The left battalion just didn't have foreign guns, not without firearms.

As early as when Chen Zhankui paid enough money to recruit young people to serve in the sheep's horns, he brought two shotguns and a carrying gun from his hometown, and later Han Xiufeng gave them a mountain splitting cannon from the Wenjing Troupe. Later, he helped the Guizhou officials and troops to eliminate the bandits, and successively seized eight bird guns and three carrying guns. And these seven bird guns and four carrying guns also have a history, which were originally firearms of the Guizhou officials and soldiers, but they were later seized by the bandits.

In addition to the original seven-shot shotguns, three-gun carrying guns, and one mountain-splitting gun of the Jizo Regiment that were incorporated into the left battalion, as well as the five-gun and three-gun carrying guns collected in Wushan County, the left battalion under his command had a total of 23 bird guns, 10 lifting guns, and two mountain-splitting guns, and all these firearms were gathered together to form a firearms post with a total of 106 people, and Xiang Ying, the supervisor of the Jizo Regiment, served as the sentry officer.

Guan Xiangying, like Chen Zhankui, has always been very envious of the firearms regiment of the Baojia Bureau, and while signaling the brother who carried the mountain cannon to hurry up, he asked curiously: "Brother Da Niu, I heard that Changmao not only used firearms without permission, but also bought a lot of foreign guns and cannons from foreigners, is it true?" ”

Zhang Daniu, the commander of the Hunan army who was ordered to lead the way for them, hurriedly said: "Master Yuguan, there are a lot of long-haired foreign guns and foreign cannons, but they are long-haired foreign guns and foreign cannons in the city, and there are not many of these long-haired foreign guns and foreign cannons under Shi Dakai's hands. ”

"What about shotguns and guns?"

"Not much."

Guan Xiangying was a little disappointed, thinking that Chen Tianru and they galloped to the aid of Hongshan with Lord Han, dealing with the long hair in the city, and with the assistance of the firearms regiment of the Baojia Bureau, if they could capture more than ten or twenty foreign guns in one fell swoop, then the right battalion might be able to form a foreign gun team.

He was thinking about it when the drums in front of him suddenly stopped.

Just as he was about to stand on tiptoe to see what was going on, he heard Chen Zhankui shouting in front of him: "Isn't it just a long hair, and the guy in our hand is not a vegetarian!" Brethren, show out! ”

Guan Xiangying was taken aback, and immediately pulled out his knife and rushed to the front, before he saw where Changmao was, Pan Er pointed at a small hill in front of him with a knife: "Sentry A listens to the order, hurry up the mountain, hurry up the shotgun, carry the gun and put the gun on the gun carriage!" ”

"Yes." Guan Xiangying didn't care about seeing where Changmao was, and hurriedly followed Pan Er's order to arrange troops.

"Tianbao, Zhengbin, you two guards the east! Yusheng, you guard the south! Zhan Kui, hurry up and take the remaining brothers up the mountain to supervise the battle. ”

"Yes!"

With Pan Changsheng's order, some of the more than 400 brothers in the left battalion carried shotguns and guns or mountain splitting cannons to climb up the hills, and some held machetes, rattan cards or spears, and followed their respective commanders and chiefs to the southeast and southeast sides of the hills. Zhang Daniu, the commander of the Hunan army, was worried about the safety of Master Pan, and hurriedly ran up the hill.

Guan Xiangying was the first person to climb the hill, and as soon as he gained a firm foothold, he found two or three hundred long-haired people dressed in colorful and green clothes, chasing the two scouts sent by Chen Zhankui along a small river whose name he didn't know what to call him, and he was less than six hundred steps away from the hill at his feet.

"Lao Guan, don't look at it, hurry up and let your people set up cannons!" Chen Zhankui roared angrily.

