Chapter 388: Bloody
The time of the counteroffensive was at dawn the next day.
At the gate of the Xianshui Palace, where a large number of cattle and sheep gathered, Wang Lanling began to let people clean up and drive these cattle and sheep.
Despite the commotion of last night, a large number of sheep and goats still refused to move, and the more noisy and dangerous it was outside, the more they would gather together and keep crowding inside.
There were also some cattle, sheep and horses running down the mountain, and now many places except the Xianshui Palace were on fire, and the beasts and livestock would instinctively gather towards a safe place with water.
On the roof of a building, several men were loading a cannon barrel with ammunition.
With a roar, the cannon of the counterattack resounded through the mountain stream.
The more dangerous it is, the more people who are persecuted and awakened, and Wang Lanling has already selected another 600 young people from the county people who came up.
In their hands were wooden sticks, poles, bamboo rakes, hoes, shovels and other agricultural weapons.
Wang Lanling had already proved that he could take care of their families, and that he would lead them to fight, and he was also the parent official in this county, so after a night of persuasion, he recruited these people who were willing to go down the mountain to defend their homeland together.
If it is Heishui County, the village can easily call a few hundred people, and if it is a large-scale defensive battle on the scale of the county seat, it is easy to call a few thousand people.
The people here are accustomed to not resisting, thinking that even if the horse bandits come, everyone can send these people away with just a little money.
It is already not easy to call out six hundred men, and under the premise of having the fortress of Xianshui Palace, in fact, not many people are willing to go down the mountain and take risks.
If he was just waiting for those bandits to leave by himself in the Immortal Water Palace, he would lose the meaning of this incident.
Only if they personally beat those horse bandits out will they be truly victorious!
It took more than an hour to drive the nearby cattle and sheep aside, and the steps of the Xianshui Palace were also covered with all kinds of cows, sheep, horse dung, and a lot of animal hair.
All the personnel had already come out, and Wang Lanling also walked to the front with a few guards.
Wang Lanling rode on a horse, holding the reins in one hand and raising the metal pistol in his hand with the other.
"Come with me! Let's reclaim our homeland! Let's support the warriors who are fighting to the death in the county! ”
The men of Shanhai County around him raised their weapons in their hands at this time and shouted, "Oh! Yes! Yes! ”
These people don't know what to say, and they have not received education and knowledge in this area, they are now extremely nervous because of the relationship between fighting with bandits, and most of them are afraid, so after Wang Lanling spoke, these people echoed with shouts.
The more times like this, the more susceptible it becomes.
If someone takes the lead in evading and does not resist, then they will gather together like sheep and squeeze to a safe place, let those companions on the periphery be taken away by the wolves, and feed the enemy's appetite with those who have not competed with their own kind.
Wang Lanling won't let these people just go down and walk, what he wants is to make these sheep realize that their teeth can be used for more than just grazing.
When Wang Lanling led hundreds of people down the mountain, the bandits who had been waiting at the foot of the mountain all night finally waited for their chance.
"King! Someone on the hill is coming down! ”
"King! Those people are coming towards us! ”
"Ready! Rush up! ”
When Ma Guangshan saw that someone was coming down, he jumped directly from a big rock and shouted, "Little ones! Rush me! Kill into the Xianshui Palace, whoever grabs the woman there will be counted! ”
Ma Guangshan's subordinates are all outlaws, these people are not in awe of the imperial court, and they are ready to run away with a vote.
These people are all people who have been bandits for more than ten years, and they know very well that the poor people in the county are incomparable with the official masters, especially Wang Lanling, a rich son from the mainland.
Whether it is a money baby or a woman, they are the best of the best, as long as they do this vote, they will be able to live a landlord's life in the future!
One of the horse bandits said, "My lord, it seems that there are a lot of people, there are hundreds!" ”
The distance between the two sides was approaching, and the few people led by the other side had no intention of retreating or hesitating, but the entire large army was quickly approaching this side.
Ma Guangshan squinted at the people who came down from the mountain road in front of him.
"What are people afraid of? It's all a group of miscellaneous sheep with no eggs, and Lao Tzu shoots one at a time! ”
A middle-aged man in rotten clothes next to him said, "Those who take wood make you afraid? We've got all the iron guys in our hands! ”
Ma Guangshan looked at the peasant team that had approached about 100 meters and shouted, "Little ones! Let these dirt buns know how powerful they are! Above! ”
Both sides quickly pointed their guns at each other, and this is the time when guns were primarily used.
Wang Lanling was not in the first row, he was at the back of the line, it was impossible for the Zhao family and the people of Heishui County to let Wang Lanling stand in the most dangerous place, and Wang Lanling also knew that it was not of much significance for him to stand in the first row, but it was a drag that distracted others to protect.
In the first row, fourteen-year-old Tian Buxing pointed his rifle at the men who were also aiming in the distance.
Tian Buxing's palms were a little greasy, his palms and behind him were covered with cold sweat, he was engrossed in looking at the opposite position, and at the same time, his feet had to slowly approach.
Although the rifle in his hand is a long-range weapon, it needs to be in the most dangerous place when firing the enemy's gunner.
The range of military rifles is more than a kilometer, but there is a limit to the human eye, unless it is that kind of sharpshooter, basically everyone shoots at a distance of 100 meters to 50 meters.
If you don't need to care about the enemy or me, you don't have to worry about hurting your own people by mistake, and you don't need to care about whether there are enough bullets or not, just a few blind shots, then you can shoot when you see people.
The distance between the vanguard of the two sides was shrinking, and the horse bandits, who had not cared about it, also became nervous after seeing the dozen or so gunmen who were aiming with their guns and gradually approaching.
The sound of the entire battlefield was gone, and more could be heard in my ears than the sound of my own heartbeat and the gasps of my companions around me.
The battlefield was tilted, and next to and behind the gunners on both sides were farmers with farm tools and outlaws with machetes.
There was no place to hide, and there was no detour, and both of them could only fight their way out of this inclined road.
Beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on Tian Buxing's face, he was now in the range of those people's rifles, and the cotton clothes he was wearing couldn't protect against any bullets at all.
The firepower of both sides is not enough to support long-range consumption, and the bullet is just a signal, and there is basically only one chance to use it!
There were no trees or rocks to take shelter from, but the bandits could lie on the rocks or aim behind the wagon.
This kind of tentative contact, which is gradually approaching death, is extremely testing the hearts of the people and the military spirit of the troops.
100 meters...... Ninety meters ...... Eighty meters ......
"Bang!"
I don't know who couldn't help but shoot the gun first, Tian Buxing decisively fired the bullet that was only one shot at the man who had been aiming for half his life for a long time.
"Rush!" After the gun vibrate, Tian Buwei tightened his rifle, pointed the bayonet at the front, and rushed out.
Tian Buwei didn't look to see if his bullet hit the enemy, and when he rushed out, he saw a person from Heishui County he knew falling.
At this time, Tian Buxing no longer had the time and ideas to think about the problem, all he was thinking about now was killing!
After more than a dozen of the front rows of both sides fell, the distance between the battlefield of sixty or seventy meters was finally narrowed, and a large number of people armed with bayonets and farm tools rushed into the ranks of the mountain bandits.
Whether it is a big knife or a shovel, or a flat pole that can be seen everywhere, it has become a murder weapon that kills people at this time!
Tian Buxing rushed in front of a man, and under the frightened eyes of the other party, Tian Buxing stabbed the man in the chest with the bayonet of his rifle.
The man obviously didn't have much sense of fighting, he was just afraid to run away without moving, which was very different from the kind of bandits who were not afraid of death that Tian Buxing thought.
His hands tightly grasped Tian Buxing's rifle, trying to prevent the murder weapon that had stabbed into his body from getting closer, he was really in pain, very afraid of pain.
Tian Buwei was also scared for a moment, if it was peacetime, he would definitely throw away the gun in his hand.
But this was the battlefield, and the hoarse shouts around him, as well as the people pushing around him, made Tian Buxing quickly come back to his senses.
After a pause of two seconds, Tian Buwei used all his strength to push out this adult, who was much bigger than himself and could be his father's age.
The man soon fell to the ground, and was greeted by the sticks and shovels of the farmers around him.
Tian Buxing's heart was empty, and he quickly went to find another bandit nearby.
There are many people like Hetian Buxing, as long as this battle is not won or lost, and there is no death, then people like them who have entered the state will not have time to stay.
Tian Buxing gave up waiting for news in the Immortal Water Palace, and chose the path of coming out to fight.