“Charge!”
“Go ahead…”
Seeing the bandits rushing into the mansion with shouting and holding long swords, Chi Yong did not make any move. Even though Zhao Ningyan knew that Chi Yong had an idea, he couldn't help but feel scared and his palms were sweating.
In a moment, the bandits swarmed in, and the originally wide gate became crowded in an instant.
Just when the former general thought victory was imminent and was about to follow the soldiers into the palace with his chest puffed out, Chi Yong finally moved.
I saw that there was a black lump the size of an egg in his hand. He raised his hand and threw it heavily into the group of bandits. There was a "bang" sound, and the black lump immediately dissipated into a puff of white smoke.
Before the bandits could figure out what was going on, the sound of "bang bang bang" of bodies falling to the ground could be heard one after another in the crowd.
The former general, who had just stepped into the gate, was startled and quickly retracted his foot.
In just a moment, the bandits who were originally aggressive fell to the ground, which made Zhao Ningyan, who was standing on the wall, widen his eyes and subconsciously look at Chi Yong's hand.
Chi Yong did not hide anything and respectfully handed him the black lump in his hand, "Third Uncle, please be careful and remember to handle it with care."
Zhao Ningyan nodded, carefully took the black lump, and after playing with it curiously for a moment, he couldn't help but curl his lips and look at the former general below, saying in a somewhat frivolous tone: "Come on! Come over here!"
The former general was startled and took a few steps back before he started shouting, "You, you actually used poison, you have no moral principles."
Zhao Ningyan resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "Talking about morality to a traitor like you? Are you insulting me? Or are you insulting morality?"
The former general choked, seeing that his men were completely wiped out. He turned around and released a flare into the sky, then carefully guarded against the Duke's Mansion with a knife, and hurriedly ran to hide in the dark, fearing that the people inside would suddenly rush out.
Zhao Ningyan was filled with regret when he saw this. "Why did I just talk big? I should have dealt with him right away. Now that he's sent out a distress signal, we're in big trouble!"
Chi Yong remained calm and pointed at the cloth bag beside him, saying, "Don't worry, Third Uncle, we'll have enough black lumps. They won't be able to get through the gate of the Duke's Mansion tonight."
Looking at the large cloth bag on Chi Yong's waist, Zhao Ningyan felt much more at ease. If Chi Yong hadn't told him to handle it with care, he would have wanted to pat that precious thing a few times.
But he couldn't understand why Chi Yong didn't use this powerful weapon earlier since he had it, which made him anxious and angry, and he even lost a door.
The gate of the Duke's Mansion is not cheap!
Looking at the mahogany and copper-clad gate that was pressed down by the bandits, he felt so distressed, because this was passed down from his ancestors!
In response to Zhao Ningsong's question, Chi Yong explained, "Madam said that taking them by surprise is the best way to intimidate them. The reason we kept the former general here is to draw those soldiers to us. Only in this way can we rescue the other mansions."
Hearing this, Zhao Ningyan was stunned, and then he smiled with self-abasement. He boasted that he had lived for so many years, but he watched the bandits killing innocent people indiscriminately but was powerless to do anything. It was difficult for him to protect himself, let alone help others.
However, I didn't expect that my niece-in-law, a young girl, would react so quickly. In a short period of time, she not only ensured her own safety but also helped others.
It took only a few words for the two of them to exchange, and the bandits who received the rescue signal hurried over.
When the former general saw his men approaching, he hurried out from the shadows, pointed at the Duke of Zhao's mansion and shouted, "Today, I will destroy the Duke of Zhao's mansion..."
He didn't dare to enter the gate, but he was not idle when he hid just now. He immediately ordered the soldiers to climb the wall.
At a command, the assembled troops instantly surrounded the Duke of Zhao's mansion.
Chi Yong knew the real showdown had begun, and he quickly took off a large bag of black lumps from his side and handed it to Zhao Ningyan, "Third Uncle, I leave the gate to you. I will go to support other places."
Zhao Ningyan simply took the bag and said, "Don't worry! I'm here. Unless they step over my dead body, these thieves won't be able to even take a single step through this door."
After Chi Yong left, Zhao Ningyan took out a black lump from his bag and held it in his hand. He looked up at the former general outside the gate with contempt and said, "Come on, reckless man! If you dare to take one step forward, I will lose."
One man and one cloth bag stood on the wall and blocked the bandits outside the door who were eyeing them hungrily. He had the momentum of one man blocking the way for ten thousand.
The former general was so angry that he almost bit his teeth. In order to complete the mission, he had no choice but to send all the soldiers at the gate to attack elsewhere.
Outside the wall of Duke Zhao's mansion, a group of bandits leaned on the wall with their hands, preparing to use the human pyramid method to let their companions behind them use the force to jump into the yard.
But just as they felt the weight of their companions on their shoulders, they heard a sound of stones rubbing against each other on the wall in front of them. Before they could figure out the source of the sound, the situation in front of them suddenly became clear.
Suddenly, a row of small, square holes the size of fists appeared on the originally thick and solid wall, and on the other side of the holes was the Duke of Zhao's Mansion, which they had tried so hard to enter.
However, before they could see the situation inside the mansion through the small hole, sharp spears suddenly stretched out from the hole and pierced their bodies before they could react.
As the spears were quickly retracted, the bandits who were leaning against the wall all fell down, and their companions who were standing on them for support fell to the ground like dumplings, and a wailing sound suddenly rang out.
By the time the commanding general realized what was happening and wanted to order his soldiers to attack the palace through the small hole in the wall, the hole that was visible just now was blocked in an instant. It was so tightly sealed that if it weren't for the fact that the stabbed soldier's wound was still bleeding, they would have suspected that the small hole was just an illusion.
But even though the hole had been blocked at this time, they did not dare to do the same thing as before. After all, no one knew when the hole would suddenly open again and catch them off guard.
Seeing that the quickest way to climb over the wall didn't work, the former general had no choice but to ask someone to bring a ladder.
He really didn't expect that a small Duke's Mansion would actually use siege ladders and lose so many people. Even if he finally took the city, he would probably be held accountable.
What he didn't expect was that the ladder was put up and the soldiers went in, but the first sound that came into his ears was not the sound of weapons clashing as he had imagined, but screams that broke through the sky one after another.
What made him even more devastated was that he was extremely familiar with these screams, which meant that those screaming inside were his people.
Listening to the heartbreaking screams coming from within the wall, he couldn't imagine what his people were going through at the moment.
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