Outside the fence of Liu's shop, the protective body made of the table quickly burned brightly, if it was just hot, the young people below could still bear it. In fact, even the scorching of the flames above their heads only caused the young men to lift the wooden pole supporting the table in their hands slightly upward, and the young people hiding under the table shouted trumpets and slammed the door of the iron hoop with the force of the smashing wood. Again and again, the young men used their last strength to carry the slamming wood and slamming it against the gate. The hand was shocked and painful, and after hitting it more than a dozen times, the hand began to go numb. The temperature from the table above was getting higher and higher, and the smoke was getting heavier and heavier, causing many young people to cough violently.

At this moment, the rope that tied the table to the wooden frame broke, and suddenly, the protective cover of several tables fell apart and fell to the ground. The burning flames fell on the young men's clothes, and immediately ignited the torn clothes on their bodies. Some young people continue to try to hit the door, while others face such a sudden change and slap the flames on their bodies.

And the enemy at the head of the wall did not give these young people the slightest chance. "Brothers, kill all these bandits!" Zhou Wentao shouted loudly. The firecrackers and shotguns splashed down like water. A storm of iron sand and bullets inflicted countless wounds on the young man caught in the fire. Some of the young men who attacked the door fell without saying a word, while others screamed and were knocked down in the fire.

"Give me another oil can." Liu Wentao ordered. The housekeeper handed over the crockpot. Liu Wentao slammed the crockpot in the right direction, and the oil splashed from the broken crockpot sprinkled on the young people, which instantly fueled the fire.

In the storm of flames and bullets, the young people were constantly injured and fell, some of them were killed directly at the door, and some of them were injured and could not move. Some were choked by the smoke. There were also young people who were burned to the ground, struggling to escape from the dead place at the door. They were tightly wrapped in flames, and as soon as they ran out of the smoke-shrouded area, the bullets mercilessly knocked the young men to the ground from behind.

Zhou Xingrui watched in pain as his relatives were covered in flames, struggling in the sea of fire. They struggled and writhed, flames bubbling and tumbling. Hands and feet stretched straight, trying to escape from this hell on earth. But he couldn't escape.

Suddenly there were screams and cries from the crowd, which had been silent, the cries of the young people's families. Some people had already rushed over desperately, trying to save their relatives, Liu Wentao patiently put them into the firing range, and waited until they approached the vicinity of the sea of fire, and then ordered a volley of random guns. Five or six people rushed over and were instantly knocked to the ground. After struggling for a while, he didn't move.

Liu Wentao stared at these people carefully. He found a detail, and he thought that if the bullet hit the people below, blood would be splattered. But it took a long time for a small pool of blood to appear under these people. And the blood was quickly sucked dry by the sand.

The special smell of smoke wrapped in the burning of corpses came to his face, and Liu Wentao frowned and shouted, "Pour a few buckets of water." Don't burn the door. The housekeepers quickly brought buckets over, and several buckets of water were splashed down, accompanied by a "squeaking" sound, and white smoke rose in an instant, and the fire was immediately suppressed a lot. There were still places that were still burning, but after a few moments, you could see piles of charred black things on the ground, the remains of tables, and more human limbs that had been charred black by the fire, scattered all over the ground. The flames have not yet been extinguished, and some bodies are still burning.

Seeing that the fire was decreasing, and making sure that the gate of his house should be fine, Liu Wentao couldn't help but take a sip on the fire outside. Some of them were so smoked by the smell that they were already lying on the wall and vomiting. "You poke your head out and vomit again, the wall is dirty, you clean it?" Liu Wentao couldn't help but scold.

After hearing the announcement of the bounty for cutting off people's heads, a family member who was quite excited suddenly laughed and said, "The smell of this barbecue is quite good." Hearing this, some people couldn't help but burst out laughing. And those family members who were already vomiting were lying on the wall and protruding even more. I didn't eat much in the year of the disaster, and the little thing in my stomach quickly vomited clean. But the smell of burning the human body, especially the evaluation of human flesh by those wolf-hearted guys, made these family members unable to stop vomiting, and some people had already vomited out all the dark green bile in the end.

There were bursts of crying from the crowd of victims, the voices of grief, pain, and despair. He was crying, but there were no tears. Everyone's eyes gradually turned red, and I don't know who shouted first, "Kill these bastards!" "Kill all the bastards!"

