent out, they will break up and go home by themselves, but that these team members and captains are seriously inexperienced.Not to mention adapting to the situation, it would be nice if they could go to the right place.
Moreover, there seemed to be a large number of enemies here, so Guo Kang did not dare to disperse his subordinates, for fear that if he encountered a difficult enemy, he would be defeated one by one instead.He simply asked everyone to follow him, looking for a place to rush in.
To be on the safe side, he asked the Cavalier Captain to wait opposite the gate with his men, and follow the team at the end to prevent the people inside from following them out.But this time, the enemy never rushed out to take the initiative to attack.After some shooting, it stopped.
Guo Kang estimated that they saw too many people outside, so they wanted to avoid risks.If you go out to meet them, you may be the same as the previous time, someone will annihilate some of the guards first, and then take advantage of the situation to rush in.
This judgment cannot be said to be wrong, but in fact it is exactly what Guo Kang wants: the group of people he leads are not much different from the mob.Being able to lead them to move on the battlefield and find the most suitable attack position is already relying on their previous prestige, and they have performed exceptionally.
So, this time is not the same as last time.If the enemy really came out, it would cause a lot of trouble, interfere with his arrangement, and even cause the armed residents behind to disperse.And if Sergey hadn't boasted too much before, Alexander should have people from the regular army under his command.If they don't degenerate too much, they should be able to do it.
But the enemy didn't dare to come out, instead allowing him to observe the situation and the building structure without being disturbed, and lead everyone to slowly change positions.
The walls of this house are taller and thicker than those of the surrounding neighbors.But this also made it impossible for people to stand on the wall.Alexander does not seem to have built other supporting facilities behind the walls, such as the wooden enemy towers that are often found on the city walls, so that his men can stand behind the walls and poke their heads out.Therefore, this wall actually became a barrier for attackers like them.
"Except for the control of weapons and armor, we cannot control the building beyond the control." Guo Kang said helplessly to Guo Ponu: "If the power of our city is controlled according to the laws of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that there will be two draws and one draw. Heaps of escaped..."
No way, he quickly bypassed the gate, found the side wall, and led everyone there.
"Who got the pickaxe and shovel?" He bent down, stretched out his hand to explore the not-so-solid soil, and shouted, "Come here, dig quickly! Bring the gunpowder too!"
There was a commotion among the crowd, and soon a few strong men crowded over, and began to dig up the wall.A guard also ran over carrying two powder kegs that looked like small wine barrels.
"Aren't we going through the main entrance?" Guo Ponu asked.
"It's obviously blocked by the enemy." Guo Kang said briefly: "You can see that their defense preparations are much more complete than Sergey's. It's obvious that they didn't start today. The gate must have the most complete defense. place, I reckon they're all there."
"If we could remember just now, we would have found a big piece of wood and brought it here." Guo Ponu regretted a bit: "It seems that we didn't bring the ladder either."
"As it is now, let's forget it." Guo Kang pointed to the people around him: "I don't think how long I can last under the opponent's shooting in this state. I guess the team will break up if they can't hit the door. The ladder..."
Just as he was talking, someone really ran over and leaned against the wall, trying to take a ladder up.However, the wall was higher than the two of them put together, and the person on it was stepping on his feet, barely trying to jump up, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, someone shot an arrow outside.It seems that the people inside have also rushed over to defend.
"Okay, don't fall over." Guo Kang quickly stopped them: "Climbing up is also a living target for others. And even if you fall over, you may have to fall. You are not light kung fu masters, I am afraid you will not It was stabbed to death before getting up. Besides, if you can't rush in more people at once, it's useless."
"Uh..." Several people looked at each other for a moment, then suddenly had another idea.
"Everyone, come and help!" The leader shouted back.
A crowd of armed residents ran over upon hearing the sound and began to wrestle with the wall.After a while, dozens of people gathered, shoulder to shoulder a huge "stage bottom" more than ten people wide, and then started shouting at each other, and quickly stacked a second layer.Seeing that there seemed to be a solution here, more people rushed over, stepped on them and began to run up.
Guo Kang felt for a moment whether these people were engaged in some abstract performance art.However, everyone ignored them and scrambled to get closer.
As soon as the person in the front poked his head out, he was hit by several arrows and fell down, bleeding all over the ground.The people who followed were stunned for a moment and looked back one after another, but at this moment, someone shouted "Revenge! Revenge!", and the others rushed up in a swarm as if stimulated, and jumped down.
Guo Kang heard a few screams and roars, but the others couldn't care less.The few strong men he called to dig the wall stopped working and looked back at him.
"Forget it, don't dig, we will go too." Guo Kang had no choice but to say.Those few people turned around and ran away as if they had been pardoned, and also started to rush upwards.
"Boss, boss, shall we go?" In the team, the young man who asked Guo Kang a question before asked.
"Let's build a personal ladder to prevent that side from being unable to hold on." Guo Kang said.
Everyone immediately dropped their weapons happily and leaned against the wall.
Although this method is fast, they are not specialized acrobats after all. The group of people just now have been stepped on a few times, but people keep making up.If they can't hold on, it means that the people inside have lost their backup.
Moreover, Guo Kang originally hoped to blow down a section of the wall so that everyone could enter and exit freely.Now the soldiers under him have not yet entered, and it is not known how long they can last just relying on the bravery of the blood of the residents.
But he didn't think too much about it, the recruits had already set up their posture on their own, and even started urging him to hurry up.
"Why is there such a tacit understanding?" Guo Ponu ran over quickly and said with emotion: "You guys have never trained before?"
"No." Someone raised his head and said, "But we all move goods at the dock, so it's not difficult. You can step on it with confidence."
Guo Ponu sighed, patted him, and quickly jumped onto the wall.Guo Kang also carried the banner and rushed up.
After jumping over the wall, he saw that the people below were already lying on the ground.But the guards who rushed here also dropped several corpses, leaning their backs against the wall of the main building, forming a semicircle, desperately defending.
Facing the swords they brandished, the people in thin clothes hesitated a little.But before Guo Kang and the others rushed over, someone dragged and injured his leg, holding a big wooden stick, and jumped on it.
His movements were very clumsy, and he was pierced by the enemy's sword as soon as he stepped forward.However, he let out an inhumanly sharp roar, and grabbed the opponent's arm tightly, trying not to let him pull out the sword.A person next to him who was digging the soil immediately raised his pickaxe and swung it down.
The man holding the sword was so frightened that he hurriedly dropped the sword and took two steps back.The pickaxe was very powerful, but the movement was not fast, and the swing was empty.The accomplice next to him was well-trained, and he immediately stepped sideways to make up for it, and swung the knife in his hand horizontally, cutting a terrible wound with deep bones on the chest of the strong man with the pickaxe, causing him to fall to the ground.
But before the knife was retracted, another hoe swung down from the head, forcing him to dodge sideways.Before he could stabilize his pace, someone held up a sledgehammer and smashed it down.
This time, the user seems to be more proficient.He has a thin body, but the hammer in his hand is steady and accurate, hitting the knife-wielding fighter directly.
The man's helmet was dented in an instant, and there was no visible scar on his head. It seemed that the quality of the helmet was not bad, and it played a certain role in cushioning and protection.However, his neck was not so strong, obviously unable to withstand the blow, he shrunk directly into his chest, bleeding from his seven orifices, and fell down limply.
In a few breaths, two people were missing, and the semicircle formation was immediately broken.Someone who seemed to be the leader of the thugs was still yelling for others to get closer to each other, but a young man in the crowd picked up the iron pickaxe that had just dropped on the ground.When the leader waved his sword to force everyone back again, he relied on his agility to pounce from the side, holding the pickaxe in both hands, and smashed hard.
The pointed end of the iron pick directly smashed the shoulder pads, wedged deeply into the body, and the leader didn't even utter a scream.The rest of the people were inspired again, swarmed up, and kept using the tools and even sundries in their hands to beat the enemy to death.Those few people were instantly overwhelmed by the crowd.
By the time Guo Ponu and Guo Kang squeezed in, the enemies were all dead.They yelled for everyone to stop and rescue the injured, which brought many people back to their senses.
The young man just now was even smashing at the enemy's corpse, and only then sat down on the ground.He looked at the scene next to him, and leaned against the wall, holding the iron pick in his hand, and cried.
"Okay, get up, brother." Guo Kang walked over and stretched out his hand to give him a hand: "The enemy will come soon, it's not safe to sit here."
"Team, Captain!" The young man didn't know how to address him, he opened his eyes wide and stammered, "I, I didn't fight well..."
"It's okay, it's much better than when I was." Guo Kang himself was actually a few hours earlier than him, but he still pretended to be old-fashioned, and took the initiative to comfort him.
There is so much commotion here, the enemies guarding the gate will definitely rush over.They didn't react so quickly, probably because they were afraid that they were feinting to attack here, but they were actually planning to attack the gate.Especially just now, it was just ordinary armed citizens who took the lead, which probably made this misjudgment even worse.
But this result was actually just an accident.Not to mention them, even Guo Kang himself did not expect that these ordinary people who have not been trained and have no weapons or armor can burst out with such a strong will to fight.I don't know what Alexander and the others usually do to make them fight to the death even if they suffer heavy casualties.
Guo Kang turned his head to call other people and told them to take the injured away quickly.Although there are no treatment conditions here, simple hemostasis can still be done.
The strong man with the pickaxe just now had a scary wound, but upon closer inspection, it was only a flesh wound.Guo Kang told the others that there must be clean water sources and clean fabrics in this kind of mansion, and asked them to rush into the house and look for it.The main force of the enemy should rush over from the gate along the road surrounding the residential part, and he will stop it.
After a large group of people left, he found the person who had sacrificed himself and grabbed the sword just now.His abdomen has been pierced, and under the current conditions, it may be very difficult to save him.However, seeing Guo Kang, the man's eyes lit up again, and he raised his hand.
Guo Kang and the few people who were helping him all leaned over to hear what he had to say.
"Tell me." Guo Kang leaned over, grabbed his hand, and said.
"Kill..." the wounded whispered, "Kill Alexander. Be sure to kill them..."
Guo Kang is not a professional clergyman, and he doesn't know what to say at this time.He pondered for a moment, then quickly crossed the opponent's chest, and assured him: "Don't worry, a warrior like you will definitely go to heaven. Alexander and the others will all go to hell today."
The other party didn't say anything, just blinked, let out a long sigh of relief, and stopped moving.
Guo Kang also sighed, stood up, and looked around again.The people who followed had already carried away the wounded just now, but the corpses left behind were still in disorder, and the blood that flowed out drew scarlet streaks on the ground.
