After Yan Bo's acupoints were opened and he drank cold water, he gradually gained some strength. However, most people have been drugged for a long time. Even if they wash their faces with cold water and pour it into their stomachs, they are still limp and difficult to move.
Except for a few people who were greedy for life, afraid of death, and greedy for glory, who betrayed the big house at the beginning of Zhang Wei's attack, most of the guards would rather be killed than take refuge with Zhang Wei and come forward to accuse the family leader of having an affair with the enemy. On the first day of Zhang's attack, many people were killed because they stood up to resist.
Zhang Zhiren originally planned to go west to Suzhou immediately after rescuing his family, rely on Han Chong and Zhang Cheng to establish a foothold first, and then deal with Zhang Lei, but at this time, it would take at least an hour or two for the more than 100 people to regain their foot strength, and Ma Shaoren There were too many, and it was impossible to rescue them all. The two battalions of sergeants guarding the tomb were all infantry. Except for a few officers' mounts, they couldn't even grab horses. He came all the way from the Zhenguo Palace, and he must have alerted Zhang Lei. , now Zhang Zhiren's biggest headache is whether to count how many people can be rescued, or whether to stay and fight to the death with Zhang Zhi.
Sure enough, what was expected immediately became a reality. Zhang Mufeng at the door sent someone to report that there was a team of thousands of cavalry only five or six miles away. Standing on the top of the eaves, you could see the team galloping towards them. , and the infantrymen twenty or thirty feet away from the gate had prepared their swords, guns, bows and arrows and were waiting in formation, and the two hundred or so people who were still in the garden also began to get ready to move.
"If you can't leave, then let's fight! Xiaoxue, you lead people to escort Qi Yue and make all the enemy soldiers in the garden drink the poison. If they don't comply, kill them on the spot! Grab their bows and arrows too, let's We must stay in the garden for an hour, and when the effects of the drug wear off, those who are still alive will lead everyone to break out of Suzhou!" Two hundred horses could not take away more than 300 people, so Zhang Zhiren could only make a difficult decision. Counting. The 100-acre tomb garden is surrounded by a single wall eight feet high, which is enough to support the garden for a long time.
There are two water tanks in the tomb garden specially for holding the drugged water. At this time, Qi Yue, who had a knife held on his neck, forced each of the soldiers who stayed in the tomb garden to take a sip. Two sentry commanders took a moment. After showing hesitation, he was kicked to the ground by Xu Mu and was seriously injured.
Those soldiers are not stupid either. Although there are only two hundred people on the other side, they are all strong elites, and they are led by the Privy Council. If they resist at this time, it is no different than getting killed. Now the commander is giving orders, and of course they all stretch their necks to drink. After taking the drug, you don't even have to take action if you get into a fight. After thinking about it, one of them will naturally drink faster than the other.
Seeing that the garden was safe, Xu Muxue escorted Qi Yue to the door and ordered the infantry surrounding the gate to put down their weapons. Qi Yue yelled a few words, but no one responded. The infantry outside the door had been killed by Qi Yue. The deputy was organized into the formation, and the cavalry of the brigade was now less than two miles away from the gate and could arrive in no time.
"Mufeng, let's restrain that commander!" Xu Muxue grabbed two shields from the guards in the garden. Without any explanation, she took Zhang Mufeng, one to the left and the other to the right, and charged towards the officer twenty feet away from the gate. go!
"Come back quickly!" Zhang Zhiren shouted hurriedly, but the two of them had already shot out like arrows.
"Hurry, shoot arrows!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the commander hurriedly ordered the soldiers around him to shoot arrows, and immediately retreated to the rear of the team. Xu Mu's three or four moves to subdue Qi Yue had already frightened him.
Hundreds of feather arrows were shot out at the same time. Xu Muxue and Zhang Mufeng knew they couldn't get past them after they had rushed two feet, because the opponent was arrayed in a semi-circle shape, and the arrows were shot from three sides. Without the magical power of the Golden Light Realm, they would not be able to get through at such a close distance. With such a distance, even those in the wind control realm could not guarantee that they would remain unscathed, so the two had no choice but to retreat back in an instant.
Zhang Zhiren immediately ordered the door to be closed and blocked with rough wood. At this time, two battalions of guard cavalry led by Zhang Lei had already arrived outside the door.
Except for the gate, the tomb garden is quite tall. The surrounding walls are only about eight feet high. Zhang Zhiren, who was sitting on the horse, just exposed his head and could see clearly what was going on outside the wall. Seeing Zhang Zhi stopped at the door, he cursed angrily: " Zhang Wei! Why did our Zhang family have such a scum like you! Our ancestors are all watching here. If you still want to survive, kneel down and confess your sins immediately!"
"Uncle, you are the one who should kneel down and plead guilty, right?" The quiet Zhang Wei continued with a confident look on his face: "Commanders of the Ganzhou Army in the garden, please listen carefully. Zhang Zhiren has been dismissed from the post of Privy Councilor. , he is plotting evil and intending to rebel, and he defected from the capital. Your Majesty's decree has arrived, offering a reward of 50,000 taels for the capture of the traitor Zhang Zhiren! If you help catch the thief, it will be a great achievement. If you accompany him and resist, it will be a dead end. One piece!"
After saying that, Zhang Wei took out the imperial edict he had just received from his arms and held it high in the air. As expected, many of the soldiers brought by Zhang Zhiren in the garden began to secretly discuss it.
"Jiang Shan is a traitor who usurped the throne and was the murderer of the late emperor! The late emperor has issued a decree to establish the king of Jin. Soldiers, you are all our great heroes. This is a great opportunity to suppress the rebellion and make contributions! Following Zhang Wei, a beast with no king and no father, will only lead to death!" Zhang Zhiren shouted angrily. As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers inside and outside the garden suddenly started making noises. This news was nothing less than a thunder.
"Quiet!" Zhang Wei said angrily: "Old thief! You are still talking arrogantly when you are about to die! Don't say I won't give you a chance. If you open the door and surrender at this time, everyone inside can be imprisoned pending trial. The emperor's benevolence and righteousness are known to the world, and he will definitely do it. The punishment will be given lightly. If you resist and disobey the decree, Your Majesty’s decree will be to kill without mercy!”
"I'm blind. I misjudged you, you beast. Come here!" Zhang Zhiren drew his sword and pointed it at Zhang Li outside the wall.
"Everyone in the garden, listen up. I can give you another tea break. If you don't surrender, you will be punished as a traitor!" Zhang Wei was not in a hurry to attack. He waved his cavalry to disperse along the south wall, and then called Come to the commander-in-chief and ask him to take more than 700 infantry and divide them into three groups. After receiving the order, they will attack from the east, west and south of the garden wall at the same time.
"Grandpa, Zhang Wei seems to have reinforcements!" Xu Muxue said worriedly.
"Well, but we still have to wait." How could Zhang Zhiren not see Zhang Lei's plan? After hearing what Ji Muxue said, he turned around and looked at the two hundred elites brought from Lanzhou behind him, and said in a deep voice: "I don't have anyone around me. The late emperor's last edict, but what I said is true. We will fight to the death with one against ten! If you dare to fight and are willing to fight, I, Zhang Zhiren, will accompany you to bathe in blood! If you don't want to die in vain, I don't blame you. Now dismount and climb over the wall."
Most of the people immediately shouted: "Fight to the death!", "I am willing to follow the general and fight to the end!", "Fight them!"... But there were dozens of people in the crowd who remained silent. When Zhang Zhiren saw this, he said sadly: " I won't lie to you, I won't attack you behind your back. If you are willing to leave, put down your weapons and leave now." As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen people put down their bows, arrows and sabers, and under the contempt of their companions around them, they jumped from one side of the wall. After some struggle, some people gritted their teeth and still stood in the team.
The north wall of the tomb garden is built against the mountain. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The three single walls on the east, west and south are each more than a mile long. The walls are also low. A team of less than 200 people cannot defend it at all. However, Zhang Zhiren's eyes are determined. Divide the team into three, and assign 50 people to defend under each wall. The remaining 30 people are on standby in the center to make up for the defense at any time. All 200 horses are stationed outside the large mourning hall near Beishan, and inside the mourning hall. They are among the many Zhang family members who are waiting for the drug to lose its potency.
The time for a cup of tea passed quickly, but Zhang Wei still did not issue an order to attack. At this time, the rumble of horse hooves came from the east and west sides of the tomb garden. Xu Muxue flew up to the roof of the mourning hall, and saw only About five hundred horses galloped over, and the flying flags were all embroidered with the word "xi" in huge letters!
"Xi Junhu is here too, with a thousand riders!" Xu Muxue fell to Zhang Zhiren's side and whispered.
"I expected it. If we can't hold on anymore, you and Mu Feng can charge out with those who can ride horses!" Zhang Zhiren said.
"Let's go together!" Zhang Mufeng and Xu Muxue said in unison.
"Okay, let's go together!" Zhang Zhiren knew that the two of them would not leave him. A trace of pain flashed in his eyes, and he nodded in response. Zhang Zhiren arrived so quickly, and the hope of escaping was already extremely slim.
The attack started immediately after Xi Junhu arrived. More than 700 infantrymen took the lead in climbing the wall to attack, while 2,000 cavalry surrounded the tomb garden to prevent people in the garden from breaking through on horseback.
Most of Zhang Zhiren's elite soldiers had two to three levels of martial arts, while the infantry guarding the tomb garden under Zhang Chi were just ordinary soldiers. Although there were many people, the attack was extremely difficult.
The periphery of the tomb garden is covered with loess, and there is not even a stepping stone. Although the wall is not high, you still have to climb over it. As soon as the infantry hands set up on the top of the wall, there are sabers cutting hands inside; their heads have just poked out of the wall. The flying arrows hit the enemy's body with precision; some soldiers holding shields and struggling to climb into the garden were quickly killed by the people guarding the wall. After just one charge, the attackers were left behind. There were hundreds of corpses, and almost as many were injured and returned home.
The following infantrymen did not dare to attack again and stopped outside the wall one after another. Seeing this, Zhang Wei was not impatient. Instead, he calmly commanded the cavalry on the periphery to shoot towards the tomb garden. Just after a burst of killing, the distribution of the defenders in the garden Zhang Lei's archers had already seen it clearly. At this time, hundreds of archers fired arrows at the same time before all the charging people retreated. The flying arrows drew high arcs all over the sky, like a sky above the tomb garden. Falling like a torrential rain.
Zhang Zhiren, who was in the garden, of course sent people to keep an eye on what was going on outside the garden. When he saw Zhang Wei preparing to shoot an arrow, he quickly ordered everyone to stick to the side wall, while the thirty or so people in the center who were preparing for the battle all rushed to the south wall.
Although Zhang Zhiren gave the order in time, the arrows falling from the sky were too dense, and thirty or forty soldiers who were running slowly were still hit by the arrows.
Zhang Wei didn't seem to care how many arrows he shot. He fired more than a dozen rounds without giving the order to stop shooting. He only pitied the soldiers who were injured by the arrows and fell in the center of the garden. They were injured over and over again by flying arrows from the sky. Those who were not shot immediately The dead person would let out heart-stopping screams again and again, making the liver and gallbladder of his colleagues hidden under the wall burst.