After learning how the commander-in-chief selected the members of the charge, some of the reformers of the Yuzhang branch and the Luling branch pushed the weeping and shouting reformers with their guns, and with the help of those officers and guards who had returned to the city, they launched an attack like a flood in the Overseer's Mansion, and a squad guarding the gate of the Overseer's Mansion was swept away by this torrent before they could shoot and warn, and instantly turned into a pile of flesh and bones.

Li He, the head of the guard regiment, who heard the movement was wrong, walked out with a few cronies, and met several guards and shouted in embarrassment: "Qi Yu Da...... My lord, the reform and chaos party is rushing over, whether to fight or to go, please make up your mind! ”

This Li He can be regarded as the second generation of the army, he is the second son of Li Chun's younger brother, since Li Chun made his career in Baoding, he has followed Li Chun's side, the relationship between the two is closer than Wen He, and it is a genuine father and son who do not buy and sell silver. Especially in the military, Li Chun did everything to teach him, although he was not as good as the emperor who could raise troops, but so many years of words and deeds still made Li He much stronger than those officers who came out of the department, especially in the Battle of Hukou, Li He personally commanded a battalion of men and horses and almost captured Li Liejun alive, but it was after this battle that Li He was transferred from the army to the position of the head of the guard regiment by Li Chun. For such an arrangement, Li He, a young man who wants to make more military achievements and be promoted, is naturally very unhappy, but Li Chun has no children under his knees, although he has a filial godson Wenhe, but in his heart, he has long regarded this nephew as his own son, and he is still counting on him to retire and die, how can he let him go to the battlefield in person?

After hearing that the reform and chaos party was rushing over, Li He was overjoyed at first, and then said to his cronies on the left and right with a serious expression: "Is it up to me to decide whether to fight or leave?" Tell all the brothers of the guard regiment not to fall in love with the war, and all retreat to the inner government to defend. With that, he turned around and went to the inner office.

At this life-and-death moment, who cares about any rockery and stone chairs, but everything that can form a line of defense was ordered by Li He to be found, and piled up at the entrance of the inner government to form a very rough but strong enough fortification, and before the men and horses of the guard regiment were in place, those reformers rushed over.

Li He said angrily: "These chaotic party mobs are just a rabble, brothers resist me, a team of preparations, give me a counter-charge, after defeating these reformers, Lao Tzu will ask for credit for the brothers in front of the Hou Ye!" ”

A battalion of the Overseer Guards rushed forward, either with Hanyang-made or with broadswords and other objects to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the innovator mob who rushed in. Taking advantage of this moment, the guard regiment hurriedly arrived at the designated place, and the bullets rushed through like tongues of fire, and the guards regiment that launched a counter-charge immediately withdrew, and after a short rest, they also began to join the ranks of the battle.

The guns and ammunition in the Overseer's Mansion are naturally much more abundant than other troops, but the fighting quality of these people is the worst, perhaps the strength of this guard regiment is extremely powerful when they followed Li Chun's southern expedition to the north from North China to Hubei and Jiangxi, and it has made great achievements with Li Chun's birth and death many times, but as Li Chun's official position is getting higher and higher, their treatment is getting better and better, and their enjoyment is getting higher and higher, but the combat quality is getting lower and lower, but these people's loyalty to Li Chun is still the highest, When they learned that the reform and chaos party gathered outside the Overseer's Mansion to discuss the question of who should be the pioneer of innovation, these people could escape, believing that with the ammunition in their hands, those reform and chaos on the road and the Nanchang mob would definitely not be able to stop them, but they did not escape, it is true that they were very afraid, some people even trembled with fear, but no one said that they would leave Li Houye to escape alone, in their opinion, even if they escaped, they must maintain the safety of Li Houye, which is the meaning of their existence and the capital they enjoy.

A quarter of an hour later, those innovative and chaotic parties once again rushed over like a tide, and in the face of such a ferocious opponent, several captains of the guard regiment couldn't sit still, and came to Li He's side and said: "Boss, what should I do, these chaotic parties are killing more and more, and the brothers are almost unable to stand it!" ”

In fact, Li He didn't expect that there were so many people wrapped up in these reformers, and while sweating profusely, he deliberately made a look of imminent danger, commanded the battle in an orderly manner, and said: "What's the panic, the second team is ready to rush over, and then let people scatter those beans from the kitchen for me."

