Although we cooperated with Dongchang, we had already made an agreement with Zeng Yiming in advance.

But Chen Yanqing never puts his hope on Zeng Yiming's support.

After all, letting Jinyiwei trust the East Factory is a very unreliable decision no matter how you look at it.

The reason why he cooperated with Zeng Yiming was more to increase his insurance and to make Dongchang the last straw that broke the camel's back when he and Tianyan Sect were exhausted.

Moreover, even if he fully trusts Zeng Yiming, Zeng Yiming would not deliberately delay the rift between the East Factory and the Jinyiwei and rushed in time. In order to prevent the East Factory from being discovered by Tianyan Sect, he had already asked Zeng Yiming to stay away from the fleet as much as possible. It would take a lot of time for Zeng Yiming to lead the East Factory people to come. Before that, it was obvious that he could only rely on his own strength to block the enemy.

Fortunately, after entering the land of the Jiangxi Provincial Administration and heading north along the Ganjiang River, he asked the fleet to transfer to a larger official ship, and also used the excuse that he wanted to enjoy it, to get a big ship for himself.

And in this big ship that he nominally enjoyed, he loaded dozens of muskets requisitioned from several garrisons.

Since Taizu, this dynasty has been equipped with firearms. At that time, it was able to defeat the Tartar court, which was better at riding and shooting and had more war horses. Firearms played a very important role in it.

When Emperor Taizong was in power, he swept across the north and south with the power of firearms.

Unfortunately, because the firearms are expensive, difficult to maintain, and are located in the heart of the country and have not encountered war for many years, there are not many new firearms in each garrison.

Fortunately, in Chen Yanqing's view, it is enough to deal with the chaotic people like Tianyan Sect who are on the verge of elimination among those garrisons.

Although the main task of the Jinyiwei is to investigate and monitor, many people also use firearms.

Along the way, Chen Yanqing was in a state of concealment from everyone, deliberately showing arrogance and confidence, and was still unmoved even when facing Mu Yixing's advice.

But now, after he obeyed his orders, he divided into three rows, held muskets, and shot calmly, thirty people knew Chen Yanqing's plan from beginning to end.

It can even be said that they have been waiting since the first day they entered the territory of Hongdu Prefecture, not looking forward to the arrival of this day.

...

“First column, retreat.”

As the roar of the musket dissipated, Chen Yanqing's roar sounded again, and the sound seemed to be louder than before.

When the ears are filled with the loud sounds of muskets when firing, people will always raise their voices involuntarily.

"The second column, enter!"

With Chen Yanqing's order, the first row of ten Jinyiwei immediately bent down and divided into two teams, running from the left and right sides to the end. The second and third rows behind them were immediately flowing through water and took a step forward.

Fortunately, the ship that Chen Yanqing "robbed" was big enough, otherwise they would be afraid that the hull would start to shake before they finished their movements.

"Rise the gun and release it!"

Chen Yanqing's voice sounded again. As his ancestors, he was from the Shenji Camp, he could still master the rhythm of commanding firearms to fight.

"Bang--, bang--!"

Accompanied by another huge sound that was not neatly arranged and a piece of smoke rising, ten muskets showed their power again.

However, this is their last chance to scatter.

...

The thieves in Tianyan Sect who had rushed over here before were stunned by the sudden scene in front of them. They did not come to their senses until the bullets fired from the musket hit several people in the front row.

However, they were not frightened by this. On the contrary, they knew that only by pulling close the distance and fighting in close proximity at this time could he avoid the power of the firearms as much as possible, and immediately ordered his subordinates to accelerate and advance.

So, even though Chen Yanqing and his musketeers cooperated very well, they were very quick to move. After the second row of muskets were fired, the thieves from Tianyan Sect had rushed to the front and fought with Mu Yixing and others who had jumped up from the ground.

After all, before the muskets were exposed, the thieves from Tianyan Sect were already ten steps away. With such a short distance, just a few breaths, the muskets under his command had already done a good job.

