There was no word all night, and the garrison of the Sun brothers did not even fire cold guns, and did not harass the Xinwu Army in Qicun Town, which made people feel that they were not on the front line, and the soldiers of the Xinwu Army slept comfortably. net

In the early morning, the smoke of the cooking was filling, the people in Qicun and town shouted and neighed, the Xinwu Army was dispatched on all fronts, and the battalion officer Bolt led 500 soldiers of the "Xinwu Army" to advance to the southeast.

Bolt was French, and the officers in his reinforced battalion were all French, and now the army was full of resentment at the kidnapping of French merchants by Sun's forces, and drove straight to Yong'an Township in battle formation.

In fact, the military discipline of this army is very strict, and it never harasses the people, nor does it do such things as slaughtering villages, which is stricter than the military discipline of the Eight Banners Army, and it is the ethics of professional soldiers to be loyal to the master.

The roads in Yong'an Township are all gravel roads and cinder roads, the soldiers of the new armed forces are a group of five, a total of 20 groups, scattered, approaching Yong'an Township along both sides of the road, this hundred soldiers are the eyes of an army, only the bravest soldiers will rush to the front, do the glorious sentry.

The garrison stationed in Yong'an Township is actually a local mine protection team of the Lance Society, under the banner of the garrison, there are about more than 200 people with guns, and more than 300 people are holding old shotguns or broadswords and spears, Yong'an Township is the sphere of influence of the Lance Society, the terrain is not dangerous, but the ditches are vertical and horizontal, the watchtowers are numerous, and it is the gateway to the east of the city.

Du Sheng, the second master of the Spear Society, rushed to the east entrance of the village, climbed high and looked far away, and saw the "Xinwu" battle flags getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but panic, but when he thought that the burden of defending his hometown was so heavy, he must not let his father and fellow villagers be ravaged by the Xinwu army, Du Sheng became bold again, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the enemy is not trustworthy, and dares to invade our hometown, trampling our crops into what kind of situation, for the sake of women and children not to be ravaged, for the sake of the fathers and villagers behind us, we must beat hard, Kill those foreign devils. ”

The ragtag army armed with spears hid at the battlements, aiming at the new armed forces a thousand meters away with their spears, ready to shoot.

In the trenches not far from the village, there are the figures of the miscellaneous army, and the three trenches are the outer defense line of Yong'an Township, and the miscellaneous army is ready to rely on the fortifications built to resist the enemy outside the village.

Bah, Bah, Bah, Bah.

The well-trained Xinwu army sentinel uses the French-made Shaspoo-style pinch gun breech gun, which is good at long-range shooting and has an effective lethality of 1,200 meters.

The soldiers of the new armed army lay on the ground, their spears were supported on a bracket, and the muzzles of their guns were constantly looking for targets, shooting at the enemy thousands of kilometers away.

The blood mist filled the trench, and there were constantly miscellaneous soldiers who were shot in the head, watching the comrades around them turn into dead corpses, and the comrades next to them killed red eyes and continued to aim and counterattack.

Gunshots rang out everywhere, and the sound of firecrackers came and went, and the killing was indistinguishable for a while.

Du Sheng, who was hiding behind the earthen wall, looked at the scene passively, the range of the spear of the Spear Society could not compare to the weapons of the Xinwu Army, the duel in the trench outside the village, the Spear Club suffered a loss, the soldiers were killed and wounded, and the injured brothers were carried into the village one by one, Du Sheng hurriedly passed down the military order, asking the brothers to let the Xinwu Army get closer and fight.

Du Sheng looked at the hot blood impulse, he was a kung fu master, he entered the hospital through the wall, walked on the ground, and was good at using a bright silver gun, but unfortunately now the enemy and me are fighting from a distance, and he has no place to use, and roared with exhaustion: "Hit, give me a hard beating, kill these dogs' ······"

Boom, boom, boom, boom.

The artillery position a kilometer away opened fire on the trench, and the four bronze cannons were under the command of the observer.