"We have to stop them. We can't fight like this. The loss is too great. It's a waste." Guo Kang turned to Guo Ponu and said, "Let everyone gather quickly, this time we will take the lead."
But Guo Ponu shook his head.
"It cannot be said that this is a waste." She said seriously: "This is their own choice, and it is also a sacrifice they made voluntarily. It would be too insulting to them to say it was a waste."
"They have their choice, and I have my choice." Guo Kang also insisted.
"Since ancient times, there has been no undead in war. But since I command the battle, I should reduce losses. They are willing to sacrifice, it is their choice; I want to minimize losses, which is also my duty. This is not contradictory. "
Guo Ponu was silent for a moment, then nodded.
"Oh, I'm not very good at directing..." Guo Kang was a little depressed, shook his head, held up a flag and summoned his troops to go down.
Although the battle here is very fast, the enemy's reaction speed is not slow.Just now, the behavior of everyone attacking and looking for supplies may have alarmed the people in the main building, causing them to form a misjudgment.But soon, the enemy still reacted.A group of people in armor rushed over here.
Guo Kang's men had climbed over the wall and gathered together.While charging here, the enemy threw a few big iron balls that were smoking.
Guo Ponu threw out an iron dart with a wave of his hand, knocked one of them back, and fell back into the crowd of enemies.Of the other two, one was held down by a hand, and the fire rope was pulled out directly.The other fell right next to Guo Kang, was kicked back by him, and rolled to the enemy's feet again.
But in the end, only the one that Guo Ponu shot back exploded, and because the enemy had already rushed there, no one was hit.As for the one that Guo Kang kicked back, they threw it aside in a hurry.But there was no explosion at all. It is estimated that the matchlock had fallen long ago.
"That's right, it must be from the legion." Guo Ponu said through gritted teeth.
During the time of Basil III, someone in the Ministry of War researched ancient books and believed that throwing weapons when charging was an ancient but useful method, which could disrupt the enemy's attack formation.In the charge, the party whose formation appears unstable is easily defeated directly.
Things like javelins are still being used now.The Spanish mercenaries who were raging in southern Greece before have been using this method of combat.It is said that the ancient Romans learned their javelins and daggers from the ancient Iberians.Calculated in this way, they have used this trick for almost 2000 years.
However, although the javelin weapon has not yet been completely eliminated, it is somewhat outdated.Therefore, there was a popular trend at that time: replacing the javelin with various explosives for throwing.
Throwing explosives while charging is a popular tactic until now.Some people like to use this kind of spherical iron shell bomb, and even the sport of throwing shot put is quickly revived.Some people roll out a long barrel with iron sheets, stuff it with gunpowder, and install a wooden tail rod, which makes it more comfortable to throw.In short, if you see something similar, you probably know where the style is.
Of course, the effect of this weapon is actually average.Just like the results just now, their reliability is poor, and the detonation time cannot be finely controlled at all.The environment on the battlefield is complicated, and in many cases, it is the blessing of the heavenly father to be able to explode on the enemy's side.
The main function of these weapons is not so much to kill, but to frighten people-the Purple Horde often faces a large number of low-quality troops organized by the enemy, from cheap mercenaries in Western Europe to the free "jihad" organized by the Ottomans. By".
Faced with these poor disciplines, morale is maintained entirely by robbery. It is not so much an army, but an organization of bandits, which can play a better role.If the opponent is also a veteran, it will be like just now, and it will not produce much effect.
Guo Kang's soldiers also began to charge without hesitation, and the two sides collided fiercely.
Guo Kang himself also ran over.But the road here is not wide after all, and a dozen people are completely blocked.Both sides are heavily armored, unable to kill each other for a while.The people behind quickly pressed over and started attacking each other with halberds and axes; the people in front couldn't even shake their hands, they could only push each other hard.Soon, everyone huddled together.
He couldn't get to the front line, so he took out the commander's flag and shouted from behind: "Are you also legionnaires? Let your leaders come out! We are here to arrest the cultists under the order of the commander! The others are now Put down your arms, and you can still be exonerated!"
"You rushed in with a group of mobs to kill people, and you said you were a good person!" Someone on the other side also shouted: "You are a cult!"
"The church has found the evidence. Sergey, who directly performed the ceremony, has been punished! Don't be stubborn!" Guo Kang wanted to explain, and shouted: "They are all victims of Alexander's cult crimes, the church and The legion should help them uphold justice and let them take revenge. If you don’t want to die in vain, don’t give your life to those criminals, it’s not worth it!”
"Damn it, it's none of your business for me to use Alexander's money to do things for him!" Someone scolded: "What kind of good man do you pretend to be? If you want justice, kill yourself!"
"You said it yourself!" Guo Kang was so angry that he took out his pistol, and shot the man in the face after two or three rows of people: "Then I will kill now!"
The people on both sides were too close, and he stretched out his arms, almost touching the man's face.A gunshot rang out, and the person who spoke harshly fell to the ground.The others were also horrified, and shouted to the musketeers to come up quickly.
Guo Kang also turned his head and called all the recruits to come and help.
They stabbed at the opposite side with their spears. Although they were not lethal, they still managed to interfere.Moreover, the two sides have already started to push each other close to each other. Because of the large number of people here, it is naturally more advantageous.
The other party quickly couldn't support it, and staggered back.The first few people were pushed to the ground, and everyone cheered and ran forward immediately.
More enemies were pushed down, and even a few of their own were tripped.Almost immediately the remaining enemies began to turn and flee.The people behind pulled up the unlucky teammates who had been stepped on several times, and used shovels, sledgehammers, and even wooden sticks to smash all the fallen enemies to death.
"The enemy has already refused to surrender!" Guo Kang carried the flag and shouted to everyone while running, "Don't keep anyone alive! Remember, don't keep a single one alive!"
"No interrogation this time?" Guo Ponu asked.
"The evidence is conclusive." Guo Kang told her: "Since they are not willing to repent, then we don't need to persuade them. If there are fewer people talking nonsense, it might save some trouble later."
Guo Ponu nodded.
"Don't relax, I feel that there will be many enemies." She reminded: "It was so troublesome just now, and it will be more difficult in the future. We have to go to the gate first, there must be more people there, what can you do? Is it?"
In fact, Guo Kang has nothing to do.At this level, I'm afraid they can only fight hard.But after all, he had to comfort everyone, so he said, "Don't worry, we still have an advantage here."
"Although the fighting power of these ordinary people may not be enough, they can provide us with great support when someone leads them. Otherwise, I would not dare to attack here rashly. As long as we can make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses, and quickly solve this side, we will not Difficult."
With that said, he followed the crowd and rushed towards the gate along the alley.
Discipline among his men was terrible—or, basically, non-existent.During the running, the team got longer and longer, and like last time, the citizens without armor rushed the fastest. Guo Kang yelled at them to stop, but they couldn't come back.
No way, Guo Kang had no choice but to speed up.Turning the corner, he saw that there was indeed a large group of enemies gathered at the door.However, before he could see the situation clearly, he heard a muffled bang, and something hit his chest and legs hard, knocking his body that was still rushing forward to the ground.
Guo Kang felt pain all over his body, but it didn't make him lose his ability to think, instead he suddenly realized a serious problem.He rolled quickly and hid behind the stone at the foot of the wall.
His whole body ached in protest of his brutality.But Guo Kang still gritted his teeth and propped himself up, looking out.I saw a small cannon surrounded by a group of enemies in front of us, trying to reload it.
On the road ahead, his people fell to the ground.Not only ordinary citizens, but even the church inspector who charged with him just now, and his two entourages also fell in a pool of blood.The large group of rubble shot out by the artillery was so powerful that even the armor was torn apart.Guo Kang was lucky, he was too far away, so he was not seriously injured.
This is probably the first time Guo Kang's "headquarters" has suffered losses.
He thought back to just now, the person who helped him search for evidence was silent for a moment.
At this time, a small group of enemies had already held weapons and started to counterattack, trying to take advantage of the emptiness in the number of people at this moment, and seize the time to eliminate those who survived the shelling just now.
"Kill all these people!" Someone shouted: "Move faster!"
"People from the church are here!" Someone behind them urged loudly: "We must kill them all, and don't let the news spread. Otherwise, we will die!"
Just as they were talking, a few of them saw Guo Kang probing his head, and rushed towards him.
"Hey." Guo Kang retracted his head, picked up the sword, and picked up an ax that fell on the ground next to him, and shrank a little behind the foot of the wall, ready to attack the opponent.He still muttered in his mouth: "Heavenly Father, can't you let me be less troublesome..."
A figure leaped up in an instant, holding a spear in his hand, and picked up an enemy as soon as he met his face.Taking a closer look, Guo Ponu lost his helmet and his robes were also tattered, looking rather embarrassed.She was a little behind her just now, and the situation is probably not going to be much better, but at this moment, she is like an enraged female leopard, roaring and rushing towards the enemy.With just one blow, another person's chest shield was smashed, causing him to fall back vomiting blood.
The remaining three men raised their long spears and stabbed at the same time. Guo Ponu swung the barrel of the gun and twisted it vigorously, stirring up all three spear heads.Those people retreated quickly, separated from each other, set up their spears again, and continued to attack.
"The Li family's marksmanship?" Guo Ponu didn't follow directly, but glanced at them and asked.
The few people looked at each other, as if they didn't know what to say, they didn't answer.
"Bah, what a bad move, how dare you come out to show off?" Guo Ponu spat, "If Li Xuanying comes by himself, my mother will beat him to tears. You dogs, just die!"
Those people were obviously irritated, and roared and rushed over.With a cold face, Guo Ponu turned around and dodged the blow from the side, turning around and stabbing straight at the door.The man was stabbed in the face before he could block the gun and was killed on the spot.The remaining two people had already stabbed forward, Guo Ponu stepped aside slightly, and swung the spear from behind, swiping across a large semicircle and smashing down.
The person on the left quickly retracted his gun to resist.Guo Ponu let out an angry roar, smashed the barrel of the gun, and hit him on the shoulder, making him scream and drop the weapon.The person on the right took a step forward, wanting to stab again, but Guo Kang, looking for the opportunity, suddenly jumped out from the side, and slashed his ax on his defenseless hind leg, causing him to drop the gun and fall sideways; neck.
Seeing this, Guo Ponu ignored him.Her own spear was also discounted, but she simply used it as a flail.With another wave, the gun in front of him swung over, and the enemy who had just got up was bleeding from his mouth and nose, and lay back on the ground.
The other enemies retreated in fright, not daring to come over.Guo Ponu put down the two-half gun, ran back a few steps, and picked up a fire gun on the ground.
There lay a young man with a matchlock in his hand.Guo Ponu squatted down, stretched out his hand to caress his staring eyes, and brought the matchlock over.