Guan Xiangying relieved himself and hurriedly said, "Brothers, bring the gun carriage here." Shotgunners, gunmen, hurry up and light the fire rope, and the other brothers hurry up and load the gunpowder lead! ”

Pan Er, who had just run to the highest place, also saw clearly, and found that there were less than 300 people chasing and killing the scouts, and they were in a long snake formation, and the scouts who were chasing the most tightly were less than fifty steps away from the scouts who were running backwards in a hurry, and those who were pulling behind could only see the figures clearly, and those long hairs behind them actually carried a lot of things on their shoulders, looking like they had just collected grain and grass nearby, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Zhankui didn't care so much, he just wanted to make a contribution in front of Chen Tianru, brandished his waist knife and roared: "Brothers, have you seen it, there are not as many long-haired people as us, and there are not a few firearms when you look at it, and they are similar to those bandits in Tongzi, so there is nothing to be afraid of." Let's kill one of them, and we'll kill one of them! ”

"Kill!" Xu Tianbao, who was at the foot of the mountain, couldn't help but echo.

"Lao Xu, is your turtle son okay, no, Lao Tzu will go down to replace you."

"Your turtle son is now a battalion officer, you should stay on it, I don't have to worry about you here." Xu Tianbao raised his head and scolded with a smile, thought about it and shouted at the top of his voice: "Lao Guan, let your brother aim and release the gun, if you accidentally injure my brother, I will not be finished with your turtle son!" ”

Seeing that the brothers were almost ready, Guan Xiangying leaned over and shouted: "Don't worry, I don't want you to tell you, you still keep an eye on the long hair in front of you, and think about how to pick up the two brothers who were chased and killed by long hair." ”

Xu Tianbao reacted, and immediately turned around and said, "Fourth, take your brother and hurry up to answer it, and by the way, help the brother of the armor post make a mark." ”

"Okay, brothers, follow Lao Tzu!"

Xu Tianbao's cousin answered, and then grabbed a spear and rushed out with more than two dozen sword players.

Zhang Daniu, the commander of the Hunan army, thought that this group of eastern Sichuan regiments had never really been in battle, and it would be good if they could not hug their heads and run away when they encountered long hair, but they didn't expect them to be so calm. was secretly surprised, only to see that the "old four" who rushed out fifty or sixty steps in front of the formation actually turned his spear upside down and stabbed it on the ground, and then led his twenty or so sword players to rush forward.

At this time, Changmao, who was chasing and killing the scouts, also found another official army here, and the few who rushed to the front subconsciously stopped. The scout, who was being chased and sweating profusely, looked behind him, and ran faster when he saw that a brother came to pick him up.

Seeing that the fourth and the fourth sword players were getting closer and closer to the scouts, they found that Longhair stopped and hesitated, and immediately went up and pulled the two scouts to run back slowly.

……

The scout was out of danger, Chen Zhankui was even more confident, pointed to Xu Laosi's spear in front of the formation, and shouted: "Lao Guan, the mark is done for you, Changmao rushed to the mark and put a gun for Lao Tzu, give them some color to see, let them know that my Chuandong regiment is very strong!" ”

"Understood!"

Pan Er didn't want to miss this opportunity to hit the long hair with ease and hard work, but although the long hair by the river gathered more and more, he just gathered there and looked at this side, looking like he didn't want to attack, and subconsciously turned around and asked: "Brother Da Niu, do you think this long hair is from the city or outside the city?" ”

"Master Yupan, they must be from Jiangxi, not from the city."

"How do you know?"

"Look at the flags, they're the Citi Army."

"How far is this from their camp?"

"Seven or eight miles," Zhang Daniu thought about it and muttered: "Why did they come here, could it be that they want to copy Master Jiang's back road, but it doesn't look like it." ”

"Did you come out to grab food?" Pan Er asked.

"It looks like it, but it's not very similar, could it be that there are not as many people who see us as they are, and they are bold enough to run so far in a big circle!" The more Zhang Daniu wanted to be confused, at this time, there was a faint sound of gunfire in the southeast.

Pan Er wanted to know the situation in the southeast direction, but he didn't have clairvoyance, so he could only look at the southeast direction with Chen Zhankui, who was anxious to scold.

Looking at it, I suddenly realized that something was not quite right.

