In the first month, the two brothers Chen Hu and Chen Biao, who had gone with Han Xiufeng to investigate the smuggled salt and tasted the sweetness, not only were they not afraid of thieves and bandits, but they felt that the world was as chaotic as possible, and that the two brothers had the opportunity to make contributions in the world, so they took the initiative to invite Ying to come to the West Bank, and they were also entrusted with a heavy task to become a chief.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got out of Daqiao Town, he was blocked on the official road by the fleeing people, and stopped a few people to ask only to know that the bandits had divided their troops out of the city early in the morning to sweep the regimental training of the surrounding Zhuang Town, and collect military funds, grain and oil, one of which was less than five miles away from Daqiao Town!

Chen Hu didn't dare to be careless, and turned around and asked, "Master Wu, what should we do now, should we go to find Master Zhang of the Salt Transportation Division?" ”

Wu Wenming looked up and looked around, and said coldly: "The bandits have been killed here, which means that the young men he gathered have been defeated again, maybe they have been martyred, we don't have to worry about him, quickly destroy the bridge in front of us, and can't let the bandits drive straight in." ”

"Yes!"

Wu Wenming thought for a while, and then said: "Chen Biao, you take twenty people to collect the boat in the river in front, and if you don't have a boat, see how the thieves cross the river!" Sizhu, Xinmin, the time has come for you to atone for your sins, bring a shotgun and go to the bridgehead to be on guard. When you see the bandits, let go of the gun, and give the master me an aim! ”

"Yes!" Wu Sizhu and Wu Xinmin, who survived, and other Wu family disciples did not dare to be greedy for life and fear death, and immediately rushed over with shotguns.

Seeing that none of his subordinates had escaped and were all busy, Wu Wenming breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the bridge and looked at it, then turned around and asked, "What's your name?" ”

Liu Dasheng, who only had a spear in his hand but no sledgehammer and other tools for destroying the bridge, hurriedly said: "Master Wu, the little one's surname is Liu, and his name is Liu Dasheng. ”

"Don't worry about it here, hurry back and report the news to Master Han that the bandits have arrived in Daqiao Town."

"Yes!"

"Hurry up, delay the military plane and ask you!"

"The little ones know."

"Wait."

"Master Wu, what else do you have to order?"

"Tell Master Han that there are three rivers from here to the town, and five rivers from the town to Liaojiagou, and I will quickly destroy the bridge and ship, and then use these five rivers to intercept it. It's just that I don't know how many bandits have come, and I don't know how long I can intercept them, so please prepare for Master Han early! ”

"Yes."

After sending Liu Dasheng away, Wu Wenming walked to the river, clutched the handle of the knife and said sonorously: "Brothers, this river is not wide, only three or four zhang, but there is neither a bridge nor a boat, and it is not so easy for bandits to come over!" The big guy stepped up his efforts, quickly smashed the stone bridge, and then caught the thieves off guard. ”

Chen Hu stood at the bottom of the slope and smashed the bridge pier with a sledgehammer, while panting and said: "Master Wu, across the river, we can't reach the bandits, and the bandits can't reach us, can we catch the bandits off guard, can we catch the bandits off guard, it all depends on those brothers with shotguns, you have to watch carefully, don't run away when you see the bandits." ”

The few villagers who came from the Hai'an Regiment were all fighting with private tyrants, and they all heard that the children of the Wu family on the shore were greedy for life and afraid of death, and they looked down on Wu Sizhu and Wu Xinmin and other Wujiazhuang children in their hearts, so as soon as Chen Hu opened his mouth, those villagers who were working suddenly burst into laughter.

The children of Wujiazhuang are all members of the Wu family, and they lose the face of the Wu family.

Wu Wenming's old face turned red, and he turned his head and stared at a few descendants of Wujiazhuang and said coldly: "Master, I will stay at the bridgehead to supervise the battle, if anyone dares to escape from the battle, they will be killed!" ”

Jiang Ming, who also came from Hai'an, didn't know what Chen Hu's idea was, so he struck while the iron was hot: "Master Wu, it is not easy to kill the enemy with knives and guns, not to mention the lead put by the shotgun." Before I came, Master Han explained that anyone can have an accident, but you can't have an accident, and you must not stand here for a while, you must lean back. As for the bandits, let's deal with them. ”

Wu Wenming subconsciously asked: "You don't have a shotgun, how can you deal with it?" ”

"Just let them give us the shotgun, Master Wu, it's not to blow it to you, although we are not experienced in a hundred battles, we have also seen blood in battle with Master Han!"

Chen Hu had already set his eyes on the shotgun in the hands of the Wu family's disciples, and he didn't dare to ask for it in the camp, and the thieves saw that they were about to kill him, so he couldn't miss this opportunity, so he simply stuffed the sledgehammer into the hands of the brothers behind him, climbed ashore and said: "Master Wu, when it comes to killing, you still have to rely on us, they don't have the courage." ”

The Wu family now has only these eight children left, and there are only nine shotguns left.

Wu Wenming was reluctant to let the shotgun out, but thinking that the words of these villagers did have some truth, he couldn't help asking: "Chen Hu, can you make shotguns?" ”

"Our maritime security regiment will be able to do it one by one, but there are not enough guns, we can only use knives and spears."

"Really?"