It was a curse from the heart, and someone among the victims immediately shouted, "Kill all these bastards!" And the words of this curse grew shorter and shorter, and soon became one word: "Kill!" When hundreds of people shouted the word from the heart, the people on the wall all felt a chill on their backs.

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!" The shouts of the victims became louder and louder, although Zhou Xingrui knew that everyone couldn't bear it anymore and was about to rush out. In this almost hypnotic voice, Zhou Xingrui himself couldn't help but take the lead in rushing towards the enclosure and rushing towards his enemies. But he held back for the time being, since banging on the door couldn't do it, he had to use a ladder to climb up the wall. The remaining reason was still reminding Zhou Xingrui that it was useless for everyone to rush forward in such a swarm, and the person carrying the ladder must be in front and the others should follow behind. He hurriedly shouted to several groups of people carrying ladders to come to the front. But he found that no one listened to his command, and the little girls and boys who were left among the victims turned pale and leaned against their relatives in fear. Men and grown women stared at the figure on the wall with red eyes, and involuntarily shouted a word, "Kill!" ”

Liu Wentao on the wall looked at these people below with a tight mouth. As if there was a kind of magic, the family members who were vomiting suddenly stopped wanting to vomit, and looked at the people below in amazement, and their legs couldn't help but tremble. The faces of the smiling men were also gloomy, and they clung to their muskets or broadswords and spears, staring at the victims in the distance.

Although I know that it is not okay to rush up like this, although I know that it is absolutely impossible to break through the siege by rushing up like this, although I know that the end of rushing up like this is death. But in the midst of everyone's shouts, Zhou Xingrui couldn't bear it anymore, didn't he just die? Isn't life worse than death every day of the plague?

Thinking of death, Zhou Xingrui suddenly felt that there was nothing to be afraid of at all. It seemed that a warm current rose from his chest, making Zhou Xingrui feel that his limbs were fluttering. Now, what is there to be afraid of? yes, aren't we here to die a good death? Otherwise, why bother to fight this fence? What's wrong without a ladder, what's wrong with rushing up and dying? Die early and get out of life early, and everyone will no longer have to suffer this living sin.

The remnants of reason have disappeared, and Zhou Xingrui, who has no longer had thoughts, raised the pistol in his hand.

"Bah", "Bah", "Bah", accompanied by several crisp gunshots one after another, the victims were stunned. If the gunshot were fired in front, as long as one person rushed forward, everyone would rush forward desperately. But the gunshots rang out in the back.

Then, I heard someone shouting in the distance: "Wait for us, everyone, let's help!" "Don't move now."

Help? Is there anyone else to help on such a day? It's not that many people don't understand the word, but they can't believe that there is such a thing.

But soon, several people came rushing in. They bypassed the crowd and plunged straight into the middle of the crowd and the fence. One of them was carrying a victim on his back. Everyone took a closer look, but it was Zhou Yizheng. And the man who ran at the front carried a crimson flag. As soon as he stood still, the man held the crimson flag high in his hand and waved it vigorously, and the eyes of the victims fell on the flag in unison. When he saw the man swing a few times, he thrust the flagpole into the ground, and the flagpole was more than half a foot deep into the sand.

This kind of singing-like appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention, not only the victims, but also Liu Wentao on the wall and the family members of Liu's family also looked intently at the group of people who suddenly appeared. They were uniformly dressed in dark blue shorts, with white leggings on their legs and black cloth shoes on their feet.

Liu Wentao's pupils couldn't help but shrink, although he couldn't see it very clearly, on the backs of these people, they had to carry regular rifles. Liu Wentao can definitely be sure of this. As if to prove it, the man at the head removed his rifle and turned to aim at the man on the wall. The family members were dumbfounded, the blue-clothed man standing under the red flag was far away from here, and the best gun in the fence couldn't shoot that far, what was the gun aiming at the fence going to do?

With a "bang", the muzzle of the gun spit out cyan smoke. The iron bell on the watchtower immediately made a crisp sound of "poof".

Everyone on the wall was shocked, and they turned their heads in unison, only to see that the iron clock used to sound the alarm was shaking uncertainly, and the housekeeper standing by the bell stood there motionless with his mouth wide open. It was clear that he was not ringing the bell. It was the shooter who accurately concentrated the iron bell. The sound of the bullet hitting the iron bell frightened the family next to the bell.

