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He hurried to the west to see that a large crowd of the enemy had crowded to the edge of the trench, and as he threw things into the trench, he set up ladders on it. At this time, two other men also arrived, and all four simultaneously opened fire on the enemy to the west.

They shot one shot after another, and a rain of bullets knocked down a dozen bandits, and the bandits behind turned and fled.

The whistle sounded again, and everyone dropped their hotly beaten rifles and ran to the other side. Soldiers who could barely crawl out were helping to reload. This half hour was the busiest half hour in Wang Wu's life. Run, shoot, run, shoot, the sergeant's whistle blows sharply and never seems to stop. Exhausted everyone and almost fell to the ground. Zuihou the enemy still retreated.

"How many bullets are left?" Wang Wu asked the sergeant.

"There are a lot of bullets, more than 2,000." The sergeant said, "There are also a lot of guns, but no one uses them." ”

"Don't save bullets, the enemy will hit when they come up, and don't let them get close to the earthen embankment to fire arrows. Our people are too precious. ”

Now, there are only 24 of them left, some of whom have died one after another, and the rest are dying. 2 more were killed in battle.

There are only 7 people who can pick up a gun to fight, including Liu Bin, who has hardly used a rifle.

The survivors were exhausted by the fierce fighting, and one more day of fighting like this would have wiped them out.

"Bury the dead in the camp." Wang Wu ordered, "Collect their belongings and bury them separately, so that they can be buried better." ”

He returned to the tent of the command post, took the work team's documents, manuals, maps, and other things, as well as the documents of all the team members, to the field stove outside, and lit them with a match.

Then he threw his papers, negotiable tickets, and other things into it. The fire was blazing, and black paper ashes flew out of the stove.

It won't be long before my head is going to be cut off. Wang Wu stared at the firelight and lit a cigarette, thinking: I'm going to die.

Barring a miracle, the doom of their small team is a foregone conclusion.

He thought of his wife and children, of his family's land and house, that he was a rich peasant. After the bandits were eliminated in Daolu Village, there was no extortion from the bandits, and he let go and ran his family business well. It has become a local agricultural demonstration household. The Heaven and Earth Association also specifically approached him and asked him to join the club. And he is also eager to try, ready to use the "Australian Agricultural Law" after joining the association, and do a big job.

Wang Wu knew that after his death, he would definitely be buried in Cuigang in a gun carriage under the escort of the salute soldiers, and of course, there was also the firing of guns and funeral ceremonies; His wife and children would be paid a large sum of money for the death of his parents, and his family would always be cared for by the Australians: no greedy relatives, clansmen, and villagers would come to rob him of his property, and no one would dare to bully his wife and children, because they were "remnants" - a noble title in the civil system of the Empire. Only the families of those who died in battle can enjoy this title and the benefits that come with it.

He knew all this - he would have no concern when he died.

He returned to the tent that served as a makeshift shelter - the air was foul and filled with the smell of death. Liu Bin squatted next to a soldier who had just died, his hands covering his face and sobbing.

Wang Wu wanted to say something to comfort her—but he couldn't say anything. He is not like Chief Du and Chief Dong, who can say a lot of very reasonable things in everything.

He thought about it for a long time and walked out again. The sergeant was wiping his rifle, and there were piles of rifles beside him, each of which he carefully polished.

"I'll have to use it later." He said, "You can't do it without wiping the gun clean." ”

Wang Wu said: "If only there were grenades." ”

"I heard that it was all used up in Chengmai. Now it is only distributed to the field army in the direction of Qiongshan. The sergeant said, "When our battalion went to Chengmai to fight, we were given two per person. It's so good to throw a big piece of it -- it's really a 'palm thunder.'"

"Have you taken care of the excess?"

"We're just half a row, we don't have paperwork or anything like that." The sergeant said indifferently, "As for the military ID, I have already collected them all and burned them." That's all—" He pointed to the two chapters on his chest.

This is the "Chengmai Battle Victory Medal" and the "First Anti-Encirclement and Suppression Victory Medal" that were awarded not long ago.

"Bandits don't want this thing, I'll keep it."

"Bury it and leave it to your family. It's always a thought. ”

"I don't have any family." The sergeant said with a bitter smile, "It's too late to marry a wife - and fortunately I didn't." ”

As he spoke, a whistle sounded from the lookout: "The enemy is in line"

Once again, the battle broke out.

In the afternoon, the bandits went to the village, tore down all the thatched roofs of the villagers, and harvested a large amount of dry firewood and weeds, and threw them one by one on fire in the upwind place. Thick smoke rose from the damp straw. Drift towards the camp.