"What are you lying about, if you don't believe it, you can ask Master Han."

Seeing that he was about to fight with the bandits, now was not the time for a petty family, Wu Wenming weighed it and turned around and said: "Sizhu, Xinmin, give the shotgun to the brothers of the Hai'an Regiment!" ”

Wu Sizhu asked with a bitter face: "Sixth Master, give them the shotgun, then what do we use?" ”

"You help with gunpowder, you help with lead." Wu Wenming thought for a while, and then said: "If the bandits also have shotguns, they can also hit us on the other side, and if the brothers of the Haian Regiment are injured by the bandits' shotguns, you will take the shotguns and continue to fight with the bandits!" ”

"Oh."

As soon as Wu Sizhu's words fell, Chen Hu said again: "Master Wu, if the bandits have more shotguns than us, and if they fight farther than us, then we can't fight." Put a row of guns and we'll run, and then work with them in another place. ”

Wu Wenming suddenly remembered what Han Xiufeng had said when he was leaving, and muttered: "It's okay, we'll act when we have the opportunity later." ”

The bridge in front of me is said to be a stone bridge, in fact, it is an arch bridge built of bricks, but the bridge deck is paved with stone slabs, and the stone barricades are pressed on both sides.

The townsfolk on the other side didn't dare to stay for a long time, so they looked back and immediately took a boat back to the east coast.

Thinking that only nine shotguns could hit the other side after a while, Wu Wenming walked over and discussed: "Chen Hu, why don't we divide our troops into two routes, leave thirty people here to intercept, and the others go to destroy the bridges on the east side, otherwise it will be too late to destroy the bridges on the east side after the bandits have killed." ”

Chen Hu has always been very envious that Ji Daji has a shotgun, and now that he finally has it, he said with a smile while holding the gun and aiming: "That's fine, but you have to leave us a few boats, otherwise we won't be able to go back if the bridge is destroyed." ”

"Don't worry, I'll keep the boat for you."

As he was talking, dozens of civilians ran to the opposite bank, found that the bridge was gone, and found that the officers and soldiers on the opposite bank were dragging two boats to the shore, and urgently shouted for help.

"I'm sorry, now the boat can't go down the river, you go to the south or to the north, the bandits are coming to the bridge town, even if you cross the river, even if you get to the bridge, it's useless." Chen Biao, who had just run a long way along the river bank and didn't find other boats on the river, replied.

"To the south?" A common man subconsciously asked.

"It's better to go to the north, I've heard that there are bandits in the south too."

"Little brother, please, why don't you let us cross the river first, and let's go to the other side and go north."

"No, the boat has been towed, and it can't be put down."

It is a matter of whether the life can be saved, Chen Biao and Chen Hu were unmoved, even if the people on the other side of the river said to give money, the people who ran to the bridge had no choice but to drag their families and lead north along the river bank with their luggage. It wasn't until the people walked away that Chen Hu suddenly realized that he had forgotten to ask where the bandits were, and was about to send someone to chase them from the east bank to ask, when there was a rush of footsteps from the west.

"Brothers, the trade is coming, give me all the cleverness!" Chen Hu glanced back, put the shotgun on the boat that had just been towed to the bridgehead, and held the gun tightly and aimed at the opposite bank.

Chen Biao had just gone to collect the civilian boats, and it was not his share to gather a total of nine shotguns, so he could only take other brothers who did not have shotguns to find cover on both sides of the bridge.

Chen Hu is really good at letting go of guns, and has touched a natural firebird gun like this more than once, but the gunpowder is too expensive, and Datou and Ji Daji have only taught them how to put it, but they have never let them go, so they can't help but be a little nervous.

"Your name is Sizhu?" He asked, licking his lips.

Wu Sizhu, who was waiting on the side to help fill gunpowder and lead, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Yes, my name is Sizhu." ”

"Sizhu, is this shotgun that your Wu family bought easy to use?"

"This shotgun was bought by the sixth master who sent someone to Shanghai County to manage foreigners, more than 100 taels of silver for a rod, and gunpowder for 5 taels of silver for a barrel, of course it is good!"

"Have you ever let it go before?"

"Let it go, let it go several times, it's really good, you can play far!"

"Okay, squat, don't show your head, I'm still waiting for you to help me load the gun, but I can't eat the gun's gun without the gun."

"Oh." Wu Sizhu suddenly felt that this arrogant Shi Chang was not bad, squatted down and hid behind the boat and couldn't help but remind: "Brother Chen, you should also be careful." ”

"What can I do, I haven't seen anything, you just take care of yourself." Thinking of what Master Han said to the brothers in the regiment who made shotguns in the morning, Chen Hu raised his head and said: "Jiang Ming, old five, listen to my orders later, I said release the guns, put them together, and shoot the guns if you want to fight, don't let them go as soon as you see the bandits." ”

"You know, we're all up to you."

While talking, I saw a group of people rushing to the bridge on the opposite bank, crying and shouting when they saw the bridge disappearing just now, and some people even jumped into the river in a panic and swam over.

No one knew if it was a spy who swam over, Chen Hu didn't dare to be careless, held the shotgun tightly and turned around and said: "Second brother, the few who swam over will be handed over to you, and ask them for details." ”

Chen Biao reacted and responded with a shout of Xiang Yong, who had no shotgun, and pounced on him.