Chapter 3: Banditry

"Yes, I grew up watching Zhongting, and I still know his personality and abilities well, but since he was injured a few days ago, I can't understand him anymore, and he has become a little strong, and he is always alone in a daze, I don't know what I'm thinking, and I don't know if it's good or bad." Liao Zhongyi pondered.

"I think this is a good thing, I also know more about the court, he was a little introverted before, and a little weak, as for what he said, he went to a private school for a period of time, and he can read some words, and I didn't find anything else. But now it's different, the commander is sick, he dares to change the commander's order directly, and in one day he thinks of the safest way at present, and he can also convince Uncle Liao that you can also coordinate our 160 or so people into a whole during the march, redivide the troop establishment, organize personnel to remove traces of the march, arrange warning points, and so on. In my opinion, this is not something that an ordinary young man who has only been in private school for a few days and is only a 15-year-old can do. Huang Zhongyuan said with some surprise.

Listening to Huang Zhongyuan's words, everyone else nodded affirmatively, their faces full of doubts, but they were a little expectant, after all, they were now tied to a chariot.

At this time, Liao Zhongyi stood up, waved his hand and said, "No matter how it changes, the performance of this kid in Zhongting today convinces me." Well, we have enough food at the moment, so we can rest here for a while, and everyone is busy late today, so let's go and rest early. With that, he turned and left, and the rest of the people got up and left one after another.

Tonight was destined to be a good night for these officers, but it was also a sleepless night, exhausted by the long battles and marches, and the flight after defeat. Even their backbone, Huang Mingtang, one of the initiators of the rebel army, could not preside over the current overall situation.

But Huang Mingtang's son, Huang Zhongting, controlled the current situation in just one day, and his decision-making and command ability also made their eyes shine, and they had some expectations for the future.

The warm and comfortable cave and quiet mountain environment made everyone in this small rebel army sleep exceptionally comfortably this night.

In the early morning of the next day, Huang Zhongting, who was sleeping, was urgently woken up by Huang Zhongyuan, the commander of a company.

"Zhongting, just now our sentry captured a suspicious man when he was on guard, and he was also carrying a native gun, I learned from my preliminary interrogation that he was a bandit from Eagle's Beak Mountain, there are about five or six hundred people on Eagle's Beak Mountain, and there are only five or six mountains from here, it should be the group of bandits that Commander Liao said." Huang Zhongyuan said hurriedly.

"Bring that bandit over, I want to ask about the specific situation, and let Uncle Liao and them all come over." When he first heard that there were bandits, Huang Zhongping's heart was also panicked, but after thinking about it carefully, what are you afraid of, the bandits in this era have a few broken guns in their hands and are already considered the elite of the bandits, even the newly formed new army of the Qing court is not everyone can have a gun, there are more than 160 people in their hands, and each person has a gun, even if there are 2,000 bandits Huang Zhongting is not afraid, if he can't fight, he will run, but he still has to understand the situation in detail, in case it happens, he really can't draw it if he dies!

After interrogation, Huang Zhongting understood that he still underestimated this group of bandits, sixty or seventy guns, including more than 10 active French rifles, plus more than 600 people, which was better than an ordinary Qing army.

In addition, the bandit also confessed that their big boss, the Eagle King, decided to get married tomorrow, and he married a beautiful Vietnamese girl who had just been snatched back a few days ago.

It is said that this girl is not small, the family is quite powerful in Vietnam, and has something to do with the French colonial government, when she was captured, she was escorted by the French army, and she looked as beautiful as a fairy, and their big boss Eagle King has been worried about retaliation, so he sent him to the bottom of the mountain to inquire about the news.

"Fight, must fight, eat and wipe this gang of bandits clean." Huang Zhongping looked excited and shouted loudly.

After yelling, he realized that the atmosphere at the scene was a little wrong, and everyone looked at him with a strange face.

At this moment, Liao Zhongyi and Huang Zhongyuan are thinking about estrus in their hearts? As soon as I heard that there was a little beauty on the mountain, I was so excited.

Huang Zhongting had lived for twenty or thirty years in his previous life, and immediately understood that they had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "This gang of bandits still has dozens of guns, and we can use them when we get them, and their cottage is more comfortable than ours in this cave, so we have to find a more comfortable place for my father to recuperate."

After explaining, Liao Zhongyi and them, you look at me, I look at him, without saying a word, Huang Zhongting knew that the explanation was also in vain.

As for whether it is estrus or not, only he knows.

Huang Zhongting calmed down and said: "Immediately send scouts to find out the terrain around the cottage, the first company is the main attack, the second company is the auxiliary attack, it is encircled, take the eagle's beak cottage, and don't let anyone go."

The attacking troops set out tonight and launched an attack early tomorrow morning, and after firing the machine guns did not save bullets, they were first disrupted and the battle was quickly resolved. ”

The distance is not far, the mountains here are not very high, mainly the trees are large and the grass is dense, five or six hills, one day is enough to arrive.

Huang Zhongping gave the order in one breath, and added a little willfully: "Tomorrow night, my father and I will rest in the cottage, and this cave is still a little uncomfortable." ”

"Yes", after receiving the order, Huang Zhongyuan and Xu Guichuan went down to gather their respective troops.

The pre-war preparations were also very simple, with a total of about 100 people, who were nothing more than sharpening their knives and guns and distributing ammunition.

At this time, in the Eagle's Beak Peak Cottage, it was a festive scene, and hundreds of people were busy putting up lanterns, which was peaceful.

In one of the most magnificent rooms in the cottage, a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old with her hands and feet tied was lying on the bed, her body had been put on a red wedding dress, and her beautiful melon seed face revealed desolation and despair.

And there is a scar man standing next to the bed, this person is the eagle king, the big boss of the eagle's beak cottage, looking at the beautiful girl on the bed with a wicked smile, and said with a smile: "Haha, tomorrow you will be the woman of my eagle king, and you are also the first lady of our eagle's beak cottage, you will serve the uncle and me in a down-to-earth manner, and ensure that you will eat and drink spicy food in the future, and for you I haven't touched a woman for half a month, haha." ”

After finishing speaking, staring at the stunner on the bed, the eagle king's heart was filled with a fire, and he couldn't wait to deal with the stunner in front of him immediately, but think about it carefully, this kind of stunning beauty is to be enjoyed slowly, and there will be time to conquer it in the future, not in a hurry, and then turned around and left.

At three o'clock in the morning, the first and second companies led by Huang Zhongyuan and Xu Guichuan were already lurking in the mountains and forests 500 meters away from the eagle's beak cottage, and after settling the troops, Xu Guichuan came to Huang Zhongyuan's side.

Xu Guichuan said with a big grin: "Commander Huang, how to fight, I listen to you, you are a top student in this area." ”

"Just now the scouts have reconnoitred the perimeter, the eagle's beak mountain is a 90-degree cliff on three sides, the court said that it is impossible to surround it at present, and if you want to attack it, you can only pass through the open land in front of you and attack it from the front." Huang Zhongyuan said in a deep voice.