The number of casualties was counted out. The village heroes guarding the Nan Wall suffered the most casualties, with nineteen killings and more than seventy injuries. Two of the village heroes accidentally fell to death.

Although the cannons were busy on the western wall, after nearly half an hour, hundreds of shells were knocked out, and only one of the thieves' warships was hit, and it was only hit and not sunk. No one was killed in battle.

No one was injured. There was no melee in the east wall, only a bird gun exploded, and the gunman was injured. Looking at the corpses placed in the camp, Han Xiufeng truly understood what it means to achieve success and endure thousands of bones.

In order to boost morale, Li Changjing and Wu Wenming asked the clerk to register the list of the fallen village heroes, and then they would be given a pension after they were actually repelled. At the same time, the chief of the whistleblower and the chief of the thieves counted how many thieves they killed.

, so as to reward merits after the war.

Han Xiufeng, Zhang Guangcheng and Zhou Xingyuan climbed up the Arrow Tower again, observing the movements of the bandits and discussing how to guard the next.

"A hundred and ten soldiers died are nothing to the bandits. They just tried to do it just now, and now they know our background. When they are ready to attack again, we will not be as relaxed as before." Zhou Xingyuan

I have seen how the bandits attacked the city, and I was worried when I looked at the bandit camp in the south.

"Yes, if the bandits attack again, even if we can defend it, there will be heavy casualties." Zhang Guangcheng just said the "great victory" to boost morale, and what he said now is what he said.

Han Xiufeng did not rush to express his opinion, but asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, how much gunpowder is left?"

"Not much, I just asked Lu Daming that he said there are some leads, and gunpowder is only enough to fight another battle like that just now."

"We are really no match for the bandits in close combat. We want to defend them all by relying on firearms."

Han Xiufeng looked at the two of them and pondered: "Then make preparations for both hands and see the situation first. If you really can't defend it, you won't defend it!"

"Brother Han, you must be unable to defend. Even if you can defend today, you cannot defend tomorrow. After all, we are just a few people. There will be no reinforcements in a short while. The bandits in front of you are just a vanguard. They have been attacking for a long time.

If you don’t go down, you will definitely move troops from Yangzhou.” Zhou Xingyuan whispered.

Zhang Guangcheng said with a bitter face: "How to withdraw the most urgent task?"

Han Xiufeng said lightly: "It's not difficult to retreat. As long as you can hold on until dark, where will you retreat in the lockdown?"

"Go back and go to meet with my father?" Zhang Guangcheng asked.

Before Han Xiufeng could speak, Zhou Xingyuan blurted out and said, "No, it's not appropriate to retreat!"

"Why did Mr. Zhou say this?"

"Second Young Master, the bandits are going to attack Taizhou. If we go to Yiling like this, there will be another fierce battle. Even if we retreat to Taizhou, we will also have to defend the city. This battle is enough, and we will win the battle again.

It turns into a defeat. Not to mention asking for credit from the court, I am afraid that the court will be investigated by the court."

In Zhang Guangcheng's opinion, the old man had already left Taizhou City, and he had nothing to worry about. The most urgent task is how to maintain the "victory" military achievements. As long as he can maintain this military achievements, even if Taizhou City is in the future, he will not be too successful in the court with this military achievements.

It's too difficult for his father.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that Zhou Xingyuan's words made some sense and couldn't help asking: "Where should we retreat in Mr. Zhou's opinion?"

"Brother Han, Second Young Master, you are here to help Yangzhou. In my opinion, you can only advance, not retreat!"

"Enter?" Zhang Guangcheng asked in surprise.

"Yes, we can only enter!" Han Xiufeng pointed to the other side and pondered: "Lin Fengxiang sent two divisions of bandits to sweep the regiments of the towns in the east of the city, and ordered these two bandits to attack Taizhou. These two bandits of bandits

The bandits gathered more than 5,000 soldiers, of which more than 1,000 soldiers had already gone along the Yan River to Taizhou. There were more than 2,000 soldiers in front of him. The remaining more than 2,000 soldiers had to guard the fairy temple, Wantou, Daqiao and other towns, and they had to divide their troops.

Each village collects military funds to transport grain and oil. In other words, the thieves and bandits on the other side are empty, so it is safer to go to the other side."

"What if Liu Jinchang led his troops to chase him?"

"It will be easy to chase Lord Lingzun and Taizhou can be saved. As for us, we can go north to Gaoyou or cross the river to Shaobo. If Liu Jinchang doesn't chase him, we will wipe out the bandits he left on the other side of the straitors he left on the other side.

!”

The more Zhang Guangcheng thought about it, the more he felt it made sense. He couldn't help but smile and said, "This idea is good. Anyway, we have some boats, so they don't take us on the river."

"They also have more than 40 boats. If we really want to retreat, we must move quickly and we must not be caught up by them." Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then said: "The next half day is the most difficult, as long as we can get through it,

We have nothing to worry about.”

"It should be fine to wait for another afternoon."

...

Just as the three of them discussed how to get through this level, Hu Zi and his family had dragged Xu Ying back to the east bank of Baita River.