"Run." She imitated Guo Kang's way of aiming, pointing the gun at the back of one of them.
"Hey, that's not how it was taken!" Guo Kang hastily stopped her.
However, Guo Ponu didn't pay much attention, he inserted the matchlock, only to hear the gunshot, and the enemy fell down in response.However, Guo Ponu also screamed, covered his face, and dropped the gun.
"You..." Guo Kang didn't care about reprimanding her, and jumped over again, grabbing her and retreating behind the stone just now.
The people behind also followed at this time, but they didn't dare to go forward because they were worried about the firepower.Guo Kang turned around and asked, "Is there any water? Wash her eyes!"
"Don't worry about it!" Guo Ponu slapped him violently, covered his eyes with one hand, touched the ground with the other, and picked up the spear dropped by an enemy just now: "Where is that gunner?"
"Ahead." Guo Kang said.
Guo Ponu stretched out his hand and grabbed his hand: "Show me the specific place."
Guo Kang didn't know what she meant, so he held her hand and faced an enemy who was holding a matchlock and was about to light the cannon.
"How many steps?" Guo Ponu asked.
"Probably more than 30 steps." Guo Kang said.
"Don't guess!"
Guo Kang looked over there carefully, stretched out his finger, compared the height of the person and the box, recalled the technique of estimating the distance taught by his adoptive father when he taught him how to shoot an arrow, and finally said: "35 steps."
Guo Ponu nodded and gently pushed him away.Gripping the spear tightly, he jumped up and threw it out.
The person holding the fire rope looked back at this moment.However, before he could react, the spear had already flew towards him, stabbing the man straight through.
There was an exclamation behind Guo Kang, and the enemy was visibly panicked.
"Where's the person who said he wanted to kill us just now? That's the person in command. I heard it just now." Guo Ponu's expression didn't change, he still frowned, and asked Guo Kang.
Guo Kang realized this time, he held her hand again, and aimed at a person with a few feathers stuck in his helmet, who was pulling out a knife to urge her.
"Two steps away." He glanced at the distance between the other party and the corpse just now, and said.
Guo Ponu picked up another long spear, weighed it, and jumped up again.With a piercing howl, the spear hit the enemy again, leading the commander back two steps, and fell to the ground.
The crowd behind was amazed, and the enemies were even more flustered.
"The water is coming, the water is coming." Father Mikhail's voice sounded.Guo Kang turned his head and saw him running over with a disheveled face and two water bags in his hand.
Father Mikhail looked around, only to find that the injured seemed to be Guo Ponu, and he was surprised: "Miss?! What's the matter?"
"She stared at the fire door gun and shot..." Guo Kang didn't know whether to be angry or distressed for a moment: "You take care of her, I will deal with it over there."
"What are you going to do? Don't be brave!" Guo Ponu said hastily.
"Who is trying to be brave?" Guo Kang was a little speechless, pressed her down, squatted down, and walked around the stone.
The people on the opposite side immediately aimed here, but Guo Kang lay down on the ground and hid behind the corpse that Guo Ponu shot to death just now.The enemy fired two shots and failed to hit any target.So, Guo Kang pushed the body forward again, and came to the enemy who was knocked down by Guo Ponu's shot.
The man was still alive, still panting.Guo Kang then took out a dagger and stabbed him twice in the neck, and the man immediately stopped moving.Guo Kang then piled him on top of the corpse just now, and continued to push forward.
The enemy started shooting arrows in this direction.Several of the thrown arrows hit Guo Kang's body, making the sound of thumping metal impacts.Others jumped on the box, trying to shoot him from a height.But behind Guo Kang, several people stuck out half of their bodies, and a round of arrows and lead bullets knocked him down.
After reaching the diagonally opposite side of the road, Guo Kang stopped against the four corpses in front of him.
The enemies on the opposite side are quarreling fiercely, and someone is ordering others not to be cowardly, and to come out from behind the hiding place.There were also people who demanded that the cannon should be installed quickly, and instead of using stones, he should be bombarded with whole stones.However, Guo Kang knew that it was already too late.
He himself is one of the leaders of the Khanate Artillery Proving Ground, and he has personally operated all the artillery currently used in the army.He is also very clear about the power and reload time of this small cannon.
He took out the huge stubby "pistol" at his waist, opened the bag again, took out a glass column from the innermost ball of cotton, and stuffed it into the pistol. head.
Then, he looked up at the cannon.After discovering the angle here and being able to see the place where it was placed, he raised the muzzle of the gun a bit and pulled the trigger.
A spring wheel at the end of the barrel turned and a spark ignited the charge.But there was so little powder in this gun that it seemed to just push that cylinder out gently.
It crossed a parabola, stabilized by several small wooden wings, and flew to the rear of the artillery at a speed much slower than ordinary lead bullets, where there were several large barrels of gunpowder.
The enemy didn't know what it was at all, and most people didn't pay much attention when they saw this thing flying over.The few people who were loading it felt that this thing was a little dangerous, so they were going to kick it away just like dealing with a grenade at the moment.
However, the moment it hit the ground, the glass column at the head of the cylinder shattered.The detonating charges loaded there popped open, igniting the fuel in the cylinder.
Others only saw a ball of fire bursting out from the enemy's gunpowder pile.Immediately afterwards, the gunpowder was also ignited.
Even at such a distance, Guo Kang could feel a deafening roar, which made him feel like his head was swelling.Nearby enemies are thrown like rag dolls.The small cannon was blown out by the blast, and farther away, the survivors were stunned and didn't even react to fleeing.
Guo Kang grabbed the flag, held it up high, and shouted: "Come on! Go!" As he said that, he jumped up and rushed towards the enemy without hesitation.
At the corner, crowds poured out, followed the big flag with several holes, and ran towards the enemy.
There are actually quite a few enemies still alive, but they seemed frightened, and most of them started to run back.The few remaining enemies were still resisting, but they were overwhelmed in an instant.Guo Kang and others chased them, swept through the main entrance of the wall and the open space behind, and ran all the way to the gate of the main building.
During this period, people continued to shoot at the most conspicuous Guo Kang.He guessed that he had nowhere to hide, so he simply ignored it and rushed forward as fast as he could.He felt that he was shot at least once during this period, but the enemy's weapon was not too deadly, it just made him stagger, so he didn't bother to take care of it.
At the door, another group of enemies set up their spears, and some people shouted behind them, trying to gather the defeated soldiers.And Guo Kang immediately remembered what happened at the door at Sergey's side just now.
He turned around and saw everyone following him.The buildings here are in a concave shape, enclosing the lawn and garden in the middle.Enemies have already appeared from the windows on the second and third floors, and they seem to be preparing to shoot down.
If you stay here for a long time, it will be a living target terrain.They chased these enemies very closely just now, and the other enemies did not dare to shoot indiscriminately.But now, once the two sides are deadlocked, it will be difficult.
And now, Guo Kang has no other choice.
He turned his head and shouted, "Listen! Follow the flag!"
After that, he threw the flag suddenly and threw it into the enemy pile at the door.Then he picked up his weapon, lowered his head, and slammed into the spear.
Everyone let out a roar of anger or excitement, and rushed up after him.The enemy tried hard to block, desperately stabbing outward with their spears.Guo Kang was hit a few more times, and someone stabbed him right where he was hit by the stone just now, and the pain was excruciating.
But in the face of life and death, he gritted his teeth and persisted.Using the force method taught by my adoptive father, I simply gave up the weapon and pushed in with all my strength.For a moment, several people in the opposite row couldn't stand him alone, and started to back away.
The knights and priests who rushed here rushed over one after another.An enemy came out from the side with a short sword and stabbed Guo Kang's leg.Guo Kang had no choice but to dodge to the side, and hit him with an ax with his backhand, knocking him down.But taking advantage of this opportunity, the enemy also became ruthless, fought back desperately, and held them back again, making them retreat slightly.
At this time, someone jumped out of the crowd, stretched his arms, and rushed straight towards the spear bush.
He didn't have the armor like Guo Kang, and he was pierced by several spears in an instant.However, this effect seemed to be what he wanted, and his whole body continued to fall forward, blocking several rows of enemies at once.
Taking advantage of this moment, other people immediately squeezed in from this gap, using axes, chain hammers and various tools, desperately hitting all the enemies within reach.Soon, almost all the enemies in the front row were cut down, and the people behind couldn't hold on anymore, and were pushed down in pieces, or turned around and fled.
Guo Kang's physical exertion was a bit heavy, and he was almost rushed in while being surrounded by everyone.He looked down at the man who jumped at the spear, and found that he was the boy holding the pickaxe just now.
Guo Kang pursed his lips hard, and felt that he was not very tired again.
After rushing into the hall, everyone started chasing the enemy separately.The enemy here is indeed extremely tenacious, and even so, they are still resisting floor by floor and room by room.
At the corridor leading to the second floor, another group of people blocked the way.But this time, everyone who was already familiar with the process began to form a formation skillfully—two knights in front, and a large group of people holding long-handled tools behind them.As long as the two sides are at a stalemate, they will continue to use hoes and iron picks to hit the enemy's head hard.
Soon, under the push, the enemies here were also defeated, and all those who fell would be trampled over by countless legs.The residents in the back beat up as usual, and even the corpses had to take off their helmets and smash their heads flat to ensure that no one had a chance to survive.
Someone picked up the flag in the hall and handed it to Guo Kang. Guo Kang carried it and ran to the second floor.In front of the banquet hall here, an unusually tall man swung a hammer and swept out an open space around him.A group of remaining enemies swarmed around him, barely holding on.
A knight was carried back grinning, and was said to have a broken arm.But more people are still running forward excitedly.
"Hey, big fool!" Guo Kang shouted, "Do you surrender?"
"Don't surrender!" the big man yelled, making his ears tremble a little.
"That's the best." Guo Kang said, "Because you will die if you surrender!"
The big man roared angrily, he held a two-handed hammer in each hand, and struck out in turn, knocking the two of them flying again.Guo Kang is already considered tall, but he is almost two ends taller than Guo Kang, and his figure is also a lot thicker.Guessing that he couldn't fight recklessly with his strength, Guo Kang took advantage of this gap and rushed to his side.
The big man immediately swung his hammer at him, and the thug also swung his knife at Guo Kang.However, Guo Kang rolled over and dodged, but the hammer with both hands was too heavy and too powerful to be retracted at all, and it directly hit the thug's chest.He hurriedly tried to resist, but in the end, even the knife and ribs were smashed and deformed, and it seemed that he was dead.
"Fool!" Guo Kang immediately mocked.
Regardless of whether the thugs were dead or alive, the big man immediately swung the hammer in his left hand and hit Guo Kang again.But Guo Kang dodged again and knocked over a minion who tried to stop him.The hammer missed again and fell to the ground, making the big man furious, and swung it faster and faster, smashing all the decorations beside him to pieces.