There was a burst of smoke in the trench, flesh and blood flying, this time the miscellaneous army did not have the technique of counterattacking, only the part of being beaten, the artillery position of the new armed army, made them miserable, the miscellaneous army saw the scene of flesh and blood for the first time in their lives, this is completely different from the duel on the rivers and lakes, the barbaric war does not talk about human nature, and does not even speak, so silently die in the trench.

The ragtag army in the first trench couldn't hold it anymore, and took advantage of the smoke to fill the air, and shouted, "Brothers, retreat." More than 200 miscellaneous troops fled back, abandoning the first line of defense, and the miscellaneous army threw down nearly 100 corpses and hid in the second trench tremblingly, still trying to resist stubbornly.

Battalion Officer Bolt put down his binoculars, touched his carefully groomed beard, and sneered: "This officer said that the enemy is vulnerable, and the herald reported to the Bai Command that our army has taken the first line of defense and is advancing towards Yong'an Township." ”

The sound of the military horn sounded, the soldiers of the new armed army jumped up, approached the enemy position with their spears, and the artillery position behind them was also moving forward.

Bolt strode forward, with the attitude of a victor, a small village, how could he stop the footsteps of the victorious army, he wanted to ······" The "Xinwu" battle flag was planted at the highest point of the city.

The Xinwu Army adheres to the tactics of Western armies, and the confrontation begins with long-distance shooting, which is used to observe the distribution of the enemy's firepower, and then uses artillery to attack at fixed points as a breakthrough in the battle situation.

As soon as the enemy and us fought, they divided the level of tactical literacy, the motley army with high morale, suppressed by the artillery of the new armed army, could not raise its head, lying in the pit to eat soil, as long as the gun was fired back, within three rounds, there were shells whistling by, viciously smashing at the firing point, the miscellaneous army had no countermeasures, and was passively beaten, even the villagers carrying stretchers were hit by artillery, those wounded and wounded, let out a terrible scream, and the wailing in the trench continued, which seriously hit the morale of the ragtag army.

The blocking battle outside the village made Du Sheng recognize the reality, and then fight the spear team of the Lance Club is all finished, and hurriedly sent an order to let the brothers outside the village retreat to the village, he wants to block the attack of the Xinwu Army with canals and watchtowers, it is best to start negotiations and not make senseless sacrifices, Du Sheng is annoyed that the Xinwu Army does not pay attention to morality, and even beats him without talking about conditions, his men and horses are actually militia groups, and the sacrifice of the resistance war outside the village is so big, I'm sorry for my father and fellow villagers.

Du Sheng rearranged the defensive line, and was still deploying troops, when unfavorable news came from the west, and the battle flag of the Xinwu army had been found outside the village in the west.

"Report 2, the new military battle flag has appeared in the west, there are a lot of them, we are surrounded." A spear club leader ran from the west with a short gun, out of breath.

"Bastard, how is this possible, can't the new military army grow wings?" Du Sheng couldn't believe that the Xinwu army set out from Qicun Town to Yong'an Township, there was only one road to the east, how did the enemy go around the back, and he didn't know the ghosts, and the spies from other villages didn't inform him in advance, Du Sheng couldn't figure it out.

"The second master, I'm afraid that we have been sold, someone has borrowed the way to foreign devils, the people in Wangzhuang Township are not credible, there is the territory of the vermilion lantern, and some people are secretly working for foreign devils." The little leader secretly whispered a warning, a pair of thief eyes, and looked around vigilantly, for fear that this unfavorable news would shake the hearts of the army.

Du Sheng was so anxious that he scratched his head, and before he could think of a way, the cannon roared, and the enemy's shells poured down directly, and the earthen wall on the east side was bombarded by dozens of shells, and the masonry on the outer wall splashed everywhere, and the rammed earth inside trembled slightly, turning into quicksand and tilting down, and the brothers hiding at the mouth of the earthen wall were afraid that they would be buried in the ruins, and the fortifications at the entrance of the village would come to naught.

The artillery of the new army was quite restrained, and did not directly bomb the houses in the village, but only collapsed the landmark building of Yong'an Township, the city wall at the entrance of the village, and the archway at the entrance of the village was gone, and the battle flag with the word "Sun" inserted on the city wall was burning and was about to turn into ashes.

