The refuge of the engineering brigade has been surrounded by thieves rushing from all directions.

The thieves lit straw and firewood in the upper hand, and kept approaching under the cover of smoke and dust. But the firepower of the engineers was too strong. Barbed wire and various strange defensive equipment were used outside the wall, and there were sandbag barricades outside. Those stubborn engineers

The old men took cover and set off firecrackers and arrows. Boxes of rockets blocked the street. The thieves could only hide behind the street corners, waiting for the opportunity.

"The traitors are in that courtyard!" the leaders of each team shouted, encouraging the thieves, "When all the people behind are gathered, we will fight in together!" "There are many of us, so rush in and kill them! All officers and soldiers

Hack them to death, and capture the rest." "Catch them on board, and return to the ship where we can eat, drink, and have good women." "Brothers, we have been struggling for months just for today. If we rush in, we will live. If we can't, we will die.

Die!”…

"Go in!" The thieves roared in unison, with thousands of eyes staring red!

From the early morning of yesterday to now, they have been running for more than 20 hours. They rushed to the coast in the rain of arrows, ran and fought on the beach, shot at the officers and soldiers on the river bank, spent the night in the desolate mountains, and swam in the rushing river.

They struggled to swim ashore, and then rushed into the small town of Jinghai. Just now, thousands of them besieged the Ding family's house, attacking with fire, poisonous smoke, and flesh and blood. It took hundreds of lives to capture the house.

, then killed all the servants in the house, and then set a fire to burn them all! The fierce and bloody battle made them excited and exhausted all their ammunition and physical strength. Now, they rushed over to prepare

Storming this shelter. Their bodies are filled with exhaustion, sadness and numbness, and they are on the verge of collapse.

"Go in!" the leaders shouted in their ears, "We will win this battle! Charge..." As soon as the voice started, all the thieves jumped up and roared out of the street corner towards the area.

The defensive zone was like a torrent rushing through the streets!

At this moment, a golden light suddenly appeared!

The whole world is bright.

There was a loud explosion! Eight blasting tubes were detonated at the same time, and the powerful force instantly blew open the south wall of the shelter. The shock wave raged on the streets, thousands of roof tiles and masonry rotated in the air, and scorching flames sprayed out.

The eyeballs on the faces of the thieves two streets away were so hot that they sizzled. The thieves were wailing and rolling. The knives were inserted into their feet while spinning, two flames shot up from their eyebrows, and their whole bodies spun and flew up to the eaves.

.

But then, a large car suddenly rushed out from the smoke of the explosion!

Like a giant metal beast, rumbling towards me.

That is the treasure of Engineer Commander Long Aohai, a giant ladder truck. It has 8 large five-foot wheels covered with iron. The iron plate wrapped on the nearly two-foot-long body is rippling with a cold luster; there are three stacks of ladders on it.

.Like a huge charging angle. Hundreds of engineers gathered on both sides of the cart, up and down. Wearing shiny iron helmets, carrying thick shields half their height, they grabbed round and cute grenades and launched the most tenacious attack.

charge!

Life and death depend on this.

Either die in this small town, or rush out magnificently!

The giant ladder truck crowded the entire alley, and it rushed over like an angry elephant with its butt on fire. The ladder hit the eaves and knocked off countless tiles, and the metal-wrapped car body squeezed across the small buildings.

Room! Anyone who dared to stand in front of it was rolled into the wheel and crushed, twisting and breaking... Under the cover of various firearms, the monster rushed straight to the south wall of Jinghai City. It left two bloody and ferocious beasts behind it.

The rut!

"We're here, it went smoothly!" Engineer Commander Long Aohai roared. "Bring on the brakes!"

The large ladder truck hit the city wall with a "bang", and more than a hundred old men pushing the cart were knocked to the ground. But they jumped up quickly, shook the winch, and pulled the ladder forward with a "crack".

Set up on the 2-foot-high city wall, a dozen "hidden arrow" assault soldiers immediately climbed up.