Another minion picked up his sword and stabbed at Guo Kang's face.But Guo Kang turned around and kicked him back, hitting the big man. He was so angry that he pushed the man away and chased after Guo Kang.
And taking advantage of this time, others have already rushed forward.
Losing mutual cover, the thugs around were killed almost instantly.Immediately afterwards, everyone began to attack the big man.He was wearing very heavy armor, which could not be pierced with an iron pick, and several people were killed by him on the spot.But at this moment, a priest rushed over, dropped the weapon in his hand, and hugged his arm directly.
"Kill the giant!" he cried. "Kill the wicked beast!"
The others rushed up, and Guo Kang also turned around, and before he swung another hammer, he stepped on it and grabbed his arm.
The big man struggled hard, but Guo Kang also practiced his strength from a young age.Even if you are at a disadvantage overall, you won't be able to twist one arm all over your body.The others immediately brandished their weapons and struck again, causing the big man to scream.He leaned against the wall, struggling not to be pulled down, struggling to get up.
"Stop tickling, kill him!" someone yelled.
A man holding an iron fork immediately rushed forward, aimed at his chest, and stabbed him with all his strength, but still failed to break through the armor.The others were in a hurry, and the strong man with the rammer also ran over.
"Hold tight!" he shouted, his eyes lit up.
Then, he swung his hammer and hit the tail of the iron fork.
The person in front immediately reacted and gripped the iron fork tightly, and he knocked on it skillfully like a nail on a pier.
The big man let out a scream, but everyone crowded up, making him unable to move.Guo Kang freed one hand, ready to draw the dagger.But looked at the others and stopped again:
I don't know if it's because the movements are too familiar, or the content of the instructions is too routine. At this time, the dock worker has already sang the chant.
"Hold on tight! Hey!" He hit the iron fork firmly with a hammer, causing the big man to howl again.
"Aim at it and hit it! Hey!" Another hammer hit, the head of the iron fork was already slightly bent, but deep dents were also made on the nail plate.
"Work together! Hey!" He wiped his sweat and hit the hammer again.The big man finally realized what they were going to do and started begging Guo Kang for mercy.
"As I said, it has nothing to do with whether you surrender or not. I just want you to die." Guo Kang replied without hesitation.
"It must be done! Hi!" Everyone responded.
This blow finally exceeded the limit of the armor, and the head of the inferior iron fork snapped off, but the armor finally couldn't bear it and split inward.
With one blow, the severed iron fork shattered the chain mail ring inside, destroying the second layer of armor.
With another blow, a hole was punched in the hard leather lining of the mail mail.
Although it was winter, the man swinging the hammer was already sweating profusely, and even the tiger's mouth was a little cracked.Even so, this person who has long been accustomed to hard work was not affected by the loss of strength and pain.His hand still didn't shake at all, and he swung another hammer with precision.
The giant's ribs were broken, and he screamed in pain.The iron fork pierced through the last layer of fabric, and penetrated into the flesh with the sound of the trumpets.He swung hammer after hammer until the burly giant stopped making a sound, until this terrifying-looking enemy had been nailed to the wall.
The crowd was silent for a moment, and finally let out a short cheer.
"We finally defeated the giant." The priest slumped on the ground and muttered, "Everyone, you are warriors like King David."
Guo Kang shook his head: "We are all ordinary people. We have also made great sacrifices."
Everyone looked at the mess around them, and nodded with emotion.
Guo Kang took a breath and rubbed his still sore chest: "So I think that you who have done this kind of thing are greater than those mythical characters with all the flaws."
This time, everyone fell silent.The person who was shouting hoarsely just now was even secretly wiping away tears.
"Don't cry, you shouted very well, I feel excited." Guo Kang comforted.
"Team, captain, next time you can teach us to sing some legion songs. I'm not a fighter, I'm a worker. I'm not suitable." The man proposed.
"What doesn't fit, it's all the same." Guo Kang shook his head.
Everyone tried to understand the meaning of this sentence, but Guo Kang said that there are still many remaining enemies, and it is not yet possible to celebrate.He let those who were really weak rest here first, while others continued to attack.Enemies will be equally exhausted, and there will be no respite for them.
Hearing these words, almost all the people who could still move stood up and said they would continue.Guo Kang couldn't persuade them, so he took them along the corridor and killed them all the way.
However, it may be that the scene here was too tragic, and the enemies on the entire floor began to collapse.
In the first few rooms, there were still people who resisted stubbornly and needed to be cleaned one by one, so some casualties occurred.But in the last few rooms, many people were already in a state of despair when they were evicted from the house.
They entered the third floor again, and the enemies here did not resist at all.Some people would rather jump off the stairs than fight with them to the end as before.
Guo Kang asked several priests and knights to lead people to continue the search and find out the culprits such as Alexander.The rest of the people gathered in front of the hall, where the giant's body was nailed.The captured enemies were also escorted here.
Guo Kang went around by himself, and when he went back, he found that Guo Ponu had also come.Her eyes recovered a little, so she persevered and followed here.
Guo Kang greeted her briefly, and didn't have time to say more, so he went to deal with the remaining enemies.
According to his orders, ordinary thugs and people from the legion have been divided into two groups.
On one side, a young man with a butcher's knife was ordered to be the executioner. The others told Guo Kang that he was the elder brother of the boy who jumped at the spear just now.
However, after a few chops, he realized that the knife had curled its edge, and he couldn't cut it anymore.I had to find someone next to me and borrow a hoe.
Others pinned the prisoner to the ground.And this honest young man swung his hoe and smashed every prisoner's head seriously with the strength of his ancestors who had diligently hoeed and smashed the clods in the field.
And those who were confessed to be from the legion were brought before Guo Kang.
He told them one by one that they were the scum of the Legion.To live another day would be an insult to the honor of Rome.
Several recruits stood on both sides, holding crude wooden sticks—some of them were just obtained from the residents.As soon as Guo Kang gave an order, they stepped forward and beat the man until his skin was torn apart and he was dying.At this time, Guo Kang stepped forward with his ax and chopped off the head.
There are a lot of recruits, so the progress is fast.Soon, more than a dozen heads were chopped off and piled up at the corner of the wall.
After executing all the enemies, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Guo Kang asked everyone to rest on the spot, and then sent someone to find the team he had just sent to see how they were doing.Then, he sat on the ground, ready to rest for a while.
"There's still no news, so it's not like I haven't been caught again." Guo Ponu came over and muttered, "This man is too good at running."
"Wait a little longer." Guo Kang was really exhausted, and he didn't even want to say anything, so he could only answer simply.
"Okay." Guo Ponu patted him on the shoulder with some pity, and sat next to him: "You have done enough today. I think I have already seen the embryonic form of a legion."
"I hope... Uh, don't stick so close..." Guo Kang said halfway, and then quickly stopped: "There are so many people. Even if we don't talk about whether men and women will kiss or not, we can't exaggerate it."
"You are my family, so what are you afraid of?" Guo Ponu seemed indifferent, pulled Guo Kang over and let him lean on him: "Okay, stop talking, let's rest for a while."
Guo Kang looked around and found that everyone really didn't pay attention to this side - the series of battles just now made everyone terribly tired.Except for a few priests who arranged to stand guard and take care of the wounded, almost everyone else was taking a rest.
Guo Kang then moved to the side again, telling Guo Ponu not to bother.After all, he leaned against the wall and quickly fell asleep himself.
However, this time he didn't have a long rest, and the person he sent out to inquire hurriedly came back.
"Catched, caught!" the man shouted happily.
Guo Kang was shocked and sat up directly: "What?"
"Alexander has been captured!" the messenger repeated.
While Guo Kang was excited, he took a glance out of the corner of his eye and realized that for some reason, he ran to Guo Ponu again.Just now, it seemed to have gotten up from somewhere on her body.
But now, Guo Ponu still has his eyes closed, breathing evenly.I don't know if I really fell asleep or pretended.But she is also a wounded person, and her contribution in the previous battle may be greater than Guo Kang himself.Therefore, it is not good for Guo Kang to call her directly.
Moreover, the messenger's news was too important, and almost all the others got up excitedly, almost cheering together.In the face of this kind of thing, he was not in the mood to care about other trivial matters, and he could not care about Guo Ponu's unexplained tricks.
"I'll just go there - oh no, tell them to come here quickly." He jumped up, looked around again, and changed his words.
"Okay!" The messenger also had a happy face, and he turned around and ran away without looking tired at all.
(End of this chapter)
The situation along the way was not too different from what Guo Kang expected.Although the group of people was very powerful, they were not stopped along the way.
After entering the "Golden Zone", a patrol of "Night Watchmen" came across them.Seeing a group of them still holding up flags and crosses, they came over to question them.
Guo Kang told them that this was a coordinated action by the Ministry of War and the church to catch the cult members who were planning to rebel.There was a huge crowd of people following behind, because the cult members had done evil all the year round and had offended too many people, so after the church issued the call, everyone was very excited.
The authorized order of the Warmaster cannot mobilize the patrolling "night watchmen" in Dadu, but if an emergency occurs in the city, the night watchmen will also be dispatched on their own.Therefore, Guo Kang proposed that he hoped that the night watchman team would also take the initiative to join in and help, so that everyone could solve the problem together.
The captain of the night watchmen asked who their target was, Guo Kang only said vaguely that according to the information obtained by the church, the sponsor and general backstage of the cult was a wealthy businessman living in the west of the city.However, the night watchman was very vigilant. Hearing his words, he refused without hesitation. Even if Guo Kang took the commander's command flag to promise to share the battle exploits afterwards, it didn't work.
However, they didn't stop them. They just wished Guo Kang and his party a smooth mission and told them not to make too much noise and offend the other nobles over there, so they left.
To be honest, Guo Kang expected this reaction.As a major force in the city, the Night Watchman clearly understands the complexity of this place, and doesn't want to let others stand out.Guo Kang's prestige does not seem to be enough for them to believe in his promise at the risk of offending the big shots behind him.
However, on the other hand, Guo Kang was actually very worried about the night watchman.He felt that these people, as local snakes in the city, could not be completely ignorant of these things.Gangster organizations such as Alexander and Sergey have existed for a long time, and there must be the acquiescence and even cover of the night watchmen.
The relationship between these forces is intricate, and God knows the depth of their cooperation with Alexander and others.Guo Kang now has too little information to be sure what they will do to Alexander.It is impossible to estimate whether he will stand on the sidelines, send a message to warn him, or even take the initiative to protect him.
On Guo Kang's side, it is impossible to stop and let the people go home because of emotion and reason.Therefore, in the worst case, he is ready to kill these people directly and continue to attack.
