The cave dwellings inside the three-layer defense wall of Zhoujiabao are basically filled with baoting. The first and second defensive walls are populated by ordinary baoting.
The third defensive wall is the residence and defense range of 300 elite Zhou family children. All Zhou family children are highly skilled in archery and are led by Zhou Jian's son Zhou Qing.
In addition, there are two hundred elite disciples responsible for defending the inner fortress in the back mountain. More than 10,000 common people and Zhou Xin live on both sides of a huge mountain col in the back mountain. There is also a Zhou family courtyard house covering an area of five acres.
It is where the Zhou family lives.
Tonight, none of the Zhou family's children were on duty and were sleeping soundly in the cave dwellings. The news that Chen Qing led his army to the north really made them paralyzed.
The rapid sound of the alarm awoke the Zhou family's children from their sleep. They didn't even bother to put on their armor, they picked up their bows and arrows and ran out of the caves one after another.
Despite this, they still had no time to deploy to the best position, and they did not even bother to shoot the Song soldiers in the second and first defensive walls below.
The enemy troops were already coming, less than a hundred steps away. Chen Qing led 300 heavily shielded soldiers to break open the third gate and rush to the third defensive wall.
"Fire the arrow!" leader Zhou Qing shouted anxiously.
In the chaos, the Zhou family's disciples drew their bows and nocked arrows to shoot at the Song army who was coming a hundred steps away. Chen Qing had already prepared to deal with them. The soldiers who attacked the third defensive wall were 300 heavy shield soldiers, each holding a heavy shield.
Even Chen Qing himself did not dare to be careless about heavy shields and short spears. He held a heavy shield in his left hand and Fang Tian's painted halberd in his right hand.
They held their shields high and ran along the foot-wide passage to kill the Zhou disciples in front of them.
In front of a heavy shield, no matter how good his archery skills were, it was useless. He fired three rounds in a row without knocking down a single Song soldier. The Song army was already thirty steps away. Zhou Qing's eyes turned red and he shouted: "Stop."
Shoot, change to spear!"
Three hundred of the Zhou clan's children had to give up their world-famous bows and arrows and replace them with spears that they were not good at.
Today, Chen Qing is determined to cleanse the Zhou Family Fort. No matter how powerful the Zhou family's bow and arrow group is, they will not be loyal to him. On the contrary, keeping them will only bring disaster to himself.
"kill!"
Chen Qing threw away the heavy shield in his hand and swung the Fangtian Painted Halberd to strike horizontally. 'Poof!' Three heads flew up, and warm blood spurted out from the neck cavity.
The bloody scene made dozens of Zhou's disciples behind him scream in fright. They were all crossbowmen who only shot enemies from a long distance, but they had never seen such a bloody scene.
Zhou Qing is a fierce man, and the bloody scene in front of him aroused his ferocity. He jumped up from the boulder, stepped on the shoulders of several Zhou family disciples, and swung his sword to slash at Chen Qing, "
go to hell!"
Chen Qing dodged and stabbed Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand like lightning. Zhou Qing slashed the air with his sword. His body lost balance and was about to fall. The sharp tip of the halberd instantly supported his body. The eight-inch long halberd
The sharp thorn pierced Zhou Qing's neck and lifted his body in the air.
Chen Qing handed his Fangtian painted halberd and the body to the soldiers behind him. He grabbed Zhou Qing's sword, roared, and rushed into the crowd. He instantly transformed into a murderous demon, and the sword flew up and down with a cold light.
In the blink of an eye, limbs were flying around, heads were rolling around, and a bloody storm killed dozens of people in a matter of seconds. The ground was covered with viscera, and the air was filled with a pungent stench, leaving only terror.
The screams and howls.
The blade of the sword was cut and curled, so Chen Qing threw away the sword, took his Fang Tian Hua Ji, and ordered: "Kill them all for me!"
Three hundred soldiers with heavy shields rushed forward. The Zhou family's children, who were frightened by the bloody scene, realized what they were doing. They cried and ran for their lives, but it was already too late.
Liu Cui led five hundred soldiers to kill them from behind, cutting off their escape back to the back mountain. More than three hundred Zhou family members faced a lifeless massacre. Even if they climbed up the wall and jumped off, they would still be thrown to death.
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In fact, although many people here have the surname Zhou, they actually have no blood relationship with the Zhou family. They are just the same surname from the same village.
But Chen Qing will not pay attention to these inexplicable relationships. Killing them all is the best solution. Since they all took the money from the Zhou family, death is their fate.
In less than a quarter of an hour, all three hundred of the Zhou family's descendants were killed, leaving no one alive. Dozens of others jumped to death, and several others broke their legs and could not escape death.
At this time, the battle on the two defensive walls in front was also over. Nearly 2,000 Baodings were killed and more than 300 people were killed. The rest were so frightened that they knelt down and surrendered, becoming prisoners of war of the Song army.
These prisoners of war were led down the mountain by Zhao Xiaoyi to take care of them. Chen Qing led 1,500 soldiers to the back mountain to kill...