Everyone couldn't help but think that with such a range and such an accurate head, if the man in blue was not aiming at the iron bell but at his own ......, the people on the wall only felt that cold sweat was oozing from their backs. Almost at the same time, everyone, including Liu Wentao, squatted down, hid behind the wall and never dared to show his head again.

Lu Zhengping didn't know how to express his feelings, he was actually aiming at the tallest family member. But the bullet missed, but I didn't expect it to cause a better effect. That iron bell was actually just a very inconspicuous gadget in Lu Zhengping's eyes, if he hadn't been hit by chance, Lu Zhengping wouldn't even notice the existence of the iron bell. If he had been asked to aim for the Iron Bell from the beginning, he would have missed.

The rifle was brought by Puguanshui when he arrived in Fengtai County, and this new-style Hanyang-made gun received by the Anhui New Army was not a little stronger than the original guns of the insurance regiment, both in terms of range and power. Although he had shot live ammunition many times, he really fired a shot at the enemy, and Lu Zhengping couldn't help but praise this shot in his heart. At the same time, he was extremely dissatisfied with his shooting skills.

Turning his head, Lu Zhengping saw a look of puzzlement and shock, and the victims stared at Lu Zhengping with all kinds of indescribable emotions.

According to Zhang Yu's instructions, Lu Zhengping shouted: "Folks, let's get here today." Let's go home first, the People's Party has already cooked the meal, waiting for everyone to eat together. ”

The victims did not understand the meaning of these words at all, especially the familiar and unfamiliar meaning of the phrase "cooked rice".

Zhou Yizheng had been put to the ground by the soldiers of the insurance regiment, and the bumps along the way made the man who had been tortured by hunger almost fainted. But he didn't faint. At this time, he walked forward and shouted with all his strength: "Fellow villagers, someone has come to save us." Someone finally came to our rescue. ”

Zhou Xingrui couldn't figure out the changes that had just started at all, his mind was in chaos, but he knew that Lu Zhengping's clothes and face seemed to have seen him. Zhou Yizheng stepped forward to say this, and Zhou Xingrui also walked forward slowly, "Third child, what did you say?" ”

"Grandpa, the people of the People's Party have come to save us. Hundreds of people, with food, with doctors. They came to our rescue. Zhou Yizheng only felt that his breath was getting shorter and shorter, and his voice was getting quieter and quieter, but he resisted the feeling of dizziness and tried to say, "There is food, there is a doctor." Someone is coming to save us......" Saying this, Zhou Yizheng's consciousness was blank, and he fainted.

Zhou Xingrui wanted to drag Zhou Yizheng who fell to the ground, but he really didn't have the strength, and Zhou Xingrui knelt on the ground by Zhou Yizheng's body. He looked up, and there was literally a red banner planted there, and the men dressed in blue were standing in front of him with guns. Lowering his head, Zhou Yizheng was also really in front of him.

His lips trembled, and Zhou Xingrui asked, "Are you really here to save us?" After asking these words, Zhou Xingrui suddenly regretted for a while, if the people in front of him were not here to save everyone, if Zhou Yizheng was just hungry and faint and talking nonsense. There is no coherent law to accept this fact.

However, the young man who had just released the gun said loudly: "Folks, our People's Party has come to save everyone." Let's go back, we brought food, and we all went to eat together. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Xingrui lowered his head. "Uh-huh......, woo-woo......" Zhou Xingrui's shoulders twitched, "Uh-huh, uh......-huh, woo-woo...... "This middle-aged man in his forties was, and is now the number one person in ten miles and eight townships. He has always been respected. In the past few months, his tears have long been dried, but at this time, Zhou Xingrui buried his head deeply, unconsciously grasping the sand on the ground with both hands, his body twitched, and he cried like a wronged child. Tears soaked my eyes again, and I don't know how long they had been dry.

In this desperate year, after countless days of hope and then disappointment. Finally waited, finally waited, in this desert-like hometown devastated by the flood, finally someone came to save these people who did not die.