Although fighting with the defenders in the metropolis seems serious, in the final analysis it still depends on whether you can win.If they successfully complete the plan and get rid of those behind the scenes, then this matter is actually not serious-it will be fine to say that they are plotting against the back then.
Fortunately, the night watchman is obviously very slippery, and he doesn't want to get involved in this matter.Even if Guo Kang didn't dare to speak too clearly, they didn't come to ask about the specific situation.They turned their heads and left, ignoring the huge team and continuing to patrol.
Without delay, everyone continued to move forward.
It was not until near the destination that they encountered the real enemy.
Alexander's house here, still huge, occupies an entire block between the two roads.Although this is a wealthy area, the guards are not more peaceful.Instead, they appear to be more vigilant and have a lot more firepower.
Guo Kang didn't know whether these people had already got the news, or they were just so vigilant on weekdays.In short, their reactions are faster.
Guo Kang originally thought that these people would be a little restrained in the rich area.However, they were still far away, and when the leader had just turned the corner, someone in the manor fired guns outside without any scruples.
The dense explosion of gunpowder shocked the civilians who came with them, and many of them hesitated.For veterans, though, it's not all that intimidating.
"Follow the flag, follow the flag!" Guo Kang snatched the flag from the flag bearer and waved it himself: "Don't panic, this is a blind spot, they can't beat it!"
Hearing his shout, everyone calmed down.A few people who rushed too fast also quickly retreated from the street.
"Are you all right?" Guo Kang asked loudly.
Everyone looked at themselves one after another, and felt a little relieved when they realized that although the gunshots were fierce, no one was hurt.
To be honest, Guo Kang himself is also a novice in the battlefield, and he was taken aback just now.Fortunately, he recovered quickly, and took this opportunity to warn everyone: "Forget about it this time. When fighting in the future, don't run around! The more chaotic you run, the more dangerous you will be!"
Everyone agreed again and again.
Guo Kang waited for them to restore order, and repeated again: "Remember, follow the flag!"
Although there are squad leaders, these people are actually unable to effectively divide the troops.It's not that they are afraid that after they are sent out, they will break up and go home by themselves, but that these team members and captains are seriously inexperienced.Not to mention adapting to the situation, it would be nice if they could go to the right place.
Moreover, there seemed to be a large number of enemies here, so Guo Kang did not dare to disperse his subordinates, for fear that if he encountered a difficult enemy, he would be defeated one by one instead.He simply asked everyone to follow him, looking for a place to rush in.
To be on the safe side, he asked the Cavalier Captain to wait opposite the gate with his men, and follow the team at the end to prevent the people inside from following them out.But this time, the enemy never rushed out to take the initiative to attack.After some shooting, it stopped.
Guo Kang estimated that they saw too many people outside, so they wanted to avoid risks.If you go out to meet them, you may be the same as the previous time, someone will annihilate some of the guards first, and then take advantage of the situation to rush in.
This judgment cannot be said to be wrong, but in fact it is exactly what Guo Kang wants: the group of people he leads are not much different from the mob.Being able to lead them to move on the battlefield and find the most suitable attack position is already relying on their previous prestige, and they have performed exceptionally.
So, this time is not the same as last time.If the enemy really came out, it would cause a lot of trouble, interfere with his arrangement, and even cause the armed residents behind to disperse.And if Sergey hadn't boasted too much before, Alexander should have people from the regular army under his command.If they don't degenerate too much, they should be able to do it.
But the enemy didn't dare to come out, instead allowing him to observe the situation and the building structure without being disturbed, and lead everyone to slowly change positions.
The walls of this house are taller and thicker than those of the surrounding neighbors.But this also made it impossible for people to stand on the wall.Alexander does not seem to have built other supporting facilities behind the walls, such as the wooden enemy towers that are often found on the city walls, so that his men can stand behind the walls and poke their heads out.Therefore, this wall actually became a barrier for attackers like them.
"Except for the control of weapons and armor, we cannot control the building beyond the control." Guo Kang said helplessly to Guo Ponu: "If the power of our city is controlled according to the laws of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that there will be two draws and one draw. Heaps of escaped..."
No way, he quickly bypassed the gate, found the side wall, and led everyone there.
"Who got the pickaxe and shovel?" He bent down, stretched out his hand to explore the not-so-solid soil, and shouted, "Come here, dig quickly! Bring the gunpowder too!"
There was a commotion among the crowd, and soon a few strong men crowded over, and began to dig up the wall.A guard also ran over carrying two powder kegs that looked like small wine barrels.
"Aren't we going through the main entrance?" Guo Ponu asked.
"It's obviously blocked by the enemy." Guo Kang said briefly: "You can see that their defense preparations are much more complete than Sergey's. It's obvious that they didn't start today. The gate must have the most complete defense. place, I reckon they're all there."
"If we could remember just now, we would have found a big piece of wood and brought it here." Guo Ponu regretted a bit: "It seems that we didn't bring the ladder either."
"As it is now, let's forget it." Guo Kang pointed to the people around him: "I don't think how long I can last under the opponent's shooting in this state. I guess the team will break up if they can't hit the door. The ladder..."
Just as he was talking, someone really ran over and leaned against the wall, trying to take a ladder up.However, the wall was higher than the two of them put together, and the person on it was stepping on his feet, barely trying to jump up, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, someone shot an arrow outside.It seems that the people inside have also rushed over to defend.
"Okay, don't fall over." Guo Kang quickly stopped them: "Climbing up is also a living target for others. And even if you fall over, you may have to fall. You are not light kung fu masters, I am afraid you will not It was stabbed to death before getting up. Besides, if you can't rush in more people at once, it's useless."
"Uh..." Several people looked at each other for a moment, then suddenly had another idea.
"Everyone, come and help!" The leader shouted back.
A crowd of armed residents ran over upon hearing the sound and began to wrestle with the wall.After a while, dozens of people gathered, shoulder to shoulder a huge "stage bottom" more than ten people wide, and then started shouting at each other, and quickly stacked a second layer.Seeing that there seemed to be a solution here, more people rushed over, stepped on them and began to run up.
Guo Kang felt for a moment whether these people were engaged in some abstract performance art.However, everyone ignored them and scrambled to get closer.
As soon as the person in the front poked his head out, he was hit by several arrows and fell down, bleeding all over the ground.The people who followed were stunned for a moment and looked back one after another, but at this moment, someone shouted "Revenge! Revenge!", and the others rushed up in a swarm as if stimulated, and jumped down.
Guo Kang heard a few screams and roars, but the others couldn't care less.The few strong men he called to dig the wall stopped working and looked back at him.
"Forget it, don't dig, we will go too." Guo Kang had no choice but to say.Those few people turned around and ran away as if they had been pardoned, and also started to rush upwards.
"Boss, boss, shall we go?" In the team, the young man who asked Guo Kang a question before asked.
"Let's build a personal ladder to prevent that side from being unable to hold on." Guo Kang said.
Everyone immediately dropped their weapons happily and leaned against the wall.
Although this method is fast, they are not specialized acrobats after all. The group of people just now have been stepped on a few times, but people keep making up.If they can't hold on, it means that the people inside have lost their backup.
Moreover, Guo Kang originally hoped to blow down a section of the wall so that everyone could enter and exit freely.Now the soldiers under him have not yet entered, and it is not known how long they can last just relying on the bravery of the blood of the residents.
But he didn't think too much about it, the recruits had already set up their posture on their own, and even started urging him to hurry up.
"Why is there such a tacit understanding?" Guo Ponu ran over quickly and said with emotion: "You guys have never trained before?"
"No." Someone raised his head and said, "But we all move goods at the dock, so it's not difficult. You can step on it with confidence."
Guo Ponu sighed, patted him, and quickly jumped onto the wall.Guo Kang also carried the banner and rushed up.
After jumping over the wall, he saw that the people below were already lying on the ground.But the guards who rushed here also dropped several corpses, leaning their backs against the wall of the main building, forming a semicircle, desperately defending.
Facing the swords they brandished, the people in thin clothes hesitated a little.But before Guo Kang and the others rushed over, someone dragged and injured his leg, holding a big wooden stick, and jumped on it.
His movements were very clumsy, and he was pierced by the enemy's sword as soon as he stepped forward.However, he let out an inhumanly sharp roar, and grabbed the opponent's arm tightly, trying not to let him pull out the sword.A person next to him who was digging the soil immediately raised his pickaxe and swung it down.
The man holding the sword was so frightened that he hurriedly dropped the sword and took two steps back.The pickaxe was very powerful, but the movement was not fast, and the swing was empty.The accomplice next to him was well-trained, and he immediately stepped sideways to make up for it, and swung the knife in his hand horizontally, cutting a terrible wound with deep bones on the chest of the strong man with the pickaxe, causing him to fall to the ground.
But before the knife was retracted, another hoe swung down from the head, forcing him to dodge sideways.Before he could stabilize his pace, someone held up a sledgehammer and smashed it down.
This time, the user seems to be more proficient.He has a thin body, but the hammer in his hand is steady and accurate, hitting the knife-wielding fighter directly.
The man's helmet was dented in an instant, and there was no visible scar on his head. It seemed that the quality of the helmet was not bad, and it played a certain role in cushioning and protection.However, his neck was not so strong, obviously unable to withstand the blow, he shrunk directly into his chest, bleeding from his seven orifices, and fell down limply.
In a few breaths, two people were missing, and the semicircle formation was immediately broken.Someone who seemed to be the leader of the thugs was still yelling for others to get closer to each other, but a young man in the crowd picked up the iron pickaxe that had just dropped on the ground.When the leader waved his sword to force everyone back again, he relied on his agility to pounce from the side, holding the pickaxe in both hands, and smashed hard.
The pointed end of the iron pick directly smashed the shoulder pads, wedged deeply into the body, and the leader didn't even utter a scream.The rest of the people were inspired again, swarmed up, and kept using the tools and even sundries in their hands to beat the enemy to death.Those few people were instantly overwhelmed by the crowd.
By the time Guo Ponu and Guo Kang squeezed in, the enemies were all dead.They yelled for everyone to stop and rescue the injured, which brought many people back to their senses.
The young man just now was even smashing at the enemy's corpse, and only then sat down on the ground.He looked at the scene next to him, and leaned against the wall, holding the iron pick in his hand, and cried.
"Okay, get up, brother." Guo Kang walked over and stretched out his hand to give him a hand: "The enemy will come soon, it's not safe to sit here."
"Team, Captain!" The young man didn't know how to address him, he opened his eyes wide and stammered, "I, I didn't fight well..."