"Is this okay?"

"I'm in charge of everything!" Li He roared.

Soon the men of the guard regiment scattered out the two or three sacks of beans that had been found in the kitchen as fortifications like raindrops, and the reformers who rushed to the front laughed when they saw it, thinking that these guard regiments had run out of donkey skills, who would have thought that as soon as they guessed the beans, they would fall to the ground with a bang, and the people of the nearby guard regiment immediately came to replenish their guns, and there were many reformers who rushed up in this wave, after all, they all rushed to the front, and it was a great achievement to attack them, so there was no need to let the reformers take risks. But who the hell knew that Li He was so insidious, and he used these damn beans to turn defeat into victory, which is really embarrassing.

Seeing these people fall on the eve of the recovery of Nanchang City, the two branch ministers couldn't help but sigh again and again, and once again asked the reformers to escort the reformers pulled from all around to move step by step towards the inner government of the Overseer's Mansion, using their flesh and blood to consume the already small ammunition of the reformers, and using their fallen flesh and blood to increase the friction of those beans, and finally relying on the flesh and blood of countless reformers, these people finally rushed to the front of the fortifications and fought with the blood of these guard regiments.

At this time, the ammunition in the hands of the guard regiment was almost gone, Li He sighed, and said, "The brothers of the third team will charge back, and the rest of the brothers will follow me to retreat to Gan'an Tower."

This Gan'an Building is where Li Houye's bedroom is, in fact, the sudden and fierce gunfire from inside and outside the Overseer's Mansion just now has already woken Li Chun, who was sleeping soundly with Wen and his daughter-in-law, from his sweet dream, he jumped off the bed at once, put on his pants and rushed out bare-chested, grabbed the collar of the adjutant on duty outside the door and shouted: "What's going on?" Is it the reformers who rebelled or the mob rebelled! After speaking, without waiting for the adjutant to answer, he threw the adjutant aside and said, "Tell the brothers outside to resist Lao Tzu, and tell the brothers to come with reinforcements immediately!" After speaking, he turned around and returned to the bedroom, and at this time, Wen and his daughter-in-law rubbed their eyes, and said unhappily: "Master Hou, what's going on?" Why is it so noisy."

Li Chun glanced at her and said unusually gently: "It's just a little thing, Lao Tzu will come when he goes, you wait for me here, and you will have fun when Lao Tzu comes back in a while!" Wen He's daughter-in-law could only hum, but the gunshots from outside were getting louder and louder, which was a little abnormal, but since Li Houye said it was okay, what else could she say, now this is the safest place in the entire Nanchang City, after thinking of this, she couldn't help but think about Wen He, sighed and said: "I don't know how the dead ghost is now, the Buddha Lord has to bless that bastard well, even if he wants the life of Xinfang, I also hope that Wen He can do well." ”

After appeasing Wen and his daughter-in-law, Li Chun commanded several Ma Ben's cronies who stayed in Gan'an Building to take out two boxes of ammunition from the secret compartment of his study, and let these horses be delivered to Li He and others who had just hid.

Li He was overjoyed and said: "Uncle, the chaotic party is raging outside, your old man still please lie down, as long as there are these bullets, the little nephew will definitely be able to sweep away these bandits!" Li Chun pulled him aside, and roared angrily: "You bastard boy, you still have the face to talk about sweeping away the bandits, and lying down in peace, you kid disappointed me so much, Lao Tzu has now taken your post as the superintendent of Jiangxi's military affairs, Zhao Sifeng, you are now the head of the guard regiment, Lao Tzu ordered you to hold Gan'an Tower, and hold on until the arrival of reinforcements in Tianming." ”

Zhao Sifeng, who was ordered to be in danger, was not overjoyed, but had a solemn face, originally he refused this position, but after seeing the two boxes of guns and ammunition slowly, he relaxed a little, the entrance to this Gan'an Building is very small, just now Li He has built a slightly rough fortification, plus these bullets, he and the reformers outside have fought until dawn, but the battle is a matter of life and death, no one can say well, and he is not allowed to be careless and even pessimistic.