However, Chen Yanqing didn't want to give up the third row of muskets, which had also been loaded. Seeing that there was already a melee above the dock, he knew in his heart that even if he aimed at the right point, he would be inseparable from the enemy. Chen Yanqing gritted his teeth and asked the third row of muskets to wait for the Tianyanmen who were blindly thieves to cross the dock and jumped onto the ship to attack their array.

The two rows of twenty Jinyiwei who had already fired out the previously loaded muskets, under Chen Yanqing's order, threw away the muskets in his hand. Half of them picked up the crossbow and were responsible for the support from afar, and half followed Chen Yanqing, picked up the sword and rushed to the dock to support.

Despite the surprise, the damage caused by these two musket guns was not too great. Although the power was much stronger than ordinary crossbows, the accuracy was much worse. In addition, there were only twenty muskets in total. Even if the gods and Buddhas were all protected, each projectile could hit a thief in Tianyan Sect, and only twenty people were killed and injured.

But is this possible?

Judging from the number of Tianyan Sect thieves who had screamed or hummed after the sound of the musket fire, these two musket guns only hit four or five people at most. It was because the number of opponents was too large and the dock of Dragon King Temple was too small, so the thieves in Tianyan Sect were crowded together. Otherwise, I was afraid that these two rounds of muskets would be able to hit two people.

No matter how you look at it, the thirty musketeers who had been preparing for a long time did not play much role, let alone a final decision. However, Chen Yanqing was generally satisfied with the failure of the musketeers in the third row to successfully fire the musketeers, and felt a little regretful about why he didn't line them up in two rows.

Even the two scattered musket fires actually killed and injured four or five enemies.

Because it was the two musket volleys that seemed to be very limited, which greatly boosted everyone's morale, especially Mu Yixing and others who were almost in despair.

This can be seen from the traitors of Tianyan Sect who originally wanted to retreat quietly to the riverside, throw away their weapons, and dive to escape. They held their weapons tightly and fought with their former companions.

Similarly, these two rounds of musket fired quickly stabilized the morale of the army, allowing the Jinyiwei, who had no preparation in his mind to be prepared before, quickly stabilized from the panic, and quickly formed a formation to respond to the enemy under the command of various small flags, general flags, and hundreds of households.

It is normal to panic in the face of the enemy's sneak attack. After seeing that your side has already known about the sneak attack in advance and responded, this panic will disappear soon.

As long as you don't fall into panic, on this narrow and numerical advantage, the well-trained Jinyiwei and other Tianyan Sect traitors who know what the failure will end up falling into the hands of Tianyan Sect will not be at all inferior to the thieves of Tianyan Sect, who are in a slightest sense of the thieves of Tianyan Sect.

Not to mention, there are crossbowmen on the ship who are holding crossbows, and they use crossbow arrows to support and attack from time to time.

In addition to stabilizing military morale and boosting morale, another function of the musket is naturally to warn Zeng Yiming.

The loud noise made by the musket when it was fired was enough to spread a long distance in this quiet night, and it was enough for the scouts sent by Zeng Yiming to quietly follow the fleet to hear it.

However, after Zeng Yiming received the news, it would probably take a lot of time to lead the Dongchang man to arrive. Before that, Chen Yanqing knew that they were going to be in a tough battle.

...

On the small Dragon King Temple Wharf, when the Jinyiwei was in a tough battle, in Hongdu City, which was not too far from the Dragon King Temple Wharf, Hu Xiaolin and others also fell into a tough battle.

After Hu Xiaolin and the others discovered the fireworks blooming in the sky not far away, they were worried that Zhu Jinxuan was in danger, so they immediately changed their direction and headed straight for the place where the fireworks rose.

However, before they arrived, they first ran into Peng Zhenlei and the other five who were racing towards Du Mansion.

After a brief exchange, both sides had a rough understanding of the current situation.

Seeing that the thieves from Tianyan Sect did not find Zhu Jinxuan's traces, Hu Xiaolin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but immediately afterwards, his heart rose again.

He was not blind because of the different signals of the two fireworks in Tianyan Sect. He could naturally notice it, and he could also guess that the meanings contained in these two fireworks must be different.

But as they met with Peng Zhenlei and the other five, the meaning of these two fireworks was obviously no longer important, because no matter who the two fireworks were summoning, they would all gather here, just as they and Peng Zhenlei and the other five gathered together.

