Antai is located at the junction of Zhili and Rehe, is a small ancient city, although ancient, but because of the lackluster can be shown, so there is no fame at all, the only commendable is the old city wall on all sides, or the late Ming and early Qing dynasties were built, after more than 200 years, it is a scene.

Lei Yiming retreated in the early hours of the morning, and his eyes were on the four walls of this small city. With this circle of old city walls as a cover, it is enough for his soldiers to resist for a while, if they really can't resist, then retreat from the north gate of the city, and they can directly retreat into the Rehe territory. He had already sent a telegram to Yu Tianzuo, who was willing to accept him and his army's three or four thousand men.

In addition, he had nowhere to go, and he couldn't even go back to Tianjin and Beijing. There are Northern Expeditionary Army in all directions, Chen Yunji's life and death are now unknown, and the defense line left behind has collapsed, and the Northern Expeditionary Army has driven straight into Zhili almost instantly.

He couldn't return home, his team was scattered into several large pieces, and was beaten to pieces by the Northern Expeditionary Army, and he couldn't gather a counterattack at this time. He rode his horse for half a day and a night, and when he entered the city, he almost rolled off his horse. Sitting on the ground with a butt, he didn't want to be decent, his muscles and bones were so sore that he couldn't get up, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Su Bingjun and others, he saw that they were also like himself who had traveled long distances, but when he got off the horse, he got off the horse and moved freely, standing when he said he was standing, and he was going when he said he was leaving.

He saw it in his eyes and knew that he was old after all, and Su Bingjun was only in his early twenties this year. Su Bingjun came over and helped him up, he was a little surprised, he felt that this job should not be done by Su Bingjun, so he did

That is, he remembered: Bai Xuefeng is gone.

With Su Bingjun's strength, he staggered to his feet, and for the first time in his life, he felt the importance of Bai Xuefeng. Relying on Su Bingjun to settle down, he cheered up and shouted loudly: "Close the city gate!"

Chief of Staff Wei Chenggao ran over: "Here, big handsome!"

Lei Yiming made a gesture to him: "Go! Collect the food of the whole city! Ask for everything that can be eaten! And water, keep all the wells in the city!"

Wei Chenggao agreed and was about to leave, but Lei Yiming spoke again: "Things that can ignite fire, kerosene, fire oil, too!"

Wei Chenggao understood his intentions, so he took a team of men and horses and walked towards the city. At this time, the county governor heard that the patrol was coming and retreated, and he was really frightened - the victorious army, of course, how to rob and justify, the defeated army was at the end of the road, and the burning and killing were even more vicious. In a panic, he led several gentry in the city to rush over, and they planned to get acquainted with each other, so they didn't need to use force, so they directly offered silver dollars for food and drink, and sent these eight masters away.

They came just in time, Lei Yiming lived directly in the county governor's house, and several generals under him also settled in the gentry's house. At this time, before dawn, the ladies of the county governor's family put on their clothes in a panic, and fled from place to place and did not know where to hide; as soon as Lei Ming entered the house, he went inside, and saw that the innermost room was built with half of the kang, and the bedding on the kang was clean, so he lay down on his head, and his legs could not be lifted, and he dragged on the ground for a long time. When Su Bingjun saw it, he came over to lift his two legs, but he swung it

Waving his hand, he said two words: "Hungry." ”

Su Bingjun immediately went out and told the county governor: "Dashuai is hungry, go get food!"

The prefectural governor immediately sent his wife and daughter-in-law to the kitchen to cook. And Lei Yiming was sitting in the house eating, and Wei Chenggao was standing on the street and grabbing. In normal times, Wei Chenggao is the most amiable person, but at this time, he also revealed his fierce nature. Grabbing a big steamed bun that had just come out of the pot in one hand, he chewed it heavily, and at the same time instructed the soldiers to kick open the door of the house, digging three feet into the ground to grab food, oil, gold and silver. A little cub who was not as tall as his legs did not know why, he pounced on his legs and hugged his legs and cried and bitten, he was so annoyed that he pulled out a pistol and put it against the little cub's head, and pulled the trigger with a hook of his fingers. The little cub's brain ran all the way to the half big steamed bun in his hand, so he kicked the cub's corpse away, threw the steamed bun and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up, I'm done with a good meal!" I'm going to starve to death!"

In this way, by noon, Antai had gone from an ordinary small city to a fortress of silence.

Cannons protruded from the towers, and heavy machine guns were erected on the walls. Everything in the city that can be called "materials" was plundered by the Lei soldiers in the backyard of the county yamen. Lei Yiming ate a full meal and slept for two hours, then he walked around the backyard with his hands behind his back, and then said to Wei Chenggao: "Find something, cover the grain, and prevent it from raining." ”

Wei Chenggao agreed.

Lei Yiming turned around and looked at the people behind him - there were Su Bingjun and Lin Zifeng behind him. raised his hand and dusted off a trace of dust from Lin Zifeng's body

Tu, he said: "It's a pity, it's easy to wear a military uniform once, and I didn't let everyone see it, so I was busy running away with me." ”

Lin Zifeng replied: "Didn't the handsome look at it?" ”

Lei Yiming glanced at him, then turned to the front: "You shouldn't come, don't you stay in Beijing?"

Lin Zifeng chuckled very lightly: "At this time, I should come." ”

Lei Yiming shook his head, no longer answered, and turned his head to ask Wei Chenggao: "You say, how many days is this food enough for us to eat?"