Li He was even more dissatisfied with this appointment, and couldn't help but say loudly: "Uncle, now in the autumn of crisis, Zhao Sifeng is not as good as his nephew, let me come!" Li Chun was furious and slapped him, and said: "Yu Gong, Lao Tzu is the overseer of Jiangxi, Yu Zhi, Lao Tzu is your uncle, don't mess with me, you kid don't mess with me, provoke Lao Tzu to jump on you with a shot!" Then he yelled at the two horses behind him: "Press this bastard Li He into the east room for me, and let him reflect on it for me!" The two horses behind Li Chun went up and held Li He down, although Li He was unwilling, but after all, he couldn't be pushed and shoved by these people and sent into the east room.

Li Chun said to Zhao Sifeng: "I can't stand it, everyone is finished, keep it, Lao Tzu will promote you to an official, and let you go to the mixed brigade as a brigade commander!" ”

As long as the commander of the mixed brigade is not stationed in Nanchang, he is half a town guard, and he is more or less a feudal official with insufficient ingredients, this kind of beauty difference, usually can only be thought about in a dream, and now it is in front of him, if you want to say that Zhao Sifeng does not move in his heart, it is false, but when is it now, the enemy outside is current, and the reformers are not so easy to mess with, but even if there is no such thing, the reformers will not let go of their own people in the guard group, thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and roared: "Hou Ye rest assured, I, Zhao Sifeng, promise that I will never let in a single reform party before the reinforcements arrive. ”

Li Chundao: "Very good, Brigade Commander Zhao, I am waiting for your opportunity to receive awards for meritorious service!" After speaking, he explained this place to Zhao Sifeng, turned around and went to the east room where the two horses were guarding outside, Li He stood with an angry face, saw Li Chun coming in, hurriedly walked over, and said: "Uncle, what are you doing here, even if Zhao Sifeng is stronger than his nephew, it is also a taboo for soldiers to change generals in battle." You follow the emperor to fight in the south and the north, you won't understand this truth! When Li Chun saw him say this, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "You don't need to tell me these truths, Lao Tzu understands!" It was only when the war was still possible, and now that the defeat is certain, how can my uncle see you die and not pull you along? Saying that, Li Chun kicked the head of the bed hard, and then he heard a click, and the bed moved half a foot to the east, leaking out a black hole, Li He stepped forward to take a look, there were many steps leading to the outside in this black hole, Li Chun glanced at him, and said, "Jump down now, life and death are fate!" ”

Li He said proudly: "Uncle, you are asking me to be a deserter!" Those brothers were born and died for my uncle outside, and you let me be a deserter? I don't do it! ”

Li Chun said angrily: "Bastard thing, those brothers are born and died for Lao Tzu outside, how can Lao Tzu be a deserter, Lao Tzu is to let you bastard boy be a deserter, so as to leave a root for our Lao Li family, if Lao Tzu dies in battle today, when the emperor sends troops to quell the chaos, you just don't forget to collect Lao Tzu's body." As he spoke, he kicked Li Chun down, and then pushed the bed back. Then I don't know where to take out a lock and lock the door tightly, at first Li He was still struggling desperately inside, but Li Chun had already taken Ma Ben to Zhao Sifeng to supervise the battle.

Zhao Sifeng and the others saw that Li He was gone, and Li Chun was also gone, and they had an inexplicable feeling of being abandoned in their hearts, and their morale slowly fell a little, but now that Li Chun appeared, these people couldn't help cheering, and the feeling that Li Hou Ye did not abandon them suddenly made the morale that was about to fall to the bottom rise again.

Li Chun said: "The brothers sacrificed their lives for me and forgot to die, and Lao Tzu accompanied the brothers to live and die together!" ”

Zhao Sifeng and the others burst into tears with excitement, what kind of person is Li Chun, he is the emperor's favorite general, the emperor of Jiangxi, the first-class marquis of the imperial court, such a dignitary can live and die with these people, so what else do these cheap guys have to think about? The only way to repay the kindness of knowing is to sacrifice your life.