And just as he thought of this, before he could tell others about it, reality replaced him and told others in a more direct way.

The group of men in black who had been behind their butts had quietly touched them when they had a brief communication with Peng Zhenlei. The Tianyan Sect teams that were originally distributed in the city and rushed all the way after getting the signal, the closest of them had already arrived with a lot of momentum.

They were surrounded.

"Break through here."

Whether it was Hu Xiaolin or Peng Zhenlei, they knew in their hearts that they could not stay where they were at any time, otherwise it would be no different from waiting for death.

Because as time goes by, the number of thieves arrived at Tianyan Sect will only increase. Even if these people arrived, they are all third and fourth-class martial arts, and the cooperation with the group of masters in black, it will be enough to beat them to death.

As for the direction of breaking through, the two people who had basic communication chose the same direction without thinking, the Tianyan Sect team that had just arrived.

You need to pick up the soft persimmons.

Especially when it is related to life and death, head-on battles will only die faster.

So, the battle then turned into those Tianyanmen squads who fought to hold Hu Xiaolin, Peng Zhenlei and others to buy time for the group of masters behind them. Hu Xiaolin, Peng Zhenlei and others rushed forward, using Hu Xiaolin and Peng Zhenlei as blades to cut through the block ahead and run towards the direction of the commander-in-chief.

As for Fang Xun, who is even more skilled than the two, at the end, he is guarding against the sneak attacks of the group of men in black who may catch up with them at any time.

Blade light, blood light. Roaring and howling.

Hu Xiaolin, Peng Zhenlei and others opened a bloody road, and almost every step they took had to use blood as bricks and stones to pave the way.

Of course, this blood has enemies and their own.

Since they arrived at Quanzhou Prefecture before, until tonight, the damage they suffered was not as large as the short hundreds of steps tonight.

Even though he had protected Zhu Jinxuan all the way south, no one died until today, several of the great guards under Hu Xiaolin were injured and the two died in battle.

These are all old subordinates who have followed Hu Xiaolin for several years and can be regarded as his brothers and sisters. Their death undoubtedly made Hu Xiaolin feel very sad.

But he had to suppress the grief in his heart.

The dead are gone, and he must do his best for all who are still alive, not be distracted by the sorrow in his heart.

...

Overall, Hu Xiaolin and others, who were composed of second-rate masters and first-rate masters, were killed and injured so much. Most of them were strangled teams composed of third-rate or even inequality Tianyan Sect people, so the casualties were naturally even more severe.

In just a few hundred steps, there will be a body belonging to these Tianyan Sect teams almost every three or four steps on the road. If we include the Tianyan Sect team that was destroyed by Peng Zhenlei, Ye Bi and other five people, so far, there are almost six or seven teams, and more than half a hundred Tianyan Sect members have died at their hands.

But these Tianyan Sect people who had poor martial arts seemed crazy, still didn't know what they were afraid of, and they sacrificed their lives to stop them, delaying the steps of Hu Xiaolin and others.

The obstruction and delay of the Tianyan Sect's disciples was not entirely useless. After so long after the group of men in black who raided Hu Xiaolin and others from the east of the city, the reinforcements they summoned finally arrived, and with the help of the lives of the Tianyan Sect's disciples, they successfully blocked the progress of Hu Xiaolin, Peng Zhenlei and others.

"There is so much danger!"

Looking at the team in front of me with about twenty people, the momentum was obviously different from those of the Tianyan Sect who could only delay their progress with their lives. Everyone, including Hu Xiaolin, Peng Zhenlei, and Fang Xun, had their hearts involuntarily began to sink.

Although they are all first-class experts and have a long strength, they are still human beings and will still be tired. Even if the Yan Sect members did not fight back, they would have consumed a lot of their energy.

Not to mention, they have been running all the way for so long.

"Form a formation!"

At this time, the first response was not Hu Xiaolin, Peng Zhenlei, and Fang Xun's three masters, but Fang Xun's junior brother, Zhang Sijin, the Supreme Elder of Changbai Sword Sect.
Chapter completed!