"It's okay, it's much better than when I was." Guo Kang himself was actually a few hours earlier than him, but he still pretended to be old-fashioned, and took the initiative to comfort him.
There is so much commotion here, the enemies guarding the gate will definitely rush over.They didn't react so quickly, probably because they were afraid that they were feinting to attack here, but they were actually planning to attack the gate.Especially just now, it was just ordinary armed citizens who took the lead, which probably made this misjudgment even worse.
But this result was actually just an accident.Not to mention them, even Guo Kang himself did not expect that these ordinary people who have not been trained and have no weapons or armor can burst out with such a strong will to fight.I don't know what Alexander and the others usually do to make them fight to the death even if they suffer heavy casualties.
Guo Kang turned his head to call other people and told them to take the injured away quickly.Although there are no treatment conditions here, simple hemostasis can still be done.
The strong man with the pickaxe just now had a scary wound, but upon closer inspection, it was only a flesh wound.Guo Kang told the others that there must be clean water sources and clean fabrics in this kind of mansion, and asked them to rush into the house and look for it.The main force of the enemy should rush over from the gate along the road surrounding the residential part, and he will stop it.
After a large group of people left, he found the person who had sacrificed himself and grabbed the sword just now.His abdomen has been pierced, and under the current conditions, it may be very difficult to save him.However, seeing Guo Kang, the man's eyes lit up again, and he raised his hand.
Guo Kang and the few people who were helping him all leaned over to hear what he had to say.
"Tell me." Guo Kang leaned over, grabbed his hand, and said.
"Kill..." the wounded whispered, "Kill Alexander. Be sure to kill them..."
Guo Kang is not a professional clergyman, and he doesn't know what to say at this time.He pondered for a moment, then quickly crossed the opponent's chest, and assured him: "Don't worry, a warrior like you will definitely go to heaven. Alexander and the others will all go to hell today."
The other party didn't say anything, just blinked, let out a long sigh of relief, and stopped moving.
Guo Kang also sighed, stood up, and looked around again.The people who followed had already carried away the wounded just now, but the corpses left behind were still in disorder, and the blood that flowed out drew scarlet streaks on the ground.
"We have to stop them. We can't fight like this. The loss is too great. It's a waste." Guo Kang turned to Guo Ponu and said, "Let everyone gather quickly, this time we will take the lead."
But Guo Ponu shook his head.
"It cannot be said that this is a waste." She said seriously: "This is their own choice, and it is also a sacrifice they made voluntarily. It would be too insulting to them to say it was a waste."
"They have their choice, and I have my choice." Guo Kang also insisted.
"Since ancient times, there has been no undead in war. But since I command the battle, I should reduce losses. They are willing to sacrifice, it is their choice; I want to minimize losses, which is also my duty. This is not contradictory. "
Guo Ponu was silent for a moment, then nodded.
"Oh, I'm not very good at directing..." Guo Kang was a little depressed, shook his head, held up a flag and summoned his troops to go down.
Although the battle here is very fast, the enemy's reaction speed is not slow.Just now, the behavior of everyone attacking and looking for supplies may have alarmed the people in the main building, causing them to form a misjudgment.But soon, the enemy still reacted.A group of people in armor rushed over here.
Guo Kang's men had climbed over the wall and gathered together.While charging here, the enemy threw a few big iron balls that were smoking.
Guo Ponu threw out an iron dart with a wave of his hand, knocked one of them back, and fell back into the crowd of enemies.Of the other two, one was held down by a hand, and the fire rope was pulled out directly.The other fell right next to Guo Kang, was kicked back by him, and rolled to the enemy's feet again.
But in the end, only the one that Guo Ponu shot back exploded, and because the enemy had already rushed there, no one was hit.As for the one that Guo Kang kicked back, they threw it aside in a hurry.But there was no explosion at all. It is estimated that the matchlock had fallen long ago.
"That's right, it must be from the legion." Guo Ponu said through gritted teeth.
During the time of Basil III, someone in the Ministry of War researched ancient books and believed that throwing weapons when charging was an ancient but useful method, which could disrupt the enemy's attack formation.In the charge, the party whose formation appears unstable is easily defeated directly.
Things like javelins are still being used now.The Spanish mercenaries who were raging in southern Greece before have been using this method of combat.It is said that the ancient Romans learned their javelins and daggers from the ancient Iberians.Calculated in this way, they have used this trick for almost 2000 years.
However, although the javelin weapon has not yet been completely eliminated, it is somewhat outdated.Therefore, there was a popular trend at that time: replacing the javelin with various explosives for throwing.
Throwing explosives while charging is a popular tactic until now.Some people like to use this kind of spherical iron shell bomb, and even the sport of throwing shot put is quickly revived.Some people roll out a long barrel with iron sheets, stuff it with gunpowder, and install a wooden tail rod, which makes it more comfortable to throw.In short, if you see something similar, you probably know where the style is.
Of course, the effect of this weapon is actually average.Just like the results just now, their reliability is poor, and the detonation time cannot be finely controlled at all.The environment on the battlefield is complicated, and in many cases, it is the blessing of the heavenly father to be able to explode on the enemy's side.
The main function of these weapons is not so much to kill, but to frighten people-the Purple Horde often faces a large number of low-quality troops organized by the enemy, from cheap mercenaries in Western Europe to the free "jihad" organized by the Ottomans. By".
Faced with these poor disciplines, morale is maintained entirely by robbery. It is not so much an army, but an organization of bandits, which can play a better role.If the opponent is also a veteran, it will be like just now, and it will not produce much effect.
Guo Kang's soldiers also began to charge without hesitation, and the two sides collided fiercely.
Guo Kang himself also ran over.But the road here is not wide after all, and a dozen people are completely blocked.Both sides are heavily armored, unable to kill each other for a while.The people behind quickly pressed over and started attacking each other with halberds and axes; the people in front couldn't even shake their hands, they could only push each other hard.Soon, everyone huddled together.
He couldn't get to the front line, so he took out the commander's flag and shouted from behind: "Are you also legionnaires? Let your leaders come out! We are here to arrest the cultists under the order of the commander! The others are now Put down your arms, and you can still be exonerated!"
"You rushed in with a group of mobs to kill people, and you said you were a good person!" Someone on the other side also shouted: "You are a cult!"
"The church has found the evidence. Sergey, who directly performed the ceremony, has been punished! Don't be stubborn!" Guo Kang wanted to explain, and shouted: "They are all victims of Alexander's cult crimes, the church and The legion should help them uphold justice and let them take revenge. If you don’t want to die in vain, don’t give your life to those criminals, it’s not worth it!”
"Damn it, it's none of your business for me to use Alexander's money to do things for him!" Someone scolded: "What kind of good man do you pretend to be? If you want justice, kill yourself!"
"You said it yourself!" Guo Kang was so angry that he took out his pistol, and shot the man in the face after two or three rows of people: "Then I will kill now!"
The people on both sides were too close, and he stretched out his arms, almost touching the man's face.A gunshot rang out, and the person who spoke harshly fell to the ground.The others were also horrified, and shouted to the musketeers to come up quickly.
Guo Kang also turned his head and called all the recruits to come and help.
They stabbed at the opposite side with their spears. Although they were not lethal, they still managed to interfere.Moreover, the two sides have already started to push each other close to each other. Because of the large number of people here, it is naturally more advantageous.
The other party quickly couldn't support it, and staggered back.The first few people were pushed to the ground, and everyone cheered and ran forward immediately.
More enemies were pushed down, and even a few of their own were tripped.Almost immediately the remaining enemies began to turn and flee.The people behind pulled up the unlucky teammates who had been stepped on several times, and used shovels, sledgehammers, and even wooden sticks to smash all the fallen enemies to death.
"The enemy has already refused to surrender!" Guo Kang carried the flag and shouted to everyone while running, "Don't keep anyone alive! Remember, don't keep a single one alive!"
"No interrogation this time?" Guo Ponu asked.
"The evidence is conclusive." Guo Kang told her: "Since they are not willing to repent, then we don't need to persuade them. If there are fewer people talking nonsense, it might save some trouble later."
Guo Ponu nodded.
"Don't relax, I feel that there will be many enemies." She reminded: "It was so troublesome just now, and it will be more difficult in the future. We have to go to the gate first, there must be more people there, what can you do? Is it?"
In fact, Guo Kang has nothing to do.At this level, I'm afraid they can only fight hard.But after all, he had to comfort everyone, so he said, "Don't worry, we still have an advantage here."
"Although the fighting power of these ordinary people may not be enough, they can provide us with great support when someone leads them. Otherwise, I would not dare to attack here rashly. As long as we can make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses, and quickly solve this side, we will not Difficult."
With that said, he followed the crowd and rushed towards the gate along the alley.
Discipline among his men was terrible—or, basically, non-existent.During the running, the team got longer and longer, and like last time, the citizens without armor rushed the fastest. Guo Kang yelled at them to stop, but they couldn't come back.
No way, Guo Kang had no choice but to speed up.Turning the corner, he saw that there was indeed a large group of enemies gathered at the door.However, before he could see the situation clearly, he heard a muffled bang, and something hit his chest and legs hard, knocking his body that was still rushing forward to the ground.
Guo Kang felt pain all over his body, but it didn't make him lose his ability to think, instead he suddenly realized a serious problem.He rolled quickly and hid behind the stone at the foot of the wall.
His whole body ached in protest of his brutality.But Guo Kang still gritted his teeth and propped himself up, looking out.I saw a small cannon surrounded by a group of enemies in front of us, trying to reload it.
On the road ahead, his people fell to the ground.Not only ordinary citizens, but even the church inspector who charged with him just now, and his two entourages also fell in a pool of blood.The large group of rubble shot out by the artillery was so powerful that even the armor was torn apart.Guo Kang was lucky, he was too far away, so he was not seriously injured.
This is probably the first time Guo Kang's "headquarters" has suffered losses.
He thought back to just now, the person who helped him search for evidence was silent for a moment.
At this time, a small group of enemies had already held weapons and started to counterattack, trying to take advantage of the emptiness in the number of people at this moment, and seize the time to eliminate those who survived the shelling just now.
"Kill all these people!" Someone shouted: "Move faster!"
"People from the church are here!" Someone behind them urged loudly: "We must kill them all, and don't let the news spread. Otherwise, we will die!"
Just as they were talking, a few of them saw Guo Kang probing his head, and rushed towards him.
"Hey." Guo Kang retracted his head, picked up the sword, and picked up an ax that fell on the ground next to him, and shrank a little behind the foot of the wall, ready to attack the opponent.He still muttered in his mouth: "Heavenly Father, can't you let me be less troublesome..."
