When Wuyou Cave was destroyed, the battle at Guifan Tower had just reached its climax.
Compared with the terrain disadvantage of Wuyou Cave, Guifan Tower is located deeper. Even if the officers and soldiers forced their way in, they would still be discovered in advance because they went too deep, even with the help of an insider who provided the location of the secret sentry.
Moreover, Wuyou Cave is more dispersed in terms of numbers. Because Wuyou Cave has greater influence underground, it has formed a large number of branches, each with hundreds of people.
Together with the five to six thousand people at the headquarters, the entire Wuyou Cave has more than ten thousand members, which is stronger than Guifanlou among the underground forces.
The number of people in Guifanlou is relatively small, mainly because their territory is mostly on the ground. Therefore, when Bianliang launched the campaign to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, their forces suffered the greatest losses, and at least thousands of people were arrested.
But it was precisely because the power above was damaged that a large number of people were transferred underground, making the number of people at Guifanlou headquarters now about one or two thousand more than that at Wuyoudong headquarters.
There are now only seven of the twelve branch leaders of Guifan Tower left. Under the leadership of the left and right whip masters, the left and right knife masters, and the left and right stick masters, they are barely united to resist foreign enemies.
Although there have been some internal disputes these days, fortunately, Guifanlou has a relatively large influence on the ground and transferred a large amount of supplies down in the early stage. Therefore, although there are many people and the consumption is high, it can still hold on and no large-scale civil unrest has occurred.
When the government suddenly attacked, sharp whistles echoed throughout the cave. Many people in the cave woke up, picked up their knives, and rushed out of the cave to scan the situation.
"The government is coming to kill us."
"Don't panic, don't panic, gather immediately."
"Quick, blow the whistle."
Countless people came out of the wooden houses and caves in the ghost market below Guifan Tower.
Various whistling sounds can be heard everywhere.
Outside the second floor of Gui Fanlou, the top floor of the cave, a tall and strong middle-aged man with Ning Shuojun engraved on his face walked out and looked down together with Gui Fanlou's left palm whip.
This person is the right whip of Guifanlou, named Ma Zhiwu. He is a close confidant of the owner of the building. He was born in the Ningshuo Army and has a certain military awareness.
In addition to the three yamen of the Palace Front, the Imperial Guards Cavalry, and the Imperial Guards Infantry that guarded the capital, Bianliang also had imperial guards stationed outside the capital to protect Tokyo.
The main ones include the 21st Battalion Gongsheng Army, the 23rd Battalion Xiaoqi Army, the 5th Battalion Xiaosheng Army, the 10th Battalion Ningshuo Army, the 8th Battalion Longmeng Army, the 2nd Battalion Feimeng Army, the 4th Battalion Xiaomeng Army, the 4th Battalion Xiaoxiong Army, the 18th Battalion Shenqi Army, the 4th Battalion Qingshuo Army, the 5th Battalion Qinrong Army, and the 6th Battalion Budou Army.
Each battalion of these imperial guards consisted of 500 men, totaling 55,000 men. They were managed by commanders, but there were no generals.
Di Qing had previously been arrested and imprisoned by government officials because of a conflict with his fellow villagers. His household registration was cancelled and he was exiled to the capital, where he became a small soldier in the Gongsheng Army.
Later, because of his proficiency in riding and shooting, he was selected to join the Imperial Horse Guard as a cavalryman. Later, he served as a squad leader of scattered duties. Now he has been promoted to the commander of the Imperial Horse Guard of the Palace Front Department, in charge of a battalion of soldiers and responsible for protecting Zhao Jun's safety.
This time when Zhao Jun surrounded and suppressed the underground forces in Bianliang, Di Qing led his battalion of soldiers to kill them.
The Ningshuo Army belongs to the outer imperial guards. Because Guifanlou's forces are mostly on the ground and need to be brave and aggressive, they have absorbed a lot of soldiers from the outer imperial guards, and have slightly better combat effectiveness than Wuyou Cave.
At this moment, there was chaos below. Ma Zhiwu kept blowing the whistle, and gradually the nearby troops came closer and formed a small military formation around him.
"Walk!"
Ma Zhiwu shouted and led his men down personally.
At this time, the officers and soldiers had already reached the outer beach. The people who originally lived on the outer beach were unable to stop them and fled inside.
Compared to Wuyou Cave, which is closer to the exit of Caihe River but is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Guifanlou is closer to Bianhe River. It is far away from the exit of Bianhe River, but easy to attack and difficult to defend.
The main reason is that the entrance to Wuyou Cave is particularly narrow. If the Wuyou Cave people were more vigilant and discovered the enemy in advance, it would be easy to defend by occupying the entrance and looking down from a high position.
The entrance of Guifanlou is relatively open, with a river beach on the outside. Then, walking further in through the river beach, you will reach the headquarters of Guifanlou. It is not a high-altitude terrain, but a relatively flat gentle slope.
So if a real fight breaks out, Guifanlou still doesn't have much advantage in terms of terrain.
But we have to fight no matter what.
Otherwise, all the years of hard work will be wasted. Anyone would want to take a chance.
Ma Zhiwu led his men into the market, then kept issuing orders, gathered a large number of thugs, and ambushed at the entrance.
At the same time, Jiang Dalang followed Fatty Huang and hid on a gentle slope in the north.
Fatty Huang suffered heavy losses this time. The number of people he brought with him was no more than a hundred, and the core personnel were only twenty or thirty people. They have been bullied these days.
If it weren't for the fighting power of Jiang Dalang, a master, I'm afraid he would lose his position as the helmsman.
"Brother, aren't we going to join the war?"
Jiang Dalang still had the red scarf in his arms, but now was not the right time, because his target was not Fatty Huang, but Ma Zhiwu who was far below.
Only by assassinating Ma Zhiwu would the resistance of Guifanlou collapse instantly, and the officers and soldiers would naturally be able to easily break in.
So he didn't want to stay here, but wanted to go down and see if he could get close to Ma Zhiwu.
Unexpectedly, Fatty Huang was afraid of death. He shook his head and said, "We are few in number, so we won't join in the fun. There is a secret passage to the north. Follow me later."
A confidant hesitated and said, "We are already at a disadvantage in the building. If we flee without fighting, what if they repel the soldiers and settle accounts with us later?"
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