Wei Chenggao thought for a moment, and then replied: "Save some food, you can last a week." ”

Lei Yiming stopped his steps, looking at the mess of materials on the ground. The three people around him waited in silence, and after a long time, he spoke: "Divide half of the soldiers in the city and station them outside the city." It's all locked up in the city, and I'm really hungry and anxious, so I have to make infighting. ”

Wei Chenggao lowered his head: "Yes." ”

Lei Yiming waved his hand: "Go ahead, do it now." ”

Wei Chenggao took the order and left, and Lei Yiming turned around and pulled Lin Zifeng in front of him, looked up and looked at him from top to bottom, and finally patted him on the shoulder, looked away, and said softly: "Zifeng, you shouldn't come." ”

Lin Zifeng's eyes chased him: "At this time, I should come." ”

Lei Yiming shook his head: "It shouldn't be." ”

"You think it shouldn't, but I think it should. ”

Lei Yiming shook his head again, looking 100% disapproving. Then he said, "Go back and rest! there's nothing you can do here." ”

Lin Zifeng answered this answer and watched him walk out of the backyard. He lost weight, and the military uniform around him was dirty, and his back was visible

It's a bit bleak. Lin Zifeng stared at him, and also felt that he was dirty now, his clothes were dirty, and the flesh in his clothes was probably dirty, just like him when he had a high fever, and also like him in his strange dream - dirty, damp, exuding a strong smell of alcohol and blood, and a part of his body was rotting, dying but not dying.

Lin Zifeng felt that his dirty appearance was quite attractive, so he stood in place and admired it until Lei Yiming completely walked out of his field of vision.

So he went back to the room that had been assigned to him, and Xiao Liu was waiting for him, waiting for his next command.

As soon as Lei Yiming separated half of the team out of the city, Zhang Jiatian's team caught up.

The team outside the city had already laid out half of the defensive line, and at this time they were about to prepare to meet the enemy, who knew that the enemy had bypassed their defensive line and actually surrounded the entire small city of Antai - it was not enough to surround one layer, and that night they came another team and surrounded another layer.

The city of Antai was surrounded first, and then they opened fire. The soldiers outside the city quickly lost ground and tried to retreat into the city, but the gates were closed and not opened at all. When they saw that the situation was wrong, they knew that they had become Lei Yiming's outcasts.

So what's the point?

The commanders ran first, and when the soldiers saw this, they scattered and fled. The defense line outside the city collapsed instantly, and the defenders on the city tower saw that the enemy was about to push howitzers to bombard the city wall, so they immediately fired preemptively, and beat the artillery and the artillery back together with one blow. Lei Yiming boldly climbed the city tower, raised his binoculars and looked into the distance, only to see that in the extreme distance, the enemy's artillery pushed a platoon

Cannon.

Lei Yiming immediately put down the binoculars: "Open the cannon! Keep firing! Don't give them a chance to fire!"

The defenders received the order and immediately opened fire, and at the same time, the enemy opened fire. Cannons fired cannonballs from the barrel of the cannon, hitting the walls straight and causing them to shake and collapse. Lei Yiming didn't expect the enemy's firepower to be so fierce, so he immediately ran down from the city tower and grabbed Wei Chenggao under the city: "I can't hold it here, mobilize the army to break through from the north gate, and we will retreat to Rehe!"

Wei Chenggao replied: "The north gate is also surrounded by them!"

Lei Yiming pushed him fiercely: "Don't talk nonsense, go quickly!"

Wei Chenggao was almost pushed by him. He gathered the remaining 1,800 people and followed Lei Yiming to the north gate of the city.

At this time, it was already evening again, and Lei Yiming let his guard regiment take the lead, and he also got on the horse. took a rifle from Su Bingjun's hand, he grabbed it, and suddenly remembered Niu'er in his heart.

Niu'er was born to be a daughter!

But if she didn't have him, who would be able to recognize her as a daughter-in-law? Niu'er still had his blood flowing in her body, so he wasn't sure if Chun Hao would always treat her well. Ye Chunhao is still young, if he remarries in the future, will he see that Niu'er is a burden?

Whose children are all grass mustard, only his girl is a daughter, he can't leave her alone in this world to be bullied, even if he dies, he has to go back and die with her.

Thinking of this, he loaded his rifle with a bayonet and gave the order: "Get out of town!"

The guard regiment desperately rushed forward to kill, and really broke out of a gap in the encirclement. However, reinforcements from around the area immediately poured in, closing the gap again.

Lei Yiming repeatedly launched several charges, but was pressed back by the opponent's powerful firepower. He was swept back into the city by the retreating soldiers, and just because he didn't know what to do, a chaotic roar suddenly sounded outside the city: "Surrender your guns and don't kill, go home from the city! Surrender your guns and go home!"

Lei Yiming looked at the city wall, and suddenly, he understood Zhang Jiatian's intentions. His heart sank deep, his blood ran out of heat, and he stopped saying the breakthrough words.

The sound of the artillery outside the city was weak, and the roar was strong, one after another, continuously, shaking the soldiers in the city to stand in place.

Lei Yiming knew that no one would break through with him. Unless he cuts himself, tomorrow at the latest, Zhang Jiatian can walk into the city with dignity in the sound of welcome in the middle of the road, and cut himself with a thousand knives.