There were more and more figures in the distance, and as those figures got closer and closer, they found that they were all full of long hair, and they were all running wildly in this direction. I don't know if those long hairs before felt that there were reinforcements, and they became more and more bold, and began to slowly approach this way.

Chen Zhankui looked around and confirmed that there was only one path to the north, and further north was a small lake overgrown with aquatic plants, and it was not so easy for Changmao to outflank him from the north. And to the south is a big road, and to the south of the road is a river, and the terrain is favorable to him, so he shouted excitedly: "Brothers, those turtle sons have sent us military merits and reward money, don't panic, let Lao Tzu stabilize!" ”

Pan Er wanted to fight for military merit, but he didn't want to hurt the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred, let alone die here, and muttered: "Zhan Kui, let's intercept and intercept, but there is no need to fight with them, let them go if they can rush over, don't force them to jump over the wall and fight with us." ”

Chen Zhankui eased his senses and subconsciously asked, "Master Pan, are you saying that there are chasing soldiers behind them?" ”

Pan Er said firmly: "Just listen to the sound of guns and cannons in the east, this should be a rout of soldiers who are fleeing for their lives in a panic." ”

"Think about it, otherwise there is no need to send hundreds of people to hunt down and kill our two brothers!" Thinking that he would be able to beat the water dog immediately, the more Chen Zhankui thought about it, the more excited he became, and pointed at Changmao, who was getting closer and closer, and said: "Lao Guan, it's up to you next, don't let go of the gun when you see the bandits like last time in Tongzi." ”

"I know, I still need you to explain this!" Guan Xiangying muttered, and then turned around and said: "Brothers, listen carefully to me, don't let go of the gun for nearly fifty steps, even if you get to the mark, don't let me go." Press the explanation on the boat, play three in a row! ”

"Understood."

"What do you understand, Lao Tzu hasn't finished talking yet," Guan Xiangying glared at them, and then said: "We don't need to care about the long hair that rushed to the foot of the mountain, it's easy to accidentally injure the brothers under the mountain if it's too close, and it's going to hit the back." After the fight, I quickly reloaded, and my hands and feet were sharpened. ”

As he was talking, the slowly approaching long hair suddenly dispersed, and then he quickened his pace, brandishing knives and guns and rushing towards this side, shouting and killing as he rushed!

"Sentry B and Sentry C are on alert, Sentry A is ready!" Chen Zhankui clutched his knife and shouted.

"Paoshi, put it!" Seeing that the long hair in front of him had entered the firing range, Guan Xiang should immediately wave the command flag.

There was a loud bang.

The two mountain-splitting cannons opened fire, and more than a pound of lead shot out by the two cannons rained down on the long hair. Just as the gunners were busy wiping the chambers of their guns and preparing to fill them with gunpowder and lead, there was another deafening loud noise, and ten guns were raised, and the hills were filled with gunsmoke.

The screams came from the bottom of the mountain, and many longhairs could be vaguely seen running back, and some even jumped into the river, and only five or six longhairs rushed to the foot of the mountain. A dozen sword players from Sentry B swarmed up, and before the spearmen behind them could react, the five or six long hairs were cut down by them.

The retreating longhair was driven by the longhair behind the longhair, and the armor sentry kept firing guns and cannons on the hills and mountains, and the longhair that rushed to the front was beaten to the point that the ghost cried wolf, and then ran back or jumped into the river...... And so on and so forth.

Chen Zhankui and the other leaders of the regiment were getting braver and braver, and even felt that the long hair was nothing more than that, just when they were wondering whether to rush and kill, Pan Er, who was standing at the top, suddenly smiled and said: "Brothers, the reinforcements are coming, as long as we hold on to a stick of incense, it will be almost enough." ”

Only then did they realize that the gunfire in the east was getting closer and denser, and more and more long hairs were jumping into the river. Zhang Daniu, the commander of the Hunan army standing beside Pan Er, shouted excitedly: "I see the flag, it's the big flag of Master Jiang......"