Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 868: Destruction of the family!

More than 2,000 Qin clan soldiers were stationed in the camp at the foot of the mountain. The invading enemy had already started a fight without any reason. If he stayed to figure it out, he would be courting death. Qin Meng made a prompt decision and decided to break out and find the soldiers to join him before doing anything else.

As for his wives, concubines, family members and even his old mother, he no longer cared about them. In troubled times, people are worse than dogs. As long as he is alive and his power is still there, his family members will not have to worry about their lives even if they fall into the hands of others. If the power of the chieftain Qin family is uprooted, then there will be no need to worry about anything.

The two hundred well-trained private guards obeyed the orders of the master of the house. Upon hearing the order, they immediately tightened the encirclement again, abandoning the panicked and crying women and children, protecting Qin Meng in the middle, forming a sharp cone-shaped formation, and moving quickly towards the back house.

The Qin family was a large family with great wealth. This villa built halfway up the mountain was also extremely spacious. Leaving the front yard, there was an empty back garden. There were corridors on both sides of the high walls. The open space in the middle should be a flower garden in spring and summer, but it was not the season yet, and only green grass remained. The guards escorted Qin Meng to the corridor and quickly moved to the corridor, preparing to withdraw from the back house. Unexpectedly, just halfway through the journey, several figures suddenly jumped up from the high walls on both sides.

The Qin guards, who had been on alert for a long time, immediately drew their bows and arrows and shot arrows at the leaping black shadows without thinking.

With such a reaction, he was definitely a first-rate archer. However, after the arrows were shot, they found that the shadows were a little floating. It turned out that they were just a few cloaks thrown into the air. Then, the sound of muskets rang out like frying beans, "bang bang bang bang". The guards who were shot had blood on their lapels and fell to the ground with a scream.

"This is...what is this..." Qin Meng had never seen such a commotion before. Even though he was not a coward, he was horrified and turned pale.

It's not that he had never heard of the name of the musket. In fact, the Ming army's firearms had already been a powerful force to be reckoned with, and their many horrific achievements in battle had made the firearms famous across the country.

But in fact, the output of firearms was still scarce. Most of the firearms produced by Baoyuan Bureau were supplied to the northern border troops and several troops of Zhu Di and Zhu Su that focused on firearms. In the southern guards, the equipment of firearms was far from popular.

Li Wenzhong and Lan Yu did have a firearms unit under their command, but it was limited to a small number of their personal soldiers. Because the south was hot and humid, gunpowder was not easy to preserve, and these personal soldiers were already elite enough and did not need excessive training. Therefore, Qin had never heard or seen the noise of firearms being used.

Now is an emergency, and in a panic, it is naturally impossible to combine this weapon that emits a terrifying explosion with the rumored musket.

The wall of Qin's backyard was built very high, which was a good opportunity for the Ming army outside the wall. In order to prevent thieves, the wall of the backyard was built to be more than 170 meters high. It was impossible to climb up with bare hands, and it was difficult for others to jump down without the help of equipment. The Ming army outside lay on the top of the wall, firing bullets leisurely, and there was no need to worry that they could rush to the front and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

They lay on the top of the wall, fired a shot and then put the gun down, and someone below would hand them a musket loaded with gunpowder and bullets. The yard was full of people, so they just raised their hands and fired, and the damage they suffered was very little. If they had used bows and arrows, this would not have been possible, as they would have to lean at least half of their body out of the wall to draw the bow and shoot the arrow, and then they would have become targets for the other side.

The guards that Qin family had recruited at great expense were elite. However, this was the most embarrassing battle they had ever fought: the courtyard wall that was supposed to prevent the enemy from invading became a life-and-death barrier that prevented them from breaking out. They wanted to climb the wall to fight, but the wall was too high.

As for bows and arrows...only occasionally someone would lean out from the wall, and most of the time there were only a few iron barrels mercilessly spraying iron sand and flames. The arrows they shot aimlessly had no effect at all...they could only be shot and fall down in batches.

They wanted to retreat to the front yard and rely on the houses to engage in street fighting with the invading enemies, but in just a short while, because they all retreated to the backyard, the front yard and courtyard were occupied. A large number of soldiers in bright armor rushed to the backyard, and their large shields and long spears formed an impenetrable line of defense, which had firmly blocked their retreat route.

"Bang bang bang..."

The gunshots continued, and those brave and combative Qin family desperate men were completely useless. Their armor and hand shields could not stop the powerful bullets at all. These fierce desperate men fell down in batches like cut wheat. The original cone-shaped team gradually turned into a circle, and this circle was cut down layer by layer. Screams came one after another, blood gathered into a river, and the grass tips were dyed bloody.

At the center of the circle, Qin Meng's heart was torn and his eyes were bloodshot. He expected that the court might punish him, but he never thought that the punishment he would receive would be so severe.

He didn't do anything rebellious at all! Even if he was wrong, shouldn't he just be reprimanded?
"Surrender! We surrender! Whose army are you from? Commander, please come out and answer!" Qin Meng cried.

No one spoke, only the sound of gunfire continued...

The sounds of musketry gradually became less frequent, and finally stopped completely. All the guards around him were shot and fell. Qin Meng was protected by the remaining three or two loyal servants. He stood among the circles of corpses lying in a pool of blood, like a small island in the raging sea of ​​sand.

Qin Meng was holding a knife, his body trembling. His eyes were red. He slowly raised his head and looked at the wall.

The wall was filled with smoke, and although there was wind, it was impossible to see clearly for a while. At this time, the spearmen and shieldmen advanced forward in a dense crowd.

The soldiers marched in neat steps, like a wall, and then bent into a circle, surrounding them. All around were iron shields that were embedded together to form a wall, and in the gaps were spear tips that were more than three feet long.

"Whose people are you? I am a local official of the Ming Dynasty. Why are you…"

Qin Meng's voice was hoarse. The sudden despair had left him without the energy to get angry. He now only wanted to find out the other party's identity and the reason why he had done such a cruel thing, otherwise he would die with regrets.

The only answer he got was silence as big as a mountain. Those Shura-like soldiers all looked at him with indifference.

"kill!"

The barrel-shaped shield formation suddenly shrank again, and countless spears protruded from the gaps between the shields like poisonous snakes spitting out their tongues, suddenly extending another three feet.

"Puff puff puff puff..."

The sharp blade entered his body, blood splattered everywhere, Qin Meng's eyes widened, he was stabbed by countless spears from all directions, so that he stood there, steadily, and never fell down.

His eyes were wide open, and he died with his eyes open. He never understood until his death why someone would attack him!

(End of this chapter)