A figure leaped up in an instant, holding a spear in his hand, and picked up an enemy as soon as he met his face.Taking a closer look, Guo Ponu lost his helmet and his robes were also tattered, looking rather embarrassed.She was a little behind her just now, and the situation is probably not going to be much better, but at this moment, she is like an enraged female leopard, roaring and rushing towards the enemy.With just one blow, another person's chest shield was smashed, causing him to fall back vomiting blood.
The remaining three men raised their long spears and stabbed at the same time. Guo Ponu swung the barrel of the gun and twisted it vigorously, stirring up all three spear heads.Those people retreated quickly, separated from each other, set up their spears again, and continued to attack.
"The Li family's marksmanship?" Guo Ponu didn't follow directly, but glanced at them and asked.
The few people looked at each other, as if they didn't know what to say, they didn't answer.
"Bah, what a bad move, how dare you come out to show off?" Guo Ponu spat, "If Li Xuanying comes by himself, my mother will beat him to tears. You dogs, just die!"
Those people were obviously irritated, and roared and rushed over.With a cold face, Guo Ponu turned around and dodged the blow from the side, turning around and stabbing straight at the door.The man was stabbed in the face before he could block the gun and was killed on the spot.The remaining two people had already stabbed forward, Guo Ponu stepped aside slightly, and swung the spear from behind, swiping across a large semicircle and smashing down.
The person on the left quickly retracted his gun to resist.Guo Ponu let out an angry roar, smashed the barrel of the gun, and hit him on the shoulder, making him scream and drop the weapon.The person on the right took a step forward, wanting to stab again, but Guo Kang, looking for the opportunity, suddenly jumped out from the side, and slashed his ax on his defenseless hind leg, causing him to drop the gun and fall sideways; neck.
Seeing this, Guo Ponu ignored him.Her own spear was also discounted, but she simply used it as a flail.With another wave, the gun in front of him swung over, and the enemy who had just got up was bleeding from his mouth and nose, and lay back on the ground.
The other enemies retreated in fright, not daring to come over.Guo Ponu put down the two-half gun, ran back a few steps, and picked up a fire gun on the ground.
There lay a young man with a matchlock in his hand.Guo Ponu squatted down, stretched out his hand to caress his staring eyes, and brought the matchlock over.
"Run." She imitated Guo Kang's way of aiming, pointing the gun at the back of one of them.
"Hey, that's not how it was taken!" Guo Kang hastily stopped her.
However, Guo Ponu didn't pay much attention, he inserted the matchlock, only to hear the gunshot, and the enemy fell down in response.However, Guo Ponu also screamed, covered his face, and dropped the gun.
"You..." Guo Kang didn't care about reprimanding her, and jumped over again, grabbing her and retreating behind the stone just now.
The people behind also followed at this time, but they didn't dare to go forward because they were worried about the firepower.Guo Kang turned around and asked, "Is there any water? Wash her eyes!"
"Don't worry about it!" Guo Ponu slapped him violently, covered his eyes with one hand, touched the ground with the other, and picked up the spear dropped by an enemy just now: "Where is that gunner?"
"Ahead." Guo Kang said.
Guo Ponu stretched out his hand and grabbed his hand: "Show me the specific place."
Guo Kang didn't know what she meant, so he held her hand and faced an enemy who was holding a matchlock and was about to light the cannon.
"How many steps?" Guo Ponu asked.
"Probably more than 30 steps." Guo Kang said.
"Don't guess!"
Guo Kang looked over there carefully, stretched out his finger, compared the height of the person and the box, recalled the technique of estimating the distance taught by his adoptive father when he taught him how to shoot an arrow, and finally said: "35 steps."
Guo Ponu nodded and gently pushed him away.Gripping the spear tightly, he jumped up and threw it out.
The person holding the fire rope looked back at this moment.However, before he could react, the spear had already flew towards him, stabbing the man straight through.
There was an exclamation behind Guo Kang, and the enemy was visibly panicked.
"Where's the person who said he wanted to kill us just now? That's the person in command. I heard it just now." Guo Ponu's expression didn't change, he still frowned, and asked Guo Kang.
Guo Kang realized this time, he held her hand again, and aimed at a person with a few feathers stuck in his helmet, who was pulling out a knife to urge her.
"Two steps away." He glanced at the distance between the other party and the corpse just now, and said.
Guo Ponu picked up another long spear, weighed it, and jumped up again.With a piercing howl, the spear hit the enemy again, leading the commander back two steps, and fell to the ground.
The crowd behind was amazed, and the enemies were even more flustered.
"The water is coming, the water is coming." Father Mikhail's voice sounded.Guo Kang turned his head and saw him running over with a disheveled face and two water bags in his hand.
Father Mikhail looked around, only to find that the injured seemed to be Guo Ponu, and he was surprised: "Miss?! What's the matter?"
"She stared at the fire door gun and shot..." Guo Kang didn't know whether to be angry or distressed for a moment: "You take care of her, I will deal with it over there."
"What are you going to do? Don't be brave!" Guo Ponu said hastily.
"Who is trying to be brave?" Guo Kang was a little speechless, pressed her down, squatted down, and walked around the stone.
The people on the opposite side immediately aimed here, but Guo Kang lay down on the ground and hid behind the corpse that Guo Ponu shot to death just now.The enemy fired two shots and failed to hit any target.So, Guo Kang pushed the body forward again, and came to the enemy who was knocked down by Guo Ponu's shot.
The man was still alive, still panting.Guo Kang then took out a dagger and stabbed him twice in the neck, and the man immediately stopped moving.Guo Kang then piled him on top of the corpse just now, and continued to push forward.
The enemy started shooting arrows in this direction.Several of the thrown arrows hit Guo Kang's body, making the sound of thumping metal impacts.Others jumped on the box, trying to shoot him from a height.But behind Guo Kang, several people stuck out half of their bodies, and a round of arrows and lead bullets knocked him down.
After reaching the diagonally opposite side of the road, Guo Kang stopped against the four corpses in front of him.
The enemies on the opposite side are quarreling fiercely, and someone is ordering others not to be cowardly, and to come out from behind the hiding place.There were also people who demanded that the cannon should be installed quickly, and instead of using stones, he should be bombarded with whole stones.However, Guo Kang knew that it was already too late.
He himself is one of the leaders of the Khanate Artillery Proving Ground, and he has personally operated all the artillery currently used in the army.He is also very clear about the power and reload time of this small cannon.
He took out the huge stubby "pistol" at his waist, opened the bag again, took out a glass column from the innermost ball of cotton, and stuffed it into the pistol. head.
Then, he looked up at the cannon.After discovering the angle here and being able to see the place where it was placed, he raised the muzzle of the gun a bit and pulled the trigger.
A spring wheel at the end of the barrel turned and a spark ignited the charge.But there was so little powder in this gun that it seemed to just push that cylinder out gently.
It crossed a parabola, stabilized by several small wooden wings, and flew to the rear of the artillery at a speed much slower than ordinary lead bullets, where there were several large barrels of gunpowder.
The enemy didn't know what it was at all, and most people didn't pay much attention when they saw this thing flying over.The few people who were loading it felt that this thing was a little dangerous, so they were going to kick it away just like dealing with a grenade at the moment.
However, the moment it hit the ground, the glass column at the head of the cylinder shattered.The detonating charges loaded there popped open, igniting the fuel in the cylinder.
Others only saw a ball of fire bursting out from the enemy's gunpowder pile.Immediately afterwards, the gunpowder was also ignited.
Even at such a distance, Guo Kang could feel a deafening roar, which made him feel like his head was swelling.Nearby enemies are thrown like rag dolls.The small cannon was blown out by the blast, and farther away, the survivors were stunned and didn't even react to fleeing.
Guo Kang grabbed the flag, held it up high, and shouted: "Come on! Go!" As he said that, he jumped up and rushed towards the enemy without hesitation.
At the corner, crowds poured out, followed the big flag with several holes, and ran towards the enemy.
There are actually quite a few enemies still alive, but they seemed frightened, and most of them started to run back.The few remaining enemies were still resisting, but they were overwhelmed in an instant.Guo Kang and others chased them, swept through the main entrance of the wall and the open space behind, and ran all the way to the gate of the main building.
During this period, people continued to shoot at the most conspicuous Guo Kang.He guessed that he had nowhere to hide, so he simply ignored it and rushed forward as fast as he could.He felt that he was shot at least once during this period, but the enemy's weapon was not too deadly, it just made him stagger, so he didn't bother to take care of it.
At the door, another group of enemies set up their spears, and some people shouted behind them, trying to gather the defeated soldiers.And Guo Kang immediately remembered what happened at the door at Sergey's side just now.
He turned around and saw everyone following him.The buildings here are in a concave shape, enclosing the lawn and garden in the middle.Enemies have already appeared from the windows on the second and third floors, and they seem to be preparing to shoot down.
If you stay here for a long time, it will be a living target terrain.They chased these enemies very closely just now, and the other enemies did not dare to shoot indiscriminately.But now, once the two sides are deadlocked, it will be difficult.
And now, Guo Kang has no other choice.
He turned his head and shouted, "Listen! Follow the flag!"
After that, he threw the flag suddenly and threw it into the enemy pile at the door.Then he picked up his weapon, lowered his head, and slammed into the spear.
Everyone let out a roar of anger or excitement, and rushed up after him.The enemy tried hard to block, desperately stabbing outward with their spears.Guo Kang was hit a few more times, and someone stabbed him right where he was hit by the stone just now, and the pain was excruciating.
But in the face of life and death, he gritted his teeth and persisted.Using the force method taught by my adoptive father, I simply gave up the weapon and pushed in with all my strength.For a moment, several people in the opposite row couldn't stand him alone, and started to back away.
The knights and priests who rushed here rushed over one after another.An enemy came out from the side with a short sword and stabbed Guo Kang's leg.Guo Kang had no choice but to dodge to the side, and hit him with an ax with his backhand, knocking him down.But taking advantage of this opportunity, the enemy also became ruthless, fought back desperately, and held them back again, making them retreat slightly.
At this time, someone jumped out of the crowd, stretched his arms, and rushed straight towards the spear bush.
He didn't have the armor like Guo Kang, and he was pierced by several spears in an instant.However, this effect seemed to be what he wanted, and his whole body continued to fall forward, blocking several rows of enemies at once.
Taking advantage of this moment, other people immediately squeezed in from this gap, using axes, chain hammers and various tools, desperately hitting all the enemies within reach.Soon, almost all the enemies in the front row were cut down, and the people behind couldn't hold on anymore, and were pushed down in pieces, or turned around and fled.
Guo Kang's physical exertion was a bit heavy, and he was almost rushed in while being surrounded by everyone.He looked down at the man who jumped at the spear, and found that he was the boy holding the pickaxe just now.