The terrain of Zhoujia Fort is very peculiar. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and in the middle is a basin in the mountains. There is a small spring lake in the basin. This is the water source of Zhoujia Fort. A barrier has been built to protect it, and there are dedicated people in charge of fetching water.
, people waiting in line outside to collect water.
In addition to the spring water at the bottom, the surrounding open space is used to grow vegetables, and 1,700 households are densely distributed on the mountains on the north and south sides. They are all cave dwellings. Each cave dwelling is a household, just like a honeycomb.
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On the westernmost side of the bottom of the basin, a house covering an area of five acres was built, surrounded by high walls. This house was the Zhou family's inner fort.
The family members of brothers Zhou Xin and Zhou Jian, about 30 people, live in this courtyard. There is a three-story wooden building in the courtyard, which is Zhou Xin's residence and the power center of the entire Zhoujiapu. There are two more people next to it.
A huge warehouse.
Zhoujia Fort was originally called Chigu Fort. It took Chengji County ten years to build it. It was built by the county for people to escape the war. Zhou Xin was entrusted by the county government to manage Chigu Fort and reported the situation to the county every month.
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However, after the Jingkang Incident, the entire Song Dynasty was in turmoil, and Chengji County was no exception. The county officials no longer wanted to take care of Chigu Fort. Chigu Fort was gradually completely controlled by Zhou Xin and turned into his private fortress to avoid the Jin Dynasty.
Bing's people also became his private property, paying taxes to him and being loyal to him.
At this time, the lights inside Zhou's home were brightly lit, and Zhou Xin had already learned about what was happening outside, which made him both annoyed and scared.
What makes him angry is that he was deceived by Chen Qing, thinking that Chen Qing really accepted his sincerity, thinking that Chen Qing led his army to Xining County. Only now did he know that Chen Qing had no intention of negotiating with him. He built plank roads openly and secretly attacked Chen Cang.
A sneak attack on Zhoujiapu.
And the fear is that he knows that his end is coming.
Of course Zhou Xin knew very well that Chen Qing wanted to kill the chickens and monkeys, clean up the Zhou family fort, and force other surrounding forts to surrender. Although he was extremely cunning, he was now helpless and sat in the building in a daze, lying down not far away.
On Jia Quan's body, he stabbed him to death with a sword.
In the open space in front of the house, there are two hundred crossbowmen standing densely packed. In the middle is Zhou Jian, the fifth eldest son of the Zhou family. Two hundred of the Zhou family's children are holding bows and arrows, ready in formation. Zhou Jian is also holding a divine arm crossbow. His arrows
Although Fa is not as good as his elder brother Zhou Tong, he is still able to hit every target and never misses.
Zhou Jian's goal was to shoot Chen Qing. If Chen Qing was killed, maybe the Song army would retreat. This was the only chance Zhou Jian and even Zhou Xinxin had.
After Zhou exercised, he still had a sword standing upright. This was his weapon. He was going to use this sword to chop off Chen Qing's head.
Chen Qing stood on a large rock and looked at the two hundred archers and Zhou Jian lined up several miles away. He smiled lightly. Why were the Zhou family so confident? They thought they could defeat the regular army?
"Array of heavy shield soldiers!"
Chen Qing gave an order, and three hundred heavy shield soldiers trained and formed an array.
Yang Zaixing stepped forward and said: "Controller, let me take the humble position this time!"
Chen Qing shook his head, "I want to kill Zhou Jian with my own hands. You and Liu Cui lead your brothers to kill him in time.
At this time, the sky was already twilight, and the mountains on both sides of the north and south were filled with people watching the battle. They saw the huge battle flag of the Song Army and felt relieved.
But no one ran to help the Zhou family. Although the Zhou family protected them, the Zhou family's harm to them was as painful as their exploitation. Everyone watched the Zhou family's destruction with complicated emotions.
Three hundred heavy shield soldiers lined up and walked towards the two hundred Zhou family disciples step by step.
They lined up fifty people in six rows, holding huge shields and short spears, and gradually approached the courtyard.
"Fire the arrow!"
Zhou Jian roared, and two hundred men opened their bows and fired arrows at the same time. The arrows were fired at the heavy shield soldiers intensively. The heavy shield soldiers raised their shields to meet them and ran to meet the arrows.
At this time, a round object was thrown in front of Zhou Jian, and it turned out to be a human head. Zhou Jian suddenly recognized that this... turned out to be the head of his third son Zhou Qing.
Zhou Jian's eyes suddenly burst open. He held the head and was shaking all over. Suddenly, he stood up and shouted, "Who killed me?"
"I killed him!"
Chen Qing stood up, gave Zhou Jian a cold look, waved his hand, "Kill!"
The heavy-shielded soldiers shouted and rushed towards the two hundred Zhou descendants, deliberately avoiding Zhou Jian.
"I am going to kill you!"
Zhou Jian turned a blind eye to the heavy shield infantry running on both sides. He only saw Chen Qing, the enemy who killed his son. He roared, raised his sword, and rushed towards Chen Qing desperately.