Thin porridge and steamed buns are supplied in rations, and the salt in the vegetables is sufficient. It's not meanness, it's common sense. Let go and let the victims eat, and the result is destined to be bad. The people of the insurance group repeatedly emphasized that they would have food tomorrow, but the victims completely subconsciously surrounded the marching cauldron and refused to leave. Anyway, the rice was also distributed, and the pot was empty, and the comrades in the cooking class simply had to carry the pot away. The victims gathered around the cooking class, and they must be given even a small sip of water for brushing pots.

The soldiers of the cooking class showed a rare wry smile, but still carried the marching pot away. In fact, since meeting the victims, none of the soldiers of the insurance regiment could smile.

At the assembly site, Political Commissar Li Zhao re-mentioned the two questions of Political Commissar He Zudao before his departure. There is really no idea what the victims are like. Fengtai County was hit by the disaster, but everyone did not suffer. Although it can't be said that life is good, it can also be said that life is passable. When the comrades saw with their own eyes the appearance of the victims, they trembled. The living skeleton-like victims made the soldiers look cold behind their backs. And such a group of disaster victims actually want to go to the fence. This is even more unthinkable. That is to send to death. Although the soldiers of the insurance regiment are not afraid of the siege, it is also based on the strength of the insurance regiment itself. And the victims of the disaster have nothing left.

The pot was carried away, and the victims were desperate. Everyone eats. The men cried, the women cried, only the children were too hungry to cry. After eating the first real meal in a few bites, the victims wanted to eat what the officers and soldiers of the insurance regiment wanted to eat. Zhang Yu had thought about this problem for a long time, and the insurance group had already withdrawn. Doctors treat patients, but they don't really mean that they don't have any diseases. Under long-term hunger, everything is a disease. After pouring a large bowl of rice soup on each patient, the doctor also withdrew.

After a lot of tossing during the day, everyone's spirit was basically exhausted. Although some people tried to follow the insurance regiment, the marching ability of both sides was too poor. The troops were strictly ordered not to stop, and the soldiers listened to the pleas behind them, although they were very uncomfortable in their hearts, but they knew that they were doing it for the good of the people. Seeing that the insurance group could not catch up, the victims had to give up.

In fact, the water detachment is one of the earliest units of the insurance regiment, and the starting troops of each old insurance regiment have been added to the water brigade in turn, and they have undertaken the heavy responsibility of saving the local people in Fengtai County in the flood. Among them, the fighters with excellent performance and the fighters who are familiar with the water form the current water detachment. Although they rarely show up in Fengtai County, there is no high-level who does not know that this army maintains the lifeline of Fengtai County to the outside world. Grain and supplies were transported to the base area by the water detachment.

Now, this unit has added an elite reconnaissance brigade on land from the Insurance Regiment and other elite soldiers selected to participate in the transportation of new officers and men in Anhui. The total number is as high as more than 600. Even if there was a guard of more than a hundred people left. There were also as many as 500 fighters who came to the disaster relief.

Since the team led by Lu Zhengping had already taken a photo with Liujiapu Weizi, the General Staff released a reconnaissance team to intercept the surrounding area of Liujiaweizi in accordance with the regulations formulated by Chen Ke, with the purpose of preventing Liujiaweizi from sending people to ask for help. The communication in the disaster area was interrupted, and if it was just a breach of the fence, it is estimated that no one would know about it for several months. But once the news is revealed, the consequences are too serious. Liujiapu is not too far from Hongze Lake, which is under the jurisdiction of Wuhe County, and Fengtai County has nothing to do with it at all. No matter how strong Shang Yuan's ability is, he can't manage Wuhe County. If the local government intervenes, it will be very difficult for the insurance group.

Sure enough, as expected by the General Staff, not long after nightfall, two groups of people were arrested. During the day, Lu Zhengping's "shocking shot" frightened the people of Liujiapu. If Lu Zhengping really killed someone with one shot, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so deterrent. The ultra-long firing range of the rifle has proved that the sudden appearance of the insurance regiment has strong firepower, and the concentrated alarm bell is clearly a demonstration in Liu Baye's opinion. Having such a subordinate power is definitely not something that Liu Baye can easily provoke, although he knows that the use of going to the county to report to the official is extremely limited, but Liu Baye feels that it is better to be careful.

The interrogation of the captives was rather brutal, and the basic method was to separate the screening and repeat the same question. According to the silent captives, waterboarding was used without hesitation. He pressed his head into the water until he almost suffocated to death. Then I asked again and again the name and age, the name and age of the companion, and asked repeatedly. The captives, exhausted by the toss, eventually confessed the facts.