Xu Ying originally planned to fight the thief to the death, but he never expected that the young and strong men would be so greedy and afraid of death. He cut a few of them in a row but could not stop the young and strong men from scattering their lives. Looking at the big flags waving in the wind on the other side, he thought of Zhang Zhigao

That old guy must have been under the banner. Xu Ying was ashamed and sat by the river but didn't want to go to the other side.

"Master, the bandits are chasing each other tightly, less than two miles away from us, and it will be too late to have a river!"

"If you don't go, I will die here even if I die!"

"Dongweng, what if you die in Taizhou?" The master turned around and looked at the people who were running for life here and said anxiously: "I bet that old ghost Zhang Zhigao was just bluffing and waiting for the bandits to arrive, he would be sure to run away.

Rabbits are fast. They will only escape north and will not return to Taizhou to defend the city. Now is not the time to be angry with him, so you must put the overall situation first!”

"Master, if you cross the river, you can still be a military supervisor. As long as you are here, Zhang Zhigao will not dare to escape in the battle!" Hu Zi said anxiously.

"As a military supervisor, I am now a defeated general. How can I be his military supervisor? Even if I cross the river with shame, Zhang Zhigao will not listen to his master's words."

"I don't care about so many things, it's important to cross the river first!"

The master winked, and Hu Zi suddenly reacted. Regardless of whether Xu Yinggao was happy, he carried him on his shoulders and then ran downhill and rushed onto the boat.

Xu Ying was so angry that he gritted his teeth and grabbed Hu Zi's braid and scolded him angrily. Hu Zi endured the pain and refused to let go. When the master came up, he asked the boatman to hold the boat.

The yamen runners who were guarding the shore saw clearly and hurried to report to the magistrate. As soon as Zhang Zhigao received the news, he took his family to the riverside and bowed from afar and asked, "Brother Xu is back so soon, please give in.

Where are the one thousand young people who are given to you?”

"I ran away, and when I saw the bandits, I ran away!" Xu Ying said with a gloomy face.

"Run away?" Zhang Zhigao asked in surprise.

"If this is fake, will I lie to you?"

"So the Fairy Temple was lost?"

"Not only was the fairy temple lost, Taizhou was also in danger. Zhang Zhigao, the bandits are less than two miles away. It's not that the robbers and bandits are destroying their majesty. Just the young and strong people you brought, let alone intercept them, I'm afraid they will see them at first sight.

The bandits will run away completely. After listening to my advice, it is still time to return to Taizhou now."

"Brother Xu, are you planning to make the lower officials retreat like you?"

"you……!"

Zhang Zhigao looked at Xu Ying's dusty appearance and felt a sense of relief. He turned around and pointed to a coffin under the banner, and said righteously: "As Brother Xu said, the thief may not be able to stop the thief when the bandits come, but the thief

He would not retreat in the last moment. Even if he died, he would die by the Baita River. If the bandits wanted to offend our Taizhou, they would have to step over Xia Guan's body!"

"What you say is better than what you sing. Zhang Zhigao, can you deceive others or others?"

"Does the Xiaguan lie? The servants and Qingzhuang on the riverside are like mirrors. They know exactly what kind of person Brother Xu is." Zhang Zhigao was too lazy to talk nonsense to Xu Ying, and then turned around and said: "

Wang Bantou, Mr. Xu must be very tired when he runs back all the way, so why don’t he find a place to send Mr. Xu to rest.”

"Abide by the order!"

"Zhang Zhigao, what do you want to do?"

"The war is imminent, so I don't want anyone to shake the morale of the army here. Brother Xu, please."

The defeated general had no majesty at all, not to mention that the magistrate issued an order. A group of yamen runners took Xu Ying and Xu Ying's family away without saying a word.

Zhang Zhigao just said it was quite impressive. He was ready to run away. The reason why he sent someone to take Xu Ying away was because he was worried that Xu Ying would stay here and get in the way. He was about to send someone to the other side to find out where the bandits were, and he heard it

Youqingmao shouted: "Master, Master, the thief is here, the thief is here!"

Everyone looked up and saw that the thieves' flags appeared on the other side.

Zhang Zhigao did not dare to delay for a moment, so he hurried to his family, intending to wait and see again. The flag was getting closer and closer, and the figure of the bandit vanguard gradually came into view. In a blink of an eye, he rushed to the riverside and saw that the bridge was gone.

There were no boats on the river and the bird gun could not hit the other side, so I could only stop.

"Master, what should I do now?" a family member asked nervously.

Zhang Zhigao hid behind the coffin and murmured while looking, "Don't panic, they won't be able to come without a ship for a while. Let's wait until the thieves find the ship before talking."

More than a thousand yamen runners and young men on the east coast of Taizhou were extremely nervous. They were all ready to escape as soon as the thieves found the boat. The timids had already escaped quietly. Zhang Zhigao pretended not to find it and let them escape.

Xu Ying, who was under house arrest in a dilapidated temple not far away, was in a hurry to go around.

Yiling is no better than Wanfu Bridge, nor is it prosperous in Fairy Temple. There are not many ships, and they have been driven away by Zhang Zhigao. Those who have not left were dragged to the east bank and chased the Taiping Army by the Baita River in one breath.

Seeing that the soldiers could not cross the river for a while, they simply left more than a hundred soldiers to confront each other by the river, and the large group of people went to the town to take a break.
Chapter completed!