Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

I saw many torches lit outside the village in front of us. Under the cover of shields, the robbers lit the hay wrapped around the arrows in their hands, approached Zhuangzi, and shot rockets at the houses in the village.

"Not good!" Ximen Qing and Brother Qiao Yun hurriedly shot arrows at the robbers, trying their best to prevent them from approaching Zhuangzi.

But this time, under Tao Jun's supervision, the bandits were determined to burn Yuejiazhuang down.Although some robbers were shot down by Ximen Qing and the others from time to time, more archers still shot the rockets.

Dozens of lines of fire crossed the sky, passed over the heads of Ximen Qing and the others, and fell into Yuejiazhuang.

"Go to the inner courtyard quickly, and ask Master Yue to lead someone to put out the flames!" Ximen Qing looked back, and found that a rocket had also shot into Zhuangzi from the direction of the back door, and hurriedly told a farmer under the ladder.

The farmer responded and ran towards the inner courtyard.

At this time, there was no need for Ximen Qing and the others to remind, Yue and the owner of the village saw the rocket shooting into the courtyard, and after a moment of panic, they immediately led the villagers in the inner courtyard to put out the fire.

These villagers are all used to doing farm work. Although they can't be counted on to fight with robbers, they are still quite neat about such chores as splashing water and putting out fires.Everyone worked together, and finally controlled the fire without letting the fire spread.

However, at this time, the situation at the front door and the back door became even more severe.

After the robbers finished shooting the rockets in their hands, they threw all kinds of ignited firewood and grass balls in front of Zhuangzi's gate, piled them into a firewood pile, and ignited a raging fire, which ignited both the front door and the back door.

Yuejiazhuang is not a large manor, and there is no fish pond dug in the yard, so there is not much water to douse the fire outside the door.It didn't take long for the wooden door to be burned out, losing the first barrier to stop the robbers.

Looking at the fire outside the door, Ximen Qing frowned, thinking about countermeasures.

If the door of the outer courtyard is burned down, should we retreat to the inner courtyard and persist until dawn, or should we lead people out with Jiao Ting and fight head-on with the robbers?

The walls of the inner courtyard are lower than those of the outer courtyard, which cannot stop the thieves, and the thieves can attack again and burn down the inner courtyard.I'm afraid this path won't work.

Ximen Qing gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

Chapter 286 I'm Not Here

"Brother Yun! You lead people to shoot the robbers at the front door with bows and arrows, and don't let them climb the wall. The back door of this village is not as strong as the front door. I will go to support Jiao Ting and them first." Ximen Qing said to Brother Qiao Yun, and went down He climbed up the ladder, gathered the farmers and villagers in the yard, and after explaining to them, he walked through the inner yard to the backyard.

When Ximen Qing came to the backyard with two knives in his arms, he saw a different scene from the front yard.

Because the door of the backyard is smaller than the front yard, the fire cannot be restrained. When Jia Jin ordered the robbers to risk their lives and light a fire outside the backyard door, Yue Fei and Jiao Ting found two long guns, opened the backyard door, and risked the robbers' fire. The arrows directly scattered the fire.

Seeing this, Jia Jin ordered the robbers to throw more firewood at the back door, and when Yue Fei and Jiao Ting appeared, he ordered the archers to shoot and kill them.

Wang Gui, Xu Qing and others shot at the robbers outside on the top of the wall, trying their best to cover Yue Fei and Jiao Ting.Yue Fei and Jiao Ting used their guns to shoot the incoming arrows, and at the same time scattered the fire. If they were not careful, they would be injured. The situation was quite critical.

Seeing this, Ximen Qing hurriedly called Jiao Ting and Yue Fei back, closed the back door again, and ignored the flames burning outside the door.

Jiao Ting and Yue Fei's beard and hair were scorched, and their faces were white and black. Fortunately, the opponent's archer was not very strong, so they were not injured.

A servant girl brought herbal tea to the two of them. Jiao Ting took the tea, took a big gulp and asked, "Brother Ximen, is the front door okay? These bird thieves are attacking very hard, I'm afraid the back door won't last long. Brother, what's the matter?" idea?"

"I have already made arrangements for the front door, so it will be safe for a while. I came here today to break the deadlock. Yue Fei, let Wang Gui and Xu Qing, who can shoot arrows, go to the front door to help Brother Yun defend. I will serve you and me." Ximen Qing said to Jiao Ting and Yue Fei.

Yue Fei heard this, and immediately asked Wang Gui and the others to defend the front door according to the distribution of Ximen Qing's officials.After Wang Gui and the others heard this, they quickly left with their bows and arrows on their backs.Only Ximen Qing, Jiao Ting, Yue Fei, and a dozen bankers who were assisting in the defense were left in the backyard.

Both Jiao Ting and Yue Fei looked at Ximen Qing, Ximen Qing pulled out his two sabers, and said to them, "I haven't drank blood for a long time with these two treasured sabers, but they are ringing all the time tonight! Why don't you put the robber in the In this backyard, let me have a good time! Brother Jiao Ting and Erlang of the Yue family, you two will fight with me here, let's compare who will kill more robbers!"

Facing the bandits attacking from front to back, Ximen Qing's strategy was to gather the archers in the wide front yard and guard the front door.In this relatively narrow backyard, Jiao Ting and Yue Fei, who are the most powerful, were left behind to block the robbers who came in together.

The terrain in the backyard is narrow, and it is difficult to take advantage of the large number of robbers. Ximenqing intends to use the martial arts of the three to scatter the robbers at the backdoor, and then waits for an opportunity to attack the thieves outside the front door, reversing the situation of being besieged tonight in one fell swoop.