As soon as this opening is opened, the next thing is much simpler. They poured beans into a bamboo tube and told everything they knew. The layout, number of people, equipment, troops, and the characteristics of each leader of Liujiapu. One by one, they are recorded and analyzed by the intelligence services.

And the commanders of the various units are not too concerned with this, they want to discuss more advanced issues. Since everyone agrees to hit Liu's shop bib, what to do after it is laid. Is it a new base for insurance companies? Or will it be left to the people to deal with themselves? That's the key of the keys. Zhang Yu resolutely refused to allow the messenger to be sent back to report the news. It was three or four days away from Fengtai County, and when I went back, it was against the current, and it took even longer. It takes at least seven or eight days to come and go. It's not good to go back to the boat, the first speed is not fast, and the second road may not be safe. And the ships of the fleet are not rich in the first place, and the division of a large ship, even if it is a large ship, is a loss.

Moreover, Zhang Yu had already guessed the intentions of his superiors, and they wanted the comrades below to make their own decisions. Although he didn't know why his superiors did this, Zhang Yu understood that this was his chance. As long as he can grasp this opportunity and let Chen Ke and others appreciate their abilities, it is just around the corner to gain a higher status in the People's Party and the Insurance Corps.

After discussion, everyone gradually reached an agreement, and after capturing Liujiapu, Liujiapu was temporarily used as a stronghold. After all, there must be a lot of food and property in Liu's shop, and distributing some food and property to the victims can temporarily stabilize the situation here. As for the long-term operation of Liujiapu's stronghold, it will be decided by the superiors.

This is considered as a strategic level of planning, and after the strategic level is planned, the corresponding specific problems are grouped. Many of the officers and men of the water detachment participated in the siege of Yuezhangji. Since everyone didn't have the ability to create a plan, completely imitating Yue Zhangji's offensive and defensive battles became the only option.

Combined with the information of the scouts and the intelligence department, everyone found that the layout of Liujiapu was basically the same as that of Yue Zhangji. That is, the exact same attack strategy can be used. In the middle of the night, the explosives were smeared and planted, and the next day the enemy's attention was drawn head-on, rushing in through the gap in the back wall that had been blown up. In order to be able to fight better, Chen Ke's training in raiding the Shanghai patrol house was applied. The insurance regiment will draw the specific terrain of Liujiapu on a piece of sand where the fire was fired, and then conduct a breakthrough training.

Planning to this extent, the sky is almost dawn. The comrades went to sleep satisfied. As soon as dawn, Zhou Yizheng and Zhou Xingrui came to visit the camp.

As soon as he saw Zhang Yu, Zhou Xingrui immediately knelt down for Zhang Yu. Although he was very useful in his heart, Zhang Yu hurriedly helped Zhou Xingrui up. The makeshift camp is very simple, with simple stools made by the insurance corps itself. As soon as Zhou Xingrui sat down, he immediately asked: "Engong of the People's Party, are you going to leave after beating the fence of Liu's shop, or are you not going to leave?" ”

Zhang Yu smiled, but did not answer.

Seeing Zhang Yu like this, Liu Xingrui immediately got up and said, "Engong, I, Zhou Xingrui, am not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do. As long as you can break through the fence and give us food to survive the disaster year, we don't want anything else. Not only that, as long as Engong has an order to let us go to war, we don't frown. These words are not scene words, but Liu Xingrui's sincere words. He already knew that they would definitely fight their subordinates on their own. Not only that, if there was no food given by Zhang Yu, everyone would have starved to death immediately.

Not to mention that more than 20 people were beaten to death yesterday in front of Liu's shop. Zhou Xingrui and the victims' bitter hatred for Liujiapu is also real. Now that I have met someone who is willing to save everyone, someone who is willing to beat Liu's shop. Zhou Xingrui will never give up the slightest opportunity to cooperate.

Since Zhou Xingrui stood up, Zhang Yu also stood up. He took Zhou Xingrui's hand, "Brother Zhou, our People's Party is here to save the people." I can't watch everyone starve to death. Since everyone is going to break the siege, we have something we want to ask you for help. ”

"As long as you say it, I will do anything." Zhou Xingrui hurriedly replied.

"Please tell me what it's like in this enclosure." Zhang Yu said immediately.