The battle raged again, one bullet after another killed groups of living people, and the not spacious place was soon piled up with corpses, but these reformers still launched waves of attacks rampantly with these innovative masses who didn't want money and didn't want their lives, and finally rushed to kill the women, Li Chun was unequivocal, drew his command knife, and led the guard regiment with the same heavy casualties to fight these people hand-to-hand.

"That old thing is Yuan Shikai's lackey Li Chun!" A person who had seen Li Chun said to the head of the Xunyang branch.

The head of the Xunyang branch said with a smile: "This old thing can be, no wonder it can scare Li Liejun away, but today Lao Tzu wants to see what ability this dog thing has to escape from Lao Tzu's palm." As he spoke, he turned back to the two branch ministers and said, "Two comrades, I know that you are full of resentment towards me as the commander-in-chief of this liberation operation, in fact, I would be the same, so in order to express my attitude, how about giving you the credit for capturing Li Chun alive?" ”

The two branch ministers looked at it and said with joy almost in unison: "You're welcome, then I'm not welcome, the comrades of the Luling (Yuzhang) branch will rush to me and capture Li Chun alive, so that Mr. Sun can also see our skills!" After speaking, the two branch ministers each rushed towards Li Chun with their own elite backbones.

Everyone knows that Li Chun is a big fish, so no one dares to hurt him, and they all have the intention of capturing him alive and making meritorious contributions, perhaps it is this mentality that has allowed Li Chun to survive until now, but now he is covered with bruises and scars, like a tiger that has been bitten by a pack of wolves. He was surrounded by either the Reform Thugs he hacked to death, or the Guards who were killed by the Reform Thugs to protect him.

Looking at another wave of reformist thugs rushing over, Li Chun sighed helplessly and said: "Lao Tzu crisscrossed the north and south, and being able to fight and die on the battlefield with his brothers can be regarded as God's treatment of me!" Brothers, let us be brothers again in the next life, and meet to kill Sun Monkey together! As he spoke, he put the half-cut command knife that had been rolled up in his hand across his neck, and it was Zhao Sifeng and several other members of the guard regiment who were still alive who rushed over and stopped: "Hou Ye can't, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, our brothers will protect Hou Ye even if they die!" ”

Li Chun shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Good brother, your kindness Lao Tzu understands." If the tiger is down, it will not be majestic, so let the old brother go with a little majesty! As he spoke, he pushed Zhao Sifeng away.

Zhao Sifeng said: "Brothers, the old brother is leaving, let's just let the old brother be good if we are brothers!" As he spoke, he stood in front of Li Chun, and the rest of the guards also followed his example and blocked in front of Li Chun.

Li Chun sighed and said, "Thank you!" After speaking, he slashed the command knife to his neck, blood splattered, and the whole person fell.

"It's better to be dead. Whoever cuts off Lao Tzu's dog head will be the first credit! The head of the Xunyang branch shouted, and the reformers who had been arrested and shocked by Li Chun's self-murder rushed over like mad dogs again.

Zhao Sifeng said: "Brothers, let's find the old brother!" Rush! Saying that, they rushed over first, and the rest of the guard group members thought that they were destined to die anyway, but it was better to die vigorously, and it was not in vain to be a man, thinking of this, these people first looked at each other and smiled, and then laughed, and picked up the weapons in their hands and attacked the reform and chaos party.

These people had already been exhausted and so soon they were knocked to the ground by the reformers who had been recuperating for a long time, and Zhao Sifeng fell to the ground, blood flowing from his chest, and his eyes slowly grieved, waiting for eternal silence after death.

At this moment, the sound of gunfire rained down from behind the rioters. Then a deafening voice came from his ears: "Chang Zhenbang, the guard of Jiujiang Town, led a team to quell the rebellion, and I hope that the overseer Li Houye is in good health!" Zhao Sifeng slowly opened his eyes and saw Chang Zhenbang walking slowly.

This book was first published in Reading Books