At first, the threat of smoke was not great - the smoke was blown away by the strong wind before it reached the camp, but the view was obstructed after all. Under the cover of smoke, groups of bandits advanced section by section, constantly piling up burning thatched grass towards the earthen embankment. Zuihou lit a pile of firewood and grass almost at the edge of the trench.

Wang Wu and the others could only blindly shoot at the crowd in the smoke as quickly as possible, but they could not hinder their smoke action. Inside the choking smoke that hung over the entire camp, the team members and soldiers wore gauze masks soaked in water. Barely able to hold on.

The bandits finally gathered all their forces and rushed together. They advanced through the smoke and were themselves overwhelmed by the smoke, but the bandits were outnumbered, and at last they filled up a section of the trench under the cover of smoke and climbed up the earthen embankment.

The bandits' faces were covered with water-stained cloth. Blinking his eyes that couldn't be opened due to the smoke, he blindly waved his knife and gun. He rushed up with a violent cough.

Arrows and bows were fired haphazardly into the camp, and all those who could move retreated to the trenches of the earthen embankment to the west. Wang Wu looked at the people around him and there were only 3 people left,

The sergeant had already had his head cut off by bandits on the earthen embankment. His rifle was wielded in the hand of a bandit.

There were also more than a dozen rifles in the trenches. These rifles could not fall into the hands of bandits

"Everyone smashed everything that they didn't need to grab." Wang Wu said as he slammed his short-barreled rifle on the stone, the barrel and the butt were disconnected, and the parts flew apart.

Others also smashed the extra guns in their hands. Then they piled all the ammunition under the earthen embankment and threw a torch on it.

The brass fire cap crackled like a firecracker and exploded, and the gunpowder exploded immediately, and more than a thousand mini shells were like a huge firework under the impetus of the gunpowder, and the bandits let out a scream.

Wang Wu picked up a soldier's long-barreled Mini rifle and loaded the bayonet. Others followed with bayonets. At the moment when he jumped out of the trench and was about to fight desperately, he saw Liu Bin, who was squatting on the ground trembling, raise his bayonet and stab him in the throat.

Wang Wu roared: "Kill" This is his zuihou's words.

Liu Yixiao is very busy these days. The five or six teams sent out have already started their work, and the highway extending from Lingao will also enter the state of preparing materials and preparing for work. The most important thing is that we must hurry up and prepare for the work of requisitioning grain and fields.

Danzhou Qianhusuo refused to surrender, so Yu Zhiqian had no choice but to launch an expedition against Qianhusuo. Soon the military households in the various garrisons were forced to surrender and accept the reorganization.

In accordance with the policy, a number of thousand, hundred, and small banners were arrested who rode on the heads of military households to act as prestige -- as free labor. Ordinary military households were reorganized. The tuntian of the military households is relatively concentrated, and it is a good place for large-scale business planting, and the military households used to be the official tenants of the Ming Dynasty, and now they are agricultural workers on the state farms of the empire, which is also very reasonable.

Ye Yuming had already sent a team of the "Heaven and Earth Society" from Lingao to prepare for the Tuntian of the Danzhou Thousand Households

"Although the buildings in the Qianhu City and the various camps are a little old and dilapidated, the structure is generally in good condition, and it will not cost a lot of money to repair, and they can be used in the future - it is much better than a broken house with bamboo mud walls and straw roofs." Yu Zhiqian bragged about the "great results" of his expedition.

He also left troops ranging from a platoon to a company in the Weisho City and each camp of the Qianhu Institute, and was responsible for the reorganization and training of the military households. Therefore, the military households cannot simply revoke the matter, but also ensure that they continue to maintain a certain amount of force.

Liu Yixiao expressed concern: "Without political transformation, it is too unreliable to directly form a militia and master the armament." ”

"No problem, take your time. Now we have to 'calm down' first. Yu Zhiqian told Liu Yixiao that he knew from a small banner of a military household that since they defeated the official army in Chengmai, there were some signs of instability in the Li District. Some of the Dong masters are in tandem, and it seems that there is an attempt.

"In the late summer and early autumn here, the Li people will take the villages in the Han District on a small scale, so at this time, everywhere must be 'anti-Li'."

The news of the defeat of the official army caused the dark tide to surge again in the Li area, which had been quiet for decades after the Li riot at the end of Wanli. The Li people are not good men and women, and for Qiongzhou, which has long had sharp contradictions between Han and Li, the defeat of the official army gave them a great opportunity.

"The report said that there was no change in the Li people in Lingao, and the matter of opening a trading office in the Li District has also been negotiated."