Of course, telegrams asking for help must also be called. Although Bekai was more than ninety percent sure that he would be able to repel the bandits' attacks. But it is always a dereliction of duty to hide the news of the arrival of bandits.

He arranged for the secretary of life to send a telegram informing him that bandits were about to attack Hongji, and the number was about 2,000. Hongji is ready for battle.

In the telegram, he did not explicitly mention whether he wanted reinforcements, and in terms of the current importance of Hongji Station, reinforcements were inevitable. Of course, Bekai hoped that he would be able to leave the Senate with the impression of "fearlessness" this time.

Zuihou, since the Marine Platoon had already boarded the ship, he armed the most reliable naturalized people such as the clerical and administrative staff around him, and Hongji Fort also stocked more than thirty spare Mini rifles in addition to the Minnie rifles of the marines. He gave them these guns and gave each of them a grenade as the general reserve of Fort Hongji.

When the bandits approached Hongji Station, they saw that the fortress was heavily fortified, and knew that preparations were made inside, so Shen Hu asked the brigade to suspend rest and cook. It's not that he is sympathetic to everyone, but that the bandits' team has been sparsely stretched for more than ten miles. There were also seven or eight hundred people in the back. Just eat and rest first, and wait for everyone to come together. In addition, he also has an ally at sea to "turn over the sea protection". After his arrival, everyone will advance by sea and land, and the hope of success will be greater. I heard that there was a large boat and three small boats on the seashore in the mine, but there were fourteen large and small boats in the sea, and Shen Hu did not think that these lonely boats could make any difference.

Shenhu's men and horses are one of the more "regular" of the bandits, at least they are in charge of eating and drinking wherever they go. At that moment, someone set up a pot at the bottom of the hillside and ordered dozens of local women to boil water for cooking.

Shen Hu looked at the fortress opposite Hongji, he still saw such a fort for the first time, and felt that it was very simple, and the earthen enclosure was only two people high at most" Although the slope is steep, people can climb it without a ladder. The only difficulty was that the trench outside the earthen fence had to be filled with some effort.

Other than that, no matter how you look at this circumference, it's not difficult to play. Although You Long and You Hai told him that there were cannons in the sharp corners of the protruding earthen enclosure, Shen Hu didn't care about this: he had seen a lot about cannons, and "it would take at least a while to put a second cannon."

That was enough time for his men to flood into the dirt fence.

"Where's that dirt fence over there? There are also cannons? ”

"It's a stockade for miners. There are no cannons. "It's full of coal miners and their families. Not much oil and water. ”

"Okay, leave them alone for now." Shen Hu Yín smiled, "When the big fort is broken, then the miners' stockade will also be broken, and find a few women to give the brothers Lele." ”

His cronies laughed together. Shen Hu generously patted the shoulders of Downstream Long and You Hai: "Give one for each of the two of you!" ”

"Thank you, big boss!" The two men were flattered, and immediately knelt down and bowed.

"Uh-huh, I'll get ......"

Before his words came out, he saw a small stream of one hundred and eighty people running towards the street between the two forts, and there were some houses on the street that looked very good, and there were valuable things in them. The bandits couldn't wait for him to give the order, and immediately wanted to start plundering.

"Idiot!" Shen Hu scolded.

This gang of bandits is not his men, he can't control everyone. Besides, he had long known from the spies that the things on this street had long been emptied, and there was nothing but empty houses.

He watched the bandits run into the streets between the two forts, and at this time, "

A line of white smoke rose from one of the main forts, and the running bandits suddenly fell. The rest of the people screamed and fled back.

"The bird is so blunt!" Shen Hu shouted in surprise, he hadn't seen an arquebus, but the bandits were at least forty or fifty feet away from the fort where they fired. Putting a gun so far away is just a sound, let alone killing, the projectile can't fly so far at all.

The bandits just now left more than a dozen corpses on the ground, "The bird mirror on the mine is not only far away, but also very accurate.

He hurriedly called You Long and You Hai over and asked them how many bird commanders were in the fortress?

"There are thirty or fifty of them!" You Long said, "It is rare to see people holding bird glasses, and the villagers in the mine all use spears and machetes .........".

"Really?!"

"The little ones don't dare to lie! Absolutely no more. ”

But even thirty or fifty "such a sharp firearm is not a bone that can be easily gnawed off." Shen Hu didn't expect the firearms in the mine to be so powerful, and he suddenly hesitated.

