Yan Buwen woke up directly from his sleep, and found that there was a burst of yellow light in the sky not far from the window, like a burning fire, with the gunshot, followed by the non-stop gunshots, but because it was far away, if it wasn't very alert, I am afraid I wouldn't care about these gunshots. But once you pay attention, the gunshots linger in your mind like a spell.

Yan Buwen got up and quietly woke up Ruan Lingyu: "Shh, I don't know what's going on outside, I'll take a look, you stay here, and this is a gun, will it be fired?" ”

Ruan Lingyu woke up, and only then did she know what had happened when she heard the gunshots outside like firecrackers, and after listening to Yan Buwen's words, Ruan Lingyu hurriedly shook her head: "I won't shoot, won't you go out?" It's good to be here. ”

Yan Buwen showed Ruan Lingyu how to shoot the gun, and then pulled Ruan Lingyu's hair bun with a smile: "We still have to know the necessary situation, otherwise we don't know where we are going." I need to know where they are, so we don't look like lost mice. ”

"And in the dark, they can't see me, I'm safe." Yan Buwen touched Ruan Lingyu's pale face, not knowing if she was frightened or if she hadn't rested well recently, her face was very bad. Maybe this is Yan Buwen's selfishness, he shouldn't have called her back in the first place, staying in the Tianjin concession is much safer than outside.

"Wait until I get back." Yan Buwen smiled, turned around and went out, Ruan Lingyu nodded, shrunk at the foot of the bed alone, holding a pistol and not daring to move.

"If you don't come back, I will hate you for the rest of my life." Ruan Lingyu was scared, but she had to be calm now.

Yan Buwen walked out of the door, and then came to the door, only to pull the latch open, and suddenly someone behind him: "Young man, don't go out, the gun doesn't have eyes." ”

The owner of this hotel, who came out of the room with his clothes on, naturally heard the noise outside, and also heard the movement of the next room, that is, Yan Buwen and Ruan Lingyu's room, so when he came out to take a look, he saw Yan Buwen preparing to go out, so he naturally kindly reminded. The owner of the hotel has seen a lot of this kind of scene, and he understands a truth, don't see what you shouldn't see, don't care about what you shouldn't care, don't listen to what you shouldn't hear, these three shouldn't be the foundation of his life in the troubled times. As long as their doors are closed, no matter how fierce the war is outside, these officers who are fighting have a principle, basically they will not provoke the surrounding villagers and townspeople, at most they will throw off a bunch of oceans and collect some grain, and they will definitely not kill people. Even bandits slaughter passers-by, not locals. With this principle, and the fact that there are always a few battles throughout the year, everyone is very familiar with the sound of gunfire, and as long as they hear the sound of gunfire, they immediately close the door and treat it as a cannon battle, and as soon as the gunfire is over, they can do whatever they want, and they will not be affected at all.

"It's okay, I need to determine who is fighting with whom, and the direction of the retreat, so that if we leave tomorrow, there will be a direction, master, thank you for the reminder, but I still have to go out." Yan Buwen said apologetically.

The owner of the hotel didn't care when he saw Yan Buwen like this, but there was one more thing: "Young man, the war is in chaos, wherever you walk in this dress, it will attract attention, change your clothes as soon as possible, if you don't dislike it, give me and my wife's clothes to you." If you wear such a good outfit, even if you don't be remembered by the soldiers, you will be remembered by the bandits. ”

The owner of the hotel was reasonable, and after Yan ignored his thanks, he took his clothes back, changed them himself, and hurried out of the house.

After going out, I realized that the gunshots were terrifying, crackling endlessly, I don't know how long I fought, Yan Buwen followed the source of the sound. The town was on a high slope, and after Yan Buwen left the town, he hurriedly crouched on the ground, crawled all the way, and then came to the place where the high slope was gentle, leaning on a tree, using this tree as a cover, and then carefully observed downward.

When I got here, I found that the situation was much more serious than I thought, and the fire was raging in front of me, and a large area of weeds and hay was completely ignited, and the surrounding trees also contributed to the flames. And under the mountain is the ground where the train stopped, the train is now lying motionless on the ground like a long dragon, and after a while, a large number of people and horses rushed from the other side of the valley bottom, and then hurriedly rushed to the other side, and at the same time, someone hurriedly arranged a bunker next to the train, this slope bottom is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as this point is choked, it can ensure that a large number of people and horses quickly evacuate to Dingyuan County.

The distance is too far to see whose troops it is. Yan Buwen looked carefully, and only saw that they were wearing gray military uniforms, and they didn't even have a flag. Moreover, there were so many people that at least four or five groups of people rushed out from one end of the valley to the other back and forth, and the time span reached half an hour, and it was estimated that there were one or two thousand people. Leaving a few hundred men to hold the valley pass, the rest of them hurriedly retreated, and these people did not have time to rejoice after repelling a wave of enemy attacks. It was found that the enemy did not break through from the bottom of the valley, but rushed directly up the hillside, rushing out from the hillside in all directions, and then the troops left behind below became turtles in the urn and became live targets.

But this also made the people staying in the train below very frightened, although the train car was made of iron sheets, many bullets were fired directly into it, and I don't know what the casualties were.

After shooting all the troops at the bottom of the valley from the hillside, they followed the retreating troops. Soon the fighting had spread to a distance of several kilometers, and it could be said that it was safe for the time being. But before Yan Buwen could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a gunshot on the dirt slope in front of him, and this shot shot directly at Yan Buwen's side, and a shot crashed into the tree in front of Yan Buwen, startling Yan Buwen. Immediately after that, there was a shout, and a dozen men on a dozen horses rushed down the hillside, and began to loot and tear off the soldiers' equipment, and soon, within ten minutes, the men were returning the same way with piles of guns.

The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind. This group is estimated to be some bandits, taking advantage of the battle between the two armies, to get some guns. After Yan Buwen probably knew the situation, he hurried back. Three forces appeared here, two of which were speculated by themselves, that the pursuing side was the revolutionary army, and the fleeing side was Sun Jun. Sun Jun ran in the direction of Dingyuan and must have retreated to Dingyuan, and the revolutionary army must have gone to Dingyuan to discuss the strategy of attacking the city. These two forces do not need to worry, because Dingyuan is now in the northwest of Yan Buwen's position, and Yan Buwen is going in the direction of Nanjing but to the southeast, and if he can't meet it, it can't be said to be dangerous. The only thing to worry about is the bandits, I don't know where their mountain is, just ask when you go back and avoid it.