Section 295 The Battle of Longyan (17)

Li Kaichun stood at the entrance of the first line of heaven, brandishing a long knife at the same time, "Lu" showed a fierce face: "Lao Tzu is advanced, who dares to run, after going back, he will be beheaded all over the door!" ”

At the same time, more than a dozen of his own soldiers were also slashing and scolding with knives, trying to drive the cowering No. 200 "Cao" Army into the front line.

Although these 200 or so guards are dressed in tatters, they also receive a share of money and food on weekdays, have "drill" exercises, and have battles with bandits, so they are basically the main force of Longyanwei.

And today, when everyone is driven into the front line, Li Kaichun is also forced to go to prison - if he doesn't send these 200 people away, his old man will go to Zhangzhou to go to prison.

Standing on tiptoe and looking ahead, after finding that the masters who had gone in before had disappeared, Li Qianhu couldn't help but have a big headache, and hurriedly drove the "" army even harder.

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After Li Qianhu was taught a lesson yesterday, early this morning, he came to the Tianhou Palace with the main force and waited for dispatch. And the Tianhou Temple is also busy at the moment: the Red Gun Battalion is fighting hard, and it seems that it is also preparing something.

At this time, Wei Yuan was of course very busy, so he just came out to meet Li Qianhu in a hurry, and Ding Liqiu was responsible for the rest.

Ding Liqiu's side is also very simple: he directly sent 5 soldiers in green coats to join the guard team, and then it was over. Li Qianhu knew that his team would have to obey the command of these people next.

The leader of the five people is named Wu, and the most eye-catching among the rest are the two communicators who carry the radio and antenna on their backs.

At noon, these guards set off after mixing a good meal in the Tianhou Temple. However, after the troops set off, there were always people whispering with gloomy faces: decapitated meal.

Li Kaichun was very clear about this situation, but he didn't dare to be too pressed, for fear that someone would mutiny...... There's no way, everyone knows that Yantou Village can't be beaten down by this bit of manpower at all, so it's no wonder that the morale of the team is low.

Li Qianhu's only thought now is to take the team to Yantou Village, and then throw away the armor or annihilate the whole army, as long as his old man can run away safely - it is better to be a general of the defeated army than to be captured and killed after being framed. What's more, the short "hairs" also promised him that he could escape, although it looked like a trap no matter how it looked.

He now thinks he understands the situation: his team is used to attract the attention of the Yantou Village bandits, and it is used to buy time for the Red Gun Battalion to exterminate the Lin 100,000 bandits.

So, the army of bandits with different minds and no morale set out in this way.

The journey of the team was very slow along the way, and when they reached the foot of Yantouzhai Mountain, they even took a big break. However, this break was ordered by squad leader Wu, and the people also watched a tree-climbing performance for free: a signal soldier put a pair of "iron sickles" on his feet, and then stepped on the trunk of the tree and walked up.

Once he reached the top of the tree, he withdrew his hands, pulled the antenna from behind his back, and began to adjust his direction according to the instructions under his feet.

Everyone looked up at the scene with their mouths wide open, and it was not until the telegraph operator had finished sending and receiving the telegram that the signal corps climbed down from the tree. Lord Qianhu originally wanted to ask what was going on, but seeing that Squad Leader Wu didn't want to deal with him, he still forgot it.

The team rested for more than 40 minutes, and it was not until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon that squad leader Wu ordered to restart.

When the group climbed the mountain in fear and came to the entrance of the first line of heaven, everyone stopped: this is a famous dangerous place, a good place to set traps, and no one knows how many bandits are lurking overhead.

However, the team finally moved: under the cold gaze of squad leader Wu, Lord Qianhu first loudly offered a reward of 2 taels of silver per person, and then pulled out his sword and began to "drive up the livestock" with his own soldiers.

Naturally, the "livestock" were reluctant to go in and die. However, just when the two sides were at a stalemate, and they were about to disperse or cause a fight, squad leader Wu and the others took the lead and separated everyone into the first line.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

And Lord Qianhu seized the opportunity to roar: "Fuck you, break the prison army, your mother Lao Tzu will be beheaded together, and you won't let Lao Tzu rush in!" ”

After saying this, Li Qianhu scolded while taking the lead in rushing into the first line of heaven.

Under the double threat, the "" soldiers finally squeezed in and followed.

As the name suggests, when the "Cao" soldiers entered this narrow mountain crevice where only the sky could be seen overhead, the cold sweat all over their bodies came down.

Trembling, Li Qianhu's eyes widened at the moment, and he kept an eye on the top of his head and the front at any time: he was afraid that the brave and unparalleled horse village master would come out with a big knife and skewer them into a gourd.

However, the world is unpredictable, until the Lord of Qianhu walked out of the sky, and no trace of the bandits was found?

Standing at the bright exit, Li Qianhu couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then he was not calm: after the first line of heaven was a narrow ridge about 50 meters long, and at this moment, the five prison soldiers had already walked two-thirds of the way, and at the end of the road, there was the gate of Yantou Village.