"The second master, the enemy is about to come in, for the sake of your father and fellow villagers, you have to make a decision as soon as possible." The little leader couldn't take care of it, and yelled loudly, if he didn't surrender at this time, the enemy would not be soft, and the whole village would suffer, they were fighting for the fathers and villagers in their hometown, how could they watch the people in their hometown being persecuted by foreign devils.

The little leader's fingers never left the trigger, as long as Du Sheng refused to surrender, he would kill the second brother, this was the instant decision of the Jianghu people.

Du Sheng followed Wang Shiren all the way to the rivers and lakes, never had two hearts, and thought he was Guan Yunchang, who was loyal and unparalleled, but at this moment, under the roar of artillery fire, his mind was already in chaos, and he thought that he was not Li Guolou's opponent, and he saw that several henchmen beside him had signs of betrayal, and they would beat him into a hornet's nest at any time.

"The vermilion lantern of the dog's day, you are unjust, don't blame me for being unkind, our brothers in the Spear Club do not be cannon fodder, brothers, we put up a white flag and pay tribute to the national hero Li Guolou." As soon as Du Sheng's words changed, he immediately became a supporter of Li Guolou, and if he changed his master, he could also oppress the people and be the emperor of the soil in the future.

Several white flags waved over Yong'an Township, and the wordless shouts made the soldiers of the Xinwu Army cheer, and the victory was not easy to come by, and it was won by their heroic fighting.

Bolt took off his helmet, brushed his flattened hair, and said proudly: "The herald reports to the Bai Commander, my mighty Xinwu army has occupied Yong'an Township, and the time is ······ Nine fifty in the morning, well, it's a memorable moment, forever recorded in the annals of the victorious army. ”

More than 300 miscellaneous soldiers walked out of the village with knives and guns, throwing knives and guns on both sides of the road, and the villagers who dragged their families and mouths behind them followed, crying for their fathers and mothers, making people sigh at the cruelty of the war, and more than 200 lives have disappeared.

Bai Langning looked at the surrendered team, quite proud, touched his mustache, with a victor's smile on his face, how could there be a trace of pity, he is British, the life and death of the Qing Dynasty are in charge of his birds, he is a soldier, to obey military orders as his duty, Li Guolou will not kill if he does not kill prisoners, if Liu Mingchuan is the master, how will he be soft-hearted, and can't help sighing: "Li Guolou is still a little worse than Liu Liumazi, I think when Liu Liumazi was in Shandong, we were a happy, Bolt, do you remember." ”

Bolt smiled: "How could I forget, Liu Liumazi is a ruthless person, and the six relatives don't recognize it, but the soldiers are still slightly stronger than the current chief." ”

Bai Langning laughed and said: "Well, this is a fair word, the enemy's weakness was seen through by Li Guolou, and the next Lincheng must be in my bag, Shandong Governor Zhang Renjun's bullshit, don't listen to it, our chief is Li Guolou, Zhang Renjun's edict is all fart, and our Changsheng army will never be bought by a villain like Zhang Renjun." ”

Bolt echoed: "We don't do anything that is wise and bad for the white ruler, even if we get rich, we can't let the ever-victorious master be swept away, we must be worthy of the martyrs." ”

"Well, it makes sense to go all over the world, hahahaha." Browning walked down the high ground to pacify the motley army that had surrendered, and considered himself a professional soldier with integrity.

Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong, secretly sent someone to contact Chang Shengshi, and offered a price of 200,000 taels to ask Chang Shengshi to switch to Zhang Renjun, but several commanders of Chang Shengshi's division did not support Chang Shengshi's betrayal of Li Hongzhang, thinking that following Li Guolou must have a good future, if they get a vote, this army will be disbanded in a short time.

The new military army led by Bai Langning won the victory, and the first battle opened the gateway to Lincheng, and the brigade had lunch in Yong'an Township, and advanced to Wangzhuang Township in the afternoon.

"Assist the Qing Dynasty and destroy the foreign demons."