"Shao Dong, Shao Dong, it's not good, there are bandits entering the village." Zhao Si's broken gong voice woke up Xiao Mingfeng, who was practicing calligraphy, from afar. He put the brush on the pen stand, picked up the Manlisha and the bullet belt that was on the edge of the tree, and rushed out. "Small, don't go." His mother just wanted to shout to stop him, but he was pulled back by the old man Xiao behind him.

"Women's Daoists, don't talk nonsense, the eldest son is the chief of the body, how can he do if he doesn't go, do you want the Xiao family to walk with his crotch in the future?"

"But, sir, this knife and gun have no eyes, this in case"

"What in case. Teacher Dong, I bother you to take a trip and take care of the old man. ”

"Hmm" A man in a strong suit standing behind him bowed his head and answered, and strode up to catch up.

"Madame, don't worry, even if he is invincible, Dong Da will protect him, and his life will be fine. My Xiao family can't lose their reputation in this peaceful town, not to mention that there is still a team of insurance teams stationed outside the town. Old man Xiao comforted his wife outside, in fact, he was also up and down in his heart, but his cultivation was in place, and there was nothing unusual in his appearance.

"How many bandits?" Xiao Mingfeng climbed up the town's dirt fence and looked at the thick smoke and chickens and dogs jumping in the courtyards of the tenants deep in the woods outside.

"I don't know, it's not small, but just knowing about the scourge of tenants, I haven't seen anyone rushing to our town." The lookout post on the wall hurried back to the young owner's house. "Maybe it won't be long before the insurance team sees it, and maybe they've already sent troops to beat up these dogs."

"Well, it's broken." Xiao Mingfeng looked at the outside of the woods and tossed very happily, but there were not many people, but there were many tenants who fled through the woods to the gate of the town with a big burden. The words of the lookout post just now made his heart suddenly brighten, these bandits are not to rob a few tenants at all, they are so tossed and do not attack the soil and enclosure, you must know that this is less than thirty miles away from the provincial capital, and the officers and soldiers of Jinan Mansion can react no matter how slow they are two hours, won't they just fight at that time? The purpose of this gang of bandits is not in Ping'an Town, so there is only one possibility, they are to lure the insurance regiment to send troops, after all, as a guest army, the insurance regiment in Ping'an Town in distress can not send troops, otherwise it will not be good to meet again in the future, this gang of bandits must have calculated this, and will definitely set up an ambush on the road, and the insurance regiment will suffer a big loss if there is a calculation or not. I happened to see Dong Da come to the bottom of the soil enclosure and brought two mules, it must be that his parents were not worried about letting Teacher Dong protect him. Xiao Mingfeng made a quick decision.

"Lao Dong, you come up immediately to command the regiment. I went to the insurance corps to ask for help. Xiao Mingfeng shouted as he ran down the dirt fence.

"Young master, the master's orders are to follow you every step of the way." Dong Da is his Lao Tzu's personal guard, and Xiao Mingfeng is still in command.

"Forget it, you come with me. That, Lao Wang, you take the brothers to defend it, and the bandits will be beaten with a platoon of guns when they go out of the woods, and if they attack the wall, they will burn them with oil bottles, and if they can't stand it, they will block the gate with sandbags, and those who go up to the wall will be stabbed with guns, and no one can be allowed to enter the town no matter what. Xiao Mingfeng got on the big mule and shouted at the only old king in the shop who had been a military trainer, and then shouted at the other shopkeepers, "Rabbit cubs, bandits come to town." Our family can't fall well, today's desperate guy, my old man has a heavy reward, and he died and injured the owner of the family, and he couldn't call off the ground. I went to the insurance regiment to ask for help, and at this time I listened to Lao Wang's dispatch, and I didn't respect the military order and cut it first. Then he said to the old Wang Tou who was close to him, "I estimate that I came to the insurance group, the town is not risky, I went out from the south gate of the town, and went around the Wei family to the insurance group, and I can't let the insurance group suffer." The insurance regiment is gone, and the bandits can't keep the town with a quick gun. Seeing that Lao Wang understood, Xiao Mingfeng didn't dare to delay, and rushed over to the south gate with Dong Da on a mule, and ran down the official road of the Wei family when he left the town.

"Big Strong, the team is all assembled. Look," a team leader approached He Dazhuang and asked quietly.

He Dazhuang was also up and down in his heart, he didn't expect that when Lao Wei and Captain Du were not there, there were bandits attacking Ping'an Town, although he felt that the insurance regiment must help Ping'an Town repel the bandits' attack, but without the command of the detachment leader, he was just a squad leader and acting deputy detachment leader, and the sin of leading troops to attack without authorization was not something that his small body could bear. "Da Liu, let the brothers of the 1234 squad guard the barracks, and if the bandits dare to attack our camp, they will open fire, and the 56 squad will push out the cannons, load the shells, and first fire two cannons at the bandits who can be seen, scare them, and maybe they will be scared away. The seven or eight squads are ready first, and if the bandits don't withdraw later, I will take them to stab the bandits' back road. Da Liu, the Sun San stick of your team is running fast, and then call two faster runners to send a message to the Wei team leader at the Lashan shooting range. ”

"Okay." Da Liu and several other squad leaders also understood He Dazhuang's intentions, anyway, the old camp cannot afford to lose, and the rescue must be done within their means. It is a good choice to open artillery, at least tell the bandits that there are cannons in the camp, on the one hand, they can give their team members courage, on the other hand, the Wei detachment leaders in Jinan Mansion and Lashan should send people to contact them when they hear the sound of artillery, and when the reinforcements arrive, it is considered luck that the bandits can escape with their lives.

When Xiao Mingfeng and Lao Dong were galloping on the road, the camp of the insurance regiment was busy with guns and cannons, and the woods in the middle did not stop. In addition to the congregation of the Dadaohui is Meng Guangwen and Li Tongguan, the two leaders of the Pingfei Sect, and the more than 50 brothers of the Yihequan of Feicheng, Li Tongguan himself is a native of Changqing and is very familiar with Ping'an Town, and originally suggested that he should concentrate his forces to take the town first, and then turn his head to deal with the insurance group, Meng Guangwen disagreed, insisting that according to the deployment of Chen Dadaotou, only relying on about 30 brothers of the Dadaohui to burn and loot in the tenant villages on the periphery to create momentum, the remaining 100 Dadaohui and more than 50 Yihequan brothers are hidden on the high slopes on both sides of the official road, Just waiting for an ambush. It had been in a commotion for more than half an hour, and Ping'an Town had received the tenants who had fled and held on behind closed doors, and the understaffed brothers did not dare to get too close to the town, and one of them was killed and two wounded by a platoon of guns just when they tried to get closer. However, the sentry at the south gate reported that there were two mules and two riders who went out to the official road to ask for help, and it seemed that they were going to the provincial capital. Li Tongguan was more reasonable, and shouted with his eldest brother Meng Guangwen again: "Big brother, let's withdraw, let's all go to the town, anyway, there are more than 50 shops and more than a dozen guns in the town, let's fight them with one charge, and those who beat them Xiao Dahu and Li Dahu will not be old or young with food alone, enough for the brothers to chew." Meng Guangwen also muttered, just looking at the bustle of people coming and going in the camp of the insurance group, except for the three who ran out to report the news, most of the time it was not seen that the brigade of people out of the camp, although Chen Da Dart had the grace to take in his own group, but it was the top priority of the brothers to exchange some food, and it was obviously not what the brothers were willing to do when they touched the hard stubble with foreign guns, and they just wanted to grit their teeth and agree, but it was a big deal to break up with Chen Da Dart, and give them some food as a reward. I can't fight for the lives of my brothers. As soon as the words came to his lips, his fists were raised and he could not put down, and two violent explosions exploded on the edge of the tenants' village, and a straw hut that was not very stable collapsed, and several brothers who were catching chickens in the garden jumped out of the courtyard wall in disgrace, and two fellows fell in the courtyard and could not see it alive. "Got a cannon?" Meng Guangwen and Li Tongguan looked at each other, and kicked on the iron plate. Just when the two of them were at the end of the rat, they didn't know that there was also chaos in the city.

Although Chen Dadao, who was walking in front of the team, covered his face with a black cloth, he obviously still had a lot of affection for the familiar streets, carrying a big ring knife with a ghost head in his hand, followed by more than 200 brothers, and he was a bit of a foolish boy in later generations. It's a pity that the shops along the street have closed their doors, and no one has come to pay homage to his heroic appearance. Li Changshui, Zhu Honglan, and Wu Fangcheng looked around even more unbearable, if it weren't for the sake of saving face, a few of them would have gone to rob like their subordinates, but Chen Chaogui had no choice but to persuade all the people in charge, gather the brothers and rush to the Grand View Garden as soon as possible, there is nothing in it, there is nothing in it, gold and silver are all over the ground, there are boxes of jewelry, and there can be a few taels of oil and water in these small shops. After turning the corner, I finally arrived at the official road of the West Gate, where the opposite of the official road is the north square of the Grand View Garden. After some exclamation, they shouted in unison, each raising knives, guns and sticks were about to rush upward, "Bah" a gunshot, Wu Fangcheng, who was turning around and shouting loudly for his brother, rushed out of his head, and the scoop was opened in an instant, and the corpse stood on the spot, and after a breath, it fell straight to the ground like a bag of flour, and the brain and blood were smeared on the ground, Wu Fangcheng was still immersed in the excitement of grabbing the Grand View Garden, I didn't understand what was going on, so I died. Chen Dadart hurriedly pulled the vermilion lamp and Li Changshui to retreat, and the others seemed to understand, and retreated into the alley one after another, except for Wu Fangcheng's dead body on the ground, there were sticks, big knives and straw sandals that had been trampled on. As soon as the three people were combined, it was estimated that the insurance group was three or two sharpshooters supporting the scene, and it was decided that the three of them would each take seventy people to attack the east, north, and west sides, and after entering, they would gather in the tower of the center. After the silence of a cup of tea, they began to divide into three teams, scattered along the alley to three directions, and then each rushed to the gate of the Grand View Garden, who would have thought that the iron gate of the Grand View Garden was closed, and the shops that were open on the outside were also closed and locked, and the inside and outside were not connected, and the passage could not be opened in a hurry, so dozens of people were crowded at the east, north and west gates, holding axes to split locks, and they were anxious to climb up the iron fence as if they had turned in, but soon found that some guys wearing yellow canvas clothes poured into the door hole from the Grand View Garden, Wearing a red iron helmet, a group of people held a large pipe in their hands, and when they were puzzled, a column of water with the thickness of an arm sprayed out of the pipe they carried, and the strong water pressure instantly rushed out of the guy who climbed on the iron gate for more than 20 meters before landing, and he fainted at that time. Under the swaying of the water column, those who were sprayed became gourds that fell to the ground, and few people stood up. Other people were also affected, and the ** had to retreat, and the store with more good things simply took a boiling kettle and poured boiling water on the crowd at the door from the third floor and the roof. As soon as the breeze blew, most of the boxers who retreated for a while were shivering with cold, and of course, some of them were burned on their heads and faces, their ears and cheeks were red and swollen, and they shivered vigorously. Chen Da Dart's head was also hit, and the loss was fast, otherwise he would have been burned into a pig's head.