While he was hesitating, the bandits in the rear kept coming, and Shen Hu took care of his cronies and called the leaders of each group to a meeting to discuss how to attack the village. Because he was worried that the news of the enemy's firearms might shake the morale of the army, he did not mention the matter at the meeting. However, Hu Lanyan said that the enemy was known for their firearms, and the Australians, "both the cannon and the bird gun were very experienced, and the fight was accurate and far." He proposed that this attack should be carried out by attacking smoke with fire.

"Let out the smoke and go forward one by one. Walk for a while and then put smoke into it. "Our people follow the smoke, no matter how powerful their firearms are," he said, "You can't see people through the smoke, you can only put them indiscriminately." When we get to the front, we rush up again.........",

Hu Rotten Eyes said vigorously, and everyone was skeptical. Many people don't believe that firearms can have such a bad eye, and they are talking about it. The order of the large number of bandits gathered outside was chaotic. In ancient societies that lacked means of communication, it was very difficult to organize a rabble of nearly 2,000 improvised people. Everyone is following Shen Hu to make a fortune, seeing that the village is in front, but the attack is delayed, many people have been walking all morning, tired and thirsty, they are ready to break the village to eat and drink, now a large group of people gathered under the sun, did not eat or drink, did not know what to do next, gradually some people began to scold the mother, some people pouted everyone to do it. There are also people who are talking loudly. The scene gradually became chaotic. The small leaders of the various groups of men and horses tried to maintain order, but the bandits gathered came from a complicated background, and there were many sporadic bandits who came to take advantage of them, and they were not the leaders at all.

Suddenly, as if they had received some order, the crowd rushed towards the laborers' stockade. The leaders couldn't scream, and it was useless to shout, but they were wrapped up and rushed to the labor camp in a chaotic manner.

By the time the news reached Shenhu's side, the situation outside had gotten out of control, and apart from Shenhu's own few hundred cronies, the rest of the rabble had completely lost order and were rushing to the labor camp.

From the direction of Hongji Fort, there was immediately a loud sound of cannon fire. In this 250-meter straight-line space, there are now targets everywhere. The fort's gunners took advantage of this desperate opportunity to fire two 24-pounder guns at the large group of bandits pouring into the fort, and the militiamen armed with Minnie guns fired rifle bullets as fast as they could. Then, the typewriter also fired.

The solid bullets that lowered the firing angle continued to crush the bloody alleys in the crowd at a downward angle, and the shells were so large that they still smashed under the walls of the labor camp after penetrating the crowd, emitting smoke and dust. The local laborers standing on the earthen fence suddenly moved, and everyone wanted to retreat, and no one wanted to be smashed in the face by this terrible thing.

"Don't go back!" Dugu proposed to find a set of shaky traces, and immediately jumped out and howled with a knife, "Those who retreat will be killed!" ”

The local laborers could not understand him, but they understood his twisted and hideous face and the gleaming broadsword in his hand. In addition, the shiny spear of the naturalized laborer behind him was almost on his back. The crowd was calmed down after a while.

Shotguns from cannons and lead bullets from typewriters rained down on the crowd, and the bandits fell to the ground, and some of the bandits' heads suddenly exploded and flew backwards, and their limbs turned into fragments.

The bandits began to be stunned by this terrible situation, and then they screamed, let out an inhuman cry, and turned to run. In less than five minutes, the large crowd of bandits who rushed to the labor camp collapsed under the fire of Hongji Fort and fled in all directions. No matter how Shenhu's men intercepted, many simply fled the scene. Before the battle officially began, the bandits lost a third of their men. Shen Hu was so angry that he stomped his feet.

"Chiefs," he had not finished speaking, and many of the leaders had already left their seats in a panic. Everyone is anxious to close their team, and if there is no team, there will be no capital, and there is no talk of "getting rich together". Shenhu, the temporary "alliance leader", is not a fart for them now.

Shen Hu was so angry that he couldn't speak, and he hurriedly asked his subordinates to gather the men and horses of his headquarters to suppress the formation and see if he could manage to contain the bandits' brigade. I'm going to wait for the people who turn over the sea to come, and then make plans.

At this time, the platoon of sailors, who had been on standby at sea, launched an attack under the orders of Bekai. They landed on the beach behind the flank, which the bandits had not noticed, and attacked unexpectedly from behind the flanks of the large bandits.

The sudden artillery fire of the mountain grenades and the fierce blows of the marine platoon from the flanks plunged the bandits, who were already frightened birds, into complete confusion. Many people were shocked and undecided, and now they were even more frightened, and they only cared about running for their lives. The bandits, who had a little composure, tried to meet and resist, but the barrage of guns and a row of grenades made them cry and cry. You Long watched as his nephew You Hai was blown up and fell to the ground, covered in blood. He rushed forward against the sailors, and one of them dodged his broadsword and stabbed him with a bayonet. @。