Guo Kang pursed his lips hard, and felt that he was not very tired again.
After rushing into the hall, everyone started chasing the enemy separately.The enemy here is indeed extremely tenacious, and even so, they are still resisting floor by floor and room by room.
At the corridor leading to the second floor, another group of people blocked the way.But this time, everyone who was already familiar with the process began to form a formation skillfully—two knights in front, and a large group of people holding long-handled tools behind them.As long as the two sides are at a stalemate, they will continue to use hoes and iron picks to hit the enemy's head hard.
Soon, under the push, the enemies here were also defeated, and all those who fell would be trampled over by countless legs.The residents in the back beat up as usual, and even the corpses had to take off their helmets and smash their heads flat to ensure that no one had a chance to survive.
Someone picked up the flag in the hall and handed it to Guo Kang. Guo Kang carried it and ran to the second floor.In front of the banquet hall here, an unusually tall man swung a hammer and swept out an open space around him.A group of remaining enemies swarmed around him, barely holding on.
A knight was carried back grinning, and was said to have a broken arm.But more people are still running forward excitedly.
"Hey, big fool!" Guo Kang shouted, "Do you surrender?"
"Don't surrender!" the big man yelled, making his ears tremble a little.
"That's the best." Guo Kang said, "Because you will die if you surrender!"
The big man roared angrily, he held a two-handed hammer in each hand, and struck out in turn, knocking the two of them flying again.Guo Kang is already considered tall, but he is almost two ends taller than Guo Kang, and his figure is also a lot thicker.Guessing that he couldn't fight recklessly with his strength, Guo Kang took advantage of this gap and rushed to his side.
The big man immediately swung his hammer at him, and the thug also swung his knife at Guo Kang.However, Guo Kang rolled over and dodged, but the hammer with both hands was too heavy and too powerful to be retracted at all, and it directly hit the thug's chest.He hurriedly tried to resist, but in the end, even the knife and ribs were smashed and deformed, and it seemed that he was dead.
"Fool!" Guo Kang immediately mocked.
Regardless of whether the thugs were dead or alive, the big man immediately swung the hammer in his left hand and hit Guo Kang again.But Guo Kang dodged again and knocked over a minion who tried to stop him.The hammer missed again and fell to the ground, making the big man furious, and swung it faster and faster, smashing all the decorations beside him to pieces.
Another minion picked up his sword and stabbed at Guo Kang's face.But Guo Kang turned around and kicked him back, hitting the big man. He was so angry that he pushed the man away and chased after Guo Kang.
And taking advantage of this time, others have already rushed forward.
Losing mutual cover, the thugs around were killed almost instantly.Immediately afterwards, everyone began to attack the big man.He was wearing very heavy armor, which could not be pierced with an iron pick, and several people were killed by him on the spot.But at this moment, a priest rushed over, dropped the weapon in his hand, and hugged his arm directly.
"Kill the giant!" he cried. "Kill the wicked beast!"
The others rushed up, and Guo Kang also turned around, and before he swung another hammer, he stepped on it and grabbed his arm.
The big man struggled hard, but Guo Kang also practiced his strength from a young age.Even if you are at a disadvantage overall, you won't be able to twist one arm all over your body.The others immediately brandished their weapons and struck again, causing the big man to scream.He leaned against the wall, struggling not to be pulled down, struggling to get up.
"Stop tickling, kill him!" someone yelled.
A man holding an iron fork immediately rushed forward, aimed at his chest, and stabbed him with all his strength, but still failed to break through the armor.The others were in a hurry, and the strong man with the rammer also ran over.
"Hold tight!" he shouted, his eyes lit up.
Then, he swung his hammer and hit the tail of the iron fork.
The person in front immediately reacted and gripped the iron fork tightly, and he knocked on it skillfully like a nail on a pier.
The big man let out a scream, but everyone crowded up, making him unable to move.Guo Kang freed one hand, ready to draw the dagger.But looked at the others and stopped again:
I don't know if it's because the movements are too familiar, or the content of the instructions is too routine. At this time, the dock worker has already sang the chant.
"Hold on tight! Hey!" He hit the iron fork firmly with a hammer, causing the big man to howl again.
"Aim at it and hit it! Hey!" Another hammer hit, the head of the iron fork was already slightly bent, but deep dents were also made on the nail plate.
"Work together! Hey!" He wiped his sweat and hit the hammer again.The big man finally realized what they were going to do and started begging Guo Kang for mercy.
"As I said, it has nothing to do with whether you surrender or not. I just want you to die." Guo Kang replied without hesitation.
"It must be done! Hi!" Everyone responded.
This blow finally exceeded the limit of the armor, and the head of the inferior iron fork snapped off, but the armor finally couldn't bear it and split inward.
With one blow, the severed iron fork shattered the chain mail ring inside, destroying the second layer of armor.
With another blow, a hole was punched in the hard leather lining of the mail mail.
Although it was winter, the man swinging the hammer was already sweating profusely, and even the tiger's mouth was a little cracked.Even so, this person who has long been accustomed to hard work was not affected by the loss of strength and pain.His hand still didn't shake at all, and he swung another hammer with precision.
The giant's ribs were broken, and he screamed in pain.The iron fork pierced through the last layer of fabric, and penetrated into the flesh with the sound of the trumpets.He swung hammer after hammer until the burly giant stopped making a sound, until this terrifying-looking enemy had been nailed to the wall.
The crowd was silent for a moment, and finally let out a short cheer.
"We finally defeated the giant." The priest slumped on the ground and muttered, "Everyone, you are warriors like King David."
Guo Kang shook his head: "We are all ordinary people. We have also made great sacrifices."
Everyone looked at the mess around them, and nodded with emotion.
Guo Kang took a breath and rubbed his still sore chest: "So I think that you who have done this kind of thing are greater than those mythical characters with all the flaws."
This time, everyone fell silent.The person who was shouting hoarsely just now was even secretly wiping away tears.
"Don't cry, you shouted very well, I feel excited." Guo Kang comforted.
"Team, captain, next time you can teach us to sing some legion songs. I'm not a fighter, I'm a worker. I'm not suitable." The man proposed.
"What doesn't fit, it's all the same." Guo Kang shook his head.
Everyone tried to understand the meaning of this sentence, but Guo Kang said that there are still many remaining enemies, and it is not yet possible to celebrate.He let those who were really weak rest here first, while others continued to attack.Enemies will be equally exhausted, and there will be no respite for them.
Hearing these words, almost all the people who could still move stood up and said they would continue.Guo Kang couldn't persuade them, so he took them along the corridor and killed them all the way.
However, it may be that the scene here was too tragic, and the enemies on the entire floor began to collapse.
In the first few rooms, there were still people who resisted stubbornly and needed to be cleaned one by one, so some casualties occurred.But in the last few rooms, many people were already in a state of despair when they were evicted from the house.
They entered the third floor again, and the enemies here did not resist at all.Some people would rather jump off the stairs than fight with them to the end as before.
Guo Kang asked several priests and knights to lead people to continue the search and find out the culprits such as Alexander.The rest of the people gathered in front of the hall, where the giant's body was nailed.The captured enemies were also escorted here.
Guo Kang went around by himself, and when he went back, he found that Guo Ponu had also come.Her eyes recovered a little, so she persevered and followed here.
Guo Kang greeted her briefly, and didn't have time to say more, so he went to deal with the remaining enemies.
According to his orders, ordinary thugs and people from the legion have been divided into two groups.
On one side, a young man with a butcher's knife was ordered to be the executioner. The others told Guo Kang that he was the elder brother of the boy who jumped at the spear just now.
However, after a few chops, he realized that the knife had curled its edge, and he couldn't cut it anymore.I had to find someone next to me and borrow a hoe.
Others pinned the prisoner to the ground.And this honest young man swung his hoe and smashed every prisoner's head seriously with the strength of his ancestors who had diligently hoeed and smashed the clods in the field.
And those who were confessed to be from the legion were brought before Guo Kang.
He told them one by one that they were the scum of the Legion.To live another day would be an insult to the honor of Rome.
Several recruits stood on both sides, holding crude wooden sticks—some of them were just obtained from the residents.As soon as Guo Kang gave an order, they stepped forward and beat the man until his skin was torn apart and he was dying.At this time, Guo Kang stepped forward with his ax and chopped off the head.
There are a lot of recruits, so the progress is fast.Soon, more than a dozen heads were chopped off and piled up at the corner of the wall.
After executing all the enemies, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Guo Kang asked everyone to rest on the spot, and then sent someone to find the team he had just sent to see how they were doing.Then, he sat on the ground, ready to rest for a while.
"There's still no news, so it's not like I haven't been caught again." Guo Ponu came over and muttered, "This man is too good at running."
"Wait a little longer." Guo Kang was really exhausted, and he didn't even want to say anything, so he could only answer simply.
"Okay." Guo Ponu patted him on the shoulder with some pity, and sat next to him: "You have done enough today. I think I have already seen the embryonic form of a legion."
"I hope... Uh, don't stick so close..." Guo Kang said halfway, and then quickly stopped: "There are so many people. Even if we don't talk about whether men and women will kiss or not, we can't exaggerate it."
"You are my family, so what are you afraid of?" Guo Ponu seemed indifferent, pulled Guo Kang over and let him lean on him: "Okay, stop talking, let's rest for a while."
Guo Kang looked around and found that everyone really didn't pay attention to this side - the series of battles just now made everyone terribly tired.Except for a few priests who arranged to stand guard and take care of the wounded, almost everyone else was taking a rest.
Guo Kang then moved to the side again, telling Guo Ponu not to bother.After all, he leaned against the wall and quickly fell asleep himself.
However, this time he didn't have a long rest, and the person he sent out to inquire hurriedly came back.
"Catched, caught!" the man shouted happily.
Guo Kang was shocked and sat up directly: "What?"
"Alexander has been captured!" the messenger repeated.
While Guo Kang was excited, he took a glance out of the corner of his eye and realized that for some reason, he ran to Guo Ponu again.Just now, it seemed to have gotten up from somewhere on her body.
But now, Guo Ponu still has his eyes closed, breathing evenly.I don't know if I really fell asleep or pretended.But she is also a wounded person, and her contribution in the previous battle may be greater than Guo Kang himself.Therefore, it is not good for Guo Kang to call her directly.
Moreover, the messenger's news was too important, and almost all the others got up excitedly, almost cheering together.In the face of this kind of thing, he was not in the mood to care about other trivial matters, and he could not care about Guo Ponu's unexplained tricks.
"I'll just go there - oh no, tell them to come here quickly." He jumped up, looked around again, and changed his words.
"Okay!" The messenger also had a happy face, and he turned around and ran away without looking tired at all.
(End of this chapter)
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