"Well...well done!" Long Aohai praised! Ever since the engineering brigade stationed in the small town of Jinghai, he and a few old buddies measured the nearby streets and city walls, and finally selected three ways to break out of the encirclement.

.This ladder truck is not a simple engineering machine. Its design requirement is to "be able to rush to the city wall despite intensive city defense firepower." Therefore, the vehicle body is equipped with a 3-minute-thick (10mm) iron plate, which cannot be damaged by any individual weapon.

It. This big monster is really useful for breaking through defenses in the city.

The thieves behind were still chasing after them tenaciously, and some were running out of the alleys on both sides to outflank them. Now was the last, most critical, and most desperate moment. The engineers and soldiers used their shields to form the final line of defense to stop the pursuers.

Firearms and ammunition were poured over without hesitation...

After the ladder was firmly placed on the city wall, the engineers opened the protective panel of the ladder truck, and the men and women sheltered inside scrambled to climb up the ladder! "Damn it, let the girl go up first!" A young sailor slapped a young sailor.

After being slapped, the boss named Xu Xinsu was slapped and fell to the ground. After several women got on the ladder, Mr. Xu climbed up tremblingly, and was slapped back again. "Your mother,...

Let the old man go first!" Then, an old man in black clothes and gray hair was rushed over.

The old man in black smiled and patted Xu Xinsu's head, "Xiao Xu, don't worry." Then he climbed up the ladder. Immediately, two strong guys protected the old man with their bodies. They climbed to the top in no time.

Suddenly, the man on the left shuddered and was shot by an arrow in his ribs. "Master, come on..." The man roared miserably, and he used his last strength to push the old man in black up.

After the last few sections of the ladder, his body collapsed and he fell down.

The old man continued to climb up without blinking an eye. Xiaoyao and Yan Ning simultaneously reached out to grab him from above and helped him climb up the female wall.

"Come here, let's go down to the city!" the sailors on the city wall shouted. It was lucky that there were no rebels outside the city wall. The sailors tied a long rope to the front end of the ladder and prepared to hoist the refugees down the city wall.

So everyone ran over and rushed to tie the rope around their waists. Only the old man in black walked straight to an arrow stack. He faced the sea breeze and the midday sun and looked at the wilderness south of Jinghai City.

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"Grandpa, hurry up!" Xiaoyao ran over and pulled him, "What are you looking at?"

Ding Laoxi snorted. "Look at your good husband."

At this moment, in the wilderness outside the city, the main force of the Guangxi Army is advancing towards Jinghai City.

Under the leadership of gold, blue, and red flags, and with the rumbling drums, thousands of soldiers marched in neat lines. On the front was a square formation of two infantry brigades. They were like two

A square blue cloud moved forward in the wilderness. On its flanks were two columns of chariot and infantry brigades running in the rice fields to outflank them. It was like tearing open the emerald green brocade with two scissors. Behind them were the four artillery brigades.

They formed several loose plum blossom formations and approached the south gate of Jinghai City under the escort of cavalry.

At this moment, I am standing on this city wall, looking at the majestic army approaching. Thousands of bright lights are shining in the team - it is the armor, swords, thorns and muzzles that reflect the steel and brass.

A bright light and a ferocious aura swelled in the air. Fierce drumbeats reverberated in the air, causing blood to surge in one's chest!

The most eye-catching ones are the two infantry brigades that have advanced less than a mile below the city. The soldiers at the front are holding a row of black shields, like floating scales. It is vaguely visible that each shield has a

Painted with a golden bull head, that is the totem of Nandanwei Sanli Camp!

Xiaoyao came over and hugged Ding Laoxi's arm with both arms. She smiled brightly and said, "Grandpa, he is here to save me."

"Humph, what's the big deal!" Ding Laoxi said disdainfully.

Xiaoyao chuckled, hugged him gently and said, "Grandpa, I guess you must be thinking - I can't believe that this kid has gotten so far in just one year, I really underestimate him..."

"Bah!" Ding Laoxi turned away, "This is nothing!"

The grandfather and grandson quarreled for a while, and then, under the urging of everyone, they tied ropes and descended to the city wall one after another. When everyone gathered under the city wall, they ran towards the Guangxi army in front with flags.

Go. A dozen cavalrymen rushed out from the army to meet them and took them behind the military formation. However, they saw that the general standing under the banner of the Chinese army and giving orders was not Jin Shiqi, but the Sanli Camp General Zha Yingcai.

Just as Xiaoyao was about to step forward to pay homage, a man appeared in the middle of the army and ran over happily. It was Uncle Huang Kuan.

"Miss..." Huang Kuan's eyes were full of tears and his body was shaking with excitement, "I'm scared to death, scared to death!"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Didn't you escape safely?" Xiaoyao also comforted him with tears in her eyes, but then asked: "Uncle Kuan, where is my brother?"

"My uncle is crazy!" Huang Kuan pointed to the harbor, "He sailed out to duel with Zheng Zhilong."

"He didn't come to save me?" Xiaoyao asked tremblingly.

"My uncle said he didn't dare... didn't dare to do it himself! He said he was afraid that he wouldn't be ruthless, so he sent Cha Yingcai to attack the city."

"Is he looking for revenge against Zheng Zhilong?" Xiaoyao murmured, but she became even more anxious, "He doesn't have many boats! Three Macau boats, and some small shrimp boats..."

"More than just!" Huang Kuan glanced at Ding Laoxi behind Xiao Yao - the old man had covered his face after leaving the city and hid in the crowd. Huang Kuan pointed to the harbor in the distance, "Aunt Yao

, you are trapped in the city with your life and death unknown, and our brothers in the fleet are also very anxious. Later, my uncle said that he would go to sea to confront Zheng Zhilong, saying that he would risk his life to cut off the escape route of the thieves. We, the men of the Ding family,

They were all encouraged and set sail to go to sea!"

"What!" Ding Laoxi roared violently, rushed to the nearby hill and looked into the harbor. He immediately cursed: "Damn it, you are rebelling!"

In the port, dozens of large and small ships were seen swaying with figures. Thousands of sailors were busy raising sails and hauling ropes. They were preparing to set sail. All the mainmasts were raised.

A small red flag was raised, which was a signal to prepare for battle! Especially a big flag of "Sea Patrol General" was raised on the dark red ship in the center of the fleet. That was Ding Laoxi's ship.

"Ba Zai Hao".

Ding Laoxi was about to scold his mother again, and suddenly, several white water jets rose up from the river mouth!

Then there was a rumbling explosion.

…

a few minutes ago.

On the bow of the Bazi, Jin Shiqi was holding a telescope and looking at the mouth of the river - there were seven large pirate ships stranded in the sea, blocking the channel into the sea.

At this moment, he has calmed down, his heartbeat has dropped from 200 to 150 beats per minute, and his hands and feet are no longer trembling. Xiaoyao is trapped in the city, Xiaoyao's life and death are unknown, Xiaoyao may be doomed... He tried his best to suppress himself

He didn't want to think about her, and his eyes didn't dare to glance in the direction of Jinghaicheng. What he had to do was to fulfill his responsibilities, defend his majesty, and end that bastard Zheng Zhilong with a magnificent naval battle!

Jin Shiqi's current situation is like an excellent surgeon who dare not operate on his relatives.

He left everything on the shore to Cha Yingcai for disposal.

Jin Shiqi couldn't help it anymore. He glanced at Jinghaicheng and immediately turned his head back. He once again told himself not to think about that. Brother Cha once swore that he would rescue her. And his fighting position was on the sea.

"General, I saw it!" I remembered the shouts of the flag soldiers later, "Rocket signal!"

Jin Shiqi hurriedly turned around and saw four tiny bright spots rising between the sea and the sky in the west. Those were the flag soldiers sent by Jin Shiqi. They conveyed the order to the people 30 miles away by "beacon relay".
To be continued...