Jiao Ting threw the spear to a farmer, picked up his machete, and said to Ximen Qing: "Close-to-hand combat, it is more enjoyable to kill with this machete! Brother Ximen, I, Jiao Ting, will compete with you tonight! Hahaha ~"

Yue Fei has learned a new skill of spear and stick from Ximen Qing and Jiao Ting, and he also wants to take the opportunity to show off what he has learned.He smashed the butt of the spear to the ground, and said to Ximen Qing: "Master, tonight, I will show you how well I am learning spear skills!"

Ximenqing knew that Yue Fei's martial arts had improved a lot these days, he really deserved to be a Yue Fei who was born with supernatural power and endowment different from ordinary people.Tonight just let him go through a fight to master the essence of spear skills.

You know, the spear skills that Ximenqing taught Yue Fei were not simple.Ximenqing himself was proficient in spear and stick since he was a primary school martial artist. Later, he learned the art from spear masters such as Luan Tingyu and Xu Ning, and had exchanges with Shi Wengong and Instructor Hong.It can be said that Ximenqing himself is already a master of many families, and has a deep knowledge of spear skills. He is more than enough to be the young Yue Fei's master of spear skills.

What Yue Fei has learned is the master's spear skills, and the rest is to accumulate experience and improve his skills through continuous training and fighting.

"You also all look for weapons that are convenient for you, and stand behind the three of us. If the person we overturn, no matter whether he is dead or alive, you will stab him a few times and stab him twice! Remember, I don't want to live, I don't need Prepare the rope." Ximen Qing said to more than a dozen dealers standing in the backyard.

The dealers responded in unison, armed with knives and guns, and stood behind Ximen Qing and the others in a single-minded manner.They all knew that if they could not defeat the robbers outside the village, all the people in the village would be killed by the robbers.Now that Ximen Daguanren, a distinguished guest, and Erlang are fighting ahead with confidence, these village guests also have courage in their hearts.

The three of Ximen Qing fought in a three-legged formation behind the backyard door. Ximen Qing was facing the back door with a pair of knives in his hands, Yue Fei was standing in front of Ximen Qing's left with a spear, and Jiao Ting was standing in front of Ximen Qing's right with a big knife.The three blocked the entrance to the back door. As long as the robbers squeezed in through the back door, they would face attacks from the three of them from three directions.

Tonight, it depends on how many lives the robbers piled up in this backyard.

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Tao Jun wore his armor and held a long knife in his hand, looking at the main entrance of Yuejiazhuang, which was about to be burned, with a ferocious smile on his lips.

As soon as the main gate collapsed, he would rush in with dozens of brothers and kill those nasty archers in the front yard.Next, it was natural to massacre and humiliate the unarmed, old and weak women and children who had lost the ability to resist, let the brothers indulge in a night of carnival, and then moved all the money and food from Yuejiazhuang back to the cottage.This Niao Zhuangzi, before leaving, of course he will set another big fire to make it white!

"Boss, that door is about to collapse!" The bandits beside Tao Jun raised their lips excitedly, picked up their shields and knives, and prepared to rush into Zhuangzi to burn, kill and loot.

The robbers were all staring at the gate of Yuejiazhuang, only to hear Hong's "boom~", the gate with the burnt frame finally collapsed, arousing a lot of smoke and dust.

"Rush up and kill all the birds and men inside!"

"Hahaha~ Keep the young maidservants here!"

"That's a good point, the little lady will stay until the end to kill!"

"Kill it!"

The robbers held their shields and the temporarily dismantled door panels, and rushed towards the gate of Yuejiazhuang under the rain of arrows shot by Brother Qiao Yun and Wang Gui.

Just when Tao Jun thought he had a plan and wanted to take a step forward to follow the young men, he suddenly saw a lot of burning wood such as tables, chairs and benches thrown out of Yuejiazhuang, blocking the collapsed part of the gate, and a wall of fire stood on the ground. ahead, blocking the way of the robbers.

The few robbers who rushed to the front couldn't hold their feet, and were pushed by the robbers behind. One of them lost his footing and fell into the fire, screaming shrillly.

The people in the Yue Family Village are actually going to use their tricks!

Chapter 287 Yue Fei's First Formation

Seeing the robbers who were on fire and writhing on the ground in pain, Tao Jun was furious, but he had no choice but to order to retreat.The robbers outside the gate were forced by the scorching flames, and they had already retreated before receiving Tao Jun's order.

Brother Qiao Yun, Wang Gui, Xu Qing and others took the opportunity to beat the dog in the water, and shot another burst of shots at the robber who was retreating hastily.Brother Qiao Yun showed kindness at this time, and shot each of the robbers who were on fire with one arrow, shooting them to the ground, alleviating the pain of the robbers being burned alive.

"Hateful! What kind of bird man is against me? The master caught him and is going to skin him!" Tao Jun retreated outside the village entrance and hacked to death a sheep that the robbers had robbed, but he was still troubled. anger.

He came up with this plan of attacking with fire, he thought he could shake Yuejiazhuang's defense with one move, rush in and start a killing spree.Unexpectedly, the people in the village also used the fire to defend and successfully blocked their own attack.It was someone in the village who confronted him tit for tat, broke his plan, and made him lose face in front of his subordinates.

Judging from this posture, the fire that the people of Yuejiazhuang put at the gate is enough to burn until dawn, if the fire is not extinguished, there is no way to storm in through the front gate.Do I still have to ask the little ones to carry water to put out the fire?

Tao Jun's triangular eyes were cloudy and cloudy, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

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In the backyard of Yuejiazhuang, the three of Ximen Qing were ready to fight with the robbers who rushed through the back door.Unexpectedly, when Jia Jin saw that there were no archers defending the village, he couldn't wait for the back door to burn down, so he asked the young men to find a few simple ladders and let them enter over the wall.