In front of the gate, in the bleak mountain breeze, there sat a strange man with a blue face and fangs.

Li Qianhu was about to shout: "Be careful, there is an ambush!" However, just when he opened his mouth to speak, he didn't want to be pushed by someone...... A large number of "" troops poured out behind him, and there was no place to stand under his feet.

Seeing this situation, Lord Qianhu could only rush forward. However, when he rushed halfway, he suddenly found that the five prison guards and the ghostly person had disappeared into the gate.

In the end, trembling, "confused" and "confused", step by step, the bandit warriors, step by step, finally moved to the open gate of Yantou Village, and then they saw corpses all over the ground.

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Lord Qianhu stood in the square with a knife, looked at his subordinates who were eating chickens sitting next to the corpse, and finally understood the meaning of Ding Liqiu's words before leaving: "I asked you to go to pick up leaks." ”

They really came to pick up the leak: when 200 warriors rushed into Yantou Village, after experiencing heaven and hell, the people after great joy and sorrow suddenly had a great appetite, and began to sweep the pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks on the banquet without waiting for greeting, and they didn't even care about cleaning the corpses.

By the time the stunned insiders reacted, five or six people had already gulped down the wine in the jar.

The next moment, Li Qianhu, who was told the truth, suddenly jumped to his feet and cut down a fool who was pouring alcohol...... The scene stopped, but the few who had already drunk, like the people who had drunk paraquat in later generations, looked alive and kicking, but in fact there was no help...... Unless they can teleport to the hospital on Oyuan Island.

The comical and ridiculous anti-bandit operation began with a strange chewing sound. These "" soldiers, who were only up to the rank of "joint defense members", transformed into robbers as soon as they found out that they had become the masters here.

Not only did they stuff ready-made things into their mouths, but they also opened the grain depot of the bandits, took out white rice, salt, chickens and ducks and began to boil them in a large pot, not treating themselves as outsiders.

In addition, some people tried to storm the public treasury, which contained silver taels and goods.

And the five-person group who watched coldly and Nanwang wearing a mask, except for reporting to the mountain, did not mean to stop these people at all: if Li Qianhu couldn't suppress it, it was his incompetence, and someone would naturally settle accounts with him after he went back.

Fortunately, Lord Qianhu was also clear about the development of the situation, so he and his soldiers used machetes and bird guns in time to stop this brain-dead behavior of robbing the public treasury: "Grab a penny and cut it all over the door" This sentence helped everyone cool down.

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After eating and drinking, the spirits of the "" soldiers relaxed. At this time, Qianhu dared to arrange errands for these people.

As mentioned above, the military system of the guard in the late Ming Dynasty has degenerated into a de facto semi-serf system, and the oppression of military households by generals at all levels is extremely cruel.

Without food and clothing, it has become the norm for wives and daughters to sell their bodies. Over the years, military households have fled in large numbers, and the relationship between "cadres and the masses" has risen to the level of "hatred."

And the funny thing is that many times, the guard also needs the help of military households. This situation is not much of a problem when it comes to defending the homeland, after all, if the robbers succeed, everyone will suffer.

However, in a proactive action like today's, the generals actually have very weak control: the team may collapse at any time, and the generals themselves are in a state of being "shot black" at any time.

Therefore, Li Qianhu did not dare to "force" too much, and after guarding the most important treasury, these people went to eat and drink, and after the situation stabilized, he began to give orders.

The first step, of course, is to clean up the body.

The heads of Ma Shixia and several leaders were cut down and packed, ready to be taken back for credit.

Other bandits were not so lucky. The tattered soldiers let out a laugh as they stripped the man clean, then threw their bodies off the cliff and left them in the wilderness.

Those who can come out to be bandits are at least dressed in thick homespun cloth, which is a rare good material for poor military households.

After the clothes and personal belongings of the bandits were looted, it was already dark, so about 200 people camped in the stockade for the night.

Tonight, the lights in Yantou Village were bright, and a large pile of firewood was taken out to burn the fire, and if it was not enough, there were buildings—it couldn't be taken away anyway.

Early the next morning, while the soldiers were happily eating white rice and boiled bacon, the support team under the mountain came.

These people were all sent by Ding Liqiu, and they were a joint team composed of the escorts of various merchants and the activists of the migrant workers. A team of nearly 300 men brought pack horses and muskets, and as soon as they arrived, the "" army did not matter.

Soon, under the instruction of the prison army, Lord Qianhu fulfilled his promise: he gave each "Cao" soldier 2 taels of silver in cash, and in addition, they were allowed to take 20 catties of rice and a little salt each.

So, the military households who came to pick up a big leak with large bags and small bags were happily sent home, leaving only Li Qianhu and a few personal soldiers at the scene.

Oh yes, and the soldiers also carried the corpses of their own people—they died before nightfall, died on the wine table, and suffered injuries. Take a hundred plating on the latest chapter of "Luming Claw Book